"Sure, sure." Ouyang Xiong dismissed them with a few perfunctory words, and then had Ouyang Xiu see the two out. Ouyang Xiu grimaced and muttered under his breath, "Why am I the one toiling away again? It's not my engagement party. This is so annoying."
He straightened up at once after receiving a glare from Ouyang Xiong.
An Lan and Huo Zhanting acted as if nothing happened, unable to detect any change in Ouyang Xiong, and followed Ouyang Xiu out of the banquet hall.
By the time Xiao Yihe and Ouyang Yan had gone through the motions and had managed to escape from those using excuses to make them drink, Xiao Yihe wanted to have a good talk with An Lan but couldn't find her after searching everywhere. It was only later that he learned An Lan and Huo Zhanting had already left.
It made his heart feel like it was soaking in plum-flavored soda, sour and bloated. At that moment, he suddenly found this whole engagement banquet utterly pointless.
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