"Hello, Miss Tong." Li Guiming extended his hand and shook it politely, with a smile still in his eyes, but Tong Yanqi could see clearly that the person in front of him was indifferent with a lingering gloom, and did not seem to welcome him very much.
However, Tong Yanqi doesn't care. As a salted fish, she will neither force others to like her nor force herself because of other people's opinions.
"Gui Ming, Xiao Xi is our little sister. I said we need to add someone to our project, and she's the one."
In fact, this cooperation between the two families was very large, belonging to the cooperation between the Chu family and the Li family. However, the project that Chu Feng introduced to Tong Yanqi was just a small and insignificant project in the cooperation between the two families.
He wanted to get people involved in this project, and he had informed Li Guiming in advance. Li Guiming was naturally happy to have his partner send an investor to such an inconspicuous small project.
People like them who are in the business world are not afraid of people having desires and ambitions, but they are afraid that people have no desires and don't know where to start.
He was more than happy to use a small project as a favor to make the relationship between the Li and Chu families more harmonious.
Li Guiming glanced at Tong Yanqi, a very delicate and beautiful girl.
However, the reason why people in Chu Feng and Hua Yuanjun's circle recognized her as a little sister was probably not just because of her outstanding appearance.
“It’s a pleasure to work with you.”
Li Guiming lowered his head and looked at Tong Yanqi, his tone elegant and slow, and the curve of his mouth became more and more obvious.
Tong Yanqi wasn't shy either. He looked at Li Guiming calmly, his smile still sweet. "It's a pleasure working with you, Mr. Li, Brother Feng."
Chu Feng casually picked up a wine glass from the tray held by a passing waiter and raised his glass with great interest: "It's a pleasure to work with you."
When Tong Yanqi saw Brother Feng holding up his glass to celebrate, he also reached out and took a glass of red wine, ready to join in the toast when the two of them toasted.
While shaking the deep red wine in his hand, Tong Yanqi accidentally caught a glimpse of the waiter's appearance out of the corner of his eye, and was immediately surprised.
Miss Ye Wanshuang? What's going on? The Ye family shouldn't be bankrupt yet, right? Why is she working as a waitress?
Ye Wanshuang lowered her head, and the expression on her face could not be seen clearly.
But looking at Ye Wanshuang's thin figure, Tong Yanqi was a little worried. Was she in trouble? He wondered if he could help.
Tong Yanqi is not a saint who is kind-hearted all the time. She is just generous to people she likes and is never reluctant to show her kindness.
Tong Yanqi had been kissing Ye Wanshuang and her sisters on the plane, and had been flirting with her in front of her for so long, yet Miss Ye had always been so generous and understanding. Naturally, she felt a liking for her and became friends with her.
"Crack--" A crisp cracking sound was heard. The sound was not loud, but Tong Yanqi and others heard it clearly.
Tong Yanqi looked in the direction with a puzzled look on his face.
Li Guiming was suddenly awakened by the sound. When he regained his composure, he gave Tong Yanqi a very obvious but not very bright smile in order to cover up his loss of composure. The smile was 90% embarrassed. "Sorry."
Tong Yanqi understood, but she also felt a little embarrassed. She didn't know how to respond to his awkward smile, so she casually took out another glass of red wine from Ye Wanshuang's tray and handed it to Li Guiming: "Here."
"Thank you, Miss Tong." Li Guiming took the wine glass, took a sip to disguise his feelings, with an unclear look in his eyes.
Chu Feng pulled Li Guiming to make way, and a waiter came forward to clean up the mess.
At this moment, Hua Yuanjun narrowed his beautiful fox eyes slightly, looked at Li Guiming who was in an uncertain mood, then glanced at Ye Wanshuang who looked up hurriedly and then quickly lowered her head, and understood in his heart.
So, he made a request to Ye Wanshuang in a gentlemanly manner: "Miss, could you please bring me a small plate of cakes?"
"Okay." Ye Wanshuang still lowered her head, spoke in a low voice, and quickly turned and left.
Tong Yanqi looked at Ye Wanshuang's back as she left, thinking that he would talk to her after the banquet. Then he looked away, but was stunned when he caught a glimpse of Li Guiming.
At this time, Li Guiming stared at the direction where Ye Wanshuang left with a complicated expression, and was completely unaware of Tong Yanqi's gaze.
The gloominess in his eyes grew, and a complex mix of emotions filled the air, which Tong Yanqi could not understand.
However, Tong Yanqi knew that this was probably the time when Li Guiming's emotions fluctuated the most tonight. His eyes were no longer calm and his smile was no longer a fake and polite one. He couldn't even maintain a fake smile on his face.
Chu Feng, who was standing by, noticed this special waiter when Hua Yuanjun called Ye Wanshuang, and immediately understood Li Guiming's abnormality.
He quickly and enthusiastically pulled Li Guiming to discuss the details of the cooperation, and the two gradually left their original place and walked further and further away.
Tong Yanqi seemed to have thought of something, and glanced at Hua Yuanjun with an inquiring look. Hua Yuanjun only gave him an intriguing and mysterious smile: "People with poor stomachs should drink less."
Tong Yanqi: "...Okay."
Tong Yanqi is now very curious whether Li Guiming and Ye Wanshuang are what she thought.
But after waiting for a long time, she still didn't see Ye Wanshuang come back with the dessert. Tong Yanqi kept looking at the dessert table and happened to see a few people gathered there.
Tong Yanqi: “?”
She turned to look at Hua Yuanjun: "Brother Hua, I'm hungry. Let's be self-reliant first, shall we?"
Hua Yuanjun saw the curiosity and inquiry in Tong Yanqi's eyes and nodded with a smile: "Let's go, don't starve yourself."
As they walked to the dessert counter, a sarcastic voice reached their ears: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. If you had known this would happen, you wouldn't have done it in the first place. Back then, you and Mr. Li were so sweet. Yet, at his lowest point, you abandoned him. Now you're back here working as a waiter. Who are you pretending to be?"
Tong Yanqi frowned. It was exactly as she thought. Li Guiming and Ye Wanshuang had once been a couple, but then the Li family went bankrupt and Ye Wanshuang left the country. A few years later, the Li family had regained its former glory, while the Ye family had become powerless.
No wonder Mr. Li had such a complicated expression just now, and no wonder Brother Hua sent Miss Ye away, and Brother Feng also took Mr. Li away.
Are you afraid that the two of them will fight?
Over there, Ye Wanshuang didn't know what she said to the young masters who were mocking her, but she saw a young lady who was extremely angry and raised her right hand to slap her.
Ye Wanshuang was not a little rabbit who would accept punishment. He took a step back and reached out to grab the arm of the girl in front of him.
Then, most of the people around her wanted to take advantage of her misfortune. One man reached out and grabbed her arm, his eyes taunting: "I'm waiting for you to be retaliated by President Li."
This man's action immediately confined Ye Wanshuang to the spot, making her unable to move and could only passively take the beating.
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