Chapter 106 - Young Master Donghuang (1/2)
Chapter 106: Young Master Donghuang
Faced with Tang Zhanpeng’s questioning, Zhou Donghuang glanced at him and said calmly and slowly, “I’m not from any family.”
Hearing this, Tang Zhanpeng’s eyes widened menacingly.
The young lady beside Zhou Donghuang then piped up, “Elder Tang, my Brother Zhou may not be from any grand family in the Chu royal city, but he does have an invite. Otherwise, we would not have been able to enter.”
Tang Zhanpeng looked at Zhou Donghuang with a smirk, asking, “Is that so? That means you forged an invite?” His lips raised into a menacing smile as his eyes flashed coldly.
“Forging an invite?” Hearing Tang Zhanpeng’s words, the grand family disciples surrounding him murmured as they looked at Zhou Donghuang with a mix of pity and gloating.
“If he really sneaked into the Tang family, he would at most be kicked out… but if he forged an invite, that is no small matter.”
“What is this young man thinking? Unless he is trying to show off in front of Yang Zixi, that’s why he forged an invite to bring her to the Tang family banquet?”
“The elders were right; beauty really is the cause of trouble.”
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The chatter from the crowd made the young girl’s expression darken. She turned to Tang Zhanpeng and said firmly, “Elder Tang, my Brother Zhou would never forge an invite!”
She then looked at Zhou Donghuang and said anxiously, “Brother Zhou, tell him who gave you this invite.”
“Hmph!” Before Zhou Donghuang could speak, Tang Zhanpeng laughed and said, “Our chief had already ordered that only people from grand families and above in the Chu royal city would be invited. That means that every person here is all from grand families and above, except for the Tang family benefactor. Are you trying to tell me… you are representing that benefactor?” Tang Zhanpeng asked as he stared at Zhou Donghuang.
“No,” replied Zhou Donghuang calmly. From the start, he had not revealed any nervousness at all. Then, before Tang Zhanpeng could respond, Zhou Donghuang’s eyes flashed as he said, “Tang Liunian, is this how your Tang family treats its guests?” His voice was filled with coldness and loud enough to be heard over all the chatter in the courtyard.
Tang Liunian?! Hearing this, everyone was first shocked, then realized… Tang Liunian was none other than today’s host, the chief of the tycoon Tang family.
“Not only did you forge an invite, but even dare to call our chief by name, are you tired of living?” He Lin asked, her eyes gloating.
However, hearing Zhou Donghuang’s raised voice, the expression of the He family chief He Wuyi turned serious.
Even Tang Zhanpeng’s face could not help but change slightly as a sense of foreboding rose.
“Indeed.” Not only First Young Master of the grand Wei family, Wei Hongtao, Third Young Master of the grand Tan family, Tan Li, or the chief of the grand Zhang family had thought that Zhou Donghuang had entered by forging an invite. Now, seeing him call the Tang family chief by name without any form of courtesy, they immediately knew that their suspicions had been correct.
“Hm?” As Zhou Donghuang’s voice was raised over the chatter in the courtyard, the whole place turned silent as all eyes landed on him. The young man had only attracted the attention of those from the grand families previously, but now, even those from the tycoon families were staring at him.
“Who is this young man? He dares to call the Tang family chief by name.” Many of those from tycoon families looked at him with surprise as they gossiped among themselves.
“It’s him!” Just then, First Young Master of the tycoon Shi family, Shi Yu, finally noticed Zhou Donghuang.
“Yu, that is Zhou Donghuang?” Noticing the expression on Shi Yu’s face, Second Master of the Shi family, Shi Yan, also seemed to guess something as his expression darkened.