At this moment.

Bei Ximing and his two companions had furrowed brows, looking at Jiang Lanting and saying, "Miss Jiang..."

"Please call me 'Captain Jiang'!" Jiang Lanting said.

"..."

Bei Ximing felt stifled but obediently corrected himself, saying, "Captain Jiang, this is a private matter of ours."

"That's none of my business, but you'd best not let me see you doing anything illegal, or I have the responsibility to take you in!" Jiang Lanting declared with an intimidating presence.

"..."

Bei Ximing, Leng Jianghuan, and Lu Yanghong all had dark expressions on their faces.

Finally.

They glared at Qin Feng and said, "We'll see about that!"

Having said that.

They each made phone calls, arranging for their subordinates not to come here.

Only then did they turn around, no longer paying attention to Qin Feng and his companions.

At this time, Qin Feng was extremely surprised.

Yesterday, from the fact that Jiang Lanting was invited to this banquet and what she said at the time, he could guess that her background seemed to be not simple.

But he didn't expect her to be this powerful.

Directly making the Ao Huang Three Families not dare to confront her openly.

The onlookers around them, upon seeing Jiang Lanting intervening for Qin Feng, looked at him with even more displeasure.

But they couldn't do anything about it.

"Impressive, what kind of background do you have exactly?"

Qin Feng asked Jiang Lanting in amazement.

Jiang Lanting waved her hand and said, "Stop it, I can't protect you forever. They don't dare to touch you in front of me, but that doesn't mean they won't do anything behind my back. In short, right now, the only way out for you is to ask the Nangong Family to mediate."

Qin Feng smiled.

He had no intention of reconciling with them in the first place.

At that moment.

Suddenly, his spirit tensed, and in the crowd, he saw a familiar figure.

That person was also holding a wine glass at the moment, smiling at him, and approaching with light steps, saying, "We meet again."

The crowd looked at him, irresistibly drawn by his unique aristocratic aura.

No one knew him.

But with one glance, it was clear that he was no ordinary person.

The temperament that naturally emanated from him.

More noble than a Prince.

Indeed.

It was Bai!

Bai gently swirled the red wine in his glass, smiled, and said, "Brother Qin, you always manage to surprise me."

"Why do you say that?" Qin Feng said.

"Hehe."

Bai showed his pearly white teeth and said with a smile, "It's well-known that Brother Qin has a beautiful wife, and I also heard that in pursuit of your wife's love, you were willing to be a son-in-law subjected to all kinds of humiliation. This spirit, truly moves me greatly."

The people around them couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this.

Qin Feng's background had already been spread online, especially the part about him living like a dog for three years when he was a live-in son-in-law, which everyone was well aware of.

As for how he became the behind-the-scenes boss of Fengyun Group.

The data said that he found many treasures with astonishing luck and subdued people like Fang Wudi with the "Heaven and Earth Dominating Skill" martial arts secret book, helping him to rise to the position of the First Person in Lake City, and so on.

For someone like him who rose to power in such a way.

In the eyes of these wealthy and powerful people, he was like a nouveau riche who had stumbled upon good fortune, not worthy of respect.

Especially since he had been humiliated as a live-in son-in-law.

They looked down on him even more in their hearts.

At this moment.

Bai was enjoying the jeers coming from the crowd, then with another grin, he continued, "Since Brother Qin has a beautiful wife and is admired by many women, I'm truly envious. I would like to learn from Brother Qin how you've managed to achieve this?"

It seems like he is asking for advice.

But anyone could tell that he was deliberately mentioning Qin Feng's marriage, as a reminder to Jiang Lanting.

Because he had just seen Jiang Lanting standing up for Qin Feng against Bei Ximing and his two companions, he thought that maybe Qin Feng had enticed her with sweet words and deception.

However.

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Jiang Lanting out of the corner of his eye.

Yet, he only saw that her expression remained unchanged. Themostup-to-dateversionison*.

He started to wonder.

If she didn't like him, then why was she helping him so much?

At this moment.

Qin Feng also grinned, patted Mr. Bai on the shoulder, and said, "That's an easy one, in fact, in terms of looks and temperament, Mr. Bai, you've already got it. But you're lacking one thing."

"Oh? I'd like to hear the specifics," Mr. Bai said.

"Sincerity."

Qin Feng explained, "I think, Mr. Bai, you're not sincere enough. You always speak with hidden meanings and live by hinting things to others, which might seem smart, but is really quite meaningless. If you just change this one thing, I believe you will be successful."

"..."

A flicker of displeasure crossed Mr. Bai's brow, but he still managed a strong laugh and said, "Hahaha, Brother Qin, you have a great sense of humor. Where am I not 'sincere'?"

"Since Mr. Bai feels 'sincere', I have to ask you, Mr. Bai." Qin Feng raised an eyebrow, looking into his eyes, "I've only met you twice, but why do I always feel like you seem to have something against me?"

"Do I?"

"Don't I?"

"Do I?"

"See, Mr. Bai, you're not being sincere in your words!"

"Hahaha, it's just because, that night, Brother Qin, you took the person someone else loved."

"No no, even though you confessed to Li Qianqian that night, I didn't feel like you liked her. To me, it seemed like you had ulterior motives, right?"

"Of course not, Brother Qin, you're overthinking it."

"Really?"

"Really, I can swear to it."

"Mr. Bai, stop it, the oaths made by men are all worthless."

"Hahaha, Brother Qin, you're really humorous."

"Mr. Bai is humorous too, hahaha."

"..."

The two of them chatted insincerely.

At this moment.

Zhang Xu, who was in charge of the banquet, came over to the main hall, asking everyone to go to the central banquet hall and saying that the birthday "Little Dragon Girl" had arrived.

People flocked to the central banquet hall that was paved with red carpets and decorated with festive colors.

After exchanging a few insincere pleasantries, Qin Feng and Mr. Bai each proceeded towards the hall.

After they parted.

Mr. Bai's smile faded from his face, a hint of sharpness crossed his brows and he muttered to himself: "Did I underestimate Qin Feng? Has that kid been playing dumb all this time? It doesn't matter, no way he can rely on the Nangong Family to mediate his relationship with the Ao Huang Three Families, just continue to sit back and enjoy the show."

Qin Feng, watching Mr. Bai's departing figure, also frowned, deep in thought.

Beside him, Jiang Lanting said, "Follow me in, I'll introduce you to the Nangong Family's grandma; she's very kind, compassionate, and easy to talk to."

"It's really not necessary."

"What do you mean not necessary, hurry up and follow me!"

"..."

They, too, entered the central banquet hall.

As soon as they entered.

Jiang Lanting was pulling him, intending to find grandma, but suddenly realized that the atmosphere was off.

Everybody's eyes were focused sharply on Qin Feng!

This included the sons and daughters of nobility from the main hall before, as well as the resting elders in this hall, which even included the leaders of the Ao Huang Three Families' Black Dragon Mercenary Corps, the manor owner of Golden Sword Manor, and the Family Head of the Bei Family.

Clearly!

After Bei Ximing and his two companions were chased away by Jiang Lanting earlier, they must have informed their respective elders.

So, as soon as Qin Feng came in, that's why the atmosphere was tense like drawn swords and ready bows.