Banquet

The people on the Mei family residence are currently busy preparing for the celebration of Grandpa Mei's birthday. Servants were running all over the residence doing their tasks. Carriages of the guests were arriving at the front gate of the Mei family.

Chen Yue was inside his room busy preparing himself for the feast. Servants were helping him dressed as they select his clothes.

*knock*

*knock*

"Young master I have brought another set of clothes" the door of his room opened and Xiao Ke came inside holding a set of black and white clothes. She then put it in bed to help Chen Yue see it clearly.

The clothes that Xiao Ke brought was elegant and there was a golden dragon design on it. Chen Yue like the clothes even more so he picks it and said, "I will be wearing this"

Xiao Ke and the servants of the Mei family inside the room put the other clothes aside and help him wear the clothes that he picks.

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The hall where the celebration will occur was full of beauty. The guests were already in the room sitting while the others were talking with each other.

"The Mei family is really rich. Just looking at this place it must have been cost a lot to build this" a middle-aged man said as his eyes wandered around the room. He was wearing a pair of luxurious golden clothes as he held a glass of wine in his hand. He was the current city lord of the Flowing Water city and the patriarch of the Fang family, Fang Ming. Beside his was a handsome young man with an arrogant and proud look on his face. The young man was the young master of the Fang family, Fang Yu.

"Father, does that old man Mei still didn't agree to the marriage proposal that you said to him?" with an impatient tone, Fang Yu said as he was quite displeased about it. From what he heard, Mei Yin was an absolute beauty and a genius in cultivation. She was thinking that if he ever married this type of woman, his reputation in the city will definitely skyrocket. But the most important for him is that she was a beauty. What Fang Yu likes the most were beautiful women, because of his love for women he already has several concubines in the city lord mansion. Some of them are even pregnant already. But although he had several women in his house, he still didn't have a wife. He wanted to take Mei Yin as his main wife.

"Old patriarch Mei still didn't reply to our suggestion. But I think the chances of him agreeing is high, because if he didn't accept the engagement. He will be offending our Fang family. Even if they have a good relationship with the Chen family in the capital, will the Chen family really help them?" it was clear that the city lord Fang Ming refused to believe that the Chen family will act. He firmly believes that the Chen family's relationship with the Mei family is not that deep.

"Hmmp! If they know what is good for them, they will definitely accept the proposal" Fang Yu snorted coldly and said, "Father what if you put pressures on their business in the city. With that, they will realize what's good for them"

The city lord Fang Ming think for a moment before laughing happily, "Son you are right! Why didn't I think of this before. We only acted friendly with them in the past because we still have some business partnership with them, but now it is different. With the Liu family getting stronger and stronger, we need the Mei family to control them. What is the best way to control them other than joining the two families"

The father and son duo laugh loudly. At the corner of the room, an old man wearing purple robes was staring at them coldly. There was a wide grin on the old man's face as he watches them.

"Father those two is a pair of crazy father and son. They still had the ability to laugh at times like this where their position in the city was getting threatened" a young man said. He has a handsome face like Fang Yu, but he's quite different. His whole body was excluding a cold and murderous air around him making the other guests in the area stay away from him. He was the young master of the Liu family, Liu Cheng.

"Son just let them be for now. Because in the near future, they will be gone in this city" the old man said. Although he looks old, he was quite younger than the city lord. The reason he was like this was because of the cultivation technique he practices. His skin was wrinkled and rough, and his nails were sharp like claws.

"The one we needed to think right now to think of a way to make the Mei family submit to us. Although a marriage between you and Mei Yin can achieve that, I think the old man will never agree to it. We need a better plan right now" Liu Song the patriarch of the Liu family said. He knew that the marriage proposal he said to them had a high chance of getting declined. But right now, he couldn't think of any better options.

"Then father do you think we should ask some help from 'them'" Liu Cheng said.

When Liu Song heard his son mentioned them, his expression turned serious. He looks at his son and said, "Don't mention them so casually here. What if somebody heard what you've said, we will be in big trouble"

Liu Cheng then stopped speaking and didn't said anything. He knew that if the secret about their Liu family cooperating with them was known to public, their Liu family will be all executed. But he still couldn't think of anything else that can solve their problems. They really need the Mei family for their plans in the future to come true.

At this time, the room was already filled with guests. They were just waiting for the arrival of Mei Ba Dao and the feast will start. Suddenly, a beautiful sound was played and the door of the room opens. There enters an old man with a dignified and proud look on his face. Beside him is a otherworldly beauty that can take anyone's soul away.

When the old patriarch enters, Mei Yin who entered with her grandfather were the focus of attention. Many married and young man felt their eyes glued to her because of her beauty. This is the first time they saw someone this beautiful in their whole life. Even the old men who already has one of their foot in the grave felt their lower body getting excited.

"I thank everybody for coming here in celebrating this old man's birthday" Mei Ba Dao just thanks his guests while cupping his hands towards them. Then he turned to his granddaughter and said, "This here is my precious granddaughter Mei Yin. She is here to celebrate this occasion with me and my family"

Mei Yin then turn to the guests and said some thankful words towards them. Fang Yu and Liu Cheng felt their throat dry as they stared at Mei Yin without blinking. The two young master were completely mesmerize by Mei Yin's beauty that they even didn't pay attention to their surroundings. They only have a same though inside their head, and that is, 'I must make her mine!'

While the two young master were fantasizing in their own world. The old patriarch Mei then announced loudly, "Today there is an important guest that arrived in my Mei family. He is a young master from the capital and he is a dragon among men"

What the old patriarch said took away everyone's attention, especially when they heard it is someone from the capital. In the whole Floating Water City, the friendly relationship between the Mei family and the Chen family in the capital was known all around. So when the old patriarch announce that it was a young master from the capital. They all immediately thought that it was definitely from the Chen family.

The door then opened and a handsome young man entered the room. From the way the young man carries himself, it was clear that he came from a high family. His steps were not fast, but also not slow. The black and white clothes he was wearing and the dragon in it even complimented his handsome looks making him release a different kind of charm around.