“Not really, the eldest master said…” Fan Ming was stunned for two seconds, his expression turned cold, and he imitated Li Wenzhao’s tone: “The gifts have been given, and he invited me to bring two more people to make up for the cost.”

Jing Yi blinked: “How many people did you bring?”

Fan Ming paused with an unnatural expression: “Just one.”

Jing Yi: “?”

He tilted his head and saw Zou Ting sitting behind Fan Ming, enjoying the banquet food with a calm expression.

“Secretary Zou?”

Zou Ting also noticed Jing Yi, smiled slightly, and walked to Fan Ming. Looking at his gentle appearance, he was actually half a head taller than Fan Ming. “Assistant Jing, long time no see. From now on, just call me Zou Ting. I have resigned from Shen’s and am no longer a secretary.”

The smile on Jing Yi’s face widened: “So you are the family member that Secretary Fan brought along this time.”

“When did I say that…” Fan Ming paused, “Wait a minute, Steward Jing, what do you mean by ‘this time’? You are misusing words again.”

Jing Yi pursed his lips excitedly: “Secretary Fan, it turns out that you are not concerned about ‘family members’, but ‘this time’?”

[Blind student! I found the highlight! ]

Secretary Fan: “…”

Zou Ting smiled and naturally helped Fan Ming out: “It’s been a long time since we last met, Assistant Jing. There’s dinner over there, do you want to go have some together?”

When Jing Yi heard about food, he forgot everything else and said, “Okay, okay.”

The banquet was held in the evening, which was dinner time. The Huo family was thoughtful and prepared a sumptuous dinner for the guests in the side hall.

Just as Jing Yi sat down and prepared to enjoy his meal, the chair opposite him was suddenly pulled by someone. Li Ting sat down leisurely with a smile as if he was going to settle an account later, and his eyes were fixed on him.

Jing Yi swallowed his saliva with a gulp.

[Oh no, how did I offend the Third Young Master again? ]

“Third Young Master.” Fan Ming glanced at Li Ting, greeted him respectfully, and sat next to Jing Yi with Zou Ting.

This was a large table that could accommodate ten people for dining together. Jing Yi estimated the distance and found that there was an entire dining table between him and Li Ting who appeared out of nowhere.

At least 3 meters. This distance gave Jing Yi a bit of bold sense of security. He sat quietly and did not immediately seek Li Wenzhao’s protection.

“Third Young Master, please go first.” Fan Ming broke the deadlock.

Li Ting chuckled and picked up the chopsticks. Jing Yi straightened his back and fixed his eyes on the taco in front of him.

[So beautiful, it smells good just by looking at it. ]

Jing Yi swallowed unconsciously, pursed his lips, stretched out his chopsticks, and the next second, he picked up a piece of air…

The beautifully presented taco was whisked away.

Who is it!

If he had been a second later, he would have grabbed the delicious food!

He looked up as if the sky had fallen, and saw Li Ting on the opposite side let go calmly. The table stopped, and the Tucker that Jing Yi had been staring at for a long time was taken away by him along with the plate.

Jing Yi: “…”

Jing Yi: “!!!”

[It’s getting hard. My fist is getting hard! ]

[Greedy girl, do you have to be so quick? ]

Taking advantage of the fact that Li Ting couldn’t hear him, Jing Yi kept chirping at Li Ting in his heart for two full minutes.

Li Ting: “…”

He raised his lips with a playful expression, and felt refreshed when he saw Butler Jing’s angry look.

Compared with the open and covert fighting between Li Ting and Jing Yi, Fan Ming and Zou Ting were much more peaceful. The two seemed to be unaware of the fighting between Jing Yi and Li Ting. They just took their bowls and ate in small bites, occasionally chatting to spice up the boring dinner.

“…So, the civil service exam results will be out next month. Are you nervous?” Fan Ming asked.

“I’m not nervous.” Zou Ting said calmly: “I know how many points I’ll get in the exam. It won’t be difficult to get in.”

Fan Ming thought of the questions he had done and the scoldings he had received, and felt very unbalanced. He wanted to turn around and seek comfort, but he saw Jing Yi also looking angry, “Butler Jing, what are you doing… did the Huo family’s tableware offend you?”

Jing Yi then let go of the chopsticks that had become hot from being squeezed: “No.”

Zou Ting also looked over. “Assistant Jing, I haven’t asked you before, do you have any thoughts on taking the civil service exam? I can recommend you some materials and give you a whole set of civil service exam gift packages.”

Jing Yi pursed his lips and smiled: “Thank you, but I don’t need it.”

Zou Ting chuckled: “It seems that Assistant Jing has a plan for his future.”

“Yeah.” Jing Yi leaned on the table and immediately changed the subject: “I still want to work harder.”

Zou Ting’s eyes lit up: “What stimulates your will to work?”

Jing Yi glanced at Li Ting and said faintly, “The disappeared taco.”

He said word by word: “If I work harder, no one will dare to turn my table when eating in the future.”

[Not to mention stealing a bite of food from me… hehe]

Zou Ting: “…”

Li Ting: “…”

Look, this is all Butler Jing has achieved.

Jing Yi picked up his chopsticks angrily and was about to pick up some food when someone slapped his head gently: “Jing Yi, follow me.”

Jing Yi put down his chopsticks after hearing this: [Huo Cenxin is here? ]

Li Wenzhao nodded.

Jing Yi immediately put down his chopsticks and ran after him. What’s the big deal about delicious food? He had to solve the big problem in front of him first.

Behind him, Li Ting looked at Li Xu who was chatting happily with his friends in the corner, smiled proudly, stood up and followed him.

Li Wenzhao has already visited the old man of the Huo family and presented him with a gift. The old man looked very happy and invited Li Wenzhao to take a photo with their family and have dinner together.

Li Wenzhao was not sure what they were up to, so he made an excuse that he had something to do and took the Little Butler brand automatic lie detector with him.

“Wen Zhao is back.” Mr. Huo said with a smile: “…Who is this?”

Li Wenzhao: “My assistant.”

[Wow, it’s only been a short while and you’ve already changed your name from Mr. Li to Wen Zhao? ]

Old Master Huo was happy and didn’t care about the presence of outsiders. He smiled and held his granddaughter’s hand and sent her to Li Wenzhao: “Hahaha, you young people have common topics. I’m old and a little tired, so I won’t get involved. Xinxin, entertain Wenzhao well.”

Huo Cenxin nodded shyly, and the strong woman couldn’t help but say coquettishly: “I know, Grandpa.”

[Ah~]

Jing Yi trembled at the stimulation of the tone that Huo Cenxin deliberately produced.

“Wen Zhao.”

At this time, a familiar voice came from behind. The old man from the Xie family, whom Jing Yi had met once, came over with a cane. His hair and beard were all white, but his eyes were bright and energetic. “You are here indeed.”

Seeing the old man of the Xie family, Huo Cenxin’s face turned pale, and she couldn’t help but look at her grandfather. Old Master Huo signaled her not to panic and took the initiative to greet him, “Old Xie, you are here too.”

“The invitations have been delivered.” Mr. Xie said with a smile, “It’s your 70th birthday, I should come and support you.”

“Come, come, come this way. I will personally receive you tonight.”

Old Master Xie smiled and shook his head. He looked at Li Wenzhao, then at Huo Cenxin, and his expression faded. “Have you settled the matter between you and the Huo family?”

Li Wenzhao was stunned: “What?”

Jing Yi also looked over and asked, what happened?

Mr. Huo’s expression changed, and Huo Cenxin also began to panic.

Elder Xie smiled gently, but his voice was like a huge bell, ringing in Jing Yi’s ears: “Two hours ago, there were rumors that the eldest daughter of the Huo family was engaged to the head of the Li family, and they were going to get married next month.”

Li Wenzhao: “…”

Jing Yi: “…”

[How dare you! Who is making up a dirty rumor about our young master? You are forcing a cow to drink water.]

Huo Cenxin’s face turned pale.

Jing Yi took a quick glance and thought, “Oh, it turns out the rumormonger is right next to us.”

Li Wenzhao’s originally angry mood was not only no longer angry but also felt like laughing after being disturbed by the housekeeper’s few words.

The complaints were really sharp, but it was a pity that the voices were only expressed within the Li family, otherwise one should have seen the wonderful expression on Huo Cenxin’s face when she heard these words.

The conspiracy hidden in the dark tide suddenly surfaced, catching Mr. Huo and Huo Cenxin off guard. When they saw Li Wenzhao’s face change, they immediately fell silent and moved their chat position to the lounge.

“Wen Zhao.” Mr. Huo frowned, his face full of worry: “This matter, it’s really not that we want to plot against you… The truth is, our Huo family is also in trouble.”

Li Wenzhao remained calm and didn’t respond, letting Mr. Huo’s suffering fall to the ground.

Mr. Huo: “……?”

How did it turn out like this? Shouldn’t we normally respond to what this poor old man said?