People's joys and sorrows are not the same. Gu Yuqing wanted to show off her future boyfriend, but Yi Yangbing was disgusted.
Everyone could hear the implication of Xia Longju's words just now, and Yi Yangbing's expression froze on his face.
Xia Longju looked down on playboys like him, which made Yi Yangbing very unhappy, but he had no place to vent his anger.
He glanced at Gu Yuqing and said sarcastically, "High standards? I'm afraid not."
Gu Yuqing frowned slightly and asked, "What do you mean?"
Yi Yangbing turned his head away, not intending to argue with her on the spot, and simply said, "I didn't mean anything."
Everyone had already reached the door of the mansion, and the protagonist of this coming-of-age ceremony also walked over obediently.
"Hello, Uncle Xia."
Seeing Gu Chengxi, Xia Longju smiled and said, "It turns out that my niece Chengxi has grown up so much without me noticing."
After carefully examining the gorgeously dressed Gu Chengxi, Xia Longju said:
"Well, the child has grown up and is becoming more and more beautiful, but still not as beautiful as my daughter."
Gu Zongyan finally couldn't stand this daughter slave anymore and cursed: "Girls change a lot when they grow up. If she was beautiful when she was young, she may not be beautiful when she grows up."
Xia Longju frowned slightly. He was a little worried about this. He turned around and asked Gu Yuqing, "Were you pretty when you were a child?"
Gu Yuqing hesitated for a moment and said, "It's okay."
"Beautiful." Cai Zhenyi said immediately from the side.
"Oh." Xia Longju felt relieved now.
Gu Zongyan glanced at Cai Zhenyi with a smile on his face.
He is already of this age, how could he not understand Cai Zhenyi's reaction?
It seems that this guy still likes his daughter.
Xia Longju took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Gu Chengxi, saying, "Niece, keep it. Uncle Xia is not good at choosing gifts, so I can only give you this."
Gu Chengxi took the red envelope. It felt hard and card-shaped. Looking through the opening of the envelope, one could see a dim black-gold gleaming inside. One could tell at a glance that it was something special.
"Thank you, Uncle Xia." Gu Chengxi hurriedly bowed again, looking very well-behaved.
Xia Longju unexpectedly turned to Gu Yuqing and said, "Niece, you didn't invite me to your coming-of-age ceremony, and I didn't give you anything. I'm making up for it today so you don't think I'm biased as your uncle."
After saying that, he handed Gu Yuqing an identical red envelope.
This surprised Gu Yuqing greatly, and even a little bit unbelievable.
She accepted the red envelope with gratitude and said thank you to Xia Longju sincerely.
Money is actually not important to her anymore. What surprised her is that someone still remembers her on this day.
Gu Zongyan has been partial to him for a long time. He celebrated Gu Chengxi's coming-of-age celebration with great fanfare, and even her 18th birthday, he celebrated it with his sisters.
Not to mention red envelopes, my family didn’t even ask about it.
Gu Zongyan felt a little guilty and embarrassed because of his old friend's fair behavior.
He glared at Gu Yuqing. He felt that Gu Yuqing shouldn't have accepted the red envelope, but he was too embarrassed to ask her to refuse it, so he could only hope that Gu Yuqing would return the red envelope herself.
But now that Gu Yuqing had Xia Longju's support, she didn't tolerate him at all and glared back at him on the spot.
Xia Longju pounded his leg and said, "Is there a quiet place where I can sit? I've been standing all day in meetings, and my legs are numb."
Gu Chengxi quickly said, "Queen Jiang has also lent us the living room on the first floor. We can go sit there."
Gu Zongyan, his nemesis, took the opportunity to mock him: "You used to be able to stand all day without any problem, but now you're too old to do that? By the way, what kind of meeting are you having that you're still standing for?"
As the group walked into the house, Xia Longju said, "It's not like when we were young."
After entering the room, the two elders sat down, but no one else dared to sit. Only Gu Yuqing lay down casually on the single sofa beside them.
Gu Zongyan brought up the old topic again and said, "What kind of meeting are you attending? You can't even sit down at your level?"
Xia Longju laughed and said, "Ah, it's not a meeting where people sit in rows and talk big and empty words. To be more precise, it's a meeting where we visit and visit at the same time."
"What are you visiting?" Gu Zongyan asked curiously.
"Laboratory!" said Xia Longju.
He paused, and glanced at everyone present, as if assessing the qualifications of these listeners. Finally, he smiled and said:
"You'll be able to see relevant news soon. We have a major breakthrough in cutting-edge technology in our country."
"What breakthrough? What cutting-edge technology? In which aspect?" Gu Zongyan asked immediately.
Gu Zongyan became excited. His keen businessman's sense of smell made him particularly sensitive to this kind of news.
There are many advantages to being friends with Xia Longju. He can often get some first-hand information from him, which often enables him to correctly judge the direction of the market.
Although Xia Longju would not provide him with sensitive information or concrete help, the information he leaked intentionally or unintentionally, coupled with Gu Zongyan's analytical ability, was enough to win in the business world.
Of course, Gu Zongyan also knew that this old friend was very principled and would never tell him secrets that really could not be revealed.
Some of the information was even leaked to him intentionally by Xia Longju. For the organization represented by Xia Longju, a businessman like Gu Zongyan was considered trustworthy and controllable, or at least trustworthy.
It's better for him to have first-hand information than anyone else. Both sides get what they need.
It seems to be the same situation today, but judging from his mentality, Xia Longju is in a much better mood today.
Xia Longju said, "Some of what I saw today can be discussed, while others cannot. Don't expect me to say things that cannot be discussed. As for what can be discussed, you will probably be able to see it on the news in a couple of days."
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