Chapter 42: The Eve of the Banquet
Because of these problems, Fu Xin didn't sleep well all night. When I woke up in the morning, I had a dark circle under my eyes and went to the dining room.
Looking at her appearance, my grandmother knew that she had finally opened the bag and read the secret, so she said earnestly: "Since you have chosen to understand and investigate, you have to stick to the end, you know?" ”
Although Fu Xin was still a little confused because he didn't sleep well, he immediately woke up when he heard his grandmother's instructions and nodded solemnly.
The secret left by her parents was so shocking that she didn't even dare to talk to anyone, so she could only keep it in her heart for the time being, waiting for the opportunity to investigate slowly in the future.
After breakfast, Lu Jiayao rushed over and pulled Fu Xin to ask.
Fu Xin patiently explained the cause and effect to her, and finally said that the Fu family would hold a birthday party for herself, and asked her if she wanted to go with her.
Lu Jiayao was naturally happy to agree, and expressed great envy that Fu Xin could hold such a huge birthday banquet.
In the next few days, Fu Xin'an quietly accompanied her grandmother, going to work, buying vegetables, and doing housework together, as if she had returned to the time when her mother-in-law and grandson depended on each other.
Because Fu Xin's twentieth birthday was spent at Fu's house this time, her grandmother celebrated her birthday two days in advance, made a table of her favorite dishes, and specially made a birthday cake.
The day before his birthday, Xie Yan came to his grandmother's house early to pick up Fu Xin and return to the capital.
"Oh, Xiao Xie is here, I'm really bothering you!" Seeing Xie Cheng, his grandmother greeted him warmly.
"Hello Grandma! No trouble, you're too polite. Xie Yan said, took Fu Xin's suitcase, and moved it to the aircraft parked outside.
"Grandma, then I'll go, you have to take care of yourself and take care of your body at home!" Fu Xin instructed again and again before leaving.
Grandma smiled and waved her hand.
"Grandma, I'm leaving, too." Seeing this, Lu Jiayao on the side also said goodbye to his grandmother, and boarded Xie Yan's aircraft with Fu Xin.
"Why don't you bring your grandmother with you? It's your twentieth birthday, after all. On the aircraft, Xie Cheng asked while controlling the bridge.
"Grandma is old and doesn't want to run around." Fu Xin explained, "Besides, my grandmother has already celebrated my birthday early yesterday." ”
Lu Jiayao was sitting on Xie Yuan's aircraft for the first time, and she looked at the internal facilities excitedly, whether it was the configuration of the operating table or the interior decoration, it was full of a strong sense of tallness, and it was very expensive at first glance!
She looked at this side and touched that side enviously, and then asked Xie Cheng curiously, "Xie Yuan, is this your flying machine?" ”
"yes!" Xie Yan nodded.
"It's so envious that you can own such a luxurious flying machine at this age!" Lu Jiayao heard Xie Yuan's answer and sighed indignantly.
"Is this flying machine luxurious?" Looking at Lu Jiayao's envious, jealous and hateful appearance, Fu Xin curiously suggested that she usually didn't pay much attention to these.
"It's okay." Xie Yan replied nonchalantly: "This is a special exclusive version launched during the Xie family's anniversary, there are a total of ten units in the country, and I am one of them." ”
Looking at Fu Xin's sigh and nodding appearance, Lu Jiayao knew that she didn't understand how special this flying machine was, shook her head helplessly, and went to the side to carefully touch the internal facilities, after all, this kind of flying machine is not something that can often be sitted.
After arriving in the capital, Xie Yan thought about it and asked where Lu Jiayao went.
Fu Xin replied: "Just go to the villa group hotel at the foot of the main house of the Fu family, Brother Chuan Lin said that the guests who came to the banquet from other places this time are arranged to stay there, send Jiayao over first, and I will help her go through the procedures." ”
This villa group hotel is the property of the Fu family, but it is not usually open to the public. Generally, it is open to the public when the Fu family holds an event, so most of the time it is very quiet here.
Fu Xin thought it would be the same today, but he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at the door of the hotel, he saw people coming and going in the hotel lobby, and he couldn't help but be a little different, "Isn't the banquet officially starting tomorrow night?" It's not even noon today, and so many people have come. ”
"For some people, it's more than just going to a banquet." Xie Yan looked at Fu Xin with a questioning face, and explained: "It is estimated that when you return to the Fu family later, you will also find that the house is a lot more lively." ”
"It can't be so exaggerated!" Fu Xin's eyes widened and he looked at Xie Yuan.
"I said......" Looking at the endless conversation between Fu Xin and Xie Yuan, Lu Jiayao interrupted: "Do you send me to the hotel first, and then what should you do?" ”
When Fu Xin heard Lu Jiayao's words, he turned his head and glanced at her, and said to Xie Yuan, "Then you wait for me for a while, I'll help Jiayao check in first, send her into the room, and come back." Then he took Lu Jiayao straight to the lobby.
"Hello! Please show us your invitation! Seeing Fu Xin and Lu Jiayao coming over, the front desk attendant stood up enthusiastically and said politely.
Hearing the waiter mention the invitation, Fu Xin was stunned for a moment, and then said to Lu Jiayao with a bitter face: "I forgot about the invitation." ”
As soon as Fu Xin's words were finished, Lu Jiayao didn't react, and a girl who was checking in next to her opened her mouth: "Tsk!" It's really a cat or a dog that dares to get in, and it's stupid enough to use the excuse of forgetting the invitation. ”
When Fu Xin and Lu Jia heard this, they turned their heads at the same time, only to see a fashionably dressed girl wearing sunglasses looking at them with disdain.
"Do you know her?" Fu Xin and Lu Jiayao asked each other at the same time, shook their heads at the same time, and then glanced at the girl inexplicably, and then turned their heads again.
"I'd better call and ask Brother Chunlin to send one over." Fu Xin thought about it and said to Lu Jiayao.
The girl who mocked the two next to her was very angry when she saw that they ignored her like this, but she was helpless against the two, so she had to warn the waiter angrily: "There are too many liars now, and they don't look like they have invitations. ”
After saying that, she turned her head and glared at the two of them again, and then dragged her suitcase towards the elevator.
Encountering such an inexplicable person, Fu Xin shrugged helplessly, and soon left it behind.
She dialed Fu Chunlin's communicator and asked him to send someone to send an invitation letter quickly. Hanging up the communicator, Fu Xin sent Xie Yan a message asking him to wait a little longer, and sat in the hotel lobby with Lu Jiayao and waited with peace of mind.
"Fu Xin! Why are you here? Just as she and Lu Jiayao were arguing, a voice from the other side of the lobby interrupted them.
Fu Xin turned his head and saw that it was the lobby brother Fu Chunlong. She smiled and stood up and walked towards Fu Junlong.
Walking in front of Fu Junlong, Fu Xin was just about to speak, when he heard a delicate female voice behind him: "Brother Junlong, why don't you wait for me!" ”
The two looked behind him at the same time, and Fu Xin found that this girl was the one who had just laughed at her at the front desk, and couldn't help but look at Fu Junlong in surprise, "You know?" ”
Fu Junlong heard Fu Xin's question, nodded, and introduced: "Yes! This is Xiang Lan, my junior sister at Jingzao Academy, who is also a major in soil technology. Her father was the deputy head of the Okujo branch of the Soil Pullers' Association, and her uncle was the chief secretary of the Pakatan Harapan leader, Mr Tang. ”
Looking at Fu Junlong and Fu Xin's familiar appearance, Xiang Lan also guessed that the two must have known each other, thinking of her mockery of Fu Xin before, she smiled awkwardly, "This is ......"
"She's Fu Xin, my cousin, the protagonist of this birthday party." Fu Junlong said with a smile.
Hearing Fu Chunlong's introduction, Xiang Lan's face changed again and again, and finally, she smiled neatly, stretched out her hand, and said, "Hello! I'm Xiang Lan. "It's as if nothing had happened before, and there's no apology.
Fu Xin smiled, looked at her outstretched hand, gently dusted her fingers, and said hello.
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, and Fu Chunlong also felt a little inappropriate when he saw this, and just wanted to say something, he saw Fu Junlin walking over from the door of the hotel.
"Fu Xin, the invitation you wanted." Fu Chunlin walked in front of Fu Xin and handed over the invitation, only then did he see Fu Chunlong and the others on the side, "Brother Chunlong, why are you here?" When I come back, I'll go to live at home. ”
Fu Junlong introduced Xiang Lan with a smile, "I brought her with me this time, of course I have to accompany other girls, and I will go home next time I come back." ”
As he spoke, he patted Fu Chunlin's shoulder again, "Then you talk, let's go out first." ”
Seeing Fu Junlong and Xiang Lan walking away, Fu Xin asked, "Why did you send it here in person?" ”
"It just so happened that grandpa asked me to come over to pick up two friends, I want to bring you the invitation by the way, and save the trouble of the driver to run again."
"Oh~" Fu Xin nodded.
"Do you want to go back with me?" Seeing that Fu Xin was about to leave, Fu Junlin hurriedly asked.
"No, I still have to help Jiayao go through the formalities, besides, Xie Yuan is still waiting for me outside." Fu Xin shook his hand and walked towards Lu Jiayao.
Help Lu Jiayao complete the formalities, send her back to the room, and then accompany her to take out her luggage and pack the room, and tell her a few words about safety, Fu Xin left the hotel and returned to Xie Yuan's aircraft.
"Why did you go for so long?" Seeing Fu Xin coming back, Xie Cheng lazily got up from his seat and asked.
"It's not like forgetting the invitation." Fu Xin said, remembering what he had just met Xiang Lan, so he also told it.
Xiang Lan ...... I don't know, but if her uncle is the chief's chief secretary, I probably know who it is. He was said to be cunning, resolute, and most importantly trusted by the chief. ”
"Oh, that's it!" Fu Xin nodded, "No wonder Xiang Lan is so arrogant." ”
Without a word, he arrived at the main house of the Fu family, and Fu Xin stepped off the aircraft and looked at Xie Yuan.
"I won't go in today, and I guess Grandpa Fu won't have time to entertain me. You have a good rest when you go back, and tomorrow you will definitely shine to all the guests with the most beautiful face. Looking at Fu Xin's appearance of still waiting for him to go together, Xie Cheng smiled and said.
"Okay, then you go back and stay safe. Tomorrow...... Come early! Fu Xin thought for a moment and instructed.
Walking into the door of Fu's house, Fu Xin heard hearty laughter from the living room, it seems that Xie Cheng is right, there are indeed guests at home.
When I walked into the living room, I saw that in addition to Grandpa Fu, there were three guests sitting on the sofa, one of whom Fu Xin also knew, it was Master Wen who had checked her mental power problems before.
"Fu Xin is back! Quick, come and sit. Grandpa Fu saw Fu Xin, patted the sofa beside him, and warmly beckoned Fu Xin to sit over.
"This is Master Wen, you've known each other before. These two, one is Fu Kailiang, the manager of the Fu family in the border city, and his generation is your cousin, so you will be called Grandpa Liang; The other is Fu Jinyi, the manager of the Fu family in Meicheng, who is your cousin in terms of seniority, so you can call Uncle Yi. Seeing Fu Xin coming over, Grandpa Fu pointed to the three guests and introduced her.
"Hello Master Wen! Hello Grandpa Liang! Hello Uncle Wing! After listening to this, Fu Xin said hello one by one, and sat down next to Grandpa Fu obediently.
"These two are the heroes of our Fu family, without their management, the Fu family would not be as stable and strong as it is now. You will have to treat the two elders respectfully in the future. ”
"Where, where!" Listening to Grandpa Fu's praise, the two shook their hands at the same time.
Seeing Fu Xin smiling and nodding to the two, Fu Jinyi opened his mouth first, "This is Fu Xin!" looks really smart, and at first glance it looks smart. ”
"Yes, I passed the soil squeezer qualification exam at such a young age, and I still passed it with such excellent results, what a hero out of a young man, give our Fu family a big long face! Hahaha~" Fu Kailiang followed and praised.
Hearing the two clansmen praise her like this, Fu Xin smiled embarrassedly.
"I heard your grandfather say that your mental power has fully recovered, and now you are S-rank?" On the other hand, the master's question was different from that of the two clansmen.
"Yes!" Fu Xin nodded and said respectfully: "Thank you for your inspection and guidance at the beginning!" ”
"Where!" Master Wen waved his hand, "Even without my guidance, if you continue to train like this, your mental strength will always recover." It's gold that always shines! ”
Fu Xin sat among several elders, listening patiently to their chat, and from time to time he had to give a smile on his face, very tired.
It just so happened that the housekeeper came over to inform Grandpa Fu that the dress and jewelry customized for Fu Xin had just been delivered, and he asked Miss Fu Xin if she wanted to try it now.
When Fu Xin heard this, he was overjoyed, but on the surface he said politely: "Grandpa, then I'll try it." Then he nodded to the elders, "Then I will be out of company first!" ”
Coming to the dressing room, the staff of the clothing and jewelry brand were waiting, Fu Xin walked over and looked at the dresses and accessories on the table, and suddenly couldn't take his eyes off.
Girls are born to love beauty, although Fu Xin was busy studying before, did not spend too much effort on dressing up, but it does not mean that she does not have a heart for beauty, at this time looking at this gorgeous dress and exquisite jewelry, she can't wait to try it on.
"Do you think the size is right?" Seeing Fu Xin change into a dress and walk out, the staff hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
Fu Xin looked at the mirror and pulled her skirt, although it felt a little exposed, but it was really good-looking, and the size seemed to be fine, so she nodded.
Seeing Fu Xin nodding, the staff also relieved themselves and hurriedly praised: "You are so beautiful in this dress, it not only sets off your fair skin, but also shows your wonderful figure." ”
As she spoke, she picked up the jewelry on the table, "I'll help you put on the jewelry, it will make your whole person more dazzling." ”
Fu Xin nodded, waiting for the staff to help her put on the jewelry one by one, she looked in the mirror again, and it really looked even better. Looking at it this way, she is already very much looking forward to her appearance at tomorrow's dinner.