Facing the curious gazes of everyone in the banquet hall, Lu Yuan remained calm, a faint smile on his lips, and strode towards Li Xingchi.
"Sorry I'm late." Lu Yuan smiled at Li Xingchi.
"You've finally arrived, kid!"
Li Xingchi did not blame Lu Yuan, but instead smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
"If you hadn't come soon, I would have sent people to look for you! After all, you're the star of tonight's banquet, and without you, the banquet would be meaningless!"
Upon hearing this, the gazes fixed on Lu Yuan instantly became intense.
What? !
Is this extremely young-looking boy really the protagonist of tonight's banquet?
Upon hearing this news, most people present initially doubted whether they had misheard. However, seeing Li Xingchi's positive attitude towards Lu Yuan, they had no choice but to believe it and finally looked at him with inquisitive eyes.
Despite the intense, probing gazes, Lu Yuan remained calm and smiled as he looked at Li Xingchi.
"Young Master Li is joking. Everyone here is gathered here at the invitation of the Li family. I am just here because of their presence."
Everyone present was shrewd; after hearing Lu Yuan's words, they immediately smiled and echoed him, making Li Xingchi unable to help but smile repeatedly.
"Come on, come on, I'll show you around and introduce you to some other friends!"
After saying that.
Li Xingchi pulled Lu Yuan along as they strolled through the banquet, ostensibly to introduce him, the main character, to the other friends. But everyone knew that Li Xingchi was using this opportunity to reveal Lu Yuan's identity and to make Lu Yuan clearly and firmly establish his stance.
After the banquet, Lu Yuan can use the excuse of being away from home to do some favors, but he can only use the excuse of being away from home when he is away from home in the future.
After wandering around for most of the time, Li Xingchi finally led Lu Yuan to the Jiang family father and son.
"Uncle Jiang, thank you for gracing us with your presence and personally bringing Young Master Jiang to tonight's banquet."
Li Xingchi looked at Jiang Chengping with a smile, appearing as a humble and polite junior.
"Young Master Li, what are you saying?" Jiang Chengping replied with a beaming smile. "Our two families have a good relationship, and now that such a talented person is willing to join the Li family, of course I must congratulate him in person!"
"Thank you, Uncle Jiang."
Li Xingchi seemed oblivious to the sarcastic tone in Jiang Chengping's voice and thanked him with a smile.
Jiang Chengping didn't say anything more, but suddenly changed the subject.
"Why hasn't your father appeared yet?"
Upon hearing this, the smile on Li Xingchi's face faded slightly, but he pretended to be nonchalant and smiled as he spoke.
“My dad hasn’t been feeling well lately, so he can’t attend tonight’s dinner.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Chengping frowned imperceptibly, his expression thoughtful.
"Uncle Jiang, is there something you need? If it's not anything particularly important, you can tell me first, and I can pass it on to my father later." Li Xingchi stared at Jiang Chengping and asked tentatively.
Jiang Chengping immediately came to his senses.
"It's nothing serious." He glanced around, then whispered to Li Xingchi, "Shall we talk in private?"
"Of course, no problem."
Li Xingchi smiled and responded, then turned to look at Lu Yuan.
"Lu Yuan, why don't you stay here and talk to Young Master Jiang for a while?"
"no problem."
Lu Yuan smiled and nodded, watching Jiang Chengping and Li Xingchi turn and leave.
"I never expected you to defect to the Li family! You killed Elder Zhongbei, do you really think the Li family can protect you?!"
After Jiang Chengping and Li Xingchi had completely left, Jiang Ye finally couldn't help but speak in a low voice, his tone filled with uncontrollable anger, and if you listened carefully, you could even detect a hint of fear in it.
"surrender?"
To Jiang Ye's surprise, Lu Yuan did not show any worry or fear after hearing his words; instead, he even sneered.
"Who told you I defected to a family that had left home?"
Jiang Ye frowned slightly upon hearing this, but before he could speak, Lu Yuan said again, "Oh~ it's an invitation, right? Li Xingchi said to the outside world that I had pledged allegiance to the Li family, but how do you know that's true?"
Lu Yuan's words were loaded with meaning, and anyone else present would have been completely confused, but Jiang Ye's eyes widened after hearing them.
"So you really are the one who ran away from home!"
After the events in Chunhai City concluded, upon returning to the Jiang family, Jiang Ye immediately recounted everything he had seen and heard, as well as what Zhong Bei had said, to Jiang Chengping. He especially emphasized the fact that Lu Yuan had simultaneously contracted four beasts.
Jiang Chengping had already made a guess at that time.
Lu Yuan is very likely the one who left home!
Only those who have the blood of those who leave home can contract multiple beasts at the same time!
Seeing Jiang Ye's shocked yet somewhat expected expression, Lu Yuan slowly curled the corners of his mouth.
"Of course! You should have understood this when you saw me contracting four beasts at the same time."
As he spoke.
Lu Yuan moved closer to Jiang Ye's ear.
"And do you know why Li Xingchi and I didn't return to Wanxiang City immediately, but instead stayed in Chunhai City for so long?"
Almost blurted out, Jiang Ye immediately countered with a question.
"Why?"
“Because we were fishing!” Lu Yuan said with a cold laugh. “Otherwise, if Li Xingchi was determined to keep this a secret, how do you think you would have suddenly received the news?”
After hearing Lu Yuan's words, Jiang Ye felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
No wonder!
He found it very strange when he received the news that Li Xingchi was staying in Chunhai City and trying to win over Lu Yuan.
Even if there is a risk of information leaks, how could the other party be so accurate in stating the location and the time elapsed since Stephen Chow's arrival?
At the time, he was only focused on hindering Li Jia's development and didn't think much about it. Now that Lu Yuan brought it up, he realized how many strange things were involved!
What they thought was Li Xingchi trying to win over Lu Yuan was actually Li Xingchi fishing!
And the fish they caught was the Jiang family, a big fish!
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