Chapter 1: The Nearest and Farthest Man (47)
Her voice is so soft that it is very easy to listen to. Not to mention a sincere apology, it is perfunctory, and the perfunctory person is extremely comfortable. So these four, from Mei Mengxian down, all smiled and said again and again that it doesn't matter, we arrived early.
Mrs. Mei sat down and said, "It's all Chun'er, so I insist that we arrive early." Ji Kang said that Mi Sicheng is a Western rule here, and it is not appropriate to come early for a banquet, and it is appropriate to arrive later. But we couldn't help Chun'er's urging, and we also wanted to come over to see Mi Sicheng earlier. ”
"You're welcome." Jingyi said with a smile.
"Don't be polite to us. On weekdays, you take care of this ignorant child in our family, and you never have the opportunity to thank you in person. There are many guests today, so you don't need to greet us in particular. Mrs. May smiled.
Jingyi nodded. Mrs. May is not quite the same as her husband. Mei Mengxian is a shipping tycoon. There are a lot of such tycoons in Shanghai, and most of them can't get rid of the spirit of the rivers and lakes, although Mei Mengxian is already the second generation, and he is not a person who fights the world on the dock, and his gestures still can't help but taste like a green gang. Mrs. Mei is a beautiful lady who knows books and etiquette.
At this time, Xiaomei glanced at her uncle and asked with a smile: "Uncle, don't you have a question for Catherine?" ”
Mei Jikang was sitting silently, and when he saw his niece smiling, he said, "Where do I have any questions?" ”
"Yes, if you see Catherine, you won't have any problems." Xiaomei smiled.
"You little girl." Mrs. May frowned and looked at her daughter with disgust.
The doorbell rang.
No one has come to report yet, the visitor has already walked in, and he laughed heartily and loudly: "Jingyi, how is it, I'm not late, right?" ”
It's Dunhuang.
Jingyi stood up and looked at him with a smile - he had changed his robe today, very formally, and still had a small bouquet of flowers in his hand, also gardenias, - she walked over and took the flowers and said thank you.
There was a smile between his eyebrows. The fragrance of gardenia lingered, and he began to feel gentle from his smile to his whole person.
Jingyi wanted to introduce him to Mei Mengxian and his party. Mei Mengxian explained with a smile that they had met for a long time.
"General Xiao led troops to be stationed near Chongming last year, and he had a lot of contact with my subordinates, so I got to know each other." Mei Mengxian personally introduced his family to Dunhuang at the moment. Jingyi stood beside him, seeing Dunhuang's steady and gentle greetings with the Mei family. She didn't expect that Dunhuang, a man with a gangster body, would also be willing to follow the rules like this one day...... Of course, she didn't miss the moment when Dunhuang and Xiaomei looked at each other, Xiaomei's crimson cheeks, and the shining starlight in her eyes...... She couldn't help but wonder.
Another guest arrived, and Dunhuang volunteered to help Jingyi take care of the guests, and then really took on this responsibility.
Just after seven o'clock, cars began to come and go outside the Cheng Mansion, and the guests soon arrived.
Quiet ripples circulate and revolve among the guests, busy and happy.
When someone came to inform them that they were ready to take their seats, she ushered the guests into the restaurant and took their seats.
In a small restaurant, the layout is elegant and tidy. The fire in the fireplace added some warmth, beeping and burning pine wood, and the air smelled of warm pine.
Jing Yi's gaze passed over the people at the table one by one: textile tycoon Fu Jiajun, shipping tycoon Mei Mengxian, Mitsui Bank Chairman Li Yi, newspaper tycoon Ping Yongan, and Father Milner...... and her friend Dunhuang. They came alone or with their families, and most of them were familiar with each other, and they talked and laughed at the banquet, taking care of her as a host, and also taking care of the other guests, and seemed to be happy.
Jingyi also wanted to make herself sincerely happy, but looking at their faces, she was drawing a check in her heart, thinking about how much money could be filled in the check; And they are talking about business, the current situation, how to make money, and even how to transfer their hard-earned industries......
The neatly dressed Lao Li came over and whispered in her ear, and she nodded and said she understood.