It had been a long time since Song Luosheng had gathered with his buddies. Since they were all on vacation, Song Luosheng issued an open invitation, and they had a big party.
The party was held at Song Luosheng's courtyard house, where they could barbecue, sing, and play mahjong.
When Wei Qing arrived, he saw Song Luokui, who was still laughing at a joke Zhang Xiyue had told her under the tree. Song Luokui was wearing a red Chinese dress today, with her hair pinned up with two hairpins, and her eyes were crinkled from laughing.
Wei Qing felt his heart flutter a little, and he stopped in his tracks, just watching her.
Song Luokui noticed his gaze and turned to look at him, seeing an unfamiliar person staring at her. The stranger had an exotic look, with narrow, phoenix-shaped eyes and a small mole under one eye.
Not recognizing this person, Song Luokui thought he might be her brother's friend. So, despite feeling uncomfortable with his gaze, she politely nodded at him and left with Zhang Xiyue to go inside the house.
Seeing them leave, Wei Qing immediately wanted to follow, but Song Luosheng, who was sitting nearby holding a glass of wine and chatting with his brothers, noticed Wei Qing and put down his glass, giving him an unfriendly stare. "What are you doing here? This is my party."
Wei Qing shrugged, "Yeah, it's a party you're hosting for your friends. Aren't I your friend?"
Song Luosheng: "..." He had never met someone so shameless.
Song Luosheng turned to Zhou Yuan and the others, "Who let him in?"
One of the guys barbecuing said, "Brother Song, he said he was your high school classmate who needed to see you, and that you two were close before he went abroad. Since you were hosting a party, he asked me to bring him in."
Song Luosheng pursed his lips, waved his hand, and Zhou Yuan immediately took the guy away to chat elsewhere.
Wei Qing acted like he belonged, walking over and sitting down at the barbecue area. "Classmate Song, don't you welcome an old classmate? I'm not wrong, we used to be quite close, right?"
Song Luosheng rolled his eyes and sat down next to him. The others moved away, giving them space to talk.
"Just say it, what do you want?"
Wei Qing started eating the barbecued meat from a plate, commenting, "Not bad, who did the grilling?"
Seeing this, Song Luosheng was annoyed and snatched the plate away - it was grilled by his Kui Kui. Damn! He wanted to hit Wei Qing.
After finishing a skewer, Wei Qing saw Song Luosheng's fiery glare, which meant he'd better speak up or get kicked out.
Wei Qing immediately raised his hands and said softly, "I know you're trying to do an oil business in Country X. I know the prince of Country X, I can help you make connections."
Song Luosheng: "What's your condition?"
Wei Qing crossed one leg over the other, "What condition could I have? I just know that Chi Yu wants to get involved, and I can't stand him right now, so I'm helping you."
Song Luosheng: "What did he do to you?"
Wei Qing lowered his eyes and didn't respond. Chi Yu hadn't done anything to him personally, but his family and a branch of the Chi family were competing for an important position, and the Chi family's interference caused his family to fail.
The Chi family! They were the stumbling block to the Wei family's growth and prosperity!
Wei Qing: "He interfered with my company's entry into the Hua Country market." Wei Qing's company was overseas, and he recently wanted to develop in the home country, so he set up a company here and would often stay in this area.
Song Luosheng didn't comment on this, as in his opinion, Chi Yu was right to intervene. The Hua Country market was only so big, so if Wei Qing entered, he would be taking a slice of Song Luosheng's pie.
However, in the end, Song Luosheng did say, "I'll consider it."
Wei Qing didn't expect him to agree right away. He helped himself to the grill and started barbecuing meat while looking around to see where the person from earlier had gone.
Song Luokui and Zhang Xiyue had returned to the room to play mahjong. Looking out the window, Song Luokui saw her brother talking to that person, so he must be her brother's friend? She had never seen him before.
Meanwhile, Song Luosheng said, "Aren't you leaving?"
Wei Qing rolled the skewer in his hand, "What's the harm in having one more person at the party?"
In public, Song Luosheng couldn't directly kick him out since Wei Qing was from the Wei family.
Nearby, Tu Shanyue felt thirsty while playing mahjong. "Kui Kui, could you grab me a beer?"
"Sure." Song Luokui immediately left the room. Several boxes of beer were placed near the grill area, so she headed straight there.
Seeing her, Song Luosheng scolded, "Don't come over, go back inside!"
Song Luosheng's face looked terrible, and Song Luokui didn't dare say anything, immediately turning around and going back, startled by his reaction.
She returned empty-handed, and Tu Shanyue asked, "Kui Kui, where's the beer?"
Song Luokui spread her hands, "Brother yelled at me and told me to get back."
The others playing mahjong all looked up in surprise. "Huh? Brother Song would never treat Kui Kui like that!"
Zhang Xiyue, clutching her chest, said, "I was about to go with her, but as soon as I stepped out, I heard Brother Song's scolding and immediately turned back. Kui Kui, are you okay? Your brother must not have meant it."
Though initially hurt, Song Luokui quickly realized her brother must have had a reason, so she waited for his explanation.
Outside, Wei Qing had finally seen the person again, but unexpectedly, Song Luosheng immediately told her to go back inside.
He walked over with the grilled skewers. "Why were you so harsh? You scared your sister Kui Kui. I'm right, isn't she your sister Kui Kui?"
Song Luosheng immediately looked at him warily. "What do you want to do? And don't call her Kui Kui sister, call her Miss Song."
Wei Qing: "I'm not trying to do anything. What's wrong with having an extra brother for your sister?"
Song Luosheng: "Sorry, my Kui Kui only has me as her brother."
Wei Qing looked at him. "Are you sure you're her only brother? What about Chi Yu?"
Song Luosheng: "Of course!"
Wei Qing ate a couple more skewers without saying anything, then turned to look at the window again, trying to catch a glimpse of the person inside. But Song Luosheng immediately blocked his view. "You should leave now."
Wei Qing tossed the bamboo skewer aside and dusted his hands off. "Alright. Think it over carefully."
With that, he quickly left.
Song Luosheng waved Zhou Yuan over. "Boss, what's up?"
Song Luosheng: "Check if Wei Qing has left. And investigate if Wei Qing's company really intends to enter the Hua Country market recently. Also, look into whether there are any conflicts between the Wei family and the Chi family."
Zhou Yuan: "Got it."
After giving the instructions, Song Luosheng walked over to the room and stood at the doorway, waving at Song Luokui. "Kui Kui!"
Song Luokui immediately turned away with a "hmph," but after two seconds, she still walked over. "What is it?"
Song Luosheng: "Sorry, brother's tone wasn't good earlier. That person you just saw, stay away from him and don't talk to him in the future. He's even worse than Chi Yu, so if you see him, run away, okay?"
Song Luokui: "Huh? You two seemed to be chatting just fine, I thought he was your friend."
Song Luosheng: "Of course not. Brother doesn't have friends like that. That person is a crazy person from the Wei family. I'm afraid he might do something bad to you."
Song Luokui pondered, "Wei Qing? That name sounds familiar." Then she remembered, "Oh, is that the person you and that other guy kicked out of the country back in high school?"
Song Luosheng nodded.
