Chapter 297: The Banquet Begins

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Shi Xiao sneered. “Oh really? How so?”

Li Ci decided to lay her cards on the table. “What do you think? When Yuan An Company was in trouble, 1 helped with all my might, but once Yuan An gained a foothold, what did you do?”

After the incident at Yuan An Company, Yuan Shu had once reorganized the employees of Yuan An Company. It took almost an entire round of reshuffling to ensure that there were no longer any problems in Yuan An.

On the other hand, Shi Xiao still felt that Yuan Shu was too soft-hearted. After he returned, he quickly fired most of the old employees who had no problems, just because those old employees had some sort of tie to Li Ci.

From this moment on, the two of them seemed to have completely declared war and turned hostile. Shi Xiao did this because he hoped that Yuan An Corporation would be completely under his control, even if this would hurt Li Ci’s pride.

Li Ci had never been a cowardly person. Since someone dared to challenge him, he would kick this person away first!

Shi Xiao’s hostility was already so obvious, so of course, Li Ci had to develop another faction. Chen Chen was the next person he chose to use.

With the Chen family’s strength, they weren’t on par with Li Ci at all, so Li Ci became the person who secretly controlled the Chen family’s software company.

As Li Ran watched their conversation from the side, she couldn’t help but feel shocked. She originally thought that Li Ci and Shi Xiao were friends, but she didn’t expect them to fall out so easily in the face of benefits.

Shi Xiao sneered. His suspicion was right.

He looked at Li Ci with a sharp gaze and asked, “Why don’t we have a frank chat? Do you have anything to do with what happened behind A City?”

Yes, Shi Xiao suspected that the mastermind was none other than Li Ci!

Li Ci sneered, but didn’t answer directly. He didn’t say yes or no. He just looked at Shi Xiao and asked indifferently, “What do you think?”

After saying that, Li Ci raised his wine glass and gently clinked it with Shi Xiao’s. Then, he drank it in one gulp. “The banquet is about to begin. The protagonist has already appeared.”

After saying that, the two of them looked up at the high platform on the second floor.

The Song family’s old master, Song Hong, stood at the stairs on the second floor. His black and white mixed hair was combed neatly, and he looked at everyone with a dignified gaze. Behind him stood Song Chuan and Li Lin. Because they lived under the old master’s control all year round, the Song family’s parents’ eyes were filled with respect.

The Xiao family was neutral to begin with, so they didn’t need these meaningless social interactions. Therefore, Xiao Sheng asked Liu Lan to come alone today and would pick her up after the banquet.

Liu Lan had been by Yuan Shu’s side the entire time. When she saw this scene, she explained to her, “The head of the Song family has always been Old Master Song. Old Master Song is a top figure in the academic world. Everyone has to show respect when they see him. Old Master Song receives more than a hundred university lecture invitations every year, but Old Master Song only chooses to give lectures at the top universities near A City.”

Yuan Shu observed Old Master Song carefully. He was in his sixties, but his body was still so sturdy. His eyes had a dignified and intimidating look in them. No wonder he could control the entire Song family and make everyone listen to him.

The others stopped their discussion and gathered in the center while waiting for Song Hong to speak.

Song Hong stood on the raised platform on the second floor. After scanning the area, he looked at a certain place. It was obvious that he was looking for someone.

Song Shi stopped smiling when she saw Song Hong’s gaze. Then, she took Jiang Chen’s arm and led him to the second floor.

They stopped in front of the old man and said respectfully, “Grandpa.”

After the old man gave them a cold and arrogant look, his gaze lingered on Jiang Chen, who was standing next to Song Shi, for a few seconds. Then, he looked back at the crowd.

After Song Shi took Jiang Chen’s hand, she stood in front of Song Chuan and Li Lin.

This position shocked everyone. It was obvious that Song Shi’s status in the Song family far exceeded Song Chuan’s.

Old Master Song cleared his throat and said, “I invited everyone to the banquet today to celebrate the return of my granddaughter, Song Shi.”

Actually, Song Shi had been back for three months already. The reason they held this gala today was to pave the way for Song Shi’s future development in A City. They wanted everyone to know that Song Shi had returned and that the Song family valued Song Shi. Then, those who wanted to curry favor with the Song family would curry favor with Song Shi first. It was indeed a brilliant

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