The banquet was held in a villa owned by Rong Zhen. He liked quietness, and the villa was located halfway up the mountain.
Luxury cars and celebrities can be seen everywhere, wearing suits and leather shoes, looking energetic. Many of them are figures who often appear in the news newspapers, and there are also several Western guests.
Meng Yao first glanced around, then calmly withdrew her gaze: "This banquet is quite large." She skillfully took Rong Zhen's arm and said: "Husband, what do you think is the purpose of Rong Zhen holding this banquet?"
"He has never held a banquet in his personal name before, so he was considered low-key. This time he suddenly made it so public, I guess he was going to do something big."
Thinking of this, a hint of coldness flashed across Rong Wei's eyes.
Meng Yao nodded thoughtfully: "Didn't Rong Zhen reveal the purpose of holding the banquet to the outside world?"
"No."
The two of them walked slowly into the hall, and many people gathered around them. Meng Yao once again witnessed Rong Wei's charm. When she was about to leave, Rong Wei held her hand and pressed it lightly on her hand as a comfort: "Stay by my side, don't run around."
Meng Yao could only stand next to him and listen to Rong Wei chatting and greeting people he met. Most of what they talked about was about business, which Meng Yao could not understand.
Occasionally, a few people would bring up the topic of her, but Meng Yao didn't have to answer at all because Rong Yan had already solved the problem for her. It really felt good to be a transparent person without having to deal with these annoying things.
Rong Wei did not stay here for long. He tactfully expressed his feeling unwell to the people around him and did not want to talk any more.
Given his status, many people acted according to his mood. After some concerned inquiries, Meng Yao and Rong Wei finally walked out of the encirclement.
Rong Wei led her to a relatively quiet place in the hall and handed her a glass of juice: "The juice here is fine."
Meng Yao took it and thanked him.
A few more people came over, and Rong Yan followed the same method as before. Those who came here were all smart people, and they were very good at reading people's expressions. Now no one came over to chat and disturb them.
Meng Yao held the juice in her hand and asked, "Am I disturbing your business by coming here?"
"You think too much." He added, "How could it be possible?"
Rong Yan brought over a few more snacks, but this time Meng Yao refused: "I don't have an appetite now. I don't really want to eat."
"Why, are you in a bad mood?"
“Somewhat.”
He asked the waiter to remove it again.
Rong Wei approached her and asked seriously, "Who made you unhappy?"
This matter is difficult to explain, so Meng Yao just brushed it off in a few words: "I can't tell whether I'm happy or not. I might suddenly become unhappy."
Rong Yun smiled: "This temper sounds quite willful."
Meng Yao's cheeks turned slightly red after she realized what she had just said without thinking.
She looked away first, stood up and looked around, covering up the topic just now: "It's been so long, why haven't I seen Rong Zhen yet?"
"Hold on."
Turning her sight, Meng Yao actually saw several familiar people—Rong Fengshan and Yang Jiaxin with Rong He and Rong Feifei, who were her second uncle's family.
"Second Uncle and the others are here too?"
"Yiqing is here too." Rong Yan stood up, took Meng Yao in his arms and walked over: "Let's go say hello."
"Second uncle, second sister-in-law."
Hearing the voice, Yang Jiaxin turned around abruptly, and his originally perfunctory smile became more genuine.
Rong Feifei's distressed face suddenly brightened up. She walked to Meng Yao's side and said, "Sister-in-law, you are here too. I thought you were not coming. There are so many people here that I don't know. It's really boring to stay here."
She subconsciously hugged Meng Yao's arm, not realizing how intimate the action was.
Meng Yao did not miss the expressions of Rong Fengshan's family. Rather than being happy to attend the banquet, it seemed as if they were being forced to come.
Meng Yao instantly became curious, and she took Rong Feifei a little further away. She lowered her voice and said, "I remember you rarely attend banquets."
Rong Feifei got angry when she mentioned this: "It's all because of grandma. She insisted that we all come to participate, saying that we had to give face to Third Uncle and that the family couldn't have any grudges..."
Seeing Rong He's cold gaze sweeping over, there was a hint of warning in his eyes.
Rong Feifei pouted and stuck out her tongue at Rong He, then pulled Meng Yao and continued, "Sister-in-law, don't you think grandma is weird? Third uncle is about to break up with us and is against us everywhere, but grandma is still trying to help third uncle and speak for him, as if she doesn't know what happened recently!"
Meng Yao also had some doubts in her heart.
Why is Xu Youlan so tolerant of Rong Zhen? This is no longer normal. What Xu Youlan did once again broke Meng Yao's cognition.
Rong Zhen is the adopted son of the Rong family. When Xu Youlan looks at Rong Zhen, there is rarely any intimacy in her eyes, but more of caution and guilt.
Rong Zhen stood upstairs, holding a glass of champagne in his hand. He did not drink it, but just shook it gently, his eyes always looking around the hall.
"The Rong family is all here, which is quite respectful to me."
He smiled and asked the assistant beside him: "Is Meng Yupu here?"
The assistant looked a little embarrassed: "The Meng family agreed, but Meng Yupu and his wife haven't arrived yet, so we probably have to wait for a while."
"Not here yet?" Rong Zhen lowered his eyes to look at the watch on his hand, and then sneered: "I think he doesn't want to come at all?"
The assistant hesitated, fearing that he would anger the moody Rong Zhen.
"No matter what method we use, Meng Yupu and his wife must be present. All I want is the result, you know?"
He slowly tightened his grip on the wine glass, his eyes becoming more fierce.
The assistant nodded quickly and turned away in a hurry.
Rong Zhen's gaze slid down, and when his eyes met Rong Wei's below unexpectedly, he raised the wine glass in his hand, and a smile slowly appeared on his gloomy face.
What responded to him was a bone-chilling gaze that seemed to be able to freeze a person's bones.
Rong Zhen restrained his smile and did not avoid his gaze.
If it weren't for Rong Yan, this tough and ruthless character, perhaps his plan of many years would have succeeded long ago.
He turned around and asked a servant, his voice surprisingly gentle: "Are you ready?"
*
The banquet had been going on for a while, but the protagonist did not show up, which made many people feel unhappy. The people present were all elites of the upper class, and Rong Zhen's move was undoubtedly a disrespect to them.
A familiar voice called out. Meng Yao glanced over and then stood up in surprise: "Mom and Dad?"
The people who came were Meng Yupu and Jiang Hongmin. They were wearing formal attire and were obviously here for the banquet as well, but their faces looked a little grim and they did not look happy.
Meng Yao naturally knew the bad relationship between the Meng family and Rong Zhen.
If the Rong family attended the banquet because of the old lady's instructions, then why did Meng Yupu and Jiang Hongmin attend
"Welcome everyone to the banquet..."
(End of this chapter)