Chapter 99 Wearing a replica to the banquet
Li Beiting seemed a little reserved when he spoke: "Are you free tonight? My friend's fiancée is having a birthday party and is in need of a female companion. I'd like to invite you to go with me."
Jiang Yao's heart trembled after hearing this.
"Your...friend?"
My friend specially invited her to be his date at his fiancée's birthday party. Is there any deeper meaning behind this?
"His surname is Gu, his name is Gu Lingfeng, and he has a good relationship with the Jiang family." Li Beiting explained.
Jiang Yao suddenly realized.
It turned out that it was for this reason that they specially invited her, in order to strengthen the relationship between their families.
Jiang Yao didn't know what was going on, and seemed a little lost in his heart, but he quickly suppressed his emotions, looked up and smiled at him.
"Okay, I'll go with you. Wait for me to go back and change into your dress."
Li Beiting was well prepared and took out several gift boxes from the back seat of the car.
"I've prepared the dress and jewelry. You can put them on if you like."
Jiang Yao didn't expect that he was so well prepared. Did he expect that she would agree, or if she didn't agree, he would invite other girls?
Thinking of this, Jiang Yao felt a little depressed.
But she didn't refuse.
"Then I'll go back to the house and change."
After saying that, he turned around and went back to the villa.
Li Beiting didn't notice her emotions, but he felt a little uneasy. He had been enduring for a long time, but these days, Jiang Yao's shadow had been lingering in his heart.
He really couldn't help it, so he finally found a reason.
When Jiang Yao returned to her room to change into her dress, she couldn't reach the zipper on the back, so she called for help from Wang Ma.
After Wang Ma helped her pull the string, she looked at her with admiration on her face.
"Wow, Miss, your dress is so beautiful and fits you so well. It seems like it was tailor-made for you."
Jiang Yao was stunned.
After putting it on, she found that the size and fit her figure perfectly.
It doesn't look like something you just bought casually, it really feels like it was custom-made.
But how did Li Beiting know her size?
Jiang Yao was confused, but her mood improved a lot. She even took out her latest earrings and necklace from the dressing table and dressed up carefully before going out.
When she pushed the door open, Li Beiting happened to look up. He seemed to be amazed by her appearance, and a smile flashed across his face. "I knew this dress would suit you very well."
"You chose this for me yourself?"
Jiang Yao couldn't help but be curious, "But how do you know my size?"
"Ahem..." Li Beiting cleared his throat awkwardly, "I just made an eyeball assessment."
Jiang Yao's face flushed.
This... this visual estimation is too accurate!
Is his eyesight so good?
A silent awkwardness spread in the air.
Li Beiting didn't say that her shadow had appeared in his dreams countless times recently. It seemed... not just visually, he had personally measured it countless times.
He even thought he might be sick.
"It's getting late, let's go."
Jiang Yao quickly turned around and opened the passenger door.
Li Beiting also sat in the driver's seat.
It was eerily quiet along the way, and we finally arrived at our destination half an hour later.
When they reached the door, Jiang Yao adjusted her mood and took his arm as she walked into the banquet hall, instantly attracting many eyes.
"Wow! What a handsome couple!"
"Xuewei, which one of them is your friend?"
A group of rich ladies surrounded the birthday girl Shen Xuewei and asked curiously.
Shen Xuewei shook her head when she heard this, "I don't even know him, he must be Ling Feng's friend!"
Someone stared at Jiang Yao for a while, then suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, that necklace on that girl's neck is so beautiful! It actually changes color under the reflection of the light."
The other ladies were all attracted by this.
There was a lot of discussion.
Jiang Yao naturally heard it as well and looked over subconsciously.
"The one in the white dress in the middle is the birthday girl, Shen Xuewei." Li Beiting introduced her.
"I'll go say hello and give you a gift." Jiang Yao said, then let go of Li Beiting and walked over.
The ladies covered their mouths and made way for her.
Jiang Yao walked up to Shen Xuewei and handed her an exquisite gift box. "Happy birthday, Miss Shen! This is a small gift from me for you. I hope you like it."
Although she came to accompany Li Beiting, she also prepared gifts personally.
Shen Xuewei reached out and took it, "Who are you?"
"My name is Jiang Yao, and I'm the female companion of your fiancé's friend." Jiang Yao introduced herself gracefully.
Shen Xuewei smiled and had a good impression of her. "Can I open it and take a look?"
"certainly."
Shen Xuewei then opened it and saw a pair of beautiful swan-shaped earrings, emitting star-like light, looking noble and dazzling.
"Wow, so beautiful! It matches Xuewei's temperament so well."
"This must be custom-made. The materials are obviously not simple, and the craftsmanship is also excellent. The carving is lifelike."
Shen Xuewei was also surprised and said to Jiang Yao gratefully, "Miss Jiang, you have a really good taste. This is so beautiful. I like it very much."
"Miss Jiang, this necklace you're wearing is also very beautiful. Where did you buy it?"
"And these earrings... I love them so much, I want one too!"
The ladies were generally quite knowledgeable, but the brilliance of Jiang Yao's jewelry still exceeded their expectations.
Jiang Yao touched his nose and didn't say that he made it himself. He just said modestly: "I had it custom-made at Yipin Pavilion."
"So it's Yipin Pavilion. No wonder it's so good. I'm going to buy it there next time."
"I want one too."
The noble ladies all spoke up in agreement, because Shen Xuewei liked it, and everyone also wanted to show their support for the birthday girl.
The atmosphere was originally very harmonious.
Until, a sarcastic voice suddenly rang out: "It's just a few pieces of jewelry, what's the fuss? In my opinion, this Miss Jiang is not some Yipin Pavilion agent. She actually came to this kind of banquet to make money. It's really not up to the standard. Miss Shen is really something, letting anyone in."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes subconsciously turned to the person who spoke.
All I saw was a young woman dressed gaudily.
Someone immediately recognized her identity as Miss Yu Annie from the Yu family.
She can be said to be Shen Xuewei's love rival. She has always had a crush on Gu Lingfeng, so she is looking for trouble openly and secretly.
This time it was more like deliberately picking on Shen Xuewei rather than mocking Jiang Yao.
Everyone looked unhappy.
However, Jiang Yao was not angry when he heard this, nor did he reveal his identity. He just smiled and spoke slowly.
"Miss, you may have misunderstood. Although Yipin Pavilion's reputation isn't particularly resounding, it's usually difficult to book a spot. They don't need me to act as a shill."
She wanted to simply reply and didn't want to conflict with anyone.
But who would have thought that what she said would make Yu Annie furious. She caught Jiang Yao and started to argue with him, and her words became more and more unpleasant.
Jiang Yao finally couldn't help it and looked her up and down. His gaze suddenly fell on the hairpin on her head and a smile flashed in his eyes.
"Although they are just a few pieces of jewelry and indeed not worth mentioning, at least the items sold at Yipin Pavilion are genuine. Unlike you, young lady, who wore a replica on your head to attend the banquet."
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