Chapter 19: Dinner Party His eyes were filled with sadness......
"Yesterday, Old Master Qin and Qin Cangye hosted a banquet for my family at the Chaoyang Mountain mansion. They also invited several influential figures from Beiguang City and announced the cancellation of the engagement on the spot. I was quite happy at first, because Qin Cangye had promised me that the cancellation of the engagement would not involve withdrawing investment, nor would it harm the interests of our Li family. But I forgot that Qin Cangye's promise was conditional on maintaining a weekly meeting with you."
Li Jinmiao pulled Su Yinuo and sat on the small stool behind the snack cart, and talked about what happened last night with a sad face.
"Old Master Qin used my role in Qin Cangye's hospitalization as an excuse to cancel the engagement, blaming my unworthy character for the decision. This is embarrassing for our family, but that's not the point. The main point is that Old Master Qin also announced that he would divest his investment in the Li Group next quarter and would also stop funding my Feiyue Games. Although they will provide us with some compensation according to the engagement agreement, this little compensation will not be enough to fill the huge financial gap in our family. If this engagement is canceled, our family will be truly finished."
Li Jinmiao's eyes turned red as she spoke. Su Yinuo hugged her and patted her back to comfort her. She didn't interrupt because she knew Li Jinmiao hadn't yet revealed the real reason for coming to see her today.
"My parents begged Old Master Qin not to withdraw his investment, but he remained unmoved. I also tried to plead with Qin Cangye, but he seemed to be staying out of the matter, not even looking at us. But when we left the Qin family mansion, Qin Cangye came with us. He called me to the lakeside and told me that if I could meet with him one more time, he would join the other directors in vetoing Old Master Qin's decision to withdraw his investment at the board meeting."
Li Jinmiao looked at Su Yinuo, tears welling up in her eyes. "Nunuo, I'm sorry. I clearly advised you to stay away from Qin Cangye and the Qin family, but now I want to use you again. I really have no other choice. Can you help me this time? Don't worry, I won't let you meet him alone this time. There's a party tonight..."
"I agree!" Su Yinuo agreed before Li Jinmiao finished speaking. Her tone was a little anxious. After she finished speaking, she pulled the corner of her mouth embarrassedly and said, "Sister Miaomiao, I will help you. Don't blame yourself. Actually..."
In fact, she also wanted to meet Qin Cangye.
She wanted to go see him, to see if his wound had healed and if there were any scars left. She wanted to ask him why he lost control of his emotions that day and how he was doing these days.
For more than a month, every night, what lingered in her mind was Qin Cangye's bloody appearance, his empty eyes that seemed to have lost all life, and that eager kiss that was like grabbing a life-saving straw.
Li Jinmiao asked her to stay away from the Qin family, her mother asked her to think carefully, and her reason also told her not to get close to Qin Cangye. But when she heard Li Jinmiao asking her to see Qin Cangye again, all her insistence collapsed in an instant. Before she heard Li Jinmiao's explanation, she had already agreed in her heart.
She wanted to see Qin Cangye.
"Sister Miaomiao, don't blame yourself. I want to see him too." Su Yinuo's tears fell before Li Jinmiao's.
"Ronuo!" Li Jinmiao hugged Su Yinuo and cried loudly.
In the afternoon, Su Yinuo closed the stall early and went to the Jinlan Club on the east side of Mingzhu Lake in Xihu District with Li Jinmiao.
This high-end, membership-only club is a favorite gathering place for Beiguang City's wealthy young generation. It offers high-end dining, chess and card games, a private cinema, art exhibitions, private concerts, and more. The entry threshold is very high, and non-members are not allowed in without a member's accompaniment.
Tonight's dinner was initiated by Wang Zhengcheng, a Chaoyangshan artist who has lived and worked internationally. Participants included various wealthy and powerful individuals from Chaoyangshan. Wang Zhengcheng had originally planned to celebrate the marriage of Li Jinmiao and Qin Cangye, but unexpectedly, the very next day, he received news that the Qin family had broken off the engagement with the Li family.
Wang Zhengcheng awkwardly changed the topic in the group chat: "Come over tonight and wish our Miss Li and Young Master Qin a happy single life!"
Li Jinmiao planned to let Su Yinuo and Qin Cangye meet at a dinner party. First, he could use the dinner party to conceal their relationship and avoid being discovered by Qin Weishu; second, if there were many people, he wouldn't have to worry about what Qin Cangye would do to Su Yinuo.
Li Jinmiao entered the club dressed in a sophisticated, casual outfit of a slip dress and a blazer, while Su Yinuo sported a relaxed, gray sweater and white wide-leg pants. Li Jinmiao provided her with designer clothes, bags, and accessories, and applied minimal makeup, giving her the look of a pampered, understated princess from a hidden, wealthy family.
The two of them arrived not too early, and before they even reached the private room, most of the people were already sitting there.
The atmosphere in the private room was a bit awkward and tense. The second-generation people who came to join in the fun knew that Wang Zhengcheng had the ability to invite Qin Cangye, the evil god, but they didn't expect that Qin Cangye would come so early, and they didn't expect that they would meet someone who dared to challenge Qin Cangye directly.
Before Wang Zhengcheng, the initiator, even arrived, Qin Cangye was already seated in the private room. Later, everyone who arrived would shudder at Qin Cangye's icy gaze as they entered the room, then greet him with an awkward smile, "Hello, Young Master Qin," and then timidly take their seats, each sitting a good mile away from Qin Cangye.
The atmosphere improved slightly after Wang Zhengcheng arrived.
"Oh, long time no see. Young Master Qin looks radiant! He's getting more and more handsome. Wow, it's really the climate and soil of our Beiguang City that make him a good person. Look at what I've become of in those places abroad." Wang Zhengcheng touched his round belly and came to Qin Cangye with a big laugh.
Qin Cangye restrained his aloofness a little, nodded slightly to Wang Zhengcheng, and said expressionlessly: "If Young Wang wants to come back, the properties of Tianque Hua Ting, Yujing No. 1 Courtyard, and Rhine Lake Mansion are all available for him to choose from."
"Young Master Qin is so generous!" Wang Zhengcheng exclaimed in admiration, waving his hands and smiling, "A house worth hundreds of millions, you're not lucky enough to enjoy it, you're not lucky enough to enjoy it."
After greeting Qin Cangye, Wang Zhengcheng went on to greet the others, appearing to be getting along well with everyone. Soon, two more people entered through the main door. Wang Zhengcheng keenly noticed that after they entered, one of them's eyes collided with Qin Cangye's, sparking a fierce spark.
The person who entered was Ji Cheng'an, the eldest son of the Ji family, a prominent medical family in Chaoyang Mountain, and a young stranger. The young man was the fierce man who had engaged in a fierce eye-to-eye confrontation with Qin Cangye without yielding. Wang Zhengcheng was extremely curious and hurried over to shake Ji Cheng'an's hand. After a few pleasantries, he looked at the young stranger with an unhappy expression and asked, "Who is this?"
"Oh, my cousin Ji Wenjun is not from Beiguang City, so Young Wang has never met him. I bring him out to play today. I hope Young Wang doesn't mind?" Ji Cheng'an said with a smile.
"Of course I don't mind. We are all friends in the world, haha..." While Wang Zhengcheng was still being polite, Ji Wenjun had already walked around him and walked towards Qin Cangye.
Wang Zhengcheng immediately stopped laughing and turned to look at the somewhat reckless young man.
Ji Wenjun was in a terrible mood. If he counted carefully, today was the third time he was rejected by Su Yinuo.
At first, he just thought that the boyfriend Su Yinuo mentioned as "taller than you, more handsome than you and richer than you" was just an excuse for Su Yinuo to reject him. Later, after being blocked and seeing Su Yinuo and Qin Cangye being intimate together, Ji Wenjun's mood fell to the bottom and he had already planned to give up.
Later, he saw Qin Cangye confront Li Jinmiao and learned that Qin Cangye was Li Jinmiao's fiancé and the Vice Chairman of Ronghua Capital. He began to doubt the relationship between Qin Cangye and Su Yinuo. When he discovered Su Yinuo's true identity, this suspicion turned into a firm belief: Qin Cangye must not be Su Yinuo's boyfriend! There must be some hidden and illicit relationship between the two!
Ji Wenjun once again rekindled his passion for pursuing Su Yinuo. He appeared beside Su Yinuo every day and never noticed the existence of other men. When he was full of confidence, he was ruthlessly rejected by Su Yinuo, which poured a bucket of cold water on him.
Feeling depressed, she stayed at home and analyzed who the man Su Yinuo was that she was thinking about day and night. After thinking about it, it could only be Qin Cangye.
So, at this moment, the moment he saw Qin Cangye, his heart was boiling with anger. He knew Qin Cangye was not to be trifled with, and he knew that everyone in his cousin's social circle was not to be trifled with, but having just experienced a breakup, he didn't care about that. He strode up to Qin Cangye, held out his hand with a furious look on his face, and shouted, "Young Master Qin, let me introduce myself. My name is Ji Wenjun. I've met you before. I'm an employee of Mr. Li and a close friend of yours!"
Ji Wenjun deliberately emphasized the word "Nuruo". If he didn't have some rationality in his mind, he would have wanted to brag that he was Nuoruo's boyfriend.
Naturally, the people around didn't know who Nuonuo was, and they were all wondering why this reckless boy wanted to provoke Qin Cangye. At this moment, Qin Cangye grabbed Ji Wenjun's wrist and slammed it hard on the dining table.
He didn't even raise his head, ignoring Ji Wenjun's groaning and struggling, and said coldly: "People from the Ji family, I believe they can save you even if they have to cut off one of your hands, right?"
Everyone around was so frightened that their eyes widened, and some people's cups of water accidentally slipped and fell to the ground, breaking.
The crisp sound brought the stunned Wang Zhengcheng back to his senses. With a cry of "ouch," he rushed over, sweat dripping from his forehead as he pulled the two men apart. "Give me some face, give me some face, Young Master Qin. Young people don't know better."
He handed Ji Wenjun to Ji Cheng'an, who had followed nervously, and quickly sat down next to Qin Cangye to calm him down. In truth, he hadn't yet understood why Qin Cangye had suddenly become angry. Although Qin Cangye had a cold and aloof temperament and was difficult to approach, Wang Zhengcheng knew that he wasn't the kind of dandy who would bully ordinary people by relying on his prominent family background.
The thoughtful Wang Zhengcheng thought about it for a moment and understood: it must be related to the inexplicably appearing name "Ronuo".
Who on earth is Ruoruo? How could he make Qin Cangye lose control of his emotions? I've never heard of such a person.
Ji Cheng'an took Ji Wenjun to a seat away from Qin Cangye and quietly asked him if he wanted to go to the hospital. Ji Wenjun moved his slightly swollen wrist, gritted his teeth and shook his head with a stubborn look.
The people in the private room didn't dare to speak casually. They gathered in groups of three or five, whispering about something. Some people even created a small WeChat group and complained about Qin Cangye's madness on their phones.
The atmosphere in the private room fell into a strange and awkward silence.
Soon, the sound of high heels was heard outside the door, and then the door was pushed open, and Li Jinmiao and Su Yinuo appeared in front of everyone.
Qin Cangye suddenly raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through thousands of mountains and rivers, through countless hardships and obstacles, before tremblingly resting on Su Yinuo. His gaze was no longer cold, but filled with sorrow...
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