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The few of them walked past the spiral building under Han Ziyan's lead, and the oil paintings hanging on the stairs immediately attracted everyone's attention. They were portraits of people, and some of them clearly had a sense of history, the higher they went, the more intense the feeling became, as if they had walked through a tunnel of time and space, as if they had instantly passed through the past. When they reached the end, they even saw a few portraits wearing qipao.

"This should have been more than a hundred years ago." Lei Li sighed in Hao Qiang's ear. "These should be the ancestors of the owner of this house."

Hao Qiang shot a glance at Lei Li, his face full of scorn for not having seen him.

After leading them to a room, Han Ziyan pushed open the door. It was actually a large dressing room.

Han Ziyan turned to look at Hao Qiang and Lei Li.

"We're going to change clothes. Are you guys coming as well?"

"Ah …" Hao Qiang was stunned for a moment before he quickly shook his head.

"There is a staircase over there, go down by yourself." Han Ziyan pointed to the other side.

The two awkwardly walked forward. Qi Mengxi and Ai Wenwen burst into laughter.

As the two of them turned a corner, they saw a staircase, and the sound of people passing by from below. The two looked at each other in confusion as they walked down the stairs. Surprisingly, they saw many familiar faces looking at them expectantly. The crowd looked away in disappointment. It was actually the members of the film crew of 'The Wealthy Class Astrology'.

"I thought it was the beauties coming down, but I didn't expect it to be you two old masters!" One of the assistant director, who was more familiar with the two of them, said loudly.

When did these people come? Hao Qiang and Lei Li were completely confused. Han Ziyan's ability to do things was too strong. Why hadn't she noticed this before?

The banquet was held in a purely European style, but the hall had already been redecorated. White flowers covered every inch of the hall, and pink balloons were appropriately decorated inside. The most exaggerated thing was the huge poster of Qi Mengxi hanging in the middle of the hall.

The hall was filled with all kinds of exquisite food, as well as servants dressed in formal attire. Their movements were so standard that the wine cup in their hands didn't sway in the slightest.

Hao Qiang took a glass of red wine from a passing waiter and started to move through the crowd. From time to time, he would carefully observe the crowd around him.

Facing such a lively scene, Hao Qiang's heart was instinctively vigilant.

All of a sudden, the lights in the hall dimmed, and a beam of pink light shone on the staircase. A few high-heeled shoes struck the floor, and a slender figure appeared at the corner of the stairs.

The exquisite makeup, charming eyes, and curvy figure instantly attracted everyone's attention.

That slender figure slowly walked down the stairs and onto the improvised stage as a smile that was not a smile appeared on his face.

"Thank you all for coming to Miss Qi Mengxi's birthday party today. I'm Han Ziyan, the host of this event, and I'm sure everyone here knows me, because I had the honor of being invited by Miss Qi Mengxi to be the makeup artist for this extraordinary play."

"The reason why Miss Qi Mengxi invited everyone here this time is not only to celebrate her twenty-second birthday, but also to thank everyone for their support. This is not only a birthday party, it is also a thank-you party. "Well then, let us invite the female lead of today, Miss Qi Mengxi!"

Hao Qiang looked at the people on the stage in shock. This was the first time he saw Han Ziyan like this, so it was quite refreshing.

Following the crowd's gaze, Hao Qiang soon saw Qi Mengxi, who was slowly walking down the stairs.

Her slender figure was completely exposed under the contrast of the dress. Her normally disheveled hair was carefully tied up today before being carefully tied with a butterfly knot hairpin. Her originally delicate face became even more breathtaking after being painstakingly painted, but her intentionally pulled eyeliner gave her a soothing gentleness.

If Han Ziyan's performance had surprised Hao Qiang, then Qi Mengxi's appearance on stage had completely shocked Hao Qiang. In the past, Qi Mengxi always acted like a pretty and elegant lady in front of him. Hao Qiang had thought that if Qi Mengxi had always been like this, he would always pamper her.

While Hao Qiang was still in shock over the change in Qi Mengxi's image, Qi Mengxi was also secretly observing him. When she saw his astonished gaze, she secretly revealed a smile.

He had been through too much recently, more than what Qi Mengxi had experienced in the past 20 years, which had a great impact on her mentality. If Qi Mengxi was just a headstrong young lady, then Qi Mengxi had already started to grow up and become a real woman.

With the appearance of Qi Mengxi, the atmosphere of the banquet had reached its climax. That night, the guests were all happy. However, the owner of the house never showed up. In the end, no one cared anymore.

After that banquet, the relationship between Hao Qiang and Qi Mengxi became the most intense. There was no formal confession or no formal flowers, but the two of them walked together naturally. When they appeared together in front of their friends, everyone just greeted them in surprise. After joking a bit, they went back to their own business.

It was as if everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before they were together.

But all of them didn't seem to include Riley.

Hao Qiang discovered that Lei Li would often stare at him and Qi Mengxi, seemingly wanting to say something but having difficulty doing so. Hao Qiang wanted to have a good talk with him, but he was caught up in a big event a while ago, so he had to give up.

Due to the fact that the program team invited both Ivy and Hao Qiang as partners, there was no hesitation at all in order to help Ivy and Hao Qiang, who was in the midst of advancing their career.

The event was a large-scale reality show, and the few of them had to follow the film crew to different cities to get their views. Thus, Qi Mengxi and Hao Qiang, the couple who had just started dating, had to bid each other farewell due to their work.

The first venue for the event was a junior high school. To actually have Hao Qiang act as the class monitor for the day's speech under the flag and the registration for the class was a huge challenge for Hao Qiang, who hadn't even been in the class for a day. However, he was able to easily settle this for Ivy.

After the first day, the two of them actually got praise from the class teacher. This made Hao Qiang quite surprised.

The two stayed at school for a few days before following the crew to the Museum of History. They were actually asked to act as tour guides to explain history to the tourists.

History was nothing for Hao Qiang. As long as he was given a book, he would be able to recite it very quickly. As long as he was able to memorize all the contents of the book, it wouldn't be a problem. Thus, after the recording of the program began, Hao Qiang's first reaction was to ask the staff of the museum for a history book to read. Seeing this, Ewen also went to borrow a book. However, she fell asleep on the spot after half an hour, which made the staff on the side unable to hold back their laughter.

Seeing that someone wanted to wake her up, Hao Qiang shook his head at that person and took off his jacket to put it on her, indicating for everyone to let her rest for a while.

Hao Qiang also knew that this lass had always been working too hard. She hadn't had a good rest since the broadcast of 'The Wealthy Class Astral Trail'. This time, she was going to have to put in a lot of effort.

After he signaled Lei Li to take good care of Ewen, Hao Qiang took up the task of explaining by himself. Because they had already heard the news that Hao Qiang and the rest were coming, most of the guests in the museum were actually fans of the two of them. When they saw the loving interaction between the two of them, it caused quite a sensation.

"The victory of this war is an extremely great victory. It is not just a national victory, but a victory for the egalitarians against the hegemonists. Because of this victory, we have the present democracy, equality, and the development of our country …" Many great figures were born at that time. They were not afraid of death, nor did they fear to sacrifice themselves for the sake of their nation's justice. Because of their sacrifice, all these things happened today. Even though they had already died, the efforts they made for this country could not end because of the death of their bodies.

Following Hao Qiang's in-depth explanation, the crowd gradually quieted down. The program team staff took off their hats, while the fans, who were madly taking photos, also put down their cameras. No matter who it was, as long as they heard of this history, no one would take it as a joke anymore. No one would take it as a sneer. That's right, that was a great era and no one should forget about it.

Seeing the solemn expression on everyone's faces, Hao Qiang slowly stopped. What he was talking about was not from the books, but from his own insights. All this time, he was not exactly a good person in a strict sense, but there were some things where he also had his principles.

Suddenly, a familiar figure entered Hao Qiang's eyes.