Ning Yitao simply cast a small illusion. Her eyes swept over those who had taken advantage of the chaos to gang up on Yun Ruichu just now, and her thin lips curled up slightly.
"You should know who you can talk to and who you can't. If you still want to try, feel free to come in front of me next time."
Seeing the miserable state of the three of them, those girls immediately shook their heads like rattles. Some were even so scared that they turned around and ran.
Ning Yitao put down her teacup and stood up. She scanned the surroundings, and the whole room fell silent. Everyone was afraid that they would be the next target.
Her eyes were filled with a chilling glint. "Have you all had enough of the show? This can also be regarded as a self - introduction. I hope you all remember that a kind word warms for three winters, while a malicious one hurts even in June."
Then she snapped her fingers, and the three of them woke up from their dreams. They gasped for air as if they had just come back to life.
But the next moment, they realized that they had just made a fool of themselves in front of so many noble ladies. Standing together again, the three of them were so ashamed that they wanted to bury their heads in the ground.
Yun Ruichu led the way and wanted to leave, but was grabbed by Ning Yitao. Looking back and seeing it was Ning Yitao, Yun Ruichu quickly shook off her hand violently.
But Ning Yitao let go first. Without support, Yun Ruichu would have fallen to the ground if Du Yuanyuan beside her hadn't reached out to hold her.
Yun Ruichu gritted her teeth in hatred. But after what had just happened, she was still a little afraid of Ning Yitao. Suppressing her temper, she squeezed out a sentence through her teeth: "What else do you want?"
"Of course I'm here to help you, 'my dear elder sister'. Your two little followers aren't honest. The necklace you lost is in the bag Du Yuanyuan is holding now. There are also records of dates with your boyfriend on Du Xiaoxiao's phone."
Ning Yitao approached Yun Ruichu and patted her on the shoulder. She deliberately paused for a long time. "------ You can ask them if they dare to show you their phones and bags."
The two little followers who had been named suddenly became nervous. Their faces turned red and then white, and they looked flustered.
Seeing their changing expressions, Yun Ruichu vaguely felt something was wrong.
She stretched out her hand to Du Yuanyuan and said in a tough tone, "Give me your bag."
On her deliberately relaxed face, a false smile appeared. Beneath her calm expression, there was a hint of uneasiness that she couldn't hide.
Du Yuanyuan stammered and covered her bag, hiding it behind her back. "Don't be deceived by her. She's just trying to sow discord between us."
Du Xiaoxiao spoke up at this time, echoing, "Yes, we're your best friends. You have to trust us."
Yun Ruichu finally came to her senses. "We'll know if it's sowing discord or not once you show me the things. Besides, I bought your bag. Can't I even take a look?"
Saying this, she started to struggle with Du Yuanyuan. Yun Ruichu successfully tore her bag and dumped the contents on the ground. She pounced on the pile of things and rummaged through them. To her surprise, she really found her necklace.
Yun Ruichu stood there, stunned. She said in disbelief, "Haven't I been good to you two sisters? Could you have come to this banquet without me? Is this how you treat me?"
Towards the end, Yun Ruichu screamed. She couldn't believe that the people she had always been unconditionally kind to and trusted completely had actually betrayed her.
Du Xiaoxiao beside her blushed, but still pretended to be calm. Her eyes were already slightly red, showing her nervousness. She was shocked by the sudden turn of events.
Ning Yitao just stood aside quietly, watching this farce.
Seeing that the situation was out of control, Du Xiaoxiao, who was about to sneak away, was stopped by Ning Yitao, who had been standing behind her.
Ning Yitao held up the thing in her hand and asked her, "Aren't you going to take this?"
Du Xiaoxiao found that her phone had been quietly taken away by Ning Yitao. She jumped up and tried to grab it back.
Ning Yitao dodged her and walked up to Yun Ruichu, who was kneeling on the ground. She handed the phone to her. "My 'dear elder sister', we're family. I told you I was helping you."
Yun Ruichu took the phone absent - mindedly. She knew the password because they were best friends.
Unexpectedly, she really found the un - deleted records on her phone.
This despicable couple had been secretly meeting behind her back, and both of them were spending the money she gave them!
Overwhelmed with anger, Yun Ruichu, who always cared about her reputation, actually acted like a shrew at the banquet.
This completely disgraced the Yun family. When the security guards were about to carry Yun Ruichu out, Ning Hong rushed over from the courtyard and quickly stopped them, taking Yun Ruichu away to comfort her.
As she was being taken away, Yun Ruichu screamed, "You two shameless things! Get out!! Get out!!"
After this long drama, Ning Yitao had somehow sat back in her chair and was sipping her tea leisurely.
She calmly watched the farce rise and fall, as if it had nothing to do with her at all.
Someone in the crowd couldn't help but sigh, "This move of killing with a heart - stabbing strategy is really brilliant. It not only scares her on the surface but also tortures her mentally. It's really high - level."
At this time, someone stepped forward. The girl in front of her smiled and reached out her hand to Ning Yitao. Her eyes were full of admiration as she introduced herself.
"Hello, I'm Hua Yi, a designer from the Neee brand. I watched the Psychic Battle and thought you had great potential. I recommended you to the company. At first, I thought the show was just a marketing stunt for you. But I didn't expect you to be really this amazing. It seems the boss owes me a big meal."
Hua Yi was wearing a light green smoke - like blouse and a pleated skirt with a pattern of scattered flowers and misty green grass. Her long black hair was pulled up into a loose cloud - like bun. She casually wore a light purple ribbon and a light green silk sash around her waist. A simple yet elegant hairpin was obliquely inserted into her hair. Her graceful figure was extremely charming.
Although her outfit was out of place with the dress code of this banquet, she had a unique beauty. Ning Yitao reached out to respond to her. "Hello, I'm Ning Yitao."
Ning Yitao looked at Hua Yi. She had the look of a benefactor. "A benefactor coming to your door. You'd be a fool not to take advantage of it."
Unexpectedly, Hua Yi was very sociable. She directly sat down beside Ning Yitao.
She asked her worriedly, "Are you really going to marry that sickly young master of the Duan family for your elder sister? I've heard about that sickly guy."
She paused for a moment, looked around, and then leaned closer to whisper to Ning Yitao, "He's almost at his end. If you marry him, you'll be a widow before you even start."
Ning Yitao wasn't stupid. She wouldn't let the original owner avoid her original fate. She was waiting for the right moment.
The original owner had committed suicide before she could marry the young master of the Duan family. Ning Yitao tried to follow the original owner's life trajectory as much as possible to avoid the butterfly effect, which might lead to a complete mess in the original owner's future fate.
Actually, this banquet was, in fact, an engagement banquet. As long as she could get through this engagement banquet, the original owner's life trajectory from her previous life would come to an end. The original owner had committed suicide after this engagement banquet.
The banquet had already started. The bride had arrived, but the groom was nowhere to be seen.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Ning Hong pulled Ning Yitao and stood waiting on the stage.
"Give me the thing." Ning Yitao reminded Ning Hong.
Ning Hong impatiently took out a piece of paper from her bag and gave it to her. Ning Yitao opened it and checked the mother - daughter relationship severance agreement. After making sure it was correct, she waved her hand and put it into her storage bag. "Finally, I've solved a big problem."
When the time came, regardless of whether the groom had arrived or not, and regardless of the fact that Ning Yitao would be criticized and laughed at at an engagement banquet without a groom, Ning Hong couldn't wait to pull Ning Yitao onto the stage, fearing that she would run away.
"Thank you all for coming to the engagement banquet of Yun Yitao and the young master of the Duan family. This is Yun Yitao, the youngest daughter of the Yun family."
Standing on the stage, Ning Yitao was speechless. In order to marry her off, they even changed her surname for her.
Yun Ruichu below the stage had already adjusted her mood. With the kind of relationship built on money, she could just find someone else.
At this moment, she was gloating and laughing at Ning Yitao below the stage. She deserved it for stealing her thunder and making her lose face in public today.
Ning Yitao looked at the revived Yun Ruichu and felt quite helpless. She was really bad at this but still loved to play.
By the time Ning Hong finished her introduction, the groom still hadn't come.
People didn't find it strange. They just thought that the young master of the Duan family was too sick to get out of bed. They didn't dare to comment casually. Although it was supposed to be a happy occasion, the whole place was silent. No one dared to say a word, and the whole place was filled with an awkward atmosphere.
Ning Hong suddenly felt like she was standing on the stage as a punishment. Just as Ning Yitao and the others were about to step down from the stage, suddenly the door was "banged" open.