Tang Shiqi's face darkened and she replied, "Ms. Wu, did you misunderstand? Shi Ge is my good friend. She came to this banquet because she accepted the invitation with me."
Shen Zehuai also said with a half-smile: "What's the point of being integrated? Miss Xia is also my friend. We are friends and we can sit together to eat and chat. We can't understand what Miss Wu says."
Wu Zhuo didn't expect Chen Zehuai to speak for Xia Shige. She was slightly stunned, then turned her head and glared at Xia Shige fiercely - she knew that these girls from ordinary families were all vixens, relying on their good looks to flirt with rich young men. How shameless!
Xia Shige met Wu Zhuo's angry gaze without hesitation. She said coldly with a slightly annoyed tone: "Who wants to integrate into your circle? You can keep your circle to yourself. I was the first to sit here, and it was you who forced your way in!"
Xia Shige's temper also flared up. She chose this seat in the corner just to get some quiet time, but she didn't expect that she still couldn't avoid these troublemakers.
Wu Zhuo widened his eyes and looked at Xia Shige in disbelief: "How dare you talk to me like that!"
Wu Zhuo was about to scold Xia Shige, but at this moment, she saw her own brother Wu Yu also coming over.
Wu Yu had just finished entertaining the guests and was looking for Xia Shige all over the place. Finally, he saw her in the corner and hurried over.
But when Wu Yu just walked to the table, he unexpectedly saw his aunt Wu Jiali and sister Wu Zhuo. He was slightly stunned, but still sat down in the only empty seat.
Ignoring Wu Zhuo's half-smile, Wu Yu greeted everyone at the table one by one. Finally, he looked at Xia Shige steadily, and said softly with gentle eyes: "Shige, thank you for coming... You are very beautiful tonight."
Xia Shige was somewhat resentful of Wu Yu. She had just had a quarrel with Wu Zhuo, and now facing Wu Yu, she didn't feel like saying anything more. She just greeted him perfunctorily.
Wu Yu didn't mind Xia Shige's cold attitude. He frequently found topics to chat with Xia Shige through Xia Jianing.
Tang Shiqi looked at Wu Yu thoughtfully, then at Xia Shige. She remembered the phone call Wu Yu made to Xia Shige when something happened in the Xidu community a few days ago...
In an instant, Tang Shiqi felt as if a blessing had come to her mind, and her mind was suddenly enlightened. Then she lowered her head and hid the smile on her lips.
Wu Zhuo sat directly opposite Wu Yu. She watched Wu Yu rushing to show his courtesy to Xia Shige and was so angry that her teeth were about to break. Just when she was about to say something, the lights in the banquet hall suddenly went out.
Everyone looked towards the only lighted podium - the banquet had begun.
The host in a tuxedo walked onto the stage and a documentary began playing on the big screen behind him, introducing the achievements made by the special medicine developed by Wu Peiyi's Research Institute.
First, in the early stage of the volcanic eruption, volcanic ash that covered the sky and the sun was floating everywhere. Many people suffered serious respiratory and lung infections due to inhaling this volcanic ash, and their lives were in danger.
Hospitals were overwhelmed with patients, and the death toll continued to rise as time went on. The government took emergency measures to try to control the spread of the epidemic, but these efforts seemed powerless in the face of such a large-scale infection.
Next comes the question of specific medicines to save patients suffering from illnesses.
As more and more patients were cured, the exponentially growing death toll curve was slowly pulled down and eventually approached zero.
Xia Shige watched the documentary on the big screen, her fingers trembling slightly with excitement. At this moment, she felt a great sense of accomplishment in her heart.
In her previous life, she remembered that this death toll curve had been rising continuously for half a year. Before the end of that cold night, the total death toll was dozens of times more than that of this life!
Those who managed to survive were also tormented by the sequelae. Even Xia Shige himself would cough from time to time, and in serious cases, he would cough up blood foam.
Because there are effective medicines in this life, the number of people who suffer from sequelae after infection has been greatly reduced.
Xia Shige was very happy to see that the special medicine he had helped develop could help so many people. The bad mood that had just been caused by Wu Zhuo was instantly swept away.
Under the dim light, Wu Yu quietly looked at Xia Shige without making a sound. She was concentrating on the screen on the stage. Her beautiful eyes were sparkling, as if they would never be stained by haze...
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