The Glamorous Comeback of the Ousted Heiress

Chapter 373: 144 Chen Ju Gao Guangliang Field_2

And Ji Heng was seated at the second table?

Seeing Xu En speaking and then suddenly falling silent, Shen Min glanced at the table and realized the problem. “Table for the groom’s guests,” “Table for the bride’s guests”—Shen Min had attended many weddings, big and small, but this was the first time he had seen such a ludicrous seating arrangement.

He stood with his hands clasped behind his back, not getting involved in their family affairs.

“Why have you just come in now?” Ji Shaojun saw Xu En and stood up to greet him with a smile, “Have all the guests been received? Do you need any help from me?”

“No, you just stay with them,” Xu En replied, struggling to contain his anger, then turned back to his uncle, who had hurried over, “How did you arrange these seats?!”

The uncle was taken aback as well.

Madame Xu, leaning on her cane, came forward and scolded Xu En, “You’re so busy with the wedding you’re not being sensible, not putting the right people in charge. Look at this seating arrangement; what does it look like? See who’s responsible for today’s affair. Get rid of such people from the Xu family.”

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She then turned to Shen Min with a smile, “District Chief Shen, please take your seat first.”

Raising her hand, she directed Shen Min to the first table, then gestured to the uncle to switch the seating arrangement, and finally, she said in a gentle tone to Ji Heng, “Old Mr. Ji, how could you sit here. Hurry up and help the old gentleman to the main table.”

The last sentence was addressed to the Xu butler.

The Xu butler quickly stepped forward, while Ji Heng rapped his pipe and looked up at Xu En before waving his hand, “No need, I’m quite happy sitting here; you go on with your business, no need to entertain us.”

He slowly blew out a ring of smoke.

He could leave, but to make him go back—that was impossible.

Shen Min glanced at the pipe in Ji Heng’s hand, putting it together with the various tobaccos that Superintendent Chen had been asking him to find; he realized in almost an instant.

He too gave a laugh, took a seat next to Ji Heng leaving one spot open, and said to Xu En, “I’m also a guest of the bride’s side; I’ll just sit at this table. You go ahead with your tasks; I will chat with the others for a bit.”

He wondered who exactly “Alian” was.

The “Table for the bride’s guests” label on the table was very conspicuous.

Madame Xu looked stiffly at Shen Min, struggling to find a word to say to him because, with that “Table for the bride’s guests,” she had no excuse to sit at the same table.

She ended up taking a seat at the foremost table, feeling as uncomfortable as if she was sitting on pins and needles.

Without any mood to fiddle with her Buddha beads, the uncle initially had the leisure to consider seating, but now, standing next to Madame Xu, he didn’t dare to sit down, “Madam, what should we do now…”

His eyes were on the table where the Ji family sat, bewildered; what kind of people were the Ji family?

“These are Alian’s guests…” Xu En bent down and softly introduced Shen Min to Ji Heng.

Xu En took a deep breath, Ji Heng obviously didn’t take the matter to heart, and from the seat Shen Min left open…

He probably knew who would be coming.

“Are they all fools?” Xu En muttered to himself as he walked out, addressing Xu Shujie and the guest reception manager, “Not to mention that District Chief Shen would be arriving today, but even if he wasn’t, to turn a main table into a table for the groom’s guests, is that proper?”

A table for the groom’s guests indeed made a mockery of the situation.

Xu En’s expression was terribly gloomy.

Xu Shujie had no idea why Madame Xu would suddenly set up a table for the groom’s guests. She quickly followed behind Xu En, lamenting that old age indeed made it difficult to understand, “How would I know about that?”

“Go and watch over her for me,” Xu En instructed Xu Shujie as he sent her inside, “There’s no need for you outside with the welcoming.”

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At Ji Heng’s table.

He himself wasn’t very talkative, but Ji Shaojun and Shen Qing had more to say. Shen Min managed to coax most of the story out of Shen Qing with just a few words.

Ji Heng took out his phone and called Bai Lian.