Reborn with the ability to read minds, I became a heartthrob.

Chen Jinghuai pulled the invitation away in disbelief, opened it, and his expression immediately darkened.

The reason was simple: this invitation was the one he arranged to be delivered to Zhou Liwan, and it was handwritten by him, so it was different from everyone else's.

With a dark expression, Chen Jinghuai roared at Zhou Qingya, "No wonder I haven't seen Wanwan here yet! It turns out you stole the invitation I gave her! How could you be so shameless and disrespectful!"

As soon as Young Master Chen finished speaking, some sycophantic women began to gossip around him.

"Oh my, how can there be such a shameless girl? Young Master Chen has already rejected her so blatantly, yet she still stubbornly follows him around."

"I knew she wasn't a good person before, she took off her clothes in public at the Wan family's charity gala."

"Wow, I've really learned something new! There are all sorts of birds in a big forest!"

Hearing the sounds coming from all directions, Zhou Qingya trembled all over, biting her lip tightly as if she had been greatly insulted.

She hung her head low, obscuring her expression, and tears streamed down her face.

Some people who didn't know him really couldn't stand it.

"What's going on? Why isn't everyone eating?" Madam Chen walked over, puzzled. She had just instructed the kitchen to prepare some more pastries when she saw a large group of people gathered here.

We must hope nothing goes wrong at this critical juncture.

Upon hearing the voice, Zhou Qingya seemed to have suffered a great injustice. After swaying slightly, she finally raised her pitiful face and sobbed, "Mrs. Chen, I entered with an invitation. Why are you bullying me like this? My sister gave me the invitation herself. How did it become that I stole it!"

His voice was strong and clear, showing absolutely no sign of timidity.

Chen Jinghuai and Han Luoluo naturally wouldn't believe a word of it. Zhou Liwan had such a bad relationship with her, how could she give her own fiancé an invitation?

Even a fool would know it's impossible.

But Madam Chen's expression subtly darkened: "Whose daughter are you?"

Zhou Qingya immediately felt embarrassed. After thinking for a while, she said evasively, "I am Zhou Liwan's younger sister. My older sister told me personally that she would never come to a small, insignificant family like this..."

As if suddenly realizing she had said the wrong thing, Zhou Qingya covered her mouth in horror, her face turning pale.

Feeling a little nervous and wanting to explain, she unconsciously took a few steps toward Madam Chen: "Madam Chen, please don't misunderstand. I misspoke just now. My sister didn't mean to look down on the Chen family. I'm just bad at expressing myself."

The more she spoke, the more remorseful she became, and she looked like she was about to cry again. Han Luoluo rolled her eyes in disdain. She was really good at acting; who would believe such a clumsy lie?

But when she looked around, she was immediately stunned.

Madam Chen and Chen Jinghuai did not look very good, and the others also showed disapproval on their faces.

The reason is simple: if they insult the Chen family, then what about the others who came to the banquet?

"Isn't this insulting everyone at the same time?" Han Luoluo narrowed her eyes and glared fiercely at Zhou Qingya.

It seems she underestimated this shameless person. The reason why the people around her didn't suspect anything was simply because they believed that Zhou Qingya didn't have that much guts. If Zhou Liwan had arrived at this moment, her lies would have been completely exposed.

Unexpectedly, Han Luoluo's wish came true the next second.

The housekeeper hurried over and said that there was a Miss Zhou at the door who said she had lost her invitation and was being kept out.

The butler, seeing that the other person had an impressive demeanor, dared not offend him and quickly came to inform him.

The expressions on everyone's faces became quite subtle after hearing the butler's words.

Zhou Qingya's face turned deathly pale.

How could that be? As far as she knew, Zhou Liwan had never liked this eldest son of the Chen family, and she certainly didn't want to come here.

Madam Chen looked towards the entrance with a cold smile: "Let her in."

She wanted to see what this Miss Zhou had to say.

The Zhou family is not as prominent as before, but they are no longer the kind of small, insignificant family that cannot be brought into the public eye.

So what if she is from the Jiang family?

They shouldn't slander the Chen family like that.

Almost without making everyone wait, a dazzling red figure appeared before them, and everyone seemed to forget to breathe.

Is this an angel descending to earth?

The other person was unbelievably beautiful; the fiery red dress made the girl's skin look as white as snow, soft and delicate.

Jet-black hair, jet-black pupils, and pink lips.

Every detail of the object is an artistic model that could drive a sculptor crazy.

Chen Jinghuai blushed, instantly forgetting his earlier displeasure, and quickly went to greet her: "Wanwan, why are you only arriving now?"

Zhou Liwan blushed with embarrassment: "Today is your birthday, so of course we should prepare something special."

Then, as if remembering something, she quickly pulled Yao Ruofu over: "This is my good friend, the daughter of the Yao family, Yao Ruofu. And this is a gift I picked out for you, I hope you will like it."

Chen Jinghuai couldn't help but feel a surge of happiness. She had introduced her best friend to him; did that mean she was starting to accept him?

She even dressed up so elegantly today and carefully prepared a gift.

Han Luoluo stepped forward at this crucial moment: "Miss Zhou, I am Han Luoluo. Just now, someone claiming to be your sister said that you gave her the invitation. Why did you give it to someone else and then come here yourself?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked back and forth carefully.

I really want to find out what exactly happened.

Zhou Liwan was clearly taken aback by this. Her beautiful face froze for a moment, then she tilted her head in confusion and said, "I don't understand what you're saying. What sister? What do you mean by giving it to someone else? I don't know why my invitation got lost, and Afu and I searched for it for a long time, which is why we're late."

Suddenly, everyone's gaze became somewhat subtle, and when they looked at Zhou Qingya, it was as if they were looking at poisonous thorns.

It caused the other person unbearable pain.

Zhou Qingya immediately stepped out of the crowd, looking at Zhou Liwan with teary eyes: "Sister, how could you do this to me? You were the one who gave me the invitation, and now you're pretending to be innocent and running over here. Isn't this making me the target of everyone's misunderstanding? I know you don't like me, and no wonder you suddenly asked me to go home that day. It turns out you were just trying to frame me today!"

The girl was crying so hard she was on the verge of collapse, and everyone was at a loss for what to do.

At this moment, Yao Ruofu burst out laughing at an inopportune moment: "What kind of thing are you? A white lotus of your caliber dares to put on such a clumsy act in front of me. Let me tell you, I can see through a green tea bitch a hundred times more sophisticated than you at a glance. Stop pretending here. I still want to save you some face and not embarrass you."

How could Zhou Qingya just slink away like that? If she left now, wouldn't that be admitting that she stole the invitation?

In this way, she will not only lose her position as the young mistress of the Chen family, but also give many sons of powerful and wealthy families a bad first impression.

Then she really has no way out.

So she was determined to hold on no matter what, because Zhou Liwan had given her the invitation and then put her in this situation.