She stared viciously at Song Tang. “Just you wait.”
Song Tang tilted her head slightly, looking at her with the corners of her lips faintly raised.
“Oh.”
Xuan Xinyang accepted the coat her friend handed over, threw it around herself carelessly, then turned and left.
Song Tang remained where she was without moving.
The gazes around her shone onto her like spotlights.
“Has Song Tang gone crazy? She actually dared to offend Xuan Xinyang like that?”
“What kind of status does the Xuan family have, and what kind of status does the Song family have? Doesn’t she know her place?”
“This is going to be interesting.”
…
Song Tang heard every word.
But she merely swept a glance around, lifted her hand, and waved casually.
“Alright everyone, break it up. There’s nothing worth watching.”
After speaking, she walked through the crowd without the slightest psychological burden and continued searching for the original owner’s father.
Such a huge commotion had happened, yet her father still had not shown himself. He was probably drunk somewhere.
The commotion truly had been enormous.
So enormous that Pei Qian’s gaze had not left Song Tang from the very beginning.
He had been holding his wine glass for so long that he even forgot to drink from it.
When he saw Song Tang notice Xuan Xinyang’s actions and swiftly grab a serving tray from nearby to block the wine and splash it back, he blurted out in shock,
“Holy shit.”
“Since when was Song Tang this fast?”
Only after Song Tang’s figure disappeared into the crowd did he finally raise the glass to his lips and take a sip.
After drinking, he turned toward the two men beside him, Lin Yanchen and Gu Zhao, the astonishment in his eyes still lingering.
“That pretty girl just now really was Song Tang?”
Gu Zhao was also staring in the direction Song Tang had left, his expression much the same as Pei Qian’s.
“Who else could it be? Other than her, who could pull off that dress?”
Pei Qian was still replaying the earlier scene in his head.
“That face of hers… she actually looks that good without makeup? How did I never notice before?”
Gu Zhao thought about it seriously before replying, “Her makeup used to be too heavy.”
“True.” Pei Qian nodded, then looked at Lin Yanchen again. “Did you see that?”
Lin Yanchen sat between the two of them, his expression indifferent. “I saw it.”
Pei Qian waited several seconds, but no further comment came.
“That’s it?”
His eyes widened. “Your response is just ‘I saw it’?”
“Song Tang was talking back to Xuan Xinyang just now!”
“Song Tang always avoided Xuan Xinyang before, but today she actually fought back and even used a tray to splash the wine back at her.”
“She’s seriously brave.”
The more he spoke, the more excited he became. “And that eyebrow raise from Song Tang was incredible. I’ve known her this long, and this is the first time I’ve realized she could be this vivid and lively.”
Gu Zhao nodded from the side. “Seriously. Song Tang seems like a completely different person today.”
He looked toward Lin Yanchen. “Do you know why?”
Lin Yanchen shook his head. “No idea.”
Pei Qian leaned closer. “Why don’t you go ask her?”
Lin Yanchen lifted his eyelids and glanced at him.
“If you want to ask, then go yourself. I’m not interested in anything related to Song Tang.”
“The next conversation between us will only be about breaking up.”
Pei Qian choked on his words and muttered,
“You’re really coldhearted.”
“Does Song Tang annoy you that much? I actually think today’s Song Tang is pretty great.”
Gu Zhao immediately joined in. “Exactly.”
“I only just realized how pretty Song Tang is.”
As he spoke, he turned to Lin Yanchen, a teasing smile in his eyes.
“Yanchen, setting aside the matter between you and Song Tang, do you think Song Tang is pretty?”
Lin Yanchen answered instantly, “I can’t set it aside.”
Gu Zhao: “…”
Pei Qian rolled his eyes. “You’re so boring. Forget it, I’m done talking to you.”
Just then, Lin Yanchen set down his wine glass and stood up. “I’m leaving.”
Pei Qian and Gu Zhao also got up. “Let’s go together. Neither of us brought a driver today, so we’ll hitch a ride with you.”
Meanwhile, Song Tang searched all around the banquet hall before finally spotting a middle-aged man sprawled across a sofa.
This was the original owner’s father, Song Zhenkun.
He wore an expensive dark suit and leaned crookedly against the sofa armrest. His tie had loosened halfway, and his cheeks were flushed red with drunkenness.
Song Tang lowered her head to look at him, suddenly finding the situation rather amusing.
This cheap father of hers really had a big heart.
His daughter was over there fighting with people while he slept soundly here.
“Dad.” She bent down and pushed Song Zhenkun’s shoulder. “Wake up. We’re going home.”
The banquet was nearly over, so they could leave now.
Song Zhenkun grunted and opened his eyes groggily. Once he saw it was her, he immediately grinned.
“Tangtang’s here.”
The smell of alcohol rushed toward her face. Song Tang resisted the urge to dodge and forcefully helped him up.
“How did you drink this much?”
“I’m happy today…” Song Zhenkun leaned on her as he staggered to his feet, still mumbling drunkenly.
“At today’s banquet… all those people who used to look down on me… they all came over on their own to drink with me…”
Song Tang said nothing as she supported his arm and walked outside.
Song Zhenkun kept rambling as they walked.
“Tangtang, you really… found yourself a good boyfriend.”
“That boy from the Lin family is really something.”
“Those people used to look at me through their nostrils, but today every single one of them came over carrying wine glasses, calling me Old Song, Old Song…”
“Haha… feels great…”
Song Tang supported Song Zhenkun as they walked out, her emotions complicated.
The original Song Tang’s mother had passed away from illness when the original owner was in middle school.
Song Zhenkun never remarried and raised his daughter alone.
In order to give her a better life, he started doing business. Fortunately, he caught the right opportunity at the right time and really did become rich.
But in the capital’s elite circles, there was no shortage of wealthy people.
What those long established noble families despised most were nouveau riche people like Song Zhenkun.
Because within this circle, there were simply too many nouveau riche families who rose one day and collapsed the next.
Today they might call you Old Song, but tomorrow they could treat you like air.
The former Song Tang never understood any of these hidden twists and turns.
She only knew that her father had become rich, and that she herself was now a wealthy heiress too.
She spent huge amounts of money making friends in the capital’s elite circles and boldly confessed her feelings to Lin Yanchen.
For some unknown reason, Lin Yanchen had actually agreed.
Song Zhenkun had been happy about that for a very long time.
Everywhere he went, he would proudly tell people, “My daughter is capable. She managed to date the Lin family’s young master.”
But he did not know that in only half a month, his daughter and Lin Yanchen would break up.
His happiness would not last much longer.
In the original novel, after Song Tang and Lin Yanchen separated, Song Zhenkun’s business also ran into problems.
But he never told his daughter anything, believing he could still recover the business. He continued giving her money to spend and indulged her extravagant habits as always.
Unfortunately, even until the very end, the Song family never rose again.
Afterward, the Song family moved out of their villa and into the slums.
But even that was not their final ending.
The final ending was even worse.
After the Song family fell into decline, a disgusting man became interested in Song Tang because she had once been Lin Yanchen’s first love. Wanting to “taste” a woman who had once belonged to Lin Yanchen, he offered Song Zhenkun money to sell his daughter to him as a mistress.
Song Zhenkun refused.
In the end, during a struggle with that disgusting man, he suddenly suffered a heart attack and died.
The original “Song Tang” was crushed by this final straw and ultimately chose to jump into a river and end her life.
Song Zhenkun was a good father.
It was just that he spoiled his daughter too much.
Now that she had transmigrated into this world, she would definitely change the Song family’s ending.