Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Astonishing Turnaround

Wu Yingrui finished speaking, and seeing quite a few people looking her way, she became even more pleased with herself.

“Don’t try to puff yourself up if you can’t afford it, if it were me, I’d just quietly shrink back and live my life! Otherwise, you’re just asking to be struck by lightning for showing off!”

Wu Yingrui laughed arrogantly, and the few girlfriends by her side, with similar dispositions, naturally joined in the mockery.

The venue became suddenly quiet, and Wu Yingrui thought her mockery had taken effect, her disdain for Qiao Yi standing there deepening.

Aside from Wu Yingrui, the other girls started noticing something amiss.

Although the crowd had quieted down, they didn’t seem to be looking at Qiao Yi with mockery or dissatisfaction, but rather with very strange gazes.

One of the girls quietly tugged at Wu Yingrui’s sleeve. Wu Yingrui, caught up in her excitement, was quite displeased at being interrupted, and glared at the girl who had tugged on her clothes with a disgruntled huff.

“Speak up if you have something to say!”

“Rui, I somehow feel something’s not right…”

“What’s not right! If someone doesn’t give herself some dignity, am I supposed to give it to her?”

Wu Yingrui rolled her eyes and shook off the girl’s hand.

The girl stumbled back a bit, pursing her lips and stepping back two paces, distancing herself from Wu Yingrui.

Wu Yingrui, completely oblivious to the girl’s abnormal reaction, continued to provocatively stare at Qiao Yi.

The commotion here wasn’t small, and Qiao Benqing and his wife, alongside Old Mr. Lu, had originally come to meet Mr. Tao’s disciple, but as soon as they walked over, they heard Wu Yingrui’s arrogant and provocative words.

“Is this… the youngest daughter of the Wu Family?”

“The Wu Family? The one that specializes in maritime shipping?”

Seeing Old Mr. Lu nod, Qiao Benqing felt his heart sink.

Any family involved in maritime shipping would have some inglorious background, and the Wu Family was no different.

If the Lu Family in Capital City is a fierce tiger on land, then the Wu Family is an octopus lurking in the deep sea, with people preferring to fight the tiger to the death than being caught unawares and devoured by the octopus.

The Lu Family and the Wu Family had no good or bad relations, as their business sectors were entirely different, without any disputes over interests, they naturally lived in peaceful coexistence.

And the Qiao Family, in front of a family like the Wu’s, truly couldn’t hold a candle to them.

“Miss Wu, this isn’t your house, where you can act with impunity. Hasn’t your family head taught you to behave with manners in public?”

A voice came from the crowd, and as everyone turned, they saw a woman in a white dress step forward from behind the crowd.

“Big sister!”

The newcomer was none other than Lu Xiaohua, and Qiao Yi was overjoyed. Lu Xiaohua gave Qiao Yi a reassuring glance, then turned to look at Wu Yingrui with an expressionless face.

“Perhaps I should have a good talk with Mrs. Wu about how to educate children. Otherwise, for a family like the Wu’s, if a foolish person without a sense of propriety were to emerge, wouldn’t it cast shame upon the family?”

“You! How dare you speak to me like that!”

Wu Yingrui, the youngest daughter of her generation in the Wu Family, having been spoiled since childhood, had never been publicly chided like this. She immediately shrieked at Lu Xiaohua.

“If Miss Wu continues to lack manners, I won’t mind standing in for Mr. Wu and Mrs. Wu to discipline an unruly child at home.”

Given Lu Xiaohua’s status, she was entirely within her rights to say this. Even if the Wu Family Patriarch and the patriarch’s wife were present, they would demand Wu Yingrui apologize to Lu Xiaohua, rather than side with Wu Yingrui against the Lu Family.

“The Wu Family, right?”

“I recall that this year’s auction lot that Old Mr. Lu bid on was won by the Wu Family, but now it seems I might need to speak with Old Mr. Lu and consider whether the Wu Family qualifies to attend the auction.”

Uncle Peng stepped out from beside Qiao Yi, smiled amiably at Lu Xiaohua, then turned to Wu Yingrui, his smile unwavering, yet his words made Wu Yingrui freeze in place.

“What do you mean by that!”

“It means nothing! I just wonder if Old Mr. Lu would permanently refuse Wu Family’s business if he knew someone planned to make trouble at the Young Madam’s birthday banquet.”

Wu Yingrui turned pale, her eyes darting frantically at the seemingly ordinary old man in traditional attire.

Could it be… could he really have some connection to Master Tao Qian!

Impossible! Absolutely impossible! What kind of status does Qiao Yi have that would allow Master Tao Qian to personally prepare a gift for her!

Wu Yingrui repeatedly gave herself mental suggestions, trying to embolden herself.

But the more she tried to convince herself, the more she found the people opposite her seemed too calm and composed.

“I assume Miss Wu probably doesn’t want to continue attending the banquet any longer, someone please escort Miss Wu out.”

Lu Xiaohua spoke, and of course, the security guards wouldn’t dare not listen, but they equally didn’t dare to lay hands on Wu Yingrui, which instantly put them at a loss.

“Miss Wu…”

It wasn’t until then that Wu Yingrui finally realized what she had done wrong.

She frantically looked around, only to see a circle of people all scornfully watching her, even the girlfriends who had just stood with her hid away in the crowd, not daring to support her anymore.

Qiao Yi stood unfazed, as if Wu Yingrui’s provocations were just a child’s joke.

Wu Yingrui’s face suddenly flushed crimson, then turned deathly pale.

She had been sure that the person Qiao Yi brought with her couldn’t possibly be Tao Qian’s disciple, which was why she dared to ridicule.

Because the recipients of the gifts were the Second Miss Qiao, not the Third Young Master Lu’s wife.

Such a discrepancy even more fortified Wu Yingrui’s conviction that Qiao Yi was just puffing herself up, that the Qiao Family without the Lu Family was nothing more than a second-rate family, and these big shots couldn’t possibly be within the Qiao Family’s reach.

If the gift from LQ International could still be understood as having their CEO’s ulterior motives, then the two gifts that followed were just too coincidental.

It should have been her who exposed Qiao Yi’s facade and left her humiliated!

Why did it turn out like this!

Not only did she not expose Qiao Yi’s true nature, but she also offended someone close to Master Tao Qian…

Wu Yingrui could almost imagine the punishment she would face upon returning to the Wu Family!

“How about it? Miss Wu, do you still need someone to escort you out?”

Lu Xiaohua’s tone had already taken on discontent, and those who knew her understood that this tone meant she was already getting angry.

Wu Yingrui bit her lip, and after a long while, she glared bitterly at Qiao Yi as she walked out.

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