Wen Xinya was standing not far from Ning Shuqian, watching the fun with great interest. Ning Shuqian should also have a taste of everything she had endured in her previous life, and this was just the beginning.
She naturally also saw Wen Haowen's selfish behavior, leaving his wife alone in the crowd of reporters. Facing the reporters' questioning and criticism, it seemed that the couple were not as loving as they appeared to be!
Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, but they fly away separately when disaster strikes. Now is not the time for disaster to come yet.
In front of reporters and media, Ning Shuqian said that she and her husband were very loving. She gently flipped through the photos on her mobile phone. If this photo was sent to the media, I wonder if the newspaper would report tomorrow that Ning Shuqian slapped herself
As she was thinking this, she inadvertently saw Xia Ruya standing not far away. She couldn't help but sneer. Perhaps it was Wen Haowen and Ning Shuqian who brought her here, just like the last charity auction fundraising dinner!
Xia Ruya obviously saw her as well. Compared to her astonishment, Xia Ruya looked very shocked, as if it was impossible for her to be here. She walked over with a glass of wine.
"Xinya, I thought you wouldn't attend the banquet tonight, but I didn't expect you to be here." Xia Ruya was really surprised, because she had already learned from Grandma Wen that Grandpa Wen would not attend the vegetarian banquet tonight, and Uncle Wen and Aunt Ning would naturally not bring Wen Xinya to the banquet to steal the show, so she expected that Wen Xinya would not appear here.
She deliberately instigated Ning Shuqian to persuade Wen Haowen to bring her to the vegetarian banquet. She wanted to let everyone in the circle know that even if she was not the eldest daughter of the Wen family, she was still noble and elegant. Even the legitimate eldest daughter of the Wen family could not attend such a high-standard vegetarian banquet, but she could. She wanted everyone to know that even though Wen Wenya returned to the Wen family, she still could not match her position in the hearts of the Wen family.
But what she didn't expect was that Wen Xinya not only came, but also attended in a gorgeous dress. She was standing in a position where she could see the darkly embroidered twined flowers on the moon-white satin skirt clearly. As the branches and stems were intertwined, the leaves slowly unfolded and the flowers gradually blossomed, like a tree of vines between her skirts, beautiful and vivid to the extreme.
"If a young lady from a third-rate family like you can come, why can't I, the eldest daughter of the Wen family, come?" Wen Xinya casually shook the red wine in the glass. The ruby-like wine became more crystal clear and beautiful under the refraction of the crystal lamp.
Xia Ruya's elegant smile froze slightly, but it did not affect her overall image. She looked around the banquet and then stopped at Wen Xinya's face and asked with a smile, "Uncle Wen and Aunt Ning brought me here. Did you come with Grandpa Wen? Why didn't I see him?"
Wen Xinya didn't need to answer her question. She glanced at her calmly with contempt and disdain in her eyes: "Really? Why didn't I see you and your Aunt Ning entering the banquet together just now?"
"I was in a hurry to go to the bathroom, so I went into the banquet first." Xia Ruya's heart trembled slightly. Those indifferent and cold eyes seemed to see through her inner thoughts.
Although the host of today's vegetarian banquet was Teacher Zhou, and the invited reporters probably wouldn't dwell on Ning Shuqian's scandal, but just to be on the safe side, she still came in first, fearing that because of Ning Shuqian, she would be pestered by the reporters and be tainted with trouble and gossip.
Wen Xinya looked at her, her lips slightly raised in a mocking arc: "Are you here to look for Aunt Ning now? Look, Aunt Ning is surrounded by reporters now, and it seems that the situation is not good. Do you want to go over and help her out?"
Xia Ruya's face became completely stiff. Ning Shuqian was surrounded by reporters. She could indeed avoid trouble and gossip by hiding, but it would also give people a chance to talk. She made an excuse to talk to Wen Xinya. She could lie in front of Ning Shuqian that it was Wen Xinya who tripped her up and pushed the blame on Wen Xinya. Ning Shuqian would definitely believe it and would hate Wen Xinya even more in her heart.
"Why don't you go over there? After all, it was Aunt Ning who brought you here. It doesn't seem right for you to just stand by and watch!" Wen Xinya looked at Xia Ruya, her tone full of disapproval. How could she not guess what Xia Ruya was thinking? She just wanted to use her as a shield.
Xia Ruya took a deep breath and said, "Aunt Ning is your elder after all. It doesn't seem right for you to stand here and watch the fun!"
Wen Xinya's expression faded: "She would rather bring an illegitimate daughter from a third-rate family to the banquet than the legitimate daughter of the Wen family. Why should I help her out? But you..." Her tone became contemptuous: "People should know how to repay kindness. Is it really good to seek benefits and avoid harm like this?"
An embarrassed look emerged on Xia Ruya's face. Wen Xinya had this ability. She didn't have to do anything. She just put on a condescending attitude and she could trample her into the mud.
Wen Xinya's eyes turned cold and fierce. "I'm warning you one last time. Don't you think about your status? You can come to a banquet of this level? You are just a lady from a third-rate family. You can only hang around in this circle with the aura of being the eldest lady of the Wen family and relying on my father and Aunt Ning. You really think you are the daughter of a famous family."
Xia Ruya took a step back, the color instantly draining from her face. Her shaky body seemed to be enduring the turbulence and displacement. She forced a smile and said, "Although my status is not high enough, after all, Uncle Wen brought me here, so it is legitimate and natural for me to come here."
Wen Xinya said calmly, "It is important for people to know themselves. You have become the illegitimate daughter of the Xia family, but you still haven't adjusted your mindset. You hang around in circles that don't belong to you. This is enough to show that you are unwilling to accept the status quo and are ambitious and greedy."
Xia Ruya suddenly felt as if her soul was exposed in front of her. She leaned against the wall in a panic, barely able to stand still, and forced out a slightly sharp smile: "I am indeed not a real daughter of a famous family. What about you? You are just a little girl who has been wandering outside for fifteen years..." She suddenly laughed, and the sound was as clear as pearls falling on a jade plate: "Even if you have the noble identity of the eldest daughter of the Wen family, it can't hide the fact that you are just a sparrow occupying the phoenix's nest."
"Pa!" A loud slap echoed clearly in the slightly noisy banquet hall, but it was like a stone thrown into the sea, without causing any waves, and it disappeared without a trace in this corner, not even seen by anyone.
Xia Ruya subconsciously turned her head to cover her face, her eyes suddenly widened, and she looked at Wen Xinya in disbelief: "You... you hit me?"
"So what if I hit you? Xia Ruya, this is the gap between you and me. Even if I have been wandering outside for fifteen years, I will always be nobler than you." Wen Xinya said this and turned away with arrogance.
Xia Ruya was speechless. Her weakness and Wen Xinya's strength clashed, and she was destined to be the one who suffered! She kept shrinking her pupils. Every time her pupils shrank, the hatred in her heart increased, her unwillingness deepened, and her resentment became stronger.