Chapter 249: Complete Collapse

e stopped expecting anything and treated them as familiar strangers.”Gu Jingxi was silent for a moment, looking at her with a gaze that held a touch of the pity an elder feels for a hapless younger ge...Over there, Mrs. Meng, as the guest of honor, was enjoying everyone's birthday wishes and laughing from ear to ear.

Sun's mind was foggy. Facing the guests, he had to force himself to be alert and put on a smile to entertain them. Occasionally, he would lose focus and not hear what the guests were saying, so he simply wouldn't rush to respond, waiting for the next person to speak before joining the conversation. Thankfully, nothing had gone wrong so far.

Meng Jinyu took the young women who came to the birthday banquet to play elsewhere. Meng Chengzhang and Meng Chengxing also took other young masters to another place. After all, they were all young people, and they couldn't play with their elders.

As for the older male guests, they were all being entertained by Meng Dongyuan. Here, there were only Mrs. Sun, Old Madam Meng, and the ladies who had come to celebrate her birthday, chatting and laughing.r delicate and beautiful face, which still had a hint of youthfulness. He asked softly, "Ayao, I am much older than you. If ten or eight years pass, I will be old and unattractive, but you will still...