Chapter 40 The Real Daughter Who Loves Riches and Hates Poverty 18 It’s All Because of Her
Hearing Yan Mi say this, Xing Shan was stunned.
He never expected that Yan Mi was stolen by someone after just one day at the Xiao family's house.
"Did you promise him?" Xing Shan's eyes kept showing strange expressions, but his tone remained calm.
"No, I don't like him." Yan Mi answered nonchalantly.
Xing Shan carefully observed the changes in Yan Mi's expression. Yan Mi did not show any fluctuations at all. Only then did he believe what Yan Mi said.
"You must always remember your goal and not have any contact with them. They have bad intentions towards you, do you know?" Xing Shan touched Yan Mi's head as if she were his sister, and spoke gently.
"Don't worry, I won't forget." Yan Mi couldn't stand this kind of commanding tone the most. She impatiently slapped Xing Shan's hand away.
Xing Shan withdrew his hand, but was not angry.
He thought of Yan Mi's plan and started preparing for it in the past few days.
Yan Mi's restaurant opened a few days ago.
Her restaurant was so busy during its opening days that it was completely overwhelmed.
Xiao Runbai and Shi Feng both called everyone around them to show their support. Because of the commotion they caused, the incident at Yan Mi's restaurant caused quite a stir.
Even Mr. Xing was paying attention to this suddenly appeared store, but he didn't know who the owner behind it was.
Yan Mi has the original owner's memories. She remembers everything about the male protagonist setting up a stall very clearly. With her improvements, the food in the restaurant tastes among the best.
In addition, Yan Mi has Xing Shan's help behind the scenes, and her restaurant has also gained a certain degree of fame on the Internet. Recently, more and more people have been going to her restaurant.
The restaurant is good in every aspect, and its offline reputation is getting better and better.
All signs indicate that things are moving in the right direction.
Yan Mi had never shown up in that restaurant, and the Xing family would not recognize her as the owner of the restaurant.
Yan Mi felt much more relieved about this.
The banquet arrived as scheduled.
On that day, the Xing family villa was brightly lit, with people coming and going, and it was very lively.
Although Yan Mi was the protagonist of this banquet, she was not arranged to receive guests at the door. Instead, she was asked to stay in the room and not go out to embarrass herself.
Yan Mi was happy and relaxed, and didn't want to argue with them.
Xing Zhiyao was brought by Xing's parents and was dressed exquisitely and beautifully. Those who didn't know her would have thought that Xing Zhiyao was the protagonist of the banquet.
The guests saw this and understood that the Xing family did not value their biological daughter. This so-called family recognition banquet was held for everyone to see, mainly to show that their adopted daughter was the one the Xing family cared about.
When Xiao Runbai and his family arrived at the Xing family, Xiao Runbai's attitude towards Xing Shan softened a lot.
After all, Xing Shan is Yan Mi's brother who has a good relationship with him, and he will never compromise his status to please his brother-in-law.
But before he could open his mouth, Xing Shan had a cold face and didn't even look at him.
Xiao Runbai was confused and greeted Xing Shan in a friendly manner.
When Xing Zhiyao saw Xiao Runbai coming over, her eyes lit up and she tried her best to show her best, but Xiao Runbai didn't even look at her and completely ignored her.
After they went in, Xiao Runqing kept looking for Yan Mi, but unfortunately he couldn't see Yan Mi in the entire hall.
"Brother, Yanyan must have been bullied by the Xing family again. It's so abominable."
"Wait a moment and see." Xiao Runbai's eyes darkened.
When most of the guests had arrived, Mr. Xing took a look at everyone present, and then ordered someone to bring Yan Mi down.
The Xing family didn't want Yan Mi to be in the spotlight, so they never arranged for a makeup artist to dress up Yan Mi.
After all, in terms of appearance, Yan Mi is definitely better looking than Xing Zhiyao.
But Yan Mi herself is capable enough. She was not idle upstairs. She dressed herself up and put on the gift that Lu Tianshu had given her before.
In fact, Xing Shan and the other two also gave her gifts, but none of them fit her well, so Yan Mi simply ignored them all.
Lu Tianshu said that he would come to this banquet, but Yan Mi snorted coldly. She didn't believe that Lu Tianshu would come.
When Yan Mi was invited to go downstairs, she walked down slowly in a noble evening dress.
She straightened her back and used her proud aura to draw everyone's attention to her.
Xing Zhiyao looked at Yan Mi, who seemed to be shining, and her face turned even paler.
How was this possible? She had already suspended all of Yan Mi's cards, and Yan Mi had been operating right under her nose. How did she do it?
Not only Xing Zhiyao was shocked, but Madam Ning was also shocked.
Mr. Xing looked at Yan Mi, who looked like a peacock spreading its feathers, with a cold frown on his face. He had never seen Yan Mi like this before.
He wanted to see what kind of tricks Yan Mi was going to play.
As long as he is in the Xing family, Yan Mi will never be able to cause any trouble.
He is very confident in himself.
Yan Mi had a decent smile on his face, but didn't talk to anyone.
When she reached the first floor, everyone came to their senses and started discussing.
"Is this the Xing family's biological daughter? She looks so enchanting."
"But no matter how I look at it, he doesn't look much like Master Xing and Madam Xing. Is he really their biological child?"
"She really looks better. Compared to her, Xing Zhiyao seems like a far cry from her."
Many of the guests who came this time brought their sons and daughters with them. After seeing Yan Mi, many girls couldn't help but compare the beauty of Xing Zhiyao and Yan Mi.
Hearing them say this, Xing Zhiyao felt deeply deceived, and an invisible pressure was about to crush her.
Xing Zhiyao gave the girls who were discussing something a vicious look, and the girls all shut up.
"Everyone, this is my biological daughter that my Xing family has been searching for for twenty years. I believe you all know that the purpose of this banquet is to introduce my biological daughter to everyone. Please take good care of her." As soon as Mr. Xing spoke, he attracted everyone's attention.
Yan Mi didn't have the heart to listen to Mr. Xing's nonsense. She went to Xing Shan and winked at him.
Xing Shan frowned slightly, "Who sent you this dress?"
"I won't tell you." Yan Mi said.
"Why don't you wear the suit I gave you?" Xing Shan continued to ask.
"It's so annoying. If you don't want to wear it, then don't wear it." Yan Mi got angry at the question.
Xing Shan didn't ask any further questions.
According to the information he received, he knew exactly what clothes Xiao Runbai and Shi Feng sent, and this set was definitely not sent by them.
But apart from them, who else would give clothes to Yan Mi?
In short, it is impossible that Yan Mi bought it herself. He has been with Yan Mi these days and has never seen her do these things.
After eliminating all the possible candidates, Xing Shan really had no one left to guess.
Mr. Xing was still speaking over there.
"Of course, this banquet is also to celebrate my adopted daughter's twentieth birthday. Yaoyao has grown up with us since she was a child, and we have a deep bond over the years. Yaoyao is also my daughter, and the future heir to the Xing family will only be Yaoyao. As for our biological daughter, we only hope that she can live a happy and fulfilling life. We will never treat her unfairly."
After Mr. Xing finished speaking, not only the guests were shocked, but Xing Zhiyao also opened her mouth wide.
She knew that this banquet was to celebrate her birthday, so she didn't think about anything else. She just wanted to work harder in the future to trap the Xing couple.
Unexpectedly, Xing's father directly announced that she was the heir to the Xing family.
Xing Zhiyao couldn't hide the excitement in her eyes at all, and she and Ms. Ning smiled at each other.
Everyone looked at Yan Mi with pity.
What’s the use of dressing up nicely? In the end, you can’t beat people’s partiality.
While everyone was feeling sorry for Yan Mi, Xing Zhiyao was pushed to the center of the crowd. Mr. Xing wanted Xing Zhiyao to say a few words.
Yan Mi just listened to some excited and grateful words, and he didn't forget to step on her foot when he finished.
Yan Mi yawned out of boredom.
After Xing Zhiyao finished speaking, the staff pushed a three-meter-high cake out from the restaurant with a message "Happy Birthday to Xing Zhiyao" written on it.
Yan Mi looked over and found it a little funny.
Fortunately, the house was built high enough, otherwise the cake would have been eaten by the house.
People gathered around the Xing family to congratulate them, and Yan Mi and Xing Shan were pushed to the periphery.
Seeing this, Xiao Runqing immediately ran to Yan Mi and said, "Yan Yan, you look so beautiful today. When you came downstairs, I thought you were an angel."
"You look good today too. Did you match the outfit yourself?" Yan Mi glanced at Xiao Runqing and asked.
Xiao Runqing perked up and pulled Yan Mi to a corner to talk about his own experiences.
Xing Shan and Xiao Runbai also followed. Shi Feng was also paying attention to Yan Mi. When he saw her go to the corner, he followed her.
He felt sorry that Yan Mi didn't wear the clothes he gave her, but Yan Mi was beautiful enough today, and he felt that his taste in choosing clothes was indeed a little poor.
The three men surrounded Yan Mi, took one look at each other, and instantly understood the purpose of these people.
Their eyes met, but Xing Shan was the better one.
Xing Shan showed his disgust towards Xiao Runbai and Shi Feng. They only thought that Xing Shan looked down on them, but they didn't know that Xing Shan was actually one of them.
Just as they were in a silent confrontation, Yan Mi was called by Xing Zhiyao.
Only then did everyone realize that Yan Mi was surrounded by Xiao Runbai, Shi Feng and others.
The status of the Xiao family is unquestionable. Many people who want to establish a relationship with the Xiao family have no channels. The Shi family is the same. Although they cannot compare with the Xiao family, they are not comparable to ordinary wealthy people.
Seeing so many talented people gathered around Yan Mi, Mr. Xing's eyes were obscure, and some unknown emotions flashed in his eyes.
Xing Zhiyao enjoyed the feeling of being surrounded by everyone, but she also did not forget to observe where Xiao Runbai was.
When she was urged to cut the cake, she glanced to the side and saw Yan Mi surrounded by Xiao Runbai, Shi Feng and Xing Shan.
Xiao Runbai looked at Yan Mi with gentle eyes, but his eyes were too straightforward.
Shi Feng was trying to make Yan Mi happy and was very cautious when speaking to Yan Mi.
Although Xing Shan didn't say anything to Yan Mi, he raised his hand and brushed away the hair that was hanging on Yan Mi's forehead.
Her mind suddenly became clear and she figured out many things that she had not understood before.
Why did the person who had always been by her side suddenly become indifferent to her, why did the person who was obviously very satisfied with her and was about to get married suddenly regret the engagement, why did the person who had secretly loved her and protected her since childhood suddenly say that he no longer liked her.
All of this, all the problems are caused by one person!
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