Breakup and still want to be beautiful on your own? A crazy tycoon seduces and climbs to the top.

First floor banquet hall.

An Ying saw An Weiping and Xu Mei dressed up from a distance.

The two men, however, wore expressions of anger and clung to the chairs at the main table, refusing to let go.

"Is this the adopted son who was once kicked out of the family by Old Master Fu?"

"Yes, how rude! How can the Fu family tolerate someone like that coming into the house..."

"I heard that the old man didn't let his family stay at the Fu residence and sent them outside."

Many people around were watching and gossiping, pointing and whispering about the two of them.

This scene is simply outrageous.

An Weiping didn't care about anything else. He shouted, "Bring An Ying over here! I want to reason with this unfilial daughter. I'm her father, and I grew up in the Fu family. Why can't I sit at the head table?"

Xu Mei also said, "That heartless girl, she's deliberately making things difficult for us! We must sit at the same table as Grandpa Fu!"

In the circles of the wealthy, the type of house one lives in, the type of car one drives, and the seat one sits at banquets all represent one's status and position.

An Weiping and Xu Mei, a married couple, desperately wanted to squeeze into the circle of the wealthy and powerful. They boasted every day about how highly the Fu family valued them, but as a result, they were seated at the very edge of the banquet.

The table was full of children eating snacks and playing with toys.

They couldn't stand being humiliated like that.

Since we've already lost face anyway, we might as well let loose and make a scene.

An Ying walked in with a cold face, thinking to herself: This seat is too out of the way, that seat is too far away, where are they going to sit?

Putting those two people in the center of the stage is not a good idea!

As soon as Xu Mei saw An Ying, she pointed at her nose and yelled, "You little bitch, I think you're deliberately trying to humiliate me!"

The surrounding guests were drawn to Xu Mei's curse and all looked at the two of them.

An Ying stood quietly in front of the two, arms crossed, her expression unchanged: "Ms. Xu, this is the Fu family home, not a place for you to act arrogantly."

The maid standing nearby nodded in agreement.

An Ying seemed to remember something and smiled faintly: "If I really wanted to humiliate you, I would just put up a sign at the door saying that An Weiping and Xu Mei are not allowed to enter."

An Weiping: "..."

Xu Mei: "..."

This is a direct and blatant humiliation.

Xu Mei yelled, "You, you, you just wait! You think that by trying to get close to the old man all this time, running errands for his birthday banquet every day, he'll look at you any better? You're dreaming!"

The image of An Ying causing a scene at An Xiaoxiao and Lu Qiyao's engagement party flashed through my mind again...

Xu Mei gritted her teeth in anger. She just couldn't stand An Ying's face; it was exactly the same as her mother's when she was alive.

That woman used some kind of seductive magic to lure An Weiping away, causing her to be a mistress for so many years, and even her daughter to bear the stigma.

Xu Mei was filled with anger and raised her hand to slap An Ying.

An Ying stepped back a few paces to the side, dodging the slap.

Xu Mei's hand missed its target, she lost her balance and fell to the ground, landing face-first in the dirt.

The surrounding guests burst into laughter.

Xu Mei's face flushed red instantly. She failed to deliver the slap and instead became the laughingstock. Her expression grew even more ferocious.

Falling flat on your face is nothing, what's more serious is...

As Xu Mei got up from the ground, she stumbled and knocked over the birthday cake prepared for Grandpa Fu.

An Ying was suddenly stunned, and tried to raise her hand to stop him, but it was too late...

This cake is eight layers high, exquisite and beautiful.

An Ying specially commissioned a top pastry chef from a five-star hotel in Beicheng to customize and deliver it.

Boom!

In the blink of an eye, the huge white cake tilted and fell to the ground.

It was smashed to pieces.

The guests who had been happily watching the drama unfold around them were no longer laughing.

The bustling hall fell silent instantly.

An Ying felt a little regretful; she really should have put up a sign at the door to prevent An Weiping and Xu Mei from entering.

These two people are more trouble than they're worth; they're practically her nemesis.

The maid standing next to An Ying was almost in tears: How was she going to clean up all this cake crumbs?! It was too much trouble!

At this moment, a middle-aged man sitting at the main table spoke up, his tone sarcastic and his face full of disdain:

"Fourth brother, fourth brother's wife, the seats were arranged by the old man. He didn't want to sit with you. Why make things difficult for the children? Now look what's happened. The old man won't be able to eat the cake later. Fourth brother, you have to apologize."

The speaker was Fu Zhenhong, the eldest son of the Fu family.

After Fu Zhenhong finished speaking, he slowly took a sip of tea, looking like he was enjoying the show.

He has been managing the Fu family's overseas assets abroad for many years, and this time he specially returned to China for the old man's birthday banquet.

An Weiping was already annoyed, and seeing Fu Zhenhong taking an inch further and making veiled criticisms of him made him even more displeased.

Of the entire Fu family, apart from those surnamed An, Fu Zhenhong was the one living at the very bottom of society.

Although An Weiping did some terrible things back then, Fu Zhenhong wasn't exactly a saint either.

An Weiping said sarcastically, "Brother, do you think the old man just wants to sit with you? You did something stupid and the old man kicked you out of the country. If we really compare, you were exiled to a much farther place. Neither of us should laugh at the other!"

An Weiping's words precisely stepped on Fu Zhenhong's landmine.

Thirteen years ago, Fu Chengli was involved in a serious car accident. Of the two people in the car, one died and the other was injured.

Fu Chengli was the lucky one who survived.

At the time, all the evidence suggested that the car accident was related to Fu Zhenhong.

However, halfway through the investigation, the police suddenly ran out of clues, and the car accident became a cold case.

Back then, Fu Zhenhong was the president of the Fu Group.

An ordinary car accident sparked a wave of conspiracy theories online, with netizens digging deeper and deeper into the mystery.

Suddenly, the Fu family, a top-tier wealthy family in Beicheng, was embroiled in negative news and faced immense public pressure.

In a fit of anger, Old Master Fu removed Fu Zhenhong from his position as president, sent him abroad to manage overseas investments, and promoted his second son, Fu Haidong, to the position.

After moving away from the power center of the Fu family, Fu Zhenhong became increasingly marginalized.

No matter how much he denies that the car accident was unrelated to him, that evidence was fabricated by malicious people to frame him. He couldn't possibly have murdered his nephew...

In the end it was of no avail.

Today is the old man's 80th birthday, and Fu Zhenhong is determined to redeem himself and improve his relationship with the old man.

As a result, An Weiping brought up the very thing he didn't want to talk about, again in a sarcastic and inappropriate way.

Fu Zhenhong gritted his teeth and glared at him, saying, "An Weiping, shut up! What right do you, an adopted son, have to talk to me like that!"

The two started arguing.

Thump-thump-thump.

The cane tapped rhythmically on the ground, and the footsteps grew closer. Everyone turned to look.

"Get out of here if you make any more noise!"

A shout silenced the banquet hall.