No Money For My Enemy Chapter 8

Nathan Ji was wearing a white suit with a flower pinned to his pocket. His complexion had not recovered yet and even his smile looked a little stiff.

"Congratulations." A guest shook his hand. "Why do you look unwell? Are you nervous?"

Nathan Ji forced a smile: "A little bit."

After welcoming this partner in, Nathan Ji was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard a majestic voice: "Nathan Ji."

Nathan Ji looked up at the middle-aged man in front of him: "...Dad, you're here."

"Yeah." Ji Guozheng had just gotten off the plane. He looked around and concluded, "It's too stingy. Why not hold it in the hotel's banquet hall?"

"She said she liked the garden." He was referring to his fiancée.

Ji Guozheng nodded: "Is your grandma here?"

Nathan Ji said: "It's already inside."

Ji Guozheng hummed and was about to enter. Nathan Ji quickly stepped forward and said in a restrained tone: "Dad... why is he here?"

Ji Guozheng quickly reacted: "He's already here? It's your grandmother's idea, let her do it."

Nathan Ji: "Dad...Mom will be unhappy."

"Are you unhappy or is your mother unhappy? Don't worry, your mother knows the importance of things." Ji Guozheng looked at him, "But you, don't lose your sense of importance because of someone who doesn't matter to you."

Nathan Ji gritted his teeth: "I understand."

"Also," Ji Guo seemed to remember something, "Is Ryan Qin here?"

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Ethan Ji crossed his legs and played a battle royale game on his phone. He hated this kind of occasion, as it took up most of his time just to socialize. He had already been sitting here for half an hour, and the engagement ceremony hadn't even started yet.

Fortunately, there are a lot of entertainment options in this era. Once you put on your headphones and start playing games, everyone around you has nothing to do with you...

Not really.

"There's someone in the lower right corner."

"Oh, so he's your teammate?"

"Your teammates are asking you to turn on the microphone in the chat box."

Ethan Ji was so annoyed that he pressed the volume button violently and turned the volume to 70%.

The earphone on his right ear was suddenly taken off, and Ryan Qin said, "The volume is so loud, you don't want your ears anymore?"

Ethan Ji grabbed the headphones and cursed him in a low voice: "Are you annoying---"

"Ryan Qin." The reception had ended without him noticing. Nathan Ji walked to Ryan Qin without even looking at Ethan Ji. "Why are you sitting here? Your seat is at the main table. Didn't the reception tell you this?"

main table?

Ethan Ji looked at Ryan Qin suspiciously. He just looked around and saw that most of the people sitting at the main table were family members of the couple. The remaining few strangers were also middle-aged people of high status.

Not to mention Nathan Ji's brothers, they all sat in positions below the center.

He was already very surprised that Ryan Qin, a bankrupt, was invited here, and now Nathan Ji actually invited him to sit at the main table?

"I'll just sit here." Ryan Qin said, "I haven't seen Ethan Ji for a long time. I just wanted to catch up with him."

"...Do you know each other?" Nathan Ji frowned, "We can talk anytime. The place over there is reserved for you. Let's go."

Ryan Qin was about to refuse when he felt a sudden weight on his shoulders.

The bold and overbearing smell of men's perfume penetrated into his nostrils.

Ethan Ji raised his right hand and placed it on Ryan Qin's shoulder: "Don't you understand what he's saying? He wants to reminisce about the past with me."

Nathan Ji was about to explode when Ryan Qin spoke first. He suddenly raised his hand, held Ethan Ji's fingertips, and chuckled, "How can you not recognize him? He's my junior. You go ahead, I won't go over. Please say hello to Uncle Ji for me."

His fingers were surrounded by warmth, and Ethan Ji subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand, but the other party used force and he was unable to break free.

Ryan Qin held him and, at an angle that no one else could see, he rubbed his palm with his thumb.

Fcuk.

Nathan Ji said: "...Okay then. Don't leave after this. I just want to talk to you about the land on Xingjia Road."

"good."

As soon as Nathan Ji left, Ethan Ji immediately pulled his hand back.

There were too many people around, so he couldn't lose his temper, so he secretly pinched Ryan Qin under the table.

I realized something was wrong only after I finished pinching it.

This little action under the table looks so Fcuking like...flirting!

Ethan Ji simply ignored him and turned his attention back to the game, only to find that his character had been shot in the head and turned into a box. He sighed, quit the game, and started the second round.

The sound of the venue was quite loud, and he could hear some of it even with headphones on. The host kept talking for a long time, and it was obvious that he was trying hard to make people laugh, but his speech was still dry and boring.

It would be more interesting to ask Blake Yue to come on stage and tell a crosstalk to everyone.

The two protagonists are in a marriage relationship, have no emotional foundation, and have almost no past to look back on, so this part passes quickly.

It's not even one-fifth as long as the reception.

Ethan Ji turned off the game, wondering when to leave.

"Ryan Qin."

Ethan Ji thought he would never hear this voice again in his life.

He paused as he was taking off his headphones and turned back subconsciously.

Ji Guozheng was holding a wine glass and looking at Ryan Qin with fatherly eyes, as if Ryan Qin was his son.

Ryan Qin picked up the wine glass and stood up, saying politely, "Uncle Ji, long time no see, how are you?"

"Very good. Where are your parents? Why didn't they come with you?" Ji Guozheng asked.

Ryan Qin said: "It's not very convenient for them."

Ji Guozheng nodded and said kindly, "Uncle hasn't seen you for a long time. I remember when you were little, you came to play at home every day. You and Nathan Ji haven't seen each other for a long time, right? Why don't you stay tonight? There are many empty rooms in this house. You can stay and chat with each other. It's good to reminisce about the past. Don't let your childhood good brothers break up when you get older. It's such a pity."

"I don't feel comfortable disturbing you." Ryan Qin said, and suddenly turned his head, "Ethan Ji, are you staying here tonight?"

Ethan Ji was eavesdropping, but he didn't expect Ryan Qin to bring up the topic. He was stunned: "Of course I don't..."

"He lives here." Ji Guozheng stopped laughing and finally gave Ethan Ji a look, "Ethan Ji, you haven't been back for a long time. Stay tonight, your grandma has something to tell you."

Ethan Ji never expected that the door of his home, which he had been unable to enter for more than 20 years, was opened to him because of Ryan Qin's words.

but why?

Although he is not close to his biological father, it can be seen from Ji Guozheng's previous actions that this person is definitely not a good person who spreads love and cares for bankrupt families.

Bankruptcy has to go through the court. If the news hadn't come out, he would have suspected that Ryan Qin had been pretending to be his grandson in front of him all this time.

Ji Guozheng said this and said to Ryan Qin: "Boss Yun and the others just asked me about you. Let's go and say hello to them."

"Okay." Ryan Qin turned around and said, "I'll go over there."

Ethan Ji: "...Just go and tell me what you are going to do."

Ryan Qin smiled at him and turned to leave.

Ethan Ji shook the red wine in his hand and stared at Ryan Qin.

His friend was not talking nonsense. Ryan Qin followed behind Ji Guozheng and toasted the old foxes at the first few tables. He was smiling and graceful, and his movements were like those of a businessman with a long experience in the business world.

hypocritical.

Ethan Ji cursed in his heart, picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

After the formalities were over, it was time to socialize. People around were chatting in groups of two or three, and the conversation was always about business.

Fortunately, no one came up to talk to him, so he was left alone. After sitting for a long time and feeling bored, Ethan Ji simply stood up and prepared to go to the toilet to smoke a cigarette.

When he arrived at the cubicle and just lit a cigarette, he heard several footsteps.

"What happened to Ryan Qin? Is he really bankrupt?"

"How can this be fake? But it doesn't look like that to me... Nathan Ji, you know a lot, tell me."

Damn, enemies often meet on a narrow road.

Ethan Ji blew out a smoke ring and continued listening.

"Of course it's true." Nathan Ji said.

"Then why is he... I don't mean anything else. I just saw that he was well fed and well dressed, and just now he followed your father to greet those big guys."

Nathan Ji said: "So what if he goes bankrupt? My father values   his character, and he likes him and wants to promote him."

Only a fool would believe that.

"I see. That's right. Ryan Qin has a good relationship with those old men. By the way, I think I saw Ethan Ji just now? Am I seeing right?"

Nathan Ji's voice became louder: "Are you annoying? Why are you mentioning that B@st@ard?"

"Don't be angry, I'm just curious, why did you invite him here? Do you want to punish him? Just tell us, we will help you!"

Are you trying to trick me?

Ethan Ji narrowed his eyes and thought to himself, why don’t you come over here, we don’t even know who’s going to get punished.

Nathan Ji said, "My grandmother called him. Today is my engagement party. Don't make trouble. I'll have the security kick him out in a minute."

Ethan Ji took a deep puff of his cigarette, then put it out and opened the door of the cubicle.

"Want to kick me out? Nathan Ji, you take yourself too seriously." Ethan Ji said, smoke coming out of his mouth. "I tell you, not only can you not kick me out, you have to open the door tonight and invite me to stay."

Nathan Ji's face immediately darkened. His friends around him reacted first: "You---"

"What do you mean by 'I'?" Ethan Ji stopped him and looked up and down at Nathan Ji's friends. "You little chickens want to mess with me? You are all as skinny as sticks. Are you stupid from sitting in the office? You don't dare to go out on typhoon days, right? I can punch you and you can fly from the toilet to the podium."

Nathan Ji angrily said: "Ethan Ji!"

The atmosphere immediately took a turn for the worse, as cold as an ice cellar.

After a while.

"Just kidding, why would I hit someone?"

Ethan Ji's tone was particularly insincere. He looked at the group of dumb "social elites", adjusted his suit collar with satisfaction, and sneered, "I'm done, you guys continue."