Chapter 462: Hongmen Banquet
Zhong Yue nodded, also with a cold face, and his brows were furrowed.
The atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
Zhang Chenyi grabbed Gong Xiangqin's shoulder with one hand, but said with a smile: "Don't worry, I don't think it's a bad thing." β
"Huh? Why? Gong Xiangqin's eyes widened with curiosity.
"Intuition." Zhang Chenyi smiled slightly, with a mysterious face.
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An hour laterβ
Gong Xiangqin originally thought that this banquet was only invited to them, but she didn't expect that the Ji family would invite almost half of the famous people in the entire Beijing city.
The huge banquet hall was full of people, staggered and smiling.
As soon as Gong Xiangqin and the others arrived, due to the status of Commander Gong, many people gathered around to greet each other and greet them with a smile.
On the contrary, it was Ji Yuanren, the host, who came over and said two or three words, pretending to welcome him, and hurriedly said goodbye on the grounds that he wanted to entertain other guests, and tried his best to be perfunctory.
"Mom, I'm tired, I want to go over there and sit down and rest first." Gong Xiangqin was pregnant, and she felt tired after standing and talking for a while, so she said to Zhong Yue.
"I'll go with you." Of course, Zhong Yue didn't worry about her sitting alone, and after saying goodbye to others, she took Gong Xiangqin to sit on the sofa on the side.
Zhang Chenyi originally wanted to accompany Gong Xiangqin, but Gong Yushan and Zhong Yue both felt that this was a good opportunity to officially introduce him to others as the son-in-law of the Gong family.
"Mom, do you think Chen Yi can handle it? What if someone dishonors him because of his origins? Gong Xiangqin held a glass of hot milk, and her eyes kept following her father and Chen Yi, and said worriedly.
"With your dad here, you relax." Zhong Yue patted her hand and said, "The question of origin, Chen Yi doesn't care about it, no matter what others say, he can't attack him." β
"I don't know what the ......hell the Ji family is going to do," Gong Xiangqin muttered quietly, looked around the entire banquet hall, looked at it for a while, and didn't feel anything abnormal, and when she was about to withdraw her gaze, she suddenly saw a familiar figure.
Qin Yichen!
He was there.
Gong Xiangqin met his gaze, hesitated for a moment, raised his cup and shook it at him, nodded and smiled slightly, which was regarded as a greeting.
Qin Yichen paused, also raised his wine glass, smiled at her, and then turned around and left, walking to the left in a hurry.
"That's Yichen?" Zhong Yue turned his head, happened to see his back, and asked Gong Xiangqin.
"Hmm. It's him. Gong Xiangqin nodded, thinking about his relationship with the Ji family, it is not surprising that he appeared here.
It's just that the eyes between the two just now are embarrassing!
Gong Xiangqin couldn't help sighing in her heart, a good friend is gone.
After a while, there was a commotion at the door of the banquet, and then all the people stood up, either to the door or to stand on either side of the aisle.
"Mom, who's coming?" Gong Xiangqin got up with Zhong Yue's support and asked with some curiosity.
"It's Jiang Lan!" Zhong Yue leaned into her ear and whispered.
"Huh?! Is it the wife of our leader? Gong Xiangqin screamed in surprise and asked suspiciously, "Why did she come to this banquet?" β
"She and Wang Yingyue are friends with handkerchiefs, and it's not very strange to come over." Zhong Yue stood up, applauded with everyone, and turned her head to explain to her daughter.
There are distinguished guests coming to the door, and the Ji family and his wife are naturally enthusiastic to accompany them, and the attention of other guests has also shifted to this distinguished guest, and Gong Xiangqin is no exception.
However, she is purely a kind of melon-eating crowd who watches the excitement, and she doesn't want to get close to this lady with a graceful and generous temperament.
Seeing that everyone was welcome, Gong Xiangqin was about to sit down again, but Zhong Yue pulled her and walked straight towards Jiang Lan and the others, and whispered: "Out of politeness, we are going to greet her." β
Walking through the crowd, Zhong Yue took Gong Xiangqin and slowly walked in front of Jiang Lan, bowed slightly, and greeted politely with a smile.
"Ah Yue, you have finally come to the end of your hardship, and now that your daughter has come back, she is going to be a grandmother again, which is really good." Jiang Lan glanced at Gong Xiangqin with a smile, grabbed Zhong Yue's hand affectionately and said, "Look at this belly, it should be seven months, right?" β
"It's not six months old, and I'm older because I'm pregnant with twins." Zhong Yue said with a smile.
"Yikes! It's twins. Congratulations! Look at your round pink little face, you know very well! Jiang Lan stretched out her hand, patted Gong Xiangqin's arm with a smile, and asked, "Which child is the child's father?" What a blessing to be able to marry you! β
"Ah Lan, you may not know, the father of the child is not the child we know, he is the object of Miss Gong's marriage in the countryside before, a poor boy, I heard that their husband and wife have a good relationship, and they will never leave, which is really enviable." Wang Yingyue said with a smile on the side.
Gong Xiangqin glanced at her coldly, knowing that she was sarcastic about herself, but in the face of so many people, she could only respond with a smile, and she couldn't refute anything.
Their husband and wife have a good relationship, but, in the eyes of outsiders, the door is not right, the relationship is good, hehe, who believes it?!
Many rumors are that Chen Yi shamelessly climbed to the high branches, relied on the power of the Yue family, and was promoted in the army, and was a soft egg who relied on women.
"Who in our generation is not from a poor peasant in the countryside." Jiang Lan said lightly: "It's only been a few years, and you've forgotten everything." β
Wang Yingyue thought of the various hierarchical struggles of a few years ago, criticizing the landlords and the bourgeoisie, and the poor peasants being superior to others.
This made her heart tremble, a trace of cold sweat broke out on her forehead, her expression froze, and she said with a wry smile: "This is what I said wrong." Alan education is. β
Jiang Lan glanced at her and didn't say anything, but turned to look at Zhong Yue and asked with a smile, "Is the kid here?" I'll see you too. β
"With Yushan." Zhong Yue looked behind him and saw that Gong Yushan was coming towards this side with Zhang Chenyi, so he smiled and said, "The two are here." β
Zhang Chenyi walked up to Jiang Lan, saluted her respectfully, greeted her, and stood aside again.
"I think the young man is good, and he is quite a good match for Xiangqin to stand up." Jiang Lan said with a smile.
Zhong Yue and the others all responded with a smile, echoing or being modest.
Wang Yingyue stood aside, listening to the stiffness on her face, she glanced at her husband and asked him to prepare, while she smiled and reminded Jiang Lan that the dinner was about to start, and invited her to sit aside.
Zhong Yue and the others resigned one after another, and under the guidance of the waiter, they found their seats and sat down one by one, and exquisite snacks and cold dishes were already placed on each table.