Chapter 249: Complete Collapse

ckly glanced at Gu Xiuming, who was unconscious, unsure if he was dead or alive. The bloody and mangled state of his back terrified her, causing her legs to go weak and almost collapsing on the ground...Over there, Mrs. Meng, as the guest of honor, was enjoying everyone's birthday wishes and laughing from ear to ear.

Sun's mind was foggy. Facing the guests, he had to force himself to be alert and put on a smile to entertain them. Occasionally, he would lose focus and not hear what the guests were saying, so he simply wouldn't rush to respond, waiting for the next person to speak before joining the conversation. Thankfully, nothing had gone wrong so far.

Meng Jinyu took the young women who came to the birthday banquet to play elsewhere. Meng Chengzhang and Meng Chengxing also took other young masters to another place. After all, they were all young people, and they couldn't play with their elders.

As for the older male guests, they were all being entertained by Meng Dongyuan. Here, there were only Mrs. Sun, Old Madam Meng, and the ladies who had come to celebrate her birthday, chatting and laughing.iu Ming was utterly foolish. If Gu Xiu Ming had just been honest and done his duty as the son, becoming the pride of the Hou Mansion, even if Gu Jing Xi's health issues were cured later and he had chi...