Gu Qingshan booked the family reunion banquet at the best five-star hotel in the city.

Invitations were sent to various wealthy families in H City well in advance.

Early Saturday morning, Yun Rujin began to help Gu Yanxin get dressed up carefully.

It was as if they were the main characters at the banquet.

Gu Yanxin's eyes flickered slightly, and she said in a sweet voice, "Mom, it seems that my sister doesn't have a dress yet. I have a lot of dresses that she hasn't worn yet. Should we give one to her?"

"Why do you care about her?" Yun Rujin frowned.

Gu Yanxin bit her lip lightly, "It's my sister's family reunion banquet, after all. If I don't have a formal dress, won't others look down on me?"

"Yes, you're very thoughtful." Yun Rujin nodded.

"Zhang Ma, go to Miss's dressing room and pick out any dress for Shi Miao to take to her," she instructed, turning her head.

"Yes, Madam." Upon hearing this, Zhang Ma hurriedly went to the dressing room.

[Knock knock knock—]

Aunt Zhang raised her hand and knocked on the door. Standing at the door of Shi Miao's room with an evening dress in hand, she called out, "Madam instructed me to bring you the dress for tonight's banquet."

Shi Miao opened the door, leaned casually against the doorframe, glanced sideways at the dress in Zhang Ma's hand, and raised her pretty eyebrows slightly: "Tsk, Gu Yanxin doesn't want it?"

“This…Miss said this is new and hasn’t been worn yet,” Zhang Ma replied, bowing her head, a hint of disdain flashing in her eyes.

Shi Miao reached out and picked up the dress from Zhang Ma's hand. With a few ripping sounds, the once intact dress turned into a pile of shredded fabric.

Shi Miao casually tossed the clothes on the ground, clapped her hands, and said nonchalantly, "Tell her not to send all sorts of trash here."

After saying that, he turned around and closed the door without looking back, leaving Zhang Ma dumbfounded.

Zhang Ma came to her senses, picked up the tattered clothes from the floor, and returned to Gu Yanxin's room.

"Madam, Miss Shi Miao is too fierce. She tore the young lady's clothes off and said that we shouldn't send such trash to her anymore. The young lady meant well, but she showed no mercy," Zhang Ma complained.

"What did you say? You, Shi Miao, are getting bolder and bolder. Does she even know how much this dress costs?" Yun Rujin's face turned green upon hearing this, and she slammed her hand on the table in anger.

Gu Yanxin curled her lips and thought to herself: Let Shi Miao continue acting like this.

Gu Yanxin pulled Yun Rujin's arm and said softly, "Mom, calm down. Let's just do what we're supposed to do."

"Hmph, let's see what she does at the banquet tonight. The old man won't be able to blame us, since she's the one who doesn't appreciate our efforts."

A hint of excitement flashed in Gu Yanxin's eyes, as if she had already anticipated the embarrassing scene that Shi Miao would create that night.

*

In front of Gu Family Villa

Holding two gift boxes in his hands, Fu Jin looked at the servants who were cleaning the entrance of the Gu family's house and asked, "Is Miss Shi Miao home?"

"Ah, yes...yes." The servant looked at Fu Jin, who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, wearing a black suit, with an imposing presence on his face, and stammered in response.

"Could you please call her for me?"

"Yes...yes." The servant hurriedly dropped what he was doing and went to relay the message.

A moment later, Shi Miao appeared at the door.

"Miss Shi, Mr. Chen asked me to bring this over." Fu Jin respectfully handed it to Shi Miao.

"What is this?" Shi Miao raised an eyebrow slightly, standing still without taking it.

"Master Chen said if you ask, you should open it and see for yourself."

"Tsk, I know." She then took the two beautifully packaged gift boxes from his hands.

"Then I'll be going now."

"Okay, thank you for your help."

......

Shi Miao returned to her room and opened the gift box.

A black dress lay quietly inside the box, with an irregularly shaped necklace of sparkling diamonds on top of it.

Shi Miao picked up the dress. The dress was short in the front and long in the back, and the skirt was covered with sparkling rhinestones, as if the starry sky was woven onto it.

The other box contained a pair of high heels in the same color scheme, with champagne-colored studs around the straps.

[Ding-dong] The phone screen lit up and a message popped up.

Shi Miao put down her evening gown, picked up her phone, and opened the chat window.

Ji Yanchen: [Do you like it?]

Shi Miao: [Yes, thank you.]

Ji Yanchen: [Looking forward to seeing how you look in it. See you tonight.]

Shi Miao: [?]

Ji Yanchen: [I'll back you up.]

Shi Miao: [...]