After Li Yun signaled the assistant following behind him to hand the birthday present to Song Shengsheng, his gaze lingered on Jiang Yiyu for a moment, and he managed a smile that barely reached his eyes: "Yiyu, long time no see."

Jiang Yiyu nodded without any emotion and replied appropriately, "Long time no see."

After sitting down, Song Qing looked around and asked, "Now that everyone is here, shall we start the feast?"

Song Ming glanced at his phone and said to Song Qing, "Dad, don't worry, there's still one person who hasn't arrived yet."

"There's another one?"

Jiang Yiyu looked towards the door of the box, tapped the table with his fingers, and said with a smile: "Indeed, there is another one, our old friend, Jin Beisheng."

Song Shengsheng was stunned. She looked at Jiang Yiyu and then at Song Ming. When she turned her gaze to Jiang Yuan's family and Li Yun who were sitting next to each other across the round table, she saw that their faces had also frozen.

It was common knowledge that the Jin family had a long-standing grudge against the Jiang and Li families. No one would be so foolish as to invite them both to any event within the circle...

Song Shengsheng was a little unsure of what Jiang Yiyu and Song Ming were trying to do, but for the sake of the face of the elders of the Song and Wang families, Jiang Yuan and Li Yun had to force a smile to deal with the situation even though they were unhappy.

In the awkward atmosphere, the door of the box was opened again, and Jin Beisheng walked in under the guidance of the waiter. He still had that indifferent expression and looked as if he didn't want strangers to approach him. As soon as he entered, Song Shengsheng felt that the temperature in the box seemed to have dropped by several degrees.

After respectfully greeting the elders one by one, Jin Beisheng turned his gaze to Jiang Yuan and Li Yun, who clearly disliked him. He smiled and said, "Boss Jiang, Boss Li, you two are still so radiant, old but still strong."

When he uttered the last word, Song Shengsheng felt that Jiang Yuan and Li Yun's faces darkened even more. She tried hard to suppress her laughter, but finally she couldn't help it. She pretended to bend down to pick up something, pursed her lips and raised the corners of her mouth.

Wang Jing, who was sitting next to her, looked down at her, patted her shoulder lightly, and reminded her softly: "That's almost it."

Song Shengsheng nodded, cleared her throat and sat up straight.

Jin Beisheng sat down next to Song Ming and turned his head to look at her: "Miss Song, happy birthday." He waved his hand, and the assistant behind him placed a navy blue velvet jewelry box on the table in front of her. Jin Beisheng said: "It's a small gift, not a token of respect. Miss Song, you can open it and take a look."

"Now?" Song Shengsheng looked at Jiang Yiyu hesitantly. Jiang Yiyu picked up the cup, took a sip of water, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Song Shengsheng understood and carefully opened the jewelry box. What came into view were five or six pieces of jewelry, including jade pendants, diamond rings... The key point was that they were all in good condition, and the design did not seem to be the style of the past two years. Instead, they looked like some old items that were quite old.

Wang Jing frowned, reached out and picked up a string of jade round bead necklace, thought for a while and said, "This looks familiar." She put the necklace back into the box, looked up at Jiang Yuan and Zhao Rong. Song Shengsheng followed her gaze and saw that Zhao Rong's face was pale and extremely ugly under Jiang Yuan's stare.

Jiang Yiyu smiled and helped Song Shengsheng close the jewelry box. He said to Wang Jing, "They look familiar to me too. It seems my mother once had some of these jewelry. You and my mother are familiar with each other, so you must have seen them before." He turned to look at Jin Beisheng and said, "Mr. Jin, it's really amazing that you can find these on the market now."

Jin Beisheng gently twisted the Buddhist beads in his hand and smiled, "It's nothing difficult. I just found it by chance at the auction market. I thought that since Miss Song is interested in history and culture, she would also like these retro things, so I gave it to you as a birthday gift. I hope you don't mind it."

Song Ming personally poured him a glass of water: "Bei Sheng, you are so polite. These things must be worth a lot of money!"

“It’s not cheap, so I haven’t collected all the similar ones on the market.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Shengsheng saw that Jiang Yuan's face had become even darker, and Li Yun was also obviously feeling uneasy. As for these jewellery, if she guessed correctly, they should have belonged to Li Chu, but were sold by Zhao Rong.

This meal was a complete shambles, extremely awkward.

During the dinner, Jiang Yiyu, Song Ming and Jin Beisheng took turns toasting Jiang Yuan and the others as if they had discussed it beforehand. Their words were all polite and courteous, and there was nothing wrong with them. However, it made one feel uncomfortable when they heard them.

Song Qing, Wang Jing, and the grandparents naturally noticed the undercurrents between them, but they were all smart people and used to dealing with situations. As long as they didn't make a fuss openly, they could do whatever they wanted with the rest.

This was especially true for Song Shengsheng. Apart from being a little worried about Jiang Yiyu, she simply didn't want to get involved in such troublesome intrigues.

Halfway through the meal, Song Shengsheng went to the bathroom. As she entered and was about to wash her hands, Zhao Rong appeared behind her.

She looked up at Zhao Rong, who was frowning in the mirror, and asked, "Aunt Zhao, do you want to tell me something?"

"Shengsheng, what on earth does Yiyu want to do?"

Song Shengsheng washed his hands, turned off the tap, and shook the water off his hands: "What is he going to do? Go ask him, ask me, how would I know?"

"How could you not know about him?"

Song Shengsheng walked to the wall and put his hand under the dryer: "Do you know everything about Uncle Jiang?"

Zhao Rong was stunned by her question: "Shengsheng, today is your birthday, are you just going to let Yi Yu and the others mess things up like this and make everyone unhappy?"

"I'm quite happy. And what did they do to disrupt the situation? How come I didn't see it?"

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