"Report to the boss! I have completed everything you ordered. Can we disband now?"
Lu Qingxuan rolled her eyes at Lu Xiaojie who was saluting her, and said simply, "Stop joking." Then she put her handbag on the table.
There is no idea of favoring boys over girls in Lu Yuanbao's family, but the idea of respecting seniority and hierarchy is deeply rooted. Lu Xiaojie was raised by his elder sister Lu Qingxuan, who has always been very majestic in the family.
After sitting down, Lu Qingxuan sighed, grabbed the thermos cup in her handbag and drank a sip of water. Lu Xiaojie came over and looked left and right, and said:
"You don't look like you just came from the gym?"
Lu Qingxuan ignored him and just asked, "Where's the order form you made? Bring it here."
Hearing that she was going to review his work, Lu Xiaojie's face suddenly turned bitter. Lu Qingxuan was always strict, or rather, nitpicky. If there was anything he did that didn't satisfy her, she would hang him up and scold him for an hour.
With trembling hands, he handed the red-papered guest list to Lu Qingxuan. Lu Qingxuan rolled her eyes at him, then took it and said, "Are you a dramatic actor? What are you acting?"
After saying that, she picked up the gift list.
Arranging seats for guests may seem insignificant, but it is actually a very important task. It is not just about arranging an empty seat for everyone to sit in.
In China, other things can be messed up, but the seating arrangement must not be messed up. When Liangshan was just getting on track, the first thing Song Jiang did was to arrange the 108 heroes in order.
This is still the case today. For example, in the news broadcast, when important figures appear together, their names must be arranged in a strict order so that their status is clearly visible.
The people who came to Old Master Lu’s birthday party were all of high status. If the big shots were not satisfied with the seating arrangement and started a commotion on the spot, things would become very troublesome.
Of course, Lu Qingxuan wouldn't leave such an important task to her brother alone. She only prepared a first draft for him, and she had to review it twice herself. After that, she would submit it to Commissioner Gao for review.
After scanning the gift list, I was surprised to find that the completion was quite good. Lu Qingxuan only changed three or four positions and adjusted the positions of a few people. The rest did not change much.
After revising the customer list with Lu Xiaojie, Lu Qingxuan was still not reassured, so she picked it up and scanned it again.
The more she looked, the more she felt something was wrong, as if she had forgotten something.
After thinking it over carefully, she finally realized what she had forgotten. She looked up and asked Lu Xiaojie, "Why is Chen Ya not listed here?"
"Who?" Lu Xiaojie was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized, "Oh, you're from Lu Ruixiang's family? The side branches weren't arranged to sit in the main hall, they were all in the side hall. In the side hall, you can sit anywhere you want, there are no assigned seats."
Lu Qingxuan frowned.
"No, arrange for him to move to the main hall."
Lu Xiaojie was a little embarrassed: "Wouldn't it be good for the members of the side branches to be together? It would be difficult to arrange seats in the main hall, and there aren't many empty seats..."
"Can't we add more seats if there aren't any?" Lu Qingxuan said firmly, "Move to the main hall. Let's see if we can find an empty seat."
"Just forget it if you can't find a vacant seat?"
"If you can't find it, you can sit in the side hall."
“…”
Lu Xiaojie opened his laptop and used software to create a seating chart. He stared at the chart for a long time and said:
"If he wants to be added to the main hall, he can only sit at the table of our Lu family members."
"Then sit down."
"But our table is full. I've checked with the hotel. One table is for 12 people, and if he joins, that would make 16 people."
“Why are there so many people sitting here?”
"Look, let me explain. The person at the top of this table must be Lu Nina, right? Below Lu Nina, there are Lu Mingjie, Lu Hongtai, Chai Xian... a total of 13 people. All 13 of them have to sit at this table. No one can move, right?"
Lu Qingxuan hesitated for a moment and nodded. Lu Xiaojie continued, "But unfortunately, my great-aunt is a Christian. She absolutely won't allow 13 people to sit at the table. We can only add one person, 14, but that won't work. My great-aunt will think that number is unlucky. So we can only add two people."
He concluded, "So, there are 15 people sitting at this table now, and if we add them up, it will be 16. Everyone is sitting close together."
Lu Qingxuan sighed, rubbed his forehead, and said helplessly: "Give it to me, let me take a look."
Lu Xiaojie pushed the computer to her. She slid the mouse and looked for a while, and suddenly saw the name "Qin Yunchu".
Qin Yunchu was arranged to sit at the table for guests from aristocratic families. She represented the Qin family.
There were not many people at this table, only 9, and it was a bit quiet. Lu Qingxuan suddenly had a bold idea: to arrange Chen Ya at this table.
Thinking of this, her heart beat faster.
The other people in the Lu family didn't know Chen Ya's true identity. They just thought he was a member of a side branch and didn't even look at him. But only Lu Qingxuan knew that this guy's hidden identity was shocking.
Not only is he the young boss who runs Jiang Lizhi's company, but he is also the author of masterpieces such as "Song of the Wine". It is not considered disrespectful to the family if he sits at the table with them.
In fact, she herself found this idea a little funny. Even if Chen Ya had two Jiang Lizhis, let alone one, putting him among these old-fashioned families would definitely not agree.
However, she scanned the guest list two or three times and found that there was not a single empty seat in the main hall. Finally, she made up her mind and decided to put Chen Ya at the table of the noble family.
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