CEO Husband Please Be Refrained

Shortly after, a lot of rich and powerful families in Beijing received an invitation. It was an invitation to Old Master Xia’s birthday party. It will be held on Sunday at the Xia Family’s old mansion. A lot of guests prepared their gifts in advance. Nobody wanted to miss this opportunity to socialize. 

At that time, it would certainly be a gathering of all the rich and powerful. The event would be a very lively one. 

During nightfall at Xia Residence’s old mansion. 

“Grandpa, let me be in charge of decorating the venue for your birthday party this year. We can leave the rest to sis. I believed that sis is capable of doing that. At that time, all our friends and relatives would admire sis’s capability.” 

Xia Roulin volunteered herself and hadn’t forgotten to dig a pit for Xia Weilan. Xia Weilan was sitting at one side. She passed the apple that she peeled to Old master Xia. She acted as though what Xia Roulin said had nothing to do with her. 

Seeing that Xia Weilan was not interested, Old master Xia rejected the idea, “The daughter of Xia Family does not need to prove anything to others.  Her existence was already a glory.” 

He wouldn’t want Xia Weilan to do things that she disliked just for the sake of the Xia’s Family title. He took this little girl home just to shelter her from harm.    

“Grandpa, sis used to have a humble reputation. Well, it wasn’t something that we didn’t bother and others wouldn’t speak about. If that’s the case, why don’t we take the opportunity to let them see sis’s capability? It would certainly be much more convincing. Furthermore, sis never said that she’s not willing to. Sis, are you willing to organize grandpa’s birthday party?”

Xia Welan rolled her eyes secretly. 

It had already come to this point, could she even possibly say no? 

“Sis Roulin, you mentioned that you’ll be in charge of the decoration and you’ll leave the rest to me? Then what am I in charge of?” Xia Weilan pretended to ask curiously.  

“The rest will be those kitchen matters. You’ll need to pre-order the ingredients and also hire some temporary chefs.” 

Xia Roulin added again, “Only these.” 

Only these? 

It seemed as though it was an easy task. In the past life, Xia Weilan also thought that it was an easy task until she found out that among the ingredients, there were two which were very difficult to get. 

“My girl, you don’t need to force yourself if you don’t want to do it. We can always get others to do it.”

Old master Xia didn’t want to put Xia Weilan in a difficult situation.

Xia Roulin clenched her fist and stared at Xia Weilan. She had planned this for so many days, she wouldn’t let Xia Weilan ruin this. But unfortunately, grandpa only listened to Xia Weilan. Xia Roulin was not reconciled but yet she already felt defeated. She waited anxiously for Xia Weilan’s decision. However, Xia Weilan’s answer finally made her feel relieved.  

“Grandpa, I will do my best,” Xia Weilan promised him. 

Xia Roulin secretly mocked Xia Weilan as a ‘fool’ in her heart. Having such an opponent was indeed an insult to herself. 

That very night, Xia Roulin passed the list of ingredients to Xia Weilan. Sure enough, Xia Weilan saw a first-grade truffle, giant yellow croaker, and other rare ingredients scribbled on the list. They were either not available in the market or very expensive. Xia Weilan casually took the list in her arms in front of Xia Roulin. She bid her goodnight and shut her bedroom door. 

In the room, Xia Weilan took out her phone and texted Mo Beichen. 

[Hubby, I need your help.] 

In the past life, Xia Weilan didn’t seek help from Mo Beichen but clenched her teeth and dealt with it alone. In the end, she let Ouyang Mingqi help her and from that point onward she fell deeper and deeper for Ouyang Mingqi. 

On the evening of the birthday party.

Xia Weilan had everything ready except for the two ingredients which Mo Beichen would deliver on a specific time later. 

“My good sister had boasted that you will do your best, why is it that until now the ingredients were not even complete?” 

“Could it be that Sis Roulin wanted to help me out?” Xia Weilan looked at her. 

Xia Roulin choked, “I don’t have that sort of capability. It’s already too late to source for them. Now we are short of two dishes, you better think of an explanation for grandpa.” 

At this point, Xia Roulin was so proud of herself. If Xia Weilan covered this up with inferior products, she would ask the chefs to disclose that on the spot so that everyone would know that Xia Weilan was incapable.

“Is there a problem?” Ouyang Mingqi who stood nearby came at the right timing.

His eyes were filled with warmth and concern. 

“I heard that the kitchen is short of two dishes, do you need my help?” Ouyang Mingqi doesn’t want to miss the chance to leave a good impression on her. 

“There’s no need to trouble you. I still have things to do.”

Xia Weilan didn’t even want to be with Ouyang Mingqi at all. 

At this moment, a servant holding a box ran toward Xia Weilan, “Young miss, someone delivered this just now. They said it was the thing that you wanted. I’ve checked and it was indeed the two dishes that we are short of. What perfect timing.”  

It’s actually those two dishes? 

An idea popped into Ouyang Mingqi’s mind, he nodded to Xia Weiland and said, “It’s just a small gesture, I hope that Miss Xia will like it.” 

Xia Weilan’s eyes widened, she recalled that this scene was awfully familiar. If she hadn’t recalled wrongly, this scene had also happened before in the past life. 

Someone delivered the materials and Ouyang Mingqi took the credit at that time! 

All this while, she had always thought that it was Ouyang Mingqi who helped her. 

“I’m sorry but these ingredients were delivered upon my request,” Xia Weilan raised her temper and said coldly. 

“Oh…could it be that my people had not come yet, *cough*…” 

Ouyang Mingqi covered his mouth and coughed lightly. An obvious look of ridicule appeared on Xia Weilan’s face. She swept a cold glance at Ouyang Mingqi and left. Ouyang Mingqi stared blankly at the same spot, unable to react until Xia Weilan was long gone. 

He was stunned by the despicable look that Xia Weilan had cast on him. In his life, he once again looked at the silhouette of that woman, feeling so powerless.

The first time was when he saved her from the red-light district, yet he looked on helplessly when she left with Mo Beichen. 

The second time was at the banquet when she was already the young miss of the Xia Family, but was pushed away ruthlessly by her using a piece of cheque and she didn’t even bother to look at him…

The last time, Xia Weilan rejected him relentlessly and even said that he couldn’t even compare to Mo Beichen’s hair.

Today, it was this woman again who saw through his lies and despised him deeply. To Ouyang Mingqi, all of these had no doubt left one after another bloody knife marks in his life. 

He had always been high and mighty, how could someone trampled over him as such. He vowed that he would make this girl fall for him. He would make her regret giving him the cold-shoulder. 

After he made up his mind, Ouyang Mingqi gathered his thoughts and slowly made his way back to the party. He had easily deceived others with his elegance, facial complexion was as clear as jade, and lips with smiles. As soon as he appeared, a lot of girls blushed as they secretly looked over there with their heart pounding.