Xia Ruya raised her eyes and looked towards the door, only to see Wen Xinya, wearing an elegant and retro evening gown, walking into the banquet surrounded by reporters, like the moon surrounded by stars.
There was a sudden commotion at the banquet, and many guests craned their heads to look towards the door.
For a moment, Wen Xinya attracted the attention of everyone present, snatching away all the attention and brilliance that originally belonged to her.
Xia Ruya looked at Wen Xinya. The color of her dress was satin woven with extreme silver and noble gold. The two extremely dazzling colors blended together seemed to have collided fiercely in an instant, blooming dazzlingly on her body. Her gorgeous outfit seemed to suppress such bright colors, making the brilliance of her outfit restrained, highlighting her elegant and noble temperament. Her whole body exuded a suffocating majesty, as if she was a queen who looked down on the world from above.
The dress adopted the cross collar of ancient costume, with silver ivy flowers brocaded on the collar, as if blooming all over the place in gorgeous, delicate and beautiful colors. The long skirt with deep hem flowed down with a heavy atmosphere, and the long skirt dragged on the ground for more than three feet.
What shocked Xia Ruya was that she was wearing a full set of yellow ice chalcedony, which was the most noble royal color among the ice chalcedony. The ice chalcedony carved step-shaking hairpin swayed gracefully as she walked slowly and calmly, like a lotus with every step; the ice chalcedony jade pendant earrings, the moon pendant and the sun pendant, struck each other with a crisp and pleasant sound as she walked; the ice chalcedony Bodhi Buddha necklace seemed to be spreading golden light, and the Buddha's light was shining everywhere, making people dare not look directly at it.
Such a majestic, beautiful, enchanting, elegant and noble outfit instantly plunged her into the mud.
She subconsciously touched her neck. It was the coming-of-age gift that Old Lady Wen had given her. It was also ice-colored chalcedony, which was priceless in her eyes. The bright red was not as dazzling as the noble yellow.
She thought again of the day when she was sitting by the lake showing off her ice-colored chalcedony to Wen Xinya. Suddenly, she felt as if a big hand was slapping her face hard. It was burning painful, and she felt a little ashamed. She felt humiliated for no reason and almost bit her teeth off.
Wen Xinya's gaze penetrated the crowd and fell on Xia Ruya, whose light seemed to be dimmed, on the podium.
Xia Ruya's eyes narrowed and she looked away almost subconsciously.
Wen Xinya attended the banquet in a gorgeous attire, competing with Xia Ruya in beauty. Her demeanor was even more noble and dazzling than Xia Ruya, the protagonist of today's banquet. This made the reporters sensitively sense some signs, and they surrounded Wen Xinya, asking her all kinds of questions.
One can be the center of attention with his outfit, but it is tasteless to steal the show with his words. Wen Xinya would naturally not answer: "Everyone, Miss Xia is the protagonist of today's banquet."
Wen Xinya sent the reporter away with just a few words.
Xia Ruya looked at Wen Xinya's dazzling appearance. Her whole body seemed to be covered with a layer of golden light, so bright that it almost hurt her eyes. That kind of light devoured all the light on her body inch by inch.
"Wen Xinya, you stole my limelight. Are you satisfied now?" She clenched her hands into fists. The pain in her palms reminded her to keep her last bit of sanity. Since Wen Xinya had not come to the banquet before, she knew that her coming-of-age ceremony today would not go smoothly.
Wen Xinya's cold lips slightly lifted, with a trace of coldness: "Xia Ruya, don't flatter yourself. Do you still have the limelight today? The reporters have torn off the mask of purity and kindness bit by bit in public, revealing the greed and ugliness hidden under it. You still dare to talk about the limelight, Xia Ruya... When did you become so pitiful and pathetic that you even value this kind of limelight?"
If Xia Ruya thought that she could get away with it by moving out of the Wen family, then she was too naive and underestimated Wen Ruya. She would never miss any opportunity to attack her.
"Wen Xinya, it turned out to be you... You arranged those reporters. You deliberately wanted me to make a fool of myself at the banquet and completely become your foil." Xia Ruya's face was twisted with hatred, but this hatred did not destroy the beauty of her face. It seemed to make her face look even more indecisive and charming. A touch of gorgeous enchantment seemed to be able to penetrate the heart, and people would almost suffocate at a glance.
Wen Xinya sneered, "So what if it's me? You can use the Wen family's name to hold a grand ceremony of adulthood. Of course, I can also use the Wen family's name to ruin your ceremony of adulthood. I'll also let you know that the Wen family's resources and name are not so useless."
Xia Ruya was blinded by vanity. Ever since she wanted to hold her coming-of-age ceremony in the name of the Wen family, she should have realized that her coming-of-age ceremony would not go smoothly.
She is the legitimate descendant of the Wen family and the eldest daughter of the Wen family who cannot be replaced by anyone. How could she tolerate Xia Ruya, a mere adopted daughter, climbing over her head to sing the national anthem? She made it so easy for Xia Ruya to fulfill her wish just to ruin her coming-of-age ceremony party.
"Wen Xinya, how could you treat me like this? I am the adopted daughter of the Wen family after all." Xia Ruya looked grim, and her beautiful face turned pale, like a flower that was about to wither. Even though her beauty was fading, she was still more enchanting than thousands of flowers.
Wen Xinya looked at Xia Ruya in front of her indifferently, as if she was at the peak of her beauty. Such hypocritical behavior was really disgusting.
Xia Ruya looked at her, a sad expression flashing across her face. She opened her pale lips slightly, saying sadly, "I've already moved out of the Wen family. What else do you want?" She fluttered her eyelashes slightly, as if she was extremely helpless. She was extremely weak and pitiful, and asked hoarsely, "Wen Wenya, can't you tolerate me?"
Wen Xinya curled her lips, as if she didn't care about what she said: "Xia Ruya, you will die if you don't pretend to be a good person! Please let Bai Lianhua go. Bai Lianhua is born in the mud but remains unstained. Don't tarnish Bai Lianhua's reputation, otherwise the Northern Song Dynasty scholar Zhou Dunyi will crawl out of his grave to settle accounts with you."
"Surviving pollution but remaining untainted" is exactly what Zhou Dunyi said in "On the Love of Lotus".
As he said this, he made a gesture with both hands to grab Xia Ruya.
It was clearly a childish action that seemed like a joke, but it sent a chill down Xia Ruya's spine for no reason, and her face twisted.
Wen Xinya's expression changed, her whole body was sharp, her eyes were full of sarcasm, her face was contemptuous, and her smile was mocking: "Besides, I also say this to you. You are the only one who can never tolerate others. Don't disgust me with your face of the Virgin Mary. I'm afraid I won't be able to eat soon and vomit out the overnight meal I had last night."
In her previous life, she was wandering outside, stupid and foolish, extremely vulgar, but she was blinded by family affection. She was no threat to her at all, but she ruthlessly calculated and made her end up with such a miserable end and eventually died.