The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker-Chapter 496 - 460 Birthday Banquet

Jingyu Garden

Qiao Yuxian lay on the bed wrapped in a blanket, face buried in the sheets, already beginning to weave dreams for herself.

Gu Yanjing watched her for a while, sat at the edge of the bed, and lightly patted her butt: "Not going?"

"Not going." Qiao Yuxian’s muffled voice came from under the blanket, "You go by yourself."

Gu Yanjing looked at her, paused, and said, "Then I’m leaving."

"Mm." Qiao Yuxian’s small voice again floated out from the bed.

Gu Yanjing gave her butt two more pats, then got up and walked out.

Before he had walked out the bedroom door, Qiao Yuxian suddenly called out, "Wait a minute!"

Gu Yanjing stopped and looked at her.

Qiao Yuxian, like a worm, wrapped in a blanket, kneeled on the bed, hair disheveled, opened one eye to look at Gu Yanjing, and said vaguely: "Today’s weather is clear, the sun is bright, no clouds, birds singing and flowers fragrant, and I’m so beautiful. It’s quite suitable to take a stroll outside."

Gu Yanjing’s cold eyes held a smile as he watched her.

Qiao Yuxian finished speaking, closed the eye she had opened, and fell back onto the bed: "But, such a beautiful me, can I sleep a little longer."

Gu Yanjing walked back to the bed, pulled the blanket aside to make her comfortable, touched her face and said: "Sleep. We’ll go later."

"Really?" Qiao Yuxian opened her eyes and looked at him: "Isn’t it bad?"

"It’s fine, sleep." Gu Yanjing said.

"Mm." Qiao Yuxian closed her eyes again.

But after more than half an hour, she woke up again.

Even if they’re going to the Lu Family later, she has to get up and handle the matters of the Yunzhong Building.

Sleep!

She’s not worthy!

Gu Yanjing was working on the balcony.

He noticed her suddenly sitting up.

After sitting for a few seconds, she got out of bed, wrapped in the blanket, dragged herself heavily towards the bathroom.

Then half an hour later, a lively young girl emerged from the bathroom.

Qiao Yuxian had tied two high ponytails for herself, cheerfully ran to Gu Yanjing’s side, spun around, and asked: "Do I look good?"

"Mm." Gu Yanjing looked up at her.

After freshening up, the fully rejuvenated Qiao Yuxian felt life was full of hope.

"Do I look youthful, lively, and full of energy?" Qiao Yuxian asked.

Gu Yanjing smiled faintly at her: "Mm."

Qiao Yuxian smiled, squeezed onto the single sofa next to him and said: "How about I go to Old Sir Lu’s birthday party like this?"

Gu Yanjing pulled her into his embrace, gave her a kiss, and said: "Sure."

Qiao Yuxian leaned in his arms, looked up at him with bright eyes: "Everything’s okay. I’m so beautiful, you should hide me at home and not let anyone else see."

"Is that alright?" Gu Yanjing asked.

His voice was flat and calm, without emotional fluctuation.

But Qiao Yuxian could feel he was serious.

Her smile suddenly froze, and she held Gu Yanjing’s hand: "Mr. Gu, that was a joke, just a joke, don’t take it seriously."

Gu Yanjing looked at her.

"You don’t need to hide me, I’m always yours." Qiao Yuxian placed his hand beside the computer, "Continue working, I’m going to do my makeup."

Qiao Yuxian got up from the sofa, after steadying herself, bent down and kissed Gu Yanjing on the face. Then, shaking her twin braids, she cheerfully went to the makeup room.

Gu Yanjing watched her playful and adorable figure, touched the place on his face where she had kissed, and smiled.

...

After ten in the morning.

There were already quite a few people in the banquet hall at the Lu Mansion.

Not many people came to the party.

Besides a few families close to the Lu Family and a few reliant on the Lu Family for development, the rest were all branch relatives of the Lu Family.

The birthday party hadn’t officially started yet.

People in the banquet hall were chatting casually.

Families talked about recent developments in the Capital City, or maybe discussed cooperation, or just gossiped about some things.

"The momentum of Yunzhong Building has been strong lately."

"It’s more than strong. I always feel something might have happened inside Yunzhong Building. Wen Mingcheng hasn’t appeared for a long time. Lately, Yunzhong’s style is far more formidable than Wen Mingcheng."

"Could it be the real boss behind the scenes removed Wen Mingcheng?"

"Who knows. Yunzhong Building is like an airtight iron box, if they don’t want to reveal anything, no one can know anything."

"No matter how it develops, it won’t affect us too much for now. The ones who should be worried first are the Gu Group. The two giants of the Capital City, they’re definitely going to balance each other."

"Right, we’ll just wait and see."

"Speaking of the Gu Group, why haven’t we seen Mr. Gu?"

"With the relationship between the Gu Family and the Lu Family, he must be accompanying Old Sir Lu at the back."

"The Gu Family and Lu Family’s bond had the potential to go further. Unexpectedly..."

Their conversation hinted at something and went no further.

But the Lu Family members caught it in their ears.

There weren’t many people in the Lu Family.

The main line of the Lu Family had only one daughter, Lu Mengyi.

The rest were all branch relatives.

But in the Lu Family, whether distant or close, everyone got along well and were very close to each other.

The Lu Family listened to everyone talking and gave each other glances.

Then someone couldn’t hold it any longer and began muttering quietly.

"Poor Mengyi, so much love for so many years, and gained nothing in the end."

"That Qiao girl got all the benefits for nothing. What’s so good about that Qiao girl?"

"That Qiao girl is pretty."

"What’s the use of being pretty? Isn’t our Mengyi pretty? She’s the prettiest."

"Besides being pretty, what else? A Xi Mei Media, can it compare to the Lu Family? Ten Xi Mei Media can’t match the Lu Family. Ours is a place of status."

"Be cautious with your words."

"I know. Keeping the voice low so others can’t hear. I’m just feeling blocked inside, talking it out a bit."

"Honestly, I can’t hear the word ’Gu Family’ anymore. If it wasn’t for Old Sir’s bond with the Gu Family, I’d really be..."

They were chatting when a teenager sitting furthest away, supporting his chin, watched them.

The teenager had very fair skin, and a pair of phoenix eyes, beautiful and gentle, but because he rarely expressed emotions, he seemed a bit cold with an innate arrogance, making him appear hard to approach.

He listened for a while, then got up and left.

In the distance, Xu Jingjing and a few girls were standing together, looking this way towards the Lu Family.

"Who’s that boy? He’s quite handsome, but seems a bit young."

"That’s Lu Muyao from the Lu Family. Just eighteen, just finished college entrance exams, isn’t that young?" Xu Jingjing said.

"Lu Muyao? Is he the one Old Sir Lu really likes?" the girl asked.

"Mm." Xu Jingjing said, "In the future, the Lu Family will either be in the hands of Lu Mengyi or him."

"Such importance for a branch?"

Xu Jingjing said: "I’ve heard he’s really impressive, excellent in many aspects. Even at sixteen, he could already handle some things for Lu Mengyi. Naturally, he’s important. The Lu Family values traditions. There has to be a male descendant."

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