Gao Qinzhi looked at Jiang Ziqi on the stage through the backstage curtain. Jiang Ziqi had a strong presence, so he didn't have to worry about the two of them being used for profit anymore. He could rest assured.

He glanced at Chen Yiwen in the audience and smiled slightly. The little girl's bewildered expression was really cute.

Fu Xingbai was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses. It was only when Zheng Ruofen approached him and pinched him hard that he snapped out of it and his eyes lit up.

He looked at the cold Jiang Ziqi in front of him. Jiang Ziqi's face overlapped with the face of Jiang Yu deep in his memory. He couldn't help but take two steps back. Zheng Ruofen helped him up so that he wouldn't take any more steps back. More than ten years had passed. Except for the year when Fu Ziqi first arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, he could hardly remember Jiang Yu, the woman who had accompanied him through his youth...

Fu Anya asked him with concern, "Father, what's wrong?"

She was still young and had been overprotected, so she didn't understand what was wrong with her father and sister, why her father was suddenly going to lay a hand on her sister, and why her sister was so confrontational with her father.

Fu Anya tried to touch Jiang Ziqi, but Jiang Ziqi dodged her, and her gaze was cold.

Everything has returned to the way it was at the beginning.

Fu Anya withdrew her hand and silently returned to Zheng Ruofen's side. "Mother..." Her voice trembled slightly, and tears slid down her cheeks. She didn't understand why her sister had become more indifferent than usual.

Zheng Ruofen felt extremely distressed, but now was not the time to comfort her. She had Fu Anya taken away. After Fu Anya was reluctantly led away, Zheng Ruofen raised her eyes again, a sharp glint flashing across her face, which she concealed perfectly. "Ziqi, how could you go back on your word on a day like today? Look how angry you've made your father. You kept asking him what day it was. Today is not only your sister Ya Ya's birthday, but of course it's your engagement banquet. Have you forgotten?"

An engagement party?

Zheng Ruofen was speaking into the microphone, and everyone in the room heard her clearly. It sounded like Ms. Fu Ziqi was calling off the engagement.

The mention of an engagement party instantly gave Fu Xingbai's weak legs strength. He released Zheng Ruofen's hand and stood up. With a single glance, someone took the microphones away from Jiang Ziqi, and then he picked up the microphone himself. "My wife is right. Besides being my youngest daughter's birthday party today, I also intend to announce something else, which is—"

"My daughter, Fu Ziqi, and my son, Gao Qinzhi, were actually engaged five years ago and exchanged tokens of their love. This year, Ziqi has come of age, so today, on my daughter's birthday, I'm announcing this happy news..."

Fu Xingbai spoke in a tone befitting a leader negotiating with someone, which sounded nothing like a father talking about his daughter's marriage.

The people below listened with great enthusiasm, realizing that's how it was!

The Gao family, Jiang... oh no, Fu Ziqi is quite lucky. The Gao family is second only to the Zheng family, and the entire Gao family are military generals. Who would dare to mess with them!

But it seems Fu Ziqi is unwilling to come?

Didn't you hear the city lord's wife say she changed her mind?

Going back on your word at this critical juncture? That's just plain stupid.

By the way, it seems she's been entangled with Yan Qingnuo from Dan Academy. Could it be that she changed her mind because of that?

Tsk tsk tsk, they've exchanged tokens for five years and she's still cheating on him. So what if she's the daughter of the city lord? Who would dare marry her? The Gao family is doomed if they marry her!

The unfortunate Gao family member, Gao Qinrong, was furious. "I was wrong. Jiang Ziqi, that woman, even when she was about to die, still gave my brother a green hat. I take back what I said about her being worthy of my brother!"

Hua Ansu, "..."