Chapter 116: Unknown Smile

Lu Yi was looking for Zhao Yang's figure, and found that she was not in the lobby on the first floor. She couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

She set her eyes on Zhou Baichen, who was not far from her. He was dressed in a neat suit, looking dignified and steady as he was surrounded by people. Time had not left any traces on his face, except that he looked a little more mature and solemn than when he was young.

Lu Yi tidied herself up, smiled broadly, lifted her dress and walked towards Zhou Baichen.

"Brother Bochen."

The sound was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough to be heard by the people who were discussing the matter.

Zhou Baichen frowned, but his eyes did not look at Lu Yi, but his expression became more solemn.

Only Zhou Baichen didn't look at him, which made Lu Yi very unhappy.

But he was not angry, nor did he intend to give up pestering Zhou Baichen. He took a step forward and approached Zhou Baichen.

She took the initiative to raise the champagne and clinked it against Zhou Baichen's glass, "Brother Baichen, how are you?"

When everyone saw Lu Yi so boldly greet Zhou Baichen, they thought she was Zhou Baichen's old lover and started to tease her.

"Mr. Zhou, who is this lady to you?"

Before Zhou Baichen could speak, Lu Yi spoke first, chuckling softly and gracefully, "When I was young, Brother Baichen and I were neighbors, but we immigrated after growing up. I just came back this year."

"So they are childhood sweethearts~~"

"Jay is so lucky!"

Zhou Baichen's eyes were cold and icy, and he said in a deep and cold voice, "I'm not familiar with this lady."

"As I recall, the Zhou family didn't invite you to this charity dinner, right?"

Just a few short sentences were enough to destroy all of Lu Yi's disguises.

The air was silent for a few seconds, and Lu Yi's face was filled with embarrassment. The bosses who had been joking with the two of them were instantly frightened like quails, not daring to say a word.

Lu Yi forced a smile and said, "I came here with my lover. We haven't seen each other for so many years, so I came to say hello to you."

Zhou Baichen sneered.

The smile is unclear.

Everyone in this circle knows that Lu Yi’s husband died less than a month ago, and now Lu Yi has already found a new partner.

His eagerness to curry favor with powerful people is a bit too obvious.

Zhou Baichen lowered his eyelashes, a cold and gloomy look emanated from his eyes, and he did not continue to speak.

Lu Yi didn't even show any intention of leaving, and continued to ask with a smile: "By the way, where's Zhao Yang? I haven't seen her in a long time."

Zhou Baichen raised his eyebrows: "Now you are pretending to be a sister, do you think Zhao Yang will come to see you?"

Lu Yi's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Could it be that his attempt to frame Zhao Yang and embarrass him in public had been discovered?

Lu Yi couldn't help but clench his fists and pretend to be dumbfounded: "What are you talking about, Brother Bochen?"

Zhou Baichen didn't take Lu Yi seriously at all. Now that there were so many people watching, he would not discuss his and Zhao Yang's private affairs openly.

As for Lu Yi...

Just as Zhou Baichen was about to have Lu Yi dragged away, Zhou Zhaolu suddenly stumbled over and poured the entire bottle of wine on Lu Yi.

Lu Yi screamed.

Today she was wearing a white silk tight-fitting dress, and the wine soaked her upper body, exposing her in an embarrassing and shameful manner to everyone.

Zhou Zhaolu looked as if she realized she had gotten into trouble and quickly covered her mouth: "Oh, sorry, sorry, auntie, are you okay?"

"Auntie?" Lu Yi's pupils suddenly shrank, and he glared at the ignorant girl in front of him, "You little bitch, how can you do anything!"

The undisguised vicious curses fell into everyone's ears, and Zhou Baichen's face became terribly gloomy.

Zhou Zhaolu looked like she had suffered a great injustice. She looked back at Zhou Baichen with tears in her eyes and said helplessly and innocently, "Dad, I really didn't mean it."

Everyone in this industry knows Zhou Bochen is the apple of their eye. He holds her in his hands for fear of dropping her, and holds her in his mouth for fear of her melting. He can mess with the two powerful figures, Zhou Da and Zhou Er, but he absolutely cannot make this little girl cry. This is because she is the daughter of the Zhou family, the darling of countless people.

Lu Yi was stunned for a moment. She had never imagined that this fussy little girl in front of her was actually Zhou Baichen's beloved daughter!?!

Zhou Baichen stepped forward and protected his daughter behind him, "Lu Yi, say what you just said again."

The tone of voice that brooks no argument is extremely oppressive.

Lu Yi lowered her head, clutched the hem of her skirt, and dared not utter a word.

Zhou Zhaolu sniffed, "That auntie's scolding was really nasty."

Hearing his little daughter's crying, Zhou Baichen's heart broke and his brows furrowed.

"Who brought you to the party?"

No one dared to provoke Zhou Baichen, who was almost furious, and directly pushed Old Li, who was hiding aside and dared not show up, out of the crowd.

Seeing he could no longer hide the truth, Old Li bowed and nodded to Zhou Bochen, "Mr. Zhou, this is my mistress. She said she wanted to attend the banquet today, but I insisted on coming here without her."

Lu Yi didn't expect that the person he was dating would be so good at distorting right and wrong in order to protect himself.

"You! You were the one who asked me to be your female companion! How did it become like I'm throwing myself at you!?"

Old Li raised his hand and slapped Lu Yi in front of everyone.

The crisp slap left Lu Yi humiliated. But she knew that if she clashed with her new wealthy partner now, it would be difficult for her to break into the top circle of Changjing's wealthy families in the future.

Old Li originally wanted to forcibly drag Lu Yi away and stop him from embarrassing himself at the banquet and ruining the Zhou family's good mood.

But the little daughter of the Zhou family started talking.

"It's understandable that the auntie was angry just now. After all, I was too reckless and accidentally spilled the wine on her."

Zhou Chaolu's sensible and gentle appearance won her the favor of many people.

"This is the upbringing of a top-tier wealthy family. She's so gentle and considerate, worthy of being the Zhou family's daughter."

"Look, the Lu family was once a prominent family. Even if they've fallen on hard times, they shouldn't be acting like such a shrew."

"That's right. I didn't spill the wine on her on purpose. I just came up and called her a bitch. God, the Zhou family's little daughter is just too nice. If it were me, I would definitely go up and tear her mouth apart."

Zhou Chaolu personally gave Lu Yi a way out, but Lu Yi was not very happy. Instead, he was very angry.

I was tricked by this little bitch again!

Zhou Chaolu behaved generously and elegantly, and didn't bother with herself, which made her look sarcastic and mean.

However, she had to take this step.

Lu Yiqiang forced a faint smile: "Thank you, Miss Zhou."

"You're welcome, Auntie."

"There's a dressing room on the second floor. I'll have someone take you up there to change."

Lu Yi glanced at the obvious wine stain on his chest and nodded with resigned expression.

She couldn't leave yet, and it was not appropriate for her to wander around the banquet hall in this state.

Because Old Li suffered such a big setback today, he must have some thoughts in his mind.

She must find the next one before the banquet ends.

Besides… she hadn’t even seen Zhao Yang’s embarrassing moment yet! How could she just leave?!

Lu Yi readily agreed.

Zhou Chaolu called the waiter to take Lu Yi to the locker room.

Little did she know that her every move was seen by the three people on the second floor.

Shi Huai and Zhao Yang smiled at each other, both looking forward to another interesting thing happening.