Chapter 34: Language of the Purple Rose
Xu Ningzhou was very territorial. He detected a very familiar thing in Song Mingxiu’s eyes, which made him quite annoyed.
It felt like his own treasure was coveted now!
Song Qinghuan didn’t like Song Mingxiu. However, in this life, this man never did anything that harmed her, so she couldn’t show her detestation toward him.
“Brother, what brings you here?” Song Qinghuan stepped forward with a smile, breaking the silence.
“I came here to see you.” Song Mingxiu pushed up his glasses and handed the flowered he had prepared to her.
That was a bouquet of purple roses, with dewdrops on the surface.
As everyone saw the type of the flower, a female student couldn’t help but shout, “Wow, that’s Louis XIV!”
Louis XIV was a rare variety of rose. Due to its rarity, its language was rather special-You are the only one I love.
Xu Ningzhou sized up the man who had just shown up with his eyes squinted. He had already met Song Mingxiu on the party in the Song’s family, so Xu Ningzhou knew this man was the eldest son of the Song Family.
Song Mingxiu.
Xu Ningzhou also had a sister. It was a common thing for the siblings to send each other gifts. For example, Xu Ningzhou had just paid for all the items in his cousin’s shopping cart. However, that was different from what Song Mingxiu was doing now.
Rose stood for love. There was no way Song Mingxiu didn’t know about that.
Song Mingxiu, as Song Qinghuan’s eldest brother, had just presented a bouquet of roses of a rare variety. Thinking of that, Xu Ningzhou put on a cold look in his eyes right away.
However, Song Mingxiu pretended that he didn’t know anything and asked wonderingly, “So, what’s wrong with this flower?”
Song Qinghuan didn’t take over the flower. Instead, she said in a joking tone in order to defuse the awkwardness, “Brother, why didn’t you pick the flower for me carefully? The owner of the flower shop must have tricked you because he recognized how rich you were.”
“Huh? I found the color of this flower quite special and thought you would like it. So I just bought it.”
Seeing Song Mingxiu still handing the flower to her, Song Qinghuan took a few steps back. Xu Ningzhou then walked to her front and chuckled, saying, “Mr. Song, you cannot give flowers as a gift so randomly, especially roses.”
Song Mingxiu got dazed, as if he had just realized what a stupid thing he had done. With an awkward look on his face, he coughed and said, “I thought it was just a special variety, I never realize there are so many meanings in it. Mr. Xu, you do know a lot of things. Thanks for telling me.”
With these words, Song Mingxiu threw the Louis XIV into the trash can without any hesitation, as if he had no idea he had bought the wrong flower.
After he did that, the girls who lamented the precious flower exhaled right away while thinking,
‘Ahhhh, such beautiful flowers. Even if you didn’t want to present to the wrong person, you can still give it to us. We won’t mind.’
‘What a reckless waste!’
‘I really couldn’t understand what you rich people are thinking!’
Xu Ningzhou knew that Song Mingxiu had tried to imply that he was a playboy who knew lots of things. However, as the saying went, “Stand straight and never mind if the shadow inclines”. Xu Ningzhou who was faithful in love didn’t care about Song Mingxiu’s slander at all.
“I’m hungry.” Shen Yinian’s clear voice sounded, which also manifested everyone else’s feeling.
All the girls had barely eaten anything in order to show the best images of themselves on the stage. Now that the show was over and everyone had no pressure, they suddenly felt hungry.
Then Song Qinghuan took everyone out of the dressing room. The anniversary was not over yet, so there was only chirping sounding in the campus.
Xu Ningzhou had already told the drivers to park three Suvs in front of the gate of the Xinghan Music Academy.
Right now, Xu Ningzhou and Song Mingxiu were truly to each other’s dislike.
In other words, they were hostile to each other.
In Song Mingxiu’s view, Xu Ningzhou had flirted with Song Shuyao before and now flirted with Song Qinghuan, which meant Xu Ningzhou was totally a playboy.
Song Qinghuan who took Shen Yinian by the hand swung her arm and said, “I suddenly feel a bit cold.”
Shen Yinian glimpsed at her cousin and the Young Master of the Song Family, also sensing the hostility between the two men. Then she patted the back of Song Qinghuan’s hand, saying, “Then let’s go to eat the hot-pot.”
In the hot summer, they would sit in an air-conditioned room and eat hot-pot… How special that was.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.
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The one-hundred-year anniversary of the Xinghan Music Academy had finally ended. After Song Qinghuan received the letter of commendation from the school, she was called back to Lin’an City on the National Day Holiday by the old lady, so were Song Mingxiu and Song Shuyao.
Compared with the capital, Wan’ning City which had already entered the autumn, Lin’an City which lay in the south was still warm with luxuriant blossoms. After all, summer lasted very long in this city.
Since Song Mingxiu was there, Song Shuyao was rather quiet on the journey and didn’t bother Song Qinghuan.
After Song Qinghuan got on the plane, she put on her eye patch and prepared to get to sleep. Even if she couldn’t fall asleep, she still didn’t want to talk with her brother and sister.
Song Mingxiu who sat beside Song Qinghuan assumed that she had been too tired from preparing for the show for the anniversary, so he didn’t disturb her and only asked the air stewardess to bring him a blanket. After that, he covered Song Qinghuan’s body with the blanket carefully and softly.
Song Shuyao saw his brother’s action from beginning to end with her eyebrows knitted. She didn’t know if it was her illusion that her brother seemed to look at Song Qinghuan in a weird way.
However, Song Shuyao put it all behind right away and began to think of the thing which was about to happen when they came back home. As she turned her head to look at the clouds outside the window, she couldn’t help but lift the corner of her mouth.
‘Song Qinghuan, just wait for your suffering this time!’
Song Qinghuan had pretended to sleep at first, but as time went by, she really fell asleep. When she was awaken due to the shake, the plane had already landed. She and Song Mingxiu were the only two customers in the first-class cabin.
Song Qinghuan rubbed her eyes and asked drowsily, “We have arrived?”
“Yes.” Song Mingxiu unfastened the seat belt for her and said in a gentler voice, “Wake up now. You can sleep in the car later.”
Song Qinghuan yawned. She didn’t see Song Shuyao. The latter must have left because she didn’t want to wait for Song Qinghuan.
After they got off the plane, Song Mingxiu took Song Qinghuan straight to the underground parking lot through the VIP passage. Song Shuyao was already waiting in the car.
Song Mingxiu stood outside of the car and waited for Song Qinghuan to get in first. Then Song Qinghuan pretended to yawn and said, “I’ll sit on the front passenger’s seat to get sober.”
After saying this, Song Qinghuan opened the car door and sat straightly on the front passenger’s seat.
Song Mingxiu’s good mood because of Song Qingyuan’s tameness during the journey was completely spoiled. With the smile on his face frozen, he could only watch Song Qinghuan sitting on the passenger’s seat quietly.
After Song Mingxiu got on the car, he glanced at Song Shuyao displeasedly as if he were venting his anger on the latter.
Song Mingxiu blamed Song Shuyao for Song Qinghuan’s distant and rejective attitude toward him over the last few months. He thought the reason why Song Qinghuan didn’t like him was that Song Shuyao had spoken nonsense.
Back in the old days, Song Qinghuan had always relied on him.