If You Are A Dodder Flower Chapter 30 Part2

When she left the house, Xia Rou had been wearing a coat. Now that she had taken it off, he saw she was wearing a light pink and blue dress. She had on a pearl bracelet to match the pearl hairpin in her hair.

Cao An really lived up to his calling as a designer. He had given up on the usual pearly pink color and chosen light gray pearls for Xia Rou.

If one were to look only at the pearls, it seemed much duller.

However, when matched with Xia Rou's liveliness, it looked very elegant on her.

Xia Rou had grown a little taller over the past year; her head almost reached Cao Yang's lower jaw.

Her height was no different than that of an adult woman's.

Her long hair was tied fluffily behind her head, a few strands curled to hang in front of her ears. Her dress cinched at the waist to reveal its small size.

Cao Yang's gaze stopped on her for a moment.

He realized she was looking down, appearing to be s.p.a.cing out.

This kid would sometimes be like this, suddenly s.p.a.cing out.

It wasn't a good habit. Translated by The Novelst

"Xiao Rou!" Cao Yang called her, "What are you thinking?"

"Ah? Oh…" Xia Rou recovered her senses. She paused a while and said, "Sister w.a.n.g Man graduated from an Ivy League… She's so excellent."

Cao Yang agreed, "Mm, she is."

Xia Rou glanced at him.

Under the light reflected by the chandelier, he was wearing a suit that looked as good on him as his army uniform. He had a straight nose and thin lips.

His confidence as a man was written all over his face.

Xia Rou's gaze couldn't help but seek out w.a.n.g Man in the crowd, who stood out easily.

She was having a conversation with some of the guests, entertaining them with ease.

The confidence on her face seemed to match Cao Yang's.

She studied at an Ivy League while abroad, and she graduated with her masters degree. That had no relation to her surname, nor the family she was born into. That was her ability alone.

Her own ability, with her excellent family background and that beauty… At the banquet, w.a.n.g Man not only overwhelmed many of the other women, but also even some men couldn't compare.

Cao Yang also followed Xia Rou's line of sight to see w.a.n.g Man.

He stared at her for such a long time that Xia Rou took notice. In his gaze was frank admiration.

She couldn't help but sigh softly within her heart.

"Wasn't that Hu kid calling you?" Cao An touched her.

Xia Rou followed the direction Cao An jerked his chin at. Hu Xuan was indeed waving his hands at her.

"Go with him," Cao Yang nodded. "These people are familiar with Hu Xuan. Ask him to introduce them to you."

At this kind of gathering, people would group by age and ident.i.ty; each had their own social circles.

Like Cao Xiong, who had gone with Governor w.a.n.g and others of similar age and status to another hall.

As for Cao Yang and Cao Bin, after they had greeted the elders, they began to chat with the other young adults.

Even the half-grown children brought by their parents to show them around even had their own circles.

Xia Rou walked to Hu Xuan's side.

"I even called you a couple times and you didn't even hear me," complained Hu Xuan.

The two were quite familiar with one another now. Ever since he'd been taught a lesson by Cao Yang, he knew that this girl from the Cao Family was not to be touched.

This little kid had suddenly changed from a pervert to a polite guardian. At school, he took care of Xia Rou with all his heart.

Xia Rou knew that he wasn't a good guy from the beginning, but she also knew that because of Cao Yang's protection, Hu Xuan could only act like a good guy in front of her.

This was why she didn't fear him anymore.

Hu Xuan brought her to his circle and began introductions.

Within that circle, four were schoolmates that also attended Nan Hua, and one of those students was her cla.s.smate. Other than that, some she had met during the Cao Family banquet, and the others she had never met.

Xia Rou greeted them politely. Translated by The Novelst

She represented the name of the Cao Family. Although they were all quite young, they had been trained since birth to know who could be offended and who they dared not offend. So their att.i.tudes toward her were quite positive.

Everyone was chatting and laughing. These half-grown children discussed light-hearted topics, all about eating, drinking, and playing around; complaining about their homework and teachers at school.

If someone bounced a topic at her, Xia Rou would say a sentence or two so the conversation didn't stutter. Overall, she gave them a feeling of gentle quietness.

But she was a girl, and a pretty one at that. The impression she made didn't seem so bad on her.

After chatting for a while, the atmosphere slowly warmed up. Even though they'd just met, they were able to act more familiarly with Xia Rou.

So one of the girls from Xia Rou's school asked quickly: "You've been with the Cao Family for so long, when are you changing your surname to Cao?"

The circle of people all went silent, all turning to stare at her.

In this cla.s.s, even though they were all young, they all had different statuses.

Xia Rou felt lucky to have rebirthed once; she had put down all her expectations and obsessions. If this was the her of the past, and she had entered this circle at this age, a question like that – one that seemed casual but was actually mixed with bad intentions – would already have been enough to bring her down.

Luckily, her present self didn't have a care for those kinds of things any longer.

She put down her gla.s.s and looked into the girl's eyes until the girl moved guiltily out of her sight. Xia Rou only said, "My biological father's surname is Xia. Uncle Cao kept me with the Cao Family, so I'm very grateful to him, but there's no need for me to change my surname."

Everyone present had different expressions on their faces.

Proofread by: Hannah