Chapter 535 She's no good either.

"Why is this jinx here? Is he here to cause trouble?"

Zhou Fenglin panicked, his face pale as he stared intently at Xia Ningxi.

Xia Wanwan was also surprised, because she hadn't sent an invitation to Xia Ningxi. She looked at Huo Nanxiao and asked, "Did you invite Ningxi here?"

"No." Huo Nanxiao's whole body was cold.

None of them had sent Xia Ningxi an invitation, so they were quite surprised that she was here.

Xia Luoluo, standing behind Xia Wanwan, remained silent. She hadn't uttered a word since entering the banquet hall. When she saw Xia Ningxi appear, a cold glint flashed in Xia Luoluo's eyes.

While everyone else was astonished, only she had already guessed it all.

"Isn't that Young Master Li?"

A voice of doubt arose from the crowd.

The guests were quite surprised to see Xia Ningxi.

"Why is Xia Ningxi here? Doesn't she know that today is Huo Shao and Xia Wanwan's engagement banquet?"

"She used to live with Young Master Huo."

"Could they be here to cause trouble?"

"This is going to be interesting."

There was much discussion among the crowd.

Xia Ningxi also heard what they said.

She glanced at Li Yancheng but remained silent.

Li Yancheng sneered, took her hand in front of everyone, and walked straight into the crowd.

Exclamations erupted from all around. Everyone stared wide-eyed at the hand Li Yancheng was holding Xia Ningxi's, especially the socialites and heiresses who had designs on Li Yancheng; their faces turned green.

Zhao Jinran said angrily, "When did those two get together?"

“Didn’t you see the news? Rumors about them have been circulating for a while now,” Duan Rongrong replied.

"I thought it was just marketing accounts talking nonsense," Zhao Jinran said, feeling extremely jealous.

"I thought so too, but now we can be sure they're together, otherwise they wouldn't have appeared together." Duan Rongrong sighed, "Xia Ningxi is quite capable. She was still entangled with Huo Shao one minute, and after breaking up with Huo Shao, she immediately hooked up with Li Yancheng. She's really something."

Zhao Jinran's eyes were red as she glared fiercely at Xia Ningxi.

Besides her, many other people disliked Xia Ningxi and couldn't understand why someone with no background or connections could be so lucky, managing to hook up with Li Yancheng even after being dumped by Huo Nanxiao.

Xia Ningxi didn't care about any of this.

Li Yancheng didn't care what others thought of him. With a faint smile on his face, he took Xia Ningxi's hand and came to Huo Nanxiao, saying with a smile, "Congratulations, happy engagement."

Huo Nanxiao's eyes were cold, his gaze sweeping past Li Yancheng and settling on Xia Ningxi.

"Congratulations." Xia Ningxi said calmly.

Everyone thought that Xia Ningxi would come here to cry and complain about her grievances, and make a big scene so that Huo Nanxiao and Xia Wanwan couldn't stop her, but reality surprised everyone.

Xia Ningxi not only didn't make a scene, but was surprisingly indifferent, as if Huo Nanxiao's engagement meant nothing to her.

Her cold attitude made Huo Nanxiao uncomfortable, and upon hearing her blessing, Huo Nanxiao's eyes grew even colder.

"Thank you." His voice was extremely cold.

Their eyes barely met; they simply exchanged a few perfunctory blessings, just like everyone else.

Li Yancheng held Xia Ningxi's hand and said to Huo Nanxiao with a smile, "I didn't expect that Mr. Huo would agree to your engagement with Xia Wanwan. I've been here for so long, why haven't I seen Mr. Huo and Madam Huo?"

"What do you want with them?" Huo Nanxiao asked.

Li Yancheng: "It's really strange that the parents didn't even show up for their son's engagement, such a big event. Are they too trusting of their son, or do they look down on their future daughter-in-law?"

Li Yancheng's voice was clear and crisp. Although the volume was not loud, everyone around heard it, and their ears immediately perked up.

"Yes, why didn't Mr. and Mrs. Huo come to such an important occasion?" A questioning voice came from the crowd.

"I guess he doesn't like Xia Wanwan, right? If he really liked her, why wouldn't he attend such an important engagement party?"

"Although Xia Wanwan saved Huo Nanxiao back then, Huo Nanxiao already has a child. Why did she have to marry into the Huo family of all people..."

"Master Huo must be furious, which is why he didn't attend the engagement banquet. He probably doesn't think much of his future daughter-in-law. Maybe Master Huo and Madam Huo don't even know they're engaged."

"If their elders don't approve, even if they get engaged, they might not end up together, right?"

Discussions and murmurs arose.

Fu Mingyan rarely found Li Yancheng so agreeable, so she immediately rushed up to agree: "Young Master Li is right. Old Master Huo just doesn't like Xia Wanwan. Otherwise, why wouldn't he attend his son's engagement party?"

"Xia Wanwan is obviously using the fact that she saved Brother Nan Xiao back then to force him to marry her. Anyone with eyes can see that. It would be strange if someone like her could be liked by Master Huo."

Fu Mingyan mocked viciously, as if she hated Xia Wanwan to the core.

Outsiders don't know what happened; they only know that Xia Wanwan saved Huo Nanxiao back then, so Huo Nanxiao should take responsibility for Xia Wanwan. But now that they think about it, Xia Wanwan did seem to be pressuring Huo Nanxiao.

Fu Mingyan, fearing everyone was unaware of the full story, continued, "You don't know, do you? The two young masters of the Huo family absolutely refused to let Xia Wanwan enter the Huo family. The Huo family even offered a compensation of 1 billion yuan, or even more, but Xia Wanwan refused. She insisted on marrying Brother Nan Xiao, and for this, she even went so far as to kick the young masters of the Huo family out of the house..."

"If she were truly a good person, why wouldn't she choose the billion directly, instead of breaking up someone else's family to marry into a wealthy family? No wonder Mr. Huo didn't attend their engagement banquet."

Fu Mingyan said sourly, her words full of contempt. She couldn't stand women like Xia Wanwan the most, who acted recklessly just because she had done a good deed back then.

Although Xia Ningxi wasn't anything special, at least she gave birth to two grandsons for the Huo family.

What kind of person is Xia Wanwan?

She and Xia Luoluo are birds of a feather; how could they be good friends born of the same mother?

Fu Mingyan simply didn't believe Xia Wanwan was anything good.

Her words have also given many people pause for thought.

The way everyone looked at Xia Wanwan changed.

"Indeed, why does Miss Wanwan insist on breaking up other people's families?"

"No wonder Master Huo doesn't like her. Can she really marry into the Huo family like this?"

"I have a feeling that Master Huo isn't coming because he's angry. Could he have kicked Young Master Huo out of the house in a fit of rage?"