"Xiao Fang, how did you make so much money?" Bai Jingran looked at Fang Yi in disbelief. He had seen many rich people, but he had made such a family business in his twenties. Not to mention that Bai Jingran had seen him, he had never even heard of him.

"Uncle, I'm lucky. I've photographed some antiques from abroad, with a high market value. In addition, I've also made some money gambling in Myanmar."

Fang Yi thought about it in his mind that the war money given by Peng Bin could not be mentioned. After thinking about it, he could only tell the matter in Myanmar. These are all well-documented, and Fang Yi was not afraid to tell Bai Jingran.

"Gambling on stones? This is not a legitimate matter."

Hearing Fang Yi's words, Bai Jingran finally found a handle of Fang Yi's words, and said with a stern face, "I know that gambling on stones. There are many people who lose money if they lose their bets. If you win today, it doesn't mean you can still win tomorrow."

To be honest, after hearing so many achievements and the benefits to his daughter, Bai Jingran was already a little shaken. However, as Bai Chuxia's father, he was unwilling to accept Fang Yi so easily, not to mention that Bai Jingran originally wanted to find a young talent for his daughter at today's birthday party.

"Jingran, it's great that this kid can do this."

Wei Xiaowan looked at her husband with a strange look. She recently likes jade jewelry, so she knows that gambling stones is a tradition in the jade industry. When Wei Xiaowan discussed this with her husband some time ago, she didn't see her husband talking so fiercely.

As the saying goes, mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at her, the more she likes her. After knowing that Fang Yi is so outstanding and so kind to her daughter, Wei Xiaowan has already recognized Fang Yi in her heart. In addition, the old father has also handed it over. Now when Wei Xiaowan looks at Fang Yi, her eyes are very different from what she has just now.

"My daughter was raised by my father. Let's listen to her father's opinions." Bai Jingran looked at her daughter without any objection and said, "Chuxia, you go out with me to greet the guests. Since Xiao Fang is here, he is also a guest. Mingcheng, please accompany Xiao Fang to sit in there."

"Dad!" Bai Chuxia shook his father's arm without any hesitation. When his boyfriend came, she should come to accompany him no matter what, and let his cousin accompany him.

"There are many people coming today, how can you not go out?" Bai Jingran glared at his daughter in anger, got up and walked outside.

"Fang Yi, let Brother Wu accompany you, I will come here later." Bai Chuxia felt a little wronged when his father, who loved him in the past, was so merciless today.

"It's okay, you go, Brother Wei and I will go there by ourselves." Fang Yi nodded when he heard this. It was already a good idea for Bai Chuxia's parents to not drive him out. As for these slight coldness, Fang Yi was not a big deal at all.

"Jingran, what's wrong with you today?" Wei Xiaowan followed her husband out. She could tell that her husband was a little abnormal today.

"Not much."

Bai Jingran looked back at his daughter who was still in the room and whispered: "Even if this kid is good, we can't hang ourselves on a tree. There are many excellent young people, maybe there are better than him. So why are you in a hurry to make a conclusion?"

"Jingran, do you have any arrangements?" Wei Xiaowan guessed a little in her heart when she saw her husband's discomfort when she spoke.

"It's not an arrangement. Isn't Vice Minister Wu of the Foreign Trade Commission coming today? There is also Vice Minister Xu. They all brought their sons here. We have to meet each other, right?"

Hearing his wife's words, Bai Jingran's face showed a hint of embarrassment. He had not invited these two before, but Vice Minister Wu and Vice Minister Xu called over and asked about the old man's birthday, and casually asked if Bai Chuxia had a boyfriend...

Bai Jingran didn't know what Fang Yi came back. Naturally, he said that his daughter didn't have a boyfriend yet, so the two of them expressed their intention to bring their son to celebrate the old man's birthday and create an opportunity for the young man. When Bai Jingran thought that this was a good thing, he agreed immediately.

But Fang Yi's sudden appearance disrupted the whole matter. If Bai Jingran now admits that Fang Yi is his daughter's boyfriend, wouldn't that be a lie to the two deputy ministers?

Although he is not from the same ministry, Bai Jingran's current level is only half a level lower than them and has no affiliation with each other, but when people of their status level say it, they are all spitting out and pitting, so although he can see that his daughter Zhong Yi and his wife are satisfied, Bai Jingran still did not let go.

"You, why don't you tell me if you promise others?" Wei Xiaowan looked at her husband dissatisfiedly and whispered: "I think Fang Yi's child is good. Although there are no people in the family, it's just right. We don't have a son, just like this."

"Look, let's talk about it later." Bai Jingran smiled bitterly. His wife's words had already expressed his attitude. With his daughter's vote, he had almost no say in this matter.

"You're just doing this for nothing." Wei Xiaowan came to a conclusion about her husband's behavior. Seeing her daughter catching up from behind, Wei Xiaowan immediately shut up, and she still wanted to give her husband some face.

"Fang Yi, let's go, let's go to the banquet hall." After all my aunt and uncle left, Wei Mingcheng really regarded himself as his master.

"Brother Wei, what do you mean by Uncle Bai?" Fang Yi felt a little confused at this moment. It was his first time to experience such a thing and he had no experience at all.

"What can he mean?" Wei Mingcheng sneered and said, "You should keep your heart in your stomach, this matter has been done."

"How do you say this?" Fang Yi looked at Wei Mingcheng in confusion. He could have just felt that Bai Chuxia's father seemed to have a little prejudice against him.

"Let me tell you this."

Wei Mingcheng smiled and said, "At my aunt's house, my aunt has the final say. In the entire Bai family, the old man has the final say. However, the old man loves Chuxia the most. As long as Chuxia is determined, the old man will definitely support him."

The two brothers of Bai Jingran are also very popular in the next generation. His eldest brother has three boys, but the girl is only one in Bai Chuxia, so boys are not rare in the Bai family, but Bai Chuxia was raised as a princess since childhood. Both men and women of the Bai family love her very much.

"Besides, even if the old man doesn't agree, there is another way." Wei Mingcheng kept silent and kept silent.

"Just show off." Fang Yi glared at Wei Mingcheng angrily. Seeing that he had already passed through the corridor and came to a banquet hall, Fang Yi did not ask any further.

"Are there many people coming to Grandpa Bai's birthday?"

After looking around, Fang Yi found that the banquet hall was very big, with seventy or eighty tables placed. At the front of the banquet hall, there was a big character for longevity hanging, with red silk on both sides, and the entire venue was arranged very festively.

At the closest place to the character "Shou" there was a single table. Fang Yi knew that it should be the main seat of the Birthday King. Those who could sit on that table were probably people with similar identities as the Birthday King.

"This is not too much. The old man's birthday party is still a family banquet."

Wei Mingcheng shook his head and said, "The Bai family used to be a big family in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. I don't know how many relatives and friends I have with relatives and friends. This time I heard that some people came back from abroad to pay their birthdays to the old man. They only had thirty or forty tables, so basically no outsiders were invited."

Including the Bai family was passed down from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it has always been prosperous in both dynasties. In modern times, many people have emerged. There are hundreds of people in the lineage of Mr. Bai alone, and there are probably thousands of relatives who have not had five qualities.

At this time, many people had arrived in the banquet hall, including men and women, but it was still early to start the birthday party. Most of the people who came early were young people, gathered together to chat. When Fang Yi and Wei Mingcheng came in, many eyes came over.

Of course, the focus of these eyes is Wei Mingcheng. Not to mention his military uniform with a star on the star, even Wei Mingcheng's burly figure is easily seen at first sight.

"General?"

Whether you know or not, you are surprised to see the rank of Wei Mingcheng. Those who know Wei Mingcheng were surprised to the rank of Wei Mingcheng, while those who do not know Wei Mingcheng were surprised to see the young.

"Mingcheng, are you here?"

As soon as the two of them came in, a man in his early thirties came over, staring at Wei Mingcheng's epaulette and said, "Mingcheng, you won't wear Uncle Wei's clothes, right? This is not a joke."

"My dad is an inner guard, can I be the same as my clothes?" After hearing similar words, Wei Mingcheng couldn't help but roll his eyes and said to the visitor: "Brother Xuezhi, I was promoted by my real ability. I have nothing to do with my dad and my grandfather."

"What? Don't joke around, boy."

When he heard Wei Mingcheng's words, the person who came was shocked. Although he worked in the government system, he also knew the corresponding level of the general. With Wei Mingcheng's military rank, it was equivalent to the provincial and ministerial level. Looking at the entire banquet hall, none of the people at the same level as Wei Mingcheng.

"Brother Xuezhi, do I dare to joke about this?"

Wei Mingcheng finally realized the trouble now. He couldn't take out the appointment letter at any time. After a change of topic, he gave Fang Yi out and said, "Brother Xuezhi, I will introduce you to a friend. His name is Fang Yi. He is a jade carving master in China today. This time he came here to celebrate Grandpa Bai's birthday.

Fang Yi, this is Bai Xuezhi, Chuxia’s second brother, just call it second brother.”

"Hey, wait." Hearing Wei Mingcheng's words, Bai Xuezhi was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Fang Yi and asked, "Do he know Chuxia?"

"Well, he is Chuxia's boyfriend!" Wei Mingcheng said straight to the point without hiding it.

"What? Early Summer's boyfriend?"

Bai Xuezhi was shocked by Wei Mingcheng's words. My cousin is the treasure of the family. If she finds a boyfriend, it will be a big deal for the entire Bai family, but no one has mentioned this matter, which means that no one in the family must have known it before.

"Mingcheng, we haven't seen each other for half a year, why are you so good at joking? Do you think I'm not your second brother when I wear such a dress?" Bai Xuezhi stared at Wei Mingcheng with an unkind look on his face. Not to mention whether his clothes are true or false, even if they are true, then you can't joke about Bai Chuxia.

"Why do everyone think I'm joking today?" Wei Mingcheng smiled helplessly. If he had known that he would have been explaining constantly when he saw someone, he would not wear this outfit to show off.

"Okay, just think I'm joking." Wei Mingcheng was really tired, and waved his hand helplessly and said, "Second brother, which table should we sit on? Please call others and I will take Fang Yi to take the seat."

Wei Mingcheng knew that for such a birthday party, the seating of guests was very particular. Where relatives should sit and where friends should sit, they were all divided. In addition, who can go to the main table, it has been decided.

"Don't rush to drive me away first, tell me if your clothes are real or fake."

Bai Xuezhi held Wei Mingcheng. The seats arranged for Wei Mingcheng before were the table for the middle and juniors of the Bai family, and it was also the same table as Bai Xuezhi. But if Wei Mingcheng was really a major general, even if he was a junior, he would be qualified to go to the main table.

"I won't go to the main table if it's true or not." Wei Mingcheng waved his hand very simply and said, "Fang Yi and I will find a place to sit first. Hey, look, someone is coming in again, so go and do yours."

"Okay, you go to the fifth row of table on the right and find a seat to sit down."

When Bai Xuezhi looked up, he saw a few more people coming in. Their brothers all had their own reception tasks. Bai Xuezhi was responsible for the reception in the banquet hall, and he really couldn't just talk with Wei Mingcheng.

"That person over there is Bai Chuxia's uncle." After finding a seat and sitting down with Fang Yi, Wei Mingcheng angrily said to the front, saying, "Uncle Chuxia works in the Organization Department, which is a real-powered unit. I heard that it can go further."

Fang Yi followed Wei Mingcheng's gaze and at the first table, three old men in their fifties were talking there. The man Wei Mingcheng mentioned was fifty-three or four years old, with a national face. From a distance, he felt like he was not angry and mighty.

"This person has a good official career."

Fang Yi nodded. Since he was Bai Chuxia's family, he used some methods of looking at the face. As the saying goes, the heavenly court is full of food and the earthen pavilion is full of power. Bai Chuxia's uncle's heavenly court is full of as if standing on the wall. His ears are close to his head and his eyebrows are the face of a promising official.

On the contrary, Bai Chuxia's father's official fortune was just as good. Fang Yi took a general look just now. At most, Bai Jingran could go further. It would be good to be able to get a deputy ministerial-level treatment before retirement.

"The Bai family is still very powerful in the government system."

Wei Mingcheng did not exaggerate. Although the old man of the Bai family had always been in the education department before, his two sons did not follow the old man's path, but instead worked in the Organization Department and the Foreign Ministry, especially the eldest, who once served as deputy governor in a certain province and was regarded as the top leader of the next Organization Department, which has a bright future.

"The teacher is here too." While Fang Yizheng was chatting with Wei Mingcheng, he suddenly saw Bai Chuxia's parents bringing Yu Xuan into the banquet hall.

"Don't you go and say hello?" Wei Mingcheng couldn't help but say that he had no intention of getting up.

"I won't go anymore, the teacher is at the main table. What am I going to do?" Fang Yi shook his head. He saw Bai Jingran taking Yu Xuan directly to the first row, and the teacher was obviously familiar with those people, and after that, he immediately integrated into it.

"It's a pity that the teacher hasn't mixed up with the system."

Seeing this scene, Fang Yi shook his head with a smile. Compared with Sun Lianda, Yu Xuan was much more flexible in dealing with people. He could chat and laugh in front of these provincial and ministerial leaders, but this is something that many ordinary people could not do.

"Brother Wei, you don't have to accompany me here, just chat with your friends."

Fang Yi looked left and right and found that the table they chose was really a bit off. The two of them were not conspicuous at all. Almost everyone who came was chatting in the center. Except for the few people in Wei Ming City at first, the rest of the people did not notice this.

"Where do I have friends here?"

Wei Mingcheng shook his head. He had not been in the capital for a few years. Apart from the brothers of Uncle Bai Chuxia, he didn't know other relatives of the Bai family at all. Moreover, with Wei Mingcheng's temperament, he would not take the initiative to go forward to make friends.

"Hey, that boy is here too." Wei Mingcheng looked around boredly, and suddenly saw a person. He couldn't help but touch Fang Yi with his elbow and said, "Hey, have you seen it? Your love rival is here!"

"Love rival?" Fang Yi looked up and saw that he had seen the person Wei Mingcheng mentioned, but he met the young man he met at the entrance of the ministry building when he went to pick up Bai Chuxia a few days ago.

"Hehe, I'm chasing your girlfriend here." Wei Mingcheng laughed gloatingly, "Fang Yi, if I were you, I would definitely not be able to bear it. I will definitely go up and beat him up first."

"Brother Wei, you are so idle, go and help me beat him up." Fang Yi glared at Wei Mingcheng angrily, and simply turned over and sat on another chair. He was paying his birthday to Grandpa Bai Chuxia today, not to be a problem.

"Brother Xuezhi, who are the two over there?"

Wei Mingcheng saw Wu Zilin, and Wu Zilin also saw him, but Wei Mingcheng is wearing a military uniform today, and the rank he posed is really scary. Wu Zilin was not sure for a moment that he was the driver he had met a few days ago.

"The people from Grandpa's family in Chuxia are here to celebrate grandpa's birthday." Bai Xuezhi smiled and said, "Their families are all military systems. If you want to get to know each other, I will introduce them to you."

"Brother Xuezhi, that person is really a major general?"

The person who asked about the question was a young man of twenty-eight or nine years old, and he looked handsome, but his eyebrows were a little frivolous. When he was talking to Bai Xuezhi, his eyes were sweeping over several girls not far away.

"You have always heard of Wei's family in the military system."

Bai Xuezhi was not sure whether Wei Mingcheng's military rank was true or not, so he could only say vaguely: "Their family has a deep foundation in the army, and the few people in their family are real power figures in the army. Wei Mingcheng has also developed very well in recent years."

"Then I need to meet you, Brother Xuezhi, please introduce it to us."

When the young man heard Bai Xuezhi's words, his eyes suddenly lit up. You know, the military government is two completely different systems. Children who grew up in the government compound and children in the military compound are also two completely different circles.

The military system is relatively closed, and it is difficult for people outside to integrate into it. Even if they know each other, it is difficult to have deep friendships.
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