Chapter 147 — The Long-Awaited...

"What? I didn't say anything wrong," Li Jialiang said, as though it were the most normal thing in the world. "I haven't had my fun yet. At most I'll keep her as a girlfriend for now—it won't stop me from chasing other girls."

Li Yu truly wanted to give Li Jialiang a kick. What kind of attitude was that? Dating with that sort of attitude—it would be a wonder if anything came of it.

"Well, well, if it isn't Young Master Li! How was it? That little starlet last time—pretty good, eh?" A pudgy man with a slick, powdered face came over and clapped Li Jialiang on the shoulder in greeting.

"Hey, don't even mention it—it was fucking fantastic. The way that ass of hers wiggled, it could've flown up to the sky!" The moment Li Jialiang heard this, a lewd grin spread across his face.

"Next time you've got some good goods, you've got to tell me too," the pudgy, powdered man said.

"No problem." Li Jialiang thumped his chest in promise.

Li Yu was about to die of anger. How could her brother be like this—mixing all day with a pack of fair-weather friends and never learning to behave properly?

After going upstairs, Huang Yan saw her second brother busy instructing the steward to prepare the evening's dishes, and called out from a distance: "Second Brother!"

"Lele!" The moment Second Brother Huang heard Huang Yan's voice, a smile spread across his face, and he beckoned to her: "Come over here, take a look with me and see how these dishes are."

"You handle it." Huang Yan did not care about such things. She had come up only to say hello to her second brother and let him know she had arrived.

"Oh, all right. By the way, Lele, you're the star of today's event—why are you dressed like that? You should at least change into something more formal, shouldn't you?" Second Brother Huang said, looking at the clothes Huang Yan was wearing.

"I think this is fine," Huang Yan said indifferently.

"That won't do." Second Brother Huang glanced at the menu in his hand, then said to the steward: "All right, prepare everything according to these."

"Yes, Second Young Master." The steward took the menu and hurried off to prepare.

"Lele, be a good girl and go change your clothes." Only after the steward had left did Second Brother Huang lower his voice and say to Huang Yan: "Today's gathering is mainly being held for you—how can you not dress a little more formally?"

"For me?" Huang Yan frowned.

"Yes, didn't we agree? To introduce you to a young man of outstanding talent—my little sister has reached the age for romance." Second Brother Huang laughed. "Haha, it was your second brother's oversight before. That time I heard Wang Mei say you'd taken a fancy to a boy on the plane, and it occurred to me that my little sister is already nineteen."

"Ah?" Huang Yan was stunned, then stammered: "Um, Second Brother, I already have a boyfriend."

"What? You have a boyfriend?" This time it was Second Brother Huang's turn to be stunned. He had never imagined that in just a few days' time, his little sister would have a boyfriend.

"Where is he? Let your second brother meet him. If he's not outstanding, your second brother won't agree to it." Second Brother Huang was only taken aback for a moment before returning to normal. He had doted on Huang Yan since she was little, so a boyfriend she had chosen herself he still supported from the bottom of his heart.

"He's downstairs," Huang Yan said, her face flushing red as she remembered the absurd course of her romance with Yan. It truly had been miraculous.

"Oh? Then I'll have to take a good look at him." Second Brother Huang had not expected Huang Yan to boldly bring her boyfriend home already—which showed that the relationship between the two was already out of the ordinary.

It was no wonder Second Brother Huang had not heard. Though Yang Ce was already a household name in gambling circles, and many casino owners knew that a gambling god was Huang Yan's boyfriend, that was still only within the gambling world. As for the Xuanming Sect, they were not the gossiping sort and would never call Second Brother Huang to spread such talk; they felt Huang Yan would surely tell him such things herself, and that speaking up would only invite resentment.

Thus Second Brother Huang still had no idea that Huang Yan's boyfriend had already made a name for himself in the betting industry and driven the Nan City Casino, the Hua Wei Casino's fierce rival, more than five kilometers away. "Anyway, no matter what, you should still change into something else. It's rather warm in the house—you'll be uncomfortable in that woolen coat," Second Brother Huang suggested.

"All right then." Huang Yan thought it over and agreed. She nodded and headed toward her room to change into something like a sleeveless vest.

Second Brother Huang watched Huang Yan return to her room, then went downstairs. Many guests had already arrived below, and he could hardly ignore them—he had to attend to matters on all sides.

Most of the people downstairs were Second Brother Huang's friends, and when they saw him come down, they all greeted him one after another.

Yang Ce was sitting in a corner chatting with Zhang Bin and Wang Mei about everyday matters when he suddenly noticed a stir not far away. He looked up—someone important had probably arrived.

Yang Minlan was not interested in such things, but to her surprise she discovered that the person standing in the crowd over there was actually someone she knew.

"Brother Huang!" Yang Ce rose and walked over, calling out loudly.

"Brother Yang Ce!" Huang Er-ge heard the voice, looked up, and froze in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

This man was Huang Lin, a friend Yang Ce had made back in Songjiang.

By now most of the guests had already greeted Huang Lin and were drifting away from him to attend to other matters. So the moment Huang Lin spotted Yang Ce, he came over at once with quick strides.

"I—I came with a friend to attend the party hosted by the master of this house. But you, Brother Huang—weren't you supposed to be hosting a party yourself? How is it you're attending someone else's?" Yang Ce asked, puzzled.

"Me?" Huang Lin pointed at himself, then smiled wryly. "I am the master of this house. Today's party is the one I'm hosting. Your friend can't have failed to mention that?"

"Ah—you—" Yang Ce was startled. Huang Lin was the master here? And Huang Lin and Huang Yan both bore the surname Huang. Could this man be the second brother Huang Yan had spoken of?

"What about me?" Huang Lin asked, baffled by Yang Ce's astonished expression.

"You're not Huang Yan's second brother, are you?" Yang Ce blurted out.

"You know Lele?" Huang Lin's expression turned strange as he studied Yang Ce.

"I do. And she's the one who brought me here," Yang Ce said with a smile. He had never imagined that Huang Yan's second brother would turn out to be Huang Lin. Now things had gotten a bit tangled.

Huang Lin had met Chen Shutang back in Songjiang, so he knew Yang Ce had a girlfriend. And now here he was with Huang Yan. Huang Lin wouldn't think he was toying with his sister's feelings, would he?

"Lele brought you?" Something Huang Yan had said before suddenly came back to Huang Lin, and he immediately guessed at the truth.

To be continued.

880. The Grand Family Gathering (Part Two)

"880. The Grand Family Gathering (Part Two)," Yang Ce said. There was no hiding it now. Better to lay everything out plainly than to suffer the awkwardness when Huang Yan arrived. So Yang Ce simply gave a candid nod. "Yes. Lele brought me."

"Then you're Lele's boyfriend?" Huang Lin might be Yang Ce's friend, and the two of them might get along famously, but now that his own sister was involved, he could not weigh only that friendship—he had to consider his sister's future happiness. His tone grew serious.

Yang Ce nodded again, which was as good as an admission.