Chapter 72: I Invited Him
I let out a long breath and poured a little wine into my glass before I stood up and walked towards Mr. Xu's table.
Shen Junwen, who was sitting not far from me, was the first to notice me, and said in surprise: "What is this waste holding a wine glass for?
The boy in the bow tie said, "Just because he is qualified to toast Xu Lao?
Shen Junwen thinks about it, with my identity, I can only be regarded as a marginal person that the Chen family dislikes, Chen Mengqi is not qualified to toast as a descendant, what qualifications do I have.
Shen Junwen sneered: "This waste is really addicted to sycophants, thinking that he has stammered with Chu Tian, can he still use the same way to slap the Xu family? I'm going to see how he gets up and down!"
Not only did Shen Junwen notice me, but then my aunt and Chen Mengqi also saw me walking towards Mr. Xu's table with a wine glass, and my aunt said, "What does this wild seed want to do?
Chen Mengqi bit her lip and said, "It seems to be." ”
Just now she went to toast, but was rejected by Xu Lao in person, which must be extremely uncomfortable for Chen Mengqi, who has always been proud. The eldest aunt sneered: "Even your toast was rejected by Elder Xu, why did he go out of the limelight? Hmph, a nameless and scoreless wild species, how can he have any qualifications to toast Elder Xu, I will see how to step down later!"
Everyone saw me walking over, some of the people present didn't know me, but from what I was wearing, I was an ordinary person, and no one here was well-dressed, and my identity and dress were incompatible with here.
Even Xie Yao frowned and said, "What kind of nerves does this guy have, and he still runs to toast, does he really treat himself as a green onion?"
A few women laughed and said, "I know the background of the Xu family, I guess I want to flatter, wait to see a good show!"
Mr. Xu was talking and laughing with a few old friends, my grandfather was sitting facing me, I walked to the dinner table, my grandfather and the other old men saw me, and some of these old men appeared at my grandfather's birthday party, so they knew me and knew my identity.
It's just that Chen Mengqi's toast was rejected just now, these old men all looked at me with a gloating look, and my grandfather felt even more embarrassed, and said coldly: "Chen Feng, what are you doing here? These are all elders, is it your turn to toast? Go back, don't be embarrassed here!"
Although my grandfather never recognized me as his grandson, others still classified me as the Chen family, and my grandfather felt that I was really deliberately embarrassing him and deliberately disgraced him to retaliate against him.
An old man sitting next to his grandfather said, "Old Chen, your grandson is a little ignorant, you have to teach him well in the future." ”
Grandpa's face twitched, and he patted the table and said, "Chen Feng, I am talking to you, do you hear? You are not from my Chen family at all, and you are not qualified to toast on behalf of my Chen family!"
I glanced at my grandfather and said, "I really have nothing to do with your Chen family, and I don't come to toast on behalf of your Chen family, I only represent myself." ”
Grandpa was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, feeling that his old face was completely lost, and hurriedly said to Xu Lao: "Old Xu, children are not sensible and nonsense, don't take it to heart." ”
Xu Lao just smiled, and then looked up at me, I was a little drumming in my heart, at this moment, everyone present looked at me, probably wanted to see how I made a fool of myself! I still mustered up the courage to say: "Grandpa Xu, the junior Chen Feng wishes you a prosperous sun and moon, a long pine crane, a long smile, and a long life!"
I really said these words hard, I didn't have the slightest confidence to say it, Xu Lao didn't reject me like he rejected Chen Mengqi, but nodded and said: "Chen Feng, the champion of the joint entrance examination, the Qilin'er of the Chen family! Very good, since you call me Grandpa Xu, then this glass of wine, it seems that I can't run away." ”
Xu Lao picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip lightly, don't say that I was stunned, everyone in the audience was stunned.
Those who are familiar with Xu Lao know that Xu Lao generally doesn't drink alcohol, including Chu Tian, Xie Yao and others who came to toast just now, Xu Lao is just replacing wine with tea, but at this moment, he really drank wine, although it was only a small sip, but it was enough.
The banquet hall was quiet at first, as if everyone was choked by the neck, and then a burst of discussion erupted, and I felt flattered, and I didn't know what to do with my glass for a while.
Xu Lao smiled: "What's the matter?
I hurriedly drank all the wine in the cup, it was the first time I drank alcohol, I couldn't choke it, Xu Lao stroked his beard and smiled: "Xiaofeng, you can't drink enough, you have to practice more in the future!"
I was completely confused, and my grandfather's eyes widened even more, thinking that all this was incredible!
Maybe Xu Lao is a very powerful and status person in the eyes of others, but I think Xu Lao is very kind, and I feel as if I am a grandfather.
The eldest aunt and the others opened their mouths wide and said in disbelief: "This ...... How is this possible? Xu Lao actually accepted Chen Yang's toast, and even made an exception to take a sip of wine? Mengqi, am I dazzled?"
When I went to toast, Chen Mengqi, like most people, felt that I was humiliating myself, hoping to watch me go up and make a fool of myself. Chen Mengqi was very unconvinced and angry.
"Why? Why did Elder Xu accept his toast? I am the descendant of the Chen family, he is just a nameless wild seed, Chen Feng, what have you done? Chu Tian is friends with you, Teacher Xu protects you, even Elder Xu favors you, I, Chen Mengqi, will not lose to you, definitely not!"
Chen Mengqi roared in her heart, the whole person was about to go crazy, all the things she was proud of, her studies, and her family background were all trampled on the ground, and all her proud capital became vulnerable in front of me, failing again and again, Chen Mengqi was already driven crazy.
The eldest aunt said: "It must be that Xu Lao thinks that he rejected you just now, it seems that he is too bad to give the Chen family face, Chen Feng went up and picked up a bargain, this bastard thing, I am angry!"
Shen Junwen said in surprise: "Why would Elder Xu accept Chen Feng's toast? This is impossible, Chen Feng has nothing worthy of Elder Xu's attention at all." ”
Although Xie Yao was also shocked in her heart, she had also seen the world, glared at Shen Junwen and said, "You shut up for me!"
Grandpa asked in a hurry, "Old Xu...... You...... What do you mean by that? This kid sneaked in, how can you still accept his toast? ”
Xu Lao waved his hand and said, "I think you all misunderstood, Chen Feng was personally invited by me." ”
If it was said that Mr. Xu's acceptance of my toast just now was just to surprise everyone, which was incredible, then Mr. Xu's words were enough for everything.
It's not nice to say, many of the people present are basically cheeky themselves, Xu Lao almost doesn't take the initiative to invite anyone, but now he said to his face that he invited me over, and I'm just a student, this is really enough to shock everyone present, only Xu Yingying has a cold face, after all, she brought me here, she naturally knows all this.
The expression on my grandfather's face was dull and ugly, and his lips moved. He knew very well in his heart how heavy the weight of Xu Lao's words was and what it symbolized.
Although Xu Lao is old, his influence in the political arena is still very large, and those who can be favored by him can be said to have a smooth future and a smooth future.
This is also why Shen Junwen's family background is good, but his grandfather will be furious when he learns that Chen Mengqi is in love with her, and what his grandfather wants to match is Chen Mengqi and the descendants of the Xu family to tie the knot, so that the Chen family can also become a famous family in one fell swoop.
Naturally, I have a lot of questions in my heart, why does Xu Lao value me so much, I don't think I have anything in my body that is worthy of Xu Lao's attention, is there any achievement, is there potential? I think these are for a person of Xu Lao's status.
The expressions on the faces of the people in the entire clubhouse were all in unison, from the previous shock to sluggishness, yes, for them, it was like the impact of Mars hitting the earth!