Ye Qiu left the Huo Family and wanted to investigate the hospital where Hodou had stayed.
To go there, he naturally needed to know which hospital Hodou had been admitted to.
At this mont, he thought of Li Hai.
He was just about to dial Li Hai's number.
Ring… Ye Qiu's phone rang instead.
It was Bai Lan calling.
"Hello, Bai Lan, what's up?"
Generally, when Ye Qiu is handling matters outside, Bai Lan seldom calls him unless she has sothing important to discuss.
As expected, Bai Lan said, "Ye Qiu, there's sothing I'd like to discuss with you."
"What is it? Go ahead."
The investigation on the Blood Cross Potion could take ti; Bai Lan rarely asked Ye Qiu for help.
Bai Lan explained.
"It's like this: the Rong Family is hosting another banquet today, and they want to invite . This ti, the invitation ca directly from the Patriarch, Ronghua, who was very sincere and clearly stated that the Rong Family has a project that urgently needs a mainland group like the Bai Family to collaborate, implying that they could hand the project over to us."
This was supposed to be a good thing, but if it weren't for the incident with Ronghua, Bai Lan would have agreed without hesitation; expanding the Bai Family's reach has always been her wish.
"Do you think I should go?"
Bai Lan hesitated, naturally because Ronghua had previously acted against Ye Qiu, leaving her with lingering resentnt and even considering severing ties with the Rong Family.
Unexpectedly, Ronghua personally called today.
"Go ahead! What's there to be afraid of?" Compared to Bai Lan's hesitation, Ye Qiu casually agreed to go, firstly because he understood Bai Lan's wish, and secondly, he told Bai Lan.
"Although Ronghua is from the Rong Family, he's just a second-generation kid and doesn't represent the Patriarch. Despite the conflict we've had with him, since the Patriarch hasn't shown any indication, it implies the Patriarch isn't siding with him. We should still negotiate the cooperation."
Ye Qiu's words made a lot of sense and successfully convinced Bai Lan.
"Alright, I'll visit the Rong Family. If this cooperation isn't reached, I won't have any future considerations for the Rong Family."
"Okay, I'll accompany you," Ye Qiu said.
"Don't you have things to do?" Bai Lan thought Ye Qiu was busy handling matters outside, assuming this call was just to discuss things with him, never expecting that Ye Qiu would agree to accompany her.
"No matter what's going on, nothing is more important than matters of my wife!" Ye Qiu joked.
On the other end, Bai Lan blushed and secretly cursed Ye Qiu.
After hanging up, Ye Qiu went to join Bai Lan, and together they drove to the banquet.
On the other side, the Rong Family banquet had officially begun.
Quite a few wealthy rchants and magnates from all over the world had gathered.
Naturally, this included Hong Kong's local elites, and among them were mbers of the Li Family, including Li Hai and his two brothers.
The three Li brothers ca with a purpose.
Due to the recent stock market crash, the Li Family faced an economic crisis. Though it has gradually improved following a series of urgent asures, so aspects are still affected, leaving the Li brothers in dire need of money.
Through investigation by Li Hai's eldest brother, the Li brothers discovered that the reason for the recent stock market crash was a conspiracy orchestrated by the Rong Family in collaboration with the Huo Family.
The three Li Brothers attended the banquet to uncover why the Rong Family suddenly targeted them.
Li Hai held a glass of red wine, surveying the opulent hall.
Although this was a banquet hosted personally by the Rong Family Patriarch, it had been going on for a while, yet Ronghua hadn't co out.
Li Hai suddenly felt as if Ronghua was waiting for soone important, while the rchants and magnates present were rely accessories to the banquet.
Li Hai wanted Ronghua to appear soon but also thought it might not be bad for him to co out later, as he needed ti to think carefully about how to question why the Rong Family targeted the Li Family.
For a mont, Li Hai was very conflicted.
"Hey, isn't this Li Hai! How co with the recent stock market crash, you still have the leisure to attend the banquet?"
At this mont, beside Li Hai, a sarcastic voice rang out.
Li Hai turned his head, "Ronghua?"
It was none other than Ronghua, a young master of the Rong Family. For reasons unknown, Li Hai noticed a hint of hostility on Ronghua's face.
Although Li Hai and Ronghua didn't have a close relationship, it was a case of staying out of each other's way. The hostilityshowed today left Li Hai baffled.
"What's the matter? Could it be that the lack of money in these past two days has driven you mad, and you've co to our Rong Family banquet to mooch a al? Haha!"
Ronghua looked at Li Hai with disdain, his animosity towards Li Hai stemming naturally from Ye Qiu.
Having heard from Hodou that Li Hai was assisting Ye Qiu, Ronghua instantly took a dislike to Li Hai.
"Ronghua! What are you talking about?! Say it again!"
Although Li Hai always behaved politely in front of Ye Qiu, in essence, he too is a proud heir of a ga-rich family.
Being spoken to like this by Ronghua, Li Hai was imdiately furious, glaring at Ronghua.
"Humph! Li Hai! This is my Rong Family's banquet, and I'm the young master here! I'll say whatever I want! I call you a pauper here to mooch a al, isn't that right?"
Ronghua looked at Li Hai disdainfully, not taking Li Hai seriously at all.
This small commotion imdiately attracted the attention of those around.
One, a young master of the Rong Family, the other, a young master of the Li Family; why did these two suddenly start arguing?
No one knew the reason, yet they all knew it was a good show.
Li Hai was furious beyond endurance, his brother Li Cheng heard Ronghua's remarks and quickly stepped over, imdiately siding with his brother.
"Ronghua! Don't be arrogant! You're a spoiled second-generation who achieves nothing, my brother is far better than you!"
Those around saw, oh, another Li Family young master was jumping in!
All at once, they felt the show was becoming even more exciting.
Since this was a banquet hosted by the Rong Family, naturally, many were relatives and associates of the Rong Family.
Among them, seeing Li Cheng who actually stood up for Li Hai, wouldn't easily back down. A guy loyal to Ronghua stood up and shouted.
"Pah! Li Family people, stop thinking highly of yourselves! Our Rong Family's status in Hong Kong is higher than yours! Our Rong children are naturally more noble than yours! Bow down to our Rong Family children, you trash!"
This statent infuriated the three Li brothers; Li Ren also joined the fray.
"Shut up! Who is more noble? I think you're the real trash!"
All of a sudden, the tension between the two families intensified, ready to get physical at any mont with one wrong word.
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