Chapter 39: The Birthday Banquet (I)
Half an hour later, the car arrived at the banquet venue.
Sun Changhong's birthday banquet was held in the banquet hall of one of his largest five-star hotels. In addition to all immediate and collateral family members, there were also senior executives and business partners of the group, and the number of invited guests was roughly more than 1,000.
After getting out of the car, Su Xin and Sun Zhenhao stepped on the stairs covered with burgundy soft wool carpet. The accessories on her whole body are only the necklace and ring given by Sun Zhenhao, her right hand is in Sun Zhenhao's arm, and her left hand is holding a small black long rhombic handbag that can't hold anything. Sun Zhenhao's driver followed them, holding a large gift box containing congratulatory gifts.
The banquet hall is extremely luxurious, with golden crystal chandeliers, majestic Roman columns, and a giant fountain of gods in the center of the venue, where huge flower balls made of real flowers can be seen everywhere. In addition to celebrating Sun Changhong's 75th birthday, this banquet will also hold a charity auction. On the screen of the rostrum is a picture of the spirit monkey and crane offering longevity, with a big "longevity" in the center, and a row of words on the top is-
Love Without Borders, "Siyun Fund" Charity Auction
"Siyun" is the name of Sun Changhong's late wife, Sun Changhong founded a charitable foundation in the name of his beloved wife, and the Sun family donates a large amount of money every year to fund education and medical projects in poor mountainous areas.
The biggest purpose of this banquet is to do charity, so the gift money is free, and the food is said to be vegan and carried out in the form of a meal. There are hundreds of round tables with eight seats each. Su Xin and Sun Zhenhao, plus their parents and Chen Zhicong and his wife, happened to be full, and her sister-in-law Sun Qianyi was assigned to the table of some cousins of the same generation.
Su Xin and Sun Zhenhao came early, and the number of waiters in the venue was more than the guests. The birthday star has not yet appeared on the stage, Sun Zhenhao thoughtfully helped Su Xin sit down and told her:
"Tell me if your feet hurt. ”
"It's okay, it feels much better with alcohol. Su Xin was telling the truth, the shoes on her feet were just a slight sense of oppression, and Sun Zhenhao's method was quite good.
The guests arrived one after another, and the venue gradually became lively, and the voices of people almost drowned out the sound of music in the venue. Soon after, Sun Changhong came out on crutches and surrounded by several servants. This time, he was wearing a coffee-colored Tang suit, which was printed with round golden auspicious totems.
Sun Changhong sat down on the Taishi chair set up on the rostrum, and the guests came forward to greet them one by one.
When it was Sun Zhenhao's turn and his wife, Su Xin was even more nervous than when she first met Sun Changhong, after all, her identity was different. Last year, she met him as the daughter of Sun Changhong's son's partner, but now she is a "granddaughter-in-law", thinking that the other party will look at her with a scrutinizing eye, Su Xin can't help but be nervous.
Sun Zhenhao hugged her affectionately and bowed slightly to Sun Changhong.
"Grandpa, I wish you a happy birthday. ”
Sun Changhong smiled lovingly and bowed slightly. Sun Zhenhao introduced Su Xin to him:
"Grandpa, this is my wife. ”
Su Xin immediately said obediently and meekly: "Grandpa, I wish you a happy birthday, my name is Su Xin, and I am very happy to be able to attend your birthday banquet." ”
Sun Changhong nodded while looking at Sun Zhenhao, and smiled meaningfully: "After hiding for a year, you are finally willing to bring it out?"
Sun Zhenhao smiled faintly, and Su Xin was slightly confused, but the sweet smile on his face remained unchanged.
Sun Changhong said to Su Xin kindly: "Zhenhao, this kid is good at everything, but he is a little bit woody, please bear with me." ”
Su Xin hurriedly said: "No, Zhenhao is very good." ”
That's all gone, he can create romantic passion now, Su Xin sighed.
Sun Changhong smiled and nodded again. Sun Zhenhao saw that there were still a bunch of guests waiting behind, so he didn't talk any more and said, "Grandpa, then let's go down first." ”
"Good ......"
Sun Zhenhao led Su Xin away from the rostrum, Su Xin felt that Old Man Sun was very kind to Sun Zhenhao, think about it, with such an outstanding grandson as Sun Zhenhao, which old man doesn't like it?
After the two walked away, Su Xin remembered Fang Cai's question and asked:
"Did Grandpa know we were married?"
Sun Zhenhao replied affirmatively: "Well, grandpa regularly asks people to investigate the situation of his children and grandchildren. ”
Su Xin was shocked: "Isn't that impossible to hide from him?"
"Probably. ”
"So...... Last year, could he already have known?" Su Xin thought about it carefully, she shuddered, and she felt like she had been stripped of her pants.
Sun Zhenhao comforted: "Grandpa just hopes to understand our lives better, and he generally won't interfere." ”
The banquet officially began, and most of the guests came, and Su Xin's table was also full.
Su Xin remembered the shocking gossip that Sun Qianyi had just told her, and she couldn't help but secretly glance at Guan Qijing, who was sitting opposite. Guan Qijing is tall and slender, with a beautiful face and an elegant temperament, and she can't tell that she is 52 years old at all.
Su Xin looked at Sun Weiming beside her again, Sun Weiming's deep affection for Guan Qijing was naturally revealed, and every look was like water tenderness.
Behind them is the position of Sun Weiyuan, the boss of the Sun family.
The arrangement of the banquet fully reflects the distance between relatives and class stratification. Starting from the rostrum, the four children of the Sun family sat in order, then the major shareholders of the group, plus the leading bosses of the partners, and then the peripheral relatives and ordinary executives in the company.
At this time, Sun Weiyuan's eldest son Sun Zhenye's family of three had already arrived, and Sun Zhenye's sister Sun Qianping and her boyfriend were at the same table, as well as Sun Zhenye's youngest brother Sun Zhenlin.
Sun Zhenye's wife, Peng Jiaqi, has been glancing at Su Xin and Sun Zhenhao intentionally or unintentionally.
Su Xin thought of the various entanglements between their family and Sun Zhenhao's family, and sighed again, the love life of the rich is really bloody!
However, Su Xin never expected that more bloody things were still to come......
A few minutes before the official start of the banquet, there was a commotion at the entrance, as if some big man had come. Su Xin looked up and saw that the entrance was full of people, and she couldn't see what it was. Then she continued to lower her head and play with her mobile phone without paying much attention, but Wu Huiping beside her craned her neck and looked.
The guest who caused the riot slowly approached the rostrum, and Su Xin, who was scrolling through WeChat, heard Wu Huiping's exclamation:
"Ahh
At this time, the surroundings were also lively, and everyone was talking about each other. Su Xin didn't care at first, until Wu Huiping pulled her.
"Help me see, is it that kind of star?"
"What?" Su Xin finally looked away from the phone screen, she looked back, stunned-