108 Banquet
In Longxin Hotel, Yi Zheng held a wine glass in one hand and unbuttoned his suit with his other hand. He glanced coldly at Song Chen, who had casually placed his arm on him.
Song Chen tactfully took his hand away and smiled apologetically as he smoothed the creases on his shoulder. He carefully probed, “My sister went to look for you last night, but you didn’t see her?”
“Not free.” Yi Zheng looked around coldly. His expression improved when he didn’t see Song Zhi hiding behind a corner and peeking at him.
Song Chen scratched his head awkwardly and couldn’t help but speak up for his sister. “She’s just too clingy to you. She’s even clingier with you than she is with her biological brother. Don’t be calculative with her on my account, right?”
Yi Zheng turned to look at him mockingly and looked down at him from above. “Why should I do it on your account?”
Song Chen choked a little, but he didn’t care. He casually picked up the wine glass from the waiter’s tray and clinked glasses with him. He smiled brightly and said, “President Yi, you’re right. You should not need to do anything for me. Then I’ll punish myself with three glasses as an apology on behalf of my sister. How about that?”
“Alright.” Yi Zheng curled his lips coldly. He watched as Song Chen drank three large glasses of vodka in a row. Only then was he willing to open his thin lips to mock, “In the future, if the Song family falls into your hands, it’s useless no matter how much I help you.”
“Don’t say that. I’ll be sad.” Song Chen put down his wine glass. His vision was a little blurry, but he still forced himself to hold the back of the chair for support and smiled foolishly. “If you can become my brother-in-law, won’t our Song family be able to rest easy?”
Although he said that, Song Chen did not expect his sister, Song Zhi, to win Yi Zheng’s favor at all. He only hoped that she would not make a big deal out of it.
When Song Chen was young, he accidentally saved Yi Zheng’s life. The Yi family knew how to be grateful and took the initiative to help the Song family grow. Yi Zheng was slightly less cold to Song Chen than to others. As time passed, Song Chen actually dared to say things to him occasionally.
Yi Zheng rubbed his eyebrows in frustration and instructed Tang Zhe to throw this drunkard out of the hotel. Only then did he continue to socialize with the heads of the various families who came to flatter him.
Shi Jing took the opportunity and pretended to accidentally bump into the girl in a white dress who was hiding behind her father. Bai Yao was about to pounce on Yi Zheng, but before she could touch him, she was caught by a pair of arms.
Tang Zhe adjusted his glasses expressionlessly and quickly retracted his hand to retreat behind Yi Zheng. He said solemnly, “Miss Bai, please be careful. Last time, a blind lady accidentally touched the corner of my master’s clothes and her hands were crippled by my master. She’s still recuperating in the hospital.”
Tang Zhe’s tone was easygoing as if he was just casually chatting with someone.
However, what he said was not ordinary at all. Bai Yao was so frightened that she could not help but shrink her shoulders. She casually lifted the stray hair on her temples, revealing her fair collarbone. Her voice was melodious. “I’m sorry, President Yi. I didn’t do it on purpose just now. I was accidentally hit by someone, so I almost fell. Thank you for your assistant’s timely support. I hope you’re magnanimous and won’t give up your business with Father.”
As she spoke, Bai Yao lowered her head obediently and kept releasing her various charms. From Yi Zheng’s angle, he could only see half of her face.
He frowned slightly and raised her chin. After seeing that she was not that person, he let go of her in disgust and picked up the handkerchief from Tang Zhe to wipe his hands. “If there’s a next time, I’ll cut off your hands too.”
The hot touch on her chin subsided immediately. Before she could react, Yi Zheng had already walked away with a glass of wine, leaving her with a tall and charming back view.
Father Bai looked at his daughter’s pretentious appearance coldly and knew her thoughts. He nodded in agreement. “My Yaoyao is still the best. Yi Zheng will never touch any woman. You’re his first!”
“Father, I will definitely get Yi Zheng. This way, our Bai family can trample the Shi family under our feet and your business will not be restricted by Shi Zhong.”
Bai Yao’s gaze revealed a hint of determination. From the corner of her eye, she saw the onlookers hurriedly putting away their phones and lowered her head shyly.
From an outsider’s point of view, they would think that she was being scolded by Father Bai because of her rudeness just now. There was no smugness on her face.
This shocked the surrounding families who were lucky enough to capture this scene. Could it be that Yi Zheng had changed his temper and started to want women?
At the cocktail party, everyone was thinking about how to let their daughter take the initiative. Who didn’t want to sit in the position of Madam Yi? Even the daughter raised by a family with a status like the Shi family pounced on Yi Zheng, let alone small families like theirs.
In the car outside the cocktail party, Yi Zheng listened to the information sent back by the tracker coldly and sneered. “Release the news to Shi Man.”
He suddenly wanted to see how Shi Man, who had changed too much, would counterattack after knowing the whereabouts of the mastermind.