Chapter 58 Engagement Banquet
Liang Qi did not answer his question.
"But why did you suddenly return to Los Angeles?"
Qin Yiyan is a straightforward person. As soon as Liang Qi asked, he diverted his attention from the doubts about why Liang Qi did not return home.
"That wasn't your eldest brother's engagement party." Speaking of this, Qin Yiyan was truly overcome with grief. "My parents were on a business trip a while ago. We had planned it just in time for his engagement party, but the client was so difficult to deal with, and it was delayed for almost a week. They couldn't make it back, so they gave me a plane ticket and sent me back."
Liang Qi actually guessed this was the reason, but...
"Then why don't you go back to your home?"
"My mother thought I was staying at your house and didn't even hire anyone to clean it. No one has lived in the house for almost a year. Who knew how dirty it was?" He felt that he was forced to do this and was very unlucky.
Chen Xiyu silently turned up the volume of her headphones, because Qin Yiyan had already told her something similar half an hour ago, very excitedly, and his spit almost sprayed her face.
"Oh, then I don't have any place for you here."
Liang Qi walked over to sit next to Shen Xiyu and took off one of her headphones. "What are you looking at?"
"A new movie by Oriol." Her eyes never left the flat screen.
"Does it look good?"
"It's ok, do you want to see it?"
"No!" Qin Yiyan stood up. "Don't you two treat me as a human being?!"
"I didn't." Shen Xiyu distanced himself from Liang Qi.
"Come to my house." Liang Qi took the phone that was charging. "I'll ask my aunt to clean up the room you usually stay in for you."
"Isn't Auntie Tian at home?"
"You haven't returned from your trip yet, have you?" Liang Qi saw that the dialog box with Ms. Tian was still stuck on the voice call from a few days ago.
Shen Xiyu glanced sideways, "There's no one at your house."
"No." Liang Qi answered frankly.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Did I tell you that you would go back with me that day?"
"No." Shen Xiyu answered bluntly, "Then why were you scaring me into meeting your mother?"
"I never told you my parents were at home. You scared yourself." Liang Qi teased her with a smile.
"Go away."
Shen Xiyu stood up and sat on the sofa farther away from him, stopping talking and concentrating on watching his own movie.
"Then Aunt Tian won't be attending your brother's engagement party?"
"Go to hell." Liang Qi was furious when he recalled what happened in the old house today. "Even my dad might not go."
"Your father won't go, how could Grandpa Liang agree?" Qin Yiyan said in shock.
"The old man is over 80 years old." Seeing him again today, Liang Qi truly felt that he had aged significantly and was no longer able to handle most things. "I can't control him even if I want to."
"My parents probably agreed to this a long time ago, but suddenly they said they were going on vacation abroad because no one was home for the Lunar New Year this year."
Qin Yiyan gave a thumbs up in admiration. It turned out that the old ones are the wisest.
"What about you two? Where are you going to celebrate the New Year? Your brother's engagement party will be held soon, and it will be New Year's Eve soon, right?"
"Look at her." Liang Qi raised his chin and gestured to Shen Xiyu who was sitting aside.
"In previous years, Xi Yu lived with Chen Ningzhou and others." Qin Yiyan said.
Shen Xiyu, who was watching a movie, suddenly felt a chilling gaze directed at him.
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The day of the engagement party is coming soon.
Liang Qi originally thought that Shen Xiyu would be reluctant to participate, but when she heard that it was Grandpa Liang's request, the girl agreed without hesitation for too long.
To put it bluntly, Liang Bowen's marriage was simply a self-help measure for the Liang family. The bride's family held real power and had vested interests within the Liang family, so everyone knew the true extent of their relationship. Because so many people were involved, the engagement party was a grand affair, and Liang Qi had already pre-ordered a dress for Shen Xiyu.
"No?" Shen Xiyu looked at the floor-length dress with layers of pink tulle that was delivered to her door, her eyes widening in disbelief. "You ordered this for me?"
Seeing her surprised expression, Liang Qi raised his chin subtly and casually, as if to say, "Okay, you can praise me now."
"Tell me who's getting engaged tomorrow."
"My uncle's son." Liang Qi looked at the dress he had carefully selected. "What's wrong?"
"We're getting engaged, and you're giving me such a grand ceremony. Tell me honestly, are we going to mess things up tomorrow?"
Chen Xiyu held his forehead in silence.
"Is this very grand?" Liang Qi pulled up a layer of gauze. "It looks so beautiful."
Shen Xiyu was really impressed by his straight male aesthetic. This guy always acted stupidly in angles she couldn't imagine.
Despite Shen Xiyu's firm opposition, the skirt was taken away by the staff again, and the two went to the store to choose again.
Finally, she chose a bright yellow short suspender dress, which was their new product. It had pleats at the waist and the hem flared outward, creating the illusion of ripples. There were no extra patterns, and she paired it with a white thick-knit sweater jacket and white pearlescent satin long round-toed boots.
It is neither ostentatious nor inappropriate, yet it demonstrates the seriousness of taking this matter to heart.
"Why are you wearing such nice clothes?" Liang Qi came over and gently stroked her waist while she was looking in the mirror.
The clothes she usually wears at school are relatively loose, and this skirt perfectly fits Shen Xiyu's figure very beautifully.
"It's not that I look good in this." Chen Xiyu looked at Liang Qi through the mirror, "I look good no matter what."
Liang Qi was choked by her words, buried his face behind Shen Xiyu's ear and laughed non-stop, but to be fair, this kind of confident Shen Xiyu was what Liang Qi was happy to see.
The central air conditioning in the store was turned up high, and Liang Qi kept pestering her like this, making her feel very hot. Shen Xiyu pushed him aside.
"But, is your brother's engagement party so grand?" Shen Xiyu asked puzzledly, "Was it held as a dinner party?"
"What engagement banquet? It's just a show for others to see. Of course, they hope that everyone knows about it." Liang Qi actually didn't want to talk about these things with Chen Xiyu.
"If you don't want to go, I can explain to my grandfather so don't force it." He knew that Shen Xiyu actually didn't like to get involved in such things.
"The old man has spoken." Shen Xiyu adjusted the coat on his shoulders. "There's no reason not to go. It would be so rude."
"That's a bunch of weirdos over there. I don't get along well with them..." Liang Qi thought about his words, "I'm afraid they'll embarrass you when I'm not paying attention."
"Do I look like the kind of person who would suffer a loss forever? Don't worry, if things don't work out, I still have Qin Yiyan here."
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On the day of the engagement party, Grandpa Liang sent a car to pick up Shen Xiyu and Liang Qi, while Qin Yiyan separated from them and set off directly from Liang Qi's house.
When they arrived, Qin Yiyan had not come yet, but there were already quite a few people in the banquet hall.
"Is that Liang Qi?" In the rest area, several girls noticed the two people who had just entered the room at a glance, and one of them said to the others in some surprise.
"Really?" The short-haired girl narrowed her eyes. "No way, there's someone following him."
"Could it be his girlfriend in Jiangcheng?"
"How is that possible? How could someone in a relationship bring someone back to such an occasion?" The short-haired girl retorted, "How can he ever get married in the future if he does that?"
"Stop talking, come here. It's really Liang Qi."
Seeing the two people walking towards the rest area in the corner where they were, several people stopped arguing and kept silent, paying attention to the two people walking over.
"Grandpa hasn't come yet. Let's show up, say hello, and then leave." Liang Qi said with his head slightly lowered to the left.
Shen Xiyu inexplicably felt that since they came in, many eyes were on them, but when she went to look for them, they were gone.
"Okay, but," Shen Xiyu asked doubtfully, "Have you made many enemies here?"
She seriously suspected that those who were secretly watching them were people who had a bad relationship with Liang Qi.
"Really?" Liang Qi recalled his years in Luocheng. Although he didn't have as many friends as in Jiangcheng, they were not all enemies.
"No."
Shen Xiyu and Liang Qi walked side by side, "Forget it, I guess you wouldn't know even if I asked you."
Liang Qi probably doesn't care whether anyone is unhappy with him or not, and even if he does, he wouldn't care.
"When Xu Zhenzhen comes and sees us, there will be a good show." Seeing the two of them sitting not far away, a girl said to the person next to her in a low voice.
When Liang Qi was in Luocheng, it was well known that Xu Zhenzhen was pursuing him. There were also rumors in the circle that they had actually been together for a long time, but they broke up because Liang Qi suddenly decided to move to Jiangcheng.
The short-haired girl turned her gaze towards the person who had just spoken. "Ping Yiruo, why are you pretending? Didn't you confess your feelings to Liang Qi before, and he rejected you? You're just too embarrassed to keep pestering him."
"You..." Her thoughts were suddenly exposed, and she lost face instantly. She pointed at the short-haired girl and couldn't say anything for a long time.
Several people on the other side were also paying attention to the movements of the two.
Liang Bohai and a few others were standing outside smoking. From their angle, they could just see Liang Qi and Shen Xiyu entering through the glass door.
"Fuck, Liang Qi's girlfriend is so beautiful?" a dark and thin boy exclaimed, "What kind of shit luck does that guy have?"
"So what if she's pretty?" Liang Bohai slammed his cigarette into the ashtray. His scalp still ached when he remembered the last time Liang Qi dragged him by his hair. "Two bastards."
"Go out and meet his little girlfriend."
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After a few people went out, the thick gray floor-length curtains were blown up by a sudden gust of wind.
"Tsk." The cigarette held between the fingers of the person behind the curtain was blown out by the wind.
He picked up another thin cigarette, his black hair hanging in front of his eyes, and there was a conspicuous mole on his superior nose. Even when he was half leaning against the wall, you could tell he was tall and superior. Unlike the others who were dressed formally, he was not wearing a tie, as if he didn't feel the cold. A few buttons on his chest were undone, and there were obvious veins on the back of his hands. His slender fingers searched for a lighter in his suit jacket.
Suddenly, the hand next to me handed over the fire.
Luo Yin leaned against the wall and glanced casually at the man next to him.
"When did you start hiding here?" Wu Youheng asked him.
"I'm too lazy to go in." Luo Yin looked up and exhaled a puff of cigarette smoke. "The Liang family's edifice is on the verge of collapse. All this prosperity is superficial. There's nothing to see."
Wu Youheng has become accustomed to the fact that he behaves nonchalantly in front of others and behaves in another way in private.
"What was Liang Bohai doing here just now?"
Luo Yin thought about what the people had just said here. He had no intention of eavesdropping, but when the people came in, they didn't notice him, and he had no intention of going in, so he accidentally overheard a one-sided quarrel.
"What can he do? What's the name of the Liang family's youngest son?"
"Liang Qi?"
"That's probably it." Luo Yin wasn't very interested in the Liang family's affairs. "It seems Liang Bohai is planning to cause trouble for him."
"He's still causing trouble for Liang Qi." Wu Youheng laughed. "This guy has been beaten by Liang Qi since he was a child."
Luo Yin became slightly interested. "What's going on with this Liang Qi?"
"When he was in Los Angeles, he didn't participate in those second- and third-generation circles. He always attended ordinary schools. This year, he went to Jiangcheng again. You don't know him very well, but he's quite normal." Wu Youheng searched for information about him in his mind. He actually had a deep impression of Liang Qi. "He's smart and has been winning awards since he was a child. But I heard that he has no plans to take over the family business. He has a bad temper and was notorious for not showing mercy to others."
"This person is quite interesting." Luo Yin commented.
"But his luck is pretty bad. The Liang family has only a few smart people now. He has squandered all his family wealth. His future will be difficult."
Luo Yin smiled and said nothing.
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