Hearing this, Ye Jiuliang and Ji Mingqian finally understood what was going on and showed a schadenfreude smile on their faces.
With a cool tone, Li Mochan asked, "If it’s not your fault, then why did you run?"
"I, I, I... I got scared," Burn said with a lack of confidence.
Looking at his bullied appearance, Ji Mingqian felt goosebumps all over and turned his head away, retching.
"Burn, can you speak normally?" It’s making sick.
"Mind your own business," Burn glared at him, the joy-seeking fella.
"Alright, alright, you don’t have to pay back," Ye Jiuliang rolled his eyes, clearly repulsed.
Look at him acting all money-hungry.
"I’m just wondering, Burn, how such generous parents gave birth to a money-grubber like you," Ji Mingqian teased.
Trying to get even a penny out of him is like asking for his life.
When he heard he didn’t need to repay the money, Burn’s eyes narrowed into a smile, and he couldn’t be bothered to argue with Ji Mingqian, "I just like money, is that wrong?"
Ji Mingqian shook his head; this kid was lost in his greed.
"Had I known you were all coming, I would have asked you to bring Jiang Yisheng along," Burn said, glancing at Li Mochan with a touch of regret.
Ye Jiuliang teased with a smile, "What, you want to see Asheng?"
"Of course, I really like him. He’s got looks and talent. I frequently go to his concerts, and I own every single one of his albums," Burn expressed his admiration for Jiang Yisheng.
Ji Mingqian huffed quietly, muttering, "Terrible temper, what’s there to like? Good looks, my foot."
No matter how quietly he spoke, the other three heard him clear as day.
Li Mochan glanced at him indifferently and retorted without courtesy, "Asheng may have a bad temper but he’s still better than you, and no matter how ugly, he’s still more attractive than you."
As if he, with his jumbled and cracked features, had any right to criticize his family.
"Exactly, exactly. Jiang Yisheng is much better looking than you, and he’s also gentle, unlike you who resort to violence at the slightest disagreent, barbaric and rude," Burn chid in supportively.
The two of them tead up against him, turning Ji Mingqian’s handso face dark with anger, and he spoke without thinking.
"Gentle my ass. His temper is horrible. He did it on purpose, and he even bit ."
As soon as he spoke, three gazes simultaneously turned to him.
Ye Jiuliang blinked, "Asheng bit you?"
Really? Or is he bluffing?
"Impossible, Jiang Yisheng being so gentle and biting you, don’t sar his na," Burn, like a fan defending his idol, retorted strenuously.
Confronted with their skeptical looks, Ji Mingqian grew even more irritated, raising his voice uncontrollably, "He bit my hand."
Was Jiang Yisheng’s character better than his?
Everyone was speaking up for Jiang Yisheng, which was infuriating.
Li Mochan looked at him coldly, murmuring, "That must be because you provoked him first."
"You’re family, of course you’d take his side," Ji Mingqian sneered.
Unbeknownst to them, the atmosphere was thick with the sll of gunpowder.
Ye Jiuliang laughed abruptly, pressing Ji Mingqian down into his seat, "It’s just a bite, why are you so heated? Achen used to beat you up all the ti when we were kids, and you never got this mad."
"I..." Ji Mingqian was at a loss for words.
"Jiuliang is right, a man should be more magnanimous," Burn said, trying to smooth things over.
Ji Mingqian glared at him, "Go away."
He had been quite the instigator just now, and yet he had the nerve to co and persuade him.
Burn glanced at his watch and changed the subject, "The auction is about to start, I’ll go down and check on things."
As he stood up and walked towards the exit, suddenly, there were only three people left in the private room: Ye Jiuliang and his company.
Ye Jiuliang noticed Ji Mingqian was quite angered and a teasing smile appeared on the corner of his lips, "Did you and Asheng have a disagreent?"
Ji Mingqian picked up his wine glass and drank the red wine as if nothing had happened, stubbornly denying, "No."
"It’s rare to see you so upset."
"If I say there’s nothing, then there’s nothing."
Ye Jiuliang shrugged his shoulders and didn’t pursue the matter further.
She handed him the backpack she had brought and spoke in a calm voice, "Everything you need to disguise yourself is in the bag, we’ll head downstairs first."
Ji Mingqian set down his wine glass and took the backpack from her hands.
Before leaving, Li Mochan gave Ji Mingqian a deep look, a glint of sharpness flashing through the depths of his eyes.
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The entire second floor was an open space, and as far as the eye could see, there were matching tables set up everywhere, each adorned with tea, pastries, and fruit.
The attendees were influential figures from various sectors, and Gu Yunxing had put in quite an effort in seating arrangents to avoid any discontent among the guests.
Each table could seat four people, but most of the invited guests ca in pairs, which required careful consideration to prevent seating guests who disliked each other together.
Luckily, although Burn could be a bit offbeat, he was quite adept in social interactions.
Sure enough, as soon as he arrived, the atmosphere at the venue imdiately livened up.
Ye Jiuliang watched Burn, who was effortlessly mingling and chatting lively with the guests, her lips curling into a smirk, "Mohan, have you known Burn for a long ti?"
Li Mochan, cracking sunflower seeds, replied, "About five or six years."
As he finished speaking, he placed the shelled seeds on the small dish in front of Ye Jiuliang.
Ye Jiuliang smiled and picked up the seeds to put into her mouth, "That guy seems nonsensical, but he’s actually quite interesting, kind of like Aqian."
If he was truly easy to bully, he wouldn’t be managing such a large Gu Yunxing.
Li Mochan humd in agreent.
"I want to eat an orange," Ye Jiuliang said, picking up an orange and handing it to him, with a sly smile on her lips.
Li Mochan agreed and took the orange from her hand.
Because of Li Mochan’s powerful "don’t ss with " presence, no one at their table dared to co over for small talk or to network.
Ye Jiuliang was content to enjoy the rare peace, gnawing on her orange when she noticed people taking seats at the empty table next to them.
It was none other than Mo Yuan and his wife, along with Mo Su and Mo Chen—all had arrived.
Ye Jiuliang raised her eyebrows; the whole family of four had co.
Just as she looked toward the Mo Family, Mo Chen also noticed her, and his face imdiately blossod into a smile.
"Sister Ajiu."
Ignoring Mo Yu’s warning gaze, Mo Chen headed straight for the table next to them.
"Sister Ajiu, weren’t you off to the States? How co you’re here?" Mo Chen hadn’t seen Ye Jiuliang for a while and was visibly excited.
Ye Jiuliang smirked, "Just here to join in the fun. Don’t you have classes?"
"Well, the juniors at Beisen have big exams, so they gave us a three-day holiday, plus the weekend. The holiday is quite long, so I ca back," Mo Chen said cheerfully.
In reality, his mother had ordered him to co back, but seeing Sister Ajiu made it a happy return.
"Also, I participated in a motorcycle race recently and won first place in my group. I used the bike you gave for the race," he added, his voice growing excited towards the end.
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