A young woman in a white formal dress approached.
Her skin was as smooth as fine jade, so delicate it looked like it might break at a touch.
Her face was devastatingly beautiful, and her alluring, almond-shaped eyes sparkled with every glance.
In every respect, this woman was on par with—if not more beautiful than—the most popular A-list celebrities!
Compared to her, Wang Jiaxin was like a crow next to a phoenix.
There was simply no comparison.
“President Bai!
What brings you down here?” Wu Fa scrambled to greet her, a fawning smile plastered on his face.
He knew when he’d arrived for the wedding that the Bai Family was having a meal upstairs.
This had him thrilled.
If he could just build a connection with the Bai Family, the Wu Family’s future would be set for a meteoric rise.
The surrounding crowd was stunned.
Judging by Wu Fa’s reaction, they knew this woman was no ordinary person.
And among the great families of Nanjiang City, the only prominent one with the surname “Bai” was connected to the Bai Group.
This beautiful woman must be the young lady of the Bai Family.
“So that’s the young lady of the Bai Family, President Bai.
She’s gorgeous.”
“Stunningly beautiful.
I’d say she’s even prettier than a movie star.”
“I can’t believe we’re lucky enough to be eating in the same building as President Bai.”
Bai Zhi merely spared Wu Fa a glance.
She walked straight up to Zheng Yan and said, “I was wondering where you’d gone.
So, you were down here catching up with old friends?”
Seeing Bai Zhi actually strike up a conversation with Zheng Yan, the crowd was dumbfounded.
Wu Fa and Wang Jiaxin, in particular, stared with their mouths agape, unable to believe their eyes.
‘How could the high and mighty young lady of the Bai Family possibly know a nobody like Zheng Yan, who was no better than a bug in the gutter?’
‘Could it be true what Zheng Yan said about coming here for a meal?
Was he actually invited to the Bai Family’s banquet?’
Impossible.
That’s absolutely impossible.
Wu Fa refused to believe it.
‘There’s no way Zheng Yan is here for the Bai Family’s banquet.’
‘She must have just seen him by chance and decided to say hello, that’s all.’
Zheng Yan looked at Bai Zhi and gave a helpless shrug. This chapter is updated first at g.com.
“Well, someone was blocking my way.”
‘Blocking his way?’
Bai Zhi frowned.
She had heard the commotion from downstairs a while ago.
It had nothing to do with her, though, so she hadn’t paid it any mind.
Now it seemed this group was the one preventing Zheng Yan from coming up.
Wu Fa’s face was all smiles.
“President Bai, you know this man?”
“I do.
What about it?” Bai Zhi retorted, crossing her arms.
“Oh, it’s nothing.” Wu Fa pointed a finger at Zheng Yan and said casually, “He’s one of my wife’s former classmates.
He just got out after doing three years in prison and now he won’t stop pestering her.
The man has no shame.”
Wu Fa’s voice dripped with contempt as he revealed Zheng Yan’s past as an ex-convict.
His goal was to humiliate Zheng Yan in front of everyone!
The former classmates around them began to whisper.
“So he really did spend three years in prison.
I thought that was just a rumor.”
“How could it be a rumor?
He tried to go after the Jing Family back then.
Wasn’t that just asking to be crushed?”
“I’m embarrassed I was ever in the same class as him.”
Bai Zhi shot Wu Fa a look, her expression hardening.
“Whether he’s been to prison or not, what does that have to do with you?”
“Yes, yes, you’re right.
I spoke out of turn,” Wu Fa said, quickly lowering his head to concede his mistake.
The other classmates were stunned to see Bai Zhi defending Zheng Yan, and none of them dared to utter another word.
If they made the Bai Family unhappy, their lives in Nanjiang City would be over.
Bai Zhi sized up Wang Jiaxin.
‘Average looks, decent figure.’
‘She’s better than average, I suppose, but I doubt he’d bother pestering her, would he?’
She turned to Zheng Yan with an enigmatic smile.
Zheng Yan was exasperated.
“I told her I was just here for a meal, but she’s convinced I came to harass her.”
“Are you even worthy of eating here?”
“Zheng Yan is an honored guest of our Bai Family.
What’s it to you?
Are you saying he can’t eat here?”
“Since when has the Bai Family fallen so low that any random person feels they can criticize our guests?!” Bai Zhi’s expression turned thunderous.
‘I invited Zheng Yan to dinner today, only for him to be stopped at the door by these people.
Isn’t this a complete embarrassment for me?’
Wu Fa was dumbfounded.
He had assumed they were merely acquaintances, but it turned out Zheng Yan was actually here for the banquet.
The classmates around them all gasped in unison.
‘President Bai just called him an “honored guest.” Their relationship must be extraordinary.’
“Pres…
President Bai, I truly didn’t know he was your guest for the banquet.
If I had, I wouldn’t have dared to do this, not even if you gave me a hundred times the courage.”
Wu Fa wiped the sweat from his brow and scrambled to explain.
‘I haven’t even managed to get on the Bai Family’s good side, and in the blink of an eye, I’ve already offended them.’
Bai Zhi glanced at the wedding portrait set up nearby and sneered.
“I don’t think you’ll be holding your wedding today.
Postpone it.”
“President Bai, that puts me in a terrible position.
Our friends and family are all here.
If we don’t proceed…”
Wu Fa’s voice trailed off.
The money was a small matter if the wedding was canceled.
But the loss of face was something he couldn’t afford.
While the Wu Family was no match for the Bai Family, they were still a reputable and influential family in Nanjiang City.
Bai Zhi shot a cold glance at Wu Fa and Wang Jiaxin.
“If it’s difficult, then don’t hold it at all.
I can *help* you find another day.”
As she spoke, the Bai Family bodyguards behind her moved to step forward and disperse the crowd.
Wang Jiaxin snapped, “Who the hell do you think you are?
You tell us to postpone, and we’re supposed to just do it?
By what right?”