Chapter 536: Chapter 536: An Unusual Banquet Chapter 536: Chapter 536: An Unusual Banquet Secretary Li quickly nodded; this wasn’t a difficult problem.

It was easily solved.

Familiar with such matters, Secretary Li cheerfully turned to leave, knowing that if she didn’t go, her vinegar-jar of a husband would be quiet for a few days.

The following evening.

The banquet held in the eastern district began.

As expected, Luo Fan went alone, without a female companion or a secretary.

He was only followed by two bodyguards.

At that time, Gu Yalan also arrived.

She looked around the crowd, searching for Luo Fan’s figure.

When that tall and straight figure appeared at the entrance, her eyes lit up. She lifted her white gauze skirt, her face full of spring, and walked towards Luo Fan.

This was the first time Luo Fan had come without a female companion, perhaps preparing to acknowledge her in front of everyone.

Otherwise, why would he come alone?

If he were truly dissatisfied with their marriage, he would certainly have brought a female companion to deliberately provoke her.

Because he knew she would be there too.

But seeing him come alone, without anyone, it wasn’t his style.

After all, there were no shortage of beauties around Luo Fan.

Thinking of what her grandmother had said to her, she knew they must have compromised.

Zhao Xiaoming’s mouth curled up in a smile as he quickly approached to greet him happily.

After all, Luo Fan originally stood with Qin Yize’s side.

His attendance at the banquet indicated something, didn’t it?

It surely meant that Luo Fan was about to become the Ning Family’s son-in-law.

And wasn’t Gu Yalan the granddaughter of Ning Wanru from the Ning Family?

This was a complex alignment of sides.

But Zhao Xiaoming didn’t care about these things.

As long as someone was useful to him, he would keep them close, so the people around him were a mixed bunch, all sorts of people.

Zhao Xiaoming introduced Luo Fan to the present company with a beaming smile.

Luo Fan, being a man of the world, smiled politely and nodded to each of them, chatting briefly with those he knew and simply smiling at those he did not.

Luo Fan was inherently amicable.

At that moment, Gu Yalan, not far away, saw Luo Fan surrounded by people and wisely did not approach.

Then, when she saw Luo Fan walking towards the corner, she quickly followed.

Upon catching up, she raised her head, timid and bashful, and called out, “Brother Luo Fan.”

Actually, Gu Yalan was very pretty.

Today, she wore an evening gown that Ning Wanru had specially acquired for her from abroad.

In white.

And her temperament, pure as a white lotus, suited the white dress well.

It made her seem enchantingly delicate.

And Gu Yalan’s voice was also very gentle.

So this call of “Brother Luo Fan” carried with it turns and twists of lingering affection.

But in Luo Fan’s ears, it raised goosebumps.

The words “Brother Luo Fan,” when Qianqian said them, sounded so enchanting, so why did they send shivers down his spine when this woman in front of him said them?

Luo Fan’s glance unintentionally swept towards the corner of the banquet hall.

There, a man dressed in black, wearing a duckbill cap, understood the gesture Luo Fan made towards him.

The man got the message.

Luo Fan glanced at Gu Yalan and, with an air of nonchalance, said to Zhao Xiaoming at his side, “It’s a bit stuffy in here, I’m going to the balcony for some air…”

Saying this, without waiting for Zhao Xiaoming to respond, he strode towards the corner.

Gu Yalan was dumbfounded.

She did not expect Luo Fan to leave without speaking to her.

Then, whispers from the girls nearby reached her ears.