TL: Hua
The banquet hall of this clubhouse is very large.
As a person in the entertainment industry and not closely related to the Mao family, Qi Xiaoyu stood at the other end of the stage.
All eyes followed Mao Chi down from the stage and looked at the other end of the banquet hall.
However, there were many people, and no one could tell who he was looking for.
Only Wang Wanyu followed Mao Chi’s actions and looked at Qi Xiaoyu, who was standing far away at the other end of the banquet hall.
Wang Wanyu had the schedule for tonight’s event in her hand.
Next was the cake-cutting session.
She remembered that Mao Chi said he wanted to invite someone to come on stage with him to cut the cake.
With this move, he probably wanted to invite Qi Xiaoyu to come up.
Wang Wanyu clenched the microphone, her nails digging into her palms in anger.
She had heard Mao Chi mention Qi Xiaoyu before and remembered it in her heart at that time.
Qi Xiaoyu is a celebrity with outstanding facial features and temperament. It’s not difficult to recognize him. A search on the Internet will show all kinds of photos.
She recognized Qi Xiaoyu as soon as she saw him in the parking lot today.
Her father is Wang Zi, who runs a fast-fashion clothing company and hopes that she can marry into the Mao family.
Among the sons of the Mao family, Mao Chi is undoubtedly the most outstanding in appearance and ability.
And she is also the same age as Mao Chi.
Mao Chi is her best choice.
Wang Wanyu watched as Mao Chi walked off the stage and was stopped for a chat after only a few steps.
She turned her head and winked at the bodyguard beside her.
Then she turned around and walked towards Mao Chi’s father and several brothers.
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At the end of the banquet hall, Qi Xiaoyu and Chu He both looked up at the stage and listened quietly to the host’s speech, behaving like perfect guests.
After the Mao family members finished their speeches, the two continued the previous topic.
Chu He, “This novel is being serialized. If Mr. Qi has any opinions, you can communicate with me at any time.”
Seeing that they were talking about work. Li Kun and Yu Xiaosheng, one took a glass of wine from the waiter, and the other went around to another table to get some sandwiches.
Li Kun had just walked away when suddenly, the crystal lamp above his head flashed twice and went out.
The whole banquet hall immediately fell into darkness.
“What’s wrong?”
“Is there a power outage?”
The sound of a grumbly woman’s complaints echoed in the darkness.
And then came the sound of a man’s comfort: “How could there be a power outage? It should be a surprise part of the birthday party; don’t be nervous.”
Chu He stretched out his hand and supported Qi Xiaoyu lightly at the moment of the power outage.
Qi Xiaoyu felt Chu He’s intention and took a step back, “Thank you.”
Chu He adjusted his glasses, “I thought you were afraid of the dark.”
Qi Xiaoyu was slightly surprised, “Huh?”
“I saw you just supported the table.”
“Well… I should be fine.”
Although the banquet hall was dark, the other side of the river was brightly lit, so it was not scary.
Qi Xiaoyu’s thoughts flew, thinking of the night of Kang Qitao’s birthday party. He was locked in the lounge; it was pitch black outside, and there was no one around him…
After a brief noise, the banquet hall returned to silence.
After a while, the same sweet and coquettish female voice sounded again from the speakers, “Please be patient, guests. Next, we will sing the birthday song and blow out the candles, so we turned off the lights. Let’s push the cake up first.”
Then, a large white cake, about five or six layers high and decorated ornately, was pushed in by two staff members.
The top of the cake was full of candles, and the dim light illuminated the center of the stage and the crowd around it.
But except for the vicinity of the stage, other places were still in darkness, especially where Qi Xiaoyu and the others were standing.
Chu He frowned, “There are so many people here, and there is no light at all. It seems that the design is not very reasonable. At least there should be some wall lamps or something like that.”
Yu Xiaosheng was also dissatisfied. He originally wanted to wait for Li Kun to bring the sandwich and then eat something with the wine, but now he couldn’t find Li Kun.
He heard Chu He spoke and muttered softly afterward, “It’s hard to tell what tricks rich people love to play.”
Qi Xiaoyu looked around, and in the darkness, he could vaguely see many figures, all facing the direction of the stage, and the rest were indeed difficult to distinguish.
Several people from the Mao family were on the stage, except Mao Chi.
Wang Wanyu held the microphone, and her shiny face showed an uneven look under the swaying candlelight.
She looked around the stage but didn’t see the shadow of Mao Chi, so she could only show a fake smile, “Please invite the birthday boy to come on stage to make a wish and blow out the candles.”
But Mao Chi didn’t come on stage.
He turned back, glanced at Wang Wanyu impatiently, and walked in the opposite direction of the stage.
On the stage, Wang Wanyu’s lips twitched, and she let out two awkward laughs, trying to save the situation by herself. “Is there anyone else pulling our birthday boy for a chat? In this case, let’s get the birthday song up first, shall we?”
And far away from the stage, a little commotion was happening around Qi Xiaoyu.
There were already many people in the banquet hall. Everyone stood in their own position in the dark without moving. Now, someone squeezed in again.
This made everyone else unhappy.
“Hey, what are you doing? Don’t push!”
“Tsk.”
“Be careful in public places.”
“Who is it? Why are you pushing and shoving?”
In the dark, Qi Xiaoyu vaguely felt Chu He being squeezed two steps away.
Again, he heard Yu Xiaosheng’s voice cursing, “What’s wrong with you?”
He didn’t know who pushed him, but he was pushed a few steps towards the door, which made him farther and farther away from Yu Xiaosheng and Chu He.
Qi Xiaoyu soon felt that he was sandwiched between two people on the left and right. Judging from his strength and height, these two people should be trained.
Qi Xiaoyu’s mind immediately flashed to the two bodyguards beside Wang Wanyu, and he secretly took a few steps back diagonally.
But the two men in front of him were following very closely.
It was pitch black all around, and there was not even a camera light.
Qi Xiaoyu felt the other person lift their hand and was ready to ask Yu Xiaosheng for help.
At the same time, someone pulled him over, and the two people who were approaching him disappeared.
Everything happened very quickly—just a few seconds—but it seemed like a long time had passed.
The hand holding his wrist was cold and delicate, just like what he had dreamed of a few days ago, and even the faint smell in the air was exactly the same.
Qi Xiaoyu was caught off guard, as if his heart had been hit hard by something, feeling both stuffy and astringent.
Then he heard a few muffled groans vaguely in his ears.
“What’s going on?”
“Ah! Be careful!”
“The candles are going to be blown out in front. Can’t you stand properly for a while?”
“Bang——” Qi Xiaoyu hadn’t come back to his senses yet when the lights resurfaced, illuminating the situation around everyone.
Near the door, two men in black suits had their hands tied behind their backs and were firmly suppressed by the other two. It seemed that they had just fought here, but the two men pressed to the ground were clearly no match for them. They lost quite miserably.
No, that’s not the point.
The point was the man in the wheelchair at the door.
Although he’s in a wheelchair, people who see him for the first time will definitely be attracted by his appearance.
That face is so beautiful, as slender as white porcelain, as perfect as a finely crafted work of art, especially with such a gloomy and indifferent temperament, it makes people unable to take their eyes away.
Even if the people here are celebrities themselves and have seen many beauties in the industry, they will be shocked by the beauty of the person in front of them.
An encirclement immediately formed around Xun Qian.
There were also those two face-down, wailing bodyguards in the encirclement.
The hand that held Qi Xiaoyu’s wrist had already been loosened a long time ago, and he was squeezed out of the crowd.
“Let go! Do you know whose territory this is?” The two bodyguards were stepped on. They turned their heads viciously and looked in the direction of Xun Qian and Zhang Han, cursing.
“Who the hell are you? You dare to fight here; don’t you want your life anymore? Let me go quickly, or I will make you suffer!”
“Shut up!”
Mao Chi was not far away. He separated the crowd of people watching the excitement and walked in, standing across from Xun Qian through the bodyguards.
He first scanned the crowd, his eyes paused on Qi Xiaoyu outside the crowd, then he put his hands in his pockets and smiled at Xun Qian, “Third Master Xun is here. I am sorry for not welcoming you.”
Third Master Xun?
Everyone was stunned for a moment, as if they were reacting to what this title meant.
Then, like a drop of water falling into a frying pan, the whole thing exploded.
