Universe Infinite Canteen.

Chapter 664 Attending the Banquet
However, in the face of Lu Yingying's concern, Ma Lu still refused and said, "Forget it, this is the matter between Houde and Mingxia, so let's not drag President Lu into it."

"It doesn't matter. This isn't the first time I've caused trouble for my dad," Lu Yingying insisted. "My dad's Chamber of Commerce doesn't have much business in Pingcheng, and I'm just a woman. If I really cause any big trouble, I'll go and cry. Mr. Luo will definitely not hold on to this matter for the sake of his reputation.

"Oh, don't worry, I'm not a child anymore, I have plenty of ways to protect myself."

"The main reason is that I already have a female companion." Malu said.

"Who?" Lu Yingying immediately became alert.

"Teacher Cao," Ma Lu said, "I agreed to her first, and she is more familiar with the major and minor forces in Pingcheng than I am."

"Cao Youyi? Hmm... Indeed, she may be good at managing students, but I doubt whether she can handle the hypocritical social activities at the dinner party."

Lu Yingying didn't want to give up yet. "I'm an expert in this area. I've attended hundreds of dinners and dances. You won't regret taking me with you."

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In a luxurious room on the fourth floor of the Six Nations Hotel.

A young man in a suit stood at the window, looking at the street below with his triangular eyes. "Chief Ye of the police station and his wife are here too."

After saying that, he glanced at the grandfather clock on the wall again, "It's 6:48. There are less than 12 minutes left before the dinner starts. He probably won't be here."

"That's perfect. We can talk to the local forces in Pingcheng directly and ask them to help us drive Houde out. Then Principal Ma will come to us to beg for mercy."

A middle-aged man with half gray hair, about fifty years old, and elegant appearance said.

"But Houde is the only talisman master school in Pingcheng after all," the young man said, "and they have been very active in clearing the disaster zone recently. If they are really forced to leave, when the disaster zone comes again, these people will have to go to other cities to ask other talisman master schools to solve the problem. Are they really willing to cooperate with us?"

As he spoke, he took out a pack of cigarettes, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, then took out a box of matches and looked at the portrait of Millipede printed on the matchbox.

“If you ask me, you’re just making things too complicated. You might as well do as I say and ask the Ministry of Education to find a reason to deprive Houde of its right to run a school. That kid wouldn’t be able to stir up any trouble, and there wouldn’t be so many problems later.

"You have made Xia Yin lose such a big person. Now those ignorant people outside are laughing at us. In the end, you will lose face."

He struck a match and lit the cigarette in his mouth, but before he took a puff, the middle-aged man reached out and put it out.

The latter said, "Don't bother the president for such a small matter. What we need to do is to share the president's worries."

After saying that, he threw the cigarette into the trash can and said, "Smoke less. How can I trust you to hand over the group to you if you are like this?"

The young man smiled and said, "I am just trying to help you. If someone is blind, I will teach him a lesson."

The middle-aged man shook his head. "After all, this is not Xindu. We should focus on winning over the local forces. Don't mess around. I have my own way to convince them to help us deal with Houde."

Seeing that the time was almost up, he straightened his gown, took the felt hat handed to him by the young man, and got up and went downstairs.

The dinner was held in the banquet hall on the first floor. Most of the guests had arrived by then. As soon as the middle-aged man and the young man appeared, they attracted the attention of the entire audience.

People nearby came forward and greeted him, "Boss Luo, Mr. Luo."

Luo Xiangshi returned the greetings one by one, with a warm expression, while his second son, who followed behind him, looked carefree and didn't care about those who came up to him to make friends. His eyes wandered among the crowd, looking for tonight's prey.

Everyone in Xindu's upper class knows that Luo Xiangshi's son Luo Yuxiang is a playboy who has unclear relationships with many socialites and celebrities.

I don’t know which of the female guests tonight will catch his eye.

The person Luo Yuxiang wants most is of course the big star Chen Meng, but the financial backer behind Chen Meng is not simple, and even he dare not touch this woman, so he can only look for someone else tonight.

Unfortunately, Pingcheng is not like Xindu. There are many beautiful women, but not many of them can catch his eye.

Just as Luo Yuxiang was looking around, a convertible car stopped outside the hotel gate.

Three people, a man and two women, got out of the car. Luo Yuxiang's eyes lit up when he saw the two women.

One of the two people was wearing a black cheongsam and was serious, like a snow lotus on an iceberg; the other was wearing a Western dress, pure, pretty, and naive. One was cold and the other was hot, one was ice and the other was fire, both were stunning beauties in the world.

The person standing next to the two women, Luo Yuxiang, also looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember his name for a moment.

It was not until he heard someone mention that this was the newly appointed principal Ma of Houde, a prominent figure in Pingcheng over the past month, that he suddenly remembered that he had seen this man's photo on a matchbox.

After getting out of the car, Lu Yingying handed the car keys to the waiter beside her. Then she looked inside the hotel and muttered to herself.

"It's okay, at least I'm not late. I'll just say that I'm a pretty good driver."

"If you hadn't hit another car, we should have arrived 20 minutes ago," said Malu.

"I'm glad it didn't delay my business." Cao Youyi said lightly.

In fact, she was not as calm as she looked, especially when she heard that Malu was going to take her and Lu Yingying with him, her first reaction was to refuse.

However, both Malu and Lu Yingying were outsiders and were not familiar with Pingcheng, so they still needed her as a local to at least help them sort out the backers of these forces and the relationships between them.

So even though Cao Youyi was hesitant, she still came.

Before Malu entered the banquet hall, he saw a young man walking towards him.

"Principal Ma, you are very lucky."

"Who are you?" Malu raised his eyebrows.

"I'm Luo Yuxiang, a director of Mingxia Group. Thanks to Principal Thomas, I'm currently also serving as the director of Xiayin's Academic Affairs Office." Luo Yuxiang said, extending his hand.

But the millipede on the other side was indifferent, "You are not qualified to shake my hand, go call your father."

Luo Yuxiang's expression changed slightly, and he leaned close to Ma Lu's ear, "It's no use bluffing. After such a long time, we have already figured out your background. Principal Ma, you don't have any backers at all."

"Really? Then your investigation skills aren't that good either," Malu said. "You didn't even find out where I went after I left Houde?"

(End of this chapter)