Watching the man's departing figure, Wang Jinyu narrowed his eyes slightly. He turned around and went back into the room, waving the gift box in his hand at Wen Lu and asking in a gentle tone.

"Did you order this dress yourself? Someone dressed similarly this morning also delivered a package to you. I haven't opened it yet. Do you want to see what's inside?"

Hearing Wang Jinyu mention the morning's delivery, Wen Lu remembered something she had forgotten—she had almost forgotten the gift she had prepared.

"Hmm, take a look. That's the birthday gift I'm preparing for Grandpa Yan. It should be presentable."

As she spoke, Wen Lu strode over to the rest area, picked up a delivery box that had been lying on the ground, placed it on the table, picked up a fork from the fruit plate, and gently cut open the tape on the cardboard box, taking out a scroll from inside.

Wang Jinyu looked at the scroll in Wen Lu's hand and raised his eyebrows slightly. If he remembered correctly, this thing should have appeared at the Black Spade Society's auction house. How did it end up in Wen Lu's hands?

Wang Jinyu walked to Wen Lu's side, looked at the scroll in Wen Lu's hand, and asked with some doubt.

"You bought this through Shadow Alliance? Did you contact people from Shadow Alliance? Or have you already revealed your identity to them?"

Looking at Wen Lu, Wang Jinyu recalled the close relationship between Wen Lu and Gu Yao in Harbin. His first thought was that Wen Lu had already revealed her identity to Gu Yao.

"No, I didn't reveal my identity. I just logged into my original account to let them know I was still alive. When I was arresting people in F continent, I didn't know what kind of danger I would encounter. If necessary, I still need them to help me clean up the mess."

"What I didn't expect was that I saw Boss Qiao at the North Shore Manor. I used the people from the 9th Institute to lure them to the North Shore Manor. While they were rescuing Boss Qiao, I also successfully dealt with the person who had plotted to kill me."

"As for my identity, only you know it right now. I haven't told Gu Yao. In fact, Gu Yao and I had a falling out over Phantom. You have no idea how ridiculous it was. Gu Yao insisted that you liked Phantom, and we just had a falling out over Phantom."

“I told him that Wang Jinyu would never fall in love with Meiying in his life, and she got angry and left my house that very night…”

At this point, Wen Lu simply smiled faintly and stopped talking.

She unfurled the scroll in her hand and placed it in front of Wang Jinyu, hoping to see a look of amazement on his face, but she did not.

"You don't seem very impressed with this... Could it be something bad? Is it fake?"

Looking at Wang Jinyu's expression, Wen Lu began to doubt whether her painting was as good as Ma Bochen had said. If it was a good piece, then why didn't Wang Jinyu find it amazing at all?

"Of course it's a good item. I'm not amazed by it because it came from my hands. I originally intended to put it at an auction to lure people in."

“I heard that the person behind Wen Jinggan is particularly fond of this kind of thing, so I brought it here. I wanted a project from him, but I never expected it to end up in your hands.”

Wang Jinyu took the scroll from Wen Lu's hand, carefully rolled it up, placed it in the scroll box, and spoke in a somewhat indulgent tone.

"Does this really have to be given as a gift? Actually, I've already prepared a gift for Uncle Yan. How about we discuss changing it?"

If he were to actually give this to Old Master Yan, he would be quite reluctant. He had gone to great lengths to obtain this scroll, and he had other uses for it.

Seeing the rare look of reluctance in Wang Jinyu's eyes, Wen Lu obediently nodded. Since Wang Jinyu had already prepared the gift, and it wasn't necessary to use it, she let him continue to use it to take care of his business.

"Okay, you can take this. As for the gift for Grandpa Yan, it's up to you. I don't have any particular requirements."

As she spoke, Wen Lu glanced at the time. She felt that it was about time, and said softly to Wang Jinyu.

"It's almost time to leave. It seems inappropriate to be late for the first time attending the old man's birthday banquet."

The Yan family is one of the four major families in the capital. Old Master Yan has a high status and prestige in the capital. His seventieth birthday banquet was held in a luxurious and grand manner, directly at a hotel under the name of the third uncle of the Yan family.

So far, all those present have been important figures, and the younger generations of several major families have also come to offer their congratulations. The parking lot is filled with luxury cars one after another.

The major families in the capital did not affect the Yan family's standing in their hearts because of the Wen family's behind-the-scenes machinations.

Everyone who came was dressed in their finest attire, demonstrating their respect for the Yan family.

This made Wen Jinggan, who was sitting in the car waiting to see the show, grit his teeth in frustration. He had thought that given the current situation of the Yan and Ling families, those families that sided with the Yan family would change their attitude towards the Yan family.

The scene now completely overturned his predictions. It seemed that there were more people attending the party today than ever before, and even the Shen family members were helping Yan Luo entertain the guests.

He couldn't understand what was going on with the people in the capital; he hadn't seen the desolate scene he was looking for at all.

Just then, a black Maybach drove up from the other direction. Everyone couldn't help but take a second look at the arrogant license plate. Even Wen Jinggan's large hand on his lap unconsciously clenched.

He never expected that the Wang family would actually persuade Wang Jinyu to attend the banquet in order to help the Yan family consolidate their position.

Everyone in Beijing's social circles knows that Wang Jinyu is notoriously averse to such occasions. He rarely even attends banquets hosted by the Wang family. So, his appearance at the Yan family's banquet today is truly astonishing.

"What's going on? I did hear recently that the person in the capital publicly kicked Yan Mengmeng, the daughter of the third uncle of the Yan family, out of the banquet hall a few days ago. Is he here to apologize for coming to Old Master Yan's birthday banquet today?"

"What are you dreaming about? Is that guy from the Wang family the kind of person who would apologize? I heard he has a good relationship with Yan Luo. He must have heard that the Yan family is in trouble and came to give them face, right?"

"I think that's unlikely. Maybe he lent out the car? I've never heard of that gentleman attending any banquets..."

Amidst the murmurs of the crowd, the car stopped at the hotel's main entrance. All eyes were fixed on the car, their gazes fixed intently, as if afraid to miss the moment the person inside got out.