Chapter 91: Ensnaring 22
After the Chinese New Year, I feel like the busy atmosphere hasn't relaxed much.
Except for New Year's Eve when the whole family spends the day together, the rest of the day is spent socializing with relatives and friends.
Especially for a family like Ling Xiao's, there are countless parties and banquet invitations after the New Year.
Although the Ling family did not accept every invitation, they had to attend some necessary social events, such as the Jing family's banquet in the near future, which they decided to attend.
"You go too."
Father Ling spoke as he sat on the sofa and browsed the news on his tablet.
"And what's wrong with you? You're holding your phone all day. You're not emo anymore?"
Ling Xiao: “”
Before Ling Xiao could say anything, a hand reached out from Ling's father and slapped him on the head.
"You're saying your son is always holding his phone. Don't you also hold a tablet? You don't buy glasses for your presbyopia, you just enjoy the big screen, right? Why don't you carry a tablet with you when you go out?"
Father Ling: ""
Ling's mother appeared from behind with a fruit plate and a facial mask on her face. Ling Xiao and Ling's father glanced over, but Ling's mother didn't seem to want to give them any.
"Tell me first, what have you been doing with your phone these days?"
Ling's mother walked over to Ling Xiao with the fruit plate, then took it back. "You've been playing with your phone more and more recently. You told us earlier that you didn't want to go abroad and wanted to just take the college entrance exam. Your father and I believed you could handle it and handle your own affairs. But now, are you becoming distracted by your phone?"
"I saw a lot of news a few days ago about how frequently children on winter break were playing with their phones. This isn't a good thing, and most of them were playing games."
"But it doesn't look like you're playing games. So what are you doing? Are you in a relationship? Whose? Which omega?"
Ling Xiao felt his head buzzing.
Father Ling didn't even bother to check the news, his presbyopic eyes began to blank out.
"Mom, you don't have to worry about my grades."
Ling Xiao put away his phone and had to speak back.
What else could he do with his phone these days? To coax, of course, no, to learn how to make friends with a little snail, while searching for various techniques online, making plans, taking notes, and sending messages to Gu Rong from time to time. He also had to grasp the degree and measure the boundaries of "being friends". Anyway, he was very busy.
"I don't want to go to the party."
"Then you're in love."
"......No."
The fate hasn't even been decided yet.
Ling Xiao didn't want to say anything at this time.
"Then you must go."
Ling's mother glanced over and said, "It's a relatively casual gathering, but you have to go. Other families will also be bringing their children, all of whom are your age. You should at least go and make some friends. You'll be going to college in half a semester, and you'll need a wider social circle by then."
At this point, Ling's father couldn't help but say, "Then there's no need to worry. The other children would be very willing to be friends with Ling Xiao. It's just that our son is too picky."
Ling Xiao nodded in agreement: "Friends are more valuable than quantity. One or two will do."
Ling's mother was speechless and said, "Don't you two know how to write the word humility?"
The father and son said in unison: "Not really."
But that's the fact. With the Ling family's status and background, there is really no need for them to take the initiative to get to know others. Naturally, there will be people who will take the initiative to come forward and want to make friends with them.
However, having said that, they couldn't really behave like that to the outside world, not to mention that the Ling family's tradition was not like that.
Moreover, the Ling family also needs to communicate externally, so some banquets and parties will still occur.
Although the banquet hosted by the Jing family was not a formal one, but was just a relaxing and entertaining one, everyone would bring their children of similar age to play there, so it was still necessary to attend. The adults could socialize, and the children could get to know each other better and start to build their network.
This circle is also composed of one circle after another. Sometimes they overlap, but sometimes they are clearly defined. After all, the leader does not allow people in his own circle to have more interactions with people in other circles, especially when the leader is an alpha. Of course, basically the leaders in the circle are all alphas, there is no doubt about that.
Among those of Ling Xiao's generation and age, Ling Xiao is basically the most popular one.
In addition to the Ling family's background, Ling Xiao's top-A pheromones are enough to suppress others, but he is usually "low-key". Apart from Ye Jiqing and Jiang Kangcheng around him, he has almost no other good friends. He can even be regarded as "someone else's child". He is excellent enough, but usually it is difficult to make friends because of some low-key behavior.
Therefore, many people were quite surprised to see Ling Xiao at the banquet.
The banquet was held at the Jing family's manor. The young people were driven to the small garden to play. There was also a long table set up there with various meals and drinks.
But no one had much appetite, they were all chatting.
Lu Cheng was there too, but there were not many people around him.
Ever since he invited Ling Xiao to his birthday party last semester, but Ling Xiao left midway and took Gu Rong with him, a lot of rumors have been circulating. These rumors are based on trampling on his dignity and are completely disrespectful to him. What's more, there are also the words Ling Xiao said to him before he left...
Whenever Lu Cheng thought of that day, he felt humiliated.
So after that day, he kept asking for leave for a long time. He didn't want to go to school, didn't want to see Ling Xiao, and even less wanted to see Gu Rong.
He even thought about transferring schools.
But his family members were unwilling and scolded him. Later, there was no choice but for Lu Cheng to go to school before the exam.
After being delayed for so long, my academic performance has fallen behind a lot.
Lu Cheng was not well during that period. He didn't want to say anything to his family members. His grades dropped and he was scolded again, as if it was all his fault. But how could he say it? It was obviously Ling Xiao who insulted him first. If it weren't for Ling Xiao and that Gu Rong, how could he have gotten himself into such a bad state!
To make matters worse, it seemed that no one had noticed what happened at his birthday party. Lu Cheng had a feeling that they had spread the news secretly.
So the more Lu Cheng thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.
The more uncomfortable he felt, the more he regretted it, and the more angry he was at Ling Xiao, but the most unbearable thing was Father Gu. If it weren't for Father Gu, Ling Xiao would never have treated him like that!
He was not the only omega here. Listening to other omegas gathered together and whispering about Ling Xiao, even with a hint of excitement and shyness in their voices, and looking in Ling Xiao's direction from time to time, Lu Cheng really wanted to go over and say something, to mock him, but he held back because it was a very low-level behavior and he would only annoy others.
Moreover, there was an omega from the Jing family among them. Although he was not a child of the host family, he should have come here to play after the Chinese New Year. They seemed to have a close relationship. He could not offend the host family. Lu Cheng was aware of this. After all, his family was just able to attend such a banquet, and he had finally participated.
Thinking of this, Lu Cheng couldn't help but feel even more uncomfortable.
The thing this circle fears most is rumors. Even if he takes the initiative to make friends, there are not many people willing to talk to him for long, because they may all know what he did that day.
Lu Cheng didn't dare to think too deeply about it, but every time he thought about it, he couldn't help but hate it even more.
He didn't even know where the rumor came from.
Could it be Ling Xiao?
Or will Ling Xiao tell Gu Rong that it was Gu Rong who spread it?
Because it was Gu Rong who asked, Ling Xiao accidentally said it, and then Gu Rong spread it out, did he do it on purpose? !
"Hey, Jing Shuang, is your cousin still running Yunshuihe?"
"Yes, it's always on."
The topic among omegas changes quickly. They were just talking about the alphas on Ling Xiao's side, and now they have brought up other topics.
The banquet was hosted by the Jing family. Jing Shuang's cousin ranked first in the Jing family and was also an omega, but he was very independent, especially the store he opened called Yunshuihe, which was often mentioned in the circle. After all, it was not uncommon to have all employees who were omegas, but it was rare to have employees whose benefits and other things were biased towards omegas.
"My cousin is just doing it for fun, and he also takes care of the omegas who come from poor families and have difficulties."
"Ah, that being said, I heard the salary and benefits are pretty good, but... working there is prone to being misunderstood by the outside world, right? I don't mean to say that your cousin opening Yunshuihe is bad, but you also know that even with all the protection and security, it's hard to guarantee that the omegas staying there won't be bullied, right? You know what I mean..."
Jing Shuang lowered her voice slightly: "I understand. After all, it's a formal place, but it's also for entertainment. It's all consensual, so I can't say too much."
"I can only take care of those who are unhappy and want to work hard. As for the rest, it's all personal wishes."
"Oh, by the way, maybe you don't know this yet, but some of the waiters at this banquet were transferred from Yunshui River. My cousin will offer high salaries, and they can earn quite a bit, so it seems a lot of people are willing to come. After all, it's only a day's work, and to earn that much money is simply making a killing. It's a waste not to come. I guess you'll see it soon."
Before the banquet begins, some things will have been prepared long ago, so there are not many waiters to be seen. After everyone arrives, the banquet starts to flow and various things start to be consumed. At this time, waiters will gradually appear and come forward to serve. This is also to give people participating in the banquet a better experience.
Of course, there is also a service where you can call a waiter at any time.
Sure enough, after a while, several people dressed as waiters came to the small garden, holding trays with food and drinks on them.
Lu Cheng was absent-mindedly listening to the conversation between the omegas next to him. When the waiter appeared, he glanced over there casually, but after just one glance, his eyes widened.
Look, what did he see?
Gu Rong? !
How could Gu Rong appear here? !
Thinking of the Yunshui River mentioned by Jing Shuang, Lu Cheng's heart suddenly started beating faster.
No way?
Could it be that Gu Rong works in Yunshui River?
That kind of place...
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