When the Fang family arrived at the hotel, many guests had already arrived.

The band in the center of the stage has started playing, and in the center of the splendid hall are guests in elegant clothes, toasting each other and chatting.

The moment Mr. Fang stepped into the banquet hall, the music suddenly stopped and everyone looked back at the same time.

"Mr. Fang has finally arrived."

"It's been a long time since I last saw Madam Fang."

Mr. Fang took a glass of champagne with a smile, nodded slightly to the band, and the melodious violin tune sounded again.

"It's late, how about I drink a drink as a punishment?" Mr. Fang said to the guests with a smile.

"Where's late?"

"We are here too early."

"Hey, Mr. Fang, don't punish yourself. I'll drink this glass of wine for you first!"

A middle-aged man picked up a glass of red wine and drank it all.

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and the atmosphere in the hall quickly became lively.

The rest of the Fang family was soon surrounded by other guests.

Cai Lianhua enjoyed such banquets very much. Unlike in City A, the wealthy wives in the business circle were more unattainable than the others. Sometimes when she wanted to come up to them and start a conversation, they would just ignore her.

At that kind of banquet, the rich wives don’t care who you are, but who your husband is and what your family’s company is called.

But now the positions are completely reversed. The Fang family cannot compare with some of the top wealthy families in City A, but in the eyes of the wealthy businessmen in South City, they are indeed rare resources, and everyone wants to establish a relationship with the Fang family.

As soon as Cai Lianhua entered the hall, many female relatives came forward.

First he praised her haute couture dress, then he complimented her on her well-maintained skin. All his words were flattering, and Cai Lianhua was delighted to hear them.

"By the way, Mrs. Fang, I almost forgot to ask, how did you have time to come to our Nanshi?" a woman asked.

Cai Lianhua frowned slightly when she mentioned this, then sighed and said, "Don't mention it. What else could it be for? Of course, it's for the child who was lost that year."

Before coming to the banquet today, Mr. Fang repeatedly reminded Cai Lianhua and Fang Qishan not to say the wrong thing, so naturally the couple did not dare to say anything careless now.

"...I'm sure you guys have heard before that the kid had a deep misunderstanding of us, which caused the rift between us father and son to grow bigger and bigger," Fang Qishan shook his head, "so the old man thought, let our two families have a frank talk and apologize to them. Even if we can't be relatives anymore, being friends is good enough!"

"So Brother Fang, today's banquet is specially held for that child?" someone asked.

Fang Qishan nodded.

"I think it's a bit too grand to hold a party for a child, isn't it?" said another person. "This child is too ignorant. He doesn't even recognize his biological parents!"

"Indeed, his adoptive parents are a bit embarrassed."

"It's outrageous that I have to ask you to apologize!"

you do not say?

Fang Qishan thought about it in his mind but didn't dare say it out loud. He could only smile helplessly.

The others also understood when they saw the smile on his face.

He quickly followed up with a few words to comfort Fang Qishan, who found it particularly helpful.

…

After Gu Yao followed his parents into the hall, he first greeted Mr. Fang, and then his mother Gu winked at him.

Gu Yao was reluctant, but had no choice, so he walked towards Fang Yan.

Fang Yan was not feeling well, so he sat down on the sofa with Fang Sheng after entering the hall. He was drinking a cup of hot milk. Several people of his age were sitting around him, telling Fang Yan some jokes from time to time.

Fang Yan seldom spoke, but there was always a polite smile on his face.

Seeing Gu Yao coming over here, Fang Yan's eyes lit up, and he immediately stood up and waved to Gu Yao happily: "Brother Gu Yao!"

Gu Yao pursed his lips and nodded.

Fang Yan put down the glass of milk and glanced at the people around him apologetically: "Sorry, I have to excuse myself for a moment."

Those people also recognized Gu Yao and could only watch Fang Yan walk towards Gu Yao.

"Mr. Gu is really...tsk."

Some people laughed: "Isn't he always like this?"

"Hey, it seems that our joke just now was for nothing."

Others remained noncommittal.

…

After the Fang family moved next door to the Gu family, Gu's father and mother took Gu Yao to visit the Fang family.

Fang Yan showed great interest in Gu Yao at the time and kept asking him questions.

But for some reason, after knowing that Fang Yan was Fang Yan and not Ye Chao, Gu Yao lost all interest in him.

Everyone says that Fang Yan and Ye Chaoran look alike, but in Gu Yao's eyes, they are completely different. Even the facial features are very different.

More importantly, Gu Yao discovered that he didn't like Fang Yan very much.

This feeling is strange.

"Brother Gu Yao, why are you here at the party today?" Fang Yan followed Gu Yao and asked with a sweet smile, "Aren't you going to class?"

Gu Yao said: "I've asked for leave."

Fang Yan smiled: "So you came here specially to attend our family's banquet?"

Gu Yao wanted to deny it, but when he thought of his mother's instructions, he became annoyed and made up a lie: "Yes."

Fang Yan smiled even more happily, and naturally put his arm around Gu Yao's arm: "I found that I really like chatting with you."

Gu Yao was unhappy, but he held back and said, "Really? We've only known each other for a short time."

"But I feel like we have known each other for a long time." Fang Yan tilted his head and looked at Gu Yao.

Gu Yao pursed his lips and said nothing more.

Fang Yan seemed not to notice Gu Yao's low mood, and continued: "By the way, Brother Gu Yao, can I ask you a question?"

"You ask."

"You know my brother, right?" Fang Yan said, "Ye Chaoran. Can you tell me about him?"

Gu Yao held back his temper: "What do you want to hear? In what aspect? He and I are not particularly familiar with each other."

"Why don't you just tell us everything?" Fang Yan said, "Because you also know that there is a deep misunderstanding between the second brother and our family. Today's banquet in our family is specially held for the second brother. We want to apologize to him solemnly..."

Hearing this, Gu Yao could no longer hold back his sneer and said, "If you really want to apologize to Ye Chaoran, you should bring gifts and come to apologize in person instead of holding this business banquet that invited half of the business district in South City."

"I..." Fang Yan was dumbfounded. He didn't expect to hear such words from Gu Yao.

Gu Yao finally found a place to vent the anger that had been pent up in his chest for the whole night, and he let it out all at once: "You didn't apologize properly, but instead held this Hongmen Banquet. Do you really want to apologize or do you want Ye Chaoran to see how rich your family is? And then regret it and immediately pack up and go back to the Fang family with you? This is your Fang family's way of apologizing? It really opened my eyes!"

After saying this, Gu Yao was stunned for a moment.

yes.

He should also adjust his attitude and apologize to Ye Chaoran.

Thinking of this, Gu Yao couldn't stay here any longer. He shook off Fang Yan's hand, turned around and walked out of the hall, ignoring Fang Yan's pale face behind him.

"Gu Yao!"

Gu's mother witnessed the whole process of Gu Yao shaking off Fang Yan's hand. She was terrified and quickly apologized to Cai Lianhua beside her, then chased after him.

"Yanyan——"

At this moment, Cai Lianhua had no time to care about Gu's mother. She hurried forward to support Fang Yan.

Tears were about to fall from Fang Yan's eyes. When he saw Cai Lianhua, he cried silently.

This scene was seen by many people, and Old Master Fang also came over.

"what happens?"

Fang Yan was so embarrassed that Gu Yao actually pushed him away in front of so many people. He felt so wronged, but he couldn't say anything. He could only sob and say, "It's okay... Grandpa, it was me who made Brother Gu Yao unhappy."

Father Gu was accompanying Mr. Fang, looking embarrassed.

Fang Sheng said, "It's normal for children to have some conflicts. Yanyan, can I go out with you for a walk?"

Fang Yan nodded and extended his hand to Fang Sheng.

Mr. Fang watched the two of them leave with a surprised look on his face.

Father Gu couldn't smile or apologize at this moment.

I could only curse Gu Yao over and over again in my heart, this brat who is always causing trouble but can’t do anything good!

The banquet has to go on and it can't remain like this.

So someone took the lead and asked, "By the way, Mr. Fang, why haven't we seen anyone from the Ye family?"

Old Master Fang put away the suspicion in his eyes, and without looking at his father, he smiled at the man and said, "It should be here soon. As you know, the Ye family's parents have jobs, and they don't have as much free time as us."

Everyone else laughed, and the tense atmosphere in the hall eased.

The banquet continued, and many people were secretly calculating the time to see when the Ye family would arrive.

But I didn't expect that the wait would last another hour.

Before Mr. Fang could speak, Mrs. Fang said, "Why haven't you arrived yet? You're already more than an hour late."

"Yeah, the Ye family really has no sense of time."

"You weren't late on purpose, were you?"

Several people looked at each other.

Mr. Fang's face turned even uglier, and he said, "I'll make a phone call and ask."

As soon as he walked out of the hall, Mr. Fang called his subordinates.

As soon as the call was connected, he suppressed his anger and asked, "Where is the person you invited me?"

The subordinate was startled: "Mr. Fang, haven't they arrived yet?"

"Call me and ask!"

The subordinate hung up the phone in a hurry and called Lao Du again.

Unexpectedly, when the call was connected, a cold female voice said: "Sorry, the user you dialed has been turned off..."

A minute later, Mr. Fang received a call from his subordinate.

"Mr. Fang...I didn't get through on the phone, but their company has already gone off work, so I think they should be here soon!"

"Push me again!"

After hanging up the phone, Mr. Fang put on a decent smile again and walked into the hall.

This wait lasted another hour.

"Not here yet?"

"Shouldn't it be?"

Someone lowered his voice and said, "Isn't he planning to come?"

The dinner started at 8 o'clock and lasted until 11:30. Many guests looked tired.

A couple's child walked up and acted coquettishly, saying that he was sleepy and wanted to go home to sleep.

The couple smiled apologetically at Mr. Fang and said goodbye.

Once there is a first, there will be a second, and guests appeared one after another.

After a while, all the guests in the hall left.

Suddenly, the Fang family was the only ones left in the huge hall.

No one laughed at them, but the empty hall deeply hurt their self-esteem. They sensitively regarded the laughter that came inadvertently from the guests outside as a mockery of their family.

The "reputation-rectification" banquet held by the Fang family became a shameful experience for their family.

A cold wind blew past, and everyone felt a burning pain on their face.

Old Mrs. Fang felt a pain in her chest again, her eyes blurred, and this time she really fainted.

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