There were more than thirty tables in the banquet hall of the InterContinental Hotel, and every table was full.
This shows how much importance Nan Tianyi and Xie Tingyun attach to this matter.
At the main table.
Zhong Yiliu and Ji Lingfeng sat at the same table.
The Ji family and the Pharmacy Association usually have no connection, but they are all from the Independent Continent and know each other.
So Ji Lingfeng still greeted him politely: "Mr. Zhong, long time no see. You have been living in Country M for many years. I have invited you to many banquets before, but you didn't have time to come back. How come you have time to come here specially this time?"
The Ji family received an invitation letter from Xie Tingyun.
However, Xie Tingyun didn't even tell his own family, so the information received by the Ji family was similar to the information found by Xie's mother and others.
The other person’s surname is Qiao.
Ji Lingfeng's gaze drifted away and fell inconspicuously on Feng Yu who was sitting at the next table.
Feng Yu didn't look at their table, he was talking to Zhou Zhou. From time to time, someone would come over with a glass of wine to greet Feng Yu...
Ji Lingfeng withdrew his gaze, his deep and elegant face had no extra expression, but his eyes were narrowed as if he was thinking about something.
Zhong Yilu was not familiar with him, but when they met in such social occasions, he still maintained his basic courtesy, touched the teacup with his hand, and smiled slightly: "You are too polite, Emperor Ji. It's hard for you to remember an old man like me. I didn't come here specially, I just happened to have something to do in Independence Continent, so I came here to take care of it. After hearing about it, a friend of mine invited me to have a meal. Before I came, I didn't expect there would be so many people today. She told me that it was just a simple meal."
Ji Lingfeng narrowed his eyes again and said nothing.
Zhong Yiliu was visibly fond of Qiao Nian when he mentioned her. His smile deepened as he said, "If I had known that today was her family reunion party, I would have prepared a gift for her. But I came in a hurry and didn't bring a gift. I can only give it to her next time."
Ji Lingfeng already had a guess in his mind, so he looked at him and asked, "Mr. Zhong, the person you are talking about is...Qiao Nian?"
Zhong Yilu has lived in Country M for many years and doesn't know much about the outside world.
He seldom went back to the Independent Island, so naturally he didn't know what had happened there recently, including the conflict between Qiao Nian and the Ji family.
When he heard Ji Lingfeng mention Qiao Nian's name, his eyes showed obvious surprise: "Emperor Ji also knows her?"
Ji Lingfeng lowered his eyelids slightly to hide the emotions in his dark brown eyes, lowered his head, chuckled softly, and readily admitted: "I know him."
Zhong Yiliu was not stupid. He saw that he seemed to have something else to say, so he stopped talking and just said politely, "That's such a coincidence."
There are also several people from powerful independent states at this table.
At first, no one at the table dared to speak casually.
Seeing Ji Lingfeng and Zhong Yilu chatting, those people relaxed a little and came over to talk to them.
However, they did not dare to talk to Ji Lingfeng directly, but instead turned the topic to Zhong Yiliu. They seemed to be chatting with Zhong Yiliu, but in fact they wanted to take the opportunity to hook up with Ji Lingfeng.
"Mr. Zhong, do you know this person?"
Someone said: "I heard that the Xie family is announcing the successor in disguise this time. Who would have thought that the successor of the Xie family is not Xie Xinyao."
"Yeah, I don't know what kind of person he is. He is so important to Xie Tingyun and Nan Tianyi that they even held a banquet to introduce him to everyone."
The man who spoke last said ostentatiously, "Since the Xie family has hired an outsider, there must be something unusual about this outsider. We will know after we see it."
(End of this chapter)