Inside the brightly lit hall.
The air around Xiaoyouzi's place seemed to freeze for a moment.
Si Jing turned around, sized up the reckless boy, and said coldly, "Say it again?"
Hearing someone call him a country bumpkin behind his back, Si Jing sounded a little angry.
Little Yuzu turned around.
He's an old acquaintance; I've seen him at the auction.
With her beautiful, clear eyes fixed on the boy in front of her, Xiaoyouzi scoffed, "It's you again, you loser."
"Didn't you learn your lesson from that over-the-shoulder throw last time?"
The person who arrived was none other than Bai Huai, whom they had met at the auction before.
At this moment, Bai Huai was wearing a suit, leather shoes, and a small black bow tie around his neck, looking quite dignified.
There's a bit of the Bai family gene in it.
Upon hearing Xiaoyouzi's threat, Bai Huai's expression immediately changed.
Putting everything else aside, the pain from being thrown over the shoulder is still there.
Seeing that he was scared, Xiaoyouzi took two steps closer to him and asked, "How about it? Do you still want to try?"
"You, you stay away!"
Bai Huai took several steps back in fear.
Only when he felt the position was relatively safe did he stubbornly say, "What a violent woman. Besides, I wasn't wrong. You're just a country bumpkin."
Little Yuzu glanced down at her pretty orange dress and little shoes, and didn't think she looked tacky at all.
"Me? Where's the 'earthy' part?" Little Yuzu raised an eyebrow as she looked at him.
She's clearly a fairy!
"Never been to a banquet before? You drool over the sight of food; you're a disgrace to our high society."
Bai Huai glanced at Xiao Youzi disdainfully: "Still saying you're not a country bumpkin!"
He'd been annoyed for a while now because she'd beaten him up before.
This kind of country bumpkin shouldn't be at the banquet.
He was determined to embarrass her!
Seeing Xiaoyouzi being bullied, Si Jing sneered and glared coldly at Bai Huai: "Who gave you that face? Do you even have one?"
"High society, my foot! I remember your family is just a branch of the Bai family, and you only got a little bit of pampering from Old Madam Bai." Si Jing was not someone to be trifled with, and immediately exposed Bai Huai's background.
She doesn't even have the qualifications to inherit the family business, yet she dares to call Xiaoyouzi, this rich woman, a country bumpkin?
Si Jing sneered disdainfully.
Although Xiaoyouzi didn't know him very well, Sijing did, and he got all of Bai Huai's information as soon as he got back from the auction.
What kind of class do you have to call it a "little pomelo"?
What happened to the Bai family's collateral branches?
Bai Huai couldn't stand the word "collateral branch." He straightened up and snorted arrogantly, "Even if our family is a collateral branch of the Bai family, our status is still much higher than yours."
"Are you sure?" Si Jing raised an eyebrow, shielding Xiao Youzi behind him, and glanced coldly at Bai Huai.
Little Yuzu whispered to Si Jing, "Brother Si Jing, do the collateral branches only get a small share of the profits? Especially for someone like him."
It seemed like Xiaoyouzi was whispering, but in reality, she spoke louder than anyone else, deliberately making it so that all three of them could hear her.
"Yes, his father still manages several companies, and he not only receives dividends but also wields some real power."
"But this guy can only get a small portion of the extra profit from his father's share." Si Jing looked at him coldly, directly exposing his true colors.
Little Yuzu's eyes widened as if she had heard some gossip, and she happily prepared to listen further.
Bai Huai was furious when someone revealed his family's wealth to his face: "You, what nonsense are you talking about? That's not true at all!"
Bai Huai was furious and about to yell at Si Jing when Bai Nankai, who had just arrived, grabbed his hand: "What are you doing running around like that, brat!"
"I didn't!" Bai Huai retorted instinctively, a sense of guilt rising in his heart.
Bai Nankai looked at Bai Huai with a serious expression. Not wanting to poke his forehead with his finger, he poked his shoulder instead: "You brat, what are you running around for? I knew I shouldn't have brought you along."
"Dad." Bai Huai lowered his head, his face darkening, not daring to disobey Bai Nankai at all.
He had his head down and looked very unwell.
Especially Xiaoyouzi and Sijing were watching from the sidelines.
He felt even more uncomfortable then.
Bai Huai said in a low voice, "I didn't wander off, I just came here..."
"Oh my, isn't this the young master of the Si family?"
Before Bai Huai could finish defending himself, Bai Nankai's gaze fell on the side, his voice incredibly enthusiastic.
Bai Nankai glared at Bai Huai: "Shut up."
Bai Nankai was just about to take Bai Huai away.
Unexpectedly, I saw Si Jing.
The young master of the Si family is notoriously... eccentric.
They rarely appear in high society.
This was the first time he had ever seen it.
Bai Nankai smiled slightly: "Young Master Si, I didn't expect you to come back to this banquet. It's a rare treat."
If his company could establish a connection with the Si family, would he have any trouble getting enough funds to cause trouble for that brat Bai Li?
Si Jing is, after all, a young master.
Upon seeing Bai Nankai, he wore a distant smile: "Second Master Bai."
"Young Master Si, you're too kind. May I ask if you came with Young Master Si or Mr. Si?" Bai Nankai asked, feigning curiosity.
Little Yuzu poked her head out from the side: "He came with me."
"Ah, who is this?" Bai Nankai asked in surprise, turning his head rapidly to try and figure out who this was.
I feel like I've seen this lady somewhere before.
Xiaoyouzi didn't reply, and Sijing ignored him as well.
After her gaze swept over Bai Nankai's face, Xiao Youzi tugged at Si Jing's sleeve and asked, "Brother Si Jing, is he Second Master Bai, from the Bai family? Is he the Bai family I'm thinking of?"
She didn't seem to have seen this person before when she went to Grandma Bai's birthday party last time.
Maybe it was in a corner and people didn't see it.
Little Yuzu remembered the old lady of the Bai family and planned to visit her sometime.
"Yes, but it doesn't matter, let's go." Si Jing pulled Xiao Youzi and was about to leave.
At this moment, Bai Nankai, disregarding his pride, tried to stop Si Jing for another chat: "Young Master Si, why don't we talk some more?"
"No need." Si Jing snorted coldly, his face indifferent: "Your young master said we are bumpkins, we are not worthy to chat with you."
"How could that be?" Bai Nankai said with a forced smile. "Is there some misunderstanding?"
Si Jing coldly glanced at Bai Huai, who looked like a quail: "Ask your young master."
"Little Yuzu, let's go."
Xiao Youzi followed Si Jing away, glancing at Bai Nankai, whose face was pale, and Bai Huai, who looked frightened, before looking away.
"You brat, you've caused me trouble the moment you came out!" Bai Nankai slapped Bai Huai on the head.
Bai Huai said, feeling very aggrieved, "Dad, I didn't know he was the young master of the Si family."
"You really are something! Just wait till I get back and teach you a lesson!" Bai Nankai said fiercely, then smiled and went to greet the people not far away.
Bai Huai cast a sinister glance at Xiao Youzi's retreating figure, his eyes cold.
As if sensing someone watching her, Xiaoyouzi turned around and gave a cold smile.
Faced with Xiaoyouzi's disdainful smile, Bai Huai was furious, yet helpless...
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