Chapter 324: Borrowing Flowers to Offer to Buddha
Ten minutes later, Xiao Jing and Ye Zhi came out of the room and looked at each other with expressions that were hard to describe.
"Son, it seems that this matter is not something we can interfere with."
Ye Zhi sighed, “It seems that Master Shen and the Xiao family are really not destined to be together. Since that fake Shen Qianxue can please the old man now, let her go for the time being.”
Xiao Jing sighed heavily: "But I always feel that if this continues, it will only push Shen Wan further and further away. She didn't have a good impression of the Xiao family in the first place, and now...!"
Ye Zhi said helplessly: "This is the only solution."
The mother and son came to the banquet hall, and when they saw Shen Qianxue standing beside Mr. Xiao and offering her courtesy, they sat down in silence.
"Brother Xiao!" Mr. Li took out the gift with a smile and said mysteriously, "This is a treasure that is hard to come by even at a sky-high price!"
Mr. Xiao took the gift box and opened it, and saw that it was a mutton-fat white jade peace locket.
At just one glance, he fell in love with the gift.
"Brother Li, this is a great gift! I really like it! I wonder which famous jade craftsman carved it?"
Mr. Li said proudly: "It was carved for you by Master Taixuan's disciple. Her name is..."
"Master Taixuan?" Xiao Wenli couldn't sit still when he heard the word Taixuan. He looked excited. "Master Taixuan is the founder of our Ninth Bureau. He travels around the world. Does Master Li know where he is?"
Old Master Li shook his head: "Master Taixuan has always been a mysterious figure. If you want to meet him, you have to rely on fate."
Xiao Wenli's eyes fell on the white jade peace locket, "Father, can you show it to me?"
Mr. Xiao handed it to him and warned him, “Be careful, don’t break it.”
Xiao Wenli took the peace locket with both hands and looked at it carefully. The more he looked, the more shocked he became.
"There is a sutra for protecting the body and mind engraved inside this peace locket. It must have been blessed!"
When I saw Xiao Wenli, my eyes almost grew bigger than the peace locket.
Mr. Xiao snatched it back unhappily.
Xiao Wenli stared at it eagerly, "Father, let me see it again."
"No." Old Master Xiao snorted coldly, "Such a good thing, of course I have to leave it to my good granddaughter."
"Does Qianxue like it?"
Shen Qianxue smiled gently: "Grandpa, this is a birthday gift from Mr. Li to you, how can your granddaughter have the nerve to accept it."
Although, this white jade locket was obviously not a common item, so of course she liked it.
Old Master Xiao laughed and said, "Whether I want to keep or give away the things that Brother Li gave me is entirely up to me. My dear granddaughter, come and put them on."
Without waiting for Grandpa Li to stop him, Grandpa Xiao quickly put the peace locket around Shen Qianxue's neck.
Mr. Li was a little unhappy.
This is a gift that Wanwan carved herself!
Why did old man Xiao just give it to another person right in front of him?
If I had known that he didn't value the peace locket so much, I would have kept it and just made a jade carving for him in the collection room!
Shen Qianxue felt that wearing the peace locket lifted her spirits a little.
She was overjoyed and held Mr. Xiao's hand and thanked him repeatedly, "Thank you, Grandpa! I like this gift very much. Thank you, Mr. Li!"
Mr. Li snorted.
Mr. Xiao looked pleased.
"Dear guests, as I am celebrating my 80th birthday today, I want to announce a bigger happy event!"
As Mr. Xiao said this, he pulled Shen Qianxue to his side and solemnly announced:
"This beautiful girl is the youngest child of my daughter Xiao Yinqiu. Her name is Qianxue!"
"From today on, she returns to my Xiao family and changes her surname to Xiao. She is a member of my Xiao family!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience cheered and congratulated Mr. Xiao on finding his granddaughter.
Xiao Jing and Ye Zhi at the table couldn't laugh.
Ye Zhi lowered his voice and complained: "How can this woman be so shameless? She knows she is fake but still pretends to be so convincing."
Xiao Jing took a sip of wine irritably, "Sister Wanwan is right. It's right for her not to come to this kind of occasion."
If you come, you will only bring humiliation upon yourself.
Next, Mr. Xiao personally took Shen Qianxue to greet each guest and introduced her to the guests.
Shen Qianxue accepted them one by one calmly.
In her opinion, since the Shen family has begun to stand on Shen Wan's side, she might as well not want the Shen family.
Xiao Wenli said that as long as she could please the old man, that would be enough.
These days, she tried her best to make the old man sincerely accept her as his 'granddaughter'.
At first she was worried that her identity would be exposed and she would pay a heavy price.
But Xiao Wenli had said that all obstacles would be removed for her, so that she could just be at ease and become Xiao Yinqiu's daughter.
When she learned that Chen Wan was actually related to the Xiao family, she was envious and jealous.
But now, the granddaughter standing next to Mr. Xiao is her!
All the glory and all the limelight returned to her again.
Shen Qianxue especially enjoys the feeling of being the center of attention and being cared for and pampered by the whole family.
So what if the Shen family is gone, she now has the Xiao family.
With such a big trump card, even a hundred Shen families combined are not as good as one Xiao family.
Shen Qianxue smiled particularly brightly, and was like a fish in water in the social scene.
At this time, on the rooftop of the Oriental Hotel.
Shen Wan was observing the power gathering in the sky.
"I checked. The only thing the hotel has going on tonight is Mr. Xiao's birthday party. Deputy Director Xiao has already made preparations to book the hotel for this birthday party. The hotel is only hosting their birthday party today. There are no other banquets."
Qi Chong came to her side with a serious look, "The guests who came to attend the birthday banquet are all big bosses from all walks of life. Those who can become big bosses have strong luck."
"This evildoer actually dared to take advantage of the gathering of these big guys to do evil here."
"Master Shen, you are right. It should be a monster borrowing luck to experience disaster."
Chen Wan stood on the edge of the rooftop, the cold wind made her hair flutter, looking cool and sassy.
"Have you found the monster?"
Qi Chong shook his head: "The detector can't detect any demonic energy."
"This thing might block the aura."
Shen Wan said calmly: "It's not that he blocked his aura, but he was mixed in the crowd and walked with others, so it's normal that he couldn't be detected."
Qi Chong's expression changed. "If he is mixed in with the crowd, could he be a hotel staff, or has he already sneaked into the birthday party?"
"Should we... go to the birthday party to check?"
Shen Wan glanced back at him and said, "You can go if you want. I'm not interested."
Qi Chong coughed lightly: "Ahem, forget it. I don't want to go either, lest I get scolded by Deputy Director Xiao."
"Let's set up the formation first. The monster is borrowing luck to survive. He will definitely come here. We can just capture him when the time comes."
Chen Wan paused and reminded him: "A monster that can transform into a human form must be very powerful. If we fight at that time, you don't have to worry about me. It's better to leave first."
Qi Chong didn't like to hear this.
"Master Shen, what are you talking about? We are brothers. How can I abandon my brothers and run away?"
Qi Chong pulled out a pistol from his waist and said, "See? This is a special bullet that can ward off evil spirits. If he dares to show his teeth, I will shoot him!"
Chen Wan: “…”
"Brother, I'm a demon, not a ghost."
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