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The old lady was soon pulled aside by another old lady of the same age to have tea and chat.
The girls who had promised to take care of Ye Ruan in front of the old lady all turned around and walked away in twos and threes.
Ye Ruan was left awkwardly alone on the spot.
Ye Ruan didn't care, since she wasn't there to make friends anyway.
Since the entire Gu family will be attending this banquet today, it means that the defenses in other places will be relatively weak, making this the best opportunity for her to go to the Gu family ancestral hall.
Although the people present were deliberately isolating her, many were still watching her closely, so she couldn't make any rash moves for the time being.
Sigh, sometimes having a boyfriend who's too outstanding can be a problem!
Ye Ruan walked to the sofa in the rest area and sat down.
The main hall of the old house is Chinese-style, but the banquet is Western-style. There is a wide variety of Western dishes available for self-service at the dining table, and many waiters are carrying trays and moving around in the banquet hall.
Every now and then, a mute servant would come and present her with a tray filled with various kinds of alcoholic beverages, bowing respectfully.
She shook her head slightly and said thank you, and the other person immediately took the tray away.
New people kept arriving in the hall, and judging from their appearances, they were not members of the Gu family. They were probably from the aristocratic families that Gu Changxuan had mentioned were on good terms with the Gu family.
The girls from the Gu family were clearly familiar with the girls from those aristocratic families.
Because whenever a young lady from a prominent family arrived, a girl from the Gu family would step forward to greet her, and the two would whisper to each other for a while before looking in her direction.
Ye Ruan didn't care at all about those stares.
She was already considering whether to sneak out to pee and try to find a way to go to the ancestral hall.
Her only worry was the landscaping in the outer courtyard, arranged according to the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams. Gu Chen had said that if you didn't follow a specific way of walking inside, you would get lost, and it would be very dangerous if you got lost.
Although the training camp had taught some of these things, the knowledge in this area was almost lost even in China, so there wasn't much material available in the training camp, and even less to train them on.
When she came with Gu Chen, she had already noticed that the arrangement of the garden was based on the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, which was very profound. She could not completely decipher it, but could only deduce some of it based on the part she had followed Gu Chen to.
But she had no choice but to take the risk; otherwise, if she missed this opportunity today, she might not be able to find such a good one again.
Ye Ruan glanced subconsciously towards the entrance. The banquet was about to begin, and apart from Gu Changxuan and Gu Chen, no one else had arrived.
She felt she should be able to leave now.
Before she could even stand up, a wine glass filled with juice was placed in front of her. "Hello, my name is Gu Qing. May I introduce myself?"
Ye Ruan looked up and saw a girl with bright eyes and white teeth. The girl looked about the same age as her, and her eyebrows and eyes resembled Gu Chen's.
She took the cup from Gu Qing's hand.
Gu Qing sat down next to her.
"How long have you been dating Gu Chen?" Gu Qing asked directly.
Ye Ruan didn't answer her question, but looked at her with her bright and clear eyes.
Gu Qing took a sip of her juice, shrugged slightly, and said, "I didn't mean anything by it, I was just asking casually. I think you're quite nice, and your temperament is very similar to Gu Chen's."
Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Ye Ruan's eyes. Gu Chen had told her last night that he had little contact with anyone from the Gu family's old mansion.
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