Elder Lin, noticing Qin Feng seemed slightly embarrassed, did not insist and changed the topic with a smile, saying, "Young man, I really must thank you today. Without you, I might not have been able to go to the appraisal conference in Jiang City."

"Grandpa, what is the appraisal conference?"

Lin Xue'er asked, puzzled.

As it turns out, in a while, the provincial capital of Hanjiang Province, Jiang City, will host an appraisal conference, inviting all the antique masters from Hanjiang. Each one of them is a renowned figure in the antiques world, and Lake City, being a small city, only has one slot, which is occupied by Elder Lin.

If Elder Lin is not mistaken, earlier Mr. Wang and others deceived him as a pretext to later have him disqualified by reporting that he wasn't eligible.

That would naturally lead to Mr. Wang taking his place.

"So it turns out Qin Feng was right after all, it was for this reason that Grandpa Wang deceived you," said Lin Xue'er.

"People are unfathomable, sigh..."

Elder Lin sighed, then looked at Qin Feng and said, "Young man, when the appraisal conference starts in a while, could you perhaps accompany me?"

"Me?"

Qin Feng blinked in confusion. "Didn't you say there's only one slot?"

"You can bring a family member," Elder Lin said kindly, glancing at Lin Xue'er, "Just pretend to be her boyfriend."

"What? But I…"

Qin Feng couldn't help laughing and crying at the same time, wanting to explain that he was already married.

But at that moment, Lin Xue'er glared at him, as if threatening him, so he could only reply gloomily, "Alright then!"

After having a cup of tea in the shop, Qin Feng saw that there was nothing else to do and left first.

After he left,

Elder Lin continued to praise, "Good, good, this young man is very good. Ordinary people, upon hearing of the appraisal conference in Jiang City, would be full of anticipation. Even if they are not from the industry, they would still want to go and gain some experience. Old Wang and his group even resorted to crooked ways for this, but he acts as if it doesn't matter whether he goes or not. He has a good temperament."

"I told you, he's not simple."

Lin Xue'er said with a smile.

"Yes, it seems Xue'er found her ideal man on that adventurous journey, haha…"

"Not at all!"

"Oh, come on, can't grandpa see? Otherwise, why would I invite him to the appraisal conference under the guise of being a 'family member'? Hahaha…"

Elder Lin laughed.

Lin Xue'er blushed even more and said, "I'm just a bit curious about him, that's all!"

During the previous adventure trip, first, she found out that Qin Feng had bought the Golden Phoenix Jade Hairpin, and then in the ancient tomb hall, she learned that her Wolf Tooth Necklace was the source attracting the Blood Snakes, and even a single word from him scared off hundreds of wolves.

All this made her find Qin Feng too mysterious, not at all like what others said, just a freeloader.

She was just very curious about him.

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That night,

When Qin Feng was about to go to sleep, he received a text message from Su Ruolan.

One was an apology for what had happened with her grandpa yesterday, and the other was to thank him for treating her illness.

"Actually, I also have a favor to ask of you," Qin Feng texted back.

"I have a list of medicinal ingredients here, see if you can gather them. Don't worry about the cost."

"Okay, I will definitely help,"

Su Ruolan replied.

Seeing Qin Feng chatting on WeChat, Xu Yunxiao, just about to turn off the light, casually asked, "Who are you chatting with?"

"Oh, Su Ruolan."

"Pfft!"

Xu Yunxiao didn't believe him at all, "Ruolan is coveted by so many wealthy young masters, how could she possibly chat with you, stop dreaming."

"Wife, aren't you also coveted but still became my woman,"

Qin Feng joked.

"Who, who became your woman, you, you're so not serious!"

Xu Yunxiao glared at him and lay down to sleep.

Qin Feng also went to sleep happily.

Wife is really beautiful.

Including her angry and bashful look, which has a charm of its own...

The next day.

Early in the morning, Xu Mansion sent out a message calling for a family meeting.

Xu Yunxiao was quite gloomy and said, "I've been so busy lately, why do we always have meetings!"

"Maybe there's good news too."

Qin Feng said.

After breakfast, the two went to the conference hall at Xu Mansion.

The rest of the family also arrived one after another.

Xu Yunxiao, seeing grandma's expression, felt something was off and quietly told Qin Feng, "Speak less later, grandma seems really angry today."

At this moment.

When Xu Yaxin saw Qin Feng had also come, she sneered, "Yunxiao, why have you been bringing this loser to every family meeting lately?"

"Cousin, how can you talk like that!"

Xu Yunxiao frowned and said.

"Why not? Can't I speak the truth? He is a loser." Xu Yaxin curled her lips, "Don't believe me? Ask everyone."

"..."

Seeing everyone looking at Qin Feng with disdain, Xu Yunxiao could only swallow her frustration.

She usually didn't bring Qin Feng to family meetings.

But lately, Qin Feng had become her support, preventing her from being bullied, so naturally, she brought him along whenever there was a family meeting.

"It's good that he's here, we can confront him face to face."

Xu Yaxin smiled.

Xu Yunxiao, seeing this, had a bad feeling.

At that moment.

Everyone had arrived.

Grandma set down her teacup and announced the start of the meeting.

"Our Xu family has been developing very well lately, especially after forming a partnership with Haohan Company and being invited to the Lake City 'adventure group.' It can be said that this is the best development phase since I took over the Xu family."

Grandma said.

People clapped and flattered, saying, "It's all thanks to grandma's leadership."

"Yes, with grandma in charge, our Xu family is truly blessed!"

"..."

Grandma's face beamed with the flattery.

Qin Feng couldn't help but laugh.

Did these achievements of the Xu family really have anything to do with her?

Grandma pressed her hands down to quiet everyone, her expression turning cold, "Although our Xu family has been doing very well, some people have become arrogant and lost themselves, squandering the precious opportunities given by the family. This is destroying the achievements the family has made and is something the family cannot tolerate!"

As she spoke.

She turned her gaze toward Xu Yunxiao.

Xu Yunxiao was puzzled and said, "Grandma, what...what's the matter?"

Xu Changjian then leaned back in his chair, his lips curling into a cold smile, "What's the matter? I've told grandma everything about the adventure trip that happened recently."

Xu Yunxiao still didn't understand.

Grandma asked Xu Yunxiao, "Do you know the purpose of selecting you for the adventure group?"

"Mainly to connect with the young elites of Lake City, to expand the Xu family's network and resources."

Xu Yunxiao said.

"Knowing that, what did you do?" Grandma asked sternly, "I heard you completely fell out with Young Master Zhao of the Zhao Family?"

At that.

Everyone was in an uproar!

The Zhao Family was the organizer of this adventure group.

It was clear, the Zhao Family is the leading family among the second-tier families in Lake City.

Offending the Zhao Family.

How could they continue to get along in Lake City now!