"Why did you take so long to come out?"
Outside the restroom, Wang Chulin watched Wan Dongming emerge. He smiled and said, "I just called third brother and asked him to come over!"
"Mhm, is he here yet?"
Wang Chulin's eyes lit up, knowing that her husband and she were summoned by Master Fu and the richest man solely due to Wan Yunting's connections.
Now, everyone present looked at the Wan Dongming couple with changed gazes. Even Zhang Gaojie and the others dared not utter any more mocking or sarcastic words.
"He'll be here soon."
Wan Dongming nodded, pulling Wang Chulin along and smiling, "Come, let's go say hello to Master Fu, lest he leaves early and we miss third brother..."
The couple returned to the party venue. It was already 9:40 PM. Those who should and shouldn't be at the exchange banquet had all arrived. They stood in groups of three or five, chatting about business collaborations or sitting together.
However, the most popular topic of discussion was still Master Fu's earlier summons of Wan Dongming.
Now that the Wan Dongming couple had returned, everyone cast peculiar glances at them, whispering and discussing. They were all very confused. How could this famous son-in-law of the Wang family, this man who lived off his wife, be favored by Master Fu and the others?
At this moment, Fang Yanxi, wearing a white spaghetti strap evening gown with a small jacket, was holding a wine glass and had just finished toasting some cooperative CEOs. Han Yuze had been shamelessly accompanying her.
This made Fang Yanxi feel very uncomfortable, but she could do nothing about him.
She saw the Wan Dongming couple at this moment. Fang Yanxi raised her wine glass and walked over, calling out, "Mr. Wan."
"Mhm..."
Seeing it was Fang Yanxi, Wan Dongming and Wang Chulin stopped and nodded in greeting, "Ms. Fang, you're here too."
Fang Yanxi nodded, smiling, "I arrived a bit late. Let me toast you."
"By all means."
Wan Dongming turned, picked up two new glasses of wine from a nearby table, and handed one to Wang Chulin, "Let's have a drink with Ms. Fang."
"And me!"
Just then, a wine glass bumped over abruptly. It was Han Yuze. His eyes showed undisguised disdain as he looked at Wan Dongming and said with a laugh, "Heh, you must be our Hua Du's famous kept man, right? I've heard a lot about you since returning from England."
As he spoke, Fang Yanxi's pretty face sank slightly.
Wan Dongming frowned, as he didn't know Han Yuze. Seeing him with Fang Yanxi, he assumed they were together.
"Senior Han, please watch your words!"
Fang Yanxi could no longer tolerate it and said coldly to Han Yuze.
"Am I wrong?"
Han Yuze pointed at the Wan Dongming couple and laughed, "Isn't he the son-in-law of the Wang family?"
Fang Yanxi frowned. She didn't know Han Yuze would speak so insultingly to Wan Dongming!
The reason was naturally that Wan Dongming was Wan Yunting's second brother. That's why Han Yuze deliberately insulted Wan Dongming directly in front of Fang Yanxi.
"Let's go."
As expected, Wan Dongming's expression turned grim. He retrieved his wine glass, gave Fang Yanxi and Han Yuze a cold glare, and pulled Wang Chulin back towards Master Fu...
"Heh, so what if he knows Master Fu? I, Han Yuze, still don't put you brothers in my eyes!" Han Yuze sneered disdainfully.
"Han Yuze, you've gone too far."
Fang Yanxi turned back, her cold eyes glaring at Han Yuze. She had wanted to get closer to Wan Yunting's second brother, but now, with Han Yuze's interference, she had made him resent her.
"Yanxi, I'm just telling the truth. How is he so petty and can't take a joke?" Han Yuze spread his hands, feigning innocence with a smile.
Fang Yanxi gave him a cold glare and turned to leave. Han Yuze tried to follow, but Fang Yanxi coldly snorted, "Please don't follow me."
"Yanxi..."
Watching her leave with a cold face, Han Yuze's eyes turned sinister, and a cold smile curved his lips.
"Young Master Han..."
A young man walked over. He glanced around, then took a small transparent bag from his pocket containing two small red pills and directly handed them to Han Yuze.
"Go and get the room ready for me!"
Han Yuze stuffed the pills into his pants and smiled at him.
"Okay."
The young man nodded and left. Han Yuze's gaze shifted to Fang Yanxi, who was talking with other bosses. A sinister smile played on his lips. "Fang Yanxi, I'll make you have an unforgettable and wonderful night tonight!"
...
At this moment, downstairs at the hotel, a silver Toyota sedan slowly drove over and stopped. A hotel attendant glanced at it and waved dismissively, "Don't park the car here, go to the parking lot over there..."
Seeing this, Wan Yunting didn't argue. He drove the car to the parking space, parked it, and then walked over. He looked at the two welcoming staff at the entrance with their disdainful expressions. Wan Yunting ignored them and tried to go inside directly.
"Excuse me, sir..."
The attendant stepped forward again and stopped Wan Yunting, his eyes full of contempt. "There's a business exchange banquet upstairs. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to go up..."
Wan Yunting raised an eyebrow. "What, do you need an invitation to attend?"
The exchange banquet hosted by the Hua Du Chamber of Commerce didn't actually require any invitation letters or guest lists. However, this attendant, looking at Wan Yunting's extremely ordinary attire, said scornfully, "You cannot attend the banquet without a formal suit."
"Heh."
Wan Yunting smiled. Looking at this attendant who was judging him by his appearance, he had overlooked the earlier scolding about parking. Now, this was too much. Wan Yunting was very unhappy and took out his phone to call his second brother...
At the banquet, Wan Dongming, who was with Master Fu, Kang Hongwen, and Ling Wei, felt his phone vibrate. He took it out and saw it was his third brother. He quickly answered, "Third brother, have you arrived?"
"Mhm, I'm on the first floor. The people at the entrance won't let me in."
Wan Yunting glanced coldly at the attendant in front of him. "Second brother, please come down and get me."
"Alright, alright, I'm coming down now." Wan Dongming nodded, hung up the phone, told Wang Chulin, and prepared to go down to pick up Wan Yunting.
"It must be Young Wan."
Kang Hongwen, who was there, noticed the content of Wan Dongming's call.
Master Fu and Ling Wei also turned to look at him. Wan Dongming nodded, "Yes, my third brother is downstairs. The people at the entrance won't let him up, so I'm going down to get him."
"The banquet doesn't stipulate that anyone cannot participate, does it?"
Upon hearing that someone downstairs dared to stop Wan Yunting, Kang Hongwen was slightly angered. He immediately stood up, "Let's go, I'll go down with you to get Young Wan..."
"I'll go too."
Master Fu slapped his thigh, and Ling Wei, who was sitting next to him, immediately helped him up...
However, everyone around was stunned. They never expected Wan Yunting to have such influence that both Master Fu and the richest man, Kang Hongwen, would personally go downstairs to pick him up.
Wan Dongming was excited. He hadn't expected his third brother to have such good relations with Kang Hongwen and Master Fu that they would come downstairs to pick him up. Thus, the group headed out...
"Are Master Fu and Mr. Kang leaving?"
Others in the distance saw this scene and thought Master Fu and Kang Hongwen were leaving.
"No, they're going downstairs to pick someone up!"
"Pick someone up? Who? Are they that important? That Master Fu and Mr. Kang would pick them up together?"
"Could it be that a prominent figure from another city has also arrived?"
"Let's go, let's go and see..."
Confused, everyone followed them out.
Even Fang Yanxi was curious and followed the crowd downstairs. Wan Dongming led Master Fu, Kang Hongwen, Ling Wei, Zhang Tairan, and other bosses, followed by a group of people. Fang Yanxi followed behind, wondering who these business magnates like Master Fu were going downstairs to pick up...
Wan Yunting, standing at the entrance, lit a cigarette and was confronting the attendant who had stopped him. He saw his second brother, followed by Kang Hongwen, Ling Wei, and the elderly Du Laifu. Since he had visited his master in prison a few years ago, Wan Yunting had met him once.