"Ugh..."
Seeing that Qin Linhai and Chu Wansong did not respond to Huangfu Qing, the guests who came to attend the engagement ceremony were dumbfounded.
They did not expect that Qin Linhai and Chu Wansong would accompany Jiang Wuming to leave here and eat elsewhere, all to accommodate Jiang Wuming's emotions!
Even Huangfu Qing proactively asked, but Qin Linhai and Chu Wansong ignored him!
This... was equivalent to completely disregarding the Huangfu family and the Wei family!
Although they all knew that Jiang Wuming had helped Chu Wansong unify Qinghong and had saved the life of Qin Linhai's son, Qin Xiaozhi, they were still shocked by their actions!
Compared to them, the Huangfu and Wei families were even more shocked!
The Huangfu family originated in Donghai at the beginning of the last century, then took root in Donghai, and has stood firm in Donghai's business world for a century without falling. They are the most powerful business family in Donghai, bar none!
The Wei family has served in the court for three generations, a rare evergreen tree in the Dragon Country's court. They have dominated Donghai for many years and are the banner of Donghai's officialdom!
Whether it was members of the Huangfu family or the Wei family, they were the type to walk with their heads held high in Donghai. Even if they looked at the entire Dragon Country, as long as they didn't encounter top wealthy families like the Ye family or the Gu family, they could hold their heads high and walk with dignity.
However, when these two families married and held an engagement banquet, which was hailed as the most grand in Donghai in recent decades, a guest actually disregarded their faces!
How could this not shock them?!
Chu Wansong and Qin Linhai could clearly sense that everyone's eyes were on them.
Even, they could feel the shock in everyone's gaze, but they ignored it, only looking at Jiang Wuming.
As for Chu Wansong, because of Jiang Zhan's favor back then, he had told Chu Feng that Jiang Wuming had half of the Chu family's empire.
The day after he said this, he protected Jiang Wuming at the Huangfu family's residence, and even for Jiang Wuming, he was willing to stain the Huangfu Mountain Villa with blood that night!
Later, with Jiang Wuming's help, he rescued Chu Weiyang, successfully unified Qinghong, and became the helmsman of Qinghong and the godfather of the Dragon Country's underground world!
Now, if someone made Jiang Wuming unhappy, let alone the Wei family and the Huangfu family, even the Ye family's face would not matter!
As for Qin Linhai...
As the second War God of the Qin family, and destined to take over the Qin family, holding a crucial position in the Ministry of War, he simply didn't care about the Huangfu family and the Wei family!
He came to attend the engagement ceremony today for Huangfu Weixia. How could he let Jiang Wuming be wronged just to save face for the Wei and Huangfu families?!
"Linhai, Wansong, is there some misunderstanding?"
Immediately, before Jiang Wuming could respond to Chu Wansong and Qin Linhai, the Wei family patriarch suddenly spoke.
He was the oldest among everyone present today, and also the most distinguished in terms of identity and status!
He had just retired, and before retiring, he served in Yan Jing, almost entering the power center. He was a powerful figure whose words could change the direction of an industry.
"Elder Wei, you heard before that the Huangfu family invited Wuming to attend this engagement banquet. Although Wuming initially refused, he later agreed to Weixia.
As a result, when Wuming arrived here, what was the attitude of the Huangfu family?
I didn't see any welcome at all. Instead, that brat Huangfu Yingjun wished he could kick Wuming out!"
Upon hearing the Wei family patriarch speak, Chu Wansong turned his head abruptly and said in a deep voice, "Then, those young people spoke rudely to Wuming, and you, as the hosts, did not stop them at all—is this your hospitality?!"
The Wei family patriarch frowned upon hearing this and remained silent.
Huangfu Yingjun's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly spoke in his defense, "Uncle Chu, I didn't mean that. You can't falsely accuse me!"
"Whether you did or not, you know it in your heart!"
Chu Wansong gave Huangfu Yingjun a cold glance.
Huangfu Yingjun's expression changed, and he was both shocked and angry.
He was angry that Chu Wansong, in order to accommodate Jiang Wuming's emotions, disregarded the Huangfu family and publicly criticized him.
He was shocked that if the matter ended unhappily today, he might bear the primary responsibility!
"Wansong, perhaps Yingjun has some opinions about Master Wuming due to the conflict with Master Wuming that day, and his attitude just now was problematic. But there are absolutely no problems on my end! I just asked curiously, and then I asked Yingjun to escort Master Wuming to his seat."
Just then, Huangfu Qing spoke again.
He was also dissatisfied with the actions of Chu Wansong and Qin Linhai, but he put the overall situation first, did not lose his temper, and did not even show any negative emotions on his face, intending to resolve the matter peacefully.
"Okay, I'll assume you have no problem with Wuming. Then tell me, when those young people spoke rudely to Wuming, shouldn't you, as the host, have stopped them?" Chu Wansong asked coldly.
"Heh... My mouth is mine to speak, and do I need anyone's permission to say what I want?"
This time, before Huangfu Qing could speak, Ye Rui suddenly sneered.
Upon hearing Ye Rui's words, Huangfu Qing glanced at Ye Wentao and showed a helpless expression to Chu Wansong, as if to say: It's not that I don't want to stop him, but with such a formidable figure like Ye Wentao here, how can I stop him?
Ye Wentao sat there expressionlessly, still showing no signs of stopping Ye Rui.
"What you want to say is your right, and whether we want to listen is our right."
Chu Wansong looked at Ye Rui with an unpleasant expression and retorted coldly.
Although Ye Rui had a distinguished status, and Ye Wentao was sitting in front, he did not stand on ceremony with Ye Rui.
As his words fell, Chu Wansong said to Jiang Wuming, "Wuming, let's go!"
"Okay."
Jiang Wuming nodded and stood up.
Originally, Jiang Wuming planned to say hello to Huangfu Weixia before leaving after she arrived. However, as things stood, he decided to leave with Chu Wansong, Qin Linhai, and Chu Feng, and then inform Huangfu Weixia by phone.
"Linhai, it's not necessary to go this far."
Immediately, just as Jiang Wuming and the other three stood up to leave, Ye Wentao's voice suddenly rang out, sounding particularly clear in the quiet banquet hall.
Due to his work, he had interacted with Qin Linhai and often attended meetings together, so they were quite familiar with each other.
At this moment, seeing Qin Linhai about to leave with Jiang Wuming, Chu Wansong, and Chu Feng, he couldn't help but speak up to remind him.
He didn't care about Chu Wansong leaving.
Although Chu Wansong was known as the godfather of the Dragon Country's underground world, he was nothing in his eyes. As long as the Ye family was willing, they could crush Chu Wansong with a flick of their hand and collapse his black-gold empire!
However, he could not disregard Qin Linhai.
Qin Linhai was currently the head of the Eastern Region Corps of the Ministry of War in Donghai, and he had a great deal of room for advancement in the Ministry of War in the future. He was also destined to lead the Qin family, almost representing the entire Qin family.
If Qin Linhai followed them to leave, it would be tantamount to telling everyone that he also cared about Ye Rui's words, and that he was disregarding the Ye family's face!
"General Ye, I am not qualified to question why the Ye family is treating Wuming this way, but I think it is a bit much for your son to mock Wuming in front of so many people on such an occasion!"
Qin Linhai stopped in his tracks, turned to look at Ye Wentao, and said word by word.
"Director Qin, you only heard me mocking him, but have you seen him being arrogant and overbearing in front of me?"
Ye Rui spoke again, his tone quite unfriendly.
Qin Linhai's brow furrowed, and for a moment, he didn't know how to answer.
Jiang Wuming stopped, turned around, and his gaze swept towards Ye Rui.
Swish swish swish...
In an instant, all eyes focused on Jiang Wuming.
"Ye Rui, you should be fortunate that I showed you mercy at Longlan Hotel out of consideration for my mother's relationship with the Ye family!"
The young man spoke, his voice like thunder.
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