The other socialites and heiresses, though silent, also condemned the sour chicken man with angry and contemptuous looks.
The man, caught in the crossfire of the crowd, instantly fell silent. But as he watched those esteemed elders, like stars surrounding the moon, escort the wheelchair-bound man to the center of the hall, his eyes burned with envy!
Beautiful piano music filled the banquet hall again, and several waiters filed in, each carrying a tray in their right hand.
Shangguan Xiong picked up two glasses of red wine from the tray and handed one to Gu Yunzhen.
"Yunzhen, I never expected that you would be the president of W Group. You are truly a young and promising person!"
Looking at Gu Yunzhen, Shangguan Xiong thought to himself, "No wonder the old man gave up on the Shangguan Group. It turns out he climbed up the towering mountain that is the W Group!"
The idea that an adopted son is inferior to a grandson-in-law is simply a matter of who has more power!
However, as long as this relationship exists, Shangguan Xiong feels that he will soon become the head of the powerful family in Changteng City!
Seeing this, the head of the Shen family and the other family heads had very complicated thoughts. None of them wanted to fall behind Shangguan Xiong, so they all raised their glasses to toast Gu Yunzhen.
"Mr. Gu, you've achieved so much at such a young age, I truly admire you! Mr. Gu, I'll drink this glass to the last drop, please feel free to drink as you like."
"I'd also like to toast President Gu."
"..."
When Shangguan Wu arrived in the hall, he saw everyone surrounding Gu Yunzhen, toasting her.
She was overjoyed to see Gu Yunzhen.
But upon seeing the wine glass in his hand, her brows furrowed, and a surge of anger welled up inside her!
Has he gone mad?
He may not like her, but he cannot ignore what she says!
Shangguan Wu stared coldly at the man in the wheelchair and walked towards him.
Shen Xining quickly pulled her back: "Sister Wu, those are elders over there, let's not go over there!"
"It's okay, I know him."
Shangguan Wu pulled her hand away and continued walking towards Gu Yunzhen.
What was Shangguan Wu doing there?
"Does she think that just because she's beautiful, that important person will treat her differently?"
"You've brought shame upon yourself!"
The socialites and heiresses watched as Shangguan Wu did what they wanted to do but dared not, filled with envy, but their words were full of sarcasm.
However, Ye Chan did not speak.
She had seen that man at the hospital!
He is Shangguan Wu's disabled husband. I never expected him to have such a powerful background!
Ye Chan was consumed by jealousy, but she dared not do anything before, and she dared not do anything now.
Where did Kexin go?
Ye Chan suddenly noticed something was wrong with the person next to her, frowned, and left to find Feng Kexin.
At this moment, Shangguan Wu walked up to Gu Yunzhen.
Others gathered around when they saw this.
Shangguan Wu stared intently at Gu Yunzhen, her voice soft and sweet: "Fourth Young Master, I'm a little thirsty. May I have a sip of the red wine in your hand?"
Gu Yunzhen's eyebrows twitched slightly.
What was she trying to do? Did she suspect he'd been drinking?
Suddenly, Yan Ling said to Shangguan Wu, "Miss Shangguan, drink this glass of mine. I just got it, and I guarantee I haven't drunk from it!" He handed her the glass of red wine, his eyes filled with anticipation and admiration.
His friends cheered him on, and Yan Ling's face gradually turned red.
But Yan Ling looked directly at Shangguan Wu, making no attempt to hide his feelings for her.
Gu Yunzhen's eyes were deep and dark, and he exuded a cold aura.
Gu Shiyi keenly sensed the Fourth Young Master's emotions and respectfully explained, "Fourth Young Master's wife, the Fourth Young Master did not drink alcohol just now."
"Fourth Young Mistress?"
The others looked puzzled.
Yan Ling froze completely!
The head of the Shen family suddenly turned his head to look at Shangguan Xiong.
Shangguan Xiong apologized, "Brother Chen, I forgot to introduce you earlier. Yun Zhen is my niece Wu Bao's husband. I didn't expect that the young couple would come here separately."
A glint of light flashed in the eyes of the Shen family patriarch. This old fox had planned to sell Shangguan Wu to his Shen family. If he had known President Gu's identity beforehand, he would never have done so. Therefore, Shangguan Xiong and President Gu were not familiar with each other, and President Gu even had some dissatisfaction with Shangguan Xiong. Otherwise, why would he have kept it a secret?
Therefore, the Shen family still has a high chance of becoming the head of the prominent families in Changteng City, as long as they don't offend the person in front of them.
The head of the Shen family thought for only two or three seconds before coming to his senses and addressing Gu Shiyi in the same way: “Little niece, the Fourth Young Master did not drink alcohol, but it was just red wine. A few sips won’t make him drunk.”
Shangguan Wu bent down and snatched the wine glass from Gu Yunzhen's hand, took a sip, and said in a deliberately coquettish tone, "Uncle Shen is right, but he clearly said he didn't have time to come with me tonight, but he came here now. Isn't he just teasing me? I don't want to see him happily drinking!"
Watching her excellent performance, Gu Yunzhen didn't even blink.
But others understood that this was a matter between the young couple, and they shouldn't interfere.
Yan Ling looked at her charming appearance, his eyes growing increasingly dim.
Gu Yunzhen took in his expression without showing any emotion, and scoffed inwardly. He was just attracted to Shangguan Wu's beauty, yet he acted like he was heartbroken. Anyone who didn't know the truth would think that Shangguan Wu had abandoned him. It was truly disgusting.
Shangguan Wu tilted her head back and finished the red wine in her glass. She walked over to the waiter, took two more glasses, and smiled playfully: "Uncles and elders, I'll drink all the wine you toast my husband today, so he won't have any to drink, okay?"
Gu Yunzhen frowned and said in a low voice, "Stop fooling around."
Shangguan Wu ignored him and smiled at the family heads: "If uncles and elders don't say anything, that means they agree!"
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