Serena Li doesn’t consider herself a sentimental person and not easily moved, but the dazzling and stunning display before her eyes truly touched her.
Suddenly I felt a chill on my neck, and something seemed to dangle down, dangle in front of my eyes a couple of times, and then hang around my neck.
Serena Li’s heart skipped a beat. She quickly spotted the swaying pendant, which gradually swayed until she could finally see it clearly.
It was a platinum necklace. Serena Li reached out and pinched the pendant, glanced at it, and felt a tingling sensation run through her body.
The pendant is a gemstone key pendant, with exquisite diamonds and rubies of various sizes arranged in a staggered pattern, sparkling with brilliance. It is set in a pebble-like manner, making it elegant and unique.
Serena Li most was not its monetary value, but the meaning it held. A key? Was it meant to unlock her heart?
“Serena.” Victor Mo saw her head down and remained silent, so he called her name in a deep voice, trying hard to suppress the urge to kiss her.
The two words were like pebbles thrown into a lake, and Serena Li felt a strange shiver run through her body.
His voice was already deep, and when he softly uttered her name, it carried a tender and lingering quality.
She slowly raised her head to look at him, and their eyes met again. In the darkness, his eyes, like the night itself, shone with a glimmer of light.
“You…how did you know…” His eyes seemed to have a magnetic force, drawing people in and making them lose their senses. Serena Li felt that she couldn’t even speak properly.
Victor Mo chuckled and said, “Since I’m going to pursue you, how could I possibly miss your birthday!”
He wanted to know everything about her.
Li Yang had to admit that the way Victor Mo was looking at him at that moment was incredibly aggressive, and his heart was racing uncontrollably.
As her eyes darted around, Victor Mo took two steps closer to her.
“Do you like it?” he suddenly asked, his voice deep and sexy, his eyes filled with undisguised tenderness.
Serena Li stared nervously at him. He was dressed in a black suit in the darkness, exuding a sexy yet dangerous aura.
Serena Li ‘s heart skipped a beat. She took two steps back, took a deep breath, and said, “This necklace is too valuable, I…”
You shouldn’t be interrupted before you’ve even said three words.
“Serena, please don’t reject my feelings, okay?” He noticed her nervousness and the hint of refusal, but he wouldn’t give her a chance to say no.
Perhaps his gaze was too sincere, for Serena Li ‘s words of refusal stuck in her throat and she couldn’t utter them.
“Mr. Mo, it’s time to leave.” Someone reminded Victor Mo from a short distance away that it was time to head to the airport.
Victor Mo glanced back at her, then said to Serena Li , “Serena, I’m going to the capital tonight. I’ll meet you when I get back.”
After Victor Mo left, Serena Li returned to the villa.
Before taking a shower, I took off the necklace and looked at it in my hand.
The fireworks tonight really touched her. She had received all sorts of gifts for her birthday over the years, but she had never received anything so special.
It would be a lie to say I wasn’t moved by such a surprising and heartfelt gift.
However, there are many concerns.
For example, looking at the necklace in her hand right now, she couldn’t help but ask herself: “You accepted such an expensive gift, does that mean you’re going to accept his advances?” She knew perfectly well she couldn’t handle him, yet she kept putting herself in this situation. Ultimately, it seemed she wasn’t truly averse to contacting him, but in terms of being together, it was still impossible.
Serena Li had some lower abdominal pain. After taking a shower, she lay on the bed and didn’t want to move anymore.
to Joyce Wu and the others saying that I was going to rest first, and then I turned on the bedroom light, but I tossed and turned and couldn’t fall asleep for a long time.
The next day, the three of them went to the buffet restaurant for breakfast after getting up.
As soon as I sat down, I heard the couple next to me chatting.
The woman held up her phone and said to her boyfriend, “The video of the fireworks display in the villa area last night has already been uploaded to Weibo!”
Serena Li ‘s hand holding the coffee trembled slightly.
A little while later, Joyce Wu returned with the food and sat down, saying, “Serena, it turns out someone here celebrated their birthday on the same day as you last night, and they even set off fireworks! That girl’s boyfriend was so romantic; he even set off fireworks with words on them!”
“How did you know?” Lynn Yan asked.
Joyce Wu immediately said, “When I went to get the coffee, the waiter told me that it was set off by a friend of the resort owner for his girlfriend! Lingling and I didn’t see it in the stadium last night. Serena, did you see the firework with words on it?”
Serena Li took a sip of her coffee and said, ” Victor Mo set off the fireworks last night.”
Lynn Yan and Joyce Wu were stunned when they heard this, and looked up at her at the same time, waiting for her to explain.
“Last night, after you guys went rock climbing, I went for a walk on the greenway and saw people setting off fireworks on the beach, and then Victor Mo showed up. I don’t know how he knew I was here, and that it was my birthday,” Serena Li said in one breath.
Joyce Wu immediately asked, “You two didn’t confirm your relationship last night, did you?” Decisions are easiest to make when things are romantic and poetic.
Serena Li said, “No. He had proposed dating me twice before, and I refused. I just didn’t expect him to take it so lightly.”
Joyce Wu could ask anything else, Lynn Yan tugged at her sleeve.
Later, when Serena Li went to the restroom, Joyce Wu asked Lynn Yan , “Lingling, don’t you want to know what Serena is thinking? Why won’t you let me continue asking?”
Lynn Yan looked at her and said clearly, “Don’t you have any sense? Frank Wang and Victor Mo both gave her gifts, didn’t you notice that her attitude towards the two of them was different? The fact that she feels confused now means that she does have feelings for Victor Mo , but she’s just too rational. She has concerns and unresolved issues. Don’t disturb her now, let her sort things out herself, and she’ll know her own decision.”
The three spent most of the day at the resort, and after checking out in the afternoon, they headed back.
Back in Pengcheng, Serena Li had already figured out what to do with the designer bag.
She first went to the children’s playground and bought a puzzle set that was about the same size as the box in the cloth bag. After returning home, she emptied the puzzle pieces out, put the designer bag inside, and then took the box to a professional shop to have it resealed.
That night, while having dessert and chatting with Frank Wang , I learned that his daughter had her weekly extracurricular classes on Monday evenings.
On Monday night, I timed it perfectly and went to Baolian Building at the same time as last time.
Frank Wang last time at the entrance of the training institution . He was now leading Frank Wang ‘s daughter out.
After they came out, Serena Li stepped forward and said with a smile to Frank Wang ‘s people, “Hello, could you please give this to Director Wang? This is something he asked me to prepare. Thank you!”
The other person recognized her, took the thing she handed over, and paused for a moment.
Serena Li turned and left before he could say anything.
As she walked back to her apartment building, her phone rang. It was Frank Wang calling, and Serena Li answered.
“Xiao Li, I heard it from the driver. What’s wrong? Don’t you like it?” The voice on the other end of the phone was calm, revealing no emotion.
Serena Li couldn’t help but sigh at how good these officials were at putting on an act. After catching her breath, she said, “No, my boyfriend said I can’t accept such an expensive gift from you.”
She had thought about these words several times. Introducing her status as someone who was already taken was a tactful way of refusing. Although this statement would certainly seem very naive to these shrewd and calculating people, it was better than continuing to give them the runaround.
Frank Wang gave her a designer handbag, and she wondered why—it was a test. He’s the kind of person who doesn’t waste time on long-term, gradual things; smashing the bag, though crude, is effective. He’s very goal-oriented; if she accepts the bag, it’s an indication that she’s accepting his advances.
Serena Li didn’t know if it was just her imagination, but hearing his words, she felt that there was an inexplicable sinister undertone, which made her feel a little chilled.
“Yes, we just started dating recently, and not many people know about it yet.” Having already found herself in a difficult situation, she had no choice but to continue making things up.
“Okay, I’ll stop here for now.”
After finishing speaking, the call ended before she could reply.
Serena Li couldn’t help but curse Old Liu in her heart. Sure enough, he was the one who pushed her out!
Today it’s this scheme, what if another one pops up tomorrow? Just thinking about it gives me a headache. Is ending her single life the only way to stop Liu the Fox from pushing her away?
For some reason, Victor Mo ‘s handsome face appeared in my mind at this moment.
***
Victor Mo has a business dinner tonight.
He was originally from the capital, but after his mother passed away and his father remarried, his maternal grandmother was afraid that his stepmother would not treat him well, so she took him in and took care of him.
He came back this time to celebrate his father’s birthday, who is a high-ranking official in the capital, but he didn’t get along well with his father at the birthday banquet last night.
His father had always hoped he would follow his father’s wishes and enter politics, but he went into business instead. Over the years, his relationship with his father had become both distant and tense. At last night’s birthday banquet, his father arranged a blind date for him without his consent, but he left early, further straining their already tense relationship.
He was feeling a bit down, which is why he agreed to attend this social gathering tonight. He had just finished a few drinks at the table when he went outside for some fresh air.
He stood at the end of the corridor, one hand propped against the window frame, the other holding a half-smoked cigarette. The embers flickered, and half of his face was hidden in the darkness outside the window, his expression even more obscure.
I couldn’t help but think of Serena Li again . I saw her and her father saying their reluctant goodbye at the airport in M, and I overheard them talking on the phone twice. It was easy to see that the father and daughter got along well, and that she was extremely attached to her father.
Thinking of this, his thin lips, which had been tightly pressed together all night, couldn’t help but twitch slightly. He looked forward to the day when her love for him would be just as deep.
Victor Mo’s phone vibrated in his pocket. He frowned, put a cigarette in his mouth, took it out and glanced at it. It was a WeChat message from Jason Qin . His long fingers quickly pressed the button; it was a video.