Song Jiaye: "Song Yunsheng?"
Li Qiyu: "Xu Yunsheng?"
The young couple glanced at each other. Song Jiaye frowned and asked, "Did he tell you his name was Xu Yunsheng?"
Li Qiyu nodded.
Song Jiaye indignantly commented, "Liar."
"A liar? His name isn't Xu Yunsheng?"
Song Jiaye nodded and said, "That's Song Yunsheng, the adopted son of Old Master Song."
Before coming here, Father Li had given a crash - course to the younger members of the family. Of course, Li Qiyu knew the status of Old Master Song, the protagonist of the banquet.
She looked at the man chatting and laughing merrily ahead, feeling both familiar and strange.
She felt familiar because the person who looked exactly like him used to be her playmate, accompanying her from childhood.
She felt strange because she knew that the Zhou Donglin in her memory would never make such a fake - smiling expression.
Zhou Donglin was straightforward. His likes and dislikes were all written on his face. If he liked someone, he would be like the husky raised in the Li Mansion. If he had a tail, he would surely wag it off.
On the contrary, if he met someone he didn't like, he would be as cold as ice and wouldn't even bother to say a polite word.
So, Li Qiyu felt very at ease and comfortable getting along with Zhou Donglin.
At this time, Song Yunsheng saw them and came forward to say hello.
"Miss Li." He glanced at Song Jiaye beside Li Qiyu, and his eyes darkened a bit, but he still kept smiling on his face.
"I presume this is Miss Li's husband."
Li Qiyu looked at Song Jiaye in confusion.
Song Jiaye knew Song Yunsheng, but this Song Yunsheng seemed not to know Song Jiaye at all.
However, neither of them exchanged too many greetings. Song Jiaye just nodded and then led Li Qiyu around him. Song Yunsheng stared at Song Jiaye's back for a long time. It was not until a new wave of guests arrived that he withdrew his gaze and greeted the guests with a smile.
On the way to the main hall, the most talked - about topic was Song Yunsheng. Those with sons told their sons to get on good terms with Song Yunsheng and be brothers.
Those with daughters told their daughters to pursue Song Yunsheng. They hoped their daughters could become the young mistress of the Song family.
This made Li Qiyu think of her past life. Until she jumped off the building and committed suicide, Zhou Donglin hadn't even married her off.
Li Qiyu had laughed at Zhou Donglin for being ugly more than once.
Of course, this was just a friendly banter. Zhou Donglin was not actually ugly. Back then in Mu Dynasty, there were some idle people who had a list of the top ten handsome men, and Zhou Donglin was on it, ranking quite high.
His handsomeness was different from Song Jiaye's. Song Jiaye had been in poor health since childhood. He was thin and his face was rather pale, looking rather frail. In the new terms Li Qiyu had learned in modern times, he was a "sick beauty".
Zhou Donglin was much more muscular than Song Jiaye. In fact, Zhou Donglin was also a frequent patient in his childhood. At that time, the Zhou family was a neighbor of the Li family. Uncle Zhou entrusted Zhou Donglin to her father, asking him to take care of the child and teach him some martial arts to strengthen his body.
The lazy Father Li directly passed this hot potato to Li Qiyu.
Li Qiyu certainly didn't show any mercy. She treated Zhou Donglin like a human sandbag. As they practiced, Li Qiyu got stronger and Zhou Donglin became more muscular. Although he could never beat Li Qiyu, he could easily teach some hooligans a lesson on the street.
Thinking of this, Li Qiyu laughed.
Song Jiaye was curious to see her laughing.
"What are you laughing at?"
Li Qiyu restrained her smile and said, "It's nothing. I just thought of an old acquaintance."
An old acquaintance of Li Xiyu? What could make her laugh like this?
A hint of jealousy welled up in Song Jiaye's heart.
Ming Yuexuan had been waiting for Li Qiyu. When she saw Li Qiyu coming, she almost ran out to greet her.
At this time, an old woman stood up and scolded her.
"With distinguished guests here, jumping around like this. What kind of behavior is this?"
As she spoke, an old woman with silver hair but a very energetic look walked down from the upstairs.
Song Jiaye knew that she had lost her memory and couldn't remember many things, so he acted as Li Qiyu's encyclopedia and explained to her, "This is the head of the Mingyue family, Ming Yuexuan's grandma. You used to call her Grandma Mingyue."
Ming Yuexuan, who was usually crazy and unrestrained, immediately became as meek as a little quail in front of her grandma. She behaved in a very proper way. Due to being too nervous, she even walked with both hands and feet moving on the same side.
Grandma Mingyue was not so strict when she saw Li Qiyu. She had a kind and gentle look. "Xiyu is here."
Li Qiyu used what she had just learned and said, "Grandma Mingyue."
At this time, after a long walk, Ming Yuexuan finally reached Li Qiyu's side.
When Grandma Mingyue couldn't see, she quietly made a face to show her resistance.
"Why did you come so late? I've been dying of boredom."
Ming Yuexuan was also wearing a dress and looked quite ladylike. But as soon as she opened her mouth, all her ladylike image flew out of the window.
Just then, the couple of Ming Yuezhu from the Li Mansion, along with Li Xichi, finally arrived late.
Li Tong was very affectionate when she saw Grandma Mingyue. She kept calling "Great - grandma" so sweetly that Grandma Mingyue's face broke into a big smile. She let Li Tong hold her hand and play around.
Seeing this, Ming Yuexuan heaved a long sigh of relief.
"This little savior has finally come."
Otherwise, if her grandma kept staring at her and scolding her, she really wouldn't know how to walk.
Although the dinner held by the Mingyue family was just a family banquet, since Old Master Song was there, the place was bustling with guests.
Among them, there were naturally some famous ladies that Li Xiyu used to know.
However, Li Qiyu used to be the eldest daughter of the Li family. She still had the ability to handle such situations. She half - guessed and half - probed her way through the conversations without letting others notice anything strange.
Song Jiaye originally wanted Ming Yuexuan to take Li Qiyu downstairs to rest. But seeing Li Qiyu handling the situation among the famous ladies so smoothly, he suddenly felt that the silly Li Xiyu before seemed a bit unreal.
But soon, he understood that Li Qiyu didn't suddenly become smart. She just knew how to act.
To be exact, she knew how to act in front of outsiders.
When there were no outsiders around, she would quietly come over with a glass of champagne and complain to Song Jiaye, "I thought the 'fragrant cake' they were talking about was something to eat. But it turns out to be wine. Isn't this just making me hungrier?"
"Are you hungry?"
Li Qiyu nodded without hesitation.
She thought that coming to the banquet meant having a big meal and there would be a lot of delicious food. She had even deliberately left room in her stomach when she went out in the morning. But when she came here, she found there wasn't even a single main dish.
Seeing Li Qiyu looking so aggrieved, Song Jiaye helplessly picked up the tweezers and picked up a mango pancake for her.
"Here. Your favorite mango."
Li Qiyu didn't know what a mango was, but she knew the thing in front of her was yellow, thin, and folded into a small square.
"What blind fruit? This is clearly a bean curd sheet!"