Overwhelmed

Chapter 42

After Song Meiyu and Tang Yuan finished the whole process of the ceremony, the banquet really started.

Although the reason why everyone came here today was to participate in the wedding banquet, but in fact there were very few people who really came to bless the couple, and most of them came here for Song Qidong, who is now very popular.

Tang Yuan and Song Meiyu soon followed Song Qidong, and accompanied Song Qidong to deal with today's guests, and by the way let everyone get acquainted with this phoenix man who finally flew on the branch.

After raising my eyelids and casually glanced at the chatting and laughing crowd, I couldn't help joking to Big Brother Bai next to me, "It seems that I really fell in love with you and Xiao Xiaoguang today. When you didn't come, I I almost thought I was transparent."

As for now, those eyes that seem to be lingering on us all the time, although not obvious, will always make people feel uncomfortable.

Brother Bai smiled slightly, "Just get used to it."

From several directions near and far, a few inconspicuous gasps pierced my ears. I followed the sound and found a few ladies from aristocratic families in full costumes looking at Big Brother Bai shyly and shyly. , the amazement and fascination in the eyes are ready to come out.

I couldn't help but trembled, was it that exaggerated? Hey... Isn't it just a smile, girls, you are so restless!

Although I know that this has nothing to do with Brother Bai, I still can't help but give him a sideways glance, this man who attracts bees and butterflies...!Tsk.

Noticing my gaze, Big Brother Bai was stunned for a moment, and then that handsome face suddenly magnified in my eyes, his bright black eyes were slightly narrowed, with some doubts and concerns in them, and a warm voice like tea was in my ear It echoed, "Mingyuan, what's the matter, you don't feel well?"

"No," my heart skipped a beat, and I subconsciously took half a step back. Only then did I realize the hidden smile in his eyes, coupled with the sudden growth of dozens of sharp eyes like needles, I looked at him. The man couldn't help but draw a black line, "...Brother Bai, are you sure you're not pulling hatred for me?"

More than half of the women in the audience are definitely staring at us, hey!

Brother Bai blinked his eyes slowly, tilted his head slightly, and looked at me innocently, a subtle sense of cuteness that absolutely shouldn't appear on this man suddenly came over his face.

...This is too foul hey!

I was stunned by his rare face, when I heard him say with a faint joke and smile, "That's all, is Ming Yuan afraid?"

……

"I beg you, even if you want to flirt, please see if the occasion is good!"

Suddenly there was a low and crisp complaint in front of me, before I recovered from what Big Brother Bai said just now, I looked up and saw Xiao Xiaozheng with a puffy face, looking like "I really can't stand you" Looking at me and Brother Bai.

囧囧 coughed lightly and turned his face away, I looked at Xiaoxiao with some embarrassment, and Big Brother Bai also pulled away slightly, and returned to his calm and calm appearance.

Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes angrily, pointed behind us, and said to Big Brother Bai, "Brother, those people over there have been waiting for you for a long time, you can figure it out."

Brother Bai glanced sideways, and the smile in his eyes faded a bit.

I know that as the Patriarch of the Bai family, he still needs the necessary entertainment, so I simply dropped Big Brother Bai and went to forage with Xiao Xiao. After all, we are not very interested in flirting with those unfamiliar people.

As for Wan Qi, when the banquet officially started, that child greeted me and said that he saw some acquaintances and needed to socialize.I probably knew what was going on, so I just let the kid do what he should.

"Xiao Xiao, you didn't eat breakfast today?" Seeing Xiao Xiao happily shuttled between the dining tables, I looked at the plate she just stuffed into my hand, and asked helplessly.

It is estimated that at this banquet, there are not many people who are as sincere as Xiaoxiao who are so sincere about eating, right?

Xiaoxiao turned around and handed a piece of Thai King Durian Cake to my mouth. After seeing that I ate it, she said confidently, "With my brother watching, how could it be possible that I didn't eat breakfast, but I digested it all on the plane. Now It's time to recharge your energy!"

Turning her eyes, she said with a smile again, "But my brother didn't eat much in the morning, so he's probably a little hungry now."

I looked at her speechlessly, but in the end I was worried about whether Big Brother Bai was hungry because of Xiaoxiao's words, because it was really hard to get full at this kind of banquet, except of course for unscrupulous guys like me and Xiaoxiao.

After thinking about it, I returned the plate in my hand to Xiao Xiao, and took a new plate, ignoring the laughter of the snacks, and started to wander around the dining area.

"I didn't expect to meet you here, Mingyuan." A voice that I couldn't be more familiar with recently came from beside me.

I glanced at the person unexpectedly, and twitched the corners of my lips, "Young Master Zheng is here too."

Zheng Jingren nodded with a smile, and glanced at the plate in my hand, "Mingyuan, are you hungry?"

I didn't bother to explain to him, so I simply nodded, "Yeah."

Zheng Jingren picked up a piece of red seafood from the plate on the table and gave it to me, "This is the signature dish of this hotel, you can try it."

Although he said so, in fact, he didn't give me any room to refuse, and he directly clamped my mouth with chopsticks.

I frowned, and realized that some people around me had noticed this, so I opened my mouth and ate the piece of seafood covered in chili.

The taste is really good... I licked my lips, and I couldn't get enough of it. In fact, the taste of this chili stir-fry is really delicious, but because I was tortured by my delicate stomach, I didn't dare to eat it anymore, so I still eat it After finishing the piece of seafood, he quickly asked the waiter for a glass of warm water and poured it down.

Zheng Jingren, who had been watching me drink the glass of water, raised his eyebrows, and then brought me another dish that was also so popular that it made my stomach hurt, "Ming Yuan, how can a man even eat so much? Can’t even eat spicy food? Come on, come and try this dish again, practice more, and you will naturally enjoy spicy food in the future!”

I shook my head, and this time I flatly refused, "I'm sorry, I have a bad stomach, and the doctor told me to try to eat less spicy food in the future."

There was suspicion and dissatisfaction in Zheng Jingren's eyes, I didn't bother to talk to him, I lowered my head and continued to see if there were any dishes that Big Brother Bai liked to eat.

As a result, this guy followed up again, and he kept recommending this and that to me. Suddenly, I missed the time when I was with Xiao Xiao a while ago. What a leisurely run.

One by one I rejected the food recommended by Zheng Jingren, but this time he seemed to have gotten used to it and didn't care too much, but he still stayed by my side and didn't leave.

"Why is Young Master Zheng here today?" I gave him a slightly dissatisfied glance, and I reminded him not to forget what he was here for today. If he guessed correctly, he should be here on behalf of the Zheng family. Qidong, what are you doing here?

Zheng Jingren turned his peachy eyes, and his dark coffee-colored eyes narrowed slightly to look at me, giving people a very affectionate illusion for a moment, he whispered, "Because Mingyuan is here, so I am naturally here."

……

I don't want to remind him that he just said he didn't expect to see me here!

I was a little annoyed by him, I finally straightened my face, and said straight to the point, "Young Master Zheng, if you treat me like those little boys you are used to playing with, then I'm sorry, you found the wrong person, Lu Mingyuan is not that cheap .”

Zheng Jingren's expression didn't change at all, he didn't even move his eyebrows, he still looked at me with a smile on his face, but a bit of contempt and interest gradually appeared in his eyes, "I know you are Lu Mingzhao's cousin." He said firmly.

I looked at his contemptuous gaze, as if saying "what is the Lu family?"

Slightly bending the corners of my eyes, I grabbed his collar at an angle that everyone couldn't see, and then I said softly to him, "Lu Mingzhao's cousin? What is that? Zheng Shao, my last piece of advice, don't provoke him again. Me, otherwise, I'm worried that you won't be able to bear the consequences."

Zheng Jingren was stunned for a moment, I let go of his collar, and only then did I feel that the depression caused by this person in recent days has calmed down a lot.

Turning around and planning to continue looking for food, he heard Zheng Jingren's slightly sarcastic voice, "Because of Bai Nianqing?"

This guy doesn't think I'm being taken care of by Big Brother Bai until now, right? =_=!

But it seems... If it's just Lu Mingzhao's distant cousin who gets entangled with Big Brother Bai, it seems that people will still be suspected of hugging his thigh.

Suddenly realizing this, I was a little annoyed, because I deliberately revealed my identity on this occasion today, just to stand on an equal footing with Big Brother Bai.

Although what the world thinks is not important to me, after all, I still don't want others to misunderstand that I am being taken care of by Big Brother Bai.

Zheng Jingren was quickly called away.

I was in a trance when I heard a few low-pitched arguments in my ears.

I looked up and saw that two of them turned out to be people I knew, and the other man, who was 50 or [-] years old, was very unfamiliar.

Noticing that the young man kept pushing the woman in the low-cut dress into the old man's arms, I glanced at the woman with a smile on her lips but her eyes were full of humiliation, and suddenly thought of Wan Qi when she showed me the information. , Zeng commented on this woman as if "it's not easy", my heart moved, I thought about it, and finally put down the still empty dinner plate in my hand, and walked towards the three people.

"Mr. Huo, what are you doing?" Without a trace, I separated the young man's left hand that was holding the woman's wrist tightly, and I leaned slightly to hug the trembling woman, lowered my head and smiled at the woman, "Laughing, what are you doing today?" it's here?"

Wei Xiaoyu was slightly stunned for a moment, and then immediately displayed his strength as a film queen, with tears in his eyes for a moment, but he still smiled a little aggrieved and said to me, "I received an invitation from Tang Yuan before, so today Just come and see."

Her voice was soft and gentle, and she shrank into my arms while speaking, and then secretly glanced at the man who was looking at us with a livid face in some horror.

"This gentleman is...?" The old man who we had been hanging out for a long time finally asked, with dissatisfaction and hesitation in his voice.

Then I turned my head to look at him, and said with a slight smile, "I'm Lu Mingyuan."

The old man's eyes flickered, as if he remembered something, he left the corner in a hurry.

Only then did I let go of Wei Xiaoyu's hand, and she also stood up calmly, smoothed her hair, and smiled at me.

"Lu Yuan?" The young man suddenly called out viciously.

I smiled, "Isn't it unexpected that the eldest son of the Huo family can't even understand the same words? Let me introduce myself again, I am Lu Mingyuan, and Lu Yuan is just a pseudonym before."

"Lu Mingyuan? What's your relationship with Lu Mingzhao?" The young man, that is, Huo Zixiang, asked in surprise.

Although I guessed that he would ask this question, but for some reason, hearing this question again suddenly made me a little depressed.

"Zixiang! Talk to Master Lu carefully!" An elderly voice suddenly broke in from not far away.

Wan Qi appeared out of nowhere, and called out "Master" with a smile.

"Dad, why are you here?!" Huo Zixiang looked at the Patriarch of the Huo family standing in front of him with some doubts.

The attitude of the Patriarch of the Huo family was a bit subtle, he put Huo Zixiang aside, and said to me with a smile on his face, "Young Master Lu, Zixiang is not sensible yet, if there is a collision just now, I hope Young Master Lu will look after me." For the sake of your youngest son, don't be as knowledgeable as him."

I looked at the Patriarch of the Huo family whose hair was already stained a bit of gray, and smiled playfully, "Mr. Huo, you are welcome. Huo Shu is my friend, so naturally I won't argue with his family."

That's right, the two in front of me are Huo Shu's father and his elder brother who deliberately drove him out of the universe.

When the Patriarch of the Huo Family heard what I said, a flash of satisfaction flashed in his eyes, and he exchanged some pleasantries with me, and then pulled Huo Zixiang away with unwilling eyes.

Wei Xiaoyu, who had been ignored for a long time, laughed softly, "I never thought that I would still see Huo Dong's ugly appearance in my lifetime!"

She said so, but there was a bit of hatred in her voice.

When he turned to look at me, he said neither humble nor overbearing, "Thank you."

I smiled slightly, and shook my head at her. Thinking of this actress who seems to be in the limelight but is actually sad every step of the way, and the scene of the old man who was obviously about to be "submerged" by Huo Zixiang just now, I suddenly felt a little bit sad. touch.

After pondering for a while, I asked Wei Xiaoyu, "Have you ever thought about leaving Huanyu?"

Wei Xiaoyu obviously didn't expect me to say such a thing. After a while, he smiled wryly and shook his head, "Even if I leave, where can I go? Besides, if I want to gain a foothold in this circle, how can I really go from the beginning to the end?" Are they all clean?"

As she said so, she suddenly raised her head to look at me, and said with a sudden smile, "Lu Mingyuan, I envy you very much."

I was stunned for a moment, I didn't expect her to really say this.

This is indeed a very beautiful woman, and what is even more rare is that she still has an open-minded and transparent heart even today.

Although it's a pity, I really have nothing to do at the moment. After thinking about it, I finally said to her, "As long as you don't want to, no one will force you in the future."

This is my promise to her, and I know this wise woman will understand.

Sure enough, after a while, she thanked me again in a hoarse voice.

I shook my head and asked Wan Qi to find someone to take her away, so as not to be entangled by those lustful old men again.

Squinting my eyes and looking at Song Meiyu who was swaying towards me, I sighed.

Although Wei Xiaoyu said that the invitation was sent by Tang Yuan, there must be Song Meiyu's instigation behind it. This woman invited Wei Xiaoyu here on purpose. Presumably, it was not just to give Wei Xiaoyu a bad impression, as in the situation just now, she should also be there. expected.

For no reason, he hated Song Meiyu even more.

"Lu Mingyuan?" The bride who stood in front of me holding Tang Yuan's arm seemed to be reluctantly calling me this name after looking me up and down.

I think so, probably she didn't expect that I would really come, and the identity of "Lu Mingzhao's cousin" suddenly appeared, probably her teeth are about to be gnashed.

I nodded casually, and saw Song Meiyu took out the thin gift slip that Wan Qi had given to the Tang family before, and pulled out a check from it, "You are rich and powerful, so you can take out the 500 million as soon as you say it. Why don't you know that the Lu family is so rich that they can squander it like this? Or is this a man who specially gave it to you to make you happy?!"

At the end, her tone was obviously a little more jealous.

I saw her look like she wanted to strangle me, but she was still a little afraid of me, and suddenly I thought her appearance was a bit funny, especially like that kind of vicious dog who was chained by the neck and could only howl ferociously.

What surprised me the most was that she still coveted Big Brother Bai.

Tang Yuan squinted and frowned, and looked at me with complicated eyes. He didn't seem to notice the obvious jealousy in Song Meiyu's words.

Curving the corners of my lips, I smiled at Song Meiyu, "Miss Song is overthinking."

If you want to inquire about Brother Bai, it depends on whether I want to talk about it or not.

Looking into those eyes full of anger, I said casually, "Anyway, Tang Yuan and Ms. Song and I also met once. Although we are not familiar with each other, since Ms. Song sincerely invited me Come to the banquet, no matter how I say it, I have to express my heart."

"Five million is nothing to me, and I'm afraid it's not enough to buy a car for Miss Song. I think it's just right, not too much and not too little. What do you think, Miss Song?"

This is true, the Song family has a daughter like Song Meiyu, so naturally she will give whatever she wants, any luxury car parked in her garage, it is probably enough for Song Qidong to drink a pot.

Thinking of this, I smiled and narrowed my eyes.

Song Meiyu's complexion changed slightly, a trace of fear and ruthlessness flashed in the depths of her eyes, and then quickly disappeared without a trace, still maintaining the minimum false smile, raised her chin haughtily, and said to me, "Since you are so Having said that, then I will accept it unceremoniously. Yuan, you entertain him, I will go to Dad's place first!"

After issuing the order as a matter of course, Song Meiyu let go of Tang Yuan's arm, stomped on her high heels and walked away quickly.

I looked at her back that was stretched out with a large butterfly bone, and touched her chin—isn't it a little unkind to make the bride so angry on a happy day...