Old Mrs. Si’s hand trembled, causing the soup spoon to shake.
What?
That scheming woman Shen Mengyu still hasn’t given up on the third young master and plans to cause trouble at the auction?
Yan Zheng tightened her grip on the chopsticks.
If Si Hanche and Jiang Mingyan completely break up, it would mean her mission has failed.
When the original host meets her destined ending, she will be completely erased from this world!
[With Shen Mengyu’s pathetic, underhanded tactics, she thinks she can break up the couple I ship? But how can I get into Hanbao Pavilion’s auction?]
Grandma is getting older, with limited energy and stamina, and has long stopped attending various banquets.
Since Si Yueting injured his leg, he rarely appears in public and has others bid on his behalf at auctions.
That pig-brained Si Hanche, even if he goes, definitely won’t bring her along.
Maybe she should directly approach Jiang Mingyan and get in through the Jiang family’s connections.
With her by Mingyan’s side, she can prevent her from being secretly plotted against.
Old Mrs. Si cleared her throat,
“Since we’re just idling at home anyway, there happens to be an auction tonight. Zheng, would you like to come with me and have a look?”
Upon hearing this, Yan Zheng quickly nodded.
Old Mrs. Si immediately had her staff make preparations.
Since the girl can foresee what will happen tonight, of course she wants to see how that scheming woman will suffer the consequences of her own actions!
Claiming to be too old is just an excuse—the truth is she simply can’t be bothered to move.
But when there’s good drama to watch, who wouldn’t be full of energy?
Every year, the Hanbao Pavilion auction gathers rare ancient treasures from around the world, attracting wealthy businesspeople and celebrities who come from far and wide.
After Yan Zheng accompanied Old Mrs. Si to the auction venue and they had just found their seats, she spotted Jiang Mingyan in the distance answering a phone call before getting up and leaving her seat.
She immediately became alert.
Could that call be from Shen Mengyu, deliberately luring Jiang Mingyan away?
Yan Zheng asked Old Mrs. Si to wait while she followed.
Hearing Jiang Mingyan say “Okay, Mom, I understand” before entering the restroom, she guessed Shen Mengyu wouldn’t choose the same location to strike again.
Shen Mengyu would pick a public place to frame Jiang Mingyan!
“Yan Zheng?”
A deep, cold male voice sounded behind her with a hint of uncertainty.
Turning around, Yan Zheng saw the tall, imposing figure of Gu Jiusi approaching in a cold gray trench coat.
The man had sharp eyebrows, phoenix eyes, and thin lips like a blade—the kind of handsome that was strikingly aggressive.
Her nominal second brother was known as the most handsome film director in history.
Gu Jiusi never expected to see this woman wearing a red satin dress with thin straps, revealing a section of pale, slender legs, her soft, glossy long hair cascading down to her lower back, swaying gracefully with her movements like a blooming rose.
Was this the same Yan Zheng who looked like she’d just been dug out of the mud, fresh like a newly unearthed bamboo shoot, reeking of earthy vulgarity?
Gu Jiusi frowned, his tone impatient,
“You’re just a country bumpkin who doesn’t know how to appreciate these antiques and jewels. Instead of staying at the Si residence and doing more work, what are you doing here causing a stir? This kind of refined place isn’t for someone like you!”
Yan Zheng was so angry she almost laughed,
[Who does Gu Jiusi think he is? Putting on this condescending, bossy attitude—is it because he’s feeling high-spirited after happily getting his divorce certificate and now he’s out here acting crazy? Or is it because he’s been a rotten seed since childhood, deliberately taking me out and abandoning me, causing me to get kidnapped?]
[“Even dogs are allowed in here, so why can’t a perfectly fine person like me come?”]
“You… how did you…”
Gu Jiusi pointed at Yan Zheng with an ugly expression, his face pale as he stared at her tightly sealed lips, yet the voice seemed to come from nowhere.
Back when they cremated his great-grandmother and she suddenly sat up, it hadn’t shocked him as much as this!
He had just finalized his divorce today and was feeling deeply frustrated. He hadn’t told anyone about it—how could Yan Zheng know?
As for that incident when he was eight and deliberately abandoned three-year-old Yan Zheng on the street, someone had told him…
Gu Jiusi’s face tightened, his hand in his pocket clenching silently.
[Why is Gu Jiusi suddenly stuttering? Could the blow of the divorce be too much? Probably he’s been acting in too many domineering CEO forced-love dramas. Back when his girlfriend ran off with someone else, he took revenge by forcing her younger sister to be a substitute, tearing her apart from her first love. After marrying her, he was sarcastic and emotionally abusive every day. Add in Gu Yingxin, the fake heiress, sowing discord and framing her—it’s safe to say Gu Jiusi’s lonely fate is entirely self-inflicted.]
Yan Zheng flipped through the Fate Ledger with an expression like an old man on the subway scrolling through his phone.
[Tsk tsk, Gu Jiusi gets pushed off a building at forty and ends up paralyzed from the neck down? After being sent to a nursing home, he wets the bed every day, his buttocks festering and breeding maggots, and the nurses even stuff diapers in his mouth while slapping him wildly! What a tragic end!]
Since Gu Jiusi’s romantic fate wasn’t part of her duties, Yan Zheng respected and blessed his personal destiny.
Gu Jiusi’s expression was on the verge of cracking.
He gets pushed off a building? By whom?
This wild girl even cursed him to be paralyzed and abused!
What Gu Jiusi couldn’t stand the most was Yan Zheng suggesting that his divorce from Yin Guo was stirred up by Yingxin?
What did she know! Yingxin was so kind and pure—no compliment was too good for her.
Unlike her! She didn’t speak, but in her heart, she maliciously speculated about others!
In her heart? Could it be that what he was hearing was Yan Zheng’s inner thoughts?
While filming, Gu Jiusi had encountered many things that science couldn’t explain.
When his parents went to the countryside to pick up Yan Zheng, he was on set and had no idea she had such special abilities?
Gu Jiusi scrutinized Yan Zheng with dissatisfaction.
“If you’re mute, you should dress modestly and not make a spectacle of yourself like this, embarrassing the Gu Family! What if you accidentally damage valuable exhibits? Should the Gu Family pay for it? From now on, you’re not allowed to attend such banquets, and you’re definitely not allowed to dress like this!”
Yan Zheng let out a cold, mocking laugh, her face full of ridicule.
[I’m the eldest daughter-in-law of the Si Family. Where I go and what I wear—do I need the Gu Family’s permission? Gu Jiusi looks down on me for being mute, but who was it that got me trafficked to the countryside and turned me into this?]
[Gu Jiusi worries others will laugh at the Gu Family—is he afraid people will find out they searched for me for years but couldn’t find me? That Gu Yingxin didn’t want to marry Si Yueting in his wheelchair, so they dug me up from who knows where? Or is he afraid people will realize the Gu Family doesn’t love their biological daughter, only the adopted one? That they didn’t even let me step inside the house before coldly packing me off to the Si Family?]
[Grandma insisted that the whole family learn sign language to make life easier for me. No matter how cold Si Yueting was toward me, he never once called me ‘Gu Yanzheng’—using the surname that abandoned me to hurt me! On the contrary, what right does the Gu Family, who never gave me any familial warmth, have to make demands and criticize me?]
Faced with the barrage of questions in Yanzheng’s heart, Gu Jiusi was momentarily stunned into silence.
Thinking that Gu Jiusi couldn’t understand sign language, Yanzheng couldn’t be bothered to type out insults on her phone.
Just as she was about to leave, she ran into Gu Yingxin, who had come out looking for him.
Gu Yingxin, who had enjoyed 18 years of life as the young lady of the Gu Family in Yanzheng’s place, had chestnut-colored long curls, delicate diamond hair clips on both sides, and wore a white off-shoulder cocktail dress, looking like an elegant and beautiful little princess.
Earlier, she had overheard guests discussing how Old Mrs. Si had brought a stunning beauty to the auction. She had assumed they were talking about the Si family’s second daughter, Si Lingyin!
After all, Si Lingyin was a movie star—how could anyone not recognize her?
Who would have thought… it was actually Yanzheng!
Gu Yingxin was shocked and consumed with jealousy. Had this country bumpkin secretly gotten plastic surgery?
Which hospital did she go to that made her so beautiful?
“I wondered why you were taking so long just to step out for a cigarette, Second Brother! Is this Yanzheng?”
Gu Yingxin linked her arm with Gu Jiusi’s, and her coquettish “Second Brother” noticeably softened his expression.
“Yes. How did you recognize her, Xinxin?”
Gu Yingxin looked at Yanzheng with an innocent expression.
“I saw your photo in the ‘Recycle Bin’ on Dad’s study computer. Mom even said you didn’t look anything like someone from the Gu Family, but dressed up like this, you really do resemble how Mom looked when she was young!”