1novels Chapter 15: [The Golden Phoenix Ballroom]
Chapter 15: [The Golden Phoenix Ballroom]
Inside the Golden Phoenix Ballroom.
The venue was brightly lit, with colorful spotlights illuminating every corner.
The band was playing a languid jazz tune, and Hong Kong's high society elites raised their glasses and chatted, their laughter rising with the bubbles of champagne.
As Li Jiagang and his entourage stepped into the hall, he was immediately drawn to the rich atmosphere of the era.
This is nothing like the bars of later generations, where loud, energetic music like "boom-boom" can make people's ears ring and make them dizzy.
The soothing music, the evenly colored lighting, and the seemingly casual yet captivating dance moves created a very relaxing atmosphere.
"Let's go, our location is over there." Li Jiahua pointed to a spot ahead. "Look, they've already arrived." Li Jiagang looked in the direction Li Jiahua pointed and indeed saw several trendy-looking men and women sitting there. Li Jiagang didn't recognize any of them, but he could tell at a glance that they were definitely from wealthy families.
"Hi, Yaodong and Yaonan, you're here!" Li Huishan greeted them immediately. "Oh! Huiling and Huisen, you're here too!" Seeing the newcomers made her even more excited.
"Greetings, God of Longevity."
"Haha... Thank you for coming, brothers and sisters. Welcome, welcome."
"Baojun, Baoyi, you're here too!"
"Brother Yaodong, Brother Yaonan... hello."
The group immediately started chatting with each other upon meeting.
"Huh! Who is this...?"
They all looked curiously towards Lijiagang.
"Brother Yaodong, let me introduce you."
"He's from my second uncle's family. His name is Li Jiagang, my cousin. He's more handsome than all of you, isn't he?" Li Huishan introduced Li Jiagang with a smug look on her face.
"That kid from your second uncle's family?" The man called Yao Dong blurted out when he heard that Li Huishan's second uncle's son was from Li Jiagang, seemingly surprised by the appearance of Li Jiagang.
He realized his rudeness only after he finished speaking.
"Sorry, sorry! It was a slip of the tongue."
Everyone looked embarrassed, but Li Jiagang didn't seem to care at all, acting as if nothing had happened.
"Hmph! Don't misunderstand my brother, he's changed for the better now, and he's really amazing." Li Huishan could also see that the others still misunderstood Li Jiagang, so she immediately became dissatisfied and quickly explained.
She's still young, so she can't keep things to herself. If anything doesn't go her way, she'll express it immediately.
Moreover, after what happened at the gate, Lijiagang now holds a very high place in her heart.
She was even worse than her own brother, Li Jiahua.
With Li Huishan's words, which made things clear, everyone felt even more awkward.
"It's alright, please sit down."
"Jiagang, let me introduce you to everyone."
"Okay, Brother Hua."
"Brother, let me introduce you," Li Huishan stepped forward again.
"Brother Hong Kong, his name is Lui Yiu-tung, he is Lui Yiu-nam, and she is Lui Wai-ling. The three of them are siblings and are from Uncle Lui's family in Macau."
"Uncle Lu from Aohai?"
"Could it be that Mr. Lü from the vegetable market?" Thinking of this, Li Jiagang couldn't help but glance at them a few more times.
He quickly sorted out the information about the man surnamed Lü at the Aohai vegetable market in his mind. Indeed, one of his children was named Yaodong. But Li Jiagang couldn't understand how his uncle knew the big boss Lü from Aohai.
"Brother Hong, what are you daydreaming about?"
"No! Hello, nice to meet you all. Please take care of me." Li Jiagang politely extended his hand and shook hands with each of the three siblings.
"Hey Hong Kong guy, this isn't the first time we've met, you just didn't notice us before."
"Oh! We've met before?"
"Hong Kong boy, we all went to Uncle Lu's hometown association gathering once," Li Jiahua reminded him from the side.
Upon hearing this, Li Jiagang immediately remembered.
"Oh, I see."
He now understood why the Li family was related to the Lu family of Aohai. "So they are from the same hometown, no wonder." The doubts in his mind dissipated.
"Brother Hong, she also has the surname Li, her name is Li Huisen, she's a year younger than me, you can just call her Huisen, little sister."
"Hello! Hello, Huisen."
"I'll call you Brother Hong too, nice to meet you, Brother Hong."
"Okay, okay."
"By the way, Brother Hong, Wai-sum's sister's family owns Lee Kum Kee, and they're related to us."
"Huh! Isn't Li Huimin here?" Li Huishan's mind was very active. She had just finished introducing him when she looked around in confusion, searching for him.
"My brother said he would be late, which angered Daddy, so he was locked in the house."
"Hahaha!!!"
Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this.
Li Jiagang also smiled squinting.
"It seems there are quite a few spoiled brats in Hong Kong. The original owner of this body was just one of them."
However, the original owner of this body really did fail miserably.
He had no idea that his family, the Lu family, and the Lee Kum Kee family were from the same hometown and often visited each other. He had no memory of it at all. How badly did he do?
Li Jiagang truly despised the original owner of this body, who spent his days indulging in debauchery and women.
As they chatted, they started drinking.
Children from well-off families like theirs, except for those who were troublemakers like the original owner, are almost all obedient kids who accept their family's arrangements and rarely have the opportunity to come to a place like this to enjoy themselves.
He drank several glasses in a row. The Lu brothers, whom he had just met, kept asking him to drink, and he accepted every offer, finishing each glass in one go.
Just then...
Li Huishan pulled Li Huisen over.
"Hui Sen, let me tell you, my brother Hong was absolutely stunning just now!" Li Huishan clung tightly to his arm, her cheeks flushed, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him. "He was just now... I've never seen brother Hong so handsome and so charismatic before."
Li Huishan recounted everything that had just happened at the entrance, how she had taught the Crocodile Brand's young master a lesson, and how she had managed to get rid of the audience. The naive Li Huisen was stunned, and soon looked at Li Jiagang with admiration in his eyes.
This made Li Jiagang smile wryly.
"Brother Hong, I didn't know you were this amazing?"
"I heard the guy who looks like he's really something. You actually managed to get him to leave with just a few words?"
"Hui Sen, don't listen to Hui Shan's nonsense." Li Jiagang rolled his eyes at Li Hui Shan: "I'm just reasoning with people, not shouting."
"Tch, he's gone anyway."
Upon hearing this, Li Jiagang smiled, a rare occurrence.
"Okay, okay, whatever you say is right."
At this moment, Li Jiahua also walked over and patted him on the shoulder: "You're really something, kid. I used to think you were just a playboy, but I didn't expect you to be so ruthless and have so much guts."
Li Jiagang replied with a faint smile, "Brother Hua, don't joke around. We can't let tonight's events get to Uncle's ears, or I'll be in big trouble."
Li Huishan's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this.
"Brother Hong, I want an extra gift."
"What gift would be a bonus?"
"Didn't you say you were going to give Baoyi and me gifts tomorrow? If you don't want my dad to know about tonight's events, then you'll have to give us extra gifts tomorrow."
Alright...
Li Jiagang understood the girl's ulterior motives; this was clearly taking advantage of someone's misfortune.
I was really fooled by his naive and innocent appearance.
And just as they were letting loose and drinking freely.
In a private room on the second floor of the dance hall, Li Jiagang was unaware that a pair of eyes were constantly watching him.
"This kid is interesting. He seems like a completely different person after the trouble at home."
The person staring at him was none other than Bearded Yong, the janitor.
Of course he knew Li Jiagang. He used to come to his place often. Back then, in Hu Xuyong's eyes, Li Jiagang was just a rich and foolish young master.
But after what happened at the door tonight, Beard Yong realized that Li Jiagang was not so bad. Moreover, when questioned by him, he did not grovel, and even showed an aura that made him feel intimidated.
Therefore, Beard Yong became curious about him.
Li Jiagang was completely unaware of Hu Xuyong's gaze. His cheeks were slightly flushed from a few drinks, and his eyes were now fixed on the two people swaying on the stage: "Why is he here too?"
In the center of the dance floor, a man and a woman were dancing intimately. The woman's red dress bloomed like flames, and her partner held her tightly with his arms. Their blissful expressions revealed their inner desires.
I want to! *Slap slap slap!* Hands.
Feng Yubin, the young master of Wing Hang Bank.
Besides being a wealthy man, my father was also a prominent figure in politics, serving as a Chinese-American member of the Legislative Council.
This person is just like the original owner of this body, indulging in all sorts of vices, including eating, drinking, and merrymaking. He is even more spoiled and arrogant than Li Jiagang.
The original owner had also hung out with him for a while, but his family was wealthier and had a better background. Li Jiagang felt inferior to him in every way, so he stopped hanging out with Feng Yubin and his group.
He was about to look away.
To his surprise, Feng Yubin was also looking in his direction. Their eyes met, and the guy was stunned for a moment before giving him a strange smile.
Li Jiagang thought to himself, "Is he facial paralysis?"