Chapter 15: Mockery

"It's you?" Nie Yao lost interest even more when she saw him, and turned around to leave.

"You know me?" Ji Minghuan smiled complacently when he saw Nie Yao recognized him. "It seems that Mr. Nie has already introduced me to you!"

"Of course I know. Aren't you the man who was intimate with Nie Jinxi at the Nie family's doorstep that night?" Nie Yao shrugged and replied bluntly, "Oh, by the way, I remember you mocked me for being a wild girl that night!"

The smile on Ji Minghuan's face suddenly froze. He coughed softly and replied awkwardly, "That was just a misunderstanding. Jin Xi and I actually..."

Before he could finish his explanation, Nie Jinxi came over with a smile: "Minghuan, what are you and your sister talking about? You seem so happy."

Before Ji Minghuan opened his mouth, Nie Yao guessed the identity of the man in front of her and said with sudden enlightenment: "So you are Ji Minghuan..."

No wonder she said the name sounded so familiar. It turned out that the man who was secretly intimate with Nie Jinxi and the nominal fiancé of herself, the eldest granddaughter of the Nie family, was this man named Ji Minghuan!

"That's me!" Ji Minghuan raised the corners of his lips slightly and said with pride when he heard Nie Yao say his name.

He had thought Nie Yao would be interested, or at least a little enthusiastic, upon hearing his name. However, Nie Yao simply glanced at him indifferently and said disapprovingly, "I thought you were so outstanding, but it turns out you're just so-so..."

After Nie Yao said this, she turned and left, leaving Ji Minghuan's face turning pale and blue, while Nie Jinxi was secretly happy in her heart.

She knew that with Ji Minghuan's proud personality, he would never touch Nie Yao, this hard rock, again!

"Minghuan, don't mind it. She likes to talk like this all the time..." Nie Jinxi smiled and took Ji Minghuan's arm to comfort him.

Ji Minghuan gently avoided Nie Jinxi's hand, frowned and said, "Really?"

He looked at Nie Yao who was walking away with a serious look and said nothing more.

Seeing that all his attention was on Nie Yao, Nie Jinxi quietly clenched her palms... Her plan had not yet been implemented, but Ji Minghuan was attracted to Nie Yao. This was definitely not a good sign!

Nie Yao originally wanted to hide in a corner to avoid these masked guests who were complimenting each other, but was stopped by her father. She could only greet these guests politely one by one.

Perhaps it was because she had been standing for too long, and she was not used to wearing high heels, Nie Yao began to feel tired in her feet.

Seeing this, Father Nie smiled and said, "If you're tired, Ah Yao, go sit in the rest area and have some cakes!"

Nie Yao responded quickly and was about to walk towards the rest area when she was blocked by several young women with exquisite makeup.

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Nie Yao stopped and looked at the unfriendly people with raised eyebrows: "What's wrong with you?"

"You must be Nie Yao, right? Don't think that just because you've returned and become the eldest daughter of the Nie family, you can take everything away from them. With a worthless character like you, you'd better try to fool those men who want to live off you..."

"That's right. You didn't even look at your face in the mirror. You haven't grown up in the Nie family for over a decade. Do you really think you can erase your past experiences of poverty by coming back?"

"Some people, even when wearing dragon robes, don't look like princes, yet they're still smug, thinking they're so charming. It's a pity they don't even want a fiancé..."

Nie Yao looked at these so-called daughters of famous families, who were mocking her one after another, and shook her head and laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" several people asked back unhappily.