"You..."

"Mengru, calm down," Cui Mengru's mother gently tugged at her daughter's arm, "Don't argue with this kind of person and lower your status."

"Yeah, why should I argue with you? You can't even enter the door of Ye Family. What? Xu Liancheng is not here, and you have a new lover?" She narrowed her eyes, and when her gaze fell on Lan Mu's face, she couldn't help but look away.

Stunning—

After being stunned, there was a strong sense of jealousy.

Why could Zhuang Momo always meet such an outstanding man? She was either rich or beautiful enough.

"Who is this auntie?" Before Zhuang Momo could speak, Lan Mu suddenly asked.

"Auntie?"

"Who are you calling auntie?" Cui Mengru's face turned green with anger!

"The one who speaks is the auntie. Tsk, look at the wrinkles, more than my mother's," Lan Mu criticized rudely. As he spoke, he even touched his face.

Normal people would know he was deliberately provoking her. However, he was too young and cute. Therefore, many people could not help but think about his mother's appearance when seeing such a face. Would it be the same as what he said? His mother was a beauty. It should be known that many stars always looked young.

"You!"

"Forget it! I don't get along with people like you. A sparrow will always be a sparrow. Even if you put on phoenix feathers, you can't become a phoenix," Cui Mengru took a deep breath. With her mother's reminder, she restrained herself from going berserk. When thinking of the hostess of this banquet, she could not help but become excited again. If she remembered correctly, Zhuang Mengmeng and Zhuang Momo seemed to be biological sisters, right?

They had the same father but different mothers.

Tsk tsk, it was fate. Although she also looked down on that idiot Zhuang Mengmeng, she was still happy to see Zhuang Momo suffer a setback.

"Are you talking about yourself?"

"Sure enough, after not seeing each other for days, Miss Cui has improved a lot recently!" Zhuang Momo burst out laughing. Her expression seemed rash, especially when she was dressed so solemnly.

However, beauty was justice. Her willow-like eyebrows curved slightly as her bright eyes were as bright as stars. Whatever she said, she could steal everyone's attention with a frown and a smile.

Even women couldn't resist her charm. Cui Mengru's heartstrings trembled slightly, and then thick jealousy surged into her heart.

This damn good-looking woman—

This damned fate! Why did she...

"Oh no! What does she mean by this? She seems to be scolding me!" Cui Mengru thought. She was so angry that she was about to explode again.

"Zhuang Momo, what do you mean by that? I have always been very self-aware, unlike you. You don't have the qualifications to be here but insist on going inside."

"Really?" Zhuang Momo smiled as her lips slightly raised and revealed an intriguing expression.

Seeing she was confident and did not care about her, Cui Mengru felt all the scriptures she had copied these days for nothing. She could not calm down at all.

Right at this moment, a light gray figure walked over from afar. The old man, over 50 years old, had grey hair, with an ancient golden badge on his shoulder. He walked quickly as if something important was about to happen.

His body was a little hunched. There was a faint smile on his aged and wise face, making people feel very comfortable.

However, no one dared to look down on him. The noisy crowd automatically made a path for him. Ye Family's maids even bowed and greeted him politely as he walked by, "Greetings, Head Butler."

Yes, that was right.

His name was Ye Jing, one of Lord Ye Nantian's trusted aides and the Ye Family's chief steward. Judging from the family status and the current equity allocation, he was even more important than Ye Qinghe.

Without any child, he had followed Lord Ye since he was a child. He had gone through many hardships with Lord Ye and protected Lord Ye from gunshots countless times. However, he didn't rely on this to gain his position. At the same time, he was the youngest management student at Harvard Business School. Those publicly unsuitable matters that would harm Ye Nantian's reputation as a philanthropist were all settled by him.

In addition, there was a scar on his face that was not ferocious but not good-looking. Many people jokingly called him Smiling Hell King because he was always smiling and dealt with the traitors and assassins who betrayed the Ye Family with a smile.

But such a person, at this moment, showed a fawning smile to Zhuang Momo. His gentle voice was also cautious as if afraid of disturbing Zhuang Momo.

"I'm sorry, Miss Momo. I made a mistake in my work and forgot to explain it to those newcomers. Most of them are not high-level enough, so they are not clear about the meaning of that thing. Please forgive them."

Zhuang Momo had prepared before coming here. She knew this old man's status in Ye Family. Although it was because of Ye Family's mistake that she met the 'idiot' again, it was only a small loss of time.

"You’re putting things too seriously. I'm sorry to bother you to pick me up," Zhuang Momo thought Lord Ye would at most send someone to bring her in. But she did not expect he would send his number one confidant over. She immediately felt great pressure.

"This is the token Mr. Ye gave me," Zhuang Momo once again took out the jade pendant and was about to hand it over for him to examine, but Ye Jing had already avoided her and stood to the side.

"There's no need to check. You don't need any proof to come to Ye Family."

"What!"

"Who is she?"

"Yeah, I haven't seen her before. He looks very unfamiliar but is good-looking!"

Ye Jing's words directly raised Zhuang Momo's status, making the onlookers gossip. Those who had intended to give up on hitting on the beauty began to rub their hands together again. She could freely enter and leave the Ye Family. What kind of status was this? Even if she was married with children, she was worth befriending.

Being praised to the highest level, Zhuang Momo did not know whether to laugh or cry.

However, thinking this was probably Lord Ye's goodwill, she did not reject it. In any case, in terms of fame, her husband was the real 'famous' one.

She picked up her skirt, held her son with one hand, and held Lan Mu's arm with the other. They were elegant and graceful. On the short way into the Ye Manor, they walked as if they were on stage. Many people didn't come back to their senses from that enchanting figure until they entered the main hall for a long time.

She was beautiful and made people yearn for her.

...

With Ye Jing around, Zhuang Momo couldn't keep a low profile even if she wanted to. All the way, she received expressions from all directions whether it was goodwill or jealousy.

When she entered the main hall, Lord Ye waved at her directly. He was so friendly that he almost stood up to greet her. This made more people curious about Zhuang Momo. They didn't know who she was. She could make Lord Ye pay so much attention to her.

"Momo, you finally came. I was worried that you wouldn't come."

"How could that be? Even if you don't ask me to come to your welcome party, I'll have go by myself, right? This is a small gift for you. I hope you like it."

Zhuang Momo said, indicated for Lan Mu to remove the box from his back, and handed it over to Ye Jing.

"Oh? Did you bring me a gift? Why are you being so polite?" Lord Ye was being polite but had already stood up and moved to the table. He watched as Ye Jing put on his gloves and took out a thick layer of Xuan paper from inside...

"This is the true work of Su Dongpo!" Lord Ye put on his glasses, looked at it seriously, and exclaimed.

"Really?" The Lord who sat on his left side asked.

"It can't be. Is there authentic work of Su Dongpo nowadays? Lord Ye, you can't be blinded by her beauty and scare us with nonsense!" Another old man with gray hair followed and said.

Ye Nantian touched it gently with his hands, nodding and smiling at times. Then, he reluctantly handed the magnifying glass to another person, "Why don't you take a look yourself?"

"Then let me see."

"Let me take a look, too," Several gray-haired old men immediately formed a circle and began to study it.

Although Su Dongpo had a lot of work, not much are saved because of his energy. With their status, they liked to collect things when they had nothing to do. Even if they did not understand it well, their status seemed to rise once they put a few famous works at home.

The old men's attention was drawn away by the painting. Lord Ye was not angry because he had time to chat with Zhuang Momo.

"Momo, this painting must have cost you a lot. I will give you a car, ok? Or how about a house? What do you think of the environment here? This is only the main house. There is a small courtyard in the south with bright sunshine, mountains, and rivers. It was designed by my wife before and no one has lived there before. I like you. How about I give it to you?"

Lord Ye suddenly spoke and scared everyone. Even the head steward, Ye Jing. He couldn't help but flash a trace of surprise in his usually calm eyes.

Although Su Dongpo's painting was valuable, it was far less valuable than the mansion. The land was passed down from Lord Ye's ancestor. Its property rights had been handed down in a document long ago. Unlike the newly released 70-year-old property right now, it had permanent residence rights.

"How can this be? It's just a painting. If you give me the mansion, I won't dare to give you any presents and visit you in the future," Zhuang Momo hurriedly said as if having seen through Lord Ye's thoughts. She explained, "This painting is not expensive. Bixi and I bought it on the antique street. At that time, the person who sold the painting urgently needed money to treat his child. But he also said it was a family heirloom and asked for 200,000 yuan. No one bought it. I just learned art appreciation not long ago but checked the child was indeed hospitalized and needed money, looking pitiful. So I took it as doing good deeds."

"Who knows...It's probably because good people have good karma. So..."

Zhuang Momo scratched her head in embarrassment.

"So it's like that! That's good karma. But if I don't give you something, I won't be able to accept it," Lord Ye said as he started to feel around his body.

"Here, take this to play."

As he spoke, he took out a small bronze token from his pocket and waved at Xu Bixi.

"As you know, we like these Fengshui things. This small brand was given to me by a famous master a few years ago. It is specially designed to protect children. As for me, I have always wanted a grandson and granddaughter. Unfortunately, I have never had one. Girls don't look good on it. Why don't I give it to Bixi?"