City’s Best Divine Doctor
Chapter 463 - 463 0464 The Banquet

463: Chapter 0464: The Banquet 463: Chapter 0464: The Banquet Zhou Peng knew that his opportunity to become the head of Jinling Hospital was truly thanks to Li Zhiguo and his wife.

Now, seeing Lu Xiuyu coming over, he took the initiative to greet her first.

Lu Xiuyu noticed it was Director Zhou and nodded.

Lu Xiuyu followed Ye Qiu to greet Ye Weidong and his wife.

Back at Jinling Hospital, Ye Weidong and Chen Fang had known Lu Xiuyu, but at that time, due to Li Qianqian’s illness, Lu Xiuyu was not in a very good mood.

“Mrs.

Li, thank you for taking the time to come over.”

For some reason, Ye Weidong always felt that officials were different from ordinary people.

When he saw that it was Li Zhiguo’s wife, he became somewhat apprehensive.

This might be an ingrained habit from before.

Even though Ye Qiu had made him change a lot in a short time, deep down, Ye Weidong and his wife still had a certain fear of officials.

Now, as Ye Weidong led Lu Xiuyu into the first-floor hall, the noisy rural relatives immediately quieted down, even holding their breath when they heard that the mayor’s wife was here.

Lu Xiuyu had come on her own, representing Li Zhiguo in a personal capacity to see how Ye Qiu’s new house was.

Upon entering the hall, she found it more beautiful and luxurious than her own home.

Ye Qiu managed to buy this mansion in such a short time, and Lu Xiuyu guessed it was from the money Ye Qiu earned by treating wealthy people.

In Lu Xiuyu’s view, it was definitely legal.

Lu Xiuyu drank half a glass of water, then followed Ye Qiu and Li Qianqian upstairs for a tour.

After finishing upstairs, they went to the basement for a look.

Lu Xiuyu felt the mansion was quite nice.

“Qianqian, what do you think of this place?”

“Of course, it’s very beautiful,”

Li Qianqian said.

The beauty of the place was undeniable, but Liu Lingxiu was Ye Qiu’s official girlfriend in name, whereas she herself wasn’t much of anything.

After the tour, it was nearly time for the banquet.

Lu Xiuyu had come over after work, and it was now lunchtime.

Ye Weidong gathered the rural relatives and friends onto the bus to head to the four-star hotel.

Other relatives and friends, as well as Ye Qiu’s friends, drove themselves over.

If any had come by car, they could now ride with those relatives and friends to go directly to the four-star hotel.

Ye Qiu, along with Liu Lingxiu and her parents, joined, while Ye Weidong and his wife got on the bus with the rural relatives and friends.

Ye Xue rode in Li Qianqian’s red Beetle.

They arrived at the nearby four-star hotel.

Ye Weidong had booked the entire dining floor of the four-star hotel, so the hotel manager was waiting for Ye Weidong and his wife to arrive.

Seeing the vehicles approaching, he quickly directed the security to lead them to the parking lot.

It was only a fifteen-minute drive from Peach Blossom Source to the hotel.

Seeing the red celebratory banner in front of the hotel, people knew it was for Ye Weidong and his wife’s move-in celebration.

Inside, the female waitstaff guided them to the reserved dining floor, where twenty tables were set up.

Based on Ye Qiu’s guest list and Ye Weidong and his wife’s relatives and friends, nearly eighteen tables were needed.

To prevent any shortage, they reserved two extra tables, bringing the total to twenty for the move-in banquet.

After the relatives and friends attending the move-in were seated by the waitstaff, Ye Weidong and his wife, along with Ye Xue, were still greeting people outside.

Ye Qiu arrived, parked the car, and, along with Liu Lingxiu, Liu Daqing, and Zhang Yuehong, went inside and sat at a table.

Although Ye Qiu had not publicly announced Liu Lingxiu as his girlfriend, others had noticed something, especially Li Qianqian, Zhao Ruxue, Zhao Rubing, Liu Xia, Xiao Hong, Shen Yueru, and Shen Xingru.

They could sense a difference in Ye Qiu’s attitude when waiting for Liu Lingxiu and her parents.

Almost everyone had found their seats.

Once it was confirmed there were no more arriving relatives or friends, Ye Weidong and his wife came inside and sat with the relatives from their hometown.

Once it was okay to serve the food, the waitstaff brought out the freshly made dishes one by one.

This time, to please the relatives and friends and for prestige, Ye Weidong and his wife had splurged.

Each table’s meals, drinks, and wine cost nearly three thousand yuan.

Besides regular meat dishes, there was seafood.

Each table had fifteen main dishes and three desserts, making it about eighteen dishes in total.

Knowing that any leftovers could be packed and taken home by the relatives, nothing would go to waste.

The fifteen dishes were brought out one after another.

“Come, let’s drink to the new house!”

Ye Qiu stood up and said.

Everyone stood up and took a drink.

Some drank wine, others had soft drinks or water.

But if it had been a little over two months ago, not to mention feeling pained by a three-thousand-yuan meal per table, even a three-hundred-yuan meal would have been a stretch for Ye Weidong and his wife, as making money was so difficult.

However, now, Ye Weidong didn’t have that feeling.

Seeing the relatives and friends enjoying themselves and praising him made Ye Weidong feel very proud.

Ye Qiu, along with Liu Lingxiu, Liu Daqing, Zhang Yuehong, and other relatives and friends, sat and ate.

While eating, many secretly watched Ye Qiu.

Whenever Liu Lingxiu served him food, be it Li Qianqian, Zhao Ruxue, or Zhao Rubing, or even Liu Xia, they all felt a sense of discomfort.

However, Ye Qiu seemed unaware of these women’s glances and continued chatting and laughing with the relatives and friends in front of him, even frequently offering Liu Lingxiu food himself.

“Uncle, Auntie, take your time eating; there’s more food to come,”

Ye Qiu said to Liu Daqing and Zhang Yuehong.

“How much does a table of food cost?”

Liu Daqing asked.

“My dad arranged it.

I didn’t ask, but looking at the prices here, it should be three to four thousand per table.”

Three to four thousand, for twenty tables, would cost over sixty thousand yuan.

For Liu Daqing, this was unimaginable, as his and Zhang Yuehong’s combined annual net income was only six to seven thousand yuan.

Moreover, no red envelopes were collected for the housewarming, meaning all these people were just here for a meal.

If that were the case, Liu Daqing and Zhang Yuehong felt that the gap between their daughter and Ye Qiu was widening, and seeing so many beautiful women attending the housewarming, they were worried whether Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu would eventually end up together.

But since both were still young, and Liu Lingxiu wouldn’t be getting married until after graduating from university, Liu Daqing and Zhang Yuehong felt a bit less anxious and worried.