Birthday

"Then we won't stand on ceremony with you, kid."

The two elders smiled and carefully put away the pills.

"It's getting late. Let's call it a day here; I should head back too," Qin Ning said as he stood up.

"Alright, we'll see you out."

Everyone seated also stood up.

Upon reaching the courtyard, Qin Ning waved his hand. "No need to see me off. I'll take my leave from here."

The crowd was taken aback, failing to react to the meaning of his words.

"Whoosh!"

But in the next moment, Qin Ning suddenly soared into the air, vanishing into the night sky in the blink of an eye without a trace.

"Having this child is truly a blessing for our Hua Xia."

Looking in the direction he had disappeared, Elder Zeng couldn't help but say.

Returning to the hotel, Qin Ning first swept his divine sense over Qin Fei's room to ensure that nothing had happened while he was away and that Qin Fei was still asleep.

Only then did he return to his own room with peace of mind.

In reality, Qin Ning didn't need to be so cautious at all.

He had already left a protective talisman on Qin Fei. Even if he wasn't by her side, she wouldn't encounter any danger whatsoever.

Early the next morning, everyone successively gathered in Qin Fei's room.

She was staying in a duplex suite, split into an upper and lower floor.

In the dining room on the first floor, Zhou Ping'an, Xia Fei, and Zhong Mingyuan brought breakfast up from downstairs.

"Brother, are we going back today? Or should we stay and play for a couple more days?" Qin Fei asked while eating breakfast.

"I don't mind either way. If you want to stay and play for a couple more days, we will. If you want to go back, we can leave right away," Qin Ning replied.

"Young Master Qin, Little Fei, it's rare for you to visit the capital. Why don't you stay for a couple more days?" Zhong Mingyuan sincerely invited.

He hadn't firmly latched onto this thigh yet; he didn't want these two VIPs leaving so soon.

Moreover, the other party hadn't shown any intention of inviting him to follow them to Liu City, so he naturally couldn't shamelessly tag along to suck up to them.

He heard from Xia Fei last night that Qin Ning had a five-story villa in Liu City with over twenty rooms, and currently, only the four of them lived there.

Zhong Mingyuan naturally wanted to find an excuse to see if he could follow them back.

"Alright, I actually do want to stay and play for a couple more days. What about you, Sister Gu?"

Qin Fei nodded and looked at Gu Siyu. "Is there anything at the company that needs you to go back and handle?"

"No."

Gu Siyu shook her head directly. "I've already arranged everything over the phone."

Of course, she didn't want to miss any opportunity to stay by the Qin siblings' side.

"That's great! Young Master Qin, Little Fei, Sister Gu, I'll take you all around later. There are plenty of fun places in the capital," Zhong Mingyuan said with a face full of joy.

Soon, everyone finished breakfast and sat around chatting for another half hour before heading out together.

Zhong Mingyuan had specially arranged a seven-seater commercial vehicle, which was parked at the hotel entrance.

He personally acted as the driver, taking the group to tour various historical and cultural sites around the capital.

At noon, the group found a restaurant to eat.

Zhong Mingyuan's phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID, then walked to the side to answer it. "Hello, Dad, what's up?"

"What do you mean 'what's up'? Where did you run off to, you brat? You haven't been home for two days. Did you forget that tonight is your grandfather's birthday banquet? We have so many guests to receive at home. Why aren't you hurrying back to help?" Zhong Wenyan's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Zhong Mingyuan explained, "Dad, I have serious business here..."

"What serious business is more important than your grandfather's birthday? Stop playing games with me and get your ass back here."

"Dad, I really have things to do, I wouldn't dare lie to you. I have to act as a driver for a very important person today, so I can't leave just yet. But I should be able to make it back by tonight."

"Serious business? Acting as a driver?"

Hearing this, Zhong Wenyan almost fainted from anger. "How are you becoming more and more useless? Who on earth is making you act as their driver? Don't tell me it's another beautiful streamer?"

"Dad, don't talk nonsense. This person is truly esteemed. I can't reveal too much to you, but you just need to know that our family cannot afford to offend him."

Hearing him speak so seriously, Zhong Wenyan couldn't help but frown. He knew his son's personality well enough and couldn't resist asking, "Who exactly is it?"

"I really can't tell you who it is. However, I can ask him later if he wants to come back with me. If he is actually willing to go pay his respects at grandfather's birthday, I can only say it would be as lucky as our ancestral tombs exploding with fortune."

"Alright, that's it for now. I'm hanging up."

Hanging up the phone, Zhong Mingyuan returned to his seat and asked, "Young Master Qin, it's like this. Tonight happens to be my grandfather's birthday banquet. I wonder if you would be interested in going over to take a look?"

"We have nothing else to do anyway, so there's no harm in going. What about you, Little Fei?" Qin Ning looked at Qin Fei and asked.

"Sure."

Qin Fei smiled and nodded. "But I'm a bit tired right now. I want to go back to the hotel to rest for a bit so I can have some energy when we go tonight."

"Okay, okay. We'll head back to the hotel right after we finish eating."

Zhong Mingyuan said excitedly, then left the table again and dialed Zhong Wenyan's number. "Hello, Dad, our ancestral tombs just exploded with fortune—bah, no, I mean Young Master Qin agreed to come over and pay his respects for grandfather's birthday tonight."

"Young Master Qin? Sounds like a young man?" Zhong Wenyan paused.

"He is a young man."

Zhong Mingyuan nodded. "But you absolutely must not neglect him just because Young Master Qin is young..."

Saying this, he glanced left and right to make sure no one was around before whispering into the phone, "That is someone who can sit on equal footing with Elder Zeng and Elder Liu. When he just arrived in the capital yesterday, Elder Zeng personally came over to meet him..."

On the other end of the line, Zhong Wenyan was shocked. "You're not joking, kid?"

"Would I dare joke about something like this?"

"Alright, I understand. You entertain this Young Master Qin well first, and remember you must bring him over tonight."

...

Returning to the hotel, Qin Fei went straight to sleep to catch up on her rest.

By the time she woke up, it was almost dark.

Everyone quickly gathered, got into the commercial vehicle Zhong Mingyuan had prepared, and headed straight to another luxurious hotel in the capital.

Old Master Zhong Hongguang's seventieth birthday banquet was being held at this hotel today.

Just like Old Master Wu, he had previously served as a minister in a certain department. Although he had retired, his seventieth birthday still attracted many of his former subordinates who came to offer their congratulations.

The entire third floor of the hotel had been booked out, and ordinary people could not enter.

When Zhong Mingyuan drove Qin Ning and his group here, they saw Zhong Wenyan already waiting outside the hotel doors.

Getting out of the car, Zhong Mingyuan tossed the keys to the valet attendant standing nearby, then led Qin Ning and the others over, introducing the identities of the people beside him.

"Young Master Qin, welcome, welcome." Zhong Wenyan enthusiastically shook hands with Qin Ning. However, he was still wondering deep down just what kind of background this Young Master Qin had, to actually make Elder Zeng personally go out of his way to meet him.

He just hoped his own brat wasn't playing a joke on him, otherwise he would definitely break the boy's legs.

"Young Master Qin."

Right at this moment, another car pulled up to the front of the hotel. A burly middle-aged man stepped out of the vehicle. It was none other than Wang Yousheng.

Seeing Qin Ning, he immediately trotted over with an eager and fawning attitude. "Young Master Qin, you are here too."

"Ah, it's Uncle Wang. Since we ran into each other, let's head upstairs together," Qin Ning said with a smile.

Meanwhile, Zhong Wenyan, who was standing to the side, was already completely dumbfounded. Naturally, he knew who Wang Yousheng was. After all, he had invited the man himself, though he never expected Wang Yousheng to actually give him enough face to show up.

This was Elder Zeng's personal bodyguard, and at the same time, the team leader of a certain mysterious department in the capital. In terms of authority and power, there were very few people in the entire capital who could be mentioned in the same breath as him.

Yet, such an important figure was actually being so incredibly polite and respectful to Qin Ning right now!