Soon they arrived at the hotel hosting the banquet. Tang Yue stayed in the car with the driver, while Yue Fei followed Gu Wei into the banquet hall.
Yue Fei does not know if it was his illusion or not. He noticed that the moment he followed Gu Wei into the hall, there was a momentary pause of the people who had gathered in the hall to talk cordially, but it was only a moment and everything was back to normal.
Gu Wei walked straight toward the center of the hall without raising his eyelids.
Yue Fei pursed his lower lip as he tried to keep up.
In the corner of the hall, a beautiful boy stared at the figures of the two entering the venue, his left earing gleaming coldly under the lights of the hall. Whether it is the aura or the clothing, the two are like in-sync partners, as in you have me in you, and I have you in me, in which outsiders cannot intervene.
A beta? The boy sneered in his heart.
"Third Brother Gu, you are here."
"Third Brother."
"Third Brother, long time no see."
...
As Gu Wei approached the center of the hall, there were more and more greetings around him. Gu Wei only nodded and passed by without stopping to greet anyone.
Yue Fei looked at this scene with novelty.
Obviously, Gu Wei is one of the best in this group of peers.
The distance of tens of meters was quickly over. In the middle of the hall, an old man in a wheelchair watched them approaching with a smile.
"So this is Xiao Fei."
Yue Fei looked at the old man who called his nickname.
"Yes, Grandpa Lu, this is my partner." Gu Wei curled up his lips and took Yue Fei's hand, "You don't have to worry about my marriage in the future."
Lu Zhenye and Gu Wei's Grandpa had a good relationship. They watched Gu Wei grow up and he treated Gu Wei like his own grandson. At this moment, he heard these words and snorted: "I thought you had forgotten this old man."
"How could I, today you specially organized the juniors in the circle over 25 and under 30 to come to the Haitang Hall to enjoy the paintings, and you also specifically asked those who have a partner to bring theirs to the banquet, this gathering was meant for Xiao Fei, so I brought him here to meet you," Gu Wei said.
Lu Zhenye refused to admit it, and could not help complaining about him like an old child: "You're thinking too much, I just acquired some new paintings and want to let you juniors come over to view them. Besides, you're so secretive about your marriage, no one even got wind of it. If it weren't for your father accidentally talking about it, I would not have known that you have...actually found a partner."
Gu Wei only smiled, not saying anything.
"Xiao Fei, is this kid treating you well?" Lu Zhenye looked at Yue Fei.
Yue Fei nodded: "Very good."
Lu Zhenye looked at Gu Wei suspiciously: "If he bullies you in the future, just tell me and I will help you lecture him."
Yue Fei: "Ah, yes, thank you Grandpa."
Gu Wei smiled lightly, and raised his hand to support the handle of the old man's wheelchair: "It's too noisy here. I'll accompany you to rest for a while."
Lu Zhenye became all childish: "You just don't want me to talk with Xiao Fei."
Gu Wei: "No need to rush, I will take him to visit you at your home another day."
He pushed the old man into the inner hall, but did not ask Yue Fei to follow.
Yue Fei assumed that they would like to talk alone for a while, so he walked to the table by himself, picked up a plate, put some snacks on it, and ate it while waiting.
He had not eaten anything since noon, so he was really hungry.
Because he came in with Gu Wei, soon someone came up and wanted to chat with him.
But Yue Fei only immersed himself in his food and ignored people around him.
He did not know anyone here...Gu Wei was not here and he did not explain the situation with him, so he would not bother to socialize.
Gu Xing stood in the corner, looking at his brother's partner, he knew his brother who was prideful since young was quietly looking for a partner, and this had piqued his interest.
To think the top-notch alpha Gu Wei would actually go with a beta on a blind date, and even registered to get married. To this day, he still doesn't believe it is true.
Although he borrowed the name of Gu Xing at the beginning, Gu Wei helped him settle a bad project before proposing to use his name as an exchange, behaving as if he was doing Gu Xing a favor.
Yue Fei's indifference forced many people to back down, but as the circle grew, there were always people who were irritated with Yue Fei's presence.
"Hey, which family are you from? Who are you with? Did you not know that you can't come in here without an invitation?"
While Yue Fei was eating happily, a shadow suddenly fell in front of him. Yue Fei raised his head. The person was a handsome boy with delicate and arrogant studs on his left ear.
Following him were two tall men,their faces twisted with contempt.
Everyone with a leveled head knew that he came in with Gu Wei, so they would not deliberately come up to him to ask this question.
And the method was quite low-level.
Yue Fei did not really want to care about the other person.
But the other party obviously would not let him bypass the conversation with a fake smile like the group of people who were bothering him before.
"I came with Gu Wei," Yue Fei said.
Pretty boy: "How can you prove that? Where is your invitation?"
"..." Yue Fei raised his head and looked around. The people who had just tried to talk to him had already turned their heads away from him.
Is this for real?
Yue Fei raised a smirk: "I don't have an invitation, if you don't believe me, you can check the security camera."
The pretty boy choked on his saliva, then retorted back: "Who let you in to mess around!"
Yue Fei: "?"
"If you have no invitation, you should know your place and leave here immediately, don't be so cheeky." The pretty boy said with a cold face.
Yue Fei: "And you are?"
The boy raised his chin: "My grandpa is the host of this banquet."
Yue Fei: "Oh, Gu Wei is in the interior hall, if you don't believe me, you can just ask him to confirm it."
"This kind of trivial matter doesn't require Third Brother's attention at all, are you going to leave or not? If you don't leave, I'll have someone throw you out." The boy then took a step back and let the two tall men to move forward.
Yue Fei put down the small spoon in his hand and sighed: "How come you are so stubborn?"
Seeing that tall men were about to grasp Yue Fei.
Yue Fei suddenly raised his voice: "Second Brother Gu, are you just going to watch this happen?"
The hall fell silent, and the eyes of the crowd suddenly focused on the person in the corner.
Gu Xing, who was planning to watch on as an onlooker but was unsuccessful, did not expect Yue Fei to discover him already, screamed silently in distress as he stood up.
"Lin Lin, stop messing around." Gu Xing approached them and said to the pretty boy.
Lin Lin? Lu Family? Yue Fei recalled the name and realized that this is the person who was considered to be the best match for Gu Wei in the book. If it weren't for Gu Wei's determination of not wanting to pair with an omega, Lu Lin and Gu Wei might have been married under the business marriage of the two families.
Yue Fei put the small plate in his hand on the table, got up, and raised the corners of his mouth: "So you are Lin Lin. I often listen to Gu Wei mentioning you."
One sentence, one strike.
Lu Lin's eyes turned red in an instant, what did Third Brother say about him to this beta? Is he mentioned as a suitor? Or something else?
Seeing Lu Lin's face got embarrassed, Gu Xing's expression became cold.
"Yue Fei, you talk too much."
Before Yue Fei could say anything, a low voice broke the deadlock here.
"Why are you all here?"
Yue Fei turned around, it was Gu Wei.
Seeing Gu Wei appear, Gu Xing twitched the corner of his mouth and got silent.
Lu Lin, who was originally standing next to Gu Xing, saw Gu Wei and his eyes lit up, he curled his mouth as he walked a few steps to Gu Wei's side: "Third Brother, I just made a little joke, but it seems to make this brother angry."
"..." Yue Fei seemed to be smiling but not smiling, ha, this hypocritical sentence had the scent of a green tea bitch. [1]
As Lu Lin approached, Gu Wei frowned and took a step back, reminding: "Get rid of your pheromones."
The rich pheromone was clearly entangled with its target, making Gu Wei suddenly feel disgusted.
Unconsciously revealing ones pheromone is an instinct for an omega when in front of the person they like, so being rejected so straightforwardly in front of everyone, Lu Lin can hardly keep his pride.
"I'm sorry, I forgot to take the suppressant yesterday, I will go to the inner hall to find Grandpa first."
With such a poor excuse, Lu Lin ran away.
Seeing that Gu Wei did not mean to go after Lu Lin, Gu Xing frowned and raised his heel to follow Lu Lin.
There were only Yue Fei and Gu Wei, and the clean handed onlookers.
Gu Wei swept his eyes coldly across the hall, the people who wanted to already share the gossip immediately dispersed consciously.
"Hmm...I'm not angry." Yue Fei thought for a while and actively explained.
Gu Wei ignored his explanation, but asked, "Why ask Gu Xing for help?"
From when did you start listening and hear this?
Yue Fei thought for a while, and told the truth: "He is the only one I know here."
Gu Wei stared at him with complicated eyes.
"If you encounter this kind of thing again in the future, do you know who to call?"
Yue Fei was stunned for a moment, then he quickly reacted; he observed the man's expression while choosing his words: "That must be...I should be looking for...you!"
Hearing a satisfying answer, Gu Wei looked away from Yue Fei.
"Let's go, we're going home."
"Okay."
Yue Fei followed Gu Wei, raised his eyes to peep at him, thinking: is this the legendary alpha's strange desire to win?
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[1] 'Green Tea Bitch' (绿茶婊 luchabiao). According to Chinese netizens, the term is used to describe ambitious women/men who "pretend to be very innocent"