"Zhu Hanmin and Zhao Yiping both suffered heavy losses because of the Starlight Night Market and the Fenglin Party incident, and I orchestrated both. Their attendance at my wedding was intended to protect their own interests and publicly distance themselves from these events—they certainly played their cards well,"

Chen Fang hummed coldly.

As he spoke,

Zhu Hanmin and Zhao Yiping, one on the left, and the other on the right,

had already walked in through the main entrance.

"Secretary Zhu, Mayor Zhao, what brings you here? Why didn't you give me a heads up? I would have come to greet you at the gate,"

Chen Fang hurried forward to say.

Zhu Hanmin waved his hand and said, "We've come uninvited and have the nerve to show up; how could we possibly trouble the groom to personally welcome us?"

"Hahaha, Secretary Zhu is right. Chen Fang, you are my chief of staff—I couldn't possibly miss this occasion,"

Zhao Yiping's words were obviously an attempt to cozy up to Chen Fang.

Zhu Hanmin noticed this little detail, of course.

He chuckled and said, "Yes, yes, the two of you should indeed become closer after crossing swords."

His words held a deeper meaning,

a reminder to both,

not to forget that they had issues with each other in the past.

As for himself, apart from the Starlight Night Market affair, he had no direct disputes with Chen Fang.

With just two sentences,

the mood became charged with tension.

Seeing that neither intended to back down,

Chen Fang smiled slightly and said, "Secretary Zhu, Mayor Zhao, please come in. There are some distinguished guests who I would like to introduce to you."

"Distinguished guests?"

Upon hearing this,

Zhu Hanmin seemed a bit displeased.

Aren't the top leaders of Wulan City distinguished enough?

Chen Fang led the two toward the central table.

From afar, Zhu Hanmin caught sight of Fang Zhongshu, which jolted him.

He immediately rushed forward, calling out respectfully, "Secretary Fang, you're here as well."

Fang Zhongshu gave Zhu Hanmin a cold look, giving no face at all, and said, "Why? Only you two can come, but I can't?"

"Of course not..."

Retorted and

yet not daring to get angry,

Zhu Hanmin felt somewhat stifled.

This scene amused Zhao Yiping enough to chuckle to himself.

"Secretary Zhu, Mayor Zhao, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Qin, and this is Mr. Ning,"

Chen Fang said, pointing to Qin Ye and Ning Gang.

To Zhu Hanmin and Zhao Yiping, these two were rather unfamiliar.

They seemed like ordinary old men and didn't take much notice of them.

They just smiled and nodded, each taking a seat in an empty chair.

"What's this? Have we no manners now? Someone who doesn't know any better might think that Wulan City's officials have no class,"

Fang Zhongshu said, clearly unhappy with their lack of a proper greeting.

Upon seeing their indifference,

he chided sharply.

Zhao Yiping, quick-witted as he was, immediately stood up and went to shake hands with Qin Ye and Ning Gang.

Zhu Hanmin was inwardly disgruntled,

apparently intending to express his dissatisfaction,

He made no move at all.

Fang Zhongshu was about to get angry

when Qin Ye stopped him,

saying, "It's fine. I, Qin Ye, am old and no longer hold a formal position in the military. It's normal if some people don't think much of me."

This was a brief statement,

but it sent a shiver down Zhu Hanmin's spine.

Qin Ye?

Could it be that military bigwig?

He stood up as if electrified.

Shuffling over to Qin Ye, he said, "Mr. Qin, I apologize, my excitement over Comrade Chen Fang's wedding got the better of me, it was disrespectful, truly disrespectful."

"Hahaha, Ning Gang, it seems I, Qin Ye, still have some reputation."

Facing the hand extended by Zhu Hanmin.

Qin Ye didn't even bother to take it.

Instead, he turned to Ning Gang with a sheepish grin.

Seeing both Fang Zhongshu and Qin Ye being so polite to Ning Gang.

Zhu Hanmin began to sweat profusely.

It appeared that Ning Gang was no ordinary person; even as the municipal party secretary, Zhu had put on airs, and now it seemed his place at the table was all thanks to the face given by Chen Fang.

Before he could express himself.

He heard a commotion coming from behind him.

Turning to look.

At the entrance.

A young man swaggered in.

Behind him, five subordinates followed suit.

All of them wore black suits and white shirts, with a small white flower pinned on the left side of their chest.

Weren't those the clothes worn at funerals?

Perhaps it was this attire that prompted the guests by the door to start murmuring among themselves.

Upon seeing this, Zhong Pan.

Was just about to send someone to send them away.

But was stopped by Chen Fang.

The young man, nonchalant and relaxed, approached Chen Fang.

As their eyes met, sparks flew.

The young man's expression was exaggerated as he stretched out his hand, and his subordinates fetched a microphone from the emcee.

After tapping the microphone and testing the sound.

The young man raised the microphone and said loudly, "Hello everyone, allow me to introduce myself—I'm Hou Zhan, the president of Jiangdong Province's Huarong Automobile Trade Co., Ltd. Like everyone here, I've come especially to celebrate Secretary Chen's wedding."

After uttering those words.

Hou Zhan passed the microphone back to one of his men.

He asked, "Secretary Chen, you wouldn't be unwelcoming, would you?"

Hou Zhan showing up at this time was definitely not going to be good news.

Chen Fang was very clear about this.

But after all, it was a wedding banquet.

He couldn't let anything unpleasant happen.

He said, "Welcome, of course, welcome, all comers are guests, everyone is welcomed."

"Hahaha... they say a prime minister's belly can accommodate a boat, but it looks like Secretary Chen's magnanimity is no less than a prime minister's, I like it."

After his outburst of laughter, Hou Zhan suddenly paused.

He said, "Secretary Chen, there's something I need to explain. Today a friend passed away, someone you know too... what's his name again?"

He turned to ask Ah Diao.

Ah Diao said, "Sun Jiye."

Hou Zhan had a sudden realization, "Right, right, Sun Jiye, President Sun, Secretary Chen knows him. Why did this President Sun offend the wrong person, messing with Secretary Chen, and now, look, his whole family's gone. I felt sorry for him, so I went to pay my respects, then rushed over to Secretary Chen's wedding without time to change. You wouldn't mind that, right Secretary Chen?"

"Of course, Mr. Hou's presence also graces me, Chen Fang, with honor,"

said Chen Fang.

That comment.

Provoked Hou Zhan and his subordinates into a round of loud laughter.

Hou Zhan, in particular, laughed quite exaggeratedly.

After pausing for a moment.

His gaze turned towards Zhong Xi.

He asked, "This must be Sister-in-law, wow, Sister-in-law is really beautiful, such a pretty face, such a figure, tsk tsk tsk, I bet you're a real delight in bed, huh?"

"Hou Zhan, you son of a bitch, if you want to cause trouble, take it outside, I'll be with you,"

Yu Zhengchuan finally couldn't hold back any longer.

He started shouting at Hou Zhan.

Gao Younan quickly held him back.

He too didn't want any improper incidents at Chen Fang's wedding.

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