"Okay, come and check again to see if there are any flaws." Lu Qian's mother said.
Liao Gufeng laughed after hearing this and said, "I'm very relieved that you are doing your job. Is there anything else to check? Besides, our engagement party is only for a small group of relatives and friends, and it doesn't have to be a grand event."
After Liao Gufeng finished speaking, he didn't see Qiao Liang and Lu Qian, so he couldn't help asking, "Where are Xiao Qian and Xiao Qiao?"
Lu Qian's mother said, "I'm putting on makeup in the hotel room. I called a makeup artist over and asked them to put on some makeup."
Liao Gufeng nodded without saying anything. He took out a list from his pocket and looked at the names of the guests on the list carefully. This list was drawn up by Liao Gufeng himself. For tonight's engagement banquet, Liao Gufeng didn't have time to do those trivial things.
, but the invited guests were personally controlled by Liao Gufeng, and the number of tables to host for the engagement banquet was also something Liao Gufeng had to carefully consider.
Because this engagement banquet should neither be too high-profile and extravagant nor too shabby, there must be a certain degree of control. After all, Liao Gufeng's status is such that the influence must be paid attention to.
"How many times have you read this list, why are you still reading it?" Lu Qian's mother said helplessly when she saw that her husband was looking at the list again.
"Aren't we afraid of missing someone?" Liao Gufeng said with a smile.
"Even if you missed someone, it's too late for you to see now." Lu Qian's mother said with a smile, "I think you have obsessive-compulsive disorder. You have to consider something over and over again. I have been with you for so many years, and I still don't understand you?"
The two were talking, Lu Qian and Qiao Liang put on makeup and walked downstairs. Liao Gufeng looked at his daughter and Qiao Liang, a smile appeared on his face unconsciously. Seeing that his daughter was about to get engaged, Liao Gufeng felt it for the first time.
The daughter is really going to grow up. In the eyes of the parents, no matter how old the child is, as long as they don't have a family, they are still children.
While Liao Gufeng was in a daze for a moment, Lu Qian's mother glanced at the door of the hotel and said, "It seems that guests are starting to arrive."
Liao Gufeng followed the call and saw that it was really a guest who had arrived, so he arranged for Qiao Liang and Lu Qian to stand at the door to greet the guests. This was Liao Gufeng's deliberate arrangement to let people know the newlyweds Qiao Liang and Lu Qian.
It is also a sign of respect for the guests attending the engagement party tonight.
There is no doubt that tonight all the guests personally invited by Liao Gufeng are undoubtedly heavyweights. For Qiao Liang, tonight is also the first time for him to show his face in the circle of powerful people in Beijing.
As the guests arrived one after another, many arriving guests would subconsciously look at Qiao Liang. Most of them were still very curious about Liao Gufeng's future son-in-law.
Liao Gufeng and Lu Qian's mother also stood at the door to receive the guests, and from time to time introduced Qiao Liang, the prospective son-in-law, to some old friends who arrived. Qiao Liang had a bright smile on his face from beginning to end, and his heart went from shock to numbness.
This was his first time coming into contact with so many big leaders. Seeing Liao Gufeng chatting and laughing with the big shots who came, Qiao Liang couldn't help but admire him. When will he reach Liao Gufeng's level?
The thoughts in his mind flashed through his mind. Qiao Liang knew that he was fanciful now. He was far away from Liao Gufeng's level. Even if he became Liao Gufeng's son-in-law, with Liao Gufeng's full care, he would be able to reach Guan Xinmin or An Zhe or even him in the future.
Wu Huiwen is already very remarkable at this level. Reaching Liao Gufeng's level is the result of a game of many factors and cannot be achieved through personal hard work alone.
Qiao Liang was briefly absent-minded. Lu Qian on the side gently pulled Qiao Liang's arm. Qiao Liang came back to his senses and saw Liao Gufeng introducing him to a newly arrived guest. Qiao Liang immediately smiled and said hello to him.
After careful identification, Qiao Liang immediately recognized that this was a high-ranking leader of a certain department. Qiao Liang was already used to it. The guests who came tonight could be introduced personally by Liao Gufeng, and they were all high-status people.
After waiting for a long time at the door to welcome guests, Qiao Liang, Lu Qiancai, and Liao Gufeng and his wife went in and took their seats together. Qiao Liang was also deeply impressed by Liao Gufeng's humble side from beginning to end.
Qiao Liang's parents also sat at the main table, but both of them were not sociable. Especially on such an occasion, they seemed at a loss. Even sitting there felt uncomfortable. Liao Gufeng was very considerate and smiled.
Then he told the two of them to just eat and drink well tonight, and not to worry about the rest.
The guests were all here, and the engagement banquet was about to begin. After Liao Gufeng went up to give a brief speech, he announced that the engagement banquet had officially begun.
This engagement banquet was a little rushed from setting the date to holding it, but for Liao Gufeng, the goal was achieved. At least he can worry less in the future, and no one will mention the marriage again.
The engagement party didn't end until about nine o'clock in the evening. Liao Gufeng, Qiao Liang and Lu Qian toasted table after table. Liao Gufeng, who was rarely happy, actually drank a lot tonight. Fortunately, the number of people invited tonight was not too many.
, Liao Gufeng strictly controlled the number of people at the banquet from the beginning, and stopped accepting gifts. He took the lead in complying with the relevant regulations.
After the engagement banquet, Qiao Liang and Lu Qian stood at the door of the hotel and saw off the guests one by one. Tonight's engagement banquet came to an end.
After the hustle and bustle, it was a quiet time for the two families to be alone. Liao Gufeng and Qiao Liang's parents chatted for a while before letting their daughter Lu Qian take Qiao Liang's family back to the hotel where they were staying.
The busy day was finally over, and Qiao Liang asked Lu Qian to go back and rest early, so that she could finally be alone for a while.
After taking a shower, Qiao Liang sat on the sofa to rest. He picked up his phone and replied to some messages that he had not had time to process tonight, and then sat in a daze.
Thinking about tonight's experience, Qiao Liang still felt like he was in a dream. Tonight's engagement party could be said to have completely opened his horizons for Qiao Liang. It was like a poor boy going to the city to see the world. It gave Qiao Liang the opportunity to stand.
On a higher stage to get to know people he was not qualified to meet in the past.
In the past, Qiao Liang had to look up to all the leaders. Tonight, Qiao Liang had the opportunity to get up close and personal for the first time. Qiao Liang knew that such an opportunity came from Liao Gufeng. In the future, his identity as Liao Gufeng's son-in-law would also become his biggest concern.
label, and this label will bring him more connections across circles and broader opportunities in the future.
Tonight is just the beginning, a bigger stage is waiting for him.
I don’t know how long it took, Qiao Liang stood up, walked to the window, took out a cigarette and lit it, looking at the lights outside through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel, Qiao Liang looked incomprehensible, a division-level cadre like him
, in ordinary cities, it may be considered
A person, but here, he is just an insignificant and inconspicuous person. Even department-level cadres like Wu Huiwen cannot make any waves here. Only when you reach the level of Liao Gufeng can you be considered to be standing in the pyramid.
upper layer.
At this moment, this feeling planted the seeds of ambition deep in Qiao Liang's heart. For the first time, Qiao Liang felt his insignificance, gained a higher status, grasped greater power, and truly became Qiao Liang for the first time.
Liang has a clear goal. Sometimes, working hard to climb up is not necessarily to satisfy his own personal desires. He can also do more useful practical things. As for Qiao Liang, he firmly believes that he will always keep his original intention in mind.
After quietly smoking a cigarette, Qiao Liang's cell phone rang. He picked up the phone and saw that it was a text message from Ye Xinyi. Qiao Liang opened it and read it. The text message only had a few words. It was Ye Xinyi's blessing to him.
Happy engagement, because Qiao Liang told Ye Xinyi that she was getting engaged today.
After looking at the brief content, Qiao Liang hesitated for a moment, replied with the word "thank you" with complicated emotions, and put away the phone.
Qiao Liang did not choose to call Ye Xinyi back. Even if he did, he didn't know what to say, which would only add to the sadness and embarrassment. Since he had chosen Lu Qian, he should break up with the past completely, and he and Ye Xinyi
Xinyi has already had a face-to-face conversation before, so she shouldn't be disconnected from Ye Xinyi at this time.
From now on, in addition to normal contact with Ye Xinyi at work, he should also keep a proper distance. Qiao Liang sighed secretly. It is difficult to have a pure friendship between men and women, not to mention that the two of them had had that kind of conflict before.
If this kind of relationship is not properly kept at a distance, there is no guarantee that something will happen again. Furthermore, he is now officially engaged to Lu Qian, and he has to consider and take care of Lu Qian's feelings. If he gets too close to other women again
, how will it make Lu Qian feel?
On the other side of the phone, Ye Xinyi felt a heart-wrenching pain after seeing the word 'thank you' in Qiao Liang's reply. The word 'thank you' was simple and polite, but also had a sense of alienation and distance.
This made Ye Xinyi feel extremely painful. She knew that her relationship with Qiao Liang would never return to the past, and this was also her own choice.
At this moment, Ye Xinyi was in a bar. She was staring at her mobile phone in a daze. Ye Xinyi's eyes gradually became blurred. Tears moistened her eyes at some point. Ye Xinyi bit her lip, threw the phone aside, picked up the wine glass and drank.
Took a sip.
There is no regret in this world. After taking medicine and drinking a few glasses of wine, Ye Xinyi couldn't help but ask herself in her heart, if she had given Qiao Liang an affirmative answer when Qiao Liang asked her face to face before, what would Qiao Liang do now?
Engaged to Lu Qian?
It's a pity that such an assumption cannot be established. The past is the past after all, and time will not go back. What's more, if Ye Xinyi is allowed to choose again, ask herself, Ye Xinyi still will not give Qiao Liang a positive answer, because she has no
Be prepared to enter the next marriage. It is true that she has a crush on Qiao Liang, but she cannot convince herself to enter a new marriage because her previous marriage to Ning Hailong left a huge psychological shadow on her.
