However, she still felt quite fortunate that no one else heard their Young Lady's joke.
Otherwise, there is no telling what people would say about their Young Lady.
Seeing that Secretary Zhao did not believe her, Gu Zhi did not explain.
She did not even explain it to her Grandfather.
Ten minutes later, someone came to escort Gu Zhi to her seat.
As the Wife of Lu Yanshen, Gu Zhi was arranged to sit at the Main Table.
Even if it were not Gu Zhi who came today, but Old Master Gu, they would still be seated at the Main Table.
The Qi Family had already decided on this arrangement after learning about the marriage alliance between the Gu Family and the Lu Family.
The Gu Family is now backed by the Lu Family, so they must not be slighted.
Moreover, the person who came today is the Wife of Lu Yanshen.
Even Secretary Zhao's seat was arranged much further forward than usual, at the third table.
It was even further forward than the first two tables where the Shen Family and the Zou Family were seated.
The Shen Family and the Zou Family were arranged at the fifth table.
Both the Shen Family and the Zou Family were extremely furious.
But there was nothing they could do.
According to status and position, this was how they were supposed to sit.
They had always sat there in the past as well.
But seeing Gu Zhi sitting at the Main Table was truly an eyesore to them.
It was especially an eyesore to Shen Lifeng, Shen Yuyao, and Sun Qin.
Even though no one was looking at them, they felt as if many people were watching them because of this, and their faces burned.
Shen Lifeng and Sun Qin were able to endure it.
But the longer Shen Yuyao sat at the fifth table, the less she could stand it.
Just then, Zou Yuanhao came over and sat next to her.
She knew that Zou Yuanhao liked her and was willing to do anything for her.
He was her ultimate simp.
Last time, when Zou Yuanhao insisted that the Zou Family break off the engagement at the Gu Family's Ancestral Recognition Banquet, it was actually to stand up for her.
He wanted to make Gu Zhi realize her status and the gap between her and Shen Yuyao.
Because the day before the Ancestral Recognition Banquet, she had cried to Zou Yuanhao.
She said that since Gu Zhi was Shen Lifeng's biological daughter, if Shen Lifeng were to acknowledge Gu Zhi again in the future, would he stop caring about her, his adopted daughter?
Shen Yuyao immediately had an idea.
She pretended to be in an extremely low mood.
Zou Yuanhao hadn't seen Shen Yuyao for two days, so he was already very happy to see her today.
Now that they were arranged to sit together, he was even happier.
Little did he know that Shen Yuyao would suddenly act like this, so he anxiously asked, "Yuyao, what's wrong? Are you in a bad mood? Why are you in a bad mood?"
Shen Yuyao stammered in a low voice, "I feel pained for my father. His biological daughter is sitting at the Main Table, while he can only sit here with us. Tell me, what will everyone think of my father..."
Zou Yuanhao first said, "Yuyao, how can you be so kind?"
Then he said angrily, "Wait here, I'll go find her right now and make her change seats for your father!"
It just so happened that Old Master Zou and the others were talking to other people at their table, so they didn't notice what Shen Yuyao and Zou Yuanhao were saying.
They also didn't notice Zou Yuanhao getting up and heading toward Gu Zhi.
Others did notice Zou Yuanhao suddenly striding toward Gu Zhi.
Although everyone hadn't been paying constant attention to the Shen Family and the Zou Family, who among those present didn't know about the bad blood between Gu Zhi, the Shen Family, and the Zou Family?
They were all present today.
Many people felt that there was a high chance they would get to see some drama involving Gu Zhi and the others today.
Now that Zou Yuanhao was heading toward Gu Zhi, everyone's eyes followed him almost immediately.
As soon as Secretary Zhao saw Zou Yuanhao heading toward Gu Zhi, he immediately left his seat and came to Gu Zhi's side.
Gu Zhi had been talking to the people at the Main Table, and when she saw Zou Yuanhao coming toward her with a look of anger, she didn't care.
She still kept a smile on her face.
Zou Yuanhao didn't care about Gu Zhi's expression or whether everyone was watching him; as soon as he walked over, he loudly questioned Gu Zhi:
"Gu Zhi, how can you have the nerve to sit here yourself? Don't you see your own father sitting over there? Why don't you hurry up and change seats for your father!"
The Zou Family suddenly noticed the atmosphere had gone quiet, and before they could react, they heard Zou Yuanhao's voice and were all startled.
They hurriedly rushed to the Main Table.
Shen Yuyao felt extremely comfortable.
She felt that she had made Gu Zhi lose face in front of so many people.
Gu Zhi glanced at Shen Yuyao; Zou Yuanhao had just come from beside Shen Yuyao, hadn't he?
She then chuckled:
"Zou Yuanhao, your own grandfather, father, and mother are all sitting at that table. You don't care about them, yet you're managing where someone else's father sits?"
Immediately, some people couldn't help but laugh.
That's right, he doesn't care about his own family, but he's managing others.
Zou Yuanhao didn't care if others were laughing or not. "My family likes sitting at that table, so I don't need to manage them, is that not allowed!"
Even more people couldn't help but laugh.
Gu Zhi looked at Old Master Zou and the others who had rushed over, smiling brightly:
"Wow, so you all love sitting at that table. Everyone heard that, right? In the future, if there are any such banquets, we must arrange for them to sit at the fifth table, as they love it so much."
Someone finally couldn't hold it in and laughed out loud.
They felt that what the Wife of Lu Yanshen said was truly brilliant.
Old Master Zou and the others flushed red.
But since they were the ones who had run over to pick a fight, they couldn't blame Gu Zhi.
They hated Gu Zhi to death; why did she have to come to Old Master Qi's birthday banquet!
If Gu Zhi hadn't come, none of this would have happened!
Old Master Zou was ashamed and angry, but he could only scold Zou Yuanhao: "Shut up!"
He had lived to this age, and this was the first time he had been so embarrassed!
Moreover, the face of the Head of the Qi Family was turning blue; he really couldn't let his youngest grandson say anything more!
But this time, Zou Yuanhao was standing up for Shen Yuyao.
Zou Yuanhao didn't shut up at all and even started cursing at Gu Zhi:
"Who do you think you are! Just because you say we should sit at the fifth table, we have to? You're nothing but someone who married into the Lu Family by relying on the favor of saving Old Master Lu's life!"
"Do you think your position as the Wife of Lu Yanshen is secure? President Lu will divorce you, a cripple, sooner or later!"
He even blurted out the information that the Zou and Shen families had just been discussing:
"I heard you didn't even dare to use the Lu Family's name earlier, saying you came on behalf of the Gu Family. Is it because President Lu doesn't like you at all and actually finds you disgusting?!"
"In my opinion, there's no need to wait for 'sooner or later'; before long, President Lu will divorce you!"
This was truly causing trouble.
As soon as Father Zou saw that the Head of the Qi Family's face had turned even bluer, he immediately raised his hand and gave Zou Yuanhao a hard slap:
"Your grandfather told you to shut up, didn't you hear him!"
The corner of Zou Yuanhao's mouth was bleeding from the slap.
Shen Yuyao didn't care at all that Zou Yuanhao was hit; she just felt extremely satisfied to see him humiliate Gu Zhi in public like that.
Sun Qin also felt very satisfied.
Shen Lifeng had originally been very repulsed by Zou Yuanhao going to find Gu Zhi.
He felt that there were people who didn't even know he was sitting at the fifth table.
But because of what Zou Yuanhao did, everyone knew now.
It made him lose face as well.
Moreover, given Gu Zhi's personality, he didn't think she would change seats for him.
But now, seeing Zou Yuanhao curse at Gu Zhi and seeing Gu Zhi lose face like this, he also felt particularly satisfied.
The smart people present only thought that Zou Yuanhao was sick.
Didn't he see Secretary Zhao following behind her?
This clearly told everyone that the next person in power of the Gu Family is Gu Zhi.
What does that have to do with whether or not she dares to use the Lu Family's name?
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