To do what? Trying to investigate the truth, of course.

Zoey smiled and said to him, "Don't be afraid, I just have a few things I want to look for her, and since you won't even take me away, you have to help me with this point, right? Don't worry, it's not like I'm looking for trouble with her, I just want to talk."

"What do you and her have to talk about?" Howard blurted out, then felt as if he had said something wrong, and explained, "I mean, the two of you haven't really dealt with each other before, so how ..."

"This would have nothing to do with you, right?" Zoey said coldly, "Anyway, just help me get in touch with her, or else I'll tell your Tang family that you want to take me and elope!"

"OK, OK, I concede, but I don't know very much about her right now ..."

"What do you mean? You can't reach her either?"

Who is he fooling? Zoey didn't believe his words at all, even if the two of them weren't together right now, there were too many secrets between them to be separated.

So she thought Howard must be lying to himself again.

"It's true!"

Howard said glumly, "I haven't seen her for a long time either, let's do it this way, I'll try to find her again, and by the way, you'd better come to the reception if you're there, maybe she'll show up there."

"Her? I thought you said she couldn't be reached?"

Howard said vaguely, "We had an agreement before, if we meet something she will come out, you, you remember to come over at that time, you might be able to meet her."

"Okay, I'll go."

Originally, she hadn't been the least bit interested in that so-called Tang family's celebration reception, but since Ashley was likely to show up, she was going to go.

And avoid people.

Admittedly, if she were with Ji Huai Zhi, he would have taken care of things for her, but she wasn't willing to do that.

It was her own family business, and it had been so long ago, with vague and uncertain clues, that he was busy enough as it was, and she didn't want to bother him with it.

Also go by yourself and see what Jo An Xin will really say.

And there's also the record on Ji Huai Zhi's side that I don't know how well it's checked.

It's old enough that it's probably not good enough.

She was so full of thoughts that she didn't notice how often the servants walked by her door "unnoticed". ...

Time passed quickly, and it didn't take long for it to reach the time Howard had said in his mouth.

She casually changed into decent clothes and set off.

It was a good thing the reception was scheduled for the afternoon, not the evening, or she wouldn't have known how to explain herself going out on her own.

The Tang family's reception was arranged in a hotel that had wrapped up an entire floor and looked very grand, so it was evident that this time, their Tang family had indeed gotten benefits, and quite a lot of them.

Only, when she raised her eyes, she couldn't see more than a few familiar people, and she was stopped at the entrance.

The waiter standing at the door greeted her respectfully, "Hello, may I see the invitation please?"

"Invitations?"

She froze for a moment, what was the age of invitations?

"No? Sorry, you can't go in without an invitation." The other party smiled and refused her entry.

She frowned, if she couldn't go in, she wouldn't be able to see Howard, and not being able to see Howard meant not being able to see Ashley, so wouldn't her plans for today be in vain?

"It was your Mr. Tang who invited me over." She said with a frown.

"Mr. Tang?" The other party froze for a moment, the smile on his face unchanged, but there was already some contempt in his eyes, "Sorry, without an invitation, we really can't let you in."