C8 Must Go to the Banquet

There was a ray of sunlight on the horizon outside the courtyard, blocked by the shade of the trees. It seemed that they did not dare to invade. The passers-by on both sides were actually all kinds of security personnel with unique skills. This was the old residence of Xue family, and also Old Master Xue's residence.

Due to Old Master Xue's existence, this mansion always had a kind of awe-inspiring dignity. Even the patrolling people around the mansion didn't smile or smile, as if they were afraid of disturbing something.

However, the laughter that came out of the room from time to time today was like a silver bell, dispersing the fog that hadn't dispersed for a long time. Even the disguised pedestrians had a smile on their faces.

Sitting on the armchair, Old Master Xue looked at Xue Xue who was standing behind him, massaging his shoulders. Her face was not as dignified as before, and her brows were tightly knitted.

At this moment, he was more like an ordinary grandfather, accompanying his granddaughter and enjoying a little hospitality purely out of bloodline.

"Alright, you are tired too. Sit down and talk."

The old man's wide palm pressed down on Xue Xue. He was so happy that his beard was about to rise. However, he still wanted to restrain the curve of his lips. The butler beside him could not help but want to laugh. However, he also tried his best to hold back like Old Master Xue did, even if the old man glared at him fiercely. The butler only had joy in his heart.

Once upon a time, this grandfather and grandson were so hostile. One of them swore to never lower his head, while the other suppressed the spine of his granddaughter and wanted her to submit. How could there be one percent of the warmth between the two of them at this moment?

"I'm not tired."

Xue Xue smiled slightly, but she could not resist the force from the old man's hand. She sat at the side. Maybe when a person was reborn. In this family, there was only his grandfather who truly treated him. This hand had also tightly held onto her in his previous life. It was just that when he was dying, the strength was too light, too light. He had been too stupid back then. He had completely ignored the old man's instructions. She gave the Xue and Yun families to the jackals.

"What do you think about that matter?"

Old Master Xue still went straight to the point. When he treated Xue Xue, he would never be as roundabout as when he was in the business world. This was probably the reason why the slender and sensitive Xue Xue in her previous life could not get along with the old man. It was just that after so many years, she had already understood. This was the unique way that the old man valued people.

There was no probing, as long as one listened to the truth.

"Since mother brought her back, then I have no other choice, right?"

Xue Xue took the teacup from the housekeeper's hand and smiled sweetly. Old Master Xue, however, furrowed his brows.

"I have investigated that girl's background. She did indeed grow up in an orphanage, but I keep feeling that something is not right."

"What do you think?" Xue Xue tilted her head and looked at the old man with her crystal-like eyes. Her cute and obedient appearance almost melted her grandpa's heart.

"You clearly know what I'm thinking, but you still pretend to be mischievous!"

There were many ways to disappear alone. Old Master Xue had never been a kind person. As long as it was a hidden danger that could threaten his granddaughter, he did not recommend using unusual means.

"There will always be a flaw in this."

Xue Xue shook her head slowly. In Old Master Xue's position, there were countless pairs of eyes staring at him from behind. If it was not for the old man being cautious, he would have been swallowed by those flies and insects long ago. Besides, even if others thought it was an accident, the son and daughter-in-law who always knew the old man's means were well aware of it. At that time, they would definitely feel uncomfortable.

It was not worth it for such a girl!

"Girl, although you grew up by my side, what I taught you is all upright things. If that girl really grew up in an orphanage, I don't know how many schemes and schemes she has in her heart."

Old Master Xue saw that Xue Xue was originally a very outstanding girl. In the past, he couldn't figure out why she would always go against him on purpose, and her results weren't bad either. This time, she was shocked by the disaster, which made her work towards the original direction of excellence. However, this piece of carefully carved jade... How could it withstand the impact of those lower-grade stones?

Those schemes and tricks that came from the lowest level could be used in all kinds of underhanded ways.

"Grandpa, don't look down on me too much." Xue Xue held her cheek with one hand and her eyes seemed to have some kind of nostalgic look, "I have the ability to protect myself."

Those days and nights when she was bitten by bugs and rats had long given Xue Xue extraordinary willpower and endurance. If she lost like this, then she deserved to die.

"You lass."

The old man lightly sighed but did not say anything else.

Perhaps this was also good. Xue Qu had survived the bloody storm. If he didn't have those near-death experiences, then there wouldn't be the Xue family that everyone respected today. It was good to let Xiaoxue experience some training. Anyway, he was watching.

"What about the gathering in two days?"

"Party?"

Xue Xue blinked and an image suddenly appeared in her mind.

The girl who had encountered a terrifying incident was at a loss at what to do at the banquet and was ridiculed by the daughters of the various families who were jealous of her. Only the young man called Ling Chen reached out his hand to her - but she pulled her into the abyss with her hand. She used it as a life-saving straw.

She still remembered that her doll-like sister rushed over in a hurry and put on a show of deep brotherly love. At that time, she only felt inexplicably touched, and now she came back.

So his target was him.

After being reborn, he was able to understand everything. Was it because he was too stupid in his previous life, or was it because he did not have feelings now and could see it clearly?

The Ling family was in a critical period of expansion. They needed to marry Xue family's daughter. It was really hard for Ling Chen to bear the fact that his reputation had been ruined at that time.

"Grandfather, must I participate?"

"This banquet is the birthday banquet of the Ji family's young master."

The old man replied simply, but this answer represented everything.

If the Xue family was said to be standing at the top of the nobility, especially because of the marriage between the Xue family and the Yun family, This gave the Xue family the ability to look down on most of the so-called aristocrats and wealthy families, then the Ji family... It was an existence that could wipe out everything with a single breath.

This was a reclusive family that had never cared about worldly affairs. However, it had the ability to cause chaos in this country. Those economic bubbles that were unable to figure out what was going on inside and outside of the country could almost find traces of the Ji family.

They usually showed indifferent expressions and hardly communicated with the outside world. The few banquets that they held were all for the sake of the only young master that was exposed in the outside world of the Ji family.

It was imaginable that if the Xue family didn't participate in this banquet, even if the Ji family didn't care about it, there would still be a lot of people who wanted to take advantage of the chaos and attack them together.

"I understand."

So it was the Ji family, a family that he couldn't even come into contact with in his previous life.

However, what would happen if a sleeping tiger touched his beard?