Best friend turned enemy? Marrying the villain, if she runs, I'll run too.

At this moment, Zhou Zhu's ideal was how to leave quietly so that he could see things he shouldn't see without being assassinated by President Song.

Song Guanting remained unfazed and placed the invitation he had retrieved from the trash can back on his desk.

After sitting down, he moved his slender fingers and said, "Put the proposal down."

When Assistant Zhou put down the plan, he realized that what Song Guanting had picked up from the trash can was the Meng family's invitation.

Is President Song planning to attend another banquet?

"Anything else?"

When Song Guanting's cold gaze swept over, Assistant Zhou quickly said it was nothing and left.

Immediately afterward, Song Guanting made a phone call: "Any plans for today?"

When Mo Ziheng received Song Guanting's call, he was surprised: "Is the sun rising in the west? Our busy CEO Song actually has time to call me so early in the morning?"

"I have plans for today, I've arranged to play golf with some people..."

Before the other person could finish speaking, Song Guanting interrupted forcefully: "Cancel it. Go to a banquet. Come to my office later and take the invitation."

*

Jinhao Hotel.

Meng Deqian had booked the banquet hall on the first floor in advance.

Meng Tang only managed to get to the hotel after being bombarded with phone calls from Meng Deqian.

When Meng Deqian and his wife Yang Huixin came to greet them happily, they only saw Meng Tang alone.

Undeterred, Meng Deqian looked back again, but indeed, only Meng Tang got out of the car.

Where are the people from Guanting?

Meng Tang shrugged and said, "He still has work to do. I've already told him, but I can't say for sure whether he can make time before the banquet ends."

Meng Tang was all too familiar with the art of blatantly lying.

Upon hearing that Song Guanting hadn't come, Meng Deqian immediately became unhappy. "Meng Tang, how many times on the phone did I repeatedly tell you to come with Guanting? Did you completely disregard my words?"

"His legs are his own, whether he comes or not, how can I interfere? If you're so capable, go and invite him yourself. What's the use of getting angry with me? You're only good at bullying your own people."

Meng Deqian was clearly speechless. Although his biological daughter had always been disobedient before, she never dared to talk back to him like that, and her words were never so sharp as to leave him speechless for a moment.

He could only point at her angrily, "You..."

"Dad, please don't be angry. I think my sister did her best. After all, she hadn't even met her husband when she got married. On the wedding day, the Song family only sent a wedding car to pick her up."

"And my brother-in-law is still on a business trip abroad. I imagine my sister is having a hard time alone in the Song family. She has finally come back, and the most important thing is for the family to be reunited. Don't make things difficult for her."

On the surface, Meng Yurou was advising Meng Deqian, but between the lines, she was belittling Meng Tang.

Even if she got lucky and stole her position, becoming Mrs. Song, so what?

The Song family looked down on the Meng family at all, and the marriage was hastily arranged without even a proper wedding.

It seems that Meng Tang wasn't unwilling to go home, but rather that she was being mistreated by the Song family and was too ashamed to return to the Meng family.

On such an important occasion as her birthday, Song Guanting, her husband, was not present, which shows that Meng Tang, as Mrs. Song, is completely insignificant in Song Guanting's heart.

"How could I have given birth to such a good-for-nothing daughter!"

Meng Deqian's tone was full of disdain and dissatisfaction.

But Meng Tang was not angry at all. Instead, she casually replied, "If my biological daughter is useless, then you can let your precious adopted daughter find you a rich husband."

"you!"

Meng Deqian was so angry that his hands trembled again.

Yang Huixin stepped in between and comforted him, "Alright, we're all family. Making a scene at the door will only make us a laughing stock. Xiaotang has come back for a long time, and perhaps Guanting is just temporarily held back by work."

"They are legally married. The Song family's visit to pick up the bride was already against the rules. This is Xiaotang's first birthday after getting married. As her husband, he will make time for her no matter how busy he is."

Meng Yurou, with a dutiful expression, took Meng Deqian's arm and said, "Yes, Dad, Mom's words make sense. The guests will be here soon, let's go inside."

Meng Deqian glared at Meng Tang, but when he faced Meng Yurou, his eyes were full of affection, and he patted the back of her hand.

"Xiao Tang, your father isn't angry with you, nor is he unwelcoming to you. Today's birthday banquet is actually a family reunion banquet held for you."

As she spoke, Yang Huixin gently held Meng Tang's hand, "Back then, the Song family didn't hold a wedding ceremony. They just used a wedding car to pick you up. Your father was always worried about whether you were doing well in the Song family."

"That's why I wanted you to bring Song Guanting with you today. With us, your family, here, we can let Song Guanting know that you are the precious daughter of the Meng family. Even if you marry into the Song family, you won't be bullied."

They truly are a perfect couple; one plays the good cop, and the other plays the bad cop.

Yang Huixin's art of speaking is far superior to Meng Deqian's.

If it were the original owner of this body, she would probably be completely fooled and deeply moved, believing that her parents truly cherished her.

Sure enough, after the warm words, Yang Huixin said, "Xiaotang, why don't you call Guanting again? If you're not comfortable talking to him, then Mom will talk to him for you, okay?"

Meng Tang withdrew her hand, not as moved as she had imagined and readily accepted the call.

Instead, it was as if he knew everything, and he simply asked a question calmly in return.

"You're so eager for Song Guanting to attend because you need something from the Song family, aren't you?"

Yang Huixin's smile froze. "Xiao Tang, how could you misinterpret your mother's good intentions like that?"

"You can't see into someone's heart. If you really cared about me that much, why haven't you called to ask how I am after I've been married for three months?"

"If I were really having a hard time and you only think of caring now, my body would probably be cold by now."

Yang Huixin's expression was not good. "Xiaotang, I don't know why you have such deep misunderstandings about your family, but since you came back to this family, have we lacked anything for you, whether it's food or clothing?"

"Even when you risked your life to become a director in the entertainment industry for a man, and took a lot of money from your family to make dramas for him, did we ever say a word against you?"

Meng Tang, however, was not manipulated by PUA at all, and even turned the tables on Yang Huixin.

"How long have I been back in the Meng family? All told, have you ever really raised me? In these past twenty-odd years, you must have spent at least tens of millions on raising Meng Yurou, right?"

"I only want a few million. Besides, the show brought Qiannuo some revenue after it aired. Isn't that better than Meng Yurou, that money-devouring beast who only knows how to spend money?"