"It sounds so touching! I really want to know which woman is so lucky to have such happiness," said a woman in her thirties wearing a floral cheongsam. "It's a pity I got married too early, otherwise, I would have found a man who loves me so much too."
"You're quite attractive; you might remarry," someone teased her.
"Get lost, you're the one who wants to remarry."
"You're the one who should remarry."
......
Several women were laughing and joking, while two others were reading a newspaper. The newspaper prominently displayed the news of an upcoming wedding at the Emperor Hotel, making it a public announcement to everyone.
Su Xiaonuan, wanting to see what kind of woman was so happy, reached out her hand. "Beautiful lady, can I borrow your newspaper?"
Lan Yin had been listening for a while, and she let out a sarcastic laugh behind Su Xiaonuan. "Hehe, a woman like you who hasn't even had a wedding shouldn't bother watching. Seeing other people's happiness will probably make you want to kill yourself. Sigh, this is just how it is, comparisons are odious, and different people have different fates. Watching is pointless; such good fortune won't fall on you anyway, so why add to your troubles?"
All the women's eyes turned to Lan Yin.
Lan Yin swayed her hips as she stepped forward, waving to everyone.
Although Xiao Moran was chatting with several businessmen, his eyes were always on Su Xiaonuan, afraid that she would be looked down upon or bullied here. While other women were dressed up, she came in casual clothes and without makeup.
Hearing Lan Yin say this about Su Xiaonuan, all the heavily made-up women stared at Su Xiaonuan's bare face, thinking to themselves, "How come a country bumpkin suddenly appeared in a place like this? Aren't all the people who came today the boss's wife?"
Even if she weren't the boss's wife, even if she were the boss's wife's little follower, she wouldn't be dressed like this, right? At least she should have changed into something nice, right? Look at this woman, still dressed in all black, it's a bit unlucky. In this kind of occasion, everyone is dressed smartly, but she's so drab.
Instantly, everyone looked at Su Xiaonuan with disdain.
Taking the opportunity, Lan Yin said to everyone, "Don't hang out with this woman, you'll be in trouble. Don't be fooled by her being among us now. Her husband's business is almost bankrupt. Look at her, she can't even afford a dress. She's so poor, yet she dares to come to this kind of social gathering. She's really disgracing the image of us boss ladies in the provincial capital. Don't you think so?"
"Is that so?" The woman took back the newspaper she had offered, taking a few steps back with a look of disgust. "What were the organizers doing? How could they let someone like this in? Isn't it disgusting?"
Following this, the other women also took a few steps back, afraid of catching Su Xiaonuan's bad luck, and various cold and sarcastic remarks rang out:
"Inviting a boss who's on the verge of bankruptcy is a waste of resources, isn't it?"
"Everyone, stay away from her. Maybe she's trying to curry favor with us and then ask us to help them."
"Exactly, we've seen plenty of people like that. They'll always find a way to revive their business."
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Su Xiaonuan wanted to lose her temper, but she didn't want to embarrass Xiao Moran in front of everyone. It was also Moran's first time attending a business networking event in the provincial capital, so she loosened her clenched fist.
If it weren't for these gossipy women, they would probably have been bruised and battered by now. And that wicked woman, Lan Yin, would probably have a swollen face by now. For the sake of the man she loves, she has swallowed her anger for the first time.
Xiang Qiuyun, thinking Su Xiaonuan was scared, seized the opportunity to add insult to injury. "Ladies, please don't talk to this woman. She's a shameless, filthy woman. She'll roll around in the grass with a man and do that kind of thing. She's so disgusting, really. We used to be best friends, but she's so indecent. She got pregnant before marriage, and even her own parents have cut ties with her..."
"Shut up!" Xiao Moran noticed something was wrong and walked over just in time to hear Xiang Qiuyun's words. He raised his hand and slapped Xiang Qiuyun twice across the face, making her face swell up immediately.
Chaos erupted at the scene, and several women screamed.
Several women witnessed Xiao Moran hitting someone and all pretended to be scared.
The husbands of those women all came over to protect their wives.
Xie Zhi also arrived. Although he and Lan Yin had a falling out, that was only when they were behind closed doors. In public, he still had to maintain the appearance of a loving couple, protecting Lan Yin while pointing a finger at Xiao Moran's nose. "You blind fool, how dare you come here and cause trouble? Don't you know who you are? Just a dilapidated factory that's about to go bankrupt, and you dare to be so arrogant? Men, throw these two people out of here."
Xie Zhi, a nouveau riche, had appeared on television countless times, and many people knew him. Everyone assumed that his shout would surely attract security personnel to kick out the nearly bankrupt couple.
Fully armed security personnel arrived. Instead of kicking Xiao Moran and Su Xiaonuan out, they stepped forward and bowed to them, saying, "Bosses, we are truly sorry. It was our security work that was inadequate, which is why we neglected you. The chairman said that he would like to invite you to the inner room for a chat."
What's going on?
Everyone stared in astonishment at Xiao Moran and Su Xiaonuan. It was the president who invited them. Who were these two?
The chairman is the behind-the-scenes bigwig who hosted this social gathering. He is said to be from Kyoto, and none of the local business owners have ever met him. However, everyone wants to get on his good side, as it is said that having a connection with him can secure many big projects.
At this meeting, everyone was there to meet the chairman and to see the city's mysterious tycoon. Rumor has it that the new tycoon has invested in many industries and his business spans the whole country.
Just as they were about to leave, Xu Pei and Yu Yang arrived.
"Xiao Nuan." Xu Pei stepped forward and hugged Su Xiao Nuan. "Why didn't you come to see your sister?"
"Sister Pei, you're a very busy person these days. Wouldn't it be a waste of your precious time for me to come and see you?"
If the previous president's invitation wasn't surprising, then Yu Yang and Xu Pei's invitation this time truly astonished everyone.
Everyone here knows Yu Yang, the director of the Public Security Bureau, who is considered a public figure.
The trendy clothes worn by the female shop owners here are almost all bought from Xu Pei's boutique. Her Peiqi boutique has many enlarged photos hanging on the walls. Xiao Nuan is right, she looks good in anything with her figure, so she uses this method to advertise her boutique.
As soon as this woman arrived, all the female shop owners recognized her. She was the idol of all of them, and they learned their fashion sense from Sister Pei. When they talked about it, they would often talk about the interesting things that happened when they went to Peiqi's boutique to buy clothes, as if only buying clothes there was considered high-class.
Seeing a fashionista so intimately embracing a casually dressed woman, these business owners dared not underestimate Su Xiaonuan anymore, especially the women who had just mocked her. They all chuckled awkwardly, wanting to go up and apologize to Su Xiaonuan.
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