When all young people get together, they are not as conventional as middle-aged and elderly people. Instead, the atmosphere is lively and cheerful, and even the meal is lively.

At the banquet, in addition to toasting the birthday boy, everyone also raised their glasses to each other. The champagne and low-alcohol red wine that the Yan family used to entertain the guests today would not make them drunk easily, but drinking too much would definitely make them dizzy.

Meng Tao was feeding her baby, so she didn't drink alcohol. She had a glass of boiled water at hand, and whenever someone offered to drink with her, she would clink glasses with them and take a sip.

Even though everyone knew that she drank plain water, they understood.

But a few young men came over to toast, and they brought their own wine bottles and glasses. They poured the wine on the spot, and then handed it to Meng Tao with both hands. They insisted on toasting with her, saying that this would show their sincerity.

Meng Tao didn't know these people, so for politeness' sake, she took the wine glass first, then explained to the young man who toasted her: Due to special reasons, I can't drink alcohol today. If you don't mind, you can have tea instead of wine.

The young man was tall, with strong features and quite an aura. He had a faint smile on his face, but the smile did not reach his eyes. He looked like he was coming with bad intentions and said, "Of course I mind. Drinking boiled water at a banquet? Do you look down on the host, or do you look down on me?"

Seeing him talking like this, Meng Tao's face turned cold and she put her wine glass on the table: "Who are you? You have no name or surname, I will definitely look down on you."

The young man narrowed his eyes and stared at Meng Tao.

Han Dongdong stood up and snatched the bottle from the man's hand: "You are so capable, why are you drinking so much? Just drink the whole bottle. Come on, I'll drink with you!"

Xia Moli and Han Dongdong were sitting next to Meng Tao, one on each side. She also stood up: "Dongdong, it's my turn after you finish drinking."

The man didn't even look at them: "What do you know, little girls? Get out of my way."

"You little girl don't understand, how about I drink with you?"

Xu Liwen, who was sitting two seats away, leaned back in her chair, swung her wine glass leisurely and said, "Jin Bing, are you blind or are you just too brave? This is my cousin's wife, Shen Yu's wife. They just had a son. Your grandparents have celebrated the full moon. How dare you not know? Your sister Jin Yu also just had a baby not long ago, right? Her brother-in-law is having a wedding banquet in two days. I'll go there to congratulate her and toast her a few glasses of wine. What do you say?"

Jin Bing looked at Xu Liwen, slightly stunned: "Third Sister Xu..."

"And Fourth Sister Xu, I'm here." Xu Mingni, who was standing beside them, raised her glass and pointed at them: "I can get all 1, 2, 3, 4 of you drunk by myself, do you believe it? Come on, pour the wine!"

Jin Bing: “…”

I was careless. I came here in a hurry after receiving the news. I didn't understand clearly that there were so many acquaintances around Shen Yu's wife. Especially the four sisters of the Xu family were recognized as difficult to talk to in the circle of noble ladies. I can't afford to offend them for the time being. I'll hide first! Jin Bing made a gesture, without any apology or extra words, and the group retreated as quickly as they came.

Meng Tao didn't care as to whether Xu Liwen or Xu Mingni were left alone: ​​this was a banquet at someone else's house, and if she made a fuss about it, the situation would only get bigger and bigger, which would ruin the guests' appetite and mood, which was always not good.

Jin Bing, Meng Tao recalled that she had never seen this name in the book world, but she had heard Shen Yu mention the Jin Mansion, which was one of the families mixed up with Lian Yinghao. He didn't look like a good person, and his arrogant and domineering style was exactly the same as Lian Yinghao. Birds of a feather flock together, and birds of a feather flock together. The old saying is so true.

This Jin Bing rushed over and forced a "toast" for sure, it was not without reason. Considering the resentful expressions on Jiang Xiuzhen and Feng Liuyun's faces when they left just now, it was probably related to them. Jiang Xiuzhen and Feng Liuyun were attached to Lian Yinghao, and Jin Bing was on the side of Lian Yinghao, so he came to vent the anger of the two women.

Meng Tao laughed.

When the siblings Yan Xinhua and Yan Baozhi learned about this, they rushed to offer their condolences and apologized to Meng Tao. They said they would go find Jin Bing later and hold a criticism meeting for him, asking him to admit his mistakes in public. Meng Tao waved his hands and said it was okay and there was no need to bother. The main thing today was for everyone to have fun.

Xu Liwen glanced at Yan Xinhua and said, "You are so slow to react. Don't you know what kind of guests you invited? If I hadn't been here to suppress them, our Taotao would have suffered!"

Yan Xinhua humbly accepted the criticism, apologized again, and thanked her for maintaining order.

Xu Liwen: "What's the point of just talking? Show your sincerity."

Yan Xinhua said he could give her a gift, but Xu Liwen didn't want it. Finally, she decided that Yan Xinhua owed her a favor and he would repay her whenever she needed it. Yan Xinhua thought about it for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Meng Tao just watched as cousin Xu San took advantage of others in public.

I was surprised that my cousin Xu Si always liked to interrupt at times like this and was quite talkative, but now she seemed to be deaf and heard nothing. She just kept eating and drinking without saying a word.

After the banquet, everyone took a short break and then started the next round of programs. Although Meng Tao wanted to watch the fun, the time was running out. If she didn't go back to Xiaoyunhai, she would go hungry and would probably be complained about again, so she said goodbye to Yan Baozhi. Yan Baozhi, Han Dongdong and Xia Moli saw her out the door. Ding Hao was already waiting outside. The fourth cousin followed Meng Tao into the car, but the third cousin was nowhere to be seen.

Yan Baozhi smiled and said: Third Sister Xu is surrounded by too many people. She is now being "preached" by a group of people in the small side hall. She can't get away. You guys go back first. Someone will be sent to take her back when the time comes.

Meng Tao went home with her fourth cousin.

Xu Liwen was still staying in Yan's house. She was indeed surrounded by a group of young people and they were talking excitedly, but it wouldn't be long before she went to find Jin Bing and planned to teach him a lesson.

Yan Xinhua accompanied Xu Liwen, but after Meng Tao said goodbye and left, Jin Bing also left, and Xu Liwen and Yan Xinhua were unable to stop him.

At this time, at the Lian Mansion a few streets away, Feng Liuyun and Jiang Xiuzhen, who were driven out of the Yan Mansion in disgrace, were walking into the gate. Feng Liuyun was hesitating behind. She was in a complicated mood. In fact, she didn't want to go in. She knew that she could only rely on Lian Yinghao's family for now, but if possible, she still wanted to get rid of Lian Yinghao. That man was too scary and had too strong a desire for control. She had become his private property. He promised to help her marry Xia Yufeng, but who knew?

However, it was impossible for her to leave him. There were people watching. For example, today she asked to go to Yan's house, and Lian Yinghao asked his cousin to take her there, but he also had people follow her around, and arranged for Jiang Xiuzhen to accompany her. How could she leave? Feng Liuyun looked back and saw two strong men following her immediately, asking her what she was doing? She frowned and had to hurry up and walk in with Jiang Xiuzhen.

The small courtyard where Lian Yinghao lived was luxuriously decorated. A group of people were sitting in the living room. One of the women was crying with her head down. The man sitting next to her had red eyes and was waving his hands while speaking indignantly.

This couple is Wei Ziyao and Hu Hongshan.

(End of this chapter)