novelraw Chapter 1122: Can I Talk to You Alone for a Moment?
Chapter 1122: Can I Talk to You Alone for a Moment?
The other people at the gathering were all enjoying themselves, seemingly unaware of the two of them.
Zhenzhen’s gaze fell on the bottle of wine in Huo Jiaqi’s hand.
After staring blankly for a few seconds, she shifted her gaze and looked at Huo Jiaqi again, "Jiaqi, can I talk to you alone for a moment?"
"Alone?" Huo Jiaqi glanced at the people in the private room, hesitated for a moment, and finally put down the bottle in his hand, stood up, "Let’s go outside then. This is a friend’s gathering, we can’t just kick everyone out."
With that, he took long strides and walked out first.
Zhenzhen was left standing there, stunned.
Did she say something wrong?
It seemed like Jiaqi was blaming her...
But what she wanted to say wasn’t that she wanted everyone to leave so she could talk to him alone.
Zhenzhen was a bit confused by Huo Jiaqi’s misunderstanding.
Though she hoped she was just overthinking it, she quickly followed Huo Jiaqi out.
The bar was crowded everywhere; the only relatively quiet place was probably the restroom.
Huo Jiaqi directly led Zhenzhen to the area outside the restroom. As soon as he stopped walking, he pulled out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from his pocket and lit one up with a casual flair.
Zhenzhen looked at him in surprise again.
He smokes?
Perhaps feeling uncomfortable under Zhenzhen’s gaze, Huo Jiaqi twirled the pack of cigarettes in his hand, suddenly handing it over to Zhenzhen, "Do you smoke?"
"I..." Zhenzhen seemed a bit startled, then quickly shook her head, "I don’t... I can’t smoke."
"Oh." Huo Jiaqi exhaled a large plume of smoke, responding with a calm "oh," and then put the pack back into his pocket.
Zhenzhen looked at him with a somewhat complicated expression.
Huo Jiaqi simply continued to smoke, the sight of him exhaling clouds looked unfamiliar to Zhenzhen.
But no matter how unfamiliar, the man in front of her was still her fiancé.
This was the truth.
A truth recognized by both families.
This man would be her future husband, and she had to learn how to maintain this already established relationship between them.
"Jiaqi." Zhenzhen forced a gentle smile on her face, hesitated for a moment, and then handed the woven bag in her hand to Huo Jiaqi, "This is a gift I bought for you. I actually bought it a long time ago, just never found the right chance to give it to you. I don’t know if it’s appropriate to give it in a place like this, but I hope you’ll like it."
"A gift?" Huo Jiaqi took a final deep drag of his cigarette, then stubbed it out with a smile towards Zhenzhen, "Is it because I gave you a gift before, so you want to return the favor?"
"Ah?"
Before Zhenzhen could react, Huo Jiaqi had already taken the woven bag.
He used two fingers to slightly open the bag and look inside, his smile grew a bit but seemed to carry a hint of mockery, "Items from this brand don’t seem cheap."
"It’s, it’s alright." Zhenzhen looked a bit embarrassed as she bowed her head and fiddled with her fingers.
She had spent nearly all her savings to buy him this gift.
But if he liked it, everything she had done was worth it.
The things she sent him before were indeed too shabby.
The Huo Family had been a prominent family for generations, and he was born a nobleman; how could he be impressed by those things?
She hadn’t thought it through enough.
"Oh, Jiaqi, you two are really inseparable, coming here for a date,"
Just then, the man who had earlier opened the door for Zhenzhen came to use the restroom, saw the two, and greeted Huo Jiaqi.
After greeting, he headed straight to the restroom.
Who knew Huo Jiaqi would suddenly reach out and grab him firmly.
"What are you doing?" The man seemed shocked.
Huo Jiaqi promptly handed over the woven bag he was holding, "I don’t like items from this brand, it’s yours."
Zhenzhen abruptly looked up, unable to believe as she stared at Huo Jiaqi, her expression frozen on her face.