The banquet was held on the 22nd floor of AX's headquarters building in the imperial capital.
Because of the incident at the Jiang residence, most of the guests had already arrived when Fu Linxiao and Jiang Luoning arrived. Fu Linxiao raised his arm to signal Jiang Luoning, who took it. The two of them walked into the bustling banquet hall, instantly attracting the attention of most people.
The famous CEO of Fu Group, Mr. Fu Sanye of the Imperial Capital, has never had any female companions by his side no matter what banquets he attends or when he drinks or socializes. But now they actually saw Mr. Fu Sanye actually taking the initiative to ask a girl to hold his arm, which made everyone speculate about the identity of the woman standing next to Mr. Fu.
Jiang Luoning's dress today was prepared by Fu Linxiao. It was an ice-blue evening dress with a romantic one-shoulder design and pleated tulle embellishments on the chest. The diamond ornaments on the front shone with brilliance and luxury. The scattered tulle fell along the skirt, and the elegant curve was natural. It bloomed with sexiness and unruliness in the haziness, which would make people fall in love with it at first sight.
The young masters from the noble families present could not take their eyes off her, while the girls were discussing in low voices.
"Who is Master Fu bringing? I've never seen him in the capital before."
"Never heard of a girl in the Fu family?"
"I guess it's another family trying to curry favor with Master Fu and force them onto him, right?"
Jiang Luoning paid no attention to the murmurings, and glanced at Chen Xu and Dong Siqing who were sitting on one side of the banquet.
Some ignorant young men were secretly discussing: "You said Master Fu has had enough fun, can I pry him away?"
"This girl looks just like me."
Fu Linxiao glanced around with a stern look in his eyes, looking at the men who had just spoken without thinking. His eyes were deep and cold as ice, with a fleeting murderous aura that frightened people before they even opened their mouths. Their backs went cold and they couldn't help but step back half a meter.
Su Yu also noticed the scene in the venue, and then took out the microphone and walked to the stage to turn on the sound at the right time.
"Thank you, Mr. Fu San, Miss Luo... It is an honor for our AX Group to have you here. On behalf of the AX Group, I would like to welcome you both." Then he slowly walked off the stage.
Jiang Linghao, who was following behind, arrived late and was furious when he saw the two people holding hands. However, when he saw AX CEO Su Yu looking at the three of them, he nodded slightly and did not want to lose his temper in front of everyone.
Seeing his elder brother being humiliated, Jiang Luoning finally couldn't hold back the curl of his lips. He raised his lips slightly, took Fu Linxiao's hand and squeezed it hard to express his inner joy.
During the banquet, the wealthy families had different thoughts and were chatting and laughing. Jiang Luoning looked at Su Yu who was walking around the table, whispered a few words to Fu Linxiao, picked up her skirt and left, and Su Yu followed quietly.
The two walked to a sealed room next door. When they opened the door, they were shocked to see a wall of surveillance footage, showing the banquet. Sitting on a sofa in the middle of the room was a handsome man with neatly trimmed short hair, an upright posture, and a pair of curved eyebrows. Seeing the visitor, he stood up and walked forward, his mouth raised in a carefree and flamboyant smile, revealing his handsome fangs, exuding a particularly sunny and youthful aura.
"Sister Ning, I finally saw you. I'm almost suffocating here!" Ah Xing ran towards Jiang Luoning, raising his arms for a hug. Jiang Luoning raised his hand to touch the hair of the boy in front of him and said soothingly, "Ah Xing, why are you still acting like a child? You're already 16 this year!"
"No matter how old Ah Xing is, he is still Sister Ning and Sister Yu's dearest and most beloved younger brother, isn't he?" Ah Xing said coquettishly.
"Okay, okay, Ah Xing is no older. Don't bother your sister Ning. She has things to do." Su Yu knew Ah Xing was now in a state of dramatics. If she didn't stop him, he would definitely keep chattering. After all, Ah Xing had grown up under her and Jiang Luoning's watch. He was their most trusted and capable assistant. Otherwise, Luoning wouldn't have handed Dark Night over to a 16-year-old.
I recall meeting Ah Xing outside an underground auction house in Country A. A rival company, driven bankrupt by Su Yu and Jiang Luoning's counterattack, had desperately hired assassins to hunt them down. Ah Xing had just emerged from the auction house, her eyes filled with hostility, a glimmer of hopelessness missing from her 12- or 13-year-old's innocence and beauty. Perhaps because they were fellow Chinese and couldn't bear to see someone being bullied in a foreign land, Ah Xing stepped in to help, her moves swift, precise, and ruthless. However, due to the disparity in age and numbers, the three of them quickly lost strength and retreated. Ah Xing pulled out a pack of silver needles and launched them at the group. The needles shone with a cold light, like Li Xuan's swords, sending the assassins reeling and freeing the three. From then on, Ah Xing stayed with her two sisters. She revealed her identity: her grandfather, Chu Yun, a medical prodigy, had recently been assassinated by a powerful force, leaving him missing. She had heard rumors of the underground auction selling her grandfather's old pills, so she decided to see if she could find any information about him, but to no avail. As she left the house, she encountered Jiang Luoning and Su Yu, who were being pursued.
Ah Xing was gifted in medicine, and with his grandfather's true teachings, his achievements were undeniable. However, he was deeply affected by the disappearance of Mr. Chu, and he never touched traditional Chinese medicine again. After meeting Su Yu and Jiang Luoning, Ah Xing learned hacking from Jiang Luoning. Jiang Luoning also developed a strong interest in traditional Chinese medicine around Ah Xing, and eventually accompanied Jiang Luoning to establish the Dark Night Pavilion. Although the Dark Night Pavilion is an organization, it is divided into two major alliances: the Dark Alliance, a medical alliance, and the Night Alliance, a hacker alliance. Ah Xing has been in charge of all matters of the Dark Alliance with his superior medical skills, while Jiang Luoning was initially in charge of the Night Alliance.
After hearing her sister's words, Ah Xing silently pulled out the chair in front of the big screen behind her and motioned Jiang Luoning to sit down.
Jiang Luoning sat down, his hands tapping away at the keyboard at a rapid pace. Then, the two cameras panned to Chen Xu and Dong Siqing, switching to directional tracking. Following their movements, they were seen chatting with Ling Qingya, daughter of the Ling family. Beside them was a middle-aged man whom Jiang Luoning was unfamiliar with. Judging by the four people's conversation, he suspected this man was also a member of the Ling family. As for the elderly man representing the Ling family at the banquet, it could only be Ling Qingya's father, the president of the Ling Corporation.
Jiang Luoning stared at the four people and saw Dong Siqing and Ling Qingya nod and leave to talk to a waiter. Seeing this, he pointed at the waiter and turned to look at Ah Xing: "Check this person."
Ah Xing picked up the computer beside him and typed away rapidly, his eyes becoming penetrating, like a completely different person from the young man he had just met. Soon, all the information about the waiter appeared on the computer screen. The waiter was a temporary employee brought in by the chef team today, and his personal information was relatively normal.
"Check his personal account and initiate a targeted monitoring."
After hearing Jiang Luoning's words, Ah Xing took action immediately. The big screen displayed another group of surveillance footage of the waiters. All the bank statements of the waiters were listed, showing that a sum of 100,000 yuan was received yesterday, and the other party's account was abroad.
Jiang Luoning narrowed his eyes, things seemed to be getting more and more interesting.
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