Chapter 193 – Banquet Invitation (2/2)
Since Ai Er had left Tenglong country for a good amount of time, she decided to stay by her father’s side for a while. She said she wanted to accompany her father and aunt around to show her filial piety. As for the others, some left and some stayed to take care of their own things so Lei Yu could only attend the banquet by himself.
The person that went to invite Lei Yu to the banquet returned to the family to give the master the good news. He also bragged how articulate he was in front of Lei Yu, and how he had explained and defended the wrongs the family had done to him. The master of the family Lei Yun Tian didn’t care how it was done; being able to invite Lei Yu back to the family was good enough to make him happy.
“Go to the Finance Department and get your reward of $10,000 dollars.” Lei Yun Tian waved his hand and this person left in a happy manner.
If Lei Yu saw this scene, his heart would definitely be filled with sadness. Back then when he was forced off the cliff by the family’s Lei Yun and company, his father merely asked a few words about it. Only after Lei Yu reappeared did his father find out his son did not jump off to commit suicide. Even so, the so called family rules were to randomly whip Lei Yun and the others a few times and let it go like that. And now in the present, in order to have Lei Yu return to the family household, this random outer family member was able to get a reward of $10,000 dollars. Had anyone ever asked Lei Yu if he went hungry or cold after being kicked out? That’s why in Lei Yu’s heart, Nuo Hu was his real family and his real brother.
A sports car was driving up the mountain roads. The mountain was still the same and hadn’t changed one bit. Lei Yu felt that not a single tree or a blade of grass had changed. Shaking his head with a smile, “Most likely the people in the family hadn’t changed at all either.”
Arriving at the Lei family household’s main entrance; the scene looked like they were greeting some VIP guest. Lei Yun Tian who rarely showed his face was standing right at the entrance while all the members of the clan were standing behind with a fake smile on their face.
“Little Yu!”
Getting out of the car, Lei Yu merely smiled and didn’t say anything. Wanting to call out “father” was too difficult for him to say right now. It was clear that Lei Yun Tian didn’t hear the greeting he wanted to hear had become slightly disappointed, but tried to show he wasn’t concerned. After all, Lei Yu coming here had already made him feel very happy.
The sky had begun to get dark. The Lei family was originally a big family and the lights that turned on made it even more dazzling. Throughout the mountain, the lights created a touching scenery but Lei Yu wasn’t in the mood to enjoy it.
Being led to the main hall, the Lei family was really set in their ways. The ancient feeling of this place really made a person a bit depressed. The repeated used of wood in the hall made Lei Yu really wonder if these guys had the flame ability. If someone made an accidental strike, wouldn’t it burn the entire Lei family’s main hall down?
The dishes prepared were very luxurious and most of them were what Lei Yu liked to eat when he was young. But the current Lei Yu wasn’t so rigid and unchanging; ever since he had left the family, he rarely ate those dishes. In order to give his father face, Lei Yu still ate it with a smile which made Lei Yun Tian quite happy.
During the banquet, dozens of family members took turns to toast Lei Yu. Alcohol to cultivators were just a formality since even if they drank a few cases of it, at most they would feel a bit bloated. Wanting to get drunk on alcohol was a very difficult thing.
Lei Yu never declined a toast. Even that guy Lei Tian who Lei Yu had broken his arm during the exchanging of pointers contest¹ had a face filled with smiles while clinking their glasses together.
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¹ - Back in Chapter 17, Lei Yu told his disciple to get off the stage and he would fight Lei Tian instead.