Chapter 576: Chapter 576: Holding the Beauty Back

Qiao Xi looked in the direction of the voice.

It was someone familiar, Xiang Mingzhu!

She was entangled with the security guards, looking like she had drunk too much and was being wildly unreasonable.

“I want to see Xie Xubai!”

“Let me in to see Xie Xubai! Move aside!”

The security guards didn’t dare to have too much physical confrontation with her; they were merely blocking her from entering.

“Miss Xiang, you can’t enter without an invitation.”

“Please leave!”

Xiang Mingzhu pushed against them: “Let me in! I’ve got to settle the score with Xie Xubai! The Xiang Family is ruined, holding a funeral! And the Xie Family is having their celebration here. Let me in!”

Her face was haggard, but her eyes carried a fierce resolve.

She reeked of alcohol all over.

It was obvious that she had drunk too much and was looking to make a scene.

Today, Xiang Group’s stocks were sold off, and her elder brother had sold all the domestic properties as well, leaving only the Banshan Qiushui Villa and some cash for her. He said he was going abroad to start a business.

Xiang Mingzhu had been hit hard and was almost out of her mind!

“Miss Xiang, if you try to break in again, we will have to call the police! Please leave now!”

“I’m not leaving!”

Xiang Mingzhu was still scuffling with the security guards. Qiao Xi watched for a while then got into her car, no longer paying attention to what followed.

She felt no pity in her heart, after all, the Xiang family had done too much evil!

At the entrance of the hotel.

Xiang Mingzhu was determined to break in but was stopped by the security guards.

She stumbled and fell to the ground, with her skirt lifting up, almost exposing herself.

“Who is this? Is this Miss Xiang, the little niece of Doctor Lu from the Lu Family?”

A middle-aged man with a belly wearing sunglasses had a glint in his eyes as he stood in front of Xiang Mingzhu. He bent down and helped her up, “Miss Xiang, are you alright?”

Xiang Mingzhu, her head swimming with alcohol, had a flushed face and slightly swollen eyes.

She was naturally stunning and attractive, and now she seemed even more pitiable.

Admiring a beauty under the night lights only made her look more beautiful.

Xiang Mingzhu frowned at the old man in front of her and shook off his hand with disgust: “Don’t touch me!”

Zhao Chang wasn’t angry: “Have you been drinking, Miss Xiang? May I take you home?”

“Mind your own business.”

Xiang Mingzhu said coldly, “All of you, get lost.”

She took a deep breath and ordered the security guards: “Tell Xie Xubai, I won’t let this go easily. It’s all his fault my father died; he climbed to his position over the dead body of our Xiang Family, he won’t die a good death!”

Business wars are ruthless. If Xiang Mingzhu couldn’t bear the guilt of her biological father’s death, then she could only vent her anger on others.

Xiang Mingzhu burped from the alcohol, and in her high heels with unsteady steps, she started to walk away.

Zhao Chang reached out to stop her again: “My car’s just outside, it’s not safe for you to get a taxi while you’re this drunk. I’m a good friend of your uncle’s; let me take you back to Banshan Qiushui.”

Xiang Mingzhu’s piercing eyes were filled with mockery as she looked at him: “And who are you supposed to be?”

She still thought she was the proud and aloof young mistress of the past.

“You think you’re worthy of taking me home? Better take a good look at yourself in the mirror.”

Xiang Mingzhu insulted him as if venting her frustrations, “Toads lusting after swan meat; I’ve seen enough. With a face like a pig, don’t you dare look at me with those disgusting eyes. Do it again, and I’ll gouge out your eyes.”

She sneered, staggering away under the influence.

Zhao Chang wasn’t upset, instead, he chuckled as he watched her graceful retreating figure.

The people around him thought he had been driven mad by anger and quickly consoled him: “President Zhao, she’s young and naive, still thinking she’s the Xiang Family’s young miss. Nowadays in the Imperial Capital, the Xiang Family is nothing.”

“I heard Xiang Tao is going abroad to make a comeback. The two siblings have been at odds over Xiang Hai’s death and didn’t take Xiang Mingzhu with them.”

“However, this Miss Xiang is also related to the Lu Family, so it’s unclear whether the divine doctor, Lu, will support her.”

“President Zhao, are you interested in this delicate young lady?”

There was a strange gleam in Zhao Chang’s shrewd small eyes, “Don’t you think her tantrum-throwing is kind of cute? Her father has died, and her mother isn’t in the country. The marriage decision should be up to her maternal uncle, right?”

With that, he took out his mobile phone and made a call to Lu Bannong.

“Divine doctor Lu, when will you be free to talk about that herbal medicine business you approached me for?”

The Lu Family’s herbal medicine supplier, the Qian Family, had been bankrupted by the Huo Family, and now the control of medicinal herbs was in others’ hands, posing a problem. Even though Lu Yingxue and Zhong Yi had agreed to use the medicine factory as a betrothal gift on the engagement day, she no longer dared to fully trust him.

What if, Zhong Yi sets another trap?

Yet Lu Yingxue did not fully explain these concerns to Lu Bannong. It was just to give her father an alternative option, which was why she turned to Zhao Chang, the largest supplier of herbal medicines in the Southwest.

Who would have known that Zhao Chang was slippery and never agreed outright.

But now, he actually took the initiative to call.

Lu Bannong responded on the other end of the phone: “I’ll be free tomorrow, waiting for President Zhao at Banshan Qiushui Villa.”

“No problem.”

Zhao Chang hung up the phone feeling satisfied, and told the group of underlings flattering him nearby, “When I remarry, I’ll invite you all to the wedding banquet.”

“My goodness, then we congratulated President Zhao in advance for getting your wish!”

“Congratulations, congratulations! Wishing President Zhao to soon embrace the beauty he desires!”

…

The outside was bustling.

The banquet hall was bustling too.

Pei Chun sat on the sofa, enduring nausea as she reluctantly finished off plate after plate under Huo Sijiao’s supervision. Her waist was tied so tightly that her little belly was about to show.

The mix of all those messy foods was truly disgusting.

She would never touch avocados and eel again in her life!

Ding!

She put down her fork and glared at Huo Sijiao.

Then she looked pitifully at Xie Xubai: “Xubai, I’m sorry. It was because I care so much about you that I impetuously did this. Considering the birthday gift I prepared for you when I left the Imperial Capital, please don’t be angry with me.”

Xie Xubai kept his distance from her: “My birthday is on the first day of the lunar year, it’s too early now. Besides, there’s no personal relationship between us, so Miss Pei shouldn’t do things that cause misunderstandings.”

Pei Chun pursed her lips and said: “But Grandma Xie said, if you still haven’t found a girlfriend after the new year, she would let me marry you!”

This was clearly a marriage-threatening ultimatum from Xie Xubai’s grandmother!

Pfft.

Huo Sijiao covered her mouth and laughed.

Pei Chun glared at her and said, “What are you laughing about?”

The fury in her eyes was so intense, she wished she could tear Huo Sijiao apart. If it were not for this woman, the situation would not have gotten this far out of hand.

Now seeing her outfit and this delicate and lovely face, Pei Chun’s heart was filled with doubt.

“Your brother and sister-in-law have left, I’ve finished eating and you should leave too, right? You came together to the feast, why are you still lingering?” Pei Chun felt an inexplicable hostility in her heart.

“Me? Why should I go?”

Huo Sijiao pointed to herself, and looking at Pei Chun’s eyes full of malice, she curved her lips and a glint appeared in her eyes.

Although sister-in-law was willing to let Pei Chun go easily, her anger had not subsided.

Huo Sijiao slowly walked over to Xie Xubai, leaned her face in close to him, and whispered intimately, “For the sake of my brother, play along.”