"Impossible." Ji Jingyao reacted quickly.
Xuan Lou was in a very good mood when he saw him like this. "Why do you think it's impossible?"
Ji Jingyao frowned slightly, "The so-called love at first sight is just lust at first sight. I don't believe in love at first sight."
Xuan Lou curled his lips. With Shi Miao's beauty, wasn't it natural for him to be attracted to her? He suddenly remembered the dream Ji Jingyao had told him about before and laughed. "You said you didn't believe in love at first sight, but in your dream, you fell in love with her at first sight, too."
He had thought about the dream that Ji Jingyao described many times and remembered every detail clearly.
Ji Jingyao looked calm, "So it was just a dream, no need to take it seriously."
Xuan Lou just laughed. He was waiting to see Ji Jingyao slap himself in the face someday. His intuition told him that day wouldn't be far away. He seemed to remember something and said to Ji Jingyao, "I'll go with you to the Zhou family banquet on the 12th."
He placed his hand on his chin, "I have a feeling something exciting will happen then."
The premonition of a master of metaphysics should not be easily ignored.
Meanwhile, Zhou Liheng was overjoyed to learn that Ji Jingyao was attending the banquet. When he sent the invitation, he hadn't expected Ji Jingyao to honor him, considering the two families didn't have much of a connection.
He planned to take this opportunity to see if he could make friends with the other party and get on board the Ji family.
Zhou Man also knew about this. She was happy at first, but then her expression became gloomy again. "Mr. Ji, did you come here because of Sister Miaomiao?"
Although Zhou Man's heart was always in her fiancé Pei Ze, it was perfectly normal for her to harbor a faint admiration for a man as handsome and powerful as Ji Jingyao. Yet, Ji Jingyao, who usually treated wealthy women with indifference, had lost his composure when Shi Miao fainted, even offering a hug. That scene, while heartbreaking, also left her somewhat disappointed. It turned out that Ji Jingyao, like any other man, was equally moved by Shi Miao's beauty.
More importantly, Shi Miao is already favored by her two uncles. If she has Ji Jingyao as her backer, she will be suppressed by her for the rest of her life.
Zhou Liheng thought for a moment and said, "This time we'll just say it's our family's banquet, and outsiders won't know it's related to Shi Miao." The only ones who knew about it were the Zhou, Pei, and Wen families.
Zhou Liheng had even made arrangements so that no one would implicate Master Shan and him.
Zhou Man nodded slightly, a smile on her face. "That's probably because they want to cooperate with our family, so they are actively showing goodwill to us."
She looked at Zhou Liheng, her heart beating rapidly. Dad said she had already made all the arrangements. The banquet on the 12th might very well be the day when Shi Miao would be ruined.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look forward to that day coming as soon as possible.
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February 12th arrived in a flash.
Guests who arrived early gathered with their acquaintances and gossiped.
"It's not a festival these days, what happened in the Zhou family that made them hold an urgent banquet? Have you heard anything about it?" One of the young ladies looked at Li Yanran. Li Yanran had a good relationship with Shi Miao and Wen Yanshan. In their eyes, she was the person who was more likely to find out the latest news.
Li Yanran shrugged and said, "I don't know. Yanshan just said that we will know when the time comes." If Yanshan hadn't emphasized that she must come, Li Yanran would not have wanted to come.
Seeing that Li Yanran didn't know either, they gave up and began discussing Shi Miao's fortune gambling on rocks in City R, their words filled with envy. They'd heard she'd made at least 50 million this time. Even though they all came from distinguished backgrounds and lived in the finest of food and clothing, their annual allowance wasn't that much. It wasn't like every wealthy family was like the Zhou and Wen families, favoring daughters over sons.
What surprised them was that they never saw Zhou Man and Shi Miao show up. Only the Zhou family's servants were there to entertain them seriously, not letting them feel neglected.
The banquet was scheduled for six o'clock, and Ji Jingyao arrived at five-fifty. His appearance caused a commotion. Some people wondered, "Is Ji Jingyao in a good mood lately? Is he willing to attend the banquet now?" Next to him was a handsome young man with white hair, holding a lollipop in his mouth, his demeanor completely different from the others.
With this mentality, some people tried to approach Ji Jingyao and build a relationship with him, but unsurprisingly, they were rejected.
QAQ Ji Jingyao is still the same Ji Jingyao!
At six o'clock, the Zhou, Wen, and Pei families showed up on time. To their surprise, Zhou Man, the most famous socialite in the upper class, was actually outdone by Shi Miao in her attire.
Although Zhou Man was wearing this spring's couture collection, she still couldn't compare to Shi Miao's. Those with a keen eye for fashion recognized Shi Miao's outfit as the work of renowned designer Lan Nuo, who only designs one outfit a year. Unexpectedly, Shi Miao already wore Lan Nuo's latest creation. The sharply tailored dress perfectly accentuated Shi Miao's perfect figure, its hem shaped like a lotus leaf. As she moved, the lifelike lotus flowers embroidered on it appeared and disappeared, their petals seemingly unfolding with her movements. Even more striking was the imperial green jadeite headpiece she wore.
Miss Zhang couldn't help but grab Li Yanran's wrist, "If I'm not mistaken, that set of imperial green seems to be what Old Madam Wen gave to Second Madam Wen?" How did it end up on Shi Miao?
Li Yanran nodded heavily. She had heard that Zhou Man had tried to borrow this headdress from Madam Wen Er, but had failed. The sapphire necklace Zhou Man wore today was beautiful and quite expensive, but it couldn't compare to Shi Miao's headdress. It wasn't just her attire, but her looks too... Zhou Man was a renowned beauty in the industry, but next to Shi Miao, she was reduced to a complete background.
"Mrs. Wen treats Shi Miao better than her own daughter."
Many people feel this way in their hearts.
Zhou Liheng glanced around at the guests present, his gaze fixed on Shi Miao's face. To his surprise, even at this moment, Shi Miao still looked calm and composed. Meanwhile, Manman, standing beside her, was visibly nervous.
He held the microphone in his hand with a faint, polite smile on his face. "I invited everyone here today just to make an announcement."
"Some time ago, we accidentally discovered that due to some accident, my daughter Zhou Liheng had been away for eighteen years. Now she has finally returned."
The guests who were originally drinking from their glasses stared at Zhou Liheng blankly, wondering for a moment if they were hallucinating.
Living outside?
What Zhou Liheng meant was that Zhou Man was not the real eldest daughter of the Zhou family?
Oh shit!
Is it so exciting?
Their trip was not in vain! If Zhou Man is not the one, then who is?
They turned their heads stiffly and looked at Shi Miao who was standing side by side with Zhou Man, and a vague guess emerged in their minds.
The next second, Wen Ying's trembling voice rang out, "Yes, Shi Miao, you are my real daughter!"
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