Chapter 047
Jinding Hotel
The tenth floor of the hotel was booked for Mr. Pei's 70th birthday banquet.
The banquet is not open to the public and media are prohibited from taking photos. The guests at the banquet are all celebrities in Haicheng. It can be said that the most powerful and wealthy families in Haicheng are gathered here tonight.
In the room, Pei Yubai put on a neat black suit, a dark red tie, and combed his hair neatly back.
Feng Meiyu came over and straightened Pei Yubai's tie.
"Yubai, I heard from your father that grandpa will announce your marriage to Qingyu tonight and give Qingyu 3% of the shares. With these shares, you will be able to compete with Pei Hanli!"
Pei Yubai's eyes sparkled.
Father and mother are in true love, but due to a business marriage, father was forced to marry a woman he did not love. Three years ago, Pei Hanli's mother passed away. Pei Yubai wanted his parents to reconcile, but Pei Hanli did not allow it. Pei Yubai was still just an illegitimate child.
Although his mother now lives in Pei's house, she is only a nanny and cannot be seen in public. Pei Yubai is also suppressed by Pei Hanli in every way and does not get a chance to breathe.
In order to compete for the Pei family, Pei Yubai deliberately showed weakness and turned to the entertainment industry to establish Tianhui. It seemed that he had given up the Pei family's industry, but in fact he hooked up with Zhou Qingyu and made Zhou Qingyu fall in love with him.
The Zhou family is a wealthy family and is already the richest family in Haicheng. Pei Yubai, in collusion with Zhou Qingyu, successfully obtained Zhou family resources and thrived in the entertainment industry.
The only flaw... is that Pei Yubai doesn't like Zhou Qingyu.
The person he likes is Ye Luoyi.
The Ye family is a lower-tier wealthy family, not as good as the Zhou family, and Pei Yubai cannot rely on Ye Luoyi to win the favor of his grandfather.
It doesn’t matter. Pei Yubai firmly believes that Ye Luoyi can understand him. As long as he can deal with Zhou Qingyu and get the Pei family’s property, he can then divorce Zhou Qingyu and be with Ye Luoyi.
Feng Meiyu asked Pei Yubai, "When will Qingyu arrive? The birthday banquet is about to begin."
Pei Yubai put on the black pearl cufflinks and said, "Mom, don't worry, Qingyu will be here soon."
She loves me so much, she comes when called and leaves when dismissed. How could she not come to Grandpa's birthday party?
Pei Yubai entered the banquet.
The mother returned to the Pei family as a nanny, but she had no proper identity to the outside world, and it was impossible for her to attend such a banquet. At this time, she could only hide in the backstage and silently watch Pei Yubai.
Master Pei saw Pei Yubai coming in alone, "Where's Qingyu? Why can't I see her?"
Pei Yubai: "Qingyu is busy, I'll be here soon."
Old Master Pei patted the back of Pei Yubai's hand and said, "I am old enough. As long as you and Qingyu are fine, everything will be fine. I will announce your marriage at this birthday banquet, and I will not let you down in terms of shares."
Pei Yubai was excited in his heart, but on the surface he was still gentle and polite: "Don't worry, Grandpa, I won't let you down!"
——
The birthday banquet began at six o'clock in the evening.
Guests came one after another to give gifts and toast to Mr. Pei, and congratulatory words such as "May you be as blessed as the East Sea" and "May you live as long as the Southern Mountains" continued one after another.
But Zhou Qingyu did not show up.
"Is Whisper not here yet?"
At half past six, Mr. Pei asked Pei Yubai again.
Pei Yubai had just been busy socializing with various wealthy families and preparing to expand his network, but he didn't expect that Zhou Qingyu had not come yet.
The assistant came in hurriedly and whispered in Pei Yubai's ear, "Boss Pei, Miss Zhou's assistant just came and gave a gift. She said Miss Zhou had something urgent tonight and couldn't come!"
"Can't come?!"
When Pei Yubai heard these four words, the expression on his face fell.
Pei's father was standing next to Pei Yubai and also heard these words.
Pei's father's face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. "She still wants to be the daughter-in-law of our Pei family. How can she not come on such an important day!"
Like Pei Yubai, Pei's father was looking forward to Zhou Qingyu marrying into the Pei family.
He was incompetent and the company management was a mess. When Pei Hanli became an adult, he used lightning tactics to snatch the position of CEO from him. This was a very embarrassing thing for Pei's father, so he didn't like Pei Hanli and liked Pei Yubai more.
Pei Yubai is an illegitimate child and can only rely on his father for the future. For Pei's father, it is easier to control Pei Yubai than Pei Hanli.
Pei's father scolded Pei Yubai, "How do you do things?"
Pei Yubai lowered his head unwillingly, "Qingyu... maybe there is something else..."
Father Pei: "What could be more important than the birthday banquet of my grandpa?"
When Master Pei heard his father's scolding, he turned to look at the two of them and said, "There are so many people here, why are you making so much noise? What happened?"
Pei Yubai opened his mouth, not knowing how to explain.
Pei's father got a head start and said, "Dad, Qingyu called and said there was a traffic jam and she'll be late for a while!"
Master Pei leaned on his cane and stroked his beard. Zhou Qingyu was a sensible child. She hadn't come yet when the birthday banquet started. Maybe there were other reasons.
Old Master Pei looked at Pei Yubai and Pei's father with a scrutinizing gaze.
Father Pei's forehead was covered with sweat, and he immediately changed the subject, "Qingyu's gift has been delivered, why don't we take a look at her gift first, it's also a thoughtful gift from the young generation!"
Father Pei asked his assistant to present the gift from Zhou Qingyu, and urged Pei Yubai to contact Zhou Qingyu.
Pei Yubai felt that Master Pei was staring at him all the time and he couldn't get away, so he could only secretly send a WeChat message to Zhou Qingyu.
The assistant presented Zhou Qingyu with a gift, which was a set of purple clay teapots.
The guests gathered around Master Pei:
"Isn't this the Jiu Tou Yong Mei tea set made by Gu Da Jia?"
"The one that was sold at Sotheby's two days ago? I heard it was sold for 10 million!"
"Is this a gift from Miss Zhou to Mr. Pei? Miss Zhou is so thoughtful!"
The Pei family has not yet announced the marriage of Pei Yubai and Zhou Qingyu, but Grandpa Pei was very pleased to hear the guests praising his future granddaughter-in-law, and he stroked his beard leisurely.
"If you really want to, how can you be late for the birthday party?"
A man's cold voice came from behind, and the guests turned around and saw Pei Hanli approaching.
He was wearing a silver-grey suit, and the straight lines outlined his slender figure. There was a small scar on his brow bone, hidden in his thick eyebrows, and his smiling eyes diluted the severity of the scar.
Young Master Pei came out in person to slap him in the face. Pei's father's flattering face turned pale in an instant, and Pei Yubai couldn't save his face either.
Pei Yubai defended himself: "That was Qingyu's busy..."
"Are you busy eating hot pot?" Zhou Yanci walked up to Pei Hanli. He was Pei Hanli's friend. The Zhou family and the Pei family had business cooperation. Zhou's father was unwilling to come, but as the CEO of the group, he still had to come as a courtesy.
Old Master Pei's face suddenly turned cold and he glared at Pei Yubai fiercely.
Pei Yubai shuddered and looked at Zhou Yanci immediately, "Young Master Zhou,
Don't talk nonsense, on such an important day, how could Qingyu go out to eat hot pot..."
Zhou Yanci calmly flipped through Yan Xi's circle of friends, which was posted just ten minutes ago. The photo not only showed a steaming red oil hot pot, but also the two little faces of Yan Xi and Zhou Qingyu, who were red from the spiciness.
Pei Hanli chuckled and said, "It seems that the young lady doesn't care much about you."
Pei Yubai's face turned pale, he clenched his fists tightly, and his nails dug into his flesh.
Although it was Zhou Qingyu who didn't come, Pei Yubai felt that everyone was blaming him.
Old Master Pei looked at Pei Yubai and said nothing, but his disappointed look made Pei Yubai even more embarrassed.
Pei Yubai quickly walked to the corner and called Zhou Qingyu.
——
On the other side, Zhou Qingyu and Yan Xi were eating hot pot.
After bandaging the wound, Zhou Qingyu insisted that Yan Xi stay in the hospital for observation. The young doctor rolled his eyes and said, "We don't even have enough beds. You still want to be hospitalized?"
So he sent them away.
Zhou Qingyu was swearing, and Yan Xi saw that it was still early, so she was afraid that Zhou Qingyu would go to the birthday banquet again, so she made up an excuse that she was hungry.
Then, the two came to the hot pot restaurant.
During this time, Yan Xi asked Zhou Qingyu cautiously, "Today is Master Pei's birthday banquet, aren't you going to celebrate?"
Zhou Qingyu looked at Yan Xi suspiciously, "I haven't married into the Pei family yet. Why would I need to meet the parents when I'm in love? It's so troublesome. I can barely show filial piety to my old man a few times a year. Why would I want to be a grandson of the Pei family? What are you thinking!"
Yan Xi clapped her hands, it was just right.
This is the Zhou Qingyu she knows!
However——
"Tongzi, why do I feel that Qingqing still likes that bastard Pei Yubai?"
Yan Xi thought that she had gotten rid of the control of the plot and that Zhou Qingyu definitely didn't like Pei Yubai.
[I'm used to it. How can emotional habits change so quickly? 】
[But the plot is no longer compelling. How long can this love last? ]
Five minutes later, Zhou Qingyu's phone rang.
The caller ID shows “Brother Yubai”.
When Zhou Qingyu saw those four words, she got goosebumps all over her body.
And "Brother Yubai", is she so disgusting when she is in love?
So oily!
"Hello--"
Zhou Qingyu answered the phone.
"Zhou Qingyu! Don't you know what day it is today? You're actually eating hot pot outside? Do you know that our whole family is waiting for you to come over?"
As soon as the call was connected, Pei Yubai started to curse.
He has always been like this to Zhou Qingyu. Even though he is fierce and not gentle at all, Zhou Qingyu will still stick to him.
Zhou Qingyu listened to two sentences and hung up the phone without hesitation before he finished speaking.
He was still mumbling, "It's so noisy."
Pei Yubai was stunned when he saw the hung up call.
Zhou Qingyu actually hung up on him?
Zhou Qingyu actually dared to hang up on him? !
Pei Yubai was furious at the birthday party, and now he was even angrier, so he called back immediately. As soon as the call was connected, he cursed, "Zhou Qingyu! What do you mean? You actually hung up on me! You——"
The phone hung up again.
Pei Yubai choked and his breathing was blocked.
He stared at the phone blankly, without reacting for a long time.
His face turned pale, and the anger that he had been suppressing almost burst out. He immediately called Zhou Qingyu again -
"Sorry, the user you are calling is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later... Sorry, the user you are calling is temporarily unavailable..."
Can’t get through?
How come the call doesn't go through? It was working just now!
Pei Yubai was stunned for two seconds, then suddenly realized.
Zhou Qingyu blocked him!!!
In the hot pot restaurant, Zhou Qingyu blocked Pei Yubai without hesitation, "I gave him face, what the hell, I just didn't go to a birthday party, is there any need to be so fierce? Am I his girlfriend or his slave?"
Zhou Qingyu casually threw her phone on the table and went back to eating hot pot happily.
Food is the most important thing in the world, and boyfriend is just a little bit more important than hot pot.
Yan Xi gave likes crazily in her heart, "So cool! This is the young lady I know! That scumbag Pei Yubai is not worthy of her! Ahhhh! It feels so good to unlock the plot!"
"Tongzi, I want this service for a year! I want it for my whole life!"
System: [Only 24 hours...]
[The next time you unlock it, you have to wait until your luck value reaches 60 points. At that time, it will be permanent! ]
Yan Xi thought about it in her mind.
Luck value is 30 points, which can remove the plot constraint for 24 hours.
Luck value of 60 points permanently removes the plot constraints.
The luck value is 100 points, which changes Zhou Qingyu's fate of digging sweet potatoes.
Yan Xi didn’t have a clear sense of luck value before, but now she has it.
There was still time left before the 24-hour experience card expired, and Zhou Qingyu didn't care about Pei Yubai at all without being forced by the plot. Yan Xi felt relieved and started eating hot pot happily.
But Pei Yubai obviously didn't give up. After finding out that he was blocked, he immediately took out his assistant's phone and called Zhou Qingyu.
Zhou Qingyu thought it was an unknown number and answered the call.
"Who?"
"Zhou Qingyu! It's me!" Pei Yubai's anger almost burst through the phone, "You actually blocked me? Zhou Qingyu, what do you mean?"
Zhou Qingyu put her phone on the dining table and turned on the speaker. "What do you mean? Pei Yubai, I gave you the face? How dare you talk to me like this? You control Tianhui and think you control the world? Your brother Pei Hanli would respectfully call me 'Miss' when he sees me. Who do you think you are? How dare you be mean to me!"
In this world, Zhou Qingyu is the only one who is arrogant and domineering. Who else dares to go after her?
Pei Yubai was furious, "Don't you like me?!"
Zhou Qingyu sneered, "Just because I like you, you can be so arrogant and trample on my feelings like this? If that's the case, people like you don't need to like me at all!"
Pei Yubai's eyes widened.
What is Zhou Qingyu talking about? She actually said this about him?
Pei Yubai hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter yet, and gnashed his teeth in anger, "Okay! Then don't like her anymore, we break up now! The previous engagement doesn't count!"
Zhou Qingyu said sternly, "That won't work."
Pei Yubai raised his eyebrows. As expected, Zhou Qingyu was just pretending to be mean to him just now. She probably felt unhappy because he left her to go to the birthday banquet, so she was making a fuss here, waiting for him to coax her.
Doesn't she get anxious when the topic of breaking up comes up?
Pei Yubai was pleased with himself, and his tone became more relaxed, "Then you should come to the birthday banquet as soon as possible, and I will consider it..."
"How can you bring up such a thing as breaking up?" Zhou Qingyu argued, "Of course it was me who dumped you! Pei Yubai, listen carefully, I dumped you, we have no relationship anymore, get out of here as far as you can and leave my world smoothly!"
Having said that, Zhou Qingyu hung up the phone.
This time, she didn't give Pei Yubai any chance and turned off her phone.
Looking at the black screen of the phone, Zhou Qingyu shook her head, "Was I blind before? Pei Yubai is not good at all!"
In terms of looks, he is handsome and one of the most handsome guys in the entertainment industry.
But Zhou Qingyu herself is a stunning beauty, and she has a man named Zhou Yanci at home who is just as good-looking as her. How could she fall for Pei Yubai's face?
In terms of financial resources, let alone, although they are both the second children in the family, Zhou Qingyu can use her father's black card at will, and has countless assets under her name. What can Pei Yubai compare with her?
Speaking of emotional value, Pei Yubai can't provide her with any emotional value!
He called her three times, all scolding her. She doesn't have Stockholm syndrome, so how could she like a man like that?
Zhou Qingyu was puzzled, "Did I get cursed in the past?"
Yan Xi nodded immediately.
The plot is so compelling, isn't that a black magic?
——
Hang up again?
This time Pei Yubai was really stupid.
He quickly called back, but the other party's phone was turned off.
Pei Yubai felt his scalp tingling.
Zhou Qingyu...you're not really going to break up with him, are you?
Wouldn’t all his hard work in the past two years have been wasted?
Father Pei and Zhou Yanci were still talking about Zhou Qingyu. Father Pei vowed, "Qingyu is so well-behaved. How could she not come to such an important occasion?"
A guest nearby echoed, "Yes, they gave us a purple clay teapot worth 10 million yuan!"
Zhou Yanci shook the red wine glass in his hand and said calmly, "Only 10 million."
His expression remained calm, but the look in his eyes clearly said: It's only 10 million. How come you can't even give a gift worth 10 million?
Father Pei and the guests: "..."
Only the Zhou family, the richest family in Haicheng, could say "only 10 million" so casually.
That’s 10 million!
But considering the Zhou family's financial resources, Pei's father could only swallow his dissatisfaction.
The birthday banquet is about to end, but it is an established fact that Zhou Qingyu will not attend the birthday banquet.
Pei Yubai told Grandpa Pei the "truth" with great difficulty, "Grandpa, it's all my fault. I just realized that I told Qingyu the wrong time for the birthday banquet. Qingyu thought it was tomorrow night, but she has work right now and can't leave."
Pei's father and others froze.
The gifts have arrived, but people have forgotten the date of the birthday party. This excuse is too fake.
It's just that everyone wants to step down and muddle through the matter.
Master Pei leaned on his cane and glanced at Pei Yubai coldly, "You are too careless in doing things. Judging from this point of view, Han Li is much more stable than you."
Pei Yubai lowered his head and clenched his fists.
…
The birthday banquet ended like this, and everyone tacitly agreed not to mention Zhou Qingyu again. As for the 3% of the shares promised by Mr. Pei, no one mentioned it again either.
When leaving the hotel, Pei's father scolded Pei Yubai harshly, "Such an important birthday banquet, but they just asked you to bring Zhou Qingyu here, what have you been doing? If I had known you were so useless, I shouldn't have brought you back to the Pei family!"
Pei Yubai had been criticized enough today, and he didn't dare to refute his father at this moment.
But he still spoke, "Dad, this was an accident. It must have been Zhou Qingyu's best friend who instigated something! Qingyu still has feelings for me. As long as I try to coax her, she will definitely come back, and the shares will be ours!"
Father Pei frowned, and after thinking about it, he realized it was true.
He didn't know that Zhou Qingyu had already broken up with Pei Yubai. He just thought that since there was no problem with their relationship, the wedding would be held as scheduled, and the shares would just be in their hands a little later.
Thinking of this, Pei's father felt much better.
Father Pei: "Get along well with Qingyu and stop causing trouble!"
Pei Yubai: “Yes!”
——
There was a noise coming from the front, and many people gathered at the hotel entrance.
Pei Hanli suddenly walked through the crowd and came in front of Pei's father and Pei Yubai, with a faint smile on his face.
"Grandpa is looking for you."
Pei Yubai suddenly had a bad feeling.
He followed Pei Hanli to the front and saw Old Master Pei and... Ye Luoyi in front of him.
"Master Pei, my name is Ye Luoyi, and I'm an artist at Master Pei's company. What a coincidence, meeting you here!"
"I heard that today is your birthday party? I happen to have a landscape embroidery. I would like to give you this as a small token of my respect. I wish you good fortune as vast as the East Sea and a long life as long as the Southern Mountains!"
Ye Luoyi had the appearance of a little white flower, well-behaved and sensible. She had always been like this, and the elders liked well-behaved girls like her, so she thought that it was not a big problem to "accidentally" meet Master Pei.
Old Master Pei narrowed his eyes slightly and looked Ye Luoyi up and down.
"Old Cheng,"
Mr. Pei called the butler beside him.
Butler Cheng waited respectfully beside Master Pei, "Master."
"Have you invited this lady to my birthday party?"
"No, we have no cooperation with the Ye family in Hangzhou."
Old Master Pei nodded and looked at Ye Luoyi.
He smiled kindly, but his tone was unusually cold. "Ms. Ye, since we are not familiar with each other, I will not accept this kindness. Besides, you and my grandson are only superiors and subordinates. I am not your grandfather. You just need to do your job well, and don't do anything extra."
Ye Luoyi held up the embroidery, and suddenly she couldn't move it up or down, and the smile on her face froze in an instant.
Pei Yubai hurriedly stepped forward to pull Ye Luoyi away and protected her behind him.
Butler Cheng stepped forward and opened the car door for Mr. Pei.
Before getting in the car, Old Master Pei glanced at Pei Yubai again, and his eyes looked at him and Ye Luoyi, finally falling on the two people's tightly held hands.
Master Pei's face was gloomy. "Is Qingyu not coming to my birthday party just because of her?"
Pei Yubai was startled, and suddenly felt like a thorn in his back. His hand, which was tightly holding Ye Luoyi's, also became stiff and covered with cold sweat.
"How is that possible, Grandpa? Whisper to her that she remembered the time wrong, otherwise she would definitely come!"
Mr. Pei was hesitant, but he still gave his grandson some face.
He leaned on a cane and spoke slowly, "Yubai, our Pei family is also a famous family in Haicheng, and the requirements for our grandson's wife are very high."
"Qingyu is well-educated and well-mannered, and the Zhou and Pei families are well-matched. She is the grandson's wife that I am most satisfied with. As for those girls you have out there, they are all things that are not presentable! It is better to get rid of them as soon as possible, and don't bring them in front of me, they pollute my eyes!"
Old Master Pei's words fell to the ground with a loud noise, and every word he said hit Pei Yubai's head.
Pei Yubai was confused.
Ye Luoyi behind him was also confused.
She held Pei Yubai's hand tightly, and her long nails pricked Pei Yubai so much that it hurt his heart.
Pei Yubai knew that from the moment Ye Luoyi appeared outside the Jinding Hotel, his relationship with Zhou Qingyu could no longer be hidden.
Now that grandpa is still here, he must keep grandpa stable.
He let go of Ye Luoyi's hand, which he had been holding.
"Grandpa, don't worry, Qingyu and I have a very good relationship, and our marriage...will never go wrong!"
The gaze behind him was like an arrow, almost piercing through Pei Yubai. Pei Yubai did not dare to look back.
Fortunately, Master Pei saw the two of them let go of each other's hands and nodded with satisfaction.
At this moment, a Porsche came speeding over, did a dominating drift, and stopped in front of everyone.
The car door opened, and a slinky lawyer in a sequined blue suit got out of the driver's seat.
He was wearing a pair of frameless glasses. Although his glasses made him look a little dull, his eyes behind the lenses revealed a sharp light.
He walked up to Pei Yubai.
Pei Yubai recognized him. He was Xingyao's legal advisor, handling all legal issues of Xingyao, big and small.
"Hello, Mr. Pei."
Yao Chi took the initiative to shake hands with Pei Yubai.
"Yao Lu, why are you here?" Pei Yubai was puzzled for a second, "Qingyu asked you to come to me?"
"Yes," Yao Chi smiled.
Pei Yubai showed a happy expression, "I knew she still couldn't bear to leave me!"
Yao Chi took out the documents in his briefcase and said, "As the eldest lady's lawyer, the eldest lady has given me full authority to cancel her engagement with you."