Chapter 24: Come On Then, It’s an Act-Off
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Zhou Huijie looked as young as she did four years ago.
Her red cheongsam, exquisite makeup, and polished nails exuded elegant grace.
She still had the air of a rich wife.
However, she was pale with shock when Ji Weixi glanced sideways at her.
“Ji… Ji Weixi?!”
She looked as if she had seen a ghost.
“Yo. So, you do recognize me.” Ji Weixi smiled coldly.
Zhou Huijie could not help scanning her from head to toe—she was actually more beautiful than she was four years ago, even if her face was etched full of misanthropy.
Her strapless gown accentuated her slim but exquisite frame as if she was god’s most perfect piece of art.
Moreover, her skin was snow-white and smooth, with her cinnabar lips tightly pursed over her wintry visage. Her eyes, lined exquisitely shone with an icy elegance.
She was a breathtaking beauty.
“Xixi! Where have you been these four years!” Zhou Huijie ‘s face changed at once and approached, putting up the act of a miserable mother who was finally reunited with her long-lost daughter. “I miss you so much… it’s good that you’re back!”
Ji Weixi shook her off and frowned in disgust without giving her any face. “Stay away, and don’t touch me!”
Zhou Huijie teared up at once in grief and complained at Ji Xiangdong, “Husband, look at Weixi! It’s been four years, and she still hates me to the bone!”
With his wife on one side and his daughter on another, Ji Xiangdong was in quite a predicament, and could only try to calm Ji Weixi.
“Weixi, look at you. Don’t pull such a long face on a happy day like this—hurry inside, Jianing’s waiting for you.”
Then, as the steward tried to stop Weixi again, Ji Xiangdong’s voice turned cold at once. “She’s my eldest daughter.”
The steward quickly bowed. “My apologies.”
‘Wait, when did Ji Xiangdong get a second daughter?’
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There were many upper-class people gathered in the hall.
Ji Jianing was dressed up like a princess and pacing around while lifting her skirt.
What time was it? Why was Li Shaoling not there yet?
She called him a few times, but could not reach him.
She had a bad feeling about that.
Suddenly, an alluring lady had arrived at the entrance, instantly drawing everyone’s eyes.
Envy flashed past Ji Jianing’s eyes. She would admit that the other woman was more beautiful, but she would soon be the Li’s young mistress.
With that thought, she proudly held her head high and went to her.
“Sis, you’re finally here!”
Ji Jianing smiled sweetly, even tugging Ji Weixi’s hand intimately.
Everyone else broke off and started to chatter.
“Since when did the Ji family have two daughters?”
“Looks like one was disowned four years ago.”
“Heard it was for her misdeeds?”
The gossiping overflowed throughout the scene immediately, a noisy hum that left Ji Weixi utterly irritated.
She shook off Ji Jianing in utter disgust, who quickly assumed a pitiful air and a wounded look. “Sis, I know Daddy was forced to disown you after you slept with that old man… but Daddy missed you all along, and we’re all still a family!”
Impressive. Asserting her white lotus image with a single line, while also revealing that tidbit about Ji Weixi to everyone else.
The crowd immediately erupted into an uproar.
Most of the men’s gaze at Ji Weixi cooled when they heard that she slept with some old man.
Meanwhile, her gaze had become even colder.
So, Ji Jianing had not had enough of that white lotus act of hers.
‘Fine. Since you love acting so much, let’s have an act-off!’
“How could you say that!” Ji Weixi herself burst into tears at once. “I know you’re too lonely and empty that you stole my fiancé, sister, even luring him to bed… but I still forgave you in my great tolerance and beauty, even coming to your big day! I really wish you happiness with all my heart!”
I wish you a great marriage, be blessed with children and lots of adulterous lovers!
The conversation turned at once then, with the spear tip pointed at Ji Jianing this time.
The sudden act-off had clearly caught her off guard and dumbstruck.
‘What the hell? What fiancé?’
“As I’ve thought, all ‘maidens’ in the entertainment industry are just appearances.”
“Don’t say that. She did manage to get to where she is now… thanks to our Young Master Li.”
“Tsk tsk. Never thought that Ji Jianing’s so empty inside… sleeping with a brother-in-law, huh? How about me?”
The crowd’s murmurs left her good image almost collapsing.
Ji Jianing was defeated, and about to billow smoke from the top of her head.
She leveled a deadly glare at Ji Weixi as if it would kill her. However, no matter how angry or miserable she was, all she could do was hold it in firmly.
In the end, it was her own fault for taking the pure, innocent route.
Ji Weixi simply smiled sweetly at her.
Nevertheless…
Just as she stepped out, Tian Miaomiao called her.
“This is bad, Xixi!” She screamed as if one fire. “Your son disappeared! He’s gone!”
Ji Weixi’s breath was caught as all her blood rushed to her head.
“What did you say?!”