Chapter 55: Gathering Evil Spirits

  Xiao Yu led Song Hu Shan, Zhou Ruo Ying, Wan Hong Guang and Song Hua Ling into the hotel. As they entered, Wan Hong Guang put on a large, brown-rimmed pair of glasses. Xiao Yu found it strange but didn't ask anything, thinking that he wasn't some kind of big star who needed to wear sunglasses.

  As they walked to the hotel entrance, Lu Jianhong was standing at the door to greet guests. He felt very strange when he saw Xiao You bringing a few people over. Just as he was about to speak, Xiao You spoke up and said: "Brother-in-law, these are my friends. I heard that Hanghang is having a birthday party, so we came to take a look!"

  "Good... good... welcome, please, everyone. Xiaoyu will greet you all for a while!" Lu Jianhong said hastily as soon as he heard that they were friends of Xiao Yu's, attending his son's full-month celebration banquet. However, in his heart, he was extremely puzzled, looking at the attire and demeanor of these people, who were definitely either wealthy or noble. Especially the man wearing tea-colored glasses walking at the end, gave Lu Jianhong a very familiar feeling.

  "Xiao Lu, congratulations, congratulations!"

  "Director Wang, hello...hello...please come in quickly!" Lu Jianhong was interrupted by the newly arrived guest while he was thinking about where he had seen this person before. Lu Jianhong hastily put aside his worries to greet the guest.

  Xiao Yu led a few people directly past the reception area and walked towards his own seat.

  "A poor devil, coming to eat for free and bringing a few people along!" A weak voice came from the reception area. Xiao Yu's footsteps paused slightly as he turned his head to look over. The young people from the municipal party committee's office quickly scattered, leaving only a man in his thirties looking at Xiao Yu with a hint of disdain in his eyes.

  Xiao Yu looked at this person with a more severe frown, he knew him, he was the son of Lu Jianrui's second aunt's family, Jia Youcai. Xiao Yu stared at Jia Youcai for a moment before relaxing his tightly furrowed brow.

  The government officials, those young people, are not as blind as Jia Youcai. Xiao Yu and they worked together for a whole morning, so they naturally know each other. The few people Xiao Yu brought with him, regardless of male or female, all have extraordinary temperament, especially the two men who heard Jia Youcai's sarcasm, their eyebrows slightly furrowed, and their bodies exuded an irresistible aura of majesty.

  Xiao Yu looked at Jia Youcai, who had initially wanted to marry his second uncle's daughter, his cousin, to Lu Jianfeng in order to solidify his position in the Lu family. However, Lu Jianfeng refused and insisted on marrying Xiao Yu's sister instead, ruining his plans. From then on, he harbored resentment towards the Xiao family.

  Last year during the New Year's visit to his sister's house, Jia Youcai took advantage of no one noticing and ridiculed Xiao Yu. However, Xiao Yu endured it for his sister's sake. This time, he even mocked Xiao Yu in front of friends. Xiao Yu shook his head and sighed "Why bother?" His fingers lightly danced in a blind spot that everyone couldn't see, and a simple "聚煞符" was formed. With a light push from Xiao Yu's palm, the聚煞符 seemed to have come to life and hid itself under Jia Youcai's skin.

  Human skin is also a kind of skin, so Xiao Yu can be said to have made a simple skin token. And Xiao Yu, who was originally recovering from his depleted energy after making the token from afar, had exhausted himself once again.

  "Ji Xiang Fu" can gather all the evil spirits between heaven and earth, but because Xiao Yu drew it directly with his fingers without using a brush or cinnabar, the effect of this "Ji Xiang Fu" is greatly reduced. It only gathers evil spirits when the air is thick with evil spirits at night.

  After doing this, Xiao Yu consumed all his energy and swayed slightly before stabilizing himself, continuing to walk towards the seats with Song Hu Shan and others.

  Song Hualing had never been treated with such disdain. In the capital, even a provincial-level cadre would have to consider her mood before inviting her to dinner. Just as Song Hualing was about to speak, she was intercepted by Zhou Ruoying, who shook her head at her. Grabbing her arm, Zhou followed Xiao Ye to their seats.

  Just now, although Xiao Yu did it very secretly, but was seen by Zhou Ruoying who had been paying attention to Xiao Yu all along. She saw Xiao Yu's fingers dancing in the air, and although she didn't know what Xiao Yu was doing, she knew that this brother of hers, who seemed so mysterious in her eyes, wouldn't do something like this for no reason at all.

  Xiao Ye led Song Hu Shan and several others to the corner seat, Chen Ying saw Song Hu Shan and others arrive and quickly stood up, facing Song Hu Shan said: "Mr. Song, hello, you're here too!"

  "Director Chen is also here?" Song Hu Shan said with a faint smile.

  Chen Ying nodded and saw that Song Huishan had no intention of introducing others, so he didn't ask much.

  "Everyone sit down quickly!" Xiao Yu knew Song Hu Shan and Chen Ying were acquainted, so he didn't make much of an introduction.

  After Song Hu Shan and a few others sat down, they saw that the seats were in the corner, his eyebrows slightly raised, he also felt that something was wrong. Although he didn't know the specific rules of the full-month wine banquet in the same city, he had asked Wang Xiaoqian, the nanny of his family, about it yesterday. Wang Xiaoqian is a local from the same city and knows some basic rules of the full-month wine banquet, so she roughly explained them to Song Hu Shan and the others.

  At this time, seeing the position of Xiao Yu's seat, it was clear that something was wrong. According to Wang Xiaoqian, the bride's family members were honored guests and should have been seated in the main seats. However, not only did Xiao Yu not sit in the main seat, but he also sat in a corner. Neither Xiao Yu nor his sister said anything about this, lest they be asked to leave the stage.

  "Little brother, I've finally found you! Where did you go just now? Come on, let's go sit over there!" Xiao Yu was talking to Chen Ying and Song Hu Shan when Xiao Yu walked up with a furious expression.

  Xiao Yu knew that her father-in-law and mother-in-law looked down on her family because of their poor living conditions, but they didn't get along anyway, so she rarely went back to stay with them. As a result, even when her father-in-law and mother-in-law gave her the cold shoulder at home, she just tolerated it.

  Originally, today is the son's birthday, and his grandparents should at least put on a show. Unexpectedly, the grandparents completely disregarded their family's reputation, abandoning their younger brother in a corner without a word. Xiao Yu couldn't bear it anymore. Although the son's birthday was important, they couldn't let his younger brother suffer. So Xiao Yu argued with her parents-in-law for a few sentences and came over to call Xiao Yu to the main table.

  "Sister, what's wrong? Today is Huanhuan's birthday and we should be happy!" Xiao Yu saw his sister storming over and quickly placated her. Xiao Yu wasn't weak, he just didn't want the birthday celebration to end in discord because of him.

  Xiao Yu pointed at Song Hu Shan and several others and said: "I'll just sit here, all of my friends are here!"

  "I'd like to introduce you all, this is my sister, Xiao Yu, the 'jade' in 'Xiao Yu'! Sister, these are all my friends, and this is Chen Ying, CEO Chen!" Xiao Yu said as he introduced them when he saw Song Hu Shan and the others looking at Xiao Yu. Because Chen Ying and Xiao Yu hadn't known each other for long, and this was only their second meeting, they had met through business after all, so he introduced Chen Ying first.

  Xiao Yu heard that these people were fighting and rushing towards Xiao Ye, so she didn't dare to drag Xiao Ye to the main table.

  P.S. I'm too busy today, so I'll just post a little less for now and add more later. If I don't update today, the editor will think I've abandoned it and cancel the recommendation, which would be disastrous. So I'll just post something for now and add more after tomorrow's training is over. Please forgive me, everyone!