Chapter 29
When Yang Zhi and Chen Mo arrived at their destination, there was a constant stream of guests waiting at the door.
The protagonists of the engagement are Sun Xiaoya's cousin and the eldest grandson of the Zhou family. The handsome man and beautiful woman, the picture of them standing at the door in formal suits to receive guests looks very pleasing to the eye.
Yang Zhi walked forward with the invitation in his hand and looked at Chen Mo who was walking beside him.
The clothes the assistant chose for him fit him fairly well.
After taking off the school uniform and putting on formal clothes, there was no sign of discomfort or incongruity on him. He even looked more at ease than usual.
Thinking that he had slept all the way and would not care about the purpose of today's trip, Yang Zhi thought for a moment and said, "The Zhou family never thought highly of our Yang family. Although my mother is the second daughter of the Zhou family, she has rarely returned to her parents' home in recent years, and the relationship between them is not very close. No matter what my father asks you to say or do today, don't take it too seriously."
"Isn't this bad?" Chen Mo replied with a smile.
To be honest, he now has no idea what Yang Zhi is thinking.
Logically speaking, the Yang family wanted him to be the breakthrough point to break the ice between the Zhou and Yang families, so Yang Zhi should have at least added fuel to the fire instead of telling him not to worry too much.
Just like in his previous life, Yang Qi'an had also come up with this idea, also for this engagement banquet.
What Yang Zhi said to him had a completely different meaning.
He said, "Chen Mo, when Mom insisted on marrying Dad, she was opposed by the Zhou family. She almost lost her life because of giving birth to you. Because of this, she has been estranged from the Zhou family for many years. Now that you are back, you are the most important bond between Mom and the Zhou family. Whether the relationship between the two families can be repaired depends on you."
The words are ambiguous, appealing to emotions and explaining things with reason.
But Chen Mo is not stupid.
At that time, although he didn't know much about the situation of the major families in Suicheng, he knew that the Zhou family had a high status in Suicheng and a cold and arrogant personality. Therefore, the birth of Zhou Yaoqing, who was willful and unruly when she was young and still confused after becoming a mother, has always been the thing that the Zhou family is most reluctant to mention.
The important link that Yang Zhi always talked about was played by Yang Shule for many years.
The fact that he failed only shows that the Zhou family doesn’t care that much about this daughter.
The Yang family used him to appease Chen Jianli who came to their door, while also trying to take advantage of him.
How could Chen Mo possibly fulfill their wish?
So this engagement party in the previous life ended in a hasty manner.
This was mainly because the Zhou family's second daughter, who had just married off, came to congratulate them with her husband and three children. As a result, the youngest son and adopted son, who had been found with great difficulty, had a big fight at the dinner, almost destroying the banquet hall, and even sent the old lady of the Zhou family to the hospital out of anger.
Chen Mo remembered that the so-called fight at that time was nothing more than Yang Shule pushing him into the huge celebratory cake tower in the center of the hall. Amidst his embarrassment, he looked at every gloomy face of the Yang family with satisfaction.
He was clumsy and impulsive. He didn't mind being seen through, nor did he mind people saying that he couldn't tolerate Yang Shule and that he was a barbaric boy raised in the countryside. He didn't regret it at all.
That was himself in his previous life.
Chen Mo looked around and asked Yang Zhi, "Where are my parents and my brother?"
He asked so smoothly that Yang Zhi looked at him strangely.
It took two seconds before he answered: "They have already gone in."
"Oh." Chen Mo dragged out the ending tone a little.
Yang Zhi: "What do you want to do with them?"
"Nothing." Chen Mo said, "Wouldn't it be better if the whole family was together?"
For the first time, Yang Zhi felt speechless.
The banquet hall was very large in the evening, with adults in elegant clothes drinking and chatting.
Because the people getting engaged were young, there were many young people like Chen Mo in the hall. It was not as serious as a business dinner. The young people were eating, drinking and having fun, and the atmosphere was very relaxed and lively.
When Chen Mo appeared, he attracted a lot of attention.
When he was found, there was a lot of noise, not to mention that during the daytime, the Yang family was on the front page of the news for a whole day. And the well-known Yang Shule has always been with the Yang couple, and who is this person who is with the eldest son of the Yang family at this moment? It is self-evident.
Chen Mo ignored the countless stealthy glances around him and took a bottle of champagne from the tray in the waiter's hand.
Before it was delivered to the entrance, it was taken away by Yang Zhi who was standing next to it.
He exchanged a glass of orange juice for him from the long table and frowned: "What's the point of drinking alcohol when you are underage."
Chen Mo looked at the cup in his hand, raised his eyebrows slightly, and then chuckled.
"What are you laughing at?"
“Because I thought it was funny.”
With just this little interaction, many of Yang Zhi's peers who knew him in the business world quickly gathered around.
Each one of them is very passionate and unrestrained.
"Yang Zhi, this is our brother, right?"
"Please introduce yourself."
"Brother, I heard you're still in high school. High school must be hard..."
Chen Mo looked at these people who had made up stories about him behind Yang Zhi's back in his previous life because of Yang Zhi's attitude. He was impeccably friendly, clinking glasses with orange juice and calling everyone who came up to talk to him "brother". He looked like a polite and well-behaved child.
Yang Zhi watched as another person put a noose around his neck. He tilted his head and said to the person naturally, "Of course. From today on, you are my real brother. Don't worry, I will come to you if I have any problems..."
Yang Zhi felt a sudden sense of shortness of breath after watching this.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the reason was not because this younger brother had won over the people around him, but because he discovered that his attitude towards him was not even as good as that of a stranger who came up to him casually.
Chen Mo didn't care why Yang Zhi had been so gloomy for such a long time.
When Yang Qi'an couldn't help but come over to look for someone, Chen Mo actually met the Zhou family for the first time tonight.
That is the lounge on the second floor of the banquet hall.
There were quite a few people here, all discussing tonight's banquet in a lively manner.
Someone murmured, "Old lady, the second young lady brought her family to congratulate you."
The crowd suddenly became quiet and everyone turned to look at the door.
For the first time in his two lives, Chen Mo took a serious look at the most powerful woman in the Zhou family. She was about seventy years old, with silver hair neatly tied behind her head. She wore an old-fashioned cheongsam and a jade bracelet. Time probably only took away her youthful appearance, but not her good upbringing and elegance.
Zhou Yaoqiong was the first to step forward: "Mom."
Because she didn't get a response from the old lady, she felt a little embarrassed. She subconsciously pulled the arm of the person next to her, brought him forward, and said, "You haven't seen Shule for a long time. The last time I saw him, he was still in junior high school. Shule, say hello to your grandma."
Yang Shule clenched his fingers so tightly that his fingernails turned his knuckles blue and white.
He was actually a little afraid of the old lady.
This was completely different from the feeling he had towards his grandfather Yang Congxian, because he knew that his mother had always been very careful with this grandmother, and his father had to beg the Zhou family for help. He had never liked going to the Zhou family since he was a child. But now he had no choice. His situation was already embarrassing enough. His father had placed his hopes on Chen Mo. If he still couldn't please the old lady, he would have no place in the Yang family in the future.
He took two steps forward, bent down, held the old woman's hand, and smiled slightly: "Grandma, long time no see, how are you recently?"
"Very good." The old man's upbringing did not make him withdraw his hand, but he said in a light tone: "Don't stand, find a seat."
Yang Shule breathed a sigh of relief.
What he feared most was that the old lady would let go of his hand because of his current identity, but obviously she didn't, which meant he had already won.
Sure enough, Zhou Yaoqing and Yang Qi'an both had a smile on their faces.
The next second the old lady looked at her daughter again and suddenly said, "I heard that you brought your whole family to see me, an old woman. Why? You only have this one son."
Zhou Yaoqing's face stiffened.
She had originally wanted to let Chen Mo meet her family at her husband's request, but in fact, even Shu Le couldn't do it. She didn't think Chen Mo would be worthy of the old lady's eyes.
What's more, Chen Mo hasn't even returned home during this period, so it is even more difficult for Zhou Yaoqing to figure out what he is thinking.
What if he messed up something, or even offended the old lady, then...
Zhou Yaoqiong hesitated and turned back before waving: "Xiao Mo, come in."
Most of the people present were relatives of the Zhou family.
Looking at the person standing at the door at this moment.
The young man was neither humble nor arrogant, and he walked in when he heard the call.
There were a lot of murmurs around.
"This child is quite good-looking."
"They do look a bit like a couple."
"If you ask me, the biological one is still stronger. Didn't you see the news today? The other one even hugged and cried with his biological father. I don't know what the Yang family thinks?"
"Don't say that. Zhou Yaoqiong was eager to marry into the Yang family. Yang Qi'an only changed his mind after they had a second son. Why do you think Zhou Yaoqiong values a child who is not her biological child so much?"
…
Not only Chen Mo heard these whispers, but Yang Shule naturally heard them as well.
When standing in front of the old lady, Chen Mo even felt that the gaze from the side was full of fire, as if it wanted to pierce through him.
Chen Mo tilted his head and smiled: "Brother, what's the matter?"
Yang Shule was stunned, pulled away from his emotions, glanced at the old lady who was looking at him, lowered his eyebrows and shook his head, "Nothing."
Then he stepped aside.
The old lady noticed this episode, and when she looked at Chen Mo again, her eyes showed some approval.
The first thing he said was, "Your mother is confused. I spoiled you. You have suffered a lot over the years."
"Ah." Chen Mo said softly, a little surprised, but soon laughed, "Grandma, you're too serious. I'm living a good life now."
The old lady nodded and waved, "Come here."
Chen Mo walked forward and squatted down naturally.
The old lady touched his hair and said, "You also have Zhou family blood flowing in your body. Zhou family members are not used to bowing to others, and they have never been forced to do things they don't want to do. If you are not happy staying in the Yang family, why not come to the Zhou family and live with grandma."
When Chen Mo heard this, he knew that the old lady knew exactly what she was planning against the Yang family.
But he was still grateful that the old lady did not speak ill of him, but instead used this protective approach, hinting that he did not have to be part of the Yang family while threatening Yang Qi'an.
In his previous life, he acted on his own and missed the kindness of old man Yang, and never heard what old lady Zhou had to say.
It's a pity.
However, Chen Mo raised his head and said with a smile, "I'm afraid you'll dislike me if I stay here for too long. Today is my cousin's engagement party. If you knew that I was pestering you to come downstairs and host the event, it would ruin the good thing. Wouldn't your wish to have a great-grandson be postponed?"
The topic was easily changed with a joke of moderate size.
This resulted in a lot of scolding from people around me.
"How old are you, and you dare to make fun of your cousin?"
"Old lady, please keep his mouth shut!"
"Remember to come to Zhou's house to see your grandmother during the Chinese New Year and teach you a lesson."
The atmosphere in the lounge was lively and harmonious.
There were no stupid people present. They could all see that Chen Mo was trying to please the old lady on purpose. If the old lady was willing to take sides, the people around her would naturally follow suit.
Except for Yang Zhi who did not participate from beginning to end, the Yang couple at the scene, including Yang Shule who was the first to greet the old lady, were in a very embarrassing situation of being deliberately ignored.
Come out of the lounge.
Yang Qi'an looked at Chen Mo for a long time, wanted to say something, and finally turned away.
After all, Chen Mo did win the favor of the Zhou family.
But this blue eyes was fundamentally different from the blue eyes he had imagined.
He couldn't find a way to vent his anger.
This unexpected thing made Chen Mo in a good mood.
When I was walking down the stairs with Yang Shule, I heard Yang Shule say behind me, "Did you do that on purpose?"
Chen Mo didn't even admit it deliberately.
He told the truth: "I really didn't plan to help my family, but this was not my intention." Chen Mo stopped on the stairs, looked back at the people behind him, smiled gently, and said: "Do you want to know why you have to recognize your biological father?"
Yang Shule's eyes gradually widened as he watched.
Chen Mo stopped laughing and said softly, "Because I did it on purpose."
Successfully stopped the tail behind him.
When Chen Mo went downstairs, he happened to see a dance party going on downstairs.
Today's protagonist has jumped to the end.
Next comes the admission of guests.
The student council member in a white dress ran over in a hurry and almost bumped into Chen Mo. She looked up and saw it was him. She pulled him and said, "Save me."
"Ah?" Chen Mo was stunned.
Sun Xiaoya was totally desperate. She dragged Chen Mo to the dance floor while cursing, "That bastard Xi Siyan! How dare he stand me up? When I see him tomorrow, I will tear him into pieces!"
Chen Mo found it funny and looked around.
"He didn't come?"
"He said he was stuck in traffic! Can you believe he was stuck in traffic?! He must be lying."
At this time, the two of them had already entered the dance floor.
Sun Xiaoya looked at the person in front of her and thought of his background. Her tone was already desperate. Holding on to the last glimmer of hope, she asked, "You know a little bit of this kind of social dance...right?"
"Is it too late to ask now?" Chen Mo smiled, "I'll try not to let you fall."
As soon as the words fell, the music started.
Chen Mo politely put his hand on the girl's waist and made a gentleman's gesture.
Sun Xiaoya was stunned.
From the moment Chen Mo took her to dance on the dance floor, Sun Xiaoya knew that she had found a treasure today.
It's not just the gazes that gradually stopped to watch from around her, but also the feeling that she had boasted of having learned for many years, but was still being easily led.
Kick, twist, and spin.
There is only the constantly changing music in my ears, and my body naturally changes with the dance style.
From tango to rumba to Latin, it's a feast for the eyes.
There was warm applause all around.
"You danced really well." When she stopped, Sun Xiaoya heard the person in front of her praising her generously.
For the first time, she felt her ears burning. She looked at Chen Mo's sweaty chin and said in a trance, "Can I chase you?"
After saying that, Chen Mo's laughter was heard.
Sun Xiaoya reached out her hand for some unknown reason and wanted to wipe the sweat from Chen Mo's chin.
The next second, Chen Mo's laughter suddenly stopped, and the person in front of him took two steps back and moved away.
The dog man who was in the "traffic jam" finally showed up.
He grabbed Chen Mo's arm with one hand, but looked at her and said, "What nonsense are you talking about all day? There are so many men in the world, and you are not even letting homosexuals go now, right?"
Sun Xiaoya suddenly remembered this and looked embarrassed.
But she soon remembered the culprit of today, and her face turned black, "It's none of your business, you straight man!"
Chen Mo felt the force squeezing his arm suddenly tighten.
Pat, "Brother Yan, I saved you tonight. Are you afraid of dying by scolding her like this?"
"Don't pay attention to her." Xi Siyan frowned, looked back at the person in his hand, then lowered his head and looked down, "Are you okay after dancing for so long?"
Chen Mo moved and felt, "Not bad."
Xi Siyan nodded.
He was also wearing a black suit tonight, but he had taken off his jacket and was holding it on his hand, his pants were tucked into his waist, and his figure was straight and standard.
Chen Mo felt a little regretful: "You didn't jump."
"If I didn't dance, I didn't dance. I didn't like it anyway."
"That's a pity." Chen Mo leaned back slightly and said in an appreciative tone: "The butt is so nice, it should look good if she dances."
The person who really attracted everyone's attention tonight was not at all aware of the excessive gazes of some people at the scene when he was raising his hips and twisting his waist.
Xi Siyan broke the man's head back.
His tone was somewhat speechless, "Get out first, don't stand here."
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