“Gu Xiaowu!” the man called out, and Gu Xiaowu appeared before him like a specter, blocking the bodyguards with a playful and mischievous grin, “Haven’t stretched my muscles in a long time, guys, you’d better put up a good fight.”
Clutching Qiao Xia, the man strode away, unimpeded.
Gu Xiaowu had taken down the bodyguards in less than a minute.
He sighed lamentably, “Come on, I asked you guys to put up a good fight, and now I’m bored because you didn’t.
If you go down this easy, it looks bad for you.”
“Look at you, all so young.
Get up,” he said.
“Take advantage of your youth and rise again and again.”
Hooking his finger, he wore a smug and irritating smirk; the two downed bodyguards truly wanted to get up to avoid the mockery but just couldn’t manage it.
The crowd: “…”
To take advantage of youth and rise again and again—truly a deadly taunt for a man.
“Who is that man?
He’s so handsome.”
“Yeah, and his bodyguard is good-looking too.
Did you see how he moved?
It looked just like something out of a movie.”
“Whoever he is, he’s offended Liu Yitian, and I’m afraid it’s not going to end well for him.”
“But he really is handsome.”
“The people from the Qiao and Li families are truly despicable.
Qiao Xia really is quite pitiable.”
“It’s their family affair; we can’t do anything about it.”
…
What should have been a fine banquet ended up a dismal close.
Qiao Lan had thought her engagement to Li Hui would surely make headlines, making her the center of attention today, but against all expectations, Qiao Xia and the mysterious man stole the show.
That man, handsome and assertive—his bodyguard like a noble son; who was he?
This had become the greatest question in everyone’s mind.
Originally, everyone’s focus was on the grievances between Qiao Xia and the Qiao family.
Yet in the end, a single man upstaged all.
Did Qiao Xia know that man?
Qiao Lan was filled with bitter resentment.
What kind of dumb luck had Qiao Xia stumbled upon?
She should have been unable to escape her fate today, but someone unexpectedly came to her aid.
That wretched woman, always so lucky, finding patrons wherever she went.
Li Hu’s face was extremely unsightly.
The alliance through marriage between the Qiao and Li families had been facilitated by Lv Mengxi and Fang Xiaoxia.
After the death of Qiao Xia’s parents, he indeed started to disdain his promised daughter-in-law, and he wholeheartedly looked forward to the marriage between Li Hui and Qiao Lan.
Regardless of what Li Hui thought, as long as he was willing to follow through with the arrangements, Li Hu was satisfied.
Who could have known that this banquet would be disrupted and the Qiao family’s dirty laundry aired for all to see?
Li Hu was a man who greatly valued face and was cautious in his dealings.
Now, with his reputation sullied out of the blue, his complexion was naturally quite awful.
Qiao Guang said, “President Li, please don’t mind it.
This won’t happen again.
Let’s continue.”
Li Hu gave him a glaring look: “Look at what has happened here, how can we continue?”
Fang Xiaoxia approached to soothe him, “It’s all Qiao Xia’s fault.
Why take it out on President Qiao?
If anyone is to blame, it’s that girl Qiao Xia.”
“You’re still talking about it.
If she really has a recording, you have ruined my reputation completely,” he retorted.
Fang Xiaoxia was sheepish and dared not talk back.
Meanwhile, Li Hui’s face was frosty.
The banquet had turned out to be quite awkward and ended on an unhappy note.
The banquet hall’s floor was littered with fragments of glass and spilled wine.
As the guests bid farewell to their host Qiao Guang, their eyes carried a peculiar judgement.
Qiao Guang always felt that everyone looked at them as if they were on trial.
For years he had striven to diminish Qiao Guan’s influence, always hiding Qiao Xia from the public eye.
He never imagined that one banquet could unravel it all.