When Song Yunxuan walked down the red-carpeted stairs, a beam of light happened to shine on her.
The beam of light stayed for a moment, then hit somewhere else.
The poolside is covered with cashmere carpets and surrounded by air-flown flowers that give off a charming scent.
Just before the lights went off, the socialites and young masters at the dinner were still toasting and chatting happily.
But when the lights stopped on the podium built not far from the swimming pool, the people present quickly became quiet accompanied by the sound of high-fives.
It is winter. Through the glass wall, it is cold outside, but warm as spring inside.
Xiao Yu and Xiao Liang both had happy expressions on their faces.
The guests present were also very cooperative, with smiles on their faces, refusing to hide them for a moment.
There were only a few people who, far away from the crowd, quietly looked at the two brothers Xiao Yu and Xiao Liang.
After Lu Xia left the old house, he held the glass of red wine in one hand and listened quietly to the sound coming from the microphone.
She drank the red wine from the goblet out of boredom.
Not far from her sight were Song Yunxuan and Chu Mochen.
Song Yunxuan adjusted the train of her dress, her eyes bright and clear without a trace of gloom.
"Is this little dress nice?"
Chu Mochen took a look and nodded.
Song Yunxuan smiled to herself: "I never thought that the evening gowns prepared by the Xiao family for their guests would be so luxurious and beautiful. I am really flattered."
When Chu Mochen heard the words "flattered", his eyes moved thoughtfully.
Then, he saw Lu Xia, who was drinking red wine not far away, raised his glass and raised it towards him from a distance.
Chu Mochen's gaze became sharp and cold.
The smile on Lu Xia's lips grew wider and wider.
Even her assistant George, who was waiting beside her, could feel that she was in a very good mood.
When she finished a glass of red wine and went to change for another one, George gave her a timely admonition: "Mr. Lu, take care of yourself."
Lu Xia turned a deaf ear to him and still took the glass of red wine from the waiter's tray, with a dazed look in his eyes.
Her voice was a little lazy, but it revealed her shrewdness everywhere: "George, don't you think today is a holiday worth celebrating?"
She raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at George.
But without waiting for George's response, she raised her delicate neck and drank the red wine.
George sighed inaudibly, knowing that he couldn't dissuade her, so he stood firmly beside her and watched over her.
Lu Xia drank too much and his eyes became blurry, but his mind and heart were clear.
She looked from afar at the stage where the lights were gathered, quietly waiting for the highlight of the night to begin.
She waited for many years.
Finally, this day has come.
Waiting for the day when the two generations of the Xiao family will fight among themselves!
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The lights in front gathered on the stage, and Xiao Yu and Xiao Liang stood together in front of the guests invited tonight.
Xiao Yu is used to talking less and doing more.
However, speaking polite words is what Xiao Liang is best at.
Xiao Liang always has the heart of a wolf but wears the skin of a lamb, making people think that he is a peaceful and kind guy.
Xiao Luo came down from the second floor. Some guests saw him, but they all treated him as transparent.
After all, the biggest person in the Xiao family now is the old man of the Xiao family.
But the two brothers of the Xiao family are the ones who really hold the power.
Xiao Luo is nothing more than a false name.
Xiao Yu, the second uncle, ignored Xiao Luo.
Xiao Liang, the third uncle, seemed to care and love Xiao Luo very much.
As soon as he opened his mouth, all those high-sounding words came out.
"Today, everyone is welcome to attend the dinner held for the old man."
Some people below were applauding, and when one person applauded, many people around them started to applaud.
Xiao Liang was very pleased with the applause from the audience. He raised his hands to suppress it, with a humble look on his face: "It is thanks to everyone's concern for our old man that he was able to be discharged from the hospital so soon. So, taking advantage of the festive occasion in the first month of the year, my brother and I would like to invite you all to get together. It is a great honor for us brothers that you all come."
The people in the audience echoed his words.
Xiao Liang and Xiao Yu both had smiles on their faces. After looking at each other, Xiao Yu cleared his throat and said, "Of course, in addition to inviting everyone to get together today, we brothers also have something to tell you."
When the audience heard that there was something to be announced, they immediately began to whisper to each other.
In recent years, the hottest topic in the Xiao family is who will hold power in the Xiao family after the old man passes away.
As everyone knows, the old man specifically wants to leave 80% of his property to his eldest grandson Xiao Luo.
But the situation was not as good as the old man expected.
Xiao Yu and Xiao Liang, who each inherited 10% of the Xiao family's property, were not willing to let their nephew inherit the 80%. Over the years, they never gave up the idea of asking the old man to make a new will to plan his property.
Unfortunately, the old man still had some influence from his youth. When he got old, he was able to use this influence to scare his two sons into behaving themselves.
The two sons did not dare to act rashly in public, but they firmly suppressed Xiao Luo's identity and refused to let him be exposed to the mass media.
In the past few years, Hong Kong City has been full of gossip about the young master of the Xiao family, and the gossip is very detailed.
Many media outlets dug up the identity of this young master and asked the two elders, Xiao Yu and Xiao Liang, about it.
However, Xiao Yu and Xiao Liang insisted that this was a rumor.
He also threatened to sue any media outlet for defamation if it continued to help the Xiao family identify relatives.
Naturally, the media in Hong Kong stopped targeting the two brothers of the Xiao family.
Over time, even though the entire city of Hong Kong knew that Xiao Xuan's son had been taken back by the old man of the Xiao family, no one dared to blatantly insist that the grandson of the Xiao family was Xiao Luo.
The old man turned a blind eye to this and never cleared Xiao Luo's name.
Later, many people with quick minds thought about it and understood why the old man turned a blind eye.
The old man of the Xiao family has grown old and has gradually retreated behind the scenes. Now the two brothers Xiao Yu and Xiao Liang are the ones who are in the limelight in the Xiao family.
If the old man supported Xiao Luo, this young child might get a name but would lose his life early.
The old man's ambiguous attitude just saved the child's life.
Now, the child has grown up.
Already seventeen years old.
Seeing that the old man was in poor health, Xiao Yu and Xiao Liang naturally wanted to compete with their nephew.
Outsiders thought that it would only take this year to determine who would be the final heir of the Xiao family, but Song Yunxuan knew.
This is not a matter of one year, but a matter of one day.
Song Yunxuan looked at Xiao Yu and Xiao Liang and slowly narrowed her eyes.
The next moment, Xiao Liang, as if he had received permission from his brother, held the microphone and said solemnly: "In fact, I believe that everyone has already heard the gossip about what I am going to say."
As soon as the gossip was heard, everyone in the audience fell silent.
Xiao Yu continued to speak seriously: "In the past few years, the media has reported many times that my eldest brother Xiao Xuan's son has been found and is living in our Xiao family. Those of you who are familiar with our Xiao family must have already known that there is a precious young master in my family."
Having said that, he intentionally turned his gaze to Xiao Xuan in the distance.
Xiao Xuan looked weak and sick, and even when he saw his uncle looking at him, he showed no expression.
Xiao Liang was quite satisfied with his sickly and wooden expression.
"For a long time, our Xiao family has not seriously explained to the media about the child's identity. People may not understand, but in fact, we just want to protect the child. After all, he is still young, and we don't want him to be hurt and pressured by public opinion because of his background being exposed."
All the guests nodded in agreement.
Xiao Yu's eyes fell on Xiao Luo, but he found that Xiao Luo's indifferent eyes were not on him, but were looking at the glass of boiled water handed to him by the little maid.
It was as if there was something strange and thought-provoking in that glass of boiled water.
Xiao Yu's words have been recognized by everyone, and some people even say against their conscience that Xiao Yu and Xiao Liang have good intentions as elders.
Song Yunxuan couldn't help but sneer when she heard these people's words that changed their tune.
The sound was very light, but it was enough for Chu Mochen, who was watching him closely, to notice it.
"why are you laughing?"
Song Yunxuan raised her hand and touched the corner of her eyes, then asked him, "Don't you think that the people here are a little too hypocritical?"
Chu Mochen fixed his eyes on Lu Xia in the distance, and responded meaningfully: "There are always a few people with clear minds."
Song Yunxuan nodded: "That's right."
Throughout the entire dinner, apart from her and Chu Mochen who seemed to be aloof from the matter, only Lu Xia was still clearly watching everything.
However, when Xiao Liang finished talking about protecting the child, Lu Xia couldn't help but sneer.
Anyone with a sound mind and no intention of currying favor with the Xiao family would respond with a cold eye after hearing this statement.
After Xiao Yu had been building up the image of an elder who cared for the younger generation and had good intentions, he suddenly seemed to remember something important and asked the lighting engineer to shine a beam of white light like a bright moon at where Xiao Luo was standing, and urged him, "Come on, A'Luo, say hello to everyone."
Xiao Luo stood there without moving.
Everyone had a hypocritical fake smile on their face.
Xiao Yu couldn't help but urged again: "As the grandson of the Xiao family, come over quickly and say hello to everyone."
Xiao Luo still stood there motionless, like a statue, just pursing his lips and looking at the two uncles expressionlessly.
Seeing that he didn't move, Xiao Yu spoke to everyone apologetically: "This kid has never seen a big scene. I'm afraid he was scared. I'll go and say a few words to him."
These words seemed to be meant to protect him, but anyone with a clear mind could tell that they were meant to belittle Xiao Luo.
Being born into a wealthy family and never having seen a big scene is equivalent to not being able to show up on stage.
No family would allow an unpresentable heir to inherit such a large family.
Today, Xiao Yu and Xiao Liang did not come to formally introduce him to everyone, but they came specifically to embarrass him.
Xiao Luo stood still, and Xiao Liang was irritable again.
He grasped the point instantly and started to make a big fuss about it.
"A Luo, why are you standing there? Come and say hello to everyone!" Xiao Liang frowned and looked like an elder.
After hearing this, Xiao Luo, who was dumbfounded, slowly smiled. The mockery in his eyes made everyone present a little stunned.