nodded lightly: "I've heard all about it."Gu Xiuming asked again, "I haven't passed the imperial examination, but my two elder brothers have. Don't you also think I am incompetent and useless, not as...Over there, Mrs. Meng, as the guest of honor, was enjoying everyone's birthday wishes and laughing from ear to ear.

Sun's mind was foggy. Facing the guests, he had to force himself to be alert and put on a smile to entertain them. Occasionally, he would lose focus and not hear what the guests were saying, so he simply wouldn't rush to respond, waiting for the next person to speak before joining the conversation. Thankfully, nothing had gone wrong so far.

Meng Jinyu took the young women who came to the birthday banquet to play elsewhere. Meng Chengzhang and Meng Chengxing also took other young masters to another place. After all, they were all young people, and they couldn't play with their elders.

As for the older male guests, they were all being entertained by Meng Dongyuan. Here, there were only Mrs. Sun, Old Madam Meng, and the ladies who had come to celebrate her birthday, chatting and laughing.ts of the invitation and closed it. Her father remarrying a beautiful young wife was something that didn't stir any waves within her, but she did have some curiosity about Dong Shi. She had never met...