Chapter 71 Masquerade
Early in the morning, Jing Yi was called out by Shen Xi.
Jing Yi fell asleep on the passenger seat with her mouth slightly open. She woke up in a daze after the car stopped.
She was just staggering along with Shen Xi's steps. Seeing that she looked "extremely sleepy", Shen Xi hurried forward to pull her forward.
Jing Yi yawned, "Xixi, what kind of banquet is it that is worth waking me up so early in the morning?" She had never heard of any banquet that started in the morning...
Shen Xi was pulling someone in front, and she had to pay attention to the person not hitting an obstacle.
"Doesn't it take some time to prepare? If we really start preparing in the afternoon, how can we make it in time? Besides, Jing Yi, it's already ten o'clock in the morning!"
Even if she pulled Jing Yi out early in the morning, it was ten o'clock after breakfast. Why was she still so sleepy?
What could Jing Yi do? She was discussing going to the racetrack with Jing Zeqian yesterday, but this guy said he would take her there when he had time.
Jing Yi was not convinced, so she made a bet with him to play a game. Whoever lost would compromise. As a result, they played until very late...
Shen Xi pushed open a door and pushed Jing Yi in first.
Then she spent several hours on makeup and styling, and she also had a takeaway in the middle.
Jing Yi, who had finished first, sat on the sofa and looked at Shen Xi, who seemed to be enjoying it. She was really puzzled. She sat in front of the mirror for several hours without changing her expression.
Jing Yi wanted to take the snacks on the coffee table, but the tightness around her waist stopped her.
It seemed that she couldn't eat too much in the clothes she wore today.
It was a dark outfit, a dark red and almost black tube-top tight dress, with a high waistline and straps on the upper body, and two layers of short and long hem.
The stylist didn't deal with Jing Yi's hair too much, but just took care of it briefly, braiding the hair on her forehead into a few braids, and letting the wavy hair fall behind her, completely revealing her delicate face.
She was wearing a necklace made of rose thorns.
Next to her was a finely crafted mask, the outline of which was made up of rose twigs, with lifelike miniature flower buds carved on the twigs.
Shen Xi liked Jing Yi's look very much, but Jing Yi had no other thoughts except sighing that she was tired.
Jing Yi sighed and continued to hold her face and wait for Shen Xi.
When she was styling just now, Shen Xi told her that it was a banquet hosted by a friend she knew, and because she wanted to have some fun, she turned it into a mask banquet.
"Rich people will want to hold a banquet to liven things up when they are free, you know." Judging from Shen Xi's tone, she should often attend such banquets.
Jing Yi looked at Shen Xi in the mirror, who looked satisfied. She propped her chin up and said in a leisurely voice, "How would I know? If you have time, why don't you go to sleep and hold a party?"
"You only know how to sleep!"
Over there, the makeup artist had finished the last step and said to Shen Xi with a smile, "Miss Shen, it's done. You can go change your clothes."
Seeing that it was finally over, Jing Yi was about to breathe a sigh of relief, and then she thought that makeup was just the beginning of the party!
When Shen Xi came out, she was wearing a silver-white pleated dress, a silver chain shawl with a metallic luster, and a mask of the same style in her hand.
"Wow! Whose daughter is this? So beautiful!"
Shen Xi smiled and glanced at Jing Yi, ignoring her joke.
"But Miss Shen, this party is probably not a simple party, right?"
What kind of party was casually held by friends for fun? If it was really that simple, would Shen Xi spend a whole day preparing?
Seeing that Jing Yi noticed something was wrong, Shen Xi laughed a few times embarrassedly.
It's not just for fun. This masquerade has invited many single young people in Jiangbei.
"So, you just want to meet a handsome guy?"
Jingyi and Shenxi got on the car to the final banquet venue.
"Otherwise, there are probably young people there, there must be a lot of handsome guys!"
Jingyi didn't comment on Shenxi's expectations, and even had some doubts. He was wearing a mask, how could he tell if he was a handsome guy?
Shenxi was a little disappointed, and tapped her forehead lightly, "It's not a full-face mask, how can you not tell?! What's important is temperament! Temperament!"
Jingyi could only compromise, "Okay, okay! I wish you good luck!"
"It's to wish us good luck!" Shenxi added.
Jingyi declined the invitation. She was not interested in this banquet. Jingzeqian's company might not have handsome guys, let alone a dance.
Her only thought was, I wonder if there is any food at the party...
Seeing Jing Yi didn't reply, Shen Xi continued, "Give me some reaction!"
"What?"
Jing Yi seemed to have just reacted, her round eyes widened blankly.
Shen Xi sighed helplessly, "I mean, what if you meet a handsome guy at the party, and then he becomes your soulmate, and from then on you will live a happy life..."
"Stop!"
Jing Yi quickly interrupted Shen Xi's dreamy reverie. It has always been like this. Every time she talked about love, she looked like she was in love.
But this person has never been in love, because as soon as someone was about to pursue her, her favorability immediately dropped, cooling down very quickly.
The most memorable time was when Jing Yi was a junior, when she started to get along with Shen Xi. During that time, Shen Xi kept pestering her, saying that a senior in the senior year was very handsome, the kind of gentleman she liked. Jing Yi's ears were covered with calluses.
She even heard that this person had prepared a super gift for this senior who was about to graduate as a graduation gift. At that moment, Jing Yi felt that the gift was so expensive!
Later, her gift was sent out, and the senior came to see Shen Xi the next day.
Jing Yi was with Shen Xi at the time and saw the senior's confession with her own eyes.
But Jing Yi thought more deeply, because the senior was about to graduate, and he confessed the next day after receiving the gift, which made her think more.
She was a little worried that Shen Xi would be cheated, and even afraid that she would agree immediately. Who knew that this person's first reaction was, "Ah? In love?" There was reluctance in his tone.
Not only was the senior surprised, Jing Yi didn't guess that Shen Xi would react like this, and thought they were just a simple relationship of "rewarding" and "being rewarded".
Since then, Shen Xi's view on love has always puzzled Jing Yi.
"Don't think about whether others can meet their Mr. Right. Think about when you can stay calm when someone confesses their love to you, and then talk about other things."
Shen Xi was a little unconvinced, but she couldn't refute it. After all, Jing Yi was right. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so keen on looking at handsome guys and remained single.