Chapter 1291 - 1291: The Song Begins

Down below, the Security Guards were running back and forth, calming the guests while urgently bringing in new chairs.

At this point, there were only a handful of people in the courtyard still able to sit steadily on their chairs.

Most people assumed that the reason so many had fallen was because this batch of chairs prepared by the Bai Family was shoddy in quality.

But a small number of people had already, as a matter of course, linked this incident to Xiao Feng and the Du Family.

Thinking of last night's joint statement—though the Du Family hadn't mentioned unrelated people or matters, nor warned those who wanted to suck up to Bai Huanyu to "wise up" or anything.

Yet judging from how heavily guarded the Bai Family had been these past two days, could they really have made such a low-level mistake?

Meanwhile backstage, Bai Huanyu and his son Bai Tieniu were urgently discussing how to salvage the situation.

"Are you sure you want to skip all the middle segments and fast-forward straight to the last step?" Bai Tieniu asked grimly.

Bai Huanyu nodded and replied, "Xiao Feng managed to pull a fast one on us and tampered with the chairs.

It's possible—no, it's certain!

He must have made arrangements in other areas as well. If we drag this out any longer, I'm afraid the ceremony really won't be able to go on.

Also, when you go on stage to host the ceremony, keep your speech as short as possible.

If it's not necessary, then cut it!"

"Got it!"

Bai Tieniu agreed, then yanked over Old Ha, who was also dressed in bright red, and ordered, "Listen up. When I call you up on stage, don't dawdle.

Walk straight to my dad, kneel down and kowtow. Move as fast as you can, but don't make it look like you're in a panic."

"I don't need to say anything?" Old Ha knowingly asked, continuing to stall for time.

Bai Tieniu cursed, "Say my ass!

Even if you do talk, you can wait till after you finish kowtowing."

After a few more reminders, Bai Tieniu let go of Old Ha and went over to stand beside Bai Huanyu. While the Security Guards were adding seats, he fine-tuned a few more details.

At the same time—

In the living room, Lu Yao, who was watching the show, saw the situation in the Bai courtyard gradually stabilizing and couldn't help asking, "Brother Yanhuang, what do you think Bai Huanyu will do next?"

"He'll probably speed up the process," Xiao Feng said with a smile. "From a glimpse of the part you can see the whole. Bai Huanyu will definitely realize I've got other tricks lined up, so he won't dare drag this out too long.

Our goal is to prevent the ceremony from being completed.

Put it the other way around: as long as Bai Huanyu manages to finish the ceremony, then no matter how many moves we've got left, we still lose."

"Unfortunately, we're not destined to lose," Jiang Yixin said solemnly.

"Look, look, Bai Tieniu's coming out."

Everyone stopped talking and turned their eyes back to the big screen on the wall.

They saw Bai Tieniu walk to the center of the stage and give a deep bow. "We're truly sorry. This batch of chairs had quality issues, and we've now replaced them for everyone.

Fortunately, there were no serious consequences, but as for the fright everyone suffered, we'll get to the bottom of it on your behalf and will definitely give you an explanation!"

This speech was, to put it mildly, shameless.

Especially that line "get to the bottom of it on your behalf."

People only fell because they sat on chairs prepared by the Bai Family—shouldn't you be taking responsibility anyway?

Yet the way Bai Tieniu put it made it sound like the Bai Family was being ultra-responsible, ready to stand up and defend everyone's rights.

He bowed deeply again, then with a smile invited everyone to sit, but not many followed his lead, especially those who had just fallen—they didn't dare sit at all.

Bai Tieniu felt a bit annoyed, but he knew this was no time to fuss over such things, so he took out the pre-prepared script and said, "I don't need to repeat the reason we invited everyone here today.

Next, I hereby announce that my father, Mr. Bai Huanyu's ceremony to adopt a son, officially begins!"

As his words fell, drums and gongs sounded, firecrackers exploded, and Bai Huanyu's figure appeared at the stage entrance…

"Right now!" Xiao Feng suddenly shouted.

Hearing this, Lu Yao, whose finger had been hovering over the space bar, quickly pressed down.

On stage, Bai Tieniu didn't waste time. He started building up the introduction for the soon-to-appear "Du Zhixiang."

"People always say a father's love is as great as a mountain. That's exactly how it is between my father and me…"

Just as he was speaking, a song came out of the speakers: "The chrysanthemum withers, petals on the ground, your smile has already faded…"

The sound engineer in charge of the music was stunned on the spot.

He'd only prepared instrumental tracks—so how had it turned into a vocal song on site?

Fortunately, the overall mood was still okay; it wasn't too lively or upbeat. Overall, it still felt solemn and serious.

However, that was only from the sound engineer's perspective.

Down in the audience, dozens of people standing there stared, dumbfounded, at Bai Huanyu and Bai Tieniu, father and son on stage together.

Those six words kept echoing in their heads: "The chrysanthemum withers, petals on the ground…"

Are we sure this isn't some kind of hint?

Has the relationship between this father and son already progressed to that level?

For a moment, everyone couldn't help whispering to each other, chatter breaking out all over.

"I really didn't expect there'd be a segment like this!"

"I used to think the stuff about Bai Huanyu and his son was just slander, but now… tsk tsk, really makes you think!"

"You gotta admit, this takes courage—to withstand people's strange looks like that, it's actually impressive!"

Sitting on the sofa, watching the scene in the Bai courtyard, Xiao Feng broke into a carefree grin.

After a brief daze, Du Qingyue and the others couldn't help smiling as well.

"Did you guys notice, the smile that was frozen on Bai Tieniu's face just now really did look kind of faded?" Jiang Yixin said happily.

The little girl even gave a thumbs-up, her face full of admiration. "Xiao Feng-ge, you're savage!"

"???" Xiao Feng.

Is that supposed to be a compliment?

Is that really praising me?

But when he saw the worship in the little girl's eyes…

Forget it, he'd treat it as a compliment.

The little girl's admiration for Xiao Feng wasn't fake.

She was the one who'd suggested they could mess with the sound system, but the background track had been chosen by Xiao Feng.

Judging from the current effect, it was beyond perfect!

By now, Bai Huanyu and Bai Tieniu, standing side by side, had snapped out of their petrified state.

The same thought sprang up in both their minds: the sound engineer was almost certainly a mole planted by Xiao Feng!

"Turn that damn music off!" Bai Tieniu roared into the mic, his face twisted with rage.

The sound engineer, who had been sitting with one leg crossed, enjoying the melody, jolted in fright and hurriedly hit the space bar.

However…

It was useless; the song kept looping.

"The chrysanthemum withers, petals on the ground, your smile has already faded…"

"What's going on?" The sound engineer was starting to panic. He rapidly jabbed at the space bar, but the music didn't stop for a second.

In his panic, he simply shut down the computer.

But…

"Why the hell is it still playing?" he couldn't help swearing, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

At this point, Bai Tieniu couldn't hold back anymore. He shouted into the mic, "Security Guard!

Grab that bastard in charge of the music for me!"

Bai Huanyu's face was as dark as water, half because of the music, and half because of Bai Tieniu.

Right in front of his real dad, the brat kept calling himself "laozi."

What did that look like to outsiders?