"Of course! I'd never forget Uncle Zhou, no matter who else I forget!"
"Oh, by the way, I heard you're getting engaged to that girl from the Guan family. Are you sure? If not, my daughter would be fine too. You two are childhood sweethearts."
Qu Xingyu smiled helplessly and replied, "As you know, Wan Ge and I have known about our engagement for a long time. How can we just back out like that? Today, I'm holding this banquet not only to introduce myself to everyone, but also to announce our upcoming engagement."
"Alright, alright, then I'll be waiting to drink your wedding wine."
"Okay, I'll prepare a few more bottles of the good wine that Uncle Zhou likes to drink."
"You're the most thoughtful guy!" Mr. Zhou patted him on the shoulder, then chatted with Mr. Qu for a few more minutes before talking to other people.
After the other person left, Mr. Qu seemed to realize that he still hadn't seen Wan Ge.
"By the way, where's Wan Ge? Didn't you contact her? When is she arriving?"
When Qu Xingyu heard her grandfather ask this, she replied, "Oh, I contacted her ten minutes ago, and she said there was a bit of traffic, but she would arrive soon. I guess she should be here by now."
Just as Qu Xingyu finished speaking, there was a commotion at the door. They looked directly towards the door and saw Wan Ge and Mr. Guan appear together.
Qu Xingyu looked at Wan Ge, who was so dazzling after being dressed up, as radiant as the sun.
Not only Qu Xingyu, but even Yun Kuo, who was standing on the second floor, noticed it at a glance. The person who was talking to Xu Li was instantly drawn to him.
As Xu Li was talking, he realized that the other person was ignoring him. When he looked down, he saw Wan Ge. It turned out that this was the reason why the other person was ignoring him.
"It really is beautiful. You're a lucky guy. When will you introduce us to each other?"
Yun Kuo replied, "When she's willing to accept me."
Or perhaps he'll wait until he gets her.
Xu Li patted his shoulder, understanding that his brother had a long way to go.
…
Wan Ge followed her father to Qu Xingyu. The two families stood together, and Old Master Qu soon went up on stage to speak.
First, she introduced the news that her grandson, Qu Xingyu, had returned from abroad, and then she planned to tell everyone that Wan Ge and her grandson were getting engaged.
But just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard an explosion.
Everyone standing in the hall was startled. Everyone wanted to know what had happened, so they looked out the window.
All I could see was a lot of smoke outside; I really had no idea what had happened.
Just two minutes later, a dusty maid came in from outside and walked up to Mr. Qu, saying, "I'm sorry, sir, I don't know what happened, but the fireworks we prepared all exploded at once."
They were setting off fireworks perfectly, but for some reason it suddenly exploded, and all the fireworks they had prepared for the day were destroyed.
Mr. Qu's face immediately darkened, but he still tried his best to maintain his image in front of everyone, replying with a faint smile, "It's alright, no one was hurt, right?"
"Don't worry, sir, no one was hurt."
"That's good. If the fireworks explode, so be it. Is there still time to make preparations?"
"That probably won't work now..."
"That's fine, then we'll just cancel the fireworks display."
Mr. Qu had just finished speaking when someone else ran up to him: "It's terrible, sir! After the fireworks exploded in the warehouse, sparks flew into the garden, and the garden is on fire!"
The smoke alarm went off as soon as the other person finished speaking. Mr. Qu knew that the banquet couldn't continue, so he simply had someone arrange for everyone else to leave.
As Xu Li and Qu Xingyu walked down from the second floor, Xu Li leaned close to his ear and asked, "Did you do this?"
How can this person be so petty? It's not even a wedding, or rather, not even an engagement. It's just an announcement of an upcoming engagement, and the other party has already blown up the other person's warehouse.
Yun Kuo looked innocent and turned to look at the person next to him in confusion: "What are you talking about? I don't understand."
Even if he did it, so what? If he was going to do it, he had already dealt with all the evidence and replaced all the guards of the warehouse with his own people.
Everyone will think it was just an accident, and even if they investigate, they won't find anything.
…
Wan Ge didn't stay long either, and left as arranged. However, as she was leaving, she seemed to accidentally see Qu Xingyu with someone else.
"Miss, what are you looking at?" The driver looked at Wan Ge with a puzzled expression. Why was she standing by the car and not getting in?
"It's nothing," Wan Ge replied, then opened the car door and sat in the back seat.
However, the driver still didn't start the car, and Wan Ge asked, puzzled, "Aren't you going?"
"The gentleman said he would leave with you, Miss."
"I understand." After answering, Wan Ge closed her eyes, seemingly to rest.
The driver didn't say anything more and waited quietly.
About ten minutes later, Mr. Guan finally appeared and sat in the back row with Wan Ge.
"Have you found anything from the investigation?" Wan Ge asked indifferently.
Mr. Guan sighed helplessly: "No, according to the surveillance footage, it was an accident."
"Um."
Seeing his daughter like this, Mr. Guan was exasperated: "Don't you care about Xiaoyu? You're his fiancée. Such a big thing happened to his family. You should be concerned about it."
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