novelraw Chapter 363 - 337: Xiaoxi Makes Her Entrance
Chapter 363 - 337: Xiaoxi Makes Her Entrance
Qian had long anticipated this. Mr. Yu is the absolute authority in this household, and instead of letting this stubborn old man feel displeased, it’s better to tactfully bring it up oneself. Besides, Qian knows that Yu Minglang’s future achievements won’t be inferior to his father’s. For someone in such a position, the cleaner the better, and proactively avoiding suspicion is best when dealing with these superficial benefits.
This matter could make Yu Xiaoqiang feel guilty towards her, and naturally, he’d treat her better in the future. Qian has everything calculated, just waiting for the engagement party and the backstage puppeteer to show up. When it comes to head-on confrontations, CEO Qian has never yielded to anyone.
Recently, while consoling a heartbroken friend, Qian took some time each day to torment the person behind the scenes, making anonymous calls and such.
The party was supposed to be small, inviting only relatives from both families and Yu Minglang’s friends, yet twenty tables were set. Qian’s side only invited two tables, including friends like Shi Yu, Dong Yi, and others, while relatives occupied one table.
This decision was also made by Qian.
Jia Xiufang had more headaches over the guest list than the Yu Family.
Since divorcing Chen Lin, she barely kept in touch with relatives from the Chen Family, except being closer to the Fourth Uncle’s family.
It was not only because the Fourth Uncle’s family took care of Grandma—Qian occasionally sent food over—but also because the child from Fourth Uncle’s family, Chen Chao, had a good relationship with Qian. Over here, Qian kept in touch, while as for other relatives, Qian didn’t bother; having too many garbage relatives is worse than having none.
With Jia Xiufang’s two brothers, Second Uncle had a falling out, and First Uncle was out of town, but overly clever. Qian purposely hid Yu Minglang’s identity, just saying she’s getting engaged to someone in business, asking if First Uncle’s family would attend.
As expected, First Uncle declined, citing work, and sent Jia Xiufang 500 yuan, saying it was a gift.
Jia Xiufang felt a bit displeased, but Qian was delighted.
Upon knowing First Uncle wouldn’t come but sent 500 yuan, Qian hurriedly noted it down, planning that she would repay exactly that amount in the future, not a cent more. Qian wished everyone wouldn’t come, so as to avoid them swarming like flies to dung when learning about Yu Minglang’s family background.
A decisive and cheap slash, severing myriad tangled worries; the cheaper, the better, fearing they wouldn’t be cheap.
Now the only ones aware of Qian marrying into a wealthy family were the Fourth Uncle’s family; Qian hadn’t told the other relatives at all. When her mom faced hardships during the divorce, did anyone give the three of them any help?
No assistance in times of need, so don’t expect to get a dime from Qian. That’s how Qian acted in her previous life, and this time, it seemed even more extreme.
Especially with Yu Xiaoqiang knowing what she did, yet still choosing to turn a blind eye. Chen Xiaoqian’s mischievous genes were maximized.
When she first returned after reincarnating, she liked to use the king bomb for instant kills. Now, she’s slightly obsessed with the steady grind, tormenting step by step. When in a bad mood, she’d pick someone to torment, scare Qu Xue, or make some anonymous calls. She even planned to find Lone Wolf’s former runaway fiancée after the engagement to play with.
No choice; the promise made to the salamander had to be kept. Qian was just short of creating a list of people she wanted to mess with, playing one by one.
The life of a bad woman was vibrant; much more satisfying than being a good person. If Shi Touyu hadn’t already tortured Xuan, Qian would have wanted to include her on the table for a round of torment.
At the engagement party, Qian’s family and friends only occupied two tables. Jia Xiufang felt somewhat dissatisfied, like holding a golden bowl yet begging, having been stifled her whole life. Now finally her daughter had made something of herself, but couldn’t make those dog-eyed relatives feel envy and hatred.
Qian took the time to give her a psychological treatment, telling Jia Xiufang to weigh the pros and cons. It’s better to let them know later rather than now; once Fourth Uncle attends the banquet, someone will surely inquire about Qian’s fiancé and his conditions.
By then, the fun would begin. Qian simply asked Jia Xiufang if she wanted to vent the resentment of being looked down upon in the past.
Wanting it very much, Jia Xiufang self-cultivated her imagination overnight, got excited thinking of those faces.
This resulted in Qian having dark circles during the engagement party.
Besides Jia Xiufang with dark circles, sitting in the front row of the VIP seat, a few others had dark circles.
On Qian’s family side, the newly heartbroken Dong Yi had dark circles, Jia Xiufang with dark circles, one couldn’t sleep from fretting, the other couldn’t sleep from excitement explained by her daughter.
Those seated in the front row of the engagement party, besides the two tables from Qian’s family, were those relatively close in relations to Yu’s side, including Mr. Yu’s old friends and relatives of the Yu Family in Q City.
With family carrying dark circles, in-laws likewise had people showing up with sleepless black circles.
Qian and Yu Minglang decided not to let miscellaneous people in, so the relatives from Yu’s side weren’t many. Besides a few uncles coming from various places, the only ones Qian recognized were Yu Minglang’s aunt and his twin sister.
Yu Minglang’s aunt, having had a fallout with him due to Li Zhen, was confronted even by Qian and Yu Minglang without preserving any face. This led to Aunt’s only son Li Zhen being relocated for work to a remote area and not returning yet.
As such, even for the engagement party, Yu Minglang’s aunt wore a perpetually unsmiling look from beginning to end; the dark circles on her face couldn’t be concealed even after layers of powder.
Aunt sat with Yu Mingming’s twin sister Yu Mingxi, and their expressions were uncannily similar: both wore stern faces, tightly pursing their lips, even sporting matching dark circles. Aunt used powder for concealment, while Yu Mingxi came without anything, arriving with a natural look.
Upon seeing her panda-eyed daughter arriving at the venue, Mrs. Yu almost fainted.
The twin brother’s engagement, not returning to help, already seemed inexcusable. But coming with unkempt clothing and no makeup, Mrs. Yu was so angered she nearly acted out, if not held back by Mr. Yu she would’ve kicked her out.
Yu Mingxi arrived right on cue, with guests already seated, only then did she appear at the entrance with evident fatigue, with no time to change or apply makeup.
The fuss-making ones speculated whether Yu Mingxi had issues with her brother’s fiancée; some sharp-eyed even noticed face marks, likely from oversleeping somewhere, with the face creases yet to smooth out.
Ordinary people attending a wedding like this would already be deemed impolite.
Is Yu Mingxi ordinary?
She’s a famous singer; such a person coming unadorned and slovenly, saying no issues with her brother’s wife—no one would believe, even if beaten.