Chapter 62: Joining the Game
"Brother Chucheng, I'm a little nervous." Xu Mengshu had never seen such a scene before, and she grabbed Yu Chucheng's sleeve timidly.
The people around them looked at them with sharp eyes, as if some kind of GPS was installed on them to automatically position them. Wherever they went, their eyes followed them.
"This must be the young master of the Yu family. He's quite pretty."
"I heard that it differentiated into an Omega not long ago. If someone's family can marry into the Yu family in the future, they won't have to worry about their next life."
"Who is the girl next to him? I've never seen her before. She doesn't look like a young lady from some wealthy family."
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People were talking about it, and Yu Chucheng patted the back of Xu Mengshu's hand to comfort him.
He had been a lazy guy at home for so many years, and today was the first time he went with his brother to such an occasion.
This was different from the usual little fights among the rich second generation who gathered together. Here everyone had a decent smile on their face and was friendly, but their eyes were full of calculations. If you were not careful you would be skinned and eaten until not even a scrap was left. It was chilling.
How difficult it must have been for Duan Huaijin to face such a situation surrounded by wolves alone... Did he also take many detours, fall into many traps, and be backstabbed and exploited many times?
Yu Chucheng thought inappropriately.
The Zhang family members and the president of the Chamber of Commerce stood in the middle of the huge banquet hall, where there was a huge champagne tower that was five meters high.
Mrs. Zhang Wan gently held Zhang Guangzhi's arm, and Hao Jia stood next to Zhang Hanzhou.
Seeing the Yu family enter, the president took the initiative to step forward enthusiastically and shook hands with Yu Jingchen.
Zhang Hanzhou's eyes swept over the people around Yu Chucheng, and when he saw that it was not Duan Huaijin, his tense expression relaxed slightly.
The cruise night is said to be held at sea, but in fact the cruise ship does not go out to sea. It is just held on the Chamber of Commerce’s huge cruise ship.
Yu Chucheng rarely appeared in such occasions. He was young and looked a little naive, so he was soon surrounded by a group of people who wanted to get close to the Yu family.
Xu Mengshu didn't know what to say and had no common topic, so she just kept drinking. After a while, she drank too much and wanted to go to the bathroom.
Yu Chucheng stood there waiting for her, responding perfunctorily to other people's attempts to chat up him.
He had been observing the movements of Zhang Hanzhou and the president in the crowd. He saw one of them walking around with Hao Jia, and the other always holding Yu Jingchen as if they had endless things to say, as if they were not familiar with each other at all.
It doesn't make sense. How did Zhang Hanzhou win the president's favor on the cruise night? The book doesn't specify it. Did Zhang Hanzhou feed the old man some kind of magic potion?
Yu Chucheng's eyes followed Zhang Hanzhou closely for two circles.
A waiter was passing by the champagne tower, and suddenly one of the wheels of the dining room wheel he was pushing fell off. "Ah! Make way! Get out of the way!"
The people around them screamed and exclaimed.
Yu Chucheng suddenly came to his senses and saw the waiter trying his best to stop the food cart from falling over, but the food cart was too heavy. Not only did the waiter fail to hold the food cart, but he was also dragged down with it.
The food cart fell to the ground with a loud bang, and the plates on it shattered all over the floor.
The waiter looked up dizzily and found that the five-meter-high champagne tower was shaking from the top after being hit by the food cart.
"Bang! Crack!"
The champagne on the top of the tower smashed to the ground, and the glass and wine splashed.
"Oh no! The tower is going to collapse!"
Everyone retreated in panic. Yu Chucheng happened to be standing at the bottom of the tower. He picked up the stunned waiter and ran away.
Behind him, a champagne tower several meters high collapsed with a loud bang, and the broken glass almost hit his heels.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly and neither he nor the waiter was hurt, but he was hit on the back and his white suit jacket was splashed with wine.
Everyone in the hall turned to look at the huge movement here.
The waiter sat on the ground with a pale face, looking at the broken glass and drinks all over the floor, "S-Sorry, I didn't mean to do that. I don't know why that dining cart..."
Yu Jingchen grabbed Yu Chucheng's shoulder and checked him carefully, "Are you injured anywhere?"
Yu Chucheng shook his head. "It's okay, my clothes are just dirty."
The president of the Chamber of Commerce looked at the waiter without saying a word. An unhappy expression appeared on his originally kind face, which looked a little creepy.
The waiter was startled.
It's terrible. If he is held responsible for this, he simply cannot afford it.
"Don't worry, it's the food truck's wheel that's broken, not you."
Zhang Hanzhou appeared from nowhere, holding a black wheel in his hand.
The waiter stood up as if he had seen a savior, and said, "Yes, I was dragged down because I was trying to hold on to the dining cart!"
The president of the Chamber of Commerce hesitated for a moment and said in a cold tone, "In that case, it seems that this was an accident."
Anyone can tell that the president is very unhappy now.
The Chamber of Commerce has held the Cruise Night for so many years without any problems. This year he happened to be the one organizing it personally, and yet such an accident happened. Isn't this a slap in his face?
Zhang Hanzhou called other waiters to come and clean the floor, then turned to the president and said, "President, Mr. Yu's clothes are stained with wine. I happened to bring some spare clothes. I can ask the waiter to take Mr. Yu down to change."
"As for this champagne tower, even though it has collapsed, our Zhang family started out by relying on mountain villas and wineries. It just so happens that our family has a winery in Kyoto. It only takes an hour to get there and back from the seaside. Why not replace the champagne with red wine? What do you think?"
The Chamber of Commerce president couldn't help but look at this methodical young man twice, nodded slightly, and said, "Go ahead."
Yu Chucheng finally understood how Zhang Hanzhou gained the favor of the president. He didn't believe that this was just an accident.
But if the president was impressed by Zhang Hanzhou just because of this incident, then he was too conceited.
At this time, the president of the Chamber of Commerce said to Zhang Hanzhou: "The Zhang family has trained you very well. You can come up with a response strategy in such a short time. Come on, follow me to the deck."
Yu Chucheng's ears twitched.
Deck? Wouldn't that mean they could spend a lot of time alone together? Besides, the sea breeze was strong outside, and no one else could hear their conversation except the two of them, which gave Zhang Hanzhou a lot of room to maneuver.
Could it be that these two people already knew each other and just needed an excuse to go out alone?
Yu Chucheng believed that even if it was someone else who was splashed with wine today, Zhang Hanzhou would still have someone take him away to change clothes, and the president would still naturally invite him.
But he didn't have time to think about it.
"Master Yu, please follow me." The waiter received instructions from the president to take Yu Chucheng downstairs to change clothes.
Yu Chucheng clenched his fingers and stood still.
"Chu Cheng, go change your clothes first." Yu Jingchen tilted his head and looked at him.
Yu Chucheng relaxed his grip and smiled casually, "Okay, let's go."
He couldn't follow him out rashly now, otherwise the intention to target him would be too obvious.
The cruise ship was very large, with more than ten floors. The waiter led him through a corridor to a room on the first floor.
While changing clothes, Yu Chucheng was thinking about how to get close to Zhang Hanzhou. He wanted to hear what they were talking about.
Just as I put on my clothes, I heard footsteps coming closer and closer in the corridor outside the door.
"I told you not to follow me."
"This place is very big, it's better for me to accompany my wife. It will be troublesome if we can't find the way back."
"Isn't there a waiter there? Why don't you just ask the waiter to follow me to get the medicine?"
A man and a woman appear to be arguing.
The woman's voice sounded familiar. Yu Chucheng carefully opened the door of the room a crack and was surprised to see Zhang Wan hurriedly walking in front of her carrying her dress, and Zhang Guangzhi following her with a surprised look on his face.
The two walked along the corridor until they turned the corner. Zhang Wan couldn't bear it any longer and turned to the person behind him, saying angrily, "Su Guangzhi! Are you done yet? How long are you going to monitor me?"
Zhang Guangzhi stopped and said with a warning in his tone, "Shut up, don't call me that."
"Su Guangzhi, let me tell you..." Zhang Wan's breathing was a little rapid, and her hair was a little messy because of the rush just now, "It's disgusting enough for me to pretend to be respectful to you outside. If you don't want me to die so soon, stay away from me."
The words haven’t been finished yet.
A hand grabbed her neck and pressed her against the pillar at the corner.
"I told you to shut up!"
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