Chapter 77: The Birthday Banquet (Part 2)

  As time passed by, more and more people gathered in the hall. Most of those who arrived early were relatives and friends, but unfortunately, Li Yang didn't recognize anyone.

  It was already quite lively inside the hall by around ten o'clock, but Li Yang's table remained empty. Li Yang saw Wu Xiaoli and her cousin come in and out several times, but no one brought anyone to this table.

  After a while, Li Yang suddenly stood up and looked ahead in surprise. Wu Xiaoli was walking towards him with someone else, and it was also the first time Li Yang had seen anyone he knew except for Wu Xiaoli.

  "Li Yang?"

  "Manager Zhang?"

  Li Yang and Zhang Ying exchanged a puzzled greeting, before attending the birthday banquet Li Yang had not told Zhang Ying about this matter beforehand, and similarly Li Yang did not know that Zhang Ying would come.

  "Manager Zhang came by himself!"

  Wu Xiaoli smiled and said a sentence, in fact she didn't know that Zhang Ying would come either. The thing about her grandfather's birthday was not told to Zhang Ying by Wu Xiaoli.

  "Liu Lao has helped me a lot in the past, so I must come to his birthday celebration!" Zhang Ying explained with a smile.

  Actually, Zhang Ying and Liu Lao are both members of the Mingyang Antique Association, with Liu Lao being the president. It's not strange that Zhang Ying appears here, but previously he didn't know about the relationship between Wu Xiaoli and Liu Lao, neither of whom had mentioned it to him.

  It wasn't until Zhang Ying sat down and chatted with Li Yang that they both finally understood the relationship between them. If anyone was to blame, it could only be because neither of them had mentioned such a thing before, so it wasn't until now that they mutually understood each other. Previously, when Zhang Ying asked for leave, he went on a business trip to Beijing to see if he could find something good to bring back for Liu Lao's birthday celebration.

  There are more and more people, a familiar person Li Yang no longer feels bored, Zhang Ying knows a few more people, but he always sits with Li Yang and doesn't leave.

  Several more people entered the hall, this time accompanied by Wu Xiaoli's eldest uncle. Wu Xiaoli seemed to have mentioned that her eldest uncle was a deputy director-level cadre in the city, which would be equivalent to a county magistrate-level high-ranking cadre in their Licheng County.

  What Li Yang didn't expect was that the person accompanying Wu Xiaoli's eldest uncle was actually someone he knew, Sima Lin and Zheng Kaida. Wu Xiaoli's eldest uncle was leading the two of them inside.

  Simar Linzheng and Wu Xiaoli's uncle were chatting, when they suddenly noticed Li Yang sitting next to them. He had been walking forward but stopped abruptly, greeted Wu Xiaoli's uncle, and then walked over to sit down beside Li Yang. Zheng Kaida, who was with Simar Lin, also smiled at Wu Xiaoli's uncle before taking a seat at the table.

  Wu Xiaoli's eldest uncle looked at Li Yang and Zhang Ying in surprise, nodded to everyone at their table, and then left the hall.

  Zhang Ying was also surprised to look at Sima Lin, and his understanding of Sima Lin far exceeded that of Li Yang. He also knew about the experience of Li Yang and Sima Lin gambling together in Zhengzhou, but he didn't expect Sima Lin to stop as soon as he saw Li Yang, which was not excessive even if Sima Lin sat at the main table.

  Sim Lin glanced at Zhang Ying and asked in a low voice: "Li Yang, how did you come too?"

  "Xiaoli's grandfather is celebrating his birthday, so I came along with her!"

  Li Yang was also somewhat perplexed, Zhang Ying wanted to come and he didn't know about it either, but unexpectedly Sima Lin and Zheng Kaida both arrived, they had been together in Zhengzhou for so many days yet no one had ever mentioned it.

  "Is Liu Lao Xiaoli's grandfather?"

  It was Zheng Kaida who spoke this time, with his eyes wide open and a look of incredulity on his face.

  Li Yang nodded, Zheng Kaida suddenly slapped his forehead: "So that's it! So last time in Zhengzhou Antique City you were preparing a birthday gift for Old Liu? No wonder, I said so!"

  Zheng Kaida smiled and chuckled, Li Yang found that Zheng Kaida seemed to have a habit of slapping his forehead, not at all like a billionaire.

  "I understand now!"

  Sim Lin smiled on one side, only Zhang Ying sat there in a daze, not understanding what Li Yang and the others were saying.

  Through Li Yang's explanation, Zhang Ying finally understood that Sima Lin and Zheng Kaida were also unaware of Liu Lao and Wu Xiaoli's identities beforehand. They had all mentioned wanting to celebrate someone's birthday previously, but didn't know it was the same person until they all gathered together today.

  With the addition of Sima Lin and Zheng Kaida, this table became more lively, especially Zheng Kaida, who told Zhang Ying about their experience of gambling on stones in Zhengzhou, particularly his experience of winning a bet and then losing another, speaking with great relish.

  Listening to Zheng Kaida's passionate narrative, Zhang Ying gave Li Yang a complex look. He had originally wanted to pull Li Yang out of the quagmire of gambling, but now it seemed that things were not going as he wished. Not only was Li Yang still gambling, but he was also on a winning streak.

  Now Zhang Ying is not so opposed to Li Yang's gambling, good luck can be said to pass once or twice, always so lucky, and can bring good luck to people around him, with such good luck, it's a waste not to gamble.

  Several people were chatting, when the door of the room inside the hall suddenly opened and five old men with white hair walked out together. Walking in front was Liu Xuesong, wearing a dazzling Tang suit, and behind him was someone Li Yang knew - Zhao Lao from Licheng County had also arrived.

  Five elderly people appeared and caught everyone's attention. The five elderly people left the hall on their own, and no one stopped them except for smiling and waving along the way.

  "Who has come that even Shouxing himself went to receive?" Sima Lin looked at the background of several old men and shook his head slightly.

  Li Yang and the others were also looking into the distance, Sima Lin's words expressed everyone's thoughts. Several old men obviously went out to pick someone up, but they didn't know who had such a big face that Shouxing personally came out, just like when Sima Lin arrived, it was only Wu Xiaoli's eldest uncle who received him.

  A few minutes later, several old men came back again. When Sima Lin saw the old man surrounded by several old men, his expression immediately became very serious. Zheng Kaida and Zhang Ying were almost the same. What Li Yang did not expect was that this person brought in by these old men was actually someone he knew.

  "How old?"

  Li Yang said blankly, this old man was He Lao who had spent six million to buy Li Yang's jade snuff bottle. Several old men surrounded He Lao and quickly entered the innermost room of the great hall.

  There were not a few people in the hall who knew Mr. He, and they all discussed his appearance here. Li Yang looked up at Zhang Ying, he was familiar with Mr. He, but only had a nodding acquaintance, and that time was when Zhang Ying took him there.

  "He Lao's identity is quite special, his appearance here is worth anyone going out to meet!"

  Zhang Ying said in a low voice to Li Yang, Sima Lin and Zheng Kaida nodded together, apparently very agreeing with Zhang Ying's words.

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