Xia Sha carefully places the flash disk inside the golden hairpin box. Her movement was swift. As if she is only opening the box because she cherishes what's inside. Only Xiao Zhan, who is sitting next to her, could see what she is doing.
"You better copy the file in your phone if it's important." Xiao Zhan said inwardly with a faint smile. Since Guan Xian acts so secretly to pass the flash disk to Xia Sha, it must be something important.
"I can help you copy it in the bathroom."
Xia Sha looked at him with a cools gleam in her eyes for a mere second before tugging a smirk on her face. "And let you know about it? No, thank you."
"Hah, so you can believe Guan Xian and not me?" Xiao Zhan pressed his lips into a thin line. He got a flat glance from Xia Sha.
"That man gives me an investor and a great platform to sell my products. While you, you stole my project and cheated on me before. Tell me, which should I believe in more?" She said indifferently.
"..."
Xiao Zhan wants to sulk, but he knew she wouldn't care. In the end, he only scoffed and muttering, "A known mistake is better than an unknown truth."
"And what is the truth I did not know again?" Xia Sha raised her eyebrow towards him. She knew he was talking about Guan Xian in general. Guan Xian's bad reputation as a womanizer is well known to everyone in the social circle.
"When I found out, I'll tell you." Xiao Zhan averted his gaze from Xia Sha restlessly. Xia Sha rolls her eyes at him before hitting his arm.
"Stop focusing on unimportant matters and do your job well. I'll kill you if you dare to mess up my project." Although her tone sounds cold, Xiao Zhan is sure he caught a smile in her eyes.
It's the first time she talks to Xiao Zhan as friends after the feud between them. Xiao Zhan could not hold his bright smile anymore.
"How could I? there is this nitpicking woman in our group."
"I'm not nitpicking. I'm just showing you the right way to do it," Xiao Zhan chuckle at her snappy answers. Xia Sha pursues her lips and looks away from Xiao Zhan to two people on the back table.
She accidentally met Ling Guang's gaze directed to her. Xia Sha lifted her lips right corner and raised a glass of wine to him. Ling Guang looks surprised and hurriedly raises his glass of wine to Xia Sha.
There are two dark faces in the ballroom after that short interaction between Xia Sha and Ling Guang. Guan Xian throws a glare at Xia Sha, but Xiao Zhan is the lucky one to ask her personally.
"What are you doing?!" He said in disbelief.
"Celebrating his downfall." Xia Sha cherry lips curled into a cruel smirk. Then, she clinks her glass to Xiao Zhan's empty glass.
"You are terrifying," Xiao Zhan shook his head. Xia Sha titled her head and grin.
"I've been so good for too long. It's time to wake up and be bad."
Ling Guang has rope enough advantage over her. This time, she won't even give him a grain of rice.
***
They serve dinner after the auction. In the first twenty-five minutes, those opportunity grabbers chat among themselves at their table. However, when one man stood up to walk to another table, they began to swarms all over the place.
Among the four families descendant, Ji Cun Xi and Guan Xian are slightly more approachable than Wang Kai or Jian Jun. So several men went to greet Ji Cun Xi or Guan Xian as an alibies to talk to all of them.
However, today, young master Guan is not in a good mood, and he is not afraid to show it to everyone. His face is dark, while he keeps furrowing his eyebrow at certain someone. There is no trace of a warm smile on his face. Only a forced faked one.
He blatantly looks disinterested when people talk to him. He sometimes did not even bother to answer. This situation has put Ji Cun Xi as the only communicate-able person. Eventually, Ji Cun Xi got tired and gave up putting on friendly facades too. In the end, no one dares to come to their table again.
"This table is filled with iceberg and statue today. I shouldn't have sit here," Ji Cun Xi complained under his breath, looking at his brothers helplessly.
Everybody at that table could hear his complaint. But no one wanted to open their mouth to console him. Ji Cun Xi exhale angrily and looked at Guan Xian.
"What's wrong with you today? Why you become one of them?" This group could be a group because of his and Guan Xian's existence. The two of them have been carrying this group consisted of two icebergs. Now Guan Xian is leaving the job to stick the group alone to him! He might as well disband this group!
"It's useless to talk to him right now. He can't hear you," Xiao Ni answer to pitiful Ji Cun Xi. Ji Cun Xi is too glad someone is responding to him. However, just when he smiles at Xiao Ni, Wang Kai has been eying for him sharply.
"..."
Xiao Ni has been ignoring Wang Kai's effects on people's mental health for a long time. She casually pointed at Xia Sha, who seems talking to a man with a seducing smile.
"Damn, that girl seriously talking to his cheating ex again? amazing." Ji Cun Xi shook his head in wonder. Xia Sha gets additional points in Ji Cun Xi's valuation of her.
"Brother Ji, don't underestimate her like that. That girl is even more scheming than me. I bet she has another plan right now," Xiao Ni said while observing Xia Sha's beautiful movement.
"You can scheme?" Wang Kai shouted in with teasing looks. Ji Cun Xi, Jian Jun, and even Guan Xian shot him a dirty look this time.
I got fed up with your Public Display Affections!!!
"There is no use to sulk here. If you don't like what your woman is doing, go there and take care of your girl." Wang Kai said with his low voice.
Guan Xian looks at him and raises his eyebrow. A smirk slowly rose on his handsome face. "You think I'm sulking here?"
"If not, then what? You get pissed because she keeps talking to other guys," Jian Jun chimed in, direct and stabbing right on Guan Xian's heart.
Guan Xian pursued his lips and bitterly swallowed Jian Jun's word. "Fine, I'm sulking. But I'm also thinking while sulking,"
"What are you thinking?" Xiao Ni smells trouble from his brother. Guan Xian looks at Xiao Ni and only smiles meaningfully at her.
Not far from their table, Xia Sha wittily starts a conversation with Ling Guang. Ling Guang is surprised by her sudden friendliness after shooing him earlier. He even almost got stress out by her.
Xia Sha could see this and deliberately make him comfortable before carrying out her plans.
"I'm sure our companies could work together some days in the future," she lies with a very kind face.
Ling Guang is awkward when he heard this. Although slowly declining, he could not underestimate the Xia Corporation's brand. Also, ever since he lost the deal with Guan Corporation, no local investor is bold enough to invest in Bright Electronic.
Except for Xiao Yu. But in the process of that, he needs to ruin the Xia corporation. Now Xia Sha is offering a hand, what should he do?
"I presume it would be a great help," He smiles politely, and Xia Sha smiles. People said a smile could bring a thousand memories back. Ling Guang finally knew what does it means.
When she smiles, her eyes turned into a beautiful half-moon. A natural blush colors her pales cheek while sweetness crawling on the onlooker's heart.
Ling Guang felt she had become the girl he meets in college again. The sweet, witty, and sweet caroline of man's dream.
This thought has made him sighed inside his heart. Sourness fills the hollow he avoids with working late every day. Forget it. He has chosen this path and couldn't turn back.
"I see you are getting close with young master Guan," He smiles and moves on to another topic. It's also his attempt to checked if Xia Sha knew about the flash disk yet.
Xia Sha hides her mocking smiles with her shy blush. "I also can see Meng Ran is trying to get close to young master Guan, too,"
"Well, what can I say. Young master Guan is a great investor," Ling Guang lowering his gaze at his glass. Covering up for Meng Ran is needed if he didn't want to end up as a loser in Xia Sha's eyes.
"Ah, I see. That's why Guan Xian needs some files from Meng Ran. Why does he need to be all secretive about it? He doesn't even let me touched the flash disk." Xia Sha murmured, but make sure it's loud enough for Ling Guang's to hear.
Ling Guang's ears instantly perk up when he heard this. Great! Young master Guan did not give it to Xia Sha. Meng Ran better moves now.
"I need to find Meng Ran now. Great time talking to you, Xia Sha," He touches Xia Sha's hand warmly before he bids his goodbye.
"Yeah, great time talking to you too," Xia Sha mutters as Ling Guang's back disappear at the crowd.