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The time has entered January 2026, and the weather is still unusually cold, and the whole city is like a leaky plug to let the cold wind penetrate the streets and alleys, making people feel uncomfortable. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 For some, however, this discomfort will ferment, brew, and even destroy in the next few days, but they are unaware of it, and danger is looming.

Of course, the whole thing started a few days ago.

It was a drowsy evening, Zhen Shifeng put on a slightly decent suit after dealing with a day's chores, and hurriedly went out with an invitation to the banquet in his hand. I have to say that he is very reluctant to participate in such a restrictive activity, and he would rather go to the same group of homeless people to have a street carnival, maybe that would be freer. It's just that Zhen Shifeng had promised Chu Feiyan that he would satisfy her with anything in the script of "Campus Battle" before, so he replaced the eldest lady who was also unwilling to attend the formal occasion and was forced to go to the banquet.

Maybe the behavior of distorting his own will is really not like Zhen Shifeng's style, and he is not so afraid of the power of the Chu family, not to mention that this guy has promised a lot of things, which time have you seen him honestly fulfill it? It's not all kinds of excuses to excuse or pretend to be stupid and deliberately interrupt, which makes people really angry and helpless, and my cousin Xiao Ming is deeply touched by this. This time, however, the situation is somewhat different. Zhen Shifeng originally planned to find an excuse to shirk it directly, but when he learned that the dinner invitation was full of suspicions, his curiosity couldn't be suppressed.

There are three suspicions: first, the party invited to the dinner was a man who called himself 'Mr. Bai', and the other party did not directly sign his full name in the invitation, which surprised the Chu family, who had never met him, and was also a little annoyed by the impolite way of concealing his name.

Second, the invitee was not Mr. Chu Wentian, the head of the Chu Group, but Chu Feiyan, the daughter of the Chu family, and she didn't even mention half a word about the Chu family in the invitation. Obviously, the other party has already made it clear that he is invited, and it is only Chu Feiyan and not the family forces behind it. Just imagine, the people who can have the capital to hold a large-scale dinner must be the celebrities who are based on the upper echelons of society, and this group of snobbish guys is too late to tie up the Chu family, so how can they turn a blind eye to the head of their family? What's more, Feiyan's sister has always been tired of those pompous people and their pompous flattering performances, and it is reasonable to refuse to attend.

Thirdly, and most strangely, the invitation was accompanied by a bank card with a password, with a total of 7,777 yuan. If it is said that it is a special gift, this number is inevitably too stingy, and the number is still so strange, four sevens in a row, but it seems to convey some kind of message, which makes people think deeply. It is worth mentioning that Zhen Shifeng's lucky number happens to be 'seven', and he has a hunch that this dinner invitation must be extraordinary and worth going to in person.

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January 17, 2026, 6:30 p.m

According to the invitation, Zhen Shifeng came to an unusually magnificent European-style villa at No. 76 Qingshan Road on time. At this moment, all kinds of luxury cars are parked outside the courtyard, which shows that there are not a few people who go to the appointment, and they are quite famous. There were two servants standing at the gate of the courtyard, and when they saw Brother Feng coming forward, they hurriedly greeted each other with a smile and said, "Hello sir, I wonder if you can show your invitation?" ”

Although he attended on behalf of others, Zhen Shifeng always showed a posture that he was one level higher than his original owner, and his gestures couldn't help but make people feel a little awe. And one of the servants just glanced at the invitation, and then went to guide Brother Feng with a smile on his face.

There doesn't seem to be anything abnormal in everything, if there is, it is that the financial resources of this 'Mr. Bai' are far beyond Zhen Shifeng's imagination. You must know that Qingshan Road in City A is a well-known rich area, and No. 70 to 90 is an existence that is difficult for ordinary rich people to reach, so it is conceivable that the host of the banquet who can occupy a place must have an extraordinary status, background and financial resources.

But then again, the more this is the case, the more suspicious Mr. Bai's identity becomes. is not only out of indifference to the head of the Chu Group, but also because of the bank card with 7777, if you really want to show your financial resources, why do you have to use such a small hand, just to ridicule or joke? Obviously, the other party has another purpose.

On the way to the banquet venue, Zhen Shifeng did not forget to knock on the side and ask the servant who led the way to ask about this 'Mr. Bai', and the other party was quite enthusiastic and almost answered all questions.

"You ask my master what his origin is, well, I only know that the master is in business, specifically engaged in real estate, made a lot of money, bought a villa here last year, and hired a few of our servants......"

"Oh, that sounds like an upstart!"

"It can't be said that the host did not have the nouveau riche temper that we remembered, and the host was friendly and generous to us. For example, last month, I took time off to visit my sick mother, and the host bought some nutritional products for me to bring back, and he is really a very generous person. ”

"Since that's the case, his popularity must be good, I think there are a lot of people here today!"

The servant who led the way smiled bitterly, he knew that the celebrities in front of him, including those in the banquet hall, were not friends of the host, so he had to say helplessly: "The master likes to be quiet, there are few visitors in ordinary times, and it is estimated that there are not many people who know the host, so we were also surprised when we said that we were going to hold a large banquet before, maybe the master has other plans." Oh, I think of it, some relative of the master seems to live here these days, well, strange, as if I haven't seen much of it......," the servant muttered softly.

After a simple understanding, Zhen Shifeng can basically outline the general personality of Mr. Bai: a real estate nouveau riche, introverted and unsociable, but very generous, similar to the personality of a good old man. And this kind of person who has enough capital but does not lose his compassion often has an unusual past, tragic encounters, or a heart of atonement, in short, it is very interesting.

Not long after, Zhen Shifeng walked into a palatial hall, the typical European classical style decoration had been familiar in the script of "Son of the Devil", but unfortunately the ending was a tragedy at that time, and now it is a real reality, no one wants to witness the repetition of the tragedy, including many guests in the hall, roughly about fifty or sixty people. The crowd gathered in twos and threes, talking and laughing, holding champagne and drinking together, and behaving and talking to show the difference of their status.

However, Zhen Shifeng has always been reluctant to 'go along with such self-proclaimed celebrities' in the upper echelons of society, not to mention that there are no familiar people among them, so he simply stayed away from the crowd and found a secluded place, while sipping the pure champagne, while thinking about one thing: If 'Mr. Bai' is not good at socializing and has few friends, then why are these celebrities willing to give this stranger's face to come to the banquet? Just because of No. 76 Qingshan Road? Not necessarily, if there is no actual stake, no one wants to come and waste time, which makes Zhen Shifeng can't help but think of that bank card.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be like this, tsk, it's not right, uh, is it ............?"

Before Zhen Shifeng could react, a familiar figure was already standing behind him.

"Don't come unharmed, our great detective!" Bai Feng said coldly.