Chapter 140 Prelude
As the sky darkened, quiet but festive music sounded in the manor.
There was a lot of traffic at the gate, and the black-clad bodyguards carefully checked the guests.
It was still early when Pei Yuzhi and his family of three arrived.
Although he had been with Huo Qiao for some time, this was Pei Yuzhi's first time coming in.
He heard Huo Qiao say that this was where Huo Qiao grew up. Although he was taken back to the Huo family at the age of 10, Huo Qiao still spent weekends and holidays here.
Pei Yuzhi looked at it inch by inch, as if he wanted to see the shadow of the lonely little boy in the festive dress.
Pei Xinyan and his wife had many social engagements, so they chatted with old friends together.
It was much warmer in the hall than outside, but not stuffy. Pei Yuzhi took a glass of wine from the waiter and suddenly heard footsteps.
He looked over to see several men in black suits coming down from the second floor.
They were wearing Bluetooth headsets, and one of them looked familiar. He was the one who was in charge of checking the invitation letters when Pei Yuzhi entered the Cui family's gate.
Something happened.
Pei Yuzhi's eyebrows jumped slightly as he thought of something.
He immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed a number. After a few rings, the other party picked up the phone.
"Boss Pei? Are you here?"
Pei Yuzhi heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Shen Xingyi's voice. "Are you okay?"
"No, I followed your and Mr. Huo's instructions and stayed on the second floor."
"That's good."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Xingyi looked up at the other man in the room.
"Why are you following me all the time? I remember that we had no relationship when I became an adult."
Shen Liang's eyes were complicated: "Sorry, Xiao Xingyi, it was my brother who did something wrong. At that time..."
Shen Xingyi frowned: "Save these words for the 17-year-old Shen Xingyi. If you want me to leave here with you, it's impossible. The Zhong family and Boss Pei have done me a favor. If they don't speak up, I will never leave."
"Xiao Xingyi, the Zhong family and Pei Yuzhi are both businessmen. They are just using you to go against Zhang Bocheng."
"Oppose? Shouldn't I oppose him?" Shen Xingyi suddenly got angry. "I have no grudges against him. We can even say that we have nothing to do with each other. He wants to destroy the Zhong family for his own selfish reasons, and he just took me as a scapegoat. So what if Pei Yuzhi used me? At least he can prevent me from leaving the entertainment industry like a dog and being bullied online!"
"Xiao Xingyi..."
"Don't call my name anymore, it's disgusting! Have you ever thought about what would happen to me if I didn't have a job in the entertainment industry, without the protection of an agency, and away from the attention of fans, with my looks?"
"Shen Liang," Shen Xingyi took a deep breath, "You suddenly disappeared when I was a minor. I tried to make money everywhere just to find your whereabouts. Later, I was framed and almost bought at that auction house. My agent happened to meet me. And by chance, the young master of the Zhong family, who was not yet in high school, called my agent to chase stars."
Shen Liang had heard about this.
The auction house asked for 1 million at that time. How could a young agent who had just made his way out of the business have so much money?
If Zhong Lin hadn't heard this on the phone and handed over the birthday red envelope he had just received to this young agent, Shen Xingyi would have become a pile of mud in the mud pit by now.
"I know you are grateful to the Zhong family, but your true identity..."
"No need to say it," Shen Xingyi lowered his eyes and restrained his previous loss of composure, "I grew up in an orphanage since I was a child. I am very grateful that you visited me in the orphanage every now and then when I was a child, and helped me change my name so that I have the same surname as you. I don't want to know my true identity, and I don't want to think about why you approached me at the beginning. Now let's just be strangers."
Shen Liang's eyes flashed with apology and gloom.
The thing he regretted most was the few months he disappeared when Shen Xingyi was about to become an adult in order to follow Zhang Bocheng.
He didn't even have time to say goodbye to Shen Xingyi.
He arrogantly thought that Shen Xingyi was sensible and well-behaved. He just occasionally went to the orphanage to visit his kind-hearted big brother. Even if he didn't go for a while, Shen Xingyi would not mind.
But at that time, he seemed to be possessed by a snake, and he didn't even call Shen Xingyi.
He forgot that they had agreed to celebrate their birthday together.
The young Shen Xingyi thought he could do anything, and his sudden disappearance must have meant something had happened to him, so she was anxious to make money to find him in other cities, and was deceived by the malicious dean to sell him at the auction house...
"...I'm sorry, it's my fault, brother." Shen Liang's shoulders slumped, his expression gloomy.
Shen Xingyi only said, "I hope you won't appear in front of me again."
Coming out of the reception room, the sound of clinking glasses and noise came into his ears.
Shen Liang stood at the door for a moment, thinking for several times, but in the end he didn't reveal Shen Xingyi's identity.
Before everything was settled, Shen Xingyi knew all this, which would only make him more dangerous.
The phone in his pocket vibrated, Shen Liang closed the door, and then picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Shen Xingyi was caught."
Shen Liang was stunned, and suddenly returned to the seemingly closed door and asked: "Who was caught? Shen Xingyi?"
"It's Shen Xingyi. He has been transferred out of the Cui family and will be sent to the airport and will leave the Magic City directly by express train."
"..."
"Brother? Are you listening? It's my turn on duty today. This may be the last news. You'd better leave the Magic City as soon as possible."
Shen Liang heard the beep and the smile on his face suddenly fell.
Shen Xingyi was in the room behind him.
Who is the 'Shen Xingyi' that Jun Chuan caught?
Click.
The door was opened.
Shen Xingyi was a little surprised to see him, and seemed to not understand why he hadn't left yet.
He didn't say anything. Shen Liang's eyes moved slightly and he stepped aside.
Looking at Shen Xingyi's tall and well-proportioned figure and his white dress, Shen Liang's pupils suddenly shrank.
Jun Chuan and his men had caught the wrong person at the Cui family. Could it be that they had taken away the adorable young master from the Xu family?
He had met the young master downstairs, and the other party was also wearing white today.
"Xingyi, wait a minute."
Shen Xingyi paused, turned his head and said expressionlessly: "Anything else?"
After experiencing all kinds of life and death, Shen Liang's cold heart still had a trace of sadness.
"Are you going downstairs to see Pei Yuzhi and Huo Qiao?"
Shen Xingyi pursed her lips, her beautiful eyelashes drooping: "Yes, the guests have arrived."
The two of them knew who the guests were. Shen Liang knew that it was useless to persuade him, so he whispered something. There were
more and more guests in the hall downstairs.
The old man and Cui Xianxing had not shown up yet, and Huo Qiao in the hall seemed to be the master of the Cui family.
After going downstairs, Shen Xingyi went straight to Huo Qiao.
The male star who was wearing a white suit and was frequently on the hot search recently suddenly appeared, attracting many guests' attention.
Zhong Lin and Pei Yuzhi were also beside Huo Qiao. When they saw Shen Xingyi, the young people naturally started chatting.
The guests looked at each other, some of them could not guess their relationship.
"I'm sorry something happened." Shen Xingyi looked bitter, "Mr. Huo's friend Xu Jiang seemed to have been taken away by someone who mistook him for me."
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