Pyramid Hanging Upside Down Chapter 1

Chapter 1

On December 21, Star Calendar 2243, the lights were brightly lit in the Ji family manor, and the housekeeper was instructing the servants to make final inspections.

This is the first birthday of the new head of the Ji family after taking over.

The new owner is only 24 years old.

Originally, this age was not zero and there should not be such a grand dinner.

But this was the young head of the Ji family’s announcement to all parties in the capital, and even the entire federation, that he had officially taken over the Ji family, so the decoration was extremely luxurious.

Even though it was less than half a month since the last head of the Ji family died suddenly.

Qi Feiluan stood five steps away from Ji Xingyuan, watching Ji Xingyuan face the mirror to confirm his outfit for the last time, and then turned to look at him.

When Ji Xingyuan turned around, his figure also came into Qi Feiluan’s sight.

Even though tonight’s banquet was so formal and grand, Ji Xingyuan did not wear a traditional tuxedo.

He was wearing a dress that was similar to a modified formal dress. The crisp and drapey fabric outlined his tall and straight body, and the double-breasted waist highlighted his slim waist.

While Qi Feiluan was looking at him, Ji Xingyuan was also looking at Qi Feiluan, who wore an unmistakable black jacket and white shirt, and a black girdle that raised his waistline and made his waist slim and his legs long.

But in such a classic to almost dull outfit, Qi Feiluan’s collar is not a matching black tie, but a scarf.

The soft scarf was wrapped twice around his neck and then tied into a beautiful knot at the collar, completely blocking his neck.

After Ji Xingyuan looked at his clothes, he walked three steps toward Qi Feiluan, put his hand on his shoulder, and the tiger’s mouth was stuck on the side of his neck. He rubbed his thumb and index finger and said, “This is a very exciting night, isn’t it?”

Although celebrities from the entire capital came for him tonight, Ji Xingyuan’s tone was still low and steady, without any excitement or excitement, as if everything he got today had been expected.

The two of them were too close to each other at the moment.

Ji Xingyuan’s facial features are more handsome and have deep outlines like sculptures, especially his brows are relatively high and his eye sockets are deep. In addition, he is almost a head taller than Qi Feiluan. When he stood in front of Qi Feiluan and looked down at him, even though Qi Feiluan, as a Beta, could not smell Alpha’s pheromones, the sense of oppression still poured over him like an overwhelming force.

Qi Feiluan did not answer, but lowered his eyes, lowered his head slightly, and stood in front of Ji Xingyuan in an almost submissive manner, neither hiding nor avoiding.

Indeed.

Not only Qi Feiluan, but everyone in the Ji family understood that the position of head of the Ji family would belong to Ji Xingyuan sooner or later, but no one expected that this day would come so quickly.

And he…

Ji Xingyuan couldn’t help but frown slightly when he saw Qi Feiluan not saying a word. Then he let go of his hand and took half a step back and said, “Let’s go, the banquet is about to begin.”

Qi Feiluan followed Ji Xingyuan and walked downstairs.

The moment he opened the door and walked out of the corridor, Qi Feiluan heard the melodious music and vague conversations downstairs. Before Ji Xingyuan came on stage, the guests who had already arrived in the living room were talking to each other.

When they reached the main staircase of the living room, Butler Ji was waiting there with a tray on which was placed a glass of poured red wine.

When he saw Ji Xingyuan and Qi Feiluan walking over, he dragged the tray up the first few steps and said, “The guests are already here. Mr. Mu is waiting for you below with the guests.”

Ji Xingyuan picked up the glass of red wine and nodded, striding towards the main staircase.

Qi Feiluan stopped when he reached Butler Ji.

The Mr. Mu that Butler Ji refers to is Mu He’an. He is a well-known top omega in the entire capital. He once had a close relationship with Ji Xingyuan.

As Ji Xingyuan’s companion when he was a child and his subordinate when he grew up, Qi Feiluan was naturally familiar with Mr. Mu. He also knew that if it weren’t for the obstruction of Ji Tailin, Ji Xingyuan’s father and the new head of the Ji family who died suddenly less than half a month ago, the two would have gotten married long ago.

The absolute protagonist tonight is Ji Xingyuan. Mu and An are waiting below. Of course, he will not appear with Ji Xingyuan.

Looking at Ji Xingyuan’s back walking towards the main staircase, Qi Feiluan was in a daze. Now that Mr. Ji has suddenly passed away, and the previous obstacles have disappeared, Ji Xingyuan will probably marry Mu He’an soon.

After all, they are the top Alpha and Omega, and no one in the capital would say they are a perfect match.

Ji Xingyuan walked to the stairs and found Qi Feiluan standing motionless beside Butler Ji. He turned around and threw two words to interrupt his thoughts.

“Follow up.”

After saying that, he walked down the stairs, and he was very sure that Qi Feiluan would follow him, even though he knew that Qi Feiluan didn’t like such high-profile occasions.

Qi Feiluan did subconsciously step forward to follow him. His body betrayed his thoughts, and his instinct to obey the other party’s orders made him follow him before he could react.

The crystal lantern on the roof of the extremely high hollow living room exuded bright light. Ji Xingyuan walked slowly down the rotating main staircase on the soft carpet. The music gradually stopped, and all the guests’ eyes turned to the belated host.

Ji Xingyuan stood on the platform in the middle of the main staircase, glanced around at the visiting guests, raised the red wine glass in his hand, and said: “Thank you all for coming to the banquet. The Ji family has undergone a sudden change, and my father has passed away suddenly. From now on, I will be in charge of the Ji family, and I hope to continue to cooperate happily with you.”

When Ji Xingyuan talked about his father’s death, the guests below looked a little strange, but he didn’t care and continued: “Don’t pay too much attention to me, just enjoy tonight.”

After speaking, he lowered his head and took a sip of red wine. The guests below also raised their glasses and drank together.

The lights dimmed and the music started playing again, but this time it was switched to music suitable for dancing. Many guests hugged their partners and danced to the melodious music.

Ji Xingyuan stepped down the main staircase and was surrounded by guests approaching.

When his father Ji Tailin was here before, although Ji Xingyuan was also responsible for some things, after all, it was Ji Tailin who made the decision.

It was Ji Xingyuan who made the decision now. The guests were all eager to know the new head of the family’s attitude towards his partners and the Ji family’s industry. They all wanted to find out Ji Xingyuan’s temper or hear a little bit about him.

Qi Feiluan used the cover of the people surrounding him to unobtrusively walk into the shadows at the edge of the living room.

Of course, the dinner was indispensable without the wine, desserts and fruit plates placed on the long table for self-service. Qi Feiluan huddled in a dimly lit corner, poured herself a small glass of wine, and followed Ji Xingyuan to taste it slowly.

He is Ji Xingyuan’s subordinate, and he also has certain responsibilities to protect his safety.

Although the guests were all familiar celebrities, and the invitations and identities had been checked, after all, this was the first dinner party held by Ji Xingyuan after taking over the Ji family. There was an undercurrent surging not only from the outside, but also within the Ji family.

Qi Feiluan looked at Ji Xingyuan’s uncle standing next to Ji Xingyuan, patting his side arm and smiling kindly, as if he had high hopes for this young nephew.

But as far as Qi Feiluan knew, this uncle had a lot of thoughts secretly.

This dinner is simply like a piece of honey wrapped in golden icing. The coating is gorgeous and beautiful, and the candy is sweet and tempting in the mouth.

But if you indulge in it, you will soon find that after the sweet shell melts, there is a deadly poison inside.

Qi Feiluan was extremely tired of this scene, but Ji Xingyuan was able to handle it with ease, and even vaguely controlled everything.

Qi Feiluan squinted his eyes slightly, feeling that his eyes hurt from the bright lights.

If Alpha is like the letter A at the beginning, the pinnacle of a pyramid-shaped society like ABO, then Ji Xingyuan can be called a figure on top of the pinnacle.

And he once actually thought that the two of them were in love.

Fall in love.

What an ironic word, it was like telling him how self-righteous he really was.

Ji Xingyuan is the center of all arrows, even in such a banquet where celebrities gather, he is the figure who is surrounded by the center.

His love for Ji Xingyuan was simply worthless, and Ji Xingyuan’s love for him was nothing more than a unilateral hallucination on his part.

Qi Feiluan swirled the red wine in the glass, and the liquid swirled on the wall of the glass. He raised it and smelled the rich aroma of the wine, but he had no interest in tasting it.

He didn’t wait long before his eyes met a person in the crowd. The person was stunned for a moment, and then walked towards him with a smile.

“Why are you standing here? It’s rare that you are not standing next to him.”

The man who walked over was also tall and handsome, and Qi Feiluan was also very familiar with him – Bai Hanxu, his former classmate and good friend with Ji Xingyuan, and now Ji Xingyuan’s best friend.

Bai Hanxu was a little surprised that Qi Feiluan was standing in the shadow at the edge. As a friend who grew up with Ji Xingyuan, he was very aware of Ji Xingyuan’s extremely perverted possessiveness towards Qi Feiluan.

When they were still in the same classroom and had not yet differentiated for the second time, every time he saw the way Ji Xingyuan treated Qi Feiluan, he secretly prayed that Qi Feiluan had better not differentiate into an Omega, otherwise the bad things in the Ji family would obviously happen again to Ji Xingyuan.

However, even if Qi Feiluan differentiated into Beta, when Bo Hanxu saw Ji Xingyuan and Qi Feiluan slowly walking down the main staircase together, he knew that Ji Xingyuan’s perverted possessiveness had not diminished, but had intensified.

Bai Hanxu stopped after approaching, glanced up and down at Qi Feiluan’s clothes, and his eyes paused on the black scarf wrapped around his neck, and then he said: “It’s not easy to have the opportunity to talk to you alone. You are becoming more and more different from before.”

The expression on Qi Feiluan’s face was almost unchanged, and he had no reaction to Bai Hanxu who took the initiative.

Bai Hanxu reluctantly raised the glass of champagne in his hand. Only this time did Qi Feiluan respond, raising the glass to clink glasses with him as well.

After taking a sip of champagne, he said: “Ji Xingyuan has got his wish. From now on, the title Mr. Ji will only refer to him, not…”

Bai Hanxu smiled meaningfully, changed the subject, and lowered his voice slightly: “What about you, do you have any plans? After we, Mr. Ji, take over the Ji family, we will be busy for a while to satisfy our greatest desires, and we will always let go of other things. You also have to have your own life.”

Qi Feiluan just raised his glass and took a sip of the red wine in the glass, then placed the glass on the table next to him.

Bai Hanxu was a little confused and asked, “Why don’t you speak?”

Qi Feiluan looked at Ji Xingyuan in the crowd, and when Bai Hanxu saw this, he followed his gaze and met the gaze of Ji Xingyuan in the crowd.

Ji Xingyuan raised the wine glass in his hand towards Bai Hanxu and took a sip of the red wine in the glass.

Just such a simple action made Bai Hanxu feel as if he was drinking his own blood, and an uncomfortable feeling surged up. It felt like Ji Xingyuan heard what he was talking to Qi Feiluan.

Bai Hanxu moved uncomfortably, turned around and said to Qi Feiluan: “I’m going to Ji Xingyuan’s place first. I’ll talk to you later when I have a chance.”

Bai Hanxu hurriedly approached him and then left in a hurry.

Qi Feiluan lowered his eyes to cover the emotions in his eyes.

Even though he knew that he was far away from Ji Xingyuan and the lights were dim, it was impossible for Ji Xingyuan to see his expression clearly, he still lowered his eyes habitually, then stretched out his hand to straighten the scarf around his neck, and answered Bai Hanxu’s questions one by one in his mind.

He doesn’t need me now.

People always change.

No plans.

Because I can’t speak.

Qi Feiluan couldn’t help but twitch the corners of his mouth, wanting to smile but a smile failed to form.

The reason why he can only wear a scarf to cover his neck tightly is because most of his neck has long been replaced by machinery, including his vocal organs.

The highest authority to control the mechanism of his neck does not lie with him, but with Ji Xingyuan.

When Ji Xingyuan didn’t want him to answer, he couldn’t say a word at all.

The machine on the neck also included a monitoring device. Bai Hanxu deliberately lowered his voice to talk to him when music and human voices filled the auditorium, but it was all in vain.

Ji Xingyuan may not be able to listen to audio directly now, but the device built into his left hand can convert sounds into text and display them in the palm of his left hand.

If Qi Feiluan read it correctly, the hand that Ji Xingyuan just raised a glass of red wine with was not his right hand but his left hand.

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The background is an imaginary future ABO society. Limbs can be replaced with mechanical prostheses. Some people will actively replace prostheses due to work reasons.There are crystal mines (energy mines) and crystal beast settings. The development of aerospace is probably to the extent that interplanetary flights are relatively frequent. There will be no mechas, jumps between galaxies, etc.

The biggest drawback at present is that the neck of the receiver is replaced by a machine, and the attacker has the highest control authority.