Chapter 56: Banquet of the Elite Families (5)

A vanity fair like this was the best venue for celebrities and the wealthy to come together. No one knew how many celebrities would be able to avoid the flashes from the cameras and end up on the big beds of this hotel with a certain wealthy person tonight.

“Xiaoxiao, you’re here.” Cheng Mu was holding on to a tall champagne glass as he walked over. He had already attended to several socialites before he found her. As he raised his champagne glass slightly, there was a soft smile on his face. One glance at Tang Xiaoxiao’s alluring and charming face turned into a stare, and he felt a little as if his heart was palpitating with excitement. “Are you a little nervous since it’s your first time attending such an event?”

“It’s alright.” Tang Xiaoxiao smiled in affirmation as she stopped a server and took a glass of red wine. She toasted Cheng Mu and took a small sip of red wine elegantly, her pink lips tinted rose from the crimson liquid. “You dared to come over so openly, aren’t you scared that I’d embarrass you?”

Embarrass? Cheng Mu froze for a moment and glanced at Tang Xiaoxiao’s outfit before he realized what she meant. He burst out in laughter, “Xiaoxiao ah, you’re probably the only one who dares to wear a pair of jeans and a t-shirt to such an event, right?”

Tang Xiaoxiao shook the wine glass she was holding happily. “Firstly, I won’t curry the favors of the wealthy and the directors in such an event. Secondly, I believe in your acting skills and your socializing skills. Thirdly, I’m a girl and I’m not the main lead of tonight’s event either. I simply came to eat and drink tonight… So why must I dress so nicely?”

“Fair enough.” Cheng Mu shrugged his shoulders. “What you said does make sense.”

Seeing that Cheng Mu was here, the few socialites and female celebrities from before walked over with wine glasses in their hands. The leader of the group was the female celebrity, Sun Yating. She placed a hand on Cheng Mu’s left arm with a bright smile as she asked with familiarity, “What’s wrong? Cheng Mu, aren’t you going to dance today? I remember that your ballroom dances are pretty good.”

“You flatter me.” Cheng Mu exchanged the conventional greetings with a chuckle. “Yating, do you think I dare to say that my dancing skills are not bad in front of a tango queen like you?”

The praise made Sun Yating burst into a bright smile. Indeed, she was incredibly confident when it came to tango.

“Cheng Mu, your outfit today is pretty good. Tsk tsk, Fashion Weekly may have just found their cover for tomorrow,” another beautiful woman joined them with a dazzling smile and a wine glass in her hand.

This woman was called Chen Ke and was the chief editor of the top fashion magazine in the country, Fashion Weekly. She was known as the country’s godmother of fashion and was extremely close to the French fashion world. She had news and control of the upcoming and popular trends in the world’s fashion industry and it was rare to hear her praise a celebrity’s style.

Seeing that Chen Ke had actually praised Cheng Mu’s outfit and had asked to make Cheng Mu’s outfit today into the cover of Fashion Weekly tomorrow, the few women beside them all stared at Cheng Mu, flabbergasted. Shock and jealousy shone in their eyes. D*mn… perhaps, Cheng Mu would continue to rise in fame after the movie, ‘On the Bank of Qing River’.

Why did this Cheng Mu always have such good luck?

Cheng Mu clearly was in slight disbelief as well. He glanced at Tang Xiaoxiao in shock, only to see her as calm as ever, it was almost as if she was expecting the turn of events. As such, he couldn’t help but become confused.

Sun Yating glanced at Cheng Mu in jealousy before she turned her attention to the extremely beautiful girl beside Cheng Mu. She glanced at the girl’s casual outfit. It was a complete misfit with the prestigiousness of this charity banquet, and her lips could not help but curl up as she said, “Cheng Mu, why aren’t you introducing this lady beside you? Tsk tsk, she’s really unique and a maverick… she actually dressed so casually for a charity banquet like tonight’s…”

“Yes.” Another female celebrity, Zhao Nena, who was beside them, cupped her mouth as she laughed softly, before she added, “Cheng Mu, is it that this lady beside you… can’t afford an evening gown? Tsk tsk, what a pity that she doesn’t even have a proper outfit to attend such an event. She’s actually wearing those road-side goods that are only worth several dozens of dollars from head to toe.”

“Nena, isn’t your wardrobe filled with evening gowns?” Cunning arrogance oozed from a female celebrity, Ying Feifei’s eyes as she said with a slightly strange tone, “Little girl, if your family really has no money, Nena, how about you give her that evening gown you wore before? Although someone did make a small cut into that evening gown, you still can wear it after sewing it together… it’s better than dressing so casually in such an event after all.”

Suddenly, Sun Yating acted as if she was completely shocked and cupped her mouth. “Could it be that she snuck in? Someone come, someone come quick! Someone here has snuck in. What are you security officers doing?”

Hearing Sun Yating’s loud exclamation, several people turned their attention towards the group. When some saw that Tang Xiaoxiao’s dressing was a complete misfit with the event, they couldn’t help but furrow their eyebrows. The rest, on the other hand, were mostly female celebrities and rich young misses that liked drama. They surrounded the group and pointed here and there at Tang Xiaoxiao.

“Tsk tsk, this is probably a t-shirt and jeans that ordinary people would wear, right? Tsk tsk, if she’s dressed like that, would there be a strange smell on her? Seriously… why did the Wei family let someone like this in?” a young miss wearing a dark green evening gown cried out on purpose as she looked as if she had seen something filthy, as if it was affecting her terribly.

“Could she be a gossip reporter?” a celebrity guessed.

By this stage, Cheng Mu felt so awkward that he wanted to find a hole to bury himself in. He glanced at Tang Xiaoxiao and forced himself to introduce her, “Everyone, this is my manager, Miss Tang Xiaoxiao. She isn’t a reporter, nor did she sneak in here.”

Sun Yating laughed out loud as she pointed at Tang Xiaoxiao and ridiculed her openly, “Cheng Mu, did you really find such a small thing to be your manager? Tsk tsk, I thought you were some saint or gentleman and never thought that you’d be such a small lecherous man. You disregarded your own future and hired such a little useless person as your manager? Even if she looks good, can she even do anything right?”

Hearing Sun Yating say this, Cheng Mu was slightly unhappy too. “Yating, Xiaoxiao is a qualified manager!”

Yang Shan, who had returned from freshening herself up, was watching the whole debacle from the side with cold eyes. Seeing that it was the right time, she finally walked out from the crowd with a bright smile. “Xiaoxiao ah, why would you appear here suddenly? Weren’t you still the Wei Youngest Master’s lover a few days ago? Tsk tsk, you ran over here today to this kind of event… Isn’t that too thick-skinned of you? Were you dumped?”

The moment her words left her mouth, the entire room fell silent from shock!

Countless judgment from the surrounding womens’ eyes fell straight on Tang Xiaoxiao, who remained standing at her spot. Their eyes were filled with jealousy and anger. ‘Damned vixen, you actually dared to be together with the Wei Youngest Master, Wei Yanmo? You damned well deserve to be dumped!’

Holding on to the wine glass, Tang Xiaoxiao remained as calm as if she was looking at the clouds from boredom. Neither the crowd around her or the pointing attracted her attention.

Hearing the commotion from this corner, the Wei family who were standing in front were more than a little unhappy. The main organizer of tonight’s charity banquet was the Wei family. With such an ill-mannered commotion occurring so suddenly, weren’t they all throwing the Wei family’s face to the dust? Besides, apart from those celebrities attending tonight’s charity banquet, there were countless elite families and political officials in attendance as well. If they disrupted those precious guests, who would take the responsibility for doing so?