81: Slap in the face 1

"What about that woman beside Young Master Fu?" Someone also thought her idea was good.

"Aren't women like that just in it for the money? We'll just arrange to meet her and pay her to leave," someone said disdainfully.

"Pfft."

Overhearing their conversation, Xi Yutang couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Young ladies from the Xi Family and Lou Family of the Imperial Capital, how can you eavesdrop on others?"

Hearing this abrupt laugh, the group panicked for a moment, but upon seeing the two, they began to question them.

"My dear lady, why don't you take a look at where we are? This is a public area. If you dare to speak here, you must be prepared to be overheard." Xi Yutang rolled her eyes ungracefully.

"Please, I ask that you two do not speak of this."

"You all are truly hilarious. Do you even know who the woman you're talking about is? She is our friend and a guest of honor personally invited by Chairman Jiang. Even the status of the Young Master Fu you speak of is lower than hers." Xi Yutang looked at them as if they were fools.

"How is that possible? We've never heard of such a person." The young ladies didn't believe her.

"That only proves that your families are poorly informed. Looking at it this way, your families must have used some means to get in here," Lou Zhiwei said definitively.

Hearing her analysis, the young ladies' eyes flickered.

"Truly ridiculous." Having encountered this, the two didn't want to stay outside for air anymore and went straight back inside.

"What do we do? Will they go and tell that woman?"

Seeing them leave, the young ladies began to panic.

"Let them tell her. I don't believe what they said. If that woman were truly powerful, no matter how behind our families' information is, it's impossible for us to have received absolutely no news."

Someone was still comforting herself, thinking that Xi Yutang and her friend were just trying to scare them.

"Young Master Fu, I didn't expect that despite your poor reputation in the past, there are still people who want to marry you," Xi Yutang said, sitting on the sofa nearby and looking at him with ill intent.

"Miss Xi, you're joking. No socialite in the Magic City dares to come within a meter of me." Fu Sheng glanced at Xi Yan and replied.

This little girl had her intentions written all over her face; she just wanted her brother and Little Ying to be together.

"Young Master Fu, although Yutang has some small schemes, what she said is correct. We just happened to overhear someone planning to pay Little Ying to leave your side," Lou Zhiwei added.

"Really? Did they say how much? Were they fierce? Did they want me to take the money and leave the Magic City?"

Before Fu Sheng could react, Gao Ying asked excitedly.

"Little Ying, what is the meaning of this? Do you want to dump me?" Fu Sheng asked, looking at her with a face full of black lines.

"How could that be? Our A Sheng is so handsome, Fugui, and knows how to cut off unwanted romantic attention—why would I not want you? It's just that I wanted to experience the plot from a TV drama, where you suddenly appear to save the damsel in distress when they try to coerce or bribe me."

In short, Gao Ying's acting bug had bitten her, and she wanted to act out being a pitiable little thing being bullied.

"Sister Ying, your wish will likely fall through; Zhiwei and I have already warned them." Xi Yutang said with a wry smile.

They didn't know Gao Ying had such a strange sense of humor, actually wanting to act out a scene.

"It's fine. The reaction doesn't matter to me; I just wanted to experience that kind of nonsensical plot." Gao Ying was truly indifferent.

"Don't you have an entertainment company? If you want to experience it, go to a film set. I guarantee you can play whatever you want," Xi Yutang suggested.

"No, acting is too tiring. With that time, I'd rather continue expanding my own business," Gao Ying refused.

The time arrived, and Chairman Jiang took the stage to give a speech, thanking everyone for coming.

Next was the gift-giving segment.

They were all influential figures, so the gifts certainly wouldn't be cheap; the cheapest one was over 5 million.

When it was Gao Ying's turn, she took out that box which didn't look very expensive.

Instantly, everyone looked at her with disdain and contempt.

Especially the few young ladies who had been trembling until now; they only had one thought in their minds: they had been played.

Old Master Jiang, perhaps sensing something, took the box with trembling hands and slowly opened it.

Seeing that jade pendant, the old man felt a mix of joy and sadness.

He carefully took the jade pendant in his hands and stroked it slowly, his face seemingly filled with nostalgia.

"CEO Gao, thank you so much for finding my mother's heirloom," Chairman Jiang said, very grateful to her.

"Chairman Jiang, you are too kind. I just happened to know where it was, so I bought it while I was at it," Gao Ying explained indifferently.

Chairman Jiang: "CEO Gao, you are joking. We have been looking for this jade pendant for many years, but we never had any news. Only a family like yours has the strength to find it in such a short time."

"Chairman Jiang, what is that person's status? I see that you are quite respectful toward her?"

As soon as Gao Ying and her group left, someone stepped forward to ask.

"She is not someone you can afford to offend. Let me put it this way: if you offend Fu Sheng, you might end up crazy, but the money will still be deposited into your accounts every month. But if you offend CEO Gao, it won't be as simple as just going bankrupt. You will find it hard to even find a job, and perhaps in the end, you'll only be able to beg for a living."

Once Chairman Jiang said this, everyone gasped.

They would not question Chairman Jiang's words, as he was known for being a man of his word.

"Are Xi Yutang and Lou Zhiwei sick in the head? As dignified socialites of the Imperial Capital, they actually made fools of us. They said that woman had such an impressive status? She just gave a broken jade pendant."

These women had exchanged glances and left as soon as Gao Ying took out that worthless jade pendant. Therefore, they didn't know about what happened afterward.

"Xi Yutang and Lou Zhiwei have always been high and mighty, relying on their status as socialites of the Imperial Capital. This time, it must be because that woman beside Young Master Fu annoyed them. Now that the woman is deeply favored by Young Master Fu, they have no way to act, so they just came to tell us these things," one socialite analyzed.

"Look, that woman." Someone noticed Gao Ying was alone, as Fu Sheng and Xi Yan had been pulled away by business partners to talk.

Xi Yutang and her friend were also talking with some socialites from the Magic City.

Yin Lin had wanted to come over to accompany her, but was refused by Gao Ying.

She just wanted to go to the restroom, and was spotted by these people.

Those people followed her into the restroom and casually locked the door from the inside.

"Sister, there are three women outside who mean you harm; they seem to want to use force against you." Fugui reminded her immediately.

"I know. They must be the young ladies Yutang mentioned who wanted to pay me off." She had sensed it when they came in and locked the door.

"They really have no fear of death. Xi Yutang had already warned them, yet they were still stubborn enough to come and provoke you." Fugui was also impressed by their courage.

"Fugui, it's almost time for a face-slapping, are there no side quests?" Gao Ying didn't want to miss any opportunity to fleece the system.

"Ding, side quest: please, host, slap the faces of those self-righteous people. Reward for completing the task: Ancient Rejuvenation Technique. No penalty for failure."