DCFRP Chapter 75

Tl: Hua

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The scene fell into a strange silence for a while. No one spoke in the huge banquet hall, and only the song “Happy Birthday to You” came from the speakers.

The upbeat music further accentuated the extraordinarily bizarre atmosphere throughout the hall.

The confrontation between two business rivals was interesting enough, and now there is the possibility of a love triangle, which is even more exciting.

Although everyone’s heart was burning with the flames of gossip, they didn’t dare show it in front of the Mao family and Xun Qian. They held their breath, dared not speak or discuss, and could only focus their attention on Qi Xiaoyu. Compared to others on the field, watching Qi Xiaoyu was safer.

Mao Xuzeng followed the crowd and looked at Qi Xiaoyu. After confirming that the other party was just a celebrity, he was the first to walk to his son and whisper angrily, “Mao Chi, what are you doing? Do you want to be in the entertainment headlines because of a star? It’s too embarrassing.”

Mao Chi ignored him. He turned to Xun Qian and grinned, “That’s a coincidence, but Mr. Qi is my guest tonight. Should I be the one to invite him?”

Xun Qian lowered his head, and his fingers fell on the cufflinks. He looked like he was casually adjusting his cuffs, but the corners of his mouth were slightly pressed down, which gave people a strong sense of oppression.

The scene became even quieter, and the birthday song just happened to be played to the end.

In the silent atmosphere, one could even hear the slight wailing of the two beaten bodyguards.

Xun Qian looked up at Qi Xiaoyu. His dark eyes under his long eyelashes swept over him lightly, seemingly without any emotion, yet full of infinite affection.

Qi Xiaoyu had already wiped his mouth clean in public and even threw the tissue into the trash can.

“Thank you for your kindness. Director Wang and Teacher Kang would be very happy to hear that you liked their movie and theme song if they were here tonight.”

His voice was neither as flamboyant as that of Mao Chi nor as low as that of Xun Qian, but mellow and pleasant, with a hint of modesty and self-deprecation, “I’m not in a good state today; I’m afraid that once I open my mouth, it will instead destroy the impression of this song in both of your minds. I’ll let my assistant send you two CDs later on to apologize for it.”

With these words and tone, he sounded polite, a picture of not knowing either man well, as if it were just the two men fighting and he was innocently involved, not wanting to pay much attention to anyone.

Yu Xiaosheng was a little anxious. How could Qi Xiaoyu miss such a good opportunity to show off?

Zhang Han didn’t dare to speak.

Wang Wan Yu interpreted Qi Xiaoyu’s behavior as smugness and very much wanted to lose her temper, but she didn’t dare.

Others looked back and forth between Xun Qian, Mao Chi, and Qi Xiaoyu. For a moment, they were a bit confused as to whether this was a news scene of jealousy over a star or something else.

Why did Qi Xiaoyu look so calm, as if he had nothing to do with these two people?

Xun Qian curved his lips and smiled, as if he hadn’t taken Qi Xiaoyu’s words to heart, and as if he had finally seen enough, he shifted his gaze away from Qi Xiaoyu.

Then, before Mao Chi was about to speak, he turned to Mao Xuzeng and said, “Since Mr. Qi is unwilling, there is no need to force him. I came here today, not only to congratulate Young Master Mao on his birthday, but also to congratulate him on getting a new piece of land as he wished.”

Mao Xuzeng forced an awkward smile, “Third Master, you’re welcome.”

This piece of land was snatched from the Xun family. What is there to congratulate them for? Unless…

Sure enough, the next moment, Xun Qian looked at the father and son of the Mao family and said slowly in a lazy voice, “But I just got the news that the land has been approved for public afforestation. If you want to use it as commercial land, it may be a bit difficult.”

Mao Xuzeng and Mao Chi were both startled.

Other people in the business circle and peers who knew about this were also startled. Like a roller coaster, their attention was all shifted from Qi Xiaoyu to this matter.

Mao Chi’s face showed a look of disbelief. He walked a few steps out, then stopped, raised his eyebrows, and looked at Xun Qian, saying sternly, “This is impossible.”

This is completely different from what he remembered.

He argued strenuously for the purchase of this piece of land, and apart from what he had heard from the Xu Xiujie brothers, it was that in his memories of his previous life, this piece of land had indeed been bought by the Xun family later on and developed into the new CDB.

It is impossible for it to be used for afforestation.

Since his rebirth, everything has been under his control. How could something go wrong here?

Xun Qian laughed sarcastically and said nothing.

Zhang Han, who was standing behind him, spoke on his behalf: “Whether it is possible or not, you will know once you ask around, Young Master Mao. But you should hurry.”

Xun Qian came here to mess things up today.

Both the father and son of the Mao family are 100% sure of this.

But at the moment, they were helpless. If what Xun Qian said was true…

“Okay, very good.” Mao Chi looked at Xun Qian with a cold face and then looked at Qi Xiaoyu unwillingly, “Let’s wait and see.”

****

Mao Chi left first, leaving only his brothers. His brothers usually didn’t take charge, and they didn’t know whether to cut the cake or not. The scene was a bit awkward.

Fortunately, Xun Qian attracted everyone’s attention.

After all, this was the first time Xun Qian officially appeared on a social occasion.

No one was willing to leave when Xun Qian was there.

And from what Xun Qian said just now, the Mao family was probably going to be brought down. They all knew how much investment was made in that piece of land. As long as it can’t be used for commercial purposes, it can definitely make people lose money to the point of bankruptcy.

In the future, Xun Qian will still dominate S City.

Some guests thought Xun Qian was going to find Qi Xiaoyu and felt a little disappointed.

But when they saw Xun Qian just sitting there, looking like he didn’t plan to approach Qi Xiaoyu, they were eager to seek him out.

Although Xun Qian looked cold and gloomy, he was the boss of the Xun family after all, and there were always people flocking to him.

The Xun family has so many projects and resources in their hands, and if they just slip a little something through their fingers, it’s enough to make a fortune.

People who knew Zhang Han came up directly, starting with Zhang Han, and came to say hello.

Zhang Han was in a state of confusion.

Of course, he could see that these people wanted to befriend Xun Qian, but judging from Xun Qian’s appearance, he did not dare let these people get too close and try to deal with them himself.

After more than ten minutes, he found that the number of people around him not only did not decrease but also increased.

Normally, he would leave, but today, Xun Qian didn’t say he wanted to leave, so he didn’t dare to move.

He glanced at Xun Qian, who was drinking, no, playing with the wine glass, and didn’t drink a sip for a long time.

Then he looked in Qi Xiaoyu’s direction among the horde of people as if he were asking for help, but Qi Xiaoyu was actually chatting with someone and seemed to be chatting happily.

Zhang Han was a little desperate and anxious.

He was wondering what these two were up to when he heard a perky female voice ringing out from his side: “Xun Qian, we were classmates in high school. I was two years younger than you, but we participated in summer camp together. Do you remember?”

Zhang Han glanced at a lady in a nude backless dress who bypassed him and appeared next to Xun Qian. Her tone sounded carefree and naive.

Zhang Han swallowed silently, thinking that this person was really bold.

And then he thought, No wonder Xun Qian stayed at home every day. It was better to stay at home and worry less.

Then he heard Xun Qian answer coldly, “I don’t remember.”

The lady had a good psychological quality. Not only was she not persuaded to leave, she also smiled and said, “It doesn’t matter if you don’t remember. After all, so many years have passed. Let me introduce myself again. My name is Jiang Jing, and I just graduated from Tianjin University as a doctoral student.”

Xun Qian nodded lightly. He turned the wine glass in his hand, turning it around and around, deep and shallow, reflecting the silhouettes of Qi Xiaoyu and others talking like a mirage.

On the other side, Qi Xiaoyu quite wanted to leave.

But Chu He and Yu Xiaosheng kept talking to him, so he couldn’t concentrate and think of a reasonable excuse to leave first.

“The plot you mentioned can be factored in, but I plan to arrange it in the second to last part. This will be more impactful.”

Chu He imagined the plot in his mind and said excitedly, “Xiaoyu, what do you think?”

“Hmm? Not bad.” Qi Xiaoyu was chatting with all his skills.

Yu Xiaosheng was drumming on the side, pointing in Xun Qian’s direction, “Xiaoyu, should we go up and say hello too? Although the boss just said that he likes to listen to your singing, you can’t expect him to come to you. How about we go over there? Such a good opportunity must not be missed.

Look over there; isn’t that the one who recently became popular on a variety show with her academic beauty persona? She took the initiative to go over there and even started chatting.”

Li Kun persuaded him in time: “Brother Yu, there are too many people over there; let’s not join in the fun.”

Qi Xiaoyu ignored the two of them and just looked in the direction of the door.

Then, before he proposed to leave, Chu He followed his gaze to look outside and spoke first, “I don’t see any follow-up activities tonight, so how about we leave first?”

Qi Xiaoyu’s thought was in line with his, “Yeah, let’s go.”

Li Kun also agreed, “Let’s go; go back to bed early.”

Although Yu Xiaosheng was reluctant to leave such a good opportunity, he still couldn’t resist everyone’s opinion and had to leave with them.

****

The four of them left quietly, and not many people noticed, except for a few people who were particularly interested in Qi Xiaoyu.

When they arrived at the parking lot, Chu He’s car was parked at the elevator entrance. He unlocked the car, stood by the car door, and waved to Qi Xiaoyu reluctantly, “Let’s meet up next time.”

“Okay, goodbye.”

The parking lot was quite large. After saying goodbye to Chu He, they walked around for a while before finding their parked Volkswagen SUV.

Before they got to the car, they saw Wang Wanyu again.

Wang Wanyu was scolding the two bodyguards, who were beaten black and blue. When she heard the footsteps, she turned back angrily.

When Wang Wanyu saw that the person coming was Qi Xiaoyu, she first looked behind Qi Xiaoyu with a cautious expression. Seeing that Xun Qian was not there, her face suddenly became arrogant. She thought that Qi Xiaoyu really had nothing to do with Xun Qian, and Xun Qian probably said that just to rile up Mao Chi. Believing this to be the case, her mind was also at ease.

If there was a relationship, why would Qi Xiaoyu go out in a Volkswagen SUV?

Especially with the two bodyguards, it’s hard to say whether Xun Qian was helping Qi Xiaoyu or just bumped into him accidentally.

Wang Wanyu thought of Mao Xuzeng’s attitude towards Qi Xiaoyu again, and she became more confident. When she saw Qi Xiaoyu coming, she stood in front of them and raised her chin to warn, “Appear less in the Mao family in the future. The Mao family is in trouble now, and naturally, our Wang family will help. You are nothing, so stay away.”

Qi Xiaoyu didn’t give priority to women as he did at the beginning. He was a little upset, and his patience with Wang Wanyu was exhausted. His voice sank, “Miss Wang, please make way. I’m not interested in the Wang family or the Mao family. If Miss Wang is particularly interested, please look after it yourself.”

Wang Wan Yu still thought that Qi Xiaoyu was pretending, “Humph, you really forget your status when you are in the limelight. You think you…”

Before she finished speaking, a limited edition Porsche stopped, and a uniformed driver came down to open the door for Qi Xiaoyu, “Mr. Qi, we will send you back.”

There was also a bodyguard in black clothes standing next to him, waiting for Qi Xiaoyu to sit in. It was the bodyguard who was responsible for beating people before.

Xun Qian sat far away in the Maybach and turned his head to look outside, “Who is that woman?”

Zhang Han thought for a while and answered, “Wang Zi’s daughter.”

“Who is Wang Zi?”

“He had a clothing brand that wanted to enter our mall last month. The plan was submitted a few days ago and is in the discussion stage.”

Zhang Han didn’t wait for Xun Qian to say more: “The plan is very general, and the positioning of that brand is not worthy of the grade of the mall. I will return the plan when I go back.”

Xun Qian thought for a while and casually mentioned, “Do we have similar brands?”

Zhang Han responded, “Yes.”

He immediately understood what Xun Qian meant. Not only do we not want to cooperate with you, but we also want to eat up all your market share so that your Wang family can no longer survive in the industry.

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