Chapter 19: The Extremely Precious Vase

Being embarrassed again, Zhou Yan clenched her fingers and lowered her head, not wanting those rich daughters to laugh at her.

At this moment, Zhou Yan wanted Yun Jiao to come to the banquet as much as ever. If someone with a lower status than her, whose family background was not even close to that of a wealthy family, stood next to her, all the jokes, teasing voices, and strange looks would be focused on Yun Jiao alone, right?
Zhou Yan's expectation came true. The guests who were originally chatting with each other went towards the door as if they saw some important person.

"It seems that Mr. Shen is here? Or was it Mr. Jiang who went to pick him up? Mr. Jiang also went over."

"Even the birthday boy came to welcome her personally. Mr. Shen must be very respectful."

"The Jiang family and the Shen family have always been close, and Mr. Shen is also a close friend of Mr. Jiang, so it's not a big deal to go and greet him."

Hearing the discussions and knowing that Shen Jinyan was coming, Zhou Yan quickly touched up her makeup and adjusted the dress she had worn twice, regardless of whether the other party would notice her.

Mrs. Zhou didn't like Zhou Yan, so naturally she didn't spend money to buy her a new dress. The one she was wearing was prepared for her last official appearance in the circle of wealthy families.

Zhou Yan touched the pink diamond necklace around her neck, which was a gift from Qiao Xianxian in advance.

Her unhappy mood improved a little and she remembered what Qiao Xianxian said, that as long as she got things done this time, she would introduce her to He Yuzhang.

Zhou Yan's face couldn't help but get hot, and she became more concerned about this matter, just waiting for Yun Jiao to come to the banquet.

Qiao Xianxian, who was not far away, glanced at Zhou Yan's expression and a hint of disdain flashed in her eyes. However, when she saw Mu Tianren noticed that Zhou Yan was wearing the diamond necklace he had given her, her eyes narrowed.

Qiao Xianxian took a sip of the red wine. Considering that Zhou Yan had helped her deal with Mu Tianren, the useless suitor, she didn't care about Zhou Yan's wishful thinking.

She hasn't even conquered He Yuzhang yet, but she still wants to use her to get to know him. She's just an illegitimate daughter, how dare she think that.

Qiao Xianxian thought to herself while looking towards the door.

It would be a bad idea for her to get so close to Shen Jinyan so obviously now, in case Shen Jinyan misunderstood that she was also a vain person like Yun Jiao.

But she didn't go over, and was still talking to the little sister in a reserved manner, but she saw the person standing next to Mr. Jiang, who was surrounded by a group of people.

The one wearing the red dress, who was gorgeous and beautiful, and who looked like a colorful painting after a little dressing up, making people unable to take their eyes away. Even the guests' voices became much quieter, and those arrogant rich second-generations became shy and careful to peek at her. That person was Yun Jiao!
Qiao Xianxian saw that these people's eyes were fixed on Yun Jiao. She didn't even move and clenched her fingers.

Especially since the clothes and jewelry the other person wore were bought with her money, Qiao Xianxian felt even more upset.

I remembered the jewelry, and thought about the origin of the ruby ​​necklace that was worn on Yunjiao's snow-white neck, sparkling under the light, and listened to what the people around me said about how rubies and beauties complement each other.

Qiao Xianxian felt relieved instead.

So what if she is praised by everyone now? She will be embarrassed later and excluded by the wealthy families. Even if she is extremely beautiful, will those rich second-generations who are still supported by their families dare to marry Yun Jiao?
"Whose daughter is the one standing with Young Master Shen? How come we haven't heard any news about her with such a pretty face?" asked a young lady who was sitting with Qiao Xianxian.

The daughters sitting here are all from the richest families in City B. This is a circle that Qiao Xianxian has spent a lot of effort to build.

From the very beginning, they looked down on Yun Jiao, who had squeezed into the circle of wealthy families through illegal means. How could they pay attention to her? Naturally, they didn't know what Yun Jiao looked like.

"It's Miss Yun who lives in the Shen family villa. Last time, Brother He invited me to the equestrian club, and Mr. Shen also brought her there." Qiao Xianxian said with a proper smile. But while speaking, she touched her nose carefully as if in fear. This action reminded the sisters of Qiao Xianxian's visit to the horse farm and the sudden accident that caused her to be hospitalized.

After hearing this, the few people who were naturally fond of beautiful things knew that Yun Jiao was the one who caused Qiao Xianxian to be injured and her nose was almost broken. In the past few days, the daughter of a wealthy family she was not on good terms with spread rumors that Qiao Xianxian had had her nose fixed. So they immediately withdrew their fondness for Yun Jiao and said with disdain.

"So it's her. After hearing the rumors, I thought Miss Yun had a very dull face. I didn't expect she had a face like a fairy."

"But good looks can't be used to make a living. If you only have beauty but no substance, you're not even qualified to be a vase. Mr. Shen will realize this sooner or later and send her away."

"But she is really beautiful. Even if she is used as a vase, it is an extremely precious vase. People will scramble for her." One of the daughters couldn't help but whispered as she watched the sisters nod in agreement.

Her words made everyone silent. They wanted to refute, but when they looked up at Yun Jiao's delicate and beautiful face, they couldn't take their eyes off for a moment and their faces turned red. Their words of rebuttal were quite unreliable.

They stopped as soon as they heard a satisfying word. They looked at Yun Jiao and their faces blushed.

Qiao Xianxian was so depressed that she glared at Yun Jiao as if she was vomiting blood.

On Yun Jiao's side, Shen Jinyan was constantly being talked to by Old Man Jiang, and Liu Yi would interject from time to time.

Yun Jiao and Shen Ji looked at the people who had gathered around them again and felt that this conversation would not end so easily. They looked at each other and withdrew in tacit understanding.

Originally, Shen Ji wanted to take Yun Jiao for a walk in the garden, but Shen Ji met a friend who came to see him, so Yun Jiao waved her hand and let them go and play, and she turned to the garden.

The Jiang family's and Shen family's villas are about the same size, but the Jiang family's is more luxuriously designed, while the Shen family's villa is more low-key and simple.

This is the Jiang family's garden, which is also divided into north and south gardens, as well as an entrance garden. This design, together with the artificial living water lake in front, is related to Feng Shui.

Thinking about the red sandalwood Buddhist beads hanging on Mr. Jiang's hand just now, well, the Jiang family believes in a lot of strange things.

Yun Jiao didn't walk any further inside and just found a bench to sit down.

It is true that these high heels are beautiful, but they are also torturous, and they are worthy of being called beautiful torture instruments.

To put it bluntly, her feet hurt, she couldn't walk, and she wanted to just stay where she was.

The system now considers itself to be on the same side as the host, and it also feels sorry for the host being so tired.

[Host, let's hold on for a while. We will go back immediately after completing the task. ]

Yun Jiao lowered her eyes and looked at the red spot on her feet, thinking that she might as well automatically complete the task of setting off the heroine.

According to her previous speculation, the system for issuing tasks only pays attention to the process. As long as the process is in place, the task is considered completed no matter what the result is.

Just like the last mission where she was misunderstood and hurt Qiao Xianxian, as long as Qiao Xianxian said something that implied that she was taking the blame, the mission would be considered accomplished regardless of whether He Yuzhang and Shen Jinyan believed she was the murderer later.

(End of this chapter)