“Ah? Is Mr. Gu here too? I didn’t even see him… Well, I just came here with my friends to have some fun, so I’m not going in. Mu Yan is still waiting for me at home, so I’ll go back first…”

Su Xi pretended to be confused and then moved one foot behind him.

Seeing this, Gu Qing grabbed Su Xi’s collar without wavering and said in a businesslike manner: “Boss Gu ordered you to go over. If you don’t go over, I will tell him the truth.”

“Don’t! I’ll go over there, I’ll go over there…”

Su Xi surrendered instantly, curled his lips, reached out to take back his collar from Gu Qing, then explained something to Ruan Wenshu and followed Gu Qing back into the banquet hall.

The dinner was still going on at this time. Gu Xiao sat on the single sofa specially prepared for him, with one leg crossed over the other, watching the person on the stage speaking with an indifferent expression.

Su Xi turned around and looked at Gu Qing with some resistance, as if saying: Brother, can I not go over?

Gu Qing gave him a cold response: If you don’t go over there, you will die.

Su Xi: “…”

Finally, Su Xi walked slowly to Gu Xiao’s side, rubbed his fingers on the hem of his clothes, and called out in a very low voice: “Mr. Gu.”

Gu Xiao raised his head slightly and said in a cold tone: “Why? Do you know me now?”

Upon hearing this, Su Xi lowered his head and remained silent.

“You were very talkative just now? Why are you mute now?”

Gu Xiao raised his tone slightly, and when his eyes swept over Su Xi, there was a sense of nonchalance.

Su Xi was stunned when he heard this.

Just now…very talkative? What do you mean?

Wait! Could it be that Gu Xiao saw him talking nonsense just now?

No…it can’t be such a coincidence?!

Meeting Gu Xiao’s deep eyes, Su Xi’s face tightened. It seemed that he really heard it.

He is so unlucky that even drinking cold water will get his teeth stuck. If he had known this, he would not have rushed to join in the fun today!

Su Xi stood beside Gu Xiao with his head down, and whispered, “No, Mr. Gu, please listen to my explanation…”

Gu Xiao withdrew his gaze from the other person’s face, leaned back on the sofa, and looked forward leisurely, as if he really wanted to listen to how Su Xi argued.

“They always flatter the powerful and bully the weak. I don’t know how I offended them. As soon as I walked in, I heard them scolding me. The scolding was very ugly. I was so angry that I had to defend myself.”

Su Xi finished speaking aggrieved, stretched out his hand to grab Gu Xiao’s arm and shook it gently: “Mr. Gu, what I said is true~”

Gu Xiao turned his head to look at the fingers pinching his arm and clothes, his eyes flickered, then he retracted his gaze and asked coldly: “Why did you hide when you saw me just now?”

Su Xi pursed his lips and remained silent for a moment, then explained: “I thought you didn’t want to see me in public, so…”

Su Xi didn’t say the rest of the words, but Gu Xiao understood what the other party meant.

Su Xi is his kept lover. Is he afraid that he will be unhappy if he meets him in public?

Gu Xiao: “Don’t presume to guess what I’m thinking. I don’t like people who try to be clever.”

Su Xi heard the warning in Gu Xiao’s tone and nodded quickly to show that he had remembered it.

“Also, what are you doing here?” Gu Xiao suddenly asked again.

Su Xi’s heart skipped a beat and his mind raced to think of an excuse, but when he lowered his head to meet Gu Xiao’s scrutinizing gaze, the idea of ​​lying was immediately dispelled.

He let go of Gu Xiao’s clothes, looked away awkwardly, and mumbled indistinctly, “I just… want to… meet… someone…”

Gu Xiao frowned and scolded: “Speak properly, or I will let Gu Qing glue your mouth shut.”

Upon hearing this, Su Xi subconsciously turned around and glanced at Gu Qing who was standing two steps away. The other party happened to look over as well. It seemed that if Gu Xiao dared to give an order, the other party would really dare to find tape and seal his mouth in public.

Su Xi was startled and immediately looked away, repeating what he just said in standard Mandarin with clear pronunciation: “I just want to get to know more people.”

When Gu Xiao heard this, he thought for a moment and roughly understood what Su Xi meant.

He narrowed his eyes, lowered his crossed legs, and asked in a cold tone, “Are you here to curry favor with someone?”

Su Xi choked and wanted to say no, but he had no way to defend himself because what Gu Xiao said was the truth, it’s just that his words were not very pleasant to hear.

When Gu Xiao saw Su Xi didn’t say anything, his expression suddenly became gloomy.

“Who are you trying to curry favor with here? Him?” Gu Xiao suddenly glanced to the side and behind him, with undisguised contempt in his eyes.

Su Xi was stunned, and followed the other person’s line of sight, and then saw a middle-aged man with a smile on his face…

Xie Hengfei had been paying attention to Gu Xiao’s direction. When he saw him suddenly looking at him, a flattering smile appeared on his face.

Su Xi looked at the unfamiliar face and turned back to look at Gu Xiao with a confused look on his face.

“Didn’t you say he was your father?” Gu Xiao raised his eyes and asked mockingly.

Su Xi blinked, and when he realized what the other person meant, his face instantly felt hot.

How much did Gu Xiao hear just now? It’s really killing me!

Su Xi now wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into!

When facing Ruan Wenshu, he could mock and scold others for bragging without changing his expression or heart beating, but when facing Gu Xiao, he just felt ashamed.

“I…I’m talking nonsense, I don’t know him.” Su Xi explained in a low voice with a blushing face.

“Ah,”

Gu Xiao uttered a short, sarcastic sound, then retracted his gaze, crossed his legs again, and tapped his fingers lightly twice on the sofa.

Only Gu Qing, who was familiar with him, knew that Gu Xiao was in a good mood at this moment.

Unfortunately, Su Xi was not Gu Qing. He thought Gu Xiao was angry, so he cursed at him sharply and boasted, making the other party unhappy.

“Mr. Gu, I won’t dare to do it next time, please don’t be angry.”

Su Xi bent down and moved closer to Gu Xiao.

Although the two of them had not been together for a long time, Su Xi gradually understood Gu Xiao’s temper, and found that the other party would generally respond to soft approaches and not hard ones.

Gu Xiao turned his head to meet Su Xi’s round puppy eyes, curled his lips, and suddenly flicked the other’s face with his fingers, then retracted his gaze and raised his tone slightly: “I’ll deal with you when I get back.”

When Su Xi heard the other party’s rising tone, his heart trembled and his cheeks turned red.

Gu Xiao stretched out his hand to call Gu Qing over and whispered, “Arrange a seat for him.”

Gu Qing responded: “Okay, Mr. Gu.”

“Mustn’t be too far away.” Gu Xiao warned again.

“Yes.”

Gu Qing nodded, then contacted the staff and arranged for Su Xi to sit diagonally behind Gu Xiao.

Originally, with Su Xi’s identity, it was very inappropriate for him to sit in this area, but with Gu Xiao’s order, no one dared to say anything. On the contrary, when other people in this area looked at Su Xi, there was a hint of inquiry in their eyes, and some even started to order people to inquire about Su Xi’s identity.

The host of this dinner is not a public figure, but he has a special family background. He has been engaged in charity work for more than 20 years and has a wide range of friends, so his influence is extraordinary.

Moreover, the other party has another identity, he is the founder of ind. fashion magazine. ind. is one of the most influential fashion magazines in the world, and it has been established for more than 20 years.

The other party holds many fashion resources that many celebrities are flocking to, which is why so many people from the entertainment industry are trying their best to be here today.

After the opening speeches at the dinner, various performances were arranged, followed by a charity auction, and the organizers would use the proceeds from the auction as a charity fund.

The first item to be auctioned was a landscape painting. After the host introduced it, the auction began.

Anyone in the audience could participate in this auction. In order to curry favor with the organizers and to attract attention on such an occasion, those who were in the entertainment industry and wanted to climb up the ladder naturally all went to bid with great enthusiasm.

In the end, this not-so-famous painting was sold for 450,000 yuan.

Su Xi looked at the final bidding price and couldn’t help but be shocked.

When Gu Xiao heard the noise, he turned around and saw Su Xi’s pair of dark eyes staring at the second item being auctioned on the stage.

“Want it?”

Gu Xiao glanced at the ruby ​​bracelet on display on the stage and asked.

“Ah?” Su Xi was a little slow to react.

However, Gu Xiao waved to Gu Qing and whispered something.

Su Xi looked at Gu Qing blankly and nodded. After the auctioneer gave the reserve price, he directly said, “500,000.”

Su Xi was stunned and turned abruptly to look at Gu Qing.

The reserve price of this bracelet was 100,000, but the other party actually raised the price fivefold.

“600,000.” Someone added the price.

“700,000.” Gu Qing spoke again.

This was the second time the other party raised the price, and at this time, almost no one sitting in this area made any more bids.

It’s not that they can’t afford it, but they know Gu Qing and know that the other party asked for it with the instruction of Gu Xiao, so they naturally won’t speak rashly and embarrass themselves.

However, just because the people sitting in this area didn’t say anything, it didn’t mean that someone wouldn’t take the initiative. Sure enough, someone at the back of the banquet hall raised the price: “750,000.”

“800,000.” Almost at the same time as the man shouted, Gu Qing raised the price.

“850,000!” The person behind was not willing to be outdone.

Gu Qing raised his hand coldly and raised the price: “900,000.”

“950,000.” The man behind hesitated and spoke again.

Su Xi turned his head and looked behind him. Because the distance was quite far, he couldn’t see clearly, so he squinted his eyes. It was at this time that he saw clearly that the person who kept raising the price was the one who had just scolded him.

The man raised the price just to attract attention. It would be great if he could be noticed by some big shot. If not, his price was too high. It would be a good idea to let the organizer know him.

Unfortunately, he hit a wall today.

When Gu Qing heard him raise the price, his expression didn’t even change, but he raised his hand to make an offer again.

His offer this time simply silenced the bidders.

“Two million.” Gu Qing said calmly.