When Ye Li got out of the car, Fu Garden was already brightly lit.
Soft, melodious music drifted out of the banquet hall, filling it with laughter and joy.
Madam Fu personally sent out invitations, and almost all the top-ranking single ladies from the capital's wealthy families attended.
At first glance, they were all familiar faces.
Upon seeing Ye Li, the banquet hall fell silent.
The champagne-colored ankle-length evening gown is elegant and graceful.
The shimmering satin fabric accentuated the girl's shapely figure, revealing a waist so slender it seemed one could encircle it with a single hand.
Under the dazzling lights, that aloof and solitary face appeared exceptionally alluring.
Before she appeared, a group of elegant ladies, each with their own unique beauty and figure, were meticulously made up down to the last hair.
But when Ye Li appeared, everyone else seemed to pale in comparison.
"Wasn't Ye Li engaged to Young Master Zhou? Why is she here?"
"Haven't you heard about the Ye family's situation? The Zhou family's attitude isn't obvious yet, but they've definitely already broken off the engagement!"
"That's not necessarily true! ... I've heard that the Ye family still has a debt of 100 million yuan. Maybe they're after that 100 million yuan."
"Tsk tsk tsk... Seducing both her nephew and uncle, only she could do something so shameless! No wonder the Ye family went bankrupt, even God couldn't stand it anymore and had to take her away!"
"Madam Fu has arrived!"
Someone shouted something, and the banquet hall instantly fell silent.
Madam Fu, with her silver hair, stepped out from behind the screen, looking energetic and smiling.
As people get older, they enjoy being around people, especially when all they see are pretty girls.
Ask how old this person is, and whether they prefer skiing or concerts.
Ask again about the Christmas plans.
The atmosphere in the banquet hall was lively.
From Madam Fu to the group of ladies, everyone was absent-minded, glancing back at the gate every now and then.
The main character of the blind date banquet has not yet appeared.
When Qin Chu arrived, panting, he immediately saw Ye Li standing by the window watching the snow.
Holding a glass of champagne, Qin Chu stepped forward and said with a hint of complaint, "We didn't come all this way for nothing, did we?"
Ye Li shook her head.
She didn't know either.
Before coming, I felt incredibly awkward, as if I were a bag of potato chips or a head of cabbage on a shelf, waiting to be picked over.
The stock clerk who placed her on the shelf was herself.
When the moment finally arrived, Ye Li felt much more at ease because Fu Yanci hadn't come.
However, that 100 million yuan and his mother's illness were like two mountains weighing him down.
The mere thought of it made her feel suffocated.
"Little pear..."
When she heard a voice calling from afar, Ye Li subconsciously turned around and saw Old Madam Fu waving at her.
A passage automatically and spontaneously opened up in front of them.
Ye Li stepped forward, lifting her skirt, and greeted her with a sweet smile, "Grandmother Fu..."
"Ai!"
Madam Fu smiled and clapped her hands, gesturing for Ye Li to sit next to her.
At the same time, in the president's office of the Fu Group, Xiang Yang placed a thick stack of documents in front of Fu Yanci, and then reminded him, "Boss, the old lady has repeatedly instructed you to be at Fu Garden before four o'clock."
"I'm not going."
Having known about his grandmother's arrangements for a long time, Fu Yanci refused without hesitation.
He looked up at Yang again, his eyes coldly commanding: You can get out!
"..."
Xiang Yang spoke again, "Miss Ye also went."
Creak!
The pen left a long scratch on the document.
With a sinister expression, Fu Yanci raised his eyes, "What's going on?"
Ye Li is engaged.
The banquet at Fu Garden was ostensibly a lively affair for Madam Fu, but in reality, it was a matchmaking event, a fact known to all the attendees.
Why would Ye Li go?
Snowflakes were falling heavily outside the window, and everything was covered in white.
Xiang Yang felt as if he had seen a glimmer of light in the vastness. "I've asked around. Miss Ye has proposed to annul the engagement. Young Master Zhou... remained noncommittal."
I neither agree nor disagree.
Or they just didn't take it seriously.
Or, it means they tacitly approved it.
Before Xiang Yang could figure out how to persuade the Boss, or how to deal with the next call from Madam Fu, he was still in the middle of the night.
Looking up again, I saw the dragons and snakes flowing from Boss's pen.
The office was quiet, with only the pens clicking across the paper.
The stack of documents was quickly signed off.
After closing the last document, Fu Yanci got up, grabbed his coat, and headed outside.
Just moments before, he coldly said he wouldn't go.
Xiang Yang lifted his foot and chased after him.
Ah, fickle man!
...
"Madam, the young master is back!"
On a lazy afternoon, a group of people were eating, drinking, and chatting, just when they were about to doze off.
The butler's words caused a brief commotion in the banquet hall.
Everyone turned to look at the doorway without prior arrangement.
The man approaching was dressed in a black suit, with a tall and stern face.
He seemed extremely displeased with the occasion, his brows furrowed with anger, but he restrained himself because of his grandmother's actions, which he loved most.
As he moved forward, a cool sandalwood scent filled the air.
This is the man standing high atop the pyramid in the capital city.
The banquet hall was completely silent.
As if intimidated by his imposing aura, no one dared to utter a sound as he walked through the door.
I was afraid that the next thing he would say was "Send the guest out."
The man was tall and had long legs; in just a few steps, he had circled behind the screen and disappeared from sight.
Fu Yanci's brows remained furrowed even as he sat beside his grandmother.
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