Chapter 419: Conflicts Intensify
"It's a gathering of old friends, I don't know why she's here to join in the fun." Bella curled her lips.
Ilia?
Wen Liang was confused, was this the Ilia she knew?
Then Bella said, "Fei, come with me to the next box later."
"how?"
"Alex is here, and Adonis and the others are welcoming him."
Chen Jingyuan had mentioned this to Bella, but he didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that they happened to be in the same club, and even in adjacent private rooms.
If she hadn't seen the idiot Ilia, she wouldn't have known.
"Okay, I understand."
Wen Liang understood and remembered chatting with Huo Dongcheng a few days ago. Huo Dongcheng was concerned about her adaptation to Philadelphia and mentioned that he would come to Philadelphia in a few days.
…
The box next door.
Several young men of similar age sat around a round table, on which was a sumptuous feast.
"Come on, Dongcheng, have a drink." William filled his glass and held it up, saying with a smile.
"Come."
"Come on, Dongcheng, we haven't seen each other for a while. This time we have to have a good drink." Chen Jingyuan said with a smile.
He drank quite a bit, and his face was already slightly flushed.
Others raised their glasses to toast Huo Dongcheng.
"Alright, alright."
After drinking a glass of wine, Huo Dongcheng waved his hands and said, "I just got off the plane, I can't stand drinking any more."
"Dongcheng, you can't do this."
"Hahahaha Dongcheng, Jingyuan said you can't do it! Why don't you prove it to him?"
Ilia just came in from outside, "Prove what?"
"Nothing." William replied with a smile.
Chen Jingyuan immediately changed the subject.
The box was bustling with activity.
A few old friends, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, drank and chatted happily.
Bella, holding a wine glass in her hand, knocked on the door twice and walked in directly. "What a coincidence."
The voices in the box fell silent, and everyone looked at Wen Liang and Bella at the door with different eyes.
Wen Liang calmly glanced at everyone in the box: Huo Dongcheng, Chen Jingyuan, Ilia, William, and three people she didn't know.
Ilia is really here.
It seems that the stupid pig Bella just mentioned is really her.
That’s right, they are both wealthy families in Philadelphia, so it’s not surprising that they know each other.
"What are you doing here?" Ilia spoke first, her tone unfriendly.
Seeing Wen Liang behind Bella, she was surprised and rolled her eyes sarcastically.
It's true that birds of a feather flock together. Bella and Wen Liang, both of these annoying people, are together.
"What do you care?" Bella refused to give in and retorted immediately.
"Ilia!"
Elijah wanted to say something else, but William stopped her.
Chen Jingyuan stood up and said, "Bella, Wen Liang, you are here too? Come and sit down. I'll ask the waiter to add two more seats."
"No need. We're here today to celebrate Fei finding a new job. I heard you were here too, so Fei and I came over to say hello and have a few words before leaving. After all, someone's here is a turn-off for me." Bella hinted.
The other two friends were still next door, and she hadn't intended to stay.
Found a new job?
Chen Jingyuan looked at William in confusion. Didn’t Wen Liang join Salir Studio?
William remained calm.
"You..." Ilia stood up suddenly when she heard Bella's mockery of her.
"Alright, both of you, cut the crap!" A friend smoothed things over, glancing at Huo Dongcheng. "Give Alex some face."
William pulled Eliya, and Eliya sat down reluctantly.
Bella didn't say anything more, just greeted Huo Dongcheng, "Alex, long time no see."
"Long time no see, Bella," Huo Dongcheng curled his lips and looked at Wen Liang, "Aliang, I didn't expect to meet you here. I wanted to come look for you in a few days. How do you feel about being here for a month?"
Wen Liang walked in, "Very good, Dong..."
"Alex, how did you two meet?"
Hearing Huo Dongcheng talking to Wen Liang in a familiar tone, Ilia's face changed and she interrupted them.
Huo Dongcheng turned his head and glanced at her, smiling faintly, "Ilia, do you know Wen Liang?"
Ilia glanced at Wen Liang, met his smiling eyes, and pursed her lips, "I've met him twice, but I'm not familiar with him."
More than just unfamiliarity?
It’s a big holiday.
Wen Liang is a photographer. Ilia suddenly thought of Huo Dongcheng's hobby as well as photography, and he was a little famous, but because of his identity, he couldn't work as a photographer.
When Huo Dongcheng came to Philadelphia, he met William because of photography and Yan Huai because of work. Unexpectedly, these two also knew each other, and he met Ilia through them.
Not long after they met, he figured out Ilia's personality. He noticed something was wrong with Ilia's expression, but he didn't point it out. "So that's how it is."
Huo Dongcheng glanced at the people at the table and said, "Let me introduce you to Wen Liang, my friend and student. He just arrived in Philadelphia not long ago. You should take care of him when you have the chance."
"That's for sure!"
"Friends in Dongcheng are my friends, don't worry."
“…”
William pulled the corner of his lips and said nothing.
He suddenly remembered that Huo Dongcheng had contacted him not long ago and said that he had told his friend his contact information.
My friend is coming to Country M. If he stays in Philadelphia as a photographer, I might contact him and ask him to take care of him.
But William waited for a long time and no one contacted him.
He also thought that Huo Dongcheng's friend did not stay in Philadelphia, or did not work as a photographer.
I didn’t expect that Huo Dongcheng’s friend was Fei.
Fei is Chinese.
He should have thought of it a long time ago.
Wen Liang smiled and raised his glass. "Thanks to Brother Dongcheng introducing Brother Chen and Bella to me, I was able to settle down here so quickly. It's my honor to meet you all here today. I won't say much. Let me toast to you all first."
"You're welcome, you're welcome."
Ilia curled her lips, looked around, and saw that everyone else had raised their wine glasses. She rolled her eyes silently.
Huo Dongcheng picked up the wine glass on the table, stood up, and clinked it with Wen Liang. "Don't be polite with them. If you have any problems in the future, just come to them."
Wen Liang looked at the bottom of his cup and said with a smile, "Okay."
"We've said hello and had a drink, so we're going back first," said Bella.
"Okay, you guys go back."
"Brother Dongcheng, let's talk about it another day."
"Okay, I'll treat you to a meal when I have time."
Wen Liang and Bella left, closing the box door behind them.
Chen Jingyuan looked at William curiously, "What did Bella mean just now? Celebrating Wen Liang's new job? Didn't Wen Liang already join Salir?"
Everyone looked at William.
"There was a misunderstanding a few days ago, and she has resigned from Salir."
William immediately looked at Huo Dongcheng, opened his mouth, and explained, “She came in through an interview and didn’t contact me. I just found out that she was a friend of Dongcheng.”
He glanced at Ilia, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
Ilia said disdainfully, "Just quit, what's the big deal? Isn't it normal to quit if you can't continue working?"
It's all Bella's fault. She's meddling in other people's business. She must have brought this up on purpose.
Huo Dongcheng followed William's gaze, glanced at Ilia, played with the wine glass in his hand, and asked lightly, "What misunderstanding?"
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