Liu Sixu also parked the car at the entrance.

After getting out, he handed the car keys to the valet and went inside with Ye Ning.

Once the invitation was verified, they proceeded further, not yet reaching the banquet hall.

Liu Sixu stopped and whispered to Ye Ning, "I’ve brought you in, but from here on, you’re on your own. Don’t drag me into this."

"Don’t worry," Ye Ning whispered back, "This is a deal between us, and I won’t forget. I want to continue working together in the future. This is our first collaboration; I can’t afford to mess it up and ruin our future prospects."

Ye Ning wasn’t expecting to marry into the Liu Family or anything like that.

She realized that it was impossible.

Moreover, her relationship with Liu Sixu had unexpectedly evolved into a partnership over time.

Which was not so bad.

As for whether their relationship would change in the future, they would see about that later.

"I’ll message you in a bit, then you can go in," Liu Sixu said.

"Alright," Ye Ning nodded.

Liu Sixu went to the banquet hall first, and Ye Ning looked around before finding someplace to temporarily hide away.

There was no one checking invitations at the entrance of the banquet hall.

After all, considering the guests, especially the female ones, would occasionally need to go to the restroom to touch up their makeup.

Would they need to check the invitation every time?

So, at a certain distance from the banquet hall, there was a checkpoint.

That was where they had initially entered.

Once inside, no one would check again.

As Liu Sixu entered the banquet hall, he quickly scanned his surroundings.

Before long, he spotted Zhao Gushen and Ye Fei.

Not all the guests had arrived yet.

The scene Liu Sixu expected, where people would be clustering around Zhao Gushen and Ye Fei, wasn’t happening.

Not because others weren’t interested.

The guests present all wanted to have a word with them.

One reason was Zhao Gushen, another was curiosity about Ye Fei.

After all, only a few people knew Ye Fei’s identity now.

Many were still unaware.

Among the crowd today, many were seeing Ye Fei for the first time.

Just by observing how their eyes followed Zhao Gushen and Ye Fei around the room, one could tell. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Everyone was paying attention.

The reason they didn’t approach was because the Eight Great Families were all here!

Their aura was too strong.

It intimidated people, making them hesitant to approach lightly.

Liu Sixu carefully observed.

Zhao Gushen, Han Zhuoli, Han Zhuoling, Han Zhuofeng, Chu Zhaoyang, Yan Beicheng, Yan Huaian, Qi Chengzhi, Qi Chenglin, Wei Ziqi, and Wei Zilin were all present.

And naturally, their wives were there too.

The children hadn’t come.

But this was still astonishing.

Why did so many people come this year!

Since when did the hosts have such influence!

In previous years, although some from the Eight Great Families would attend, it was always just people from Zhao Gushen’s generation.

But never all the brothers at once.

For instance, in past years, when Han Zhuofeng was still in school, Han Zhuoling was in Europe.

Only Han Zhuoli would attend as a representative.

Similarly, with Yan Beicheng and Yan Huaian, only one would come.

And with Qi Chenglin and Qi Chengzhi, same thing.

The same applied to Wei Ziqi and Wei Zilin.

It wasn’t definite who would attend, but as long as one of them came, the others wouldn’t.

Sometimes it was enough to have a representative, and sometimes they were genuinely too busy with work to attend themselves, so they’d send someone as a proxy.