This topic ended and the banquet officially began.
As the host, Song Xuanhe naturally could not sit down directly with Wei Chen Zhou Nan. He needed to go up and pick up Song Yansong first. Just as he arrived at the door of the lounge, before he could knock, the door was opened from the inside. Song Xuanlin paused when he saw Song Xuanhe, and lowered his voice and said, "Father is inside."
Song Xuanhe paused with his raised hand and raised his eyebrows. It was not uncommon for Song Guochao to be inside. Song Xuanlin specifically reminded him, so there must be something wrong. He nodded slightly and looked inside. Seeing Song Yansong, he smiled and said, "Grandpa, everything is ready downstairs. I'll take you down."
When Song Guochao heard Song Xuanhe's voice, he turned his head suddenly. The gloomy expression on his face confirmed his guess. There was indeed something wrong.
Song Yansong also saw Song Guochao's expression. He waved away Song Guochao's hand that wanted to help him, stood up and said in a deep voice: "No matter what happens, control your expression and don't let people laugh at my Song family."
As he spoke, he walked to the door and saw Song Xuanhe peeking out. He tapped his head and said in a softer tone, "What are you looking at? Where have you been playing again?"
"Wei Chen said he was afraid of strangers, so I stayed with him for a while." Song Xuanhe said with a smile.
Seeing him smiling and not serious, Song Yansong couldn't help but glared at him and said, "Don't I know what the Wei family kid looks like?"
"Grandpa." Song Xuanlin said, "I asked Xuanhe to accompany Young Master Wei."
Song Yansong glanced at Song Xuanlin, nodded lightly, raised his hand and said to Song Xuanhe: "Help me down."
As soon as the door of the lounge was closed, Li Nian'an also left the group of wives and came up. When she saw Song Guochao, the smile on her face faded a little, but she still held his hand. Song Xuanhe and Song Xuanlin walked on either side of Song Yansong, while Song Guochao and Li Nian'an lagged behind, walking down arm in arm. The family looked very harmonious.
As the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren walked toward the main table, guests stood up one after another and blessings were heard.
The birthday banquet was filled with routine procedures, with people networking over drinks. The only surprise was that after the meal, the Song family announced personnel and equity changes in the Song Group - Song Xuanlin was promoted from manager to executive president, and the 20% of shares held by Song Guochao and Li Nian'an were all transferred to the youngest son Song Xuanhe.
As soon as Song Yansong finished speaking on the stage, the audience immediately began to discuss.
Song Xuanlin's promotion to a very delicate position. At the same time, Song Xuanhe obtained a large proportion of shares. They really couldn't figure out who would inherit the Song family in the future. According to the current job planning, Song Xuanlin was undoubtedly more like the next heir to the Song family.
But no matter how nice the name of the president sounds, he is just an employee. The ones who really hold the power are the board of directors who have the say. Song Xuanhe holds 20% of the shares and his say in the board of directors is only less than that of the old man Song Yansong. If you really want to distinguish, it is more likely that the Song family prefers Song Xuanhe.
Song Xuanhe was very smart. He ran to Zhou Nan's table during the toast. When everyone at the table heard the news, they looked at Song Xuanhe from time to time. Zhou Nan also widened his eyes in surprise and said, "No way, your old man is going to give Song's to you?"
"The CEO belongs to my brother." Song Xuanhe said nonchalantly, "What do you mean by giving Song's to me?"
"The president can count..." Zhou Nan said in a low voice, "Forget it, let's not talk about this for now."
Wei Chen glanced at Song Guochao, whose expression was extremely ugly not far away, raised his glass and clinked it with Song Xuanhe, saying, "Congratulations."
Song Xuanhe knew what Wei Chen was congratulating him for, he smiled and drank the wine in the glass.
The other people at the table were all watching this side. Not hearing any useful information from Song Xuan and the other three, they turned their eyes away, but they still kept their ears perked up and waited.
Zhou Nan sneered at this and changed the subject: "I heard that Mr. Xue went abroad to film a movie?"
"Are you concerned about Xue Mian?" Song Xuanhe also knew how many people were listening to the noise here, so he looked up at Zhou Nan and followed his words.
"Why would I care about him?" Zhou Nan rolled his eyes at him. "I'm caring about him for you. Everyone knows that he's interested in... I just find it strange. Xue Mian is not a pushover. I've seen many people like him. He will always go all out to get what he wants, and he won't let go until he has used all the means possible. He just left the country without saying a word. I heard that the filming over there takes one or two years. It's really strange."
"What's strange about that?" Song Xuanhe said indifferently, "He's an actor. All actors want to go international. He went abroad to film naturally for opportunities."
"Tsk." Zhou Nan looked like he couldn't get along with Song Xuanhe, and explained in detail: "Xue Mian is not an ordinary actor. He doesn't make money from those hundreds of millions. You saw Qian Ping liked him so much before but didn't dare to touch him. You know he has a deep background. If he really wants to go international, his family can directly let him debut internationally. Do you know that he is going abroad at this time? There must be something we don't know. I think it should be related to Yuan Mu. I heard that he resigned from the Song Group and didn't say where he was going recently."
Song Xuanhe was thoughtful for a few seconds, then suddenly chuckled, "So that's how it is."
"What does that mean?" Zhou Nan asked curiously.
"What does it have to do with you?" Song Xuanhe glanced at him and said, "You are so curious, are you attracted to Xue Mian?"
"I like you but I won't fall for Xue Mian, okay?" Zhou Nan said, suddenly looking forward, and said with a hint of gloating: "Your dad is here, and he doesn't seem too happy."
Song Guochao was very unhappy, which Song Xuanhe noticed when they were in the lounge. But after returning to the lounge and knowing the reason why he was unhappy, Song Xuanhe became very happy.
"What's with that expression on your face?" Seeing Song Xuanhe's raised mouth, Song Guochao was so angry that he almost touched his nose with his finger raised instantly: "Look at the kind of boyfriend you have. He even dared to beat up your cousin! And he was so cruel. Did you know that Jiabao was almost frozen to death after being left in the parking lot by him!"
Song Xuanhe didn't know, so he blinked innocently and asked honestly: "Did he freeze to death?"
"you!"
Song Guochao kept saying "you" for a long time without any response. However, the place was not right at this time. He was furious but suppressed his anger. He took a deep breath and said, "Your grandfather also knows about this. Let's go back and see how he will deal with you."
"You can't just wrongly accuse me." Song Xuanhe said innocently, "Let's not talk about whether Song Jiabao froze to death or not. Just talking about the fact that he said he was beaten by Xiao Yuanmu, does he have any evidence? People who want to beat him up can line up from the south to the north of the city. You can't just blame Xiao Yuanmu for being beaten. Who knows if he is wronging Xiao Yuanmu or me? After all, Xiao Yuanmu is my boyfriend."
"Of course we will find evidence." Song Guochao wanted to refute, but after hearing Song Xuanhe's last sentence, he changed his mouth: "I called you here to tell you that after this incident, our family will never agree to you and Xiao Yuanmu being together. A man like him is not worthy of entering my Song family."
When Song Guochao said this, his expression was disdainful and condescending, as if mentioning Xiao Yuanmu's name was a blasphemy to the Song family and himself, and his disdain was evident in his words.
Song Xuanhe wanted to laugh, and he actually laughed.
Before Song Guochao spoke, Song Xuanhe smiled and said, "In this case, I hope you can always stick to your point of view. If you change your mind one day, I will look down on you."
Song Guochao didn't know why Song Xuanhe laughed, but he snorted coldly when he heard it: "Unless you sever ties with the family, then you can decide your own marriage, otherwise I will never change my mind."
Song Xuanhe nodded seriously and said, "I hope you remember what you said today."
Song Guochao smiled wryly: "Of course I will remember it. What you have to do now is to take the man you kept outside to the hospital to apologize to your uncle's family. I don't care what method the man uses, whether he kneels or asks for forgiveness, he must ask for forgiveness from your uncle's family, otherwise don't blame me for doing it myself."
"I still say the same thing. If you want to convict him, you need to produce evidence first, whether it's personal or physical evidence. You can't just rely on Song Jiabao's words."
"Then you just wait." Song Guochao glanced at Song Xuanhe coldly, turned and left the lounge.
As soon as the door closed, the system said: [Do you think it was Xiao Yuanmu who beat Song Jiabao? 】
[Of course it’s him.] 】Song Xuanhe said without hesitation, then took out his mobile phone, found a familiar number and dialed it.
After a while, Xiao Yuanmu's voice came over: "Is the banquet over?"
Song Xuanhe raised an eyebrow, and did not ask how Xiao Yuanmu knew about the birthday banquet. He got straight to the point and asked, "Did you beat Song Jiabao?"
"Yes." He admitted it cleanly and neatly without any hesitation.
"You didn't leave any evidence behind, did you?" Song Xuanhe walked to the sofa and sat down, saying, "I heard that he was dumped in the parking lot. Is there any problem with the parking lot's surveillance?"
Xiao Yuanmu was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said, "Are you worried that someone will cause trouble for me?"
"Not only you, but me as well." Song Xuanhe said, "Song Guochao asked me to take you to apologize to Song Jiabao's family. His original words were, 'Whether he kneels or begs for forgiveness, he must ask for forgiveness from your uncle's family, otherwise don't blame me for doing it myself.'"
"Don't worry." Xiao Yuanmu said in a low voice: "The surveillance camera in the parking lot happened to be broken during that time."
Song Xuanhe raised his lips when he heard this and said, "I'm a little curious, what did Song Jiabao do to deserve being beaten by you to the point where he was left with only half his life."
There was no sound from the other end. After a while, Xiao Yuanmu's clear voice came through, a little heavy: "He said something I didn't like to hear."
Song Xuanhe knew how tolerant Xiao Yuanmu was. Song Jiabao had said a lot of nasty things to Xiao Yuanmu before, but he had never seen Xiao Yuanmu show any signs of being angry. Even if he was too harsh, he would just glance at him indifferently, as if he didn't care at all. He was a little curious about what Song Jiabao had said to anger Xiao Yuanmu.
Thinking of this, Song Xuanhe also asked: "What did he say?"
Xiao Yuanmu: "You want to know?"
"Yes." In order not to appear too gloating, Song Xuanhe found a legitimate reason: "Now that I know this, I can avoid saying the same thing to make you angry in the future, which will reduce the possibility of a quarrel."
"He said that you didn't bring me to the birthday party because you would break up with me one day, so you don't need to get the Song family's approval." Xiao Yuanmu's voice was low and slow, coming through the microphone, mixed with a hint of metallic coolness: "Is he right?"
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