Chapter 37: The Banquet

Despite all the upsets, life has to go on as always.

Ye Xinyuan looked at herself with exquisite makeup in the mirror, patted her cheek lightly, and pulled out a smile.

There is a banquet held by the company tonight, which is to celebrate the success of the cooperation between Gu and Tang last time.

Gu Qian wanted to attend with him, she agreed.

It makes sense that she has to go.

And it is reasonable for Gu Qian to attend together.

The phone vibrated a little, and Gu Qian sent a message saying that he was already waiting downstairs.

Ye Xinyuan straightened the skirt of the dress, took the handbag, and got up to go downstairs.

Downstairs, Gu Qian sat in an extremely formal black suit, looking extremely tall and handsome.

He leaned on the body casually, it was so freehand.

Originally, he looked around casually, but when he heard the footsteps and looked towards Ye Xinyuan, he couldn't help but feel that his eyes lit up.

The burgundy dress wrapped Ye Xinyuan's upright figure, the skirt was like a blooming red lotus when she walked, and her fair-skinned and slender legs were a silent temptation.

The curved and graceful bandeau makes her slender waist look unbearable, her black hair is like a waterfall, and a red crystal on her chest is exuding a faint halo, which is the same as the black crystal ear line, lining Ye Xinyuan's slender neck, like a swan.

When Ye Xinyuan stood in front of Gu Qian, Gu Qian came back to his senses and praised sincerely, "Yuanyuan, every different you makes my heart beat faster." ”

A faint flush appeared on Ye Xinyuan's palm-sized delicate face.

Every praise from Gu Qian made her couldn't help but be shy, she pursed her red lips and said, "Let's go quickly, don't be late." ”

Gu Qian smiled slightly, pulled the car door, and made a gesture of please: "Okay, beautiful lady, please get in the car." ”

When the two arrived at the banquet hall, it was just right sooner or later, and as soon as they entered, they attracted everyone's attention, and the handsome men and women walked slowly together, like fairy couples.

Immediately, someone came up to greet the two of them.

"Mr. Gu, Mr. Ye, the success of this cooperation is also thanks to your excellent decision-making ability, here, my subordinates will give you a cup."

"Mr. Gu, although the time I have worked with you is not long, it is also a rare enjoyment, and I hope we will have the opportunity to continue to cooperate in the future."

"Mr. Ye is really more beautiful than a flower today, making the entire conference hall shine."

"Mr. Ye, I ...... with your proposal before"

"Mr. Gu, when are you free, why don't you have a drink together another day......"

……

Advancing and retreating properly, after the reasonable and modestly Ye Xinyuan sent away this wave of greetings, she felt that her face was about to stiffen with a smile.

She always felt that the goal of the two people with Gu Qian was too big, so she let go of the hand holding him, "You talk first, I'll go over there and rest." ”

Gu Qian raised his eyebrows, "Mr. Ye wants to hide from Qingjing?" ”

Ye Xinyuan: "The speech at the official beginning of the banquet will not leave you alone. ”

Gu Qian spread his hands, "That's not good, you yourself know how tiring it is to deal with these people." ”

Ye Xinyuan saw that someone came over not far away, and said, "What do you want to say?" ”

Gu Qian shook the red wine in his hand, "Of course I won't make any unreasonable requests, I just hope that the opening dance will be with Mr. Ye later." ”

When Ye Xinyuan heard this, she felt that it was nothing, so she agreed.

"Then you're busy, I'm leaving."

After saying that, she took the hem of her skirt and turned to leave.

Ye Xinyuan, who had successfully dumped the pot to Gu Qian, walked to the long table in the corner, where there were pieces of dim sum that looked extremely delicate.

Ye Xinyuan picked out the vanilla lemon cake and tasted it in small sips, during which she occasionally met some people who were familiar with Ye's before, some would greet her with a smile, and some ignored him, clearly expressing the three words "disdain".

She responds kindly to both types of people, and responds the same way to the latter.

She has now seen this kind of thing very openly, and she no longer easily affects her mind because of other people's attitudes as before.

After all, the world is so big, there are so many people in the world, and you are not RMB, nor are you a euro or a dollar, why do you ask everyone to like you?

However, some people made her uncomfortable, not far behind her, chewing her tongue with what she thought was a "whisper".

"It's her, the eldest lady of the Ye family back then."

"Isn't the Ye family already bankrupt, why is she still here?"

"This is why you are lonely and unheard, you are now the executive president of the Tang subsidiary, and you cooperate with the Gu family, why can't you appear here?"

"Also, the ability to climb men is getting stronger day by day."

"Hee-hee, why are you so sour?"

Ye Xinyuan sighed, and just wanted to change places, because she felt that it was better to eat a few more small cakes by herself after quarreling with this group of people.

The chef in charge of the banquet is definitely invited from a star hotel!

However, someone was one step ahead of her and stopped the group of tongue-chewers.

"Aren't you young ladies too idle, instead of talking about other people's strengths and weaknesses here, why don't you go and eat some snacks and drink some red wine?"

The implication of this is to see if eating can stop your mouth.

Several long-tongued women were blatantly said in the face like this, and they wanted to fight back, but they saw that everyone around them had come over, including Ye Xinyuan, who had just been talked about by them.

These people didn't have enough thick skin, so they had to leave in a hurry.

Ye Xinyuan looked at the back of the person who relieved her, the more she looked at it, the more familiar she felt, and after the person turned around, she remembered, and said with some hesitation: "Senior Wu? ”

The man grinned, "I didn't expect Ye Xuemei to remember me." ”

Ye Xinyuan immediately laughed, "It turns out that it's really Senior Wu, I haven't seen him for many years, and I still dare not admit it, Senior Wu, how are these years?" ”

Senior Wu was a senior in the same department as her in college, and because he had dealt with him in the student union at the same time, he was a person with a good personality and took care of his juniors.

Senior Wu said modestly: "In the past few years, I have done some small business, and I have achieved a small success, but I am not as successful as the senior sister, and I have become the executive president of the Tang subsidiary. ”

Ye Xinyuan remembers that when she was in school, Senior Wu was a person who loved to joke.

"Senior Wu, can you not be so exaggerated."

When talking to Senior Wu, she couldn't help but think back to her carefree college career, and the whole person felt relaxed.

Senior Wu: "I think at the beginning, when you were in college, you and Song Zhen were also an enviable couple, I don't know if you are married now?" ”

At first glance, when she heard Song Zhen's name, Ye Xinyuan still felt a little distant, waved her hand, and said, "It's been separated a long time ago, it's really inappropriate." ”

Song Zhen's kind of scum is suitable for eating prison food in prison for a lifetime.

"Really?" Senior Wu's eyes lit up, "Uh...... I mean, that's a shame. He added: "The past can't be chased, Ye Xuemei still has to look forward." ”

Ye Xinyuan: "This is nature. ”

Senior Wu: "Now that we meet here, it is also fate, it is better to set a time to make an appointment another day, and the senior will invite you to dinner." ”

Ye Xinyuan nodded, "Good ......"

"Yuanyuan."

Before she could say anything, an arm reached out from the side and grabbed her waist.

"Who is this? Why don't you introduce me to it? ”

Gu Qian said, raising his eyebrows at Ye Xinyuan.

Ye Xinyuan tried to take away the hand he put on his waist, broke it, but didn't move.

"Yuanyuan?" Gu Qian looked innocent, "Why don't you introduce me to it?" After all, I'd love to know all of your friends. ”

Ye Xinyuan: "...... This is my senior at university. ”

Senior Wu stretched out his hand: "Hello." ”

Gu Qian stretched out his hand: "Senior's surname?" ”

Senior Wu: "Don't have your surname Wu, I don't know your ......"

Gu Qian motioned to Ye Xinyuan again, "Quick, Yuanyuan." ”

Ye Xinyuan held her forehead in her heart, "It's the president of the Gu family, Gu Qian, our partner of the Tang family this time." ”

Gu Qian narrowed his eyes, then added with a smile meaningfully: "The partner is only temporary. ”

Senior Wu showed a choked expression: "......"

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Gu Qian planned to withdraw his troops and release the last big move-

"Yuanyuan, you just said that you won't let me go alone when you come to the stage to speak, now it's about to start, why don't we go over."

Mr. Gu, a man whose face has become thicker and thicker in order to chase his wife, said in a coquettish tone.

But Ye Xinyuan didn't feel any discomfort.

"I'm sorry, Senior Wu, let's talk another day."

Senior Wu: "...... Then you go and get busy, and I'll go over there to find my friend. ”

With that, he turned around and left.

Let's talk about it another day, this Mr. Gu's eyes are about to kill the knife, he did have the idea of chasing Ye Xuemei, but he didn't mean to dig into the corner of the wall, not to mention that the owner of the corner is still such a terrible opponent.

Ye Xinyuan poked Gu Qian with her elbow, "Let's go, didn't you say that the speech started." ”

Gu Qian grabbed Ye Xinyuan's waist even harder, and approached her in a particularly dangerous tone and said, "Let's talk about it another day?" ”

Ye Xinyuan had to lean back to distance the two of them, "Yes, I haven't seen Senior Wu for a long time, and he was quite a good person who took care of me when I was in college." ”

Gu Qian: "......"

Mr. Gu, that's called a fire.

Ye Xinyuan pushed his shoulders with both hands, "You let go of me, there are a lot of people here." ”

"So you mean it's okay when there's no one?" Although Gu Qian said this, he still let go of his hand.

He has not forgotten the "history of blood and tears" when he was in the Maldives before.

The wife is thin-skinned and always shy.

So what can be done? Of course, I can only accommodate her.

Hearing him say this, the red-faced Ye Xinyuan wanted to roar when no one was around, of course, he couldn't!

Then Gu Qian didn't give her this opportunity, grabbed her wrist and walked towards the center of the banquet hall.

"You promised me to do the first dance together."

Ye Xinyuan: "Huh? Didn't you give a speech first? ”

Gu Qian: "I'm the organizer, I have the final say, dance first." ”

Ye Xinyuan: "...... Okay. "It's good if you're happy, the organizers are capricious.

*

The dance was over, and the speech was over.

Mr. Ye, who was forced to open his business, could finally find a place to caten again.

"Are you...... Yuanyuan? ”

Hearing someone behind her calling her name, Ye Xinyuan turned her head and exclaimed with some surprise: "Uncle Li? ”

The old man showed a smile, "Sure enough, it's Yuanyuan, just now I was worried about whether I made a mistake." ”

Ye Xinyuan: "Uncle Li, long time no see. ”

Uncle Li and Ye's father have been good friends for many years, and when the Ye family had an accident, Uncle Li also helped, but it was difficult to turn the tide after all.

Now, the two uncles and nephews who haven't seen each other for many years can't help but talk about the Ye family's affairs back then.

Knowing that Ye's father had died, Uncle Li shook his head with a sigh as he spoke, very sad.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Your father has been kind all his life, but he didn't expect to be bitten by a white-eyed wolf in the end, An Yue, that girl, ......"

"In the first place, your father should not have shown mercy to his men, but should have kicked her out! He was so stubborn that he wouldn't listen to me when I told him! ”

Uncle Lee's expression turned angry.

Ye Xinyuan was stunned, listening to Uncle Li's meaning, there seemed to be other things she didn't know back then?

"Uncle Li, are you and my father hiding something from me?"

Uncle Li was stunned, and then realized that he had leaked out of his anger and said.

He sighed, "...... Your father told me to hide it from you...... But now that people are gone, it doesn't matter if you don't talk about it. ”

It turned out that An Yue had given a chronic poison to Ye's father, and this matter was later discovered by Ye's father.

"I was also present at the time, and An Yue cried and begged your father, and moved you out, wanting him to soften his heart...... An Yue's trick did succeed, and your father forgave her...... It's just that I didn't expect that your father's kindness would eventually make him raise a tiger......"

After saying that, Uncle Li was also silent, as if he was caught up in the memories of some things back then.

Ye Xinyuan didn't speak, she was overwhelmed by the overwhelming guilt, and her eyes were slightly hot.

She remembered that her father had told her to stay away from An Yue, but at that time she didn't take it to heart at all.

Ye Xinyuan raised her head and felt the tears gradually subside......

*

After the banquet, Ye Xinyuan, who was uneasy, came to the cemetery alone, wanting to see Ye's father and talk to him.

Although she was in a cemetery full of tombstones, Ye Xinyuan, who should have felt scared, was calmed down.

She placed the white daisy in her hand in front of her father's tombstone and looked at the black and white photo of her father.

"Come to think of it, if I hadn't been so naΓ―ve at the beginning, our family wouldn't have fallen to where it is today......"

But after the words were spoken, Ye Xinyuan shook her head self-deprecatingly.

"There are always so many 'regrets' in life......"

Sometimes she feels that she should really be a big villain, so that she will not be used as a knife with her "kindness".

She didn't know if Father Ye had regretted everything she had done back then, but she regretted it a little, at least, she shouldn't have chosen to go abroad in the first place, to escape all this, to leave her parents in the country, and to leave for six or seven years......

Ye Xinyuan didn't know how long she had been standing here, and when she came back to her senses, the sky had completely darkened, and there was silence all around, only a few wisps of fresh wind blowing.

Ye Xinyuan bowed to Ye's father's tombstone, "Dad, I'll come to see you another day." ”

She gathered her coat and turned to walk towards the cemetery gate.

The sky was drizzling, and when Ye Xinyuan walked to the gate, she found that the door of the cemetery had been closed.

Ye Xinyuan: "......"

She walked to the side of the duty room, but found that the door was also locked, and she also vaguely heard a huge snoring sound coming from inside, through the glass of the duty room, she saw the old man on duty lying on the bed sleeping in the dark, and the ground was full of wine bottles.

Then Ye Xinyuan knew that today she was the uncle who wanted to wake up the duty room.

Sure enough, the window glass was about to be smashed by her, and the uncle in the duty room was still snoring like thunder.

Ye Xinyuan had no choice but to stand under the eaves of the duty room and hide from the rain a little.

She took out her mobile phone, hesitated for a moment, and finally dialed Gu Qian's phone.

Because apart from Gu Qian, she didn't know who she should look for now, and she didn't think about finding someone else......