53 A Questionable Banquet Event

There were two brothers, Li Yang and Li Liang of close relationship. Despite their family's already prestigious background, the two of them had decided to start a business of their own. And after hardship, endless nights of working and proving themselves capable of running a company despite their age, the Olympian Corporations first anniversary was prepared in splendor.

Li Liang was the one who got disowned by their father and their grandmother, the current matriarch of the family.

Li Yang was the spare son who had found some use when his brother left, but in the end, still decided to help out his brother's desire to start up a company together.

It was easy enough to see who was more laidback between the two, over the sound of music and din of the crowd, Li Liang pushed the glass shot to his 'younger' brother with a grin, "Drink up, lil bro—tonight you're going to get laid."

Li Yang made a face and tried to remove his brother's hold on him, "I told you, I'm not interested at all."

"Drink a shot for goodluck? Loosen up!" Li Liang chuckled and then whispered into his ear, "I even invited a lot of gorgeous women over, there's some older than us, mostly ones from the industry, but there's also the ones from our university—I bet you're only interested in one though." A laugh erupted from him. "Well, you're in luck, she's here!"

"Shut it." Li Yang shoved the man's face away from him, but his gaze did go over the sea of people in the party. It was hard to determine if his brother was lying or messing around with him. He had originally planned this banquet to be a small, intimate and elegant gathering to celebrate the success of their company… but things got out of hand.

Li Liang snorted, "Geez, you'll never see her if you keep standing around here—she's probably with friends or something!"

Li Yang sighed, "I don't think this is a good idea…"

His brother pushed the drink in his hand. "Exactly! You prove my hypothesis entirely. If you always keep thinking, you'll never get some action. Chug a couple shots for courage, Yang. That'd ought to do it."

Liang would never get off his case if he didn't take a sip. And so Li Yang took his first shot, and then he did another. And another one. Both egged on by his brother and a somewhat conscious desire to actually muster up the courage to approach her—

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Needless to say, Li Yang stared at the woman in front of him. The memory of something that had occurred from what seemed to have been a lifetime ago came back to his mind. And yet his own memory was fractured. It was pins and needles, almost a numbing sensation as he opened his mouth to speak, "My apologies, but who are you again, Miss?"

The expression on the woman's face soured, but she also seemed uncomfortable. The woman grabbed her left arm with her right hand and glared at him, "I'm the mother of your daughter."

His response was almost automatic. "I'm not entirely sure how that could happen."

"Oh excuse me, it's when your dick goes into—"

Li Yang waved a hand at her, "Not that." For once, an uncomfortable expression crossed his face. "Are you sure that it's me…?" His grandmother had once warned him about gold-digging and social climbing women seeking to take advantage of his wealth and position, but there was something that also came to mind about this situation.

"I'm sorry, has it been too long?" Compared to her uncomfortable body language, her words were straightforward. She gave him a bared smile, "Do we need to jog your memory a little?"

How exactly was she going to do that? Would she jump on him like how Bo Lifen did?

And yet he needed to focus. This wasn't in his schedule or plans at all. "I mean, did you get the right person?" Li Yang sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "I have a brother and you probably got the wrong person. Did you mistake him for me?"

"Do you think I can't tell between the two of you!"

Li Yang took another deep breath. Fractures and bits trying to piece itself back together in his mind. The CEO couldn't recognize this woman at all, but even his memories were… he narrowed his eyes at her, "It is a curious thing that you only came here after a certain amount of time, however. Isn't that a little baffling? And I really cannot remember you, so if you could reintroduce yourself and explain to me why you think it was me?"

"I… I wanted to get an abortion at first." she said with a sorrowful look on her face. "It was a mistake. I didn't want to be known as the girl who got knocked up at a party and especially because it happened to be you. I was pretty sure that your family would probably raise some kind hell on earth if they were to learn of this, and it would probably be some kind of trouble. So I ran away and decided I could handle things by myself, but in the end… I still decided to have my child."

Li Yang listened to the story carefully, but made no reaction.

The woman finally averted her gaze, "Of course you wouldn't remember me, and you'd probably think this is shady as hell. But I was one of the people that your brother had invited to the party, I was a junior and you were a sophomore?" The woman sighed. "My name is Luo Ju Di, surely you can check the university record and also have an attendance for the first anniversary? Do you want to do a DNA test or some sort?"

"You could have still arrived at an earlier time than now. It's just all very suspicious."

"Did you not hear what I said? Your family is not exactly the happiest and family loving one in the neighborhood, or country if I were to be honest! Your family disowned your brother because he didn't agree with them on what university course to choose… did you honestly think any right woman in their mind would want to get involved in such a cutthroat and petty family?"

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Author Note: Yay to inebriation! Or not. I have no idea if this is realistic, but it's 6:40am and wee. I'll probably look at these chapters later and edit them if they seem weird or don't make any sense.