nycdaug Chapter 144 Lei Hu is missing
Chapter 144 Lei Hu is missing
Meng Ke waited until the swelling on her lips subsided before entering the banquet hall. Fortunately, the interstellar potion was effective enough that the Gu family didn't have to send someone to urge her for the third time, otherwise it would have been so embarrassing.
As soon as I entered the banquet hall, I saw Gu Shuili who was about to go out.
Gu Shuili was dressed gorgeously and looked very noble, which was very different from his usual easy-going demeanor.
Seeing Meng Ke and the others, he greeted them and leaned over to Meng Ke and whispered, "What happened? I heard you were parked outside, and I was just about to pick you up."
Meng Ke also leaned in and whispered, "Nothing's wrong. I heard that foreign tribes are rampant recently. Are you okay?"
She was really afraid that even if the Holy Beast Kingdom didn't come to cause trouble, the interstellar aliens would come to cause trouble again.
Gu Shuili was very confident: "Don't worry! The banquet entrance and the surrounding areas are all equipped with the most advanced detection equipment. This time, there is no blind spot monitoring in all directions. I'm sure everything will be fine."
"That's good!"
Meng Ke could barely feel relieved.
"What are you getting me today?"
Gu Shuili found the feeling they had when they were together before, and no longer treated Meng Ke as an outsider, so he asked for a gift directly.
Meng Ke glared at him: "Can you be more reserved?"
"Why are you being so reserved? We both know each other, so hurry up and show it to me."
Gu Shuili was really curious about what Meng Ke would give him. Last year, Meng Ke gave him a set of ancient blue star clothes, which were very beautiful and he treasured them very much.
In the end, I don’t know who told my grandfather about this. My grandfather said he would take a look, but it turned out to be gone. He asked for it back several times but couldn’t get it back. It still hurts when he thinks about it now.
The desire in Gu Shuili's eyes was so strong that Meng Ke couldn't bear it anymore and took out a bottle and stuffed it into his arms.
Gu Shuili was stunned when he looked at the thing in his arms: "Why is this so similar to the things in the Ancient Blue Star Museum?"
Meng Ke reminded: "I gave you what was in the bottle, not the bottle."
Gu Shuili was curious and opened the bottle carefully. The aroma of wine mixed with the fragrance of plants and flowers soon filled the entire venue.
Everyone's eyes followed the scent and Gu Shuili quickly became the focus of the whole place.
At this moment, Gu Shuili had only one thought, which was to cry.
Don’t ask him why. If you must ask, he can only say that he can’t keep the wine, wuwuwu!
Looking at the crowd rushing towards him, Gu Shuili hugged her tighter. How could he be so impulsive that he had to open it on the spot?
He suspected that the gift from last year was not saved because he couldn't help but take a sneak peek, and then was betrayed by his cousin, huh!
As soon as I thought of my cousin, he appeared.
Gu Xin snatched the wine from his cousin's arms without any brotherly love, chuckled twice, and patted Gu Shuili's shoulder: "Brother! Children can't drink alcohol, understand? I'll keep this wine for you. After you graduate, we can drink it at the graduation party."
Meng Ke felt that Gu Xin was just like a parent during the Chinese New Year, helping his children collect red envelopes.
She guaranteed that by the time of the graduation party, the bottle of wine would be gone.
Gu Shuili was not stupid, so he could see his cousin's intentions. He refused to do it and wanted to take it back.
Gu Xin quickly reached out to stop him: "Hey, hey, hey! Don't grab it. I'm telling you, if this bottle is really like the ancient Blue Star artifact, it will shatter if you knock it, and then we won't be able to drink anything."
A friend nearby stared at the bottle fearfully and advised, "That's right! Don't grab it! And you, Jinzi, hold it tighter. Use both hands, don't hold it with one. Oh! Do you know how to hold it? If not, I'll do it!"
Gu Xin was not paying attention for a moment and actually let his friend take the bottle away.
It is said to be a bottle, but it is actually a wine jar, a porcelain item, filled with five pounds of osmanthus wine.
The interstellar osmanthus has a fragrance that is even more fragrant than the osmanthus on the ancient blue star, so the whole audience can smell it.
Meng chose to give osmanthus wine as a gift just to play a prank on him. She guessed that Gu Shuili would definitely not be able to resist opening it on the spot, so there would be a good show to watch.
Gu Shuili's reaction did not disappoint her.
Gu Xin and Gu Shuili glared at the person who dared to act like a jackal behind them. When they saw it was Gu Yin, they were furious. Fine! Anyway, they couldn't protect the wine, so it all depended on what Gu Yin did.
What else could Gu Yin do? Of course he would help put it away.
Gu Shuili's eyes widened in disbelief: "Even if you don't let me put it away, you should at least let me drink it, right?"
It’s such a big jar, he can’t not even know what it tastes like.
Gu Yin glanced at Long Yue, who quickly greeted them and said the banquet would begin soon.
They were all prominent people, and even though they all wanted to taste the wine with a strong floral aroma, they all walked to their seats in a reserved manner, following the host's instructions.
Banquets in the upper interstellar circles have a clear hierarchy, and the hodgepodge like in the novels Meng Ke read in her previous life would never appear.
Meng Ke and Ouyang Kong attended the meeting on behalf of the Ouyang family and were seated at the very top.
The entire banquet seemed to have seats connected together, but in fact they were separated into spaces of different sizes by glass-like protective covers. No one else could enter the space where Meng Ke's table was unless they were invited.
However, people who sit at the upper seats can wander around the lower seats. To put it bluntly, the higher the status, the wider the range of activities.
The reason why Meng Ke was plotted against last year was because the seat of the noble of the Holy Beast Country was at the same level as Meng Ke's. That person had no restrictions on her seat, so he drugged her and almost succeeded.
Thinking of this, Meng Ke couldn't help but sigh that some of the plots in the novel were not reliable at all. Although her hands and feet felt weak when she took the Chinese medicine, she had no impulse at all towards a man she didn't like.
Therefore, those people in the novel who cannot control themselves due to drugs all have some personal reasons.
It was because Meng Ke was calm and composed that she was able to successfully escape from that man.
Luo Tian accompanied Meng Ke to the birthday party last year. He felt very guilty for not protecting Meng Ke well at that time, so today he was extremely vigilant and vowed to protect his dear wife.
However, no one could have imagined that this time the target of the plot was not Meng Ke, but Lei Hu.
After Lei Hu went to the bathroom and hadn't returned for twenty minutes, Meng Ke immediately realized something was wrong. She called Lei Hu on video but no one answered, so she quickly took Ouyang Kong and Luo Tian to the bathroom to look for him.
Meng Ke and Luo Tian were waiting outside the door. Ouyang Kong went in and soon came out with a grim expression on his face.
"There's no one inside!"
Meng Ke was furious. Gu Shuili rushed over and asked, "What's going on? What happened?"
Meng Ke glared at Gu Shuili angrily: "Lei Hu is missing, check the surveillance immediately!"
"Did he disappear into the bathroom just now?"
"Yes! Check it out right away!"
Meng didn't want to waste time talking, she just wanted to find Lei Hu as soon as possible.
Gu Shuili did not dare to delay and quickly contacted his third uncle to check.
Meng Ke's nose twitched, feeling something was wrong, and she turned around and followed the smell to the women's restroom.
Ouyang Kong and Luo Tian wanted to follow, but Gu Shuili quickly stopped them: "There might be a lady inside, you two should wait outside first, Second Uncle is checking."
Meng Ke walked into the bathroom. There was no sink or toilet in the Interstellar Bathroom. The first thing she saw was the lounge. There was a sofa in the middle of the lounge, and a tea room next to it. Some guests didn't want to stay in the living room, so they would ask people they were close to to sit on the sofa in the lounge.
As soon as Meng Ke entered, the three ladies in the lounge looked at her. The lights in the four toilets next to her were all red, and there was no space to use the toilet.
Usually at this time, the person who came in would leave, but Meng Ke smelled the familiar fragrance and did not go out.
"What about people?"
Meng Ke approached the three women, stared at the one with the strongest smell and asked.