Brian didn't like occasions like wine parties.

But sometimes, it's time to go to a little bit of a reception.

Joanne, who had seen it all before, asked out of habit, "What kind of reception? Should I prepare something?"

"Gavin's return reception." Brian said indifferently, "Just feel free."

Joanne pursed the corners of her lips she knew that the second half of Brian's sentence was intentional.

Gavin was really not happy and looked at Brian with dissatisfaction, "By what right can you guys be a little more casual about my return reception?"

Is that a sign that he's not worth taking seriously?

Brian patted Gavin's shoulder, "You are not someone else." After saying this, no matter what Gavin's reaction was, he went upstairs to see the two little ones.

Gavin sat down on the sofa and pondered over what Brian had just said.

Does Brian mean that he treats him as one of his own and that's why he's casual?

What kind of logic is that?

Should he be happy, or should he be sad?

The next day, Gavin returned to Lu's work as vice president.

The discussion on the internet about Rowdy's identity didn't stop, and the talk that Rowdy's return to China was some sort of conspiracy became more and more true.

Even some people who had nothing to do with Conrad City seemed to smell the crisis and joined the crusade against Conrad City.

The trend of events was all within Brian's expectations.

What Brian didn't expect was that a day later, his identity began to be suspected as well.

Some people on the internet posted that they suspected Lu Thin Yan, the president of Lu Clan, was the son of Lu Lawyer back then.

The person who posted this claimed to be Brian's high school classmate.

The poster said that since the name Brian became more and more famous in Arlington, he began to doubt is Brian, the president of Lu Group nowadays, the same person as Brian, his high school classmate back then?

More than ten years ago, Brian, who went to the same high school as him, was the son of the famous Lu lawyer.

If Lu's president is really his high school classmate Brian, then, more than ten years ago, lawyer Lu's wife and son didn't commit suicide, they are still alive.

The poster still said that he had this suspicion because he didn't want his old classmate to actually leave the world.

Unfortunately, he couldn't reach Brian at all, so he couldn't confirm his suspicions.

Until the past two days, Lu lawyer's matter is back in the spotlight, Lu lawyer's wife and son's sufferings have aroused everyone's sympathy again, he suddenly suddenly remembered this again, and found Brian's photo from the Internet, and compared it with the class remembrance photo of that year.

The two Brian, their facial contours are the same.

Also, the ages match perfectly.

Thus, this person was certain that the president of Lu was the son of Lu's lawyer back then.

Joanne quickly noticed the post and called Brian.

But in fact, the news of the media reporters is faster than Joanne, Lu's public relations department's phone is about to be busted, and Brian has naturally received the news.

Daisy also tells him that there are already quite a few reporters downstairs at Lambert Group.

Brian looked at the sun outside and explained, "Have the company restaurant provide afternoon tea for the reporters. However, don't reveal anything. If I don't show up, they will naturally go away."

"Understood."

Daisy left the office and Brian received a call from Joanne immediately after.

He didn't need to guess to know why Joanne called, established the call, and asked airily, "What's wrong?"

In comparison, Joanne was slightly flustered, "I saw a post where someone said you were Brian!"

Joanne herself didn't even realize that she was already somewhat incoherent.

Brian smiled, "Joanne, who am I if not Brian?"

"Hey ..." Joanne froze for a moment and reacted sluggishly, "Right, you are Brian ah. So, what that high school classmate of yours said is not wrong ..."

So what's wrong?

She clearly felt something was wrong!

Brian could imagine Joanne's confused appearance, the smile at the corner of his lips became more pronounced and said, "Joanne, my identity will be exposed sooner or later."

Joanne finally remembered what was wrong.

What she was worried about was never Brian's identity being exposed, because it was simply something that couldn't be hidden, and once someone found out the end of the story, it was easy to recognize Brian by comparing the current Brian and the previous school's souvenir book.

Who made Brian too handsome?

What she was really worried about was whether Brian could face what happened back then.

In that tragic car accident, he witnessed the death of his father, and later went through a time with his mother that was not unlike running away.

Those experiences a decade ago were a scar for Brian.

Now, suddenly a person appeared, not only uncovered Brian's scar, but also to greet many people to come together to see how deeply Brian was hurt.

"Brian," Joanne asked softly, "are you okay?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Brian's voice is light, it really sounds no different from usual, "My father's matter has already passed for more than ten years, now, I just want everyone to know the truth of that year. Also, I knew this day would come, I was prepared."

Brian knew this day would come?

Joanne carefully pondered Brian's words, fiercely understood what, a face of surprise,"You mean, your identity, is Rowdy let someone leak out?"

"That's right." Brian analyzed it patiently to Joanne, "Rowdy thinks the same as what you are worried about. He feels that remembering what happened back then is a painful thing for me. He felt that this was my weakness, so he used this method to attack me."

If Brian hadn't reminded her, Joanne would never have thought that Brian's identity was exposed and that Rowdy was behind it.

And Rowdy's purpose was just to put Brian in pain.

Joanne hummed and said proudly, "But Rowdy made a thousand calculations, but he still miscalculated!"

Brian had known that Rowdy would attack the events of that year as his weakness.

So he had long ago accepted what happened back then.

Rowdy couldn't take any more effort to hurt Brian with that car accident more than ten years ago.

Of course, how Brian came to terms with the car accident and how much pain he experienced in between, only he knows.

Joanne ended the topic and turned to ask, "What's next, what are you going to do?"

Brian looked at the time, today is Thursday.

He mysteriously told Joanne, "You'll know tomorrow."

"Well!" Joanne didn't pursue the question and acted interested, "Then I'll wait until tomorrow."

The corners of Brian's lips unconsciously rose as he changed the topic, "Have you figured out how to use the investment fund I gave you?"

"Think about it." Joanne followed suit and was even more mysterious than Brian, "But I can't tell you now!"

Brian raised his eyebrows, "Mrs. Lambert, I'm a professional. Are you sure you want to keep this a secret from me and don't need my guidance?"

"Sure, pretty sure! And, when the time comes, you'll know why I chose to keep it a secret!" Joanne knows that Brian is busy at work and didn't continue to waste his time, "Alright, you get busy, come back early today, I'll make you something delicious."

"Uh-huh."

Brian hung up the phone, the smile at the corner of his lips did not fade, and only after a moment did he continue to deal with work matters.

Before preparing to leave work, Brian asked about the situation of the reporter downstairs, and the person in the security room said that the reporter is still squatting in front of the company and refuses to leave.

This kind of perseverance deserves to be honored, but unfortunately, Brian can't cooperate.

Brian informed the driver to go directly from the underground garage.

How could the shrewd reporter not have thought of this move by Brian, sent someone to wait at the garage door, and when they saw Brian's car come out, they swarmed, but in the end, they were stopped by the security guards.

The scene made it to the top of the hot news list.

The media made a big deal out of it, saying that Brian refused to be interviewed and refused to respond to his identity.

The furor hadn't died down, and that night, all the major media received invitations to Lu's reception.

The invitation said that the reception, which was organized to welcome Gavin's return to Lu, was open to friends from the media.

The media couldn't be clearer about Brian and Gavin's friendship, and all the media are guessing that Brian will be present at tomorrow's reception.

The next day, the reporters finally did not go to Lu's door to besiege Brian, and instead tried to find a way to attack Brian at the reception tonight.

In the evening, Gavin's return reception was held at the five-star hotel under Lu's banner, which was grand and grand, most of the company's employees and all the shareholders came, and the media even swarmed to the hotel, searching constantly for Brian's figure.

Brian is not in a hurry, went home to accompany the two little ones for a while, patiently waiting for Joanne to put on makeup and change into a good dress, and then changed into the formal dress Joanne picked for him, which then held Joanne Shanran out of the door.

Joanne put on a "hard candy makeup" today, the whole person looks gentle but not lacking in rationality, a pair of peach blossom eyes looking at the light, every move is elegant and moving.

After getting into the car, she looked at Brian's side face and suddenly had a feeling that she had never looked through Brian.

His eyes, deep and mysterious, like his curved but exceptionally cold-looking profile, gave off a feeling of being unapproachable and difficult to read.

Yet, his perfect face was enough to make one forget everything and just want to be close to him.

Just at this time, Brian suddenly turned his head, looked at Joanne and smiled.

In an instant, Joanne's entire heart melted as she held Brian's hand, pursed her lips and asked, "Are you planning to do something at the reception?"

She asked Brian yesterday what her next plan was.

Brian said that she would know today.

She couldn't help but associate it with whether Brian was planning to do something at the reception?

Brian gazed deeply at Joanne, and there was an unspeakable fascination in his tone.

He lowered his head and whispered in Joanne's ear, "I'd like to do something right there in the car if I can."