Chapter 377 Chi Mingchu Coming of Age Ceremony
When the banquet was about to start, Ji Xiuci arrived late with his wife and children.
Ji Xiuci had a smile on his face: "Old Chi, congratulations."
"Xiuci, welcome, welcome." Chi Feng strode forward and shook hands with Ji Xiuci eagerly. Regardless of whether the Ji and Chi families could still get married, based on the status of the Ji family, it would always be a good idea to make friends with them.
In fact, Chi Feng knew that Ji Xiuci was secretly playing the victim, but he didn't even have the courage to question him.
What else can we do? Breaking up with the Ji family and letting the outside world know that the Chi family has offended the four families of Gu, Sheng, Xiao and Ji in succession? Don’t you think the Chi family is not going bankrupt fast enough? Whatever, at least in the eyes of outsiders, the Ji family is still on their side.
They are apparently future in-laws.
"Sister-in-law, Youli, please come in." Xia Shuyu was also very enthusiastic towards the Ji family and led them to the venue.
Originally, Xia Shuyu wanted to take the initiative to propose to cancel the engagement. After all, the two families are not a good match now. The Ji family has suffered a lot because of the Chi family's affairs. The Ji family may not be willing to marry Mingchu, and the Chi family cannot be a strong backing for Mingchu.
Xia Shuyu really couldn't bear to see her daughter, whom she had finally found, suffer any injustice.
But Mingchu likes Ji Youli too much.
Forget it, let's take it one step at a time.
The two children are still young, maybe Ming Chu’s feelings for Ji Youli will fade in the future?
It was agreed that the engagement ceremony would be held when Chi Mingchu turned 18, but both the Ji and Chi families tacitly agreed not to mention it again. In fact, the Chi family did not think that the Ji family would fulfill the marriage contract, except for Chi Mingchu.
After the Ji family arrived, the banquet officially began.
Chi Feng went on stage and gave a speech: "Thank you all for coming. Today is my daughter Chi Mingchu's 18th birthday..."
Ji Xiuci glanced at the venue. It was full of guests, but there were not many people in the circle, and most of them were unfamiliar faces. Could it be that the Chi family paid for an atmosphere group? The Chi family loves to buy navy troops, doesn’t it?
Ji Youli obviously realized this as well.
When his grandparents were alive, they often took him around in the circle. Even though his grandparents died one after another, his parents divorced, his stepmother came into the family, and his biological father became his stepfather, he was still the top student at Ji University and the heir of the Ji family.
Ji Youli knows quite a few people in the circle.
Ji Xiuci would definitely not deliberately abandon him at home and not bring him to appear in the circle. After all, the future of the Ji family still depends on Ji Youli.
He and Suman have no children...
Ji Xiuci was not worried that Ji Youli would hurt Su Man after his death. He had already written a will, handing the company over to Ji Youli to run, and 25% of the shares to Su Man, on the condition that Su Man was not allowed to remarry.
With shares in hand, does Ji Youli dare to cause trouble for Su Man? Obviously he didn't dare to do that, otherwise Suman would find fault with him at the shareholders' meeting in a minute.
However, Ji Xiuci believed that he and Su Man would grow old together and bid farewell to this world together.
Su Man didn't know that Ji Xiuci was so generous as to leave her 25% of the shares just so that she could live a better life in the Ji family after his death.
In fact, Su Man had no worries about having no money to spend. When she divorced Gu Sinan, she got a large sum of property. Ji Xiuci had never treated her badly in terms of material things over the years, and he had put half of his wealth in her secondary card so she could use it at will.
Both men in her life are powerful. If she is willing to curry favor with them, she can live a comfortable life, but she still yearns for love.
She hopes Gu Sinan will learn to respect, and Ji Xiuci will learn to trust.
She is not a canary.
Chi Feng continued his speech on the stage, expressing his love for his little daughter and quietly pretending to be pitiful.
Ming Chu's experience is so tear-jerking. He was born into a wealthy family, but ended up in an orphanage and suffered so much. Alas. She is still a child, can't we forgive the mistakes she has made?
Just because she did something bad to Sheng Beibei out of impulse, does she have to spend her whole life atonement?
"Eighteen years ago, my little daughter came to me amidst loud cries. I was overwhelmed with joy and emotion as a father again. I swore to protect this little life, but..."
The people present already knew Chi Mingchu's life story. Being abandoned by his own grandmother was indeed tragic, but to mistreat an innocent person like that was a bit...
Only the Chi family's employees listened attentively and wiped their tears from time to time.
There is no other way; the humble office worker has to give the boss some face and still get paid to support the family.
Su Man was also impatient to listen to Chi Feng talking about Chi Mingchu's miserable childhood like Xianglin Sao. She stood beside Ji Xiuci with a glass of wine, looking around the venue, and could only barely see a few people in the circle.
Tsk tsk tsk, it seems that the Chi family is really different from before. They deserve it. Who asked them to bully Beibei?
Beibei is her future daughter-in-law, so what is Chi Mingchu? He is stupid, bad and lovesick. He may not even be able to enter the Ji family's door.
Before Su Man could continue to complain about Chi Mingchu, she heard the guests whispering.
"I never thought we could attend a high-society banquet." The employee who ran over wearing a down jacket regretted secretly that he should have gotten an evening gown just in case. This was not beautiful at all and was disgusting.
The little sister agreed: "Yes, I am just a small clerk. I am flattered to be able to witness the young lady's coming-of-age ceremony."
"Mr. Chi is a very nice person. He invited almost everyone from the headquarters." An employee was grateful to the director, who treated them as his own family.
Another employee asked quietly, "Is it possible that they want us to make up the number?"
Some expressed disbelief: “Not really?” Who would waste the money to have employees come join in the fun? Wouldn’t it be nice to keep the little change for yourself? Maybe it's to reward them, hehe.
Some people guessed it was almost right: "Maybe the originally invited people didn't want to come, and Mr. Chi didn't want to lose face, so he pulled us here at the last minute." Otherwise, why didn't they notify us in advance?
The employees fell silent.
Oh my God, is the Chi family really going to be ruined?
Ji Xiuci and others suddenly realized that these guests were actually employees of the Chi family. Tsk tsk tsk, have they become so poor that they need to use employees to make up the numbers? It's not even a little bit different from before.
It seems that the matter of the real and fake daughter has a huge impact on the Chi family.
Yes, with the joint suppression by Gu, Sheng and Xiao, and the spontaneous boycott by netizens, it was a miracle that the Chi family did not declare bankruptcy.
Ji Youli became more determined to break off the engagement with Chi Mingchu. Why would he marry a woman who can't help him at all? It's just her looks that are barely worth mentioning, but... Sheng Beibei is obviously much more beautiful.
The person he had been engaged to for more than ten years as a child was Sheng Beibei. This was clearly a revelation from God to him.
Sheng Beibei is the future partner prepared by God for him.
On the other side, the protagonist of the banquet made a grand appearance.
Chi Mingchu came down slowly from upstairs wearing an evening gown and a crown. She kept smiling, and the curve of her mouth was the one she found after studying it in the mirror for several days to suit her.
She was searching for her beloved among the crowd. Ji Youli would definitely be amazed, right?
After meeting Ji Youli's gaze, Chi Mingchu's cheeks turned slightly red.
As expected, he came to attend her coming-of-age ceremony, and she knew that he still had her in his heart.
Chi Mingchu shyly looked away, but caught a glimpse of unfamiliar faces in the room. Some of them were even casually wearing down jackets, as if they were dressed for a banquet in the countryside. This...
They are not from the circle at all!
The perfect curve at the corner of Chi Mingchu's mouth broke.
It's not like she hadn't seen the reports on Sheng Beibei's coming-of-age ceremony. It was so grand and splendid. The fight between Gu Sinan and Uncle Ji at the banquet was just a minor episode. Overall it was still very lively and all the important people in the circle went.
But!
Why was her coming-of-age ceremony attended by only a bunch of poor people who came from nowhere?
This is so unfair!
"Mingchu, come here, come to your parents." Chi Feng and Xia Shuyu led Chi Mingchu to the stage.
Chi Feng couldn't help but say something from the bottom of his heart to her: "Mingchu, from today on, you are an adult. You can no longer act arbitrarily. Don't forget the expectations of your parents and teachers."
The past is the past. I hope this child can let go of the hatred and start a new life.
"Yes, in early Ming Dynasty, the college entrance examination will be held in more than a hundred days." Xia Shuyu couldn't help but feel a little worried. The child's grades have regressed a lot. I hope she can adjust her mentality in time.
"Thank you, Mom and Dad." Chi Mingchu was not happy at all.
It’s all because of my father and brother’s incompetence that the Chi family is getting worse day by day. It’s a leading enterprise, but it was defeated so easily by Sheng Beibei’s family.
And mom...
How nice it would be if she was really her parents’ daughter. Grandma would definitely not abandon her.
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