Chapter 5 Return to the Banquet
Chu Lin was afraid that Yuan Xi would be embarrassed, so he said, "What's real or fake? It's just a piece of stone after all. If Yuan Xi really likes it, I'll buy a similar diamond for you at the auction."

Yuan Xi smiled faintly and did not explain whether the diamond ring was real or not.

Yang Ying patted Yuan Xi's hand and said, "It will be a while before dinner. Mom will take you to see your room first."

Yuan Xi said: "No need, Mom, I don't plan to live here..."

"Why don't you live here?" Yang Ying asked, "You've already gone home."

Yuan Xi whispered, "This place is a bit far from my company. I want to live in my own home so that I can be closer to work."

"Haven't you already resigned?" Yang Ying asked.

Yuan Xi said: "Mi Chen is the product of my five years of hard work. I think we should part ways amicably. I'm afraid the handover will take about a month."

Chu Lin said: "You finally resigned. I admire you for being able to endure Gu Hanchen's bad temper for five years."

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Gu Hanchen gave me too much."

Chu Yan listened from the side, holding the hem of her skirt tightly, "Yuan Xi, you still have to have a bottom line. You can't sell out something just because you are given a lot."

Yuan Xi looked at Chu Yan, "I don't understand what you mean."

Chu Yan pursed her lips and looked at Yang Ying: "Mom, you also know that Xiaoxiao and Hanchen started talking about marriage two months ago, but in the past two months, Gu Hanchen still asked Yuan Xi to be his female companion at various banquets and drinking parties. He even asked Yuan Xi to be his female companion at my engagement ceremony. Gu Hanchen is a married man now, so Yuan Xi should avoid suspicion..."

Yang Ying asked: "Xin'er, do you like Gu Hanchen? The marriage contract between the Gu family and the Yu family is just a verbal discussion, and there is no engagement yet. If you like Gu Hanchen..."

Yuan Xilian shook her head: "Mom, I'm not stupid. Even if Gu Hanchen was the only man left in the world, I would never like him."

Chu Lin smiled and said, "Gu Hanchen would be furious when he heard what you said."

Chu Yan watched the brother and sister chatting and laughing, pouting slightly.

Even though Yuan Xi was the real daughter of the Chu family, it was true that she had previously relied on her identity as a secretary and wanted to use Gu Hanchen to become a phoenix.

Chu Yan still looked down on Yuan Xi. She was a secretary but she drove a Panamera, wore a fake diamond ring, and was unwilling to admit that she seduced Gu Hanchen. This showed how vain she was...

Chu Qing came back from outside, and when he saw Yuan Xi, he smiled and said, "Xin'er is back."

Yuan Xi stood up and shouted, "Dad."

Chu Qing smiled and replied, "Let's go to the restaurant. Today our family finally gets together, so we need to have a good meal together."

Yuan Xi followed them to the restaurant. The solid wood French-style dining table was decorated with fresh flowers, various exquisite porcelain plates, and a table full of delicious dishes, a combination of meat and vegetables, and the colors were extremely beautiful.

After Yuan Xi sat down, Chu Lin poured a glass of red wine from the decanter for Yuan Xi and handed it to Yuan Xi: "Congratulations on coming back, have a drink."

Yuan Xi saw the red wine glass and waved his hand, "My stomach is not good, I can't drink."

"I heard from Gu Hanchen that you can drink quite well. He even said that you got Mi Chen's largest shareholder drunk a month ago..."

Yuan Xi didn't want to mention the drinking party that happened more than a month ago. It was all Gu Hanchen's fault.

Yang Ying asked with concern: "Is your stomach not feeling well? You need to take good care of it. I know a very good Chinese doctor. Can you ask him to take a look at you?"

"No, Mom, it's just a minor problem. I'll be fine if I don't drink."

Chu Yan took the red wine glass from Chu Lin, "Yuan Xi can't drink it, so let me drink it."

Chu Yan drank a sip of wine generously, "Brother, you are really partial, Romanee-Conti? You usually don't even want to give it to me."

Chu Lin smiled and said, "No way? Half of the wine in my wine cellar is drunk by you. When Xin'er comes back today, I must treat her with good wine. But it's a pity that Xin'er can't drink it."

Yuan Xi smiled professionally, "When my stomach problem is healed, I'll have a chance to drink it later."

Yang Ying picked up some food for Yuan Xi, "I don't know what you like to eat. This Australian lobster is very fresh, try it."

Yuan Xi said: "Thank you, Mom."

There was not much talking at the Chu family's dinner table. Most of the talking was done by Chu Yan, who was chatting about her and Bo Fan's wedding plans.

Yang Ying and Chu Qing looked at Chu Yan lovingly from the side: "Our Chu family must marry off our daughter in a grand manner. As long as you are happy at the wedding, that's all."

Yuan Xi looked at Chu Yan. She didn't seem to be affected by the fact that she was not a biological child. She was still as bright and beautiful as ever, and still the doted and graceful daughter of the richest man's family.

Chu Yan looked at Yuan Xi, "Dad, Mom, I want Yuan Xi to be my bridesmaid, okay?"

Yuan Xi didn't expect Chu Yan to ask her to be a bridesmaid. When she wanted to refuse, a meaty smell hit her nose and she immediately felt nauseous. Yuan Xi stood up immediately.

"Feel sorry."

Fortunately, there was a small door in the Chu family's restaurant that led to the outside. Yuan Xi walked outside and started vomiting. Chu Yan frowned slightly when he saw Yuan Xi vomiting.

Yang Yinglian went out and saw Yuan Xi vomiting and asked, "What's wrong? Xin'er."

Yuan Xi said: "It's just a stomachache, it's nothing serious."

Yang Ying rubbed Yuan Xi's back and asked, "Have you seen a doctor?"

"Well, I just went to see it today, nothing serious."

Chu Yan followed out and looked at Yuan Xi, holding the hem of her white skirt tightly with both hands, "Yuan Xi, do you dislike me? That's why..."

Yuan Xi took the cup of water handed over by the Chu family's nanny, rinsed his mouth, and said with a polite smile: "I just have a stomachache."

Chu Lin and Chu Qing both came out and looked at Yuan Xi worriedly.

Chu Lin said: "How about I take you to see a doctor?"

"Really, I just went to the hospital today."

Yuan Xi returned to the dinner table, but didn't dare eat anything because she was afraid of morning sickness.

After Chu Qing and Yang Ying finished their meal, the family sat together and chatted.

Yang Ying looked at Yuan Xi with guilt in her eyes: "Xin'er, your father and I plan to hold a homecoming banquet for you to welcome you back to the Chu family, and also tell our relatives and friends that you are home."

Yuan Xi said, "Not for now, Mom. I haven't officially resigned yet. I should be very busy when handing over my work. I'm afraid I won't have time to hold a party."

Chu Yan smiled and said, "Leave this banquet to me. I love hosting banquets the most."

Chu Qing said, "Yes, we still have to do it. I want everyone to know that our Chu family's darling daughter has returned home. We have been looking for you for too long. This banquet must be held."

Yang Ying asked, "Xin'er, you also graduated from Jiangcheng University, right? So maybe you and Yanyan were classmates in college?"

"I'm one year older than her." Yuan Xi smiled faintly.

Chu Yan looked at Yuan Xi and said, "Then I will call you sister from now on. Sister, what kind of welcome banquet do you want? What color do you like? Do you have a favorite dress brand? If it is a high-end dress, it will take at least three months. Otherwise, just buy the ready-to-wear series first?"

Yuan Xi glanced at the time and smiled faintly, "Then I'll trouble you with the welcome banquet. I will prepare the dress myself."

"Dad, Mom, it's getting late. I have to go back first."

Yang Ying still wanted to keep Yuan Xi: "You're leaving so soon? Are you really not going to live at home? Just ask the driver to take you to work in the morning."

Yuan Xi looked at Yang Ying and said, "Mom, a lot of things happened today. I want to have some quiet time to process all these things."

"Okay." Yang Ying said, "Then come to my house and stay for a few days on the weekend?"

Yuan Xi smiled bitterly, "I don't have weekends off."

Yang Ying frowned and said, "How come Hanchen's company doesn't even give us a holiday on weekends? Chu Lin, you need to talk to him."

Yuan Xi got in the car and waved to Chu Qing and Yang Ying: "Mom and Dad, I'm leaving first."

"Let me take you there." Chu Lin walked to Yuan Xi's side.

Yuan Xi looked at Chu Lin and smiled faintly, "You've been drinking, I can go back by myself."

After Yuan Xi drove away from the Chu family's manor, he sent a message to Huo Shiyan. After passing two traffic lights, he saw a Maybach parked on the side of the road.

When Yuan Xi saw the familiar license plate, he stopped the car on the side of the road.

Huo Shiyan got out of the Maybach and walked to Yuan Xi's car and knocked on the window.

Yuan Xi rolled down the car window and said, "Boss Huo, didn't you ask the driver to pick me up?"

Huo Shiyan smiled and said, "I have been driving for nine years and I drive better than the driver."

Yuan Xi got out of the car and walked to the passenger seat. She sat on the passenger seat and glanced at Huo Shiyan who was driving. Compared to becoming the daughter of the richest man in Jiangcheng, she felt that becoming Huo Shiyan's wife was more like a dream.

All in all, she and Huo Shiyan had only known each other for a year, and they had met only a handful of times.

But they actually got married, and today is their wedding night.

Yuan Xi held the phone tightly, unable to hide her nervousness...

(End of this chapter)