Chapter Eighty-four: He Lao's Identity

  With He Lao's invitation, most people in the room looked at Li Yang with a hint of envy, and even several people had an acid heart, very jealous of Li Yang.

  The door was suddenly opened, and Wu Xiaoli's elder uncle and younger uncle walked in together. The guests outside had basically arrived, and the birthday banquet was about to begin, so it was time to invite Liu Xuesong, this old longevity star, to come out and take his seat.

  Liu Xuesong stood up, first inviting He Lao and then several elderly people beside him. The elderly people left the room first, followed by others who left one after another. When Li Yang was about to leave quickly, he seemed to feel something and suddenly turned his head back, just in time to see Shen Hao glaring at him with a venomous gaze behind him.

  A surge of anger slowly rose in Li Yang's heart. It seemed that Shen Hao had already held a grudge against him, but everything today was provoked by Shen Hao himself. Li Yang had only passively counterattacked once.

  He glared at Shen Hao fiercely, then Li Yang strode out of the room. If Shen Hao didn't bother him again, nothing would happen. If things continued like this, Li Yang wouldn't mind finding something for Shen Da to do. Li Yang had never been a soft persimmon and had never shown mercy to his enemies.

  The outer hall was already packed with people, the host on the rostrum was speaking, Liu Xue Song and others came out immediately attracted enthusiastic applause, Liu Xue Song was even invited to the rostrum, sitting there accepting everyone's congratulations.

  Li Yang also returned to his own table, where there were several people he didn't recognize, but they all seemed to be familiar with Sima Lin and Zheng Kaida, chatting and laughing together.

  Several people at the table were stunned when they saw Li Yang, earlier they sat down and knew that the position next to Sima Lin was already occupied, it was left by Sima Lin on purpose, otherwise he wouldn't have refused them from sitting there, many people wanted to sit next to Sima Lin.

  But who would have thought that the one who came back was such an unassuming young man, Li Yang was too young, and he wore ordinary clothes, no matter how you looked at him, he didn't seem like the important person they had imagined.

  Sim Lin didn't have time to introduce Li Yang, the longevity ceremony began. The children of the Liu family took turns in units of their families to congratulate the old man first, Wu Xiaoli's eldest brother also made a brief speech, mainly thanking Old Man Liu for raising them and explaining the hardships of the old man over the past 70 years.

  The birthday celebration was very lively, and in the hotel, it was not possible to be as formal as at home. After Liu Xuesong accepted the congratulations from his children and former subordinates, he stepped down from the podium and sat with a few elderly people at the main table, and the birthday banquet officially began.

  After lunch, Liu Xuesong's 70th birthday celebration was basically over. After returning home, there would still be filial piety from the children, but that was only for close relatives, and guests would not follow them back.

  The banquet was over, but the crowd didn't rush to leave. Today's birthday party had many famous and influential people attending, which was a great opportunity for them to socialize with each other. It was actually He Lao and his group of elderly friends who left the hotel ahead of time. The old folks didn't have as much energy as these people, nor did they want to engage in such activities anymore.

  What Li Yang didn't expect was that He Lao personally came to him before leaving and instructed him again, telling Li Yang that he must go to his house tomorrow. Li Yang was both surprised and honored at the same time, causing everyone at the table to be shocked beyond measure. Especially the people who came later, they didn't know Li Yang, seeing He Lao being so good to Li Yang made them terrified, guessing whether Li Yang was the son of some important figure.

  It was also astonishing for Sima Lin and the other two to understand Li Yang, especially Zhang Ying. He knew Li Yang best, and it was through him that Li Yang got to know Mr. He. Although Mr. He is a very nice person, he had never seen him so solemnly invite anyone before. Usually, when people who share his interest in antiques get something good, they would take the opportunity to visit him, not only to show him their stuff but also to use the chance to bond with Mr. He emotionally.

  Zhang Ying did a good job on this point, but compared to Li Yang being directly invited by He Lao, it's just not comparable.

  "Li Yang, be honest with me, where did you go just now? Why would He Lao invite you on his own initiative and specifically remind you not to forget?"

  Before leaving the hotel, Zhang Ying asked eagerly, Sima Lin and Zheng Kaida were also looking at Li Yang, wanting to hear his answer.

  "I just looked at a few pieces of ancient jade inside, and then Old He invited me over, I'm not even sure why!"

  Li Yang smiled wryly and spread his hands, actually he had already felt something in his heart. He was sure that Mr. He's invitation was related to his performance today, which made Li Yang feel a little proud.

  "Li Yang! Li Yang!"

  Wu Xiaoli quickly ran over from behind a few people, earlier she was with her family and had no chance to come find Li Yang, after finishing the busy work immediately ran over.

  "Li Yang, be honest with me, where did you learn all these things? Whatever you do, don't tell me you just learned them from books!"

  Wu Xiaoli ran over, still panting, and immediately asked Li Yang with a shocked look in her eyes.

  "To be honest, I really learned it from a book!"

  Li Yang smiled wryly again, but actually Old He didn't know that Li Yang had only read books for a few days. Subconsciously, Old He thought Li Yang had been studying ancient jade since he left his place last time, and the ghost market was just an excuse. If he knew Li Yang had only read books for three or four days, his expression would have been completely different, even Zhu Zhi Xiang couldn't be as cunning as Li Yang.

  "Who are you kidding? You think reading a few books would teach you how to fake the Rainbow Light Grass method? Reading a few books would make you an expert on identifying modern replicas of Huang Yu, something that even my grandfather couldn't do? Reading a few books would allow you to distinguish between ancient jade that even my uncle couldn't understand?"

  Wu Xiaoli rolled her eyes and asked a series of questions in one breath, leaving Zhang Ying and the other two people stunned, especially Zhang Ying and Zheng Kaida, who were both fond of antiques and could understand the weight of Wu Xiaoli's words.

  "It's really like this, there's nothing I can do if you don't believe me!"

  Li Yang nodded seriously, he can only attribute these to talent now, fortunately, He Lao explained it to him, whether Wu Xiaoli believes it or not is no longer important, as long as she doesn't go around talking nonsense.

  "Wait a minute, Xiaoli, you tell us what's going on first. Why did you ask Liyang those questions?"

  Zhang Ying immediately raised his hand and shouted, Sima Lin and Zheng Kaida also nodded in agreement. The three of them looked at Wu Xiaoli, very curious about what had happened during the time Li Yang left earlier.

  "It's like this..."

  Wu Xiaoli slowly told the story of what happened in the room, Wu Xiaoli's storytelling skills were not bad, and the events that occurred in the room were clearly and concisely recounted by her. Although it was simple, it was very vivid, and Zhang Ying and the others all listened with clarity.

  After understanding, the three people and Wu Xiaoli all had the same expression, shocked, disbelieving, as if looking at an alien, staring at Li Yang.

  "Maybe I'm really talented!" Li Yang scratched his head and finally came up with this sentence under the gaze of several people.

  "It's probably like this, Li Yang, you really surprised me!"

  Sim Lin shook his head with a bitter smile, he also felt that he couldn't see through Li Yang anymore. Or just like what he said, Li Yang was a very talented person, a very talented and extremely lucky person who had principles and knew how to do things. His future achievements were something even Sima Lin didn't dare to imagine.

  "You don't want to say it's fine, but I'm going to Old He's place tomorrow anyway!" Wu Xiaoli shook her head in disappointment.

  "As long as Lao He doesn't oppose it, it's fine!"

  Li Yang felt relieved in his heart. Actually, he wanted to say that as long as you don't entangle yourself with this issue, it's fine. But being entangled by Wu Xiaoli, she really didn't know how to explain.

  When Li Yang left, he was sitting in Sima Lin's car. Zhang Ying also invited Li Yang, but couldn't compare to Sima Lin. Li Yang was directly pushed into Sima Lin's own car by Sima Lin himself.

  On the bus, Li Yang was inevitably asked again by Sima Lin and Zheng Kaida. After explaining today's events in detail, the two finally stopped. The astute Sima Lin naturally understood that Old He had already taken a liking to Li Yang's talent, and he couldn't help but feel envious of Li Yang's good fortune once more. Even Sima Lin started to envy Li Yang's good luck.

  From Sima Lin's mouth, Li Yang finally understood He Lao's true identity. After knowing He Lao's identity, Li Yang's mouth was wide open. He had thought highly of He Lao, but in the end, he still underestimated He Lao's identity.

  He Lao was a retired veteran cadre, but he didn't retire in Mingyang, rather in Beijing. He Lao's position before retirement wasn't mentioned by Sima Lin, only telling Li Yang that it was very high, almost at the top.

  He Lao's wife was from Mingyang, they bought a house in Mingyang and occasionally came back to stay for a short while. Three years ago, He Lao's boss suddenly passed away in Mingyang, missing his wife, He Lao stayed in Mingyang and refused to return to Beijing. Here, he would occasionally chat with the people from the Mingyang Antique Association, and his days were still quite comfortable.

  What's more important than Mr. He's individual identity is that he has four sons and three daughters, as well as over a dozen grandchildren. These young members of the He family are all very famous in both the political and business circles nationwide, especially the eldest son of the He family, who often appears on TV.

  Moreover, Mr. He's family was a prominent and respected family before liberation, and Mr. He had an older brother who did business in Hong Kong and helped with the country's construction efforts. This older brother of Mr. He's had no children of his own, so after he passed away, all of his property was inherited by Mr. He. Now it is Mr. He's daughter who helps take care of these businesses, which serve as a financial backing for Mr. He's hobby of collecting things, and he has never had to worry about funding.

  All the way, Li Yang was in a state of shock, he couldn't help it, someone like He Lao's identity was too prominent. Li didn't think that Mingyang would still have such an important figure, and even more so, he didn't expect that such a person would be so fond of himself, for a moment, Li Yang's heart also felt a little uneasy.

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