Chapter 1166: Engagement vs. Engagement 2

"She simply doesn't put us in her eyes. Let's go back, let's leave right now. I'd like to see what kind of spectacle the Sheng Family can put on in Jiangzhou without us attending this engagement banquet..."

In the end, of course, they didn't leave.

Because the sky had cleared.

"Consider them lucky; the Heavens are helping them."

Not ten minutes after Lady Qi said this, someone told her that the clear sky wasn't "the Heavens helping," but because Sheng Hanyu had spent a lot of money to artificially clear the weather!

Consequently, her expression became extremely unsightly.

But she soon discovered that this was merely a trifle; what she found even more unacceptable was yet to come.

The guests who came today were of a higher rank than the guests in L Country!

Higher by more than just one level.

Furthermore, she discovered that several people they had originally invited who hadn't come had arrived this time.

These people were not businesspeople; they were politicians.

And they were people President Qi had always wanted to curry favor with but had never managed to.

They had racked their brains and failed to make the connection, yet the Sheng Family had invited them with such ease?

When the protagonists of the day appeared, Lady Qi could no longer hold it together!

Shi Ran was stunningly beautiful today; the gown on her body was brilliant and dazzling, and the jewelry on her neck, wrists, and ears was blindingly beautiful.

As soon as the women caught a glimpse, they were so astonished they couldn't bear to look away.

"Tears of the Desert."

Someone exclaimed: "My God! 'Tears of the Desert' is actually with the Sheng Family. If I can see this in my lifetime, I haven't lived in vain."

"So beautiful!"

"So beautiful!"

Everyone's gaze was on the bride-to-be, praising the Sheng Family for their wealth, praising the Sheng Family for the importance they placed on their daughter... and praising the Sheng Family's son-in-law for his good fortune in being able to find such an excellent girl as Shi Ran to be his wife.

Lady Qi's nose was almost twisted with anger.

As the dignified President and First Lady of a country, they had become mere background characters in Jiangzhou?

She kept a dark face the entire time. At this moment, Shi Youxuan came over: "Lady Qi, are you satisfied with the arrangements this time?" She was wearing a silver-white gown today, her figure exquisite and graceful.

She didn't look like a mother who had given birth to four children at all; she looked like an unmarried young girl.

Seeing Shi Youxuan, Lady Qi became even angrier.

She gritted her teeth: "The two children are getting engaged; who are you dressing up like a vixen for?"

Shi Youxuan spread her hands with an innocent expression: "Where do I look like a vixen? Come, point it out specifically for me and I'll change it. If you can't point it out, we aren't done today."

Although the two of them had many grievances against each other now, the foundation of their past relationship remained, so they spoke casually.

Lady Qi looked her up and down; her thick, jet-black hair was coiled into a bun at the back of her head, secured with a pearl headband.

The makeup on her face was clearly light, yet she was damnably radiant, exuding a charming allure from the inside out. Let alone men, even women found it hard to look away once they saw her.

The gown was very beautiful, also proper and not flashy, and would not steal the spotlight from today's female lead.

Shi Youxuan accepted Lady Qi's scrutiny generously, her gaze open, calm, and elegant.

The more calm and composed she was, the angrier Lady Qi became.

Lady Qi couldn't pick out any specific faults, so she nitpicked: "Hmph! Whose family's vixen would write those three words on their face? It all seeps out from the bones."

Shi Youxuan immediately retorted: "Then you're a vixen too. You're an old hag, and your forehead is turning black—you're about to have terrible luck."

Lady Qi:...

"Are you making a personal attack on me?"

Shi Youxuan: "Yes, I am making a personal attack. So what?"

"If we're talking about personal attacks, you were the one who attacked me first. On such a joyous day, instead of saying auspicious words, you come up and call your in-law a vixen. Do you even have the nerve to accuse me of a personal attack?"

When it came to arguing, Shi Youxuan could be said to be invincible under heaven.

Never mind one Lady Qi, even if two more came, they wouldn't be her match!

Lady Qi couldn't out-argue her and began to find other reasons: "I said you were dressed like a vixen, not to scold you, but to tell you to mind your influence and be dignified."

"Where do I look like a vixen?"

Shi Youxuan stared, getting to the bottom of it: "You just scolded me for having a vixen's appearance that seeps from the bones, and now you're saying my outward appearance isn't dignified. Which one is it? Or are you deliberately finding fault to bully me?"

Lady Qi:...

Of course she was deliberately finding fault.

Thinking it in her heart was one thing, but being exposed was another.

She couldn't admit it; she couldn't admit it even if she died.

Lady Qi's face flushed red, and she quibbled: "This dress of yours isn't dignified."

"This dress was a gift from you to me." Shi Youxuan's eyes widened even further, full of righteous indignation.

Lady Qi's momentum immediately dropped by half, and she shrank back, feeling very unconfident.

When the two of them had a good relationship, they often gave each other gifts.

Later, when their relationship wasn't as good, they still often gave each other gifts.

Especially Lady Qi, who particularly liked to give Shi Youxuan various clothes, skirts, and the like.

Whether this one was a gift from her, she wasn't even sure herself.

Actually, it wasn't.

But Shi Youxuan's determined expression and tone made Lady Qi hesitate.

"Is that so? I don't remember."

"Old hag, I see you just don't have good intentions and are deliberately looking for trouble, hmph."

Lady Qi choked on a mouthful of old blood, nearly spitting it out.

She had tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used to lure it.

She had originally wanted to scold her to satisfy her own mouth, but instead, she ended up being scolded by Shi Youxuan.

She couldn't even talk back after being scolded because she was in the wrong.

She held a surge of energy in her heart, always wanting to find a way to get it back.

For the remaining parts of the event, Lady Qi no longer had the heart to care about whether the Sheng Family's event was much better than her own family's.

Her brows were tightly furrowed, and she was single-mindedly focused on trying to win back a round!

Unfortunately, until the Sheng Family's engagement banquet was a complete success, she still hadn't thought of a better way.

After the engagement banquet ended and the guests had left, Shi Ran and Qi Heng also had to return to school.

There were also Yun Qitian and Liu Min; the four of them went back together.

Liu Min held onto Yun Qitian's arm and said in a rare, soft voice, "Qi Tian, they are already engaged, when will you propose to me?"

"I'm going to buy ice cream, it's so hot."

He tried to break free, wanting to run away.

Liu Min had been prepared for a long time; she pulled his arm tightly, and he didn't manage to run!

"Yun Qitian, what do you mean by this? I have already made it clear to you, can't you hear it? Why won't you answer me directly?"

Pressuring Yun Qitian to propose was not the first time Liu Min had made such a request.

Every time, he would find all sorts of excuses to evade it.

This time was the same; he still wanted to run, but he didn't get away!

Not being able to run away didn't mean he didn't have other excuses.

"An engagement is no small matter; I need to discuss it with my mom and dad."

His mother would not agree; he knew that.

His parents didn't like Liu Min, and he didn't like her either; agreeing to be boyfriend and girlfriend with Liu Min in the first place was just to create opportunities for Shi Ran and Qi Heng, which was why he said things against his will and did things against his will.

Now that Shi Ran and Qi Heng had finished their engagement, the marriage was basically set in stone with no possibility of going back on it, so he was also preparing to retreat completely!