NFBE Chapter 181 The Good-for-Nothing × The Innocent Little Tyrant 20
Chapter 181 The Good-for-Nothing × The Innocent Little Tyrant 20
Engagement banquet.
The crystal chandelier on the ceiling refracts light like a galaxy.
Ji Xiaosong lowered her head, adjusted the camellia brooch on Jiang Yao's chest, and gently touched the dark red velvet fabric with her fingers. She chuckled and said, "Chairman Ji has taken President Wang into the banquet hall. The waiters will invite them to a side room to enjoy cigars."
Jiang Yao took her hand and kissed it gently. "It's alright, they can't cause any trouble."
Before he could finish speaking, the sound of porcelain shattering came from the southeast corner of the banquet hall.
Ji Fu was bending down to pick up the spilled caviar dish, his suit back stained with champagne.
He smiled broadly at the shipping tycoon who walked by, but the man ignored him and went straight to Old Master Jiang, who was admiring an antique screen.
"Xiao Song".
Ji Fu, holding a half-empty glass of wine, squeezed to the front of the main table and deliberately raised her voice, which sounded particularly jarring against the string quartet, "Dad specially bought a set of jade jewelry at the auction house to adorn you."
Ji Xiaosong touched the Jiang family's ancestral ice-type jade hairpin in her hair, a perfectly timed smile appearing on her lips, and said, "You always remember these useless things."
She took the gift box, then handed it to the waiter, her ivory gloves leaving faint marks on the silver wrapping ribbon.
Shen Fengming held an enamel teaspoon, stirring his English black tea. The porcelain cup and saucer clinked softly against each other.
"Mr. Ji has gotten fatter than he did three years ago."
She glanced at the other woman's loosely tied bow tie and the full green bracelet on her wrist, which made the beauty mark at the corner of her eye appear particularly cold and beautiful. "I heard that Ms. Li lost two shops at the casino last month?"
Ji Fu swallowed his embarrassment, turned to the jewelry tycoon who was exchanging pleasantries, and said with a smile, "Mr. Qian, do you remember? You even held Xiao Song at his one-month celebration..."
"Uncle Qian".
Ji Xiaosong quickly raised her glass, the iced wine drawing an amber arc in the air. "Last time you said you wanted to hear the pipa version of 'Jade Ballad,' I've recorded a new demo, and I'll send it to your home tomorrow."
Mr. Qian immediately raised his glass and turned around, the jade rings clinking together to make a crisp sound: "Mr. Jiang, you are too kind. I heard that you have collected Mr. Gu Yizhou's purple clay teapot. I wonder if I would have the honor of seeing it?"
Ji Fu held up his wine glass, his hand frozen in mid-air, like a puppet whose pause button had been pressed.
He suddenly saw Li Liping's mink shawl flash by the door, and was about to chase after her when he was blocked by a waiter carrying a French foie gras tart.
"I heard that President Ji is looking for shipping quotas recently?"
Jiang Yao casually twirled his wedding ring, a faint light flashing across the sapphire crystal. He said calmly, "The South African shipping route is being strictly inspected now. Be careful of customs' X-ray machines if you're smuggling rosewood."
Upon hearing Jiang Yao's words, Ji Fu's face flushed red and then paled, and the hand holding the wine cup trembled slightly.
He opened his mouth, but found his throat so dry that he couldn't make a sound. He managed to force out a smile that looked worse than a grimace. "Young Master Jiang, you must be joking. How could I do something like smuggling? It's just normal business dealings. I was just looking for shipping quotas to expand my business."
His eyes darted around anxiously, trying to find a glimmer of hope to ease the tension in the faces of those around him, but everyone continued their conversation as if nothing had happened, ignoring his embarrassment.
Ji Fu felt as if he had been stripped naked in public, and felt extremely uncomfortable. He could only awkwardly scratch his head and chuckle dryly, "Young Master Jiang, please don't misunderstand. I'm a timid person, and I would never dare to do anything illegal."
At that moment, he noticed several security guards casting wary glances in his direction, as if they would immediately restrain him should he make any further unusual moves.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Ji Fu's forehead, and his back was already soaked with sweat, clinging tightly to his wine-stained suit.
He knew in his heart that he had become a complete laughing stock at this engagement party, and staying any longer would only make things more embarrassing.
Ji Fu was unwilling to leave in such a disgraceful manner and wanted to salvage some face, so he shamelessly said, "Young Master Jiang, no matter what, I am still Xiao Song's father, and this is an occasion..."
Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Jiang Yao's icy gaze. Jiang Yao raised an eyebrow slightly, his tone carrying an undeniable air of authority: "Mr. Ji, today is my engagement banquet with Xiao Song. Please don't cause any unpleasantness here."
Ji Fu gritted his teeth, his face twitching. He knew he had no room for maneuver left.
He glared fiercely at Ji Xiaosong, who was sweetly cuddling with Jiang Yao, and secretly vowed to settle this score later.
The crystal chandelier suddenly dimmed, and the three-tiered cake under the spotlight slowly rose.
Amidst the applause, Ji Xiaosong took Jiang Yao's arm, her trailing skirt brushing against Ji Fu's soiled leather shoes.
As she tilted her head and smiled, the cameras in the media area all turned to the newlyweds who were cutting the cake.
"Mr. Wang!"
Suddenly, Ji Fu strode towards a figure with his back turned, downed the half-finished glass of wine in one gulp, slammed the glass down on the table, and, with hurried steps, walked awkwardly towards the exit of the banquet hall, unnoticed by the crowd.
Whether Mr. Wang is there or not, nobody cares.
Jiang Yao had made thorough preparations, and even if Ji Fu came, he wouldn't cause any trouble.
Shen Fengming watched Ji Fu leave from afar before finally letting out a sigh of relief.
The engagement banquet ended successfully, and Ji Xiaosong and Jiang Yao went to get their marriage certificate the next day.
The wedding will have to wait another year, after all, preparing for a wedding of the century is not that simple.
For the couple's wedding, the Jiang family specially bought an island abroad, and Jiang Yao went there specifically to oversee its construction.
As the morning sun shines down, the three-dimensional plan of Emerald Island slowly unfolds.
Jiang Yao held a pen, the nib resting on the red-marked area of the coral reef reserve, and said, "The sonar system must avoid the migration routes of humpback whales. On the wedding day, we will arrange for three research vessels to monitor the area."
Ji Xiaosong, wrapped in a cashmere shawl, nestled on the sofa, swiping her fingers on a tablet to view geothermal data.
Jiang Yao continued to the engineer, "The foundation for the glass greenhouse needs to be dug down 27 meters. I want to plant 39 varieties of epiphyllum, and the blooming time needs to be precise to the second using the D country's lighting system."
The roar of an engineering helicopter could be heard outside the window. Twenty nautical miles away, a 300-ton self-elevating platform was hoisting submarine cables.
The chief architect of the Jiang Group, wiping his sweat, explained, "The titanium alloy moisture-proof system has passed a 72-hour hurricane test, but your request for a full-island glazed dome..."
"Seventeen containers of colorful glass made from volcanic ash from BL Island will arrive at the port next month."
Jiang Yao drew a new yacht berth on the electronic map. "Remember to carve the reefs on the east bank into the shape of a musical staff. My wife wants to hold an underwater concert when the tide is high."
The project manager swallowed hard and asked, "What about the infrared beams of the security system..."
"Change it to phosphorescent particle beams."
Ji Xiaosong suddenly looked up, the jade hairpin in her hair gleaming coldly in the morning light. "On the night of the wedding, we will release 100,000 fluorescent jellyfish. The electronic barrier must not harm them."
As the morning meeting ended, six transport planes carrying rare orchids flew over the rose-gold sunrise.
Jiang Yao suddenly pressed the rotating holographic projector and said, "The star coordinates of 7°21' North latitude will be used to replicate the star map of the night we first met on the dome of the observatory."
When the butler came in with the satellite phone, the tide was just washing over the newly laid smart beach.
The crystal chandelier flickered in the encrypted channel, and the butler said, "Young Master, we just intercepted four spy boats disguised as fishing boats, two of which were flying the flag of Tianhong Entertainment."
"This is a birthday gift for Mr. Wang."
Jiang Yao loosened his tie and looked at the boat locked by laser on the monitor screen. "Remember to triple the price of the Coral Villa that Chairman Li booked last week. His son-in-law's financial channel exposed our yacht club yesterday."
As the first rays of sunlight pierced through the sea mist, Ji Xiaosong was tuning the pipe organ in the island's central concert hall.
In the control center two hundred nautical miles away, thirty monitoring screens lit up simultaneously, displaying:
Schools of tuna leaping out of the ecological aquaculture area, nanorobots assembling a wedding arch, and a 1945 Petrus wine automatically turning over in the underground wine cellar.
The engineers at the tidal power station were unaware that the wave-damping devices they installed contained the world's most advanced seawater desalination system.
The celebrities who were invited to try out the rooms didn't realize that the smart toilets in each villa could analyze guests' metabolic data in real time. This data will become the basis for Jiang's Group's strategic move into the big health industry.
As dusk fell, the third movement of "Moonlight Sonata" suddenly resounded throughout the island.
Workers adjusting the fountain matrix saw 120,000 nano-lenses forming the profile of a bride above the cliff, blue-tear algae dancing on the waves to the rhythm, and the 700 phoenix trees they planted themselves quietly releasing negative oxygen ions to help with sleep.
This wedding was destined to be the focus of global attention.