Xie Yang looked Feng Dian up and down very obviously.

Feng Dian has regular facial features, is of medium height, and dresses in a youthful style. Among his facial features, his eyes are the best, with a gentle and affectionate look. Even if he makes a nasty expression, it is not offensive.

He has the look of a loving and nice man who can easily pretend to be one.

Xie Yang suddenly felt that Feng Qinglin, whose features resembled Qiu Xing, was much more pleasing to the eye.

Feng Dian frowned when he was looked at, and said coldly: "What are you looking at?"

Qiu Xing followed and Jie Yang stopped. Just as he was about to turn his head to look at Feng Dian, Jie Yang raised his hand and touched his face to prevent him from turning his head.

Xie Yang's eyes were still on Feng Dian, but he was speaking to Qiu Xing in a rather loud voice: "Ah Xing, don't turn your head. There's something dirty over there. It's harmful to your eyes."

Everyone was stunned.

What did this young man call the act of hatred? Ah Xing? And did he just say the word dirty?

Qiu Xing paused, the coldness between his brows disappeared, he smiled, took Jie Yang's hand and held it, glanced at Feng Dian calmly, and said: "It's okay, I've seen it for so many years, I'm used to it."

"You're used to it, but I can't bear to see you suffer any more." Xie Yang finally retracted his gaze and said to Qiu Xing, "I think we should get out of here quickly, lest some loser who is sitting on the Yue family's sofa but doesn't give them face at all tries to claim to be your relative. With this, I don't know if that loser regrets being the son-in-law of the Tao family and wants to curry favor with you, or if the Tao family doesn't really welcome you to this birthday party and is trying to drive you away in a tactful way."

What he said was both insulting and accusing, and he was openly trying to sow discord between the Tao family and Feng Dian. He was really rude at all.

The hall was completely silent, and everyone's eyes on Jie Yang had completely changed.

This young man, who was thought to be just a clinger and a prostitute, seems to be different from what everyone thought?

After watching Jie Yang, they went to watch Feng Dian, feeling angry.

Everyone present were members of the Tao family and their relatives. Although they knew that Feng Dian's words just now were meant to stab Chou Xing and not to humiliate the Tao family, they could understand it rationally but found it difficult to accept emotionally.

Before being pointed out, they could still pretend to be stupid for the Feng family's sake, but now that Jie Yang has said everything, if they don't react, wouldn't they be giving themselves up to Feng Dian?

Many people looked at Grandpa Tao and Tao Huazhang again. As the patriarch of the Tao family who is celebrating his birthday and the current helmsman of the Tao family, it would be inappropriate for Grandpa Tao and Tao Huazhang not to speak up at this time.

Feng Dian was first embarrassed by Jie Yang's words, and then embarrassed by everyone else. At the same time, he also realized that what he said just now was not good. He felt upset and aggrieved. Just when he was about to say something to save the situation, Mr. Tao, who had recovered, spoke.

The old man's voice was very cold, and he ordered: "Hua Zhang, the banquet is about to start, you take the guests to take their seats first. Feng Dian, come here, Dad has something to say to you. Lan Lan, go outside and see why your aunt hasn't come back yet. When you find her, please ask her whether she is here to celebrate my birthday or to bring her good-for-nothing son to a blind date!"

The patriarch spoke, and the other members of the Tao family quickly followed suit, criticizing Feng Dian's second wife, Tao Yi, with their words laced with sarcasm and indirectly attacking Feng Dian.

Feng Dian never got the chance to speak again.

Tao Huazhang also glanced at Feng Dian coldly, then took a deep breath to suppress his temper, looked at Qiu Xing and Jie Yang, smiled and said a few words of neglect and apology, and once again invited Qiu Xing and Jie Yang to sit in the VIP seat outside.

Qiu Xing had been smiling since Jie Yang confronted Feng Dian. Hearing this, he stopped making things difficult for Tao Huazhang and walked out holding Jie Yang's hand.

Xie Yang moved closer to Qiu Xing and lowered his voice: "Are you venting your anger?"

Qiu Xing squeezed Jie Yang's hand and snorted with a laugh.

…

The VIP seats were occupied by the most prominent people in the business circle of City B, and there were only three tables in total. Tao Huazhang deliberately avoided the table where the Feng family was sitting and led Qiu Xing and Jie Yang to a seat on the right.

Most of the guests sitting in the VIP seats are smart people. When the guests who arrived first saw Qiu Xing bringing Jie Yang over, they took the initiative to greet Qiu Xing and were also very kind to Jie Yang. Some of those who were more observant and had cooperated with Qiu Xing even deliberately teased him and asked him when he was planning to hold the wedding.

Qiu Xing's attitude became gentler when facing these people. He took Jie Yang to a seat and replied, "When the wedding will be held depends on when Jie Yang nods."

Not only did she admit that there was a wedding, she also deliberately lowered herself and gave the initiative in the relationship to her partner.

Everyone understood, and they were busy congratulating, either sincerely or insincerely, and expressing their anticipation for attending the wedding.

The scene was filled with false enthusiasm and prosperity. Xie Yang sat next to Qiu Xing with a smile on his face. When someone asked him when he would nod, he replied generously, "When I nod depends on Qiu Xing's performance."

Qiu Xing snorted lazily upon hearing this: "You are the only one who won't take any loss."

The people at the table looked at Qiu Xing's expression, then looked at Xie Yang, who had behaved very generously and firmly from beginning to end. They exchanged glances and became more polite to Xie Yang.

There were several people at the table. Some were polite to Qiu Xing and Jie Yang, while others were naturally rude to them.

After everyone exchanged pleasantries, someone who was close to the Feng family suddenly asked Xie Yang, "I heard that Mr. Xie is a singer? My son was also particularly obsessed with a singer some time ago, and he took him abroad for a tour. These young people nowadays, ah."

There was a moment of silence at the table, and everyone looked towards Jie Yang secretly, wanting to see how he would respond to this sentence.

Xie Yang seemed not to notice everyone's gossiping gazes. He gently pressed Qiu Xing's hand to signal him not to be angry. He looked at the person asking the question and replied with a smile, "Mr. Hu, don't be too pessimistic. If your son is not promising, you can just teach him slowly. Don't be so arbitrarily disappointed with the entire group of young people and singers. I believe that the young generation in many families here are very outstanding. Maybe one of them is a child of an excellent singer. Don't be discouraged. If you are really troubled, maybe you can learn from other excellent parents here?"

What a great mouth you have.

Everyone withdrew their gazes, and had a basic understanding of Xie Yang's character.

Sure enough, the person who can take down Qiu Xing will not be simple.

Mr. Hu's face turned red. Someone who had a good relationship with Mr. Hu came out to smooth things over and try to move on from the topic, but Mr. Hu himself was not happy about it.

He frowned and said, "Who told you that my son is useless? Mr. Xie, don't say anything careless."

Qiu Xing, who had been quiet all this time, suddenly sneered and asked, "At the age of 27, he's still relying on his family's support to get by. You think he's accomplished? At the age of 20, Yangyang knew he didn't need help from his family to start his own company and write songs to make money. I'd like to ask what your son was doing when he was 20? No, I'd like to ask what you were doing when you were 20?"

Mr. Hu was choked and felt extremely embarrassed. He could no longer sit there and stood up and left.

The other people at the table quickly changed the subject to smooth things over.

Mr. Hu left and never came back, and the position has been vacant ever since.

Soon the birthday banquet began. Tao Huazhang brought a group of Tao family members to the small stage in the middle. He smiled and thanked everyone for their support. Then he invited the birthday boy out, brought out the big cake, and let the old man say a few words before cutting the cake.

Everyone in the audience clapped and sent their blessings to the old man.

After the cake was cut, there were a few more birthday celebrations backstage. Then the old man was helped by his family to rest and eat, while the Tao family members dispersed to toast the guests.

The table where Qiu Xing was sitting was filled with distinguished guests, and the one who came to toast was naturally Tao Huazhang. He also had Tao Yang by his side, and it was obvious that he valued Tao Yang.

When Tao Huazhang was toasting everyone and saying polite words, Tao Yang walked around to Qiu Xing alone, bent down, smiled and raised his glass to Qiu Xing, saying, "Thank you, Mr. Qiu, for your presence. I'm sorry that I didn't have a chance to apologize to you in person for the Weibo incident last time."

Qiu Xing responded coldly, saying, "There won't be a next time."

Tao Yang paused with a smile on his face, slowly retracted his cup, straightened up a little, and replied, "Of course there won't be a next time." He suddenly softened his voice and continued, "At first I thought Director Qiu wouldn't come. The last time I called you--"

Qiu Xing interrupted Tao Yang and said, "You should go. Your father is watching you."

“…”

Tao Yang looked at Qiu Xing's cold expression and finally stood up straight. He then looked at Xie Yang, who was peeling shrimps slowly next to Qiu Xing and didn't even bother to turn his head. He seemed to not care at all about what he and Qiu Xing were saying. He smiled again and tactfully said goodbye.

Qiu Xing turned sideways and looked at Xie Yang beside him.

Xie Yang put the peeled shrimps on Qiu Xing's plate and praised him, "Good job."

"Who are you trying to get rid of with just one shrimp?" Qiu Xing said with disdain, but he picked up the chopsticks and picked up the shrimp. Then he deliberately dipped it in the vinegar dish in front of Jie Yang, brought it to his mouth and ate it, commenting, "It's so sour."

Xie Yang raised his eyebrows and glanced at Qiu Xing, wiped his hands, took out his mobile phone, opened the now-defunct Grey Sheep CP super topic in front of Qiu Xing, and checked in with his secondary account.

Qiu Xing: “…”

He glared at Xie Yang, grabbed Xie Yang's hand and confiscated his phone, picked up some food for Xie Yang, and said fiercely: "Eat well."

Xie Yang smiled, picked up his chopsticks and ate the dish Qiu Xing had picked up, commenting, "It's really sweet."

"..." Qiu Xing glared at Jie Yang again, but this time his force was much lighter, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised. He picked up the shrimp with chopsticks and said disdainfully, "How can the marinated duck be sweet? Is your tongue broken? Just concentrate on eating and stop playing with your phone... Are you still eating shrimp?"

"eat."

Qiu Xing started to peel the shrimps.

The guest who sat next to the two and listened to the entire conversation: "..."

It seems like... I know something.

After the main meal, there will be a small banquet for everyone to socialize, and there will also be performances on a small stage. At this point everyone can move around freely, and those who don’t want to socialize can leave first without appearing disrespectful.

Qiu Xing didn't like this kind of occasion. He attended the birthday party this time to help Jie Yang correct his identity. Now that his goal has been achieved and it is time to say goodbye, he naturally chooses to leave immediately.

He stood up and greeted the people at the same table, then walked towards the exit of the banquet hall with Jie Yang.

But he was obviously too naive. President Rongding rarely attended social occasions. How could anyone let him go so soon? The two had only taken two steps when a Rongding partner who once had a good relationship with Qiu's father blocked Qiu Xing and started talking to him.

Qiu Xing had to stop and greet the other party.

After finally solving this problem, I had only taken a few steps when another CEO who had cooperated with Rongding came up to me, accompanied by two friends who obviously wanted to establish a relationship with Qiu Xing.

After dealing with about six waves of people like this, Qiu Xing became impatient and frowned: "I should have brought Qiu Jingwei along earlier."

Xie Yang soothed him, "We're almost at the exit, there shouldn't be anyone else—"

"Boss Qiu!"

Xie Yang shut up and turned around, and saw Tao Yang trotting through the crowd. When he came in front of the two of them, he embarrassedly tidied up his messy hair and said thankfully, "Luckily you didn't leave. Director Qiu, my grandfather wanted to invite you over to have a chat. I wonder if it's convenient for you?" He lowered his voice and added, "I want to talk about the Feng family."

Qiu Xing frowned and looked at Jie Yang.

Xie Yang said, "Go ahead. It's the old man's birthday, we can't not give him face."

Qiu Xing then nodded to Tao Yang, took Jie Yang's hand, and said to Tao Yang: "Lead the way."

"Thank you Mr. Qiu for your understanding." Tao Yang looked at Xie Yang again, "... and thank you Vice President Xie."

"You're welcome." Xie Yang smiled, "I just happen to have something I want to ask you. I wonder if I will have the honor to talk to you alone when Ah Xing goes to see your grandfather later?"

It felt bad to be harassed from time to time by someone with unclear intentions. No matter what Tao Yang meant, Xie Yang decided not to indulge him.

Tao Yang raised his eyes and looked at Jie Yang for two seconds, his smile deepened, and he replied: "Of course."