Shocking! A Hong Kong socialite gave birth to three heirs to a wealthy family.

Chapter 60 Conflict in the Banquet Hall

As more and more people arrived at the banquet hall, guests began to call out to their friends and form different small circles.

Shen Mei wore the same dress as everyone else, but still looked out of place, standing alone in a corner of the banquet.

At this moment, a man and a woman walked into the banquet hall hand in hand. The man looked to be about the same age as Xu Pingtao, while the woman looked to be under forty, beautiful and youthful.

The two were clearly more than thirty years apart in age, but they appeared in public without hesitation, enjoying the compliments from the crowd.

Xu Zi didn't offer any compliments; instead, she was quietly chirping about crickets.

"The vixen has been his sixth wife for three years, and the gambling king still favors her so much. I really don't know what the gambling king is thinking. He has officially married a plaything in the entertainment industry. If it were someone else, they would just play around and be done with it."

(This is a fictional parallel world; please do not apply it to the real-life gambling tycoon family.)

"At that time, the polygamous system was about to be abolished. This sixth wife was lucky enough to climb up to Mr. Song at that time."

"Hmph, it's not just her who's lucky. Because of her rise to fame, many playthings in the entertainment industry have married into wealthy families. It's really degrading."

"Sigh, all we can do is gossip about others behind their backs, but when we actually meet them, we still have to say 'hello, ma'am'."

"Haha, your self-deprecation is so real."

The chirping of Xu Zi and the others wasn't loud, but it clearly reached Shen Mei's ears.

Shen Mei looked at the man and woman surrounded by guests like stars around the moon and felt envious.

If that day ever comes, she will definitely slap those women in the face hard.

She can now stand on equal footing with Shen Wancheng, and return all of Shen Wancheng's theatrical acts of charity to her.

Shen Mei asked the maid beside her, "Who is that woman?"

The maid glanced at him sideways, giving him an expression that seemed to say, "You don't even recognize such an important person?"

"What do you mean by 'that woman'? She's the sixth wife of the gambling king, someone you can't afford to offend."

Shen Mei bit her lip, not angry at the maid's words; only two sentences kept repeating in her mind.

A plaything in the entertainment industry married into a wealthy family.

That's the sixth wife of the gambling king; someone you can't afford to offend.

It turns out that people in the entertainment industry can also marry into wealthy families and establish themselves in this high society through their own efforts.

Instead of relying on relatives or others.

Wasn't that Xu Zi, the young lady from a wealthy family, just a gossip about the sixth wife behind her back? She didn't dare offend her to her face.

As Shen Mei was thinking, Shen Yao arrived at the banquet hall with Xu Pingtao.

Shen Yao thought that since Shen Wancheng hadn't arrived yet, it wouldn't be appropriate for Xu Pingtao to introduce her to the guests first, so she told Xu Pingtao that she would go find Shen Mei first.

Xu Pingtao naturally thought of this as well, and agreed to let Shen Yao separate from him first.

Shen Yao saw Shen Mei standing alone in the corner from afar, holding neither wine nor food, looking dazed.

Shen Yao walked to Shen Mei's side without Shen Mei noticing, as she was lost in thought.

"Shen Mei."

"Second miss."

As Shen Yao called out to Shen Mei, the maid beside Shen Mei noticed Shen Yao and greeted her respectfully.

The two sounds also reached Xu Zi's small group not far away, and the women looked over at the same time.

Shen Yao was completely unaware of these people's gazes, or rather, she was aware of them, but she didn't care.

Shen Yao put her hand on Shen Mei's shoulder, "Mei'er, what are you thinking about?"

Shen Mei snapped out of her daze and saw Shen Yao staring at her with her face close to her eyes. Startled, she took a step back.

Her body bumped into the table behind them where the drinks were placed. The bottles on the table wobbled, but Shen Yao reacted quickly, stepping aside and using both her hands and mouth to steady the bottles that were about to fall.

The reason why Shen Yao is said to use both her hands and mouth is because in addition to holding a wine bottle in her hand, she also has a champagne glass hanging from her mouth.

The champagne in the stemmed glass swirled, but not a drop spilled.

If a normal person saw Shen Yao's actions, they would definitely praise her for her skill.

But now Shen Mei was absent-minded, and the servants dared not say much. Xu Zi and the others, who were not far away, looked down on Shen Mei because of her previous performance, and by extension, they also looked down on Shen Yao.

“What kind of person is this? So crude.”

"The two girls from the inland who were with the country bumpkin were probably just trying their luck."

Shen Yao's predecessor only spoke Cantonese and not Mandarin, while Shen Yao herself was from the north before she transmigrated, and her speech was similar to Mandarin.

She usually speaks Cantonese based on her predecessor's memories, so she has a local accent. If others only speak Cantonese, Shen Yao can understand them, but if Mandarin and Cantonese are mixed together, she will have some trouble processing them, not to mention if English, which Shen Yao doesn't understand at all, is also mixed in.

Therefore, Shen Yao couldn't understand everything Xu Zi and the others said, but judging from their tone, she could tell that it wasn't anything nice.

Shen Yao glared at Xu Zi and questioned them, "What kind of gibberish are you speaking? If you're so capable, speak human language."

Shen Yao's attitude was in stark contrast to Shen Mei's previous timid and hesitant behavior, leaving Xu Zi and the others stunned.

Shen Mei was afraid that Shen Yao would suffer from a conflict with Xu Zi and the others, and even more afraid that Xu Zi and the others would mock her and Shen Yao even more.

Shen Mei tugged at Shen Yao's sleeve, trying to calm her down and tell her to stop talking.

But if Shen Yao could tolerate it, she wouldn't be Shen Yao.

Shen Yao walked up to Xu Zi and the others, crossed her arms, and stared at them.

"What did you just say? Say it again if you dare."

Xu Zi and the others then came to their senses.

Xu Zi is also the daughter of the Xu family, one of the ten major families in Hong Kong. The current head of the Xu family is Xu Zi's uncle.

That's why Xu Zi is never short of people who flatter her.

Xu Zi didn't want to deliberately cause trouble, but she wasn't afraid of trouble either.

Of course, Xu Zi's view of not deliberately causing trouble is different from others. She doesn't think that being sarcastic or mocking counts as causing trouble. She just let Shen Mei go, and she even thought she was being tolerant and magnanimous.

Now that Shen Yao has questioned her directly, she can't be a coward. Otherwise, she'll lose face in front of all these people who flatter her, and she'll be mortified.

"If the country bumpkin can't understand human language, he should go and learn proper Hong Kong dialect first, okay?"

"His speech has a rustic accent, which is very laughable."

"Hmm...you probably don't know what 'laughable' means, right? Buffoon, clown, comical."

"Look at the foolish look in her eyes, she definitely doesn't understand what I'm saying."

Shen Yao said in a cold voice, "Funny? I can make you even funnier."

Shen Yao pinched Xu Zi's chin with one hand, lifting Xu Zi's face up, and with the other hand, she held Xu Zi's hand holding the red wine, raising it so that Xu Zi could pour a glass of red wine onto her own face.

Red liquid slid down Xu Zi's face, which was covered in heavy foundation, onto her hair and clothes.

Xu Zi was so angry that she trembled all over and screamed loudly.

It immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the banquet hall.

Shen Mei turned pale with fright at Shen Yao's actions.

How could Shen Yao act so impulsively? Does she even know who Xu Zi is?

The wealthy young ladies around Xu Zi are all flattering her; could Xu Zi be of ordinary status?

That was too impulsive, even a bit foolish.

Xu Pingtao has only just acknowledged Shen Yao and Shen Wancheng as his two granddaughters. Would he really make enemies for them?

Moreover, Shen Yao's actions showed no consideration for Xu Pingtao whatsoever; Shen Yao was too naive and too emotional.

Shen Mei looked around and, finding no one paying attention to her, secretly slipped out of the banquet hall.