Chapter 1196 Birthday Party Part 2
The hall fell silent, Bai An's face flushed and he wanted to yell something. But when he met his father's gaze, he opened his mouth but didn't yell.
Su Jingrou hurried forward and grabbed Bai An. Bai An first glared at Su Jingrou with displeasure and wanted to shake his arm away, but he felt the strength of his fiancee holding his arm, and then met the pleading and slightly anxious eyes.
Bai An, who wanted to raise his hand to shake off, stopped his action and let Su Jingrou pull the two people to the side to inquire. He didn't go to the crowd again, as if Su Jingrou wanted to persuade Bai An.
Bai Qiansong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his son being taken away by his daughter-in-law. To be honest, he was really afraid that his son would get angry and leave directly, so that the last bit of face of him, the head of the Bai family, would be completely thrown to the ground and trampled on by others.
Some people were relieved that Bai An didn't make a fuss when his fiancee took him away. Some people showed disappointment and regretted missing a good show.
"I think almost everyone has arrived, why don't we have a banquet?" Bai Changsong said.
Although he is waiting for retirement, he is still better than Bai Changsong, who has no position but is an honorary director of several companies. And Bai Chunlan, who is at home taking care of her husband and children.
Bai Changsong doesn't say it, but he feels that he is the most promising one in the Bai family. Although he has inherited some political resources of the Bai family, his ability is limited and too many resources have been lost.
So he is somewhat resentful that the old man actually gave most of the assets of the Bai family to the eldest house, and also handed them over to his niece Bai Qian to manage.
However, seeing the situation of his eldest brother's family today, plus Bai Qian had resigned from Mobile and insisted on making cosmetics. Although he didn't gloat in his heart, after all, they are brothers and still have feelings. But he felt a lot more comfortable in his heart.
"Qi'er went to pick someone up, wait a minute. But you can ask the kitchen to prepare." Bai Qiansong said.
The villa of the Bai family is not small, with a hall and a restaurant dedicated to entertaining guests. Although there are a lot of people coming today, they can still sit down.
However, the chef at home would definitely be too busy, so he invited a group of kitchen staff from the hotel to help, and also brought a lot of ready-made dishes from the hotel, so that it would be much more convenient to prepare the dinner.
"Go to the kitchen and ask them to prepare the banquet." Bai Qiansong shouted to Bai An who was not far away.
Although he was pulled away by Su Jingrou and stood aside, Bai An still stiffened his neck. Bai Qiansong was angry when he saw his son who was not motivated and did not know the general situation.
So he simply asked him to go to the kitchen to take a look, so as not to be an eyesore in front of him, or make any trouble.
"I know, Dad, I will go with Bai An." Hearing what his father said, Bai An subconsciously stiffened his neck and yelled a few words. Because he felt the disgust in his father's eyes.
But before he could speak, his fiancée Su Jingrou spoke. Then she did not give Bai An a chance to speak, and pulled him to the back. She and Bai An were already engaged, and the two families began to discuss marriage, so it was normal to call Bai Qiansong dad.
Bai An was stagnant and didn't want to leave. He felt that he was too embarrassed to lose face today. He wanted to use this method to insist on his last bit of dignity. Such persistence is undoubtedly ridiculous, childish like a child who has not grown up.
"Let's go to the kitchen first. My sister will bring her friends in later. It's not good to make a fuss. It's my father's birthday today." Su Jingrou said in a low voice.
She even felt a little aggrieved in her heart. If she could be whole, Bai An would definitely not be her good match. She didn't really love the man in front of her, but she thought of her father.
In addition, she didn't actually meet someone she liked and was willing to entrust her life to. So although she was dissatisfied with Bai An's engagement, she didn't resist.
Bai An didn't really fear her father, Bai Qiansong. She even felt that her father was a little timid and didn't have the style of the head of the Bai family at all.
But for her sister Bai Xi, although Bai An didn't say it, he was still a little afraid in his heart. Compared with her father who had no way to deal with her after getting angry with her, her sister Bai Xi would never show mercy if she dealt with him.
Of course, Bai'an dotes on him unconditionally. Basically, he gets whatever he wants as long as he doesn't mess around. So Bai'an, whose mother died early, has half of the affection for Bai Xi as a brother and sister, and the other half as a mother-son affection facing the mother in his eyes.
Su Jingrou dragged Bai'an to the kitchen at the back, and the originally quiet hall gradually became busy. However, compared with the flattery just now, everyone's eyes looked at the door of the hall from time to time.
Although they didn't admit it, it must be said that even if they were dissatisfied with Bai Xi accepting 80% of the assets of the Bai family. But for Bai Xi, the actual helmsman of the Bai family, they were somewhat afraid.
After all, Bai Xi, her own brother Bai'an, made a mistake, and Bai Xi never showed mercy to clean it up. Facing these people, Bai Xi naturally wouldn't show any good face.
After cleaning up Bai'an, because Bai'an is her brother, Bai Xi will compensate from other places. And after cleaning up these people, not kicking them out of the Bai family is already the greatest favor. Therefore, when they face Bai Xi, they feel a little angry but dare not speak.
After all, even though Bai Changsong is now the highest-ranking official in the Bai family, his two sons, Bai Hai and Bai Chuan, are also doing more and more business. But if these two people cannot break through themselves, their father, Bai Changsong, will actually be their ceiling.
But the assets of Baijia that Bai Xi took over were priced at the top by Mr. Bai back then, which was definitely a world of difference. Even though Bai Xi resigned from the position of CEO of China Mobile, it seemed like a big failure, which made them quite dissatisfied. Many people even lost a way to make money.
But they still need to rely on the assets in Bai Xi's hands to survive. They are used to having someone above them to eat and take more and make more money. If they go out to compete freely with others, they will definitely lose so much that they can't even afford to wear their pants.
Just as the people in the hall looked at the door from time to time, they were curious about who Bai Xi was going to take over, and the answer was finally about to come out.
Yang Dongxu followed Bai Xi into the hall, and the two were still talking when they came in. They stopped talking after entering the hall, and then Yang Dongxu walked towards Bai Qiansong with a smile.
Although the relationship between Yang Dongxu and Bai Xi was almost known to the entire Yanjing circle, after all, someone actually stole the granddaughter-in-law of the old Zhao family. And after stealing her, he didn't marry Bai Xi, but kept her as a lover.
It would be strange if everyone is not curious about such explosive gossip. Although the circle they belong to is indeed a high-level circle, and some are even top circles.
But even people in the top circles are still people, right?
As people, they naturally have gossip in their hearts, not to mention that such a big drama is naturally more interesting to everyone.
However, although everyone knows about gossip and rumors, they have never really seen Yang Dongxu. Even many people in the hall don’t know what Yang Dongxu does.
Just know that this person is awesome!
Nonsense!
He pried off the granddaughter-in-law of the old Zhao family, and he can still make Bai Qian willing to be his lover. More importantly, this person is actually alive and well, and it seems that he is still doing a big business. If such a fierce man is not called awesome, then what is awesome?
So when Yang Dongxu and Bai Qian came in together, people who didn’t know him. Just guessed Yang Dongxu’s identity, thinking that this might be Bai Qian’s friend or something, or maybe a partner.
After all, although the Bai family has collapsed, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. There are still many people who come to curry favor with them, and Bai Qiansong’s birthday is undoubtedly a very good opportunity to curry favor with them.
But those who knew Yang Dongxu couldn't help but change their expressions when they saw him walk into the hall. Those who didn't know Yang Dongxu felt that this man was awesome. It was all gossip that the cowboy had stolen the Zhao family's granddaughter-in-law and let a strong woman like Bai Qian be his lover.
Those who knew Yang Dongxu understood that the awesomeness of this young man who looked only in his twenties was far from those gossips. In foreign countries, it was even more awesome than the FBI.
In fact, it was not only the younger generation below who were stunned, but also the three sons of the Bai family sitting in the main seat. But the three people were stunned a little differently.
Bai Qiansong, Bai Qian's father, was stunned with a complicated look. He was surprised to see Yang Dongxu. After all, with Yang Dongxu's current status and position, he could come to attend his birthday party in person, which undoubtedly made him feel very face-saving.
But thinking of the relationship between his daughter and the young man in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. And now he was embarrassed in front of the entire Bai family, so the look on his face was a little complicated with surprise and displeasure.
The second son, Bai Changsong, put away his previous attitude of being lazy in front of his eldest brother and thinking that he was the boss of the Bai family. Compared with the things that the younger generation knew, he undoubtedly knew more.
Moreover, Yang Dongxu's arrogance was not just in the past two years, he had been very arrogant a long time ago. It's just that he didn't show it in the past two years. Therefore, Yang Dongxu was very arrogant when Mr. Bai was alive.
The third son, Bai Chunlan, frowned when she saw Yang Dongxu, and seemed a little unhappy. It seemed that Yang Dongxu's visit was a bit of a slap in the face of the Bai family.
After all, rumors are rumors, and it is undoubtedly inappropriate to appear in such a formal occasion as Bai Qiansong's birthday party. After all, Yang Dongxu is already married and it is impossible for him to marry Bai Qian.
However, although she was unhappy in her heart, she did not speak. After all, she was a married daughter, not to mention that the Bai family seemed harmonious on the surface, but in fact they had split up. Bai Qiansong, the father, did not say anything, so she, an "outsider", naturally would not interfere. Moreover, she also knew that the young man in front of her was not easy to mess with.
"Happy birthday, Uncle Bai!" Yang Dongxu didn't care about the eyes around him that were either surprised, scrutinizing, or confused, not knowing who he was.
He came to Bai Qiansong to perform the junior ceremony and first gave a simple congratulation, then smiled and said: "This is the birthday gift I picked. I hope you like it."
"It's enough that you are here. Why bring a gift? Let Bai Qian talk to you for a while. The banquet will start soon. Eat more." Although his expression and heart were a little complicated.
But Bai Qiansong was still very happy with Yang Dongxu's junior gift, and he couldn't directly yell angrily and ask the young man in front of him to get out. So he could only say a few polite words with a slightly stiff smile.
"Is this a calligraphy and painting?" Bai Changsong said for some unknown purpose.
The normal process should be to say a few polite words. Then let the gift be put away, and everyone said a few words to eat. But Bai Changsong suddenly said this, and instantly shifted everyone's curiosity about Yang Dongxu to the curiosity about the gift he gave.
People who don't know Yang Dongxu are naturally curious about what gift the guest Bai Qianqian personally went to pick up has given. People who know Yang Dongxu are even more curious.
It's just that people who don't know Yang Dongxu are curious about the gift. Some of these people are curious about the gift. Some of them are curious about the gift if it's not very good, and then laugh at Bai Qiansong and Bai Qian in their hearts.
"Second brother." Bai Chunlan called Bai Changsong in a reproachful tone.
Although she was very dissatisfied with Yang Dongxu's arrival and the loss of face for the Bai family. But today was her eldest brother's birthday after all, and she didn't want the family to be too awkward and let outsiders laugh at her.