On the way to Mr. Tao’s birthday party the next day, Xie Yang was bored and scrolling through Weibo, and unexpectedly found that he was on the hot search again.

This time the hot search was very friendly, the content was #解扬心动时刻#. When you clicked into the topic, the first one was a video Weibo posted by a Crab fan.

Yangyangyuanhang: Ahhh, Yangyang looks better in person than in the photo! Great skin! Super long eyelashes! Wow, I'm so envious. Come and feel this look! The most exciting moment of the year! ps: Yangyang’s boyfriend is so handsome and treats Yangyang very well. He always protects Yangyang carefully (and I feel like he is jealous of us fans haha. Whenever someone confesses that they like Yangyang, he will look at them with a cold face, as if he wants to get angry but is holding it back). Anyway, I like this! Locked! Please get married right here!

This Weibo post was accompanied by a five-second video.

Xie Yang clicked on the video and was not surprised to find that the video was the scene where he tilted his head to ask fans how they knew the news of the filming was completed. Because of the angle, this video not only captured his expression, but also Qiu Xing's profile.

He paused the video, looked carefully at Qiu Xing's profile in the video, then turned his head to look at Qiu Xing beside him.

Because he was going to attend a birthday party, Qiu Xing specially wore a shirt with a softer color today. He also fluffed up his hair and simply fixed it with hairspray. He looked refreshed and gentler than usual.

As expected, Qiu Xing is more handsome in real life.

Qiu Xing had just finished a phone call with He Jun. He noticed Xie Yang's gaze and turned his head to look over, asking, "What's wrong?"

Xie Yang shook his head, looked away, and clicked on the comments under the Weibo post.

The comment section is very lively, and the total number of comments has exceeded 20,000. Unsurprisingly, the hot comments were dominated by the screen-licking party and the candy-grabbing party. Many fans have noticed Qiu Xing's fierceness. They inferred that "Qiu Xing loves Jie Yang very much" from various details that Jie Yang himself didn't notice. Their ability to pick out sweet stories is very strong.

Some people tried to lead the trend and made some sour and negative remarks, but none of them gained momentum. They were all buried by the excited sugar-eating party with emoticons and they dared not show up again.

Xie Yang really wanted to like some of the funny comments, but he held back. He turned off the comments and checked the trending posts again. He was even more surprised to find that not only the scene where he asked the fans was photographed and became a trending post, but also the scene where he and Qiu Xing were about to get in the car and the fans asked Qiu Xing to take good care of him, and Qiu Xing replied "I will naturally take good care of my people" was also photographed and uploaded to Weibo, which has now become a trending post.

The comments under this Weibo post are also very interesting, full of screams, lemon emoticons, and imitations of the domineering president's tone, which made Xie Yang laugh.

A hand reached out and pinched Li Yang's face.

Xie Yang suppressed his smile and turned his head to look at Qiu Xing.

Qiu Xing saw Jie Yang looking over and was satisfied. He let go and touched Jie Yang's face, and said, "Follow me closely for a while. If someone says something unpleasant, don't worry, just reply however you want."

Xie Yang raised his eyebrows: "Are you sure?"

"Sure. You just have to make sure you don't get bullied. I'll take care of the rest."

Xie Yang understood and nodded: "I understand."

Half an hour later, the car stopped in front of a star-rated hotel. The car boy stepped forward to help open the door. Qiu Xing got out of the car first, then turned around to help Jie Yang block the roof of the car.

There were guides arranged by the Tao family guarding the door. When they saw Qiu Xing appear, they were all stunned for a moment. Then the leader came to his senses first, and stepped forward to greet Qiu Xing with a little restrained and nervous attitude, and led Qiu Xing and Jie Yang to the banquet hall on the top floor.

After entering the elevator, the guide secretly peeked through the reflection of the elevator door at Jie Yang who was standing next to Qiu Xing.

Qiu Xing moved his gaze through the elevator door and looked at the greeter, then asked coldly, "What are you looking at?"

The guide was startled, quickly looked away, and replied awkwardly: "I'm sorry for being rude, I just... I just felt that this gentleman looked unfamiliar."

Qiu Xing retracted his gaze and sneered: "It seems that the Tao family is not very sincere in inviting me. My partner, Vice President Jia Rongding, actually looks unfamiliar to you."

Partner and vice president?

The guide was stunned. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should be shocked by Qiu Xing's introduction to Jie Yang, or horrified by Qiu Xing's attitude.

When the elevator arrived, Qiu Xing didn't wait for the guide to come back to his senses. He directly took Jie Yang's hand and walked out of the elevator, walking along the red carpet at the elevator entrance to the entrance of the banquet hall.

Mr. Tao's eldest son Tao Huazhang and youngest grandson Tao Yang were standing at the door of the banquet hall to welcome guests. When they saw Qiu Xing appear holding Jie Yang's hand, they were both stunned for a moment. Then Tao Huazhang showed joy, while Tao Yang frowned quickly and glanced vaguely at Qiu Xing holding Jie Yang's hand.

Tao Huazhang smiled and walked forward to greet Qiu Xing and exchanged greetings with him. Because he was not sure in what capacity Xie Yang accompanied Qiu Xing to attend the birthday party, he skillfully vaguely addressed Xie Yang when greeting him.

Qiu Xing was not satisfied with this ambiguity. After exchanging a few pleasantries with Tao Huazhang, he turned sideways to signal Jie Yang and introduced him, "Mr. Tao, this is my partner, Jie Yang. Jie Yang, this is Mr. Tao Huazhang."

Xie Yang nodded politely to Tao Huazhang and said, "Hello."

Partner, the same title as in the will, not boyfriend, so is this really serious?

Tao Huazhang was thinking about many things in his mind, but he remained calm. He smiled and greeted Jie Yang again, with a much more polite and serious attitude than before, and then invited the two of them to go into the hall.

"Wait a moment." Qiu Xing suddenly called Tao Huazhang, turned his head to look at Tao Yang who had been quietly serving as the background, and said in a bad tone, "Tao Yang, there is something I hope you can pay attention to. According to seniority, your father and I are of the same generation, and Xie Yang is my partner. It is really inappropriate for you to call him your junior. Considering that Xie Yang is younger than you, if you think it is too rude to call Xie Yang by his name, you can call him Vice President Xie in the future."

Just then, another group of guests came over. After hearing what Qiu Xing said, they all stopped and looked at Qiu Xing and Jie Yang in surprise.

Recently, the romance between Qiu Xing and Jie Yang has been widely reported, and almost everyone in the upper class knows about it. For this purpose, everyone did some homework and learned about Xie Yang's situation. As far as they knew, the only position that Xie Yang could be called "Dong" was the chairman of Yang Bank, but Qiu Xing now asked Tao Yang to call Xie Yang "Vice Director"?

What vice president? Which vice president is this?

A certain guess was about to come out, the atmosphere suddenly became weird, and everyone looked at Jie Yang inconspicuously.

Xie Yang ignored everyone's stares, smiled at Tao Huazhang and Tao Yang, and said in a friendly manner: "There's no need to call me Vice President, Senior Tao Yang, just call me by my name."

Tao Huazhang immediately figured out something was wrong after Qiu Xing finished speaking. Seeing Jie Yang's words, he hurriedly and secretly pulled Tao Yang and replied with a smile: "Seniority cannot be messed up. The proper etiquette still needs to be observed. Xiaoyang."

Tao Yang tightened his fingers, but looked apologetic as he replied, "I was not thoughtful enough about the address. Director Qiu... Vice Director Jie, thank you both for coming to my grandfather's birthday party. Please come in."

Tao Huazhang was satisfied, and hurriedly extended his hand to invite Qiu Xing and Jie Yang to come in again, and winked at Tao Yang, asking him to go and receive the guests behind.

Tao Yang lowered his head and said goodbye, then walked past Jie Yang and walked back.

Xie Yang lowered his eyes and glanced at Tao Yang's clenched hands, smiled, and passed Tao Yang, then entered the banquet hall with Qiu Xing.

The banquet hall was bustling with activity. Most of the guests had already arrived and were gathering in groups of three or five to chat. The birthday celebrant was in poor health and had no energy to entertain the guests personally, so he stayed in the small flower hall deep in the banquet hall to rest. Qiu Xing and Jie Yang, led by Tao Huazhang, were preparing to go to the small flower hall to say hello to the birthday boy.

Xie Yang noticed that on the way to the lounge, all the guests who saw Qiu Xing had stunned and surprised expressions. Some of the less sophisticated ones even looked as if they had seen a ghost.

Is hatred so terrible?

Xie Yang looked at Qiu Xing.

He's obviously a harmless handsome guy.

Qiu Xing noticed Xie Yang's gaze, held his hand, and moved sideways to help him block the gaze of others. He glanced at the guests who were peeking at him along the way and asked, "Are you not used to being stared at?"

Xie Yang shook his head.

"Did you vent your anger then?"

Xie Yang was puzzled, then realized that Qiu Xing was probably talking about the incident at the door, so he smiled and replied, "It came out."

Qiu Xing snorted, not quite satisfied: "This is just the beginning."

Many members of the Tao family and their relatives gathered in the small flower hall. Old Master Tao, wearing a red Tang suit, was sitting on the sofa in the middle. His hair was completely white and his body was thin. Although he was surrounded by his relatives, he did not look happy. His eyes were droopy, his complexion was very bad, and he looked a little weak.

As soon as Tao Huazhang entered the room, he raised his voice and said, "Dad, Director Qiu is here with his friends to see you."

This sentence was said very loudly, obviously to remind the people in the hall. The lounge became quiet and everyone's eyes fell on Qiu Xing and Jie Yang.

Qiu Xing didn't look at anyone else. He took Jie Yang's hand and walked forward to politely wish Mr. Tao a happy birthday and presented him with a birthday gift. When he saw Qiu Xing, Mr. Tao insisted on standing up and exchanging a few words with Qiu Xing, showing great respect and politeness.

After the scene was over, Qiu Xing prepared to leave with Jie Yang. Old Master Tao asked Tao Huazhang to entertain Qiu Xing well. Tao Huazhang hurried forward and prepared to take Qiu Xing and Jie Yang away and sit in the VIP seats outside.

Just as a highly commercialized birthday celebration was about to end perfectly, a gentle middle-aged man sitting on the long sofa at the side suddenly spoke, breaking the apparent harmony of the small flower hall.

"How come some people don't even say hello when they see my brother-in-law?"

The hall was silent again, and Tao Huazhang's expression changed. He spoke loudly, trying to fool the man about what he had just said. Old Master Tao also frowned and looked at the middle-aged man. He wanted to say something but started coughing violently.

The women of the Tao family hurried to pat Grandpa Tao on the back and hand him water.

The harmony was completely broken.

Xie Yang stopped before Qiu Xing and looked at the middle-aged man who was speaking. He quickly identified the man’s identity - the man who called himself "brother-in-law" should be Feng Qinglin's scumbag father, Feng Dian.