Chapter 49 The Banquet in Progress
After the applause stopped, Chen Xingheng's self-satisfied mood eased a little.
"Now, please enjoy the delicious food and wine that have been prepared. This is a small token of our appreciation from Qingqing and me."
Then the music started, and the two of them began to dance gracefully, while Chu Lan and Qiao Xue recorded videos and took photos of her. In fact, a robot butler was controlling the flying equipment to record the process.
But the two of them always said the angles and scenes were different. Every time Gu Qing's camera was pointed at them, she would show her brightest smile.
After the music was halfway through, the others left the stage.
The entire banquet was cheerful and relaxed, as most of the attendees were young people of similar age, which made them less reserved and stiff. It was completely different from the banquets they had attended before.
You don't need to be so formal, and you don't need to be so strict with etiquette in front of your elders.
Chu Lan, holding up her evening gown, strode over. "Qingqing, why aren't you going to dance?"
"I'm so tired, I need to sit for a while." It really is tiring, from getting up and eating breakfast to getting ready and the banquet is now in full swing.
Although she didn't have to manage the banquet, she wasn't idle either. She felt like her feet were swollen from standing and her face was stiff from smiling.
Just then, three men walked over from the opposite direction. Gu Qing didn't notice them at first, but Chu Lan nudged her with her elbow, and she turned around to see them.
Gu Qing stood up, holding her wine glass. "Brother Li Liang, Zhang Ze, Yang Dong, thank you for coming to celebrate with me."
Li Liang was dressed in a suit, making him look refined and handsome. His friendly smile made him easy to like.
Yang Dong smiled sheepishly and said, "Congratulations on your marriage."
Zhang Ze's smile looked somewhat awkward, but Gu Qing blinked and didn't ask, letting him figure it out himself. That way, they could still be friends.
If that still doesn't work, then you'll just have to gradually distance yourself from it.
"Hey, look! Someone's gone to dance with Weiwei again. She's so popular!" Chu Lan exclaimed in surprise just as the atmosphere was getting awkward.
The three men also moved closer. Li Liang deliberately leaned near Zhang Ze and said, "Don't even think about such a good opportunity. You should look at everyone here; there's always something..."
Zhang Ze gave a wry smile. "Let me have some peace and quiet."
Then he smiled and said, "I'll figure it out eventually, don't worry about me."
Seeing that the three girls were looking towards the dance floor, the three men quietly withdrew.
Following her gaze, Gu Qing saw that Weiwei had just come out of the dance floor with one of her husbands when a man went over to invite her to dance.
Gu Qing happened to know this person. "That person seems to be called An something, and he's on the same team as Chen Xingheng. He's good-looking, and his level should be pretty high."
I just don't know what Weiwei is thinking.
"Oh dear! This is their own business, let them handle it themselves. You absolutely must not get involved in this kind of thing, whether it's good or bad, getting involved will only bring you trouble."
Gu Qing looked at Chu Lan with some surprise. This girl, who was usually so innocent and could be looked at at a glance, could actually say something so profound.
Qiao Xue rolled her eyes at her expression. "She is a bit naive and innocent, but she's not really stupid, okay? On the contrary, you usually seem quite smart, so why do you act so silly about some things?"
"How could I be so stupid?" Gu Qing took a bite of fruit.
"You're not stupid. I just heard someone say that you only accepted 60% of Chen Xingheng's assets and his future salary."
What are you really thinking? A man's heart is where his money is.
“Exactly, we know you have a conscience, but if you have a conscience, you should just treat his child better. Why leave him that money?” Chu Lan also didn’t understand.
Gu Qing knew this was a conflict of ideas between the two parties, but she thought that she would still get married in the future, even if she could take all of her husband's property into her own hands.
Back then, there were many children, some few. How did she treat the children she gave birth to? In her heart, they were all her children, but there wasn't just one father.
No matter how she allocates resources, it will be considered favoritism, and the children and husband will complain.
After all, if you put yourself in someone else's shoes, you would feel resentful if you worked yourself to the bone to earn money to support someone else's child while your own child didn't receive the same resources.
By doing this now, she can take care of her own children in the future, and the other party will have no say in how she distributes the things she has.
It's a bit like a large family in ancient times, where the husband keeps his dowry, and she manages and distributes the family's main assets.
Both of them were her good friends, and there were some things she needed to explain. "Sigh! I was thinking... so what kind of resources they can give their child will be limited by their own capabilities."
I will neither interfere nor participate, so that neither my husband nor his family can say anything bad about me.
She took a sip of juice as she spoke, and after swallowing the juice, the glass did not leave her lips.
A slightly softer voice came, "That way I can always stand on the moral high ground. Of course, the premise is that I don't covet those assets."
The main reason I don't covet those assets is because I already have them myself.
After a while, Qiao Xue finally spoke. "Actually... that makes sense too."
Chu Lan was mainly thinking about her own family. Just like Gu Qing said, her family didn't allow men to have too much private money, so her mother always gave her resources.
Every family has to go through a fierce power struggle, and when she was a child, she almost had her head broken by her half-brother because of this.
Because of this incident, the third father's family even specifically sought out the mother, but they didn't know how she resolved the situation since she was too young.
However, from then on, her third father only handed over 80% of his income, and her younger brother would always show off in front of her whenever her third father bought him something.
And from then on, the atmosphere at home became increasingly strange.
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