"Old Master Qin, may your fortune be as vast as the East Sea and your life as long as the Southern Mountains!" Just then, from the originally silent villa, a sudden voice echoed through the hall.
Qin Shuran, her face filled with despair, was startled and looked towards the familiar figure who had walked to the bottom of the stairs.
In an instant, Qin Shuran excitedly covered her red lips, tears streaming down uncontrollably.
The sudden voice instantly made Chen Fan the focus of everyone present.
Especially Chen Fan's attire, which was out of place with everyone else's, made many people question the young man's identity.
"Who is this kid? Is he blind? Didn't you see Young Master Liu was about to put the ring on Miss Qin?"
"Where did this kid come from? Dressed like that, who let him in?"
"Is this a place he can come to? How did the Qin family's security let someone like this in? What if he has some germs on him, wouldn't that infect us?"
The people who had been standing around Chen Fan all isolated him with looks of disgust.
Liu Qianze, standing on the stairs, also heard Chen Fan's voice. A deep chill flashed in his eyes, and he glared at Chen Fan angrily.
"Who are you?!" Qin Xiaodong questioned sternly.
Chen Fan smiled calmly, "I am Shuran's boyfriend. I've come today to wish Old Master Qin a happy birthday."
"What?!"
"He's Miss Qin's boyfriend?!"
"He actually dared to come to the Qin family's birthday banquet. This kid's guts are really something."
"He looks decent, but with that shabby attire, compared to Young Master Liu, it's like comparing heaven and earth!"
"This kid dares to cuckold Young Master Liu? I think he's tired of living."
The scene immediately erupted in an uproar. Everyone stared at Chen Fan in disbelief. They never expected that this shabby young man they were talking about was actually the boyfriend Qin Shuran had mentioned earlier.
Old Master Qin's face and Qin Hongguo's faces immediately turned grim.
Qin Xiaodong coldly reprimanded, "Where did this wild kid come from? Don't you know what kind of place this is? How dare you talk nonsense here? Security, throw him out!"
A moment later, several security guards rushed over, intending to throw Chen Fan out of the villa.
Seeing this, Qin Shuran wanted to stop them, but Qin Xiaodong grabbed her arm.
Chen Fan glanced at the surrounding security guards and sneered, "Is this how the dignified Qin family treats its guests?"
"Guest? What are you? Do you deserve to be a guest of our Qin family?" Qin Yuyan sneered with disdain.
"Miss Qin Er is right. How can a shabby kid like you be a guest of the Qin family?"
"Kid, to enter a Qin family banquet, you need an invitation. Someone like you, perhaps after another few decades of struggle, the Qin family might grudgingly bestow upon you a golden invitation."
Everyone jeered, mocking Chen Fan.
Qin Yuyan, standing on the stairs, saw Qin Shuran's anxious expression and a smug cold smile appeared on her lips.
"Wait a moment." Just as the security guards were about to make a move on Chen Fan, Chen Fan called out again.
He then swept his gaze across the crowd, "Who told you I don't have an invitation from the Qin family?"
When everyone heard this, the scene erupted in laughter.
"Kid, you? Have a Qin family invitation?"
"I'm worth over a hundred million, and I was barely invited by the Qin family. Who do you think you are to stand on equal footing with me?" A middle-aged man took out the platinum invitation in his hand and waved it a few times not far from Chen Fan, clearly showing off in front of him.
Qin Xiaodong's face also turned extremely cold. Never before had such trash dared to cause trouble at the Qin family's place. "What are you standing around for? Throw him out!"
However, at this moment, Chen Fan reached into the plastic bag and fumbled around. A black invitation with a gilded 'Qin' character was pulled out by Chen Fan.
Instantly, the scene fell silent.
The security guards who were about to forcibly drag Chen Fan out all froze on the spot.
Old Master Qin and the others on the stairs frowned, looking at the invitation in Chen Fan's hand with surprise.
Qin Shuran was also incredulous. She never expected Chen Fan to have a black gold invitation!
"This, this kid has a black gold invitation?!"
"How is this possible?! Even Liu Qianze only has a platinum invitation. The black gold invitations are held by his father and second uncle. How could this kid possibly have one?"
"Could the invitation in his hand be fake?" someone guessed.
"How is that possible? If he could get in here, he must have shown an invitation. These invitations are all registered under real names and require barcode verification. If it were fake, it would have been detected." This guess was directly refuted by some people.
"Could this kid be a junior from some prominent family?" others speculated.
Hearing this, the middle-aged man who had been showing off his platinum invitation in front of Chen Fan turned red and stuffed the invitation back into his pocket, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into.
"Dad, how does this kid have our Qin family's black gold invitation?" Qin Xiaodong asked Qin Hongguo in surprise.
Qin Hongguo was also unsure of the situation and turned his gaze to the butler standing at the bottom of the stairs.
The butler, an old man, saw Qin Hongguo's gaze and quickly walked up the stairs.
"Old Xie, what's going on?" Qin Hongguo questioned.
The old man quickly took out a list and searched for a moment, then replied, "Patriarch, this invitation is from Wanhao Group in Jiangcheng."
"Wanhao Group?" Qin Hongguo frowned deeply.
He then looked at the security guards around Chen Fan, "Since he is a distinguished guest of the Qin family, you can all stand down."
Everyone was shocked to see this. This meant that the black gold invitation in the shabbyly dressed young man's hand was real!
Liu Qianze's eyes were extremely dark. He never expected Chen Fan to dare to step forward and disrupt the event.
However, seeing that Chen Fan was only carrying a broken plastic bag, a sly glint flashed in Liu Qianze's eyes, "Doctor Chen, you said you came to wish him a happy birthday, so I'd like to ask you, what birthday gift did you bring for Shuran's grandfather?"
All eyes turned to Chen Fan again, noticing that he had nothing else besides the plastic bag in his hand.
When attending a birthday banquet, one usually brings some gifts. This is a matter of etiquette.
To come empty-handed would be too excessive.
Chen Fan looked at Liu Qianze, their eyes meeting.
Liu Qianze glanced at the plastic bag in Chen Fan's hand, "Could it be that the birthday gift you're giving to Grandpa Shuran is the plastic bag in your hand?"
Immediately, many people in the audience sneered.
Giving a gift in a plastic bag was something they had never heard of.
Liu Xiaotian also chimed in with mockery, "Kid, my cousin gave Grandpa Qin a Yuan Blue-and-White vase worth thirteen million yuan, which Grandpa Qin particularly liked. I wonder what you're giving Grandpa Qin? Take it out and let us have a look!"
"Thirteen million yuan for a Yuan Blue-and-White vase?! Young Master Liu is truly generous!"
"He's the Qin family's prospective son-in-law, so it's not surprising he'd give such a gift. But what about this kid? He just said he's Miss Qin's boyfriend. I wonder what gift he's giving Old Master Qin."
"The plastic bag in his hand? Even if it's filled with gold, it wouldn't be as valuable as what Young Master Liu gave."