Chapter 570: A farce
Ye Zhongxin was as thin as a hair, and he was keenly aware of the changes in the expressions of Tang Yezhong and the others.
"Sister, did they bully you?"
Ye Zixuan pursed her lips and said with a look of grievance: "Well, they scolded me and said that they would eat at the same table with me, they couldn't afford to lose this person!"
Hearing Ye Zixuan's words, Tang Yezhong and the others trembled with fright, trembling and unable to say a complete sentence.
In Ye Chong's eyes, a touch of cold killing intent appeared, like a knife, staring at Tang Yezhong and the others: "Hehe, a few people have such a big posture, and there is no one in the Ye family who bullied me, right?"
In the face of Ye Chong's coercion, Tang Yezhong, Jin Sheng and the others were all so frightened that their faces turned pale, their legs were weak, and they collapsed to the ground straight.
Ye Chong saw that they were quite knowledgeable, and they didn't want to do things too much, so he shouted coldly.
"Today is Old Man Huo's birthday banquet, it's not appropriate to see blood, so I'll spare you this time. However, capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped. Slap yourselves a hundred times, get out of here!"
Hearing Ye Chong's words, Tang Yezhong, Jin Sheng and others were pardoned. No one dared to say another hard word, all of them were like good babies, kneeling straight on the ground, lined up in rows, and began to slap themselves.
"Papapa, papapa......"
Immediately, the sound of slapping was in the courtyard, and it sounded one after another.
Old Man Huo saw that the scene was a little embarrassing, so he smiled and said: "The affairs of their young people, let their young people handle it by themselves, a few of us old immortals, go to the hall to catch up on the old days." When I'm older, there won't be many opportunities to get together like this in the future!"
Dongfang Luo, Old Man Liu, and several other old people all entered the hall one after another with the support of their juniors.
After a few words of greeting, the guests began to present birthday gifts to Old Man Huo.
Liu Huanxi took out a pair of tigers carved from white marble and respectfully handed them to Old Man Huo: "Grandpa Huo, today is your 80th birthday, Huanxi wishes you happiness like the East China Sea, and longevity is better than Nanshan!"
Old man Huo is a tiger, and he himself likes tigers very much, which is a well-known thing in the upper circle of Jiangnan. For this reason, their Huo family also specially converted a small villa into a tiger garden, which was used to feed Old Man Huo's two hanging white-eyed tigers.
Old Man Huo took the white jade tiger from Liu Huanxi's hand, played with a thick smile, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Huanxi, you have a heart, much better than my grandson." If you can be the granddaughter-in-law of our Huo family and take care of Sheng'er for me, even if you leave the West, I can also smile at Jiuquan, old man!"
As he spoke, he gave Huo Sheng, who was accompanying him, a look.
Huo Sheng understood, took out a black sandalwood box, and respectfully handed it to the old man.
Old Man Huo opened the box, took out a white jade jade bracelet from it, and said with a smile: "Huanxi, since ancient times, we in China have paid attention to etiquette and exchanges, if you give me a white jade tiger, I will return the favor and give you this legendary phoenix jade bracelet!"
Looking at the bracelet handed over by Old Man Huo, Liu Huanxi was stunned on the spot, she never expected that the other party would be so anxious.
At the moment, everyone present shifted their attention to Liu Huanxi to see how she reacted?
Some celebrities and ladies have all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred for them.
Being able to marry into a wealthy family like the Huo family is something that many girls dream of.
However, Liu Huanxi did not reach out to pick it up, but stayed in place.
For a while, she didn't know, what to do?
If you refuse to accept the bracelet yourself. The relationship between the Huo family and the Liu family is likely to crack, or even turn against each other. This can be said to be harmful but not beneficial to the development of the entire Liu family.
But if he took the bracelet, it would be tantamount to acquiescing to Old Man Huo's statement and losing the happiness of his life.
Old Man Huo suddenly made such a move, and Liu Huanxi was at a loss. If Wang Hao is her boyfriend, it will be tantamount to slapping the Huo family in the face and making things worse.
Huo Xueyun is the most happy to see Liu Huanxi and marry into the Huo family.
Old Man Liu's body is already worse day by day, and he is a person who has half a foot in the coffin. If Liu Huanxi is married into the Huo family, then after the old man leaves the West, there will be one less person to compete with her son Liu Wuchen for the family property.
Moreover, Old Man Huo and Huo Sheng like Huanxi very much. As a matchmaker in the middle, his status will naturally rise with the tide.
"Huanxi, what's wrong with you, didn't happiness come too suddenly, happy and stupid? Old Man Huo gave you a gift, hurry up and take it!" Huo Xueyun saw that Liu Huanxi didn't reach out to pick up the phoenix jade bracelet, worried that something would happen again, so he quickly patted her shoulder and reminded.
Hearing Huo Xueyun's reminder, Liu Huanxi, who was full of thoughts, could be regarded as coming back to his senses.
She calmed her mind, sorted out her thoughts briefly, smiled, and said, "Grandpa Huo, today is your old man's birthday." As a junior, it is appropriate to give you gifts. How can Huanxi ask for your gift, this is not in line with our traditional Chinese etiquette. ”
After saying a few words, she regained a little composure and confidence, and made a harmless joke: "Grandpa Huo, everyone else has also prepared gifts." If you had made this start, I am afraid that there would not be so many gifts to give!"
Old man Huo used the traditional etiquette of "courtesy and exchange, and reciprocating with peaches" to force Liu Huanxi to accept the jade bracelet.
Liu Huanxi saw the trick and refused with traditional etiquette.
Old Man Huo didn't expect Liu Huanxi to refuse, and the smile on his face couldn't help but stiffen.
Immediately, he laughed heartily again: "Haha, Huanxi, this is my love token when I proposed to your grandmother, the only one, others don't have your blessing." ”
"Huanxi, come, such relatives and friends are watching, I'm an old man, if I can't even give a gift, this old face is a little unbearable!"
Old Man Huo's temperament is also surprisingly stubborn. It seems that if he doesn't give Liu Huanxi, the granddaughter-in-law, today, he won't dare to give up.
Moreover, the thin old hand he was holding the phoenix jade bracelet was still held in the air, and he had no intention of putting it down.
Today is the day of his birthday, and guests from all over the world gathered. He Huo Old Man depreciated his identity and took the initiative to mention this matter, as well as the Ye family and the Dongfang family, the two giant family members to testify. As long as Liu Huanxi accepts their Huo family's family heirloom bracelet, it is equivalent to admitting this family business, and there is no possibility of repentance, otherwise, the entire Liu family will not want to gain a foothold in China again.
Huo Xueyun saw that Liu Huanxi was still hesitating, and he couldn't wait to step forward and slap her twice and wake her up.
"Huanxi, why are you still standing stupidly? The old man has been lifting it for so long, why don't you hurry up and take it? Look how beautiful this bracelet is, come, my aunt will put it on for you!"
As she spoke, she took the jade bracelet from Old Man Huo's hand and prepared to give it to Liu Huanxi to wear on her hand.
Liu Huanxi instinctively resisted, and subconsciously took two steps back.
Huo Xueyun's wrist suddenly became numb, and the phoenix jade bracelet came out of his hand and fell to the ground.
"Dang Qiang!"
"Thunderbolt!"
Looking at the jade bracelet that was broken in half, the audience was shocked.
For an instant, the entire hall was as silent as death.
Huo Xueyun looked at the broken jade bracelet, completely panicked, like a madman, and shouted in horror: "I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it......"
Old Man Huo looked at the phoenix jade bracelet with blank eyes, it was a token of love between him and his wife sixty years ago. When his wife was alive, she always regarded it as a treasure.
I didn't expect ...... will be directly broken on his 80th birthday.
Old Man Liu saw that Old Man Huo's face was pale, so he hurriedly said a few words of comfort.
Immediately, his eyes widened angrily, and he scolded Huo Xueyun: "I can't even hold something steadily, it's really embarrassing!"
After speaking, he motioned to the two daughters of the Liu family and helped Huo Xueyun out.
Looking at this farce, Liu Huanxi glanced at Wang Hao behind him out of the corner of his eye, and smiled lightly at him.
Wang Hao raised his head and stared at the ceiling. It's as if there's some treasure up there.
The more this is the case, the more Liu Huanxi can conclude that the masterpiece of jade crushing just now must be from Wang Hao's handwriting.
An old man comforted: "Brother Huo, the old ancestor said well, broken and safe, this is a good sign!"
Old Man Huo looked at the shattered ancient jade and smiled bitterly in his heart. There was a farce in the yard just now, and now even the family heirloom treasure jade has been broken in half, what kind of good sign can this be?
"Huo Lao, you are angry. Things are outside the body, and you can buy them when you don't have them, and the body is the most important thing. ”
"That's right, Huo Lao, now the jade technology is very superb, the broken mirror can be reunited, and this ancient jade will definitely be able to be recombined!"
……
Old Man Huo waved his hand and said, "That's it, that's it, everything is fate." I can only blame my grandson for not being so blessed and unable to marry your granddaughter Liu Lao!"
The old man's voice was not loud, but in the ears of the Liu family, it was a little harsh.
Obviously, he was blaming Liu Huanxi for not knowing how to lift.
Old Man Liu knew that he was at a loss, so he didn't answer, but he just felt that his old face was a little burning. Knowing that it was such an embarrassing situation, he said that he would not come here.
Looking at this wonderful farce, Wang Hao's heart can be said to be happy.
Suddenly!
He felt a little uneasy. The corner of his eye swept over, and he just saw the old fox in Dongfangluo, squinting his eyes, looking in his own direction intentionally or unintentionally.
Strange, why is he staring at himself?
Could it be that he discovered his little trick just now?
But this shouldn't be, what you do is seamless, even if you are a master at the peak of the True Martial Realm, you may not be able to detect it.
Just when Wang Hao was suspicious for a while, Dongfang Luo stroked his silver-gray beard and walked towards Wang Hao.
"You are Wang Hao, the former god of war in the army, the son of Wang Zhan?"