be penniless and homeless

Jiang Yue's voice was so loud that it immediately attracted the attention of all the guests in the hall.

Everyone looked in the direction she pointed and saw Fang Yu in his school uniform.

Many guests had noticed Fang Yu before, who seemed out of place among the others.

Was this person a thief? It was quite possible!

Otherwise, it was hard to explain why a middle - school student in a school uniform would appear at such a high - level reception.

Hearing Jiang Yue's voice, Fang Yu turned around.

"Mr. Fang!?" Ji Rumei's face changed slightly, and she immediately walked forward.

Jiang Yue looked at Fang Yu, her eyes full of mockery.

Caught by the eldest daughter of the Ji family herself. Let's see how you get out of this!

The Ji family was one of the top wealthy families in Jiangnan. If Fang Yu was caught stealing here, even the Tang family couldn't save him!

"Mr. Fang, you've come." Ji Rumei slightly bent her knees and curtsied to Fang Yu.

Counting the encounter with Bai Zhan that day, Fang Yu had saved her life twice. Together with the life of Ji Dongshan, it was three times.

The Ji family owed Fang Yu an unrepayable debt of gratitude.

Therefore, Fang Yu was a distinguished guest among distinguished guests to the Ji family, with a status higher than anyone else.

But now, Fang Yu was actually regarded as a thief?

Ji Rumei's face immediately turned cold.

The people around who were ready to watch the show were stunned to see Ji Rumei curtsying to Fang Yu.

What was going on?

Ji Rumei was the eldest daughter of the Ji family! Her status was extremely noble.

Anyone in the hall would be respectful when seeing Ji Rumei, yet she was curtsying to that student in a school uniform?

Who on earth was this person?

Jiang Zhenlong at the back turned pale when he saw this scene.

Seeing Ji Rumei's respectful attitude towards Fang Yu, he knew he might have done something extremely stupid.

Jiang Yue was still a bit dazed at this moment and loudly reminded, "Miss Ji, this person is a thief..."

Jiang Zhenlong wanted to cover Jiang Yue's mouth, but it was too late. His face turned deathly pale.

It was all over!

Sure enough, hearing Jiang Yue's voice, Ji Rumei turned around, her pretty face frosty.

"Who are you?"

Jiang Zhenlong took a step forward, forced a smile, and said in a trembling voice, "Miss Ji, I, I'm Jiang Zhenlong, the director of the Propaganda Department of Huanben Group..."

Huanben Group was a subsidiary of the Ji family.

"Just a mere director. How could you get an invitation to the reception?" Ji Rumei frowned tightly and asked coldly.

"I, I..." Jiang Zhenlong was on the verge of crying.

"Miss Ji, I gave him an invitation... to let him come to the reception." At this time, a middle - aged man with an ashen face came out.

He was Zhao Gang, the head of the Propaganda Department of Huanben Group.

Generally speaking, every time the Ji family held a gathering, they would issue two invitations to senior executives above the department - head level of the group.

Jiang Zhenlong was Zhao Gang's capable subordinate. Therefore, every time there was an extra invitation, Zhao Gang would give it to Jiang Zhenlong to let him broaden his horizons.

But he never expected that Jiang Zhenlong would cause such a big trouble tonight!

"Minister Zhao, it's one thing for you to give the invitation to your subordinate casually. But since you brought him here, you should have kept him in line! Mr. Fang is a distinguished guest of our Ji family. How dare they slander Mr. Fang as a thief? What's their intention!?" Ji Rumei coldly questioned.

Jiang Zhenlong was trembling all over.

Jiang Yue and Xu Xiaona beside him finally understood what was going on.

Jiang Yue stared wide - eyed at Fang Yu, who looked calm, with an expression of disbelief.

How could he know Ji Rumei!? And be regarded as a distinguished guest by Ji Rumei!?

"Miss Ji... I didn't know before that Mr. Fang was your distinguished guest... Please be magnanimous..." Jiang Zhenlong said tremblingly.

Ji Rumei said expressionlessly, "Apologize to Mr. Fang immediately!"

Jiang Zhenlong's face lit up, thinking there was still a chance. He immediately bowed to Fang Yu and said repeatedly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Fang. I didn't recognize your eminence. Please forgive us..."

Seeing that Fang Yu didn't react, Jiang Zhenlong pulled Jiang Yue and Xu Xiaona, who were stunned aside, and pressed their backs to bow and apologize to Fang Yu together.

Jiang Yue's face was pale, and she gritted her teeth, refusing to bend down.

Asking her to apologize to Fang Yu was worse than death!

"What are you doing? Apologize to Mr. Fang immediately!" Jiang Zhenlong said angrily.

"I, I won't..." Jiang Yue was about to speak.

"Slap!"

Jiang Zhenlong directly slapped Jiang Yue across the face.

"Apologize to him right now!" Jiang Zhenlong's eyes were blood - red as he stared at Jiang Yue.

Jiang Yue covered her face, tears streaming down. She looked at Zheng Peng and shouted, "Young Master Zheng, help me..."

Zheng Peng didn't expect Jiang Yue to say this suddenly, and his face changed dramatically.

Wasn't she trying to drag him into this?

"Help you? Help your mother! Do you really think you're a fairy? What's the relationship between us? You offended Miss Ji's distinguished guest, so apologize to him quickly!" Zheng Peng no longer cared about his image and started cursing.

He couldn't let Ji Rumei think that he was in cahoots with Jiang Zhenlong and the others. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.

Jiang Yue's face was as white as a sheet, and she was trembling all over.

She never expected that she would end up like this.

She was humiliated to the extreme, and her dignity was trampled into the depths of the ground.

"Apologize to him right now!"

Jiang Zhenlong pressed Jiang Yue's back again to bow and apologize to Fang Yu.

"Mr. Fang, we offended you. We're sorry. Please forgive us..."

The voices of Jiang Zhenlong and the other three apologizing echoed throughout the hall.

Among the onlookers, many showed sympathy, but more had eyes full of mockery and sneers.

People who didn't belong to this class, trying to force their way in, would end up like this.

These three people were nothing but clowns in the eyes of these others.

"All right, let them go. It's too noisy." Fang Yu, who had been silent all this time, spoke.

Ji Rumei made a gesture, and Jiang Zhenlong immediately stopped.

"As of this moment, you are officially dismissed from Huanben Group. You don't need to come to work tomorrow." Ji Rumei said casually.

These words were spoken softly, but every word struck Jiang Zhenlong's heart!

He was fired!

He had worked diligently in Huanben Group for nearly ten years and climbed to the lucrative position of director through connections.

But now, he was fired! Nearly ten years of his efforts had gone to waste!

He still owed over a million in mortgage and car loans. How was he going to deal with it?

Jiang Zhenlong felt his vision darken and almost fainted.

"Minister Zhao, you're also responsible. You'll be suspended for one month and go back to reflect on yourself!" Ji Rumei added.

"Yes." Zhao Gang replied with an ashen face.

At this moment, he wished he could strangle Jiang Zhenlong to death!

"Take them away." Ji Rumei then ordered the security guards around the hall to take the dejected Jiang Zhenlong and the other two away.

...

Jiang Zhenlong and the other three slunk out of the gate of the Ji family.

Along the way, none of them spoke. There was a deathly silence.

When they reached the car, looking at the BMW bought with a 500,000 - yuan loan, Jiang Zhenlong's heart broke again.

After tonight, he had nothing left.

And the chief culprit of all this was none other than Jiang Yue and Xu Xiaona!

"Slap!"

Jiang Zhenlong slapped Jiang Yue again.

Jiang Yue covered her burning face, her eyes empty.

"Uncle Jiang, don't hit Yueyue anymore. It's not her fault..." Xu Xiaona tried to stop him.

Jiang Zhenlong looked at Xu Xiaona, his eyes blood - red.

"If it weren't for you two saying that Fang Yu was just a poor loser and that he sneaked into the Ji family to steal... nothing would have happened tonight! You two have made me lose everything! Even if I beat Jiang Yue to death, I can't make up for today's losses!" Jiang Zhenlong said hoarsely.

Seeing Jiang Zhenlong's hysterical appearance, Xu Xiaona turned pale and dared not say anything more.

"Bang!"

Jiang Zhenlong opened the car door, got in, and rubbed his temples vigorously.

He had to find a way. He must find a way to make amends.

Thinking of Ji Rumei's respectful attitude towards Fang Yu, a glimmer of hope flashed in Jiang Zhenlong's eyes.

The key to everything was Fang Yu. If Fang Yu was willing to speak up, everything could be redeemed.

At this time, Xu Xiaona was helping Jiang Yue into the car.

"You two, listen carefully..." Jiang Zhenlong turned around and said.

...

At the Ji family.

After Jiang Zhenlong and the other three were driven away, the reception continued.

However, most of the guests were now talking about Fang Yu.

Who was this student in a school uniform?

Why was Ji Rumei so respectful to him?

Could he be a descendant of some big family? But he looked unfamiliar, and his temperament didn't seem to be that of someone from a big family.

No matter what his identity was, since he could make Ji Rumei treat him with such respect, he was someone not to be offended.

"Mr. Fang, Master Fu should have finished playing cards and is resting. I'll take you upstairs to meet him now." Ji Rumei said.

"Okay."

Fang Yu followed Ji Rumei upstairs. Walking behind her, he could appreciate Ji Rumei's graceful figure.

Every time he saw Ji Rumei's face, he would always think of that woman from many years ago.

Both were of peerless beauty and had an extraordinary charm.

The difference was that that woman had an incredibly monstrous talent for cultivation. She broke through to the God - Separating Stage in less than two hundred years and became a top figure among the younger generation.

If given another five hundred years, that woman might have ascended to become an immortal.

Unfortunately, in a later battle between sects in the cultivation world, that woman sacrificed herself to protect her sect.

To commemorate her, Fang Yu erected a tombstone for her on the top of Tianji Mountain.

However, Fang Yu hadn't gone to pay his respects for many years. The tombstone had probably worn away and disappeared.

Lost in thought, Ji Rumei led Fang Yu to a room on the second floor.

On the sofa in the room sat an old man in a gray robe. Ji Dongshan was talking to him.

"Mr. Fang, this is Master Fu." Ji Rumei introduced to Fang Yu.

Fang Yu nodded and sat on the sofa on the other side.

The Master Fu in front of him had the cultivation base of the 11th layer of the Qi - Refining Stage. He looked energetic. However, his expression was full of contempt.

"Master Fu, this is Mr. Fang Yu who wants to buy information from you." Ji Rumei said to Master Fu.

"A mere kid at the fifth stage of the Xiantian realm. What does he need information for?" Master Fu said haughtily.