Chapter 223 Banquet
It didn't take long before a waiter wearing a bow tie and white gloves opened the car door. As Zhang Wei followed Dora out, they were blinded by the flash lights.
What Zhang Wei was thinking was, just take the photo, no one knows her anyway.
She could see that Dora's face was not looking good, and the people taking pictures did not dare to get too close, but she still heard those who were taking pictures whispering:
"Whose lady is this?"
Then Dora took Zhang Wei and walked quickly along the red carpet. Seeing a tall young man, she immediately asked:
"Nick, I brought Vera here for your sake. If you had told me in advance that your family had called a reporter, I definitely wouldn't have come!"
Zhang Wei then looked at the tall white young man, and she couldn't tell at all that he was the fat boy in her class who had been scared by her when she was a child.
"Don't be angry, it was my mother who called me, I didn't know anything about it beforehand."
Then he turned to Zhang Wei and said, "Vera, if Dora hadn't asked you to come, you might not even want to see us classmates!"
Since they were old classmates, Zhang Wei was quite polite: "It's not that I don't want to see you, it's just that I really can't recognize you. Who knew that the little fat boy could become such a handsome guy."
"Sorry, sorry. As you know, my mom works in the media industry. It's her occupational disease, and she can't change it. Let's go to the inner hall. We guarantee that they won't disturb us. Let's go!"
At this time, the Zhou family, dressed in new clothes, were waiting at the door for the guard to verify the invitation. Zhou Anqi watched a familiar face walk down the red carpet and be welcomed into the inner hall by the host, muttering to herself:
"Why is she here? Who is she?"
It turned out that Zhang Wei and her friends had VIP invitations and walked directly on the red carpet, while most other people had ordinary invitations and needed to be verified at the door before entering.
"Who is it? Anqi?" Zhou Chi hadn't been paying attention to that side just now, so he didn't see Zhang Wei walking on the red carpet in.
At this time, Father Zhou, who was walking in front, urged: "Come here quickly, stay with me and your mother, and don't run around everywhere. We can't afford to offend the people here."
"Whose mother is this? You're so shameless!" Zhou Anqi frowned in disgust.
"Just ignore her, she won't bother you," Zhou Chi advised.
Zhou Anqi glared: "Who said it doesn't bother me? She spent our family's money and took over my mother's identity!"
Seeing that his persuasion was useless, Zhou Chi ignored her. Mrs. Zhou in front of him had obviously heard what the brother and sister said. Father Zhou explained to her awkwardly:
"Ayuan, I didn't discipline Anqi well when she was young. She is ignorant. Please be more tolerant of her."
Mrs. Zhou said magnanimously, "It's okay. She's still young. Why would I bother with a child?"
In the inner hall, Zhang Wei met several classmates who had studied at Tifield before. Most of them had taken over their family businesses, and some asked her if she would go to her father's company.
Zhang Wei shook her head. "At the moment, none of our children have any plans to inherit the company, so Dad will still be in charge."
At most, I will hand it over to Leida when Dad really feels unable to do it. After all, he is the only one who is managing the company now and has this ability.
When others heard that she was studying for a PhD at Harvard, they were also surprised. They didn't expect that she really liked studying and could actually get a PhD.
"What are you researching?"
Pharmaceuticals
"We have a relatively large R&D center at home. If you need anything, you can come to me."
"OK, thanks."
Sure enough, it wasn't completely a loss. Maybe she would go to the R&D center to find a job later.
Zhang Wei was chatting with her second-generation classmates when she noticed someone staring at her. When she looked over, she saw someone she didn't expect.
The biological mother of this body, Qin Yuan.
For a moment she had the urge to hide, then reason brought her back to consciousness. So many years had passed, it was impossible for her to recognize herself, and in this foreign country, who could connect the little beggar who was half-naked in the countryside with the glamorous girl who was now talking confidently to foreigners?
And the girl next to her who was staring at her, wasn't she the one who was pestering Paris that day?
They looked like a family. Did she have another child? They didn't seem very close.
Before she could figure it out, the girl named Zhou Anqi walked towards her:
"Um, Sister Vera, can I meet your friends?"
Zhang Wei saw that she couldn't help but look at her classmates eagerly, and at the same time, she couldn't hide her disapproval and disdain for her.
Zhang Wei found it funny. They hadn't even said hello to each other, and she clearly heard her swearing at her last time. Why did she think she would help her?
As expected, she is still young and thinks that everyone will ignore her just because of a few words from her.
Zhang Wei didn't want to argue with her, but Paris was wrong. She had never been a kind person. She just liked to repay evil with evil.
"I'm sorry, I don't know you."
Zhang Wei said indifferently.
"Vera, come on, I'll introduce you to a friend!"
Dora came over and looked at the blushing girl in front of Zhang Wei and asked:
"Who is this?"
"I don't know, maybe she recognized the wrong person!"
After that, she followed Dora away.
Zhou Anqi could only return to their previous seat under the mocking gazes of some people. At this time, only Mrs. Zhou was left in the seat. She said slowly:
"I'm telling you, if you can take back that fierce look in your eyes, you might be able to trick people."
"None of your business!" Zhou Anqi immediately threw a cup at her, but she dodged it nimbly.
A noble lady nearby looked at Qin Yuan with pity and said, "Alas, it's hard to be a stepmother. Your little one is so ignorant!"
Qin Yuan said magnanimously: "It's okay, I'm used to it."
"I was wondering why Vera looked so annoying. Turns out she looks so much like you. No wonder they're not good people!"
Zhou Anqi looked at Qin Yuan and continued to speak angrily, but Qin Yuan just gently asked the waiter to come over to change the dishes, not caring about what she said at all.
Zhang Wei probably didn't expect that someone could see the similarities between her and Qin Yuan, but this was probably something only she knew, and Qin Yuan would never have thought of it.
All in all, attending this banquet was quite worthwhile. She met many classmates whom she hadn't seen since graduation. Everyone was quite enthusiastic and didn't ignore her just because she had little in common with them.
After the banquet, Zhang Wei returned to London as planned to spend Christmas with her family, so she ignored the meeting with Qin Yuan as an insignificant matter.
What she didn't expect was that the incident with Anqi at the banquet last week was not over yet.
After returning home, Zhou Anqi made a big fuss, saying that others looked down on her and demanded that her father contact Zhang Wei for her. She kept saying that she didn't know how she had offended her and wanted to apologize to her.
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