After getting out of the car and seeing where she was now, Ye Wanqing finally understood why Gu Jinyuan wanted to take her to this banquet today.
The banquet was held at the Ji family's old residence.
At the entrance of the old house is an arch made of lilies. The lampposts on both sides of the road are decorated with lilies. The ground is covered with a red carpet with gorgeous rose petals.
With such a grand arrangement, Ye Wanqing quickly guessed the theme of tonight's banquet. When she just returned to Licheng, she heard that Ji Xiao and Ye Zhixin were engaged. Counting the days, tonight should be the engagement banquet where the wedding date is officially announced.
People from the Ji family and the Ye family would be there, but Gu Jinyuan brought her, an illegitimate daughter who was not worthy of publicity, to the banquet, obviously to cause trouble for the two families.
Taking a deep breath, Ye Wanqing straightened her head and held Gu Jinyuan's arm, leaning towards him pretending to be intimate.
"Young Master Gu, are you asking me to ruin tonight's banquet?"
Ye Wanqing asked in a low voice, Gu Jinyuan led her forward.
There were a lot of people attending tonight's banquet. Not far ahead, there were even media members.
Ye Wanqing's whole body froze at the flashes of lights, but she quickly relaxed and smiled gracefully at the camera.
The blue evening dress outlines her beautiful body curves and makes her skin whiter and more translucent. The priceless diamond necklace fits perfectly with the beautiful collarbone.
The diamonds on the evening dress shone brightly under the flash, making Ye Wanqing look like an incredibly beautiful luminous body.
Gu Jinyuan was wearing a dark brown haute couture retro suit tonight. The suit fit perfectly around his straight and loose waist, making him a little less cold and a little more calm than usual.
As soon as the two appeared, they attracted everyone's attention.
The media present were all excited.
As we all know, Gu Jinyuan, the leader of the Gu family, has a son, but no one knows who the child's mother is. Many paparazzi have been digging hard for so many years, but no one knows.
Not long ago, he held a press conference to announce that he had welcomed back the second young master of the Gu family. The child actually had a twin brother. The media tried day and night to find information about the child's mother, but still found nothing.
Ever since Gu Jinyuan took over as the leader of the Gu family, he has attended many such occasions over the years, but most of the time he has been alone. The only exception was that he accompanied the company's ace female artist Qiao Xiaoyou to attend important awards. ceremony.
The outside world originally speculated that Qiao Xiaoyou was the child's mother, but Gu Jinyuan's appearance here tonight with Ye Wanqing suddenly broke the media's previous speculation.
Who is this woman? What is her relationship with Mr. Gu?
The media frantically took photos and searched for Ye Wanqing's information through various channels, but the results shocked everyone.
She is just a woman who just debuted and filmed an advertisement, and is not even an internet celebrity?
The media were a little disappointed, holding the microphone and wanted to rush up to ask a few questions. Gu Jinyuan put his arms around Ye Wanqing's waist, easily picked her up, and quickly passed through the media area and entered the banquet hall inside.
After the silence fell, Gu Jinyuan put Ye Wanqing down and lifted her hair naturally: "My sister is engaged, wouldn't it be right for me as a sister to give her blessings?"
His tone was very gentle, and Ye Wanqing was not sure whether he really wanted her to bless Ye Zhixin and Ji Xiao, or whether he was deliberately saying something sarcastic.
Just as he was about to ask again, an old but confident voice sounded.
"Jin Yuan came early today. He must have postponed a lot of important things."
This voice was not unfamiliar to Ye Wanqing. It was Ji Zhongliang, the old man of the Ji family. He looked down on Ye Wanqing very much at the beginning and blocked Ye Wanqing at the school gate many times to tell her not to get too close to Ji Xiao and affect Ji Xiao's studies.
Ye Wanqing was facing Ji Zhongliang sideways. He was wearing a loose vermilion Tang suit and holding a glass of red wine in his hand. However, he didn't even glance at Ye Wanqing from the corner of his eye. He only looked at Gu Jinyuan with a smile, as if Ye Wanqing was just Air.
Of course, Ye Wanqing knew that he didn't recognize that she did this on purpose, but that in his heart, women were cheap playthings and not worth his eyes.
"It's okay, the Gu family won't collapse even if I'm away from them."
Gu Jinyuan's indifferent answer was obviously self-effacing, but in fact, it revealed a strong self-confidence in his bones that he had everything under control.
The smile on Ji Zhongliang's face remained unchanged, but his eyes narrowed. He didn't know much about Gu Jinyuan, because strictly speaking, he didn't grow up in Gu's family.
The Gu family couldn't raise someone like Gu Jinyuan. He was a wolf who grew up in the wild and never concealed his viciousness.
He slowly selects his prey, and once he chooses it, he bites its throat out.
The two men, one was approaching twilight and the other was in his prime. Even though they both had strong auras, Ji Zhongliang's aura was clearly no match for Gu Jinyuan's.
After a moment of confrontation, Ji Zhongliang finally looked away, glanced at Ye Wanqing lightly, and was about to turn around to entertain other guests. Suddenly he frowned and glanced at Ye Wanqing a few more times.
"Who are you……"
"Hello Uncle Ji, I'm Wanwan, long time no see, your body is still so strong."
Ye Wanqing spoke politely and distantly, thinking that Ji Zhongliang looked down on her, so she didn't reach out to shake hands with him to avoid asking for trouble.
After listening to Ye Wanqing's words, Ji Zhongliang's brows furrowed more and more, and he looked up and down at Ye Wanqing carefully.
He actually had an impression of Ye Wanqing, but he didn't expect that the girl with a low eyebrow and a submissive look would become as dazzling as she is now.
She and Gu Jinyuan stood together, and there was no sense of inappropriateness at all. If she hadn't taken the initiative to speak, Ji Zhongliang would have almost thought she was a noble lady from some family!
But no matter how she dresses up, it can't change the fact that she is an illegitimate daughter who cannot be put on the stage.
Thinking of this, Ji Zhongliang snorted coldly: "We haven't seen you for a long time. Have you even forgotten the basic etiquette when meeting your elders?"
He was accusing Ye Wanqing of not shaking hands with him just now. Ye Wanqing's eyebrows were crooked and she smiled gently: "I thought Uncle Ji was not willing to shake hands with me. After all, Uncle Ji thought I was not worthy of the stage."
Ye Wanqing was telling the truth, but speaking it out of the blue made Ji Zhongliang's ears harsh.
"Is this the way you talk to me?"
Ji Zhongliang raised his voice, as if Ye Wanqing said something excessive.
Everyone else in the hall turned their heads when they heard the sound. Most of them recognized Gu Jinyuan at a glance, and then invariably their inquisitive eyes fell on Ye Wanqing.
How could Mr. Gu, who had never been flirtatious with women, suddenly bring a new face to the banquet? Could she be the newcomer who was banned recently?
While everyone was discussing, a sharp sound pierced Ye Wanqing's ears.
"Ye Wanqing, why do you still have the nerve to appear here!?"
