Chapter 1168: Chapter 1168: Mutual Business Flattery
“Eh? Where’s Su Wen?” Zhou Yan didn’t know that Su Wen hadn’t arrived yet and started looking around for her as soon as he came in. After a full circle and finding no one, he asked, “Where did your big sister go?”
“She’s at the café diagonally across.”
“Why is she hiding over there?” Zhou Yan was confused. “Why would she hide and not meet anyone at such an important time?”
Big sister’s pregnancy news hadn’t yet been disclosed, and after discussing it, the family unanimously agreed to wait three months before announcing. But, since Little Aunt is family, there was no need to hold back.
“I am the big sister.” Su Qing relayed yesterday’s examination news—that Su Wen was pregnant and also had signs of a threatened miscarriage.
Zhou Yan was both excited and worried upon hearing this.
“Good, that’s very good, but, Wen Wen seemed to be healthy, how could she have a threatened miscarriage?” Zhou Yan was experienced, having been pregnant before, and understood these matters well. “Was it due to carelessness, or did she bump into something?”
As he spoke, a touch of worry appeared on Su Qing’s beautiful face.
She felt that big sister and her brother-in-law were definitely hiding something from them.
“I don’t know, big sister didn’t say.” Su Qing put aside her suspicions, “Brother-in-law was worried about her coming today because there are too many people. He thought she might get bumped, so he stayed with big sister at the nearby café.”
“Then I’ll go over and see.”
Zhou Yan said this and quickly ran off.
The crowd outside the door was growing, and even the prepared seating was not enough; there were even people on the red carpet.
Su Qing came out to see what was happening and found it strange—why were there so many people? Their family didn’t have many relatives in the province, and they hadn’t invited many people.
Although the brother-in-law had many friends, big sister said that their careers should be separated from her brother-in-law’s—they shouldn’t mix them together or always think about riding on her brother-in-law’s coattails. Thus, none of his friends were invited.
“Second sister, many people came.” Su Xiu walked up to Su Qing and gestured towards where Zhou Jihuai and the others were, “Xu Xiaoxiao came, and also Lin Wei—no wait, it’s the third brother. And Liu Chun is here too. There’s another I don’t recognize, but his features are quite similar to Xu Xiaoxiao’s. They must all be from brother-in-law’s family; what should we do?”
“Of course we should go up and greet them, and also have someone go to the café to call the brother-in-law over. His family is here; he can’t be absent.”
Su Qing almost instantly made a decision, suppressing the slight unease in her heart, presenting the warmest demeanor, and proceeding to greet the guests.
She didn’t differentiate between them, overcoming her initial hesitation and becoming effortlessly welcoming, constantly greeting people and making new friends. She exchanged pleasantries, thanking them for their presence among other things.
Moreover, she was accompanied by Dong Na, even occasionally pointing things out to her.
Since Su Qing made her appearance, she immediately became the focus of attention in the crowd; at first, everyone thought she was Su Wen.
After the introductions, they realized it was Su Wen’s sister, Su Qing. Everyone praised the sisters for being beautiful and capable—essentially exchanging compliments in a sequence of mutual business flattery.
Su Qing was indeed presentable, though not strikingly beautiful like Su Wen, who could captivate someone with her fatal beauty at first glance. But Su Qing had a more approachable charm, a shy and reserved beauty.
Equally outstanding, she stood second to none.
Ever since Su Qing appeared, countless men’s eyes were glued to her. She was fearless, but Zhou Hengguang saw it clearly and his handsome face turned ashen.
He was so furious he could barely contain himself and several times he wanted to step forward and take her away.
