Fortunately, Nie Mi really didn't care whether the gift was valuable or not. Qiao Nian asked him to go back and take a look, so he put the box away with great care. Then he raised his head and said to the girl in front of him, "By the way, I've reserved a seat for you at the main table. You can sit with me later."
Sit with him
Qiao Nian imagined the scene and could imagine how many inquiring eyes would fall on her. She didn't like to be in the spotlight, so she declined without thinking: "Forget about the main table. I'll just find a random seat. You don't have to greet me specially."
"You don't want to sit at the main table?" Seeing that she refused him without even considering it, Nie Mi said to her anxiously: "There are quite a few people coming this time. I mean, since you are here, I will introduce you to my friends. You..."
"I'm not good at these, forget it." Qiao Nian refused quickly, and it was obvious that he was not interested at all.
"Hey!" Nie Mi knew her character too well. He knew that she was not the kind of person who liked to show off, so she would most likely not agree.
He just thought that Qiao Nian had agreed to speak out for traditional music both times, and secretly he still held a glimmer of hope, thinking that as she got older, she might come to Beijing to attend university and would be willing to make friends with people from outside.
Unexpectedly, she was still the same as before, not changed at all, and still not interested in these things.
After mentioning it once, Nie Mi stopped forcing her and just said, "I even had someone reserve a seat at the main table, thinking that you would come and sit with me... If you don't want to, forget it. Next time, when you come to Beijing to study, I won't bother holding a birthday party. I'll just invite you and Su Huaiyuan, and a few other friends, and we'll all have a meal together."
Qiao Nian raised the corner of his mouth, pulled up the brim of his hat, and said in a bandit-like manner: "Then I'll treat you next year."
"Haha. Okay, I'll find the most expensive restaurant and ask the waiter to serve you all the dishes in the restaurant so that you can go bankrupt!"
He was just joking.
He knew that Qiao Nian was not short of money. At least among his peers, Qiao Nian looked inconspicuous, but he was much richer than many of his peers.
"Okay." Qiao Nian agreed readily, her brows relaxed, and she looked relaxed and at ease. She didn't look like she was afraid that he would bankrupt her. Her expression was extremely calm.
Nie Mi started to smile and stood at the door and chatted with her about the music exchange meeting for a while.
Several times, the younger generations of the Nie family came out to look for him. He was the protagonist of this banquet. As the birthday boy, it was impossible for him to abandon so many people in the banquet hall and only greet Qiao Nian.
Even though Nie Mi was unwilling, under the repeated urging of his family, he had no choice but to take Qiao Nian in first, and told her to text him if there was anything, and then he had to leave temporarily.
As soon as he walked away, many of the inquiring gazes that were surrounding him naturally dispersed. Qiao Nianle was at ease, lowered the brim of his hat, found a corner with relatively fewer people and walked over.
Unlike many people who dressed up for the event, her outfit of a sweatshirt, jeans and canvas shoes was too low-key.
The low-key look seems shabby among the fancy clothes.
Many people who noticed her coming frowned in disdain as their eyes passed over her.
I thought she was a student of Professor Nie from Tsinghua University, and that she had never seen the world, so she dressed so simply to attend Professor Nie's birthday party.
(End of this chapter)