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The banquet began at the Shen Mansion on time.

Cheng Tian Painting, who had accompanied his stepfather and stepmother to the Shen Mansion, was filled with curiosity and amazement for the grand and beautiful venue.

But she respected Mistress Yang's words and acted the part of a rich family's young lady. She was as well-behaved and obedient as Yang Tenxin.

Mistress Yang never looked at a child who had grown up in a pile of weeds like Cheng Tian Painting. She did not have the noble and elegant air of a young miss at all.

Lady Yang brought Cheng Tian Hua through the crowd.

She held Cheng Tian Painting in her hands and felt the warmth of her palm. It was an unfamiliar warmth that made her feel uncomfortable all over.

In the Shen family's living room, Old Madam Shen and Shen Cheng were there, and beside them were Liu Suxin and Yu Qing. They were also missing the main protagonists of the banquet, Shen Muxi and Shen Muxi's mother, Mrs. Shen.

Mistress Yang greeted the old lady before looking around with a smile and asked, "Where's Young Master Mu? How come I don't see him? "

Old Mistress Shen's smile was a little stiff as she said, "Mu Xi is in the room. He will be back in a while."

"Oh, the protagonists are the finalists." Mistress Yang smiled as she pushed Cheng Tian's painting towards the old mistress, "Mistress, this is my family's Tenderheart." He then turned to Yang Tianxin and said, "Tenxin, this is Old Madam Shen. Hurry up and call her Old Madam."

"Greetings, madame." Cheng Tian Hua politely bowed his lower body.

The old mistress' smile deepened, but it was still somewhat stiff. She pulled Cheng Tian Painting's hand and sized her up before praising him with a smile, "She's so beautiful. Her dress is also very beautiful. It must be very expensive."

The corners of the old mistress' lips curled up as a sense of ridicule spread out. "The young ladies of wealthy families are just different. They look really good no matter how you look at them. They're not like the children raised in the weeds; they don't look like princes in their dragon robes."

When the madame said these words, her gaze inadvertently swept across the mother and daughter by Shen Chengming's side.

Liu Su Xin was humiliated, she turned around and ran away with tears in her eyes.

Yu Qing followed him out of the living room.

"These two are …" Mistress Yang asked in bewilderment as she watched the two leave.

The madame smiled and did not reply. Shen Cheng stood up from the sofa and replied coldly, "She is my wife." Saying that, he left the living room.

Lady Yang finally understood why the Countess's expression didn't turn into one of joy today. So …

He had heard that Shen Jiancheng was getting divorced for a woman, and on the day of the Crown Prince's birthday, he brought a woman to his house. It was no wonder that the madame was so angry.

As soon as Yu Qing followed her mother back to the bedroom, she cried out, "Mom, let's go home. I don't want to live here. I hate it here …"

Liu Su Xin hugged her daughter tightly and the mother and daughter pair cried bitterly.

As soon as Shen Jianfeng entered the door, he felt his heart being pierced by the scene before him. He pulled the mother and daughter into his arms and comforted them softly, "Don't cry, it's my fault. Be at ease and stay. I will definitely give you a name."

Liu Susu complained with tears in her heart, "You always tell us to wait, how long do we have to wait? The madame may not like us, mother and daughter, but why do you have to say such harsh words? Even if I did wrong and Yuqing is still a child, how can the old mistress continue hurting her like this? "

I'm sorry, but my mom is such a mean person. I'll be fine after a while." Shen Jianfeng promised, "Don't worry, when everyone gets to a little more, I'll announce our marriage to the outside world. When that happens, it'll be perfectly justified. Don't cry anymore.

Shen Cheng then pulled Yu Qing along and sized her white dress up before laughing, "Yu Qing will not cry. Yu Qing is much prettier than Yang Tinxin. You can love her a lot more."

Yu Qing lowered her head and looked at the featureless white dress. It was too far away from Yang Manxin's. She had no choice but to admit this.

When most of the guests had arrived, the host announced the start of the banquet on the improvised stage.

As the male host of the Shen family, Shen Jiancheng was the first to make a speech. He steadily walked onto the stage, glanced at the guests, cleared his throat, and said loudly into the microphone: "Thank you all for coming to today's banquet. Before the banquet begins, I would like to take this opportunity to announce to the outside world a joyous event, and that is the marriage of I, Miss Liu Suxin."

A commotion broke out from below the stage as Shen Jianfeng's next words were drowned out by the clamor.

The old mistress, who was chatting with the guests below, did not expect her son to behave like this. She was so angry that her face turned ashen and her body trembled.

When the guests who did not know what was going on heard the news, they all came over to congratulate the madame. The madame was so angry, but she had no choice but to pretend to be graceful as she greeted everyone.

While Shen Jiancheng was busy introducing his new wife and the old lady was busy dealing with the guests who had come to congratulate him, Cheng Tianhua was hiding in the corner of the garden and wolfing down a plate of chestnut cake, completely unaffected by the outside world.

There was another busy person in the crowd who was still busy with his own matters, and that was the well-dressed Mrs. Gu. She looked around while asking the waiters, "Hello, have you seen my Zi Hao?"

The waiter shook his head. Who knows who her son is?

Gu An walked out from the crowd and grabbed her arm. "Why are you messing around?" "Hurry up and toast to the host?"

Madam Gu replied sullenly, "It's still that brat Zi Hao after all. He disappeared in the blink of an eye. Don't tell me he went back home?"

"I told you not to force him to come."

"We're already here, isn't it too impolite to suddenly disappear?" I'll definitely teach him a lesson when I get back. " Mrs. Gu snorted.

As a matter of fact, Guizhen was in the lounge on the second floor.

He, who always hated liveliness, went to the lounge after greeting the madame.

The lounge on the second floor was set up temporarily. Outside the balcony was the Shen family's garden, which was also the venue for the banquet. He sat on the sofa on the terrace, coffee in hand, sipping from time to time. His calm gaze never left the corner of the garden where the little girl in the pretty dress was currently devouring a plate of chestnuts.

The girl was elegant and refined, truly cute. In his eyes, she was the most eye-catching scenery of the banquet.

However, in the next moment, this small scene was stirred up by someone …

He saw a little girl in a white dress approach her slowly, then deliberately tripped and leaned forward, tilting the cup in her hand as she did so, the dark chocolate sauce spilling unerringly over the snack's pretty skirt.

The little foodie gave a low gasp and jumped up from the chair. Her pinkish-purple skirt had already turned black.

Although Cheng Tian Hua was angry that her dress had been stained, she could only blame herself for her bad luck in front of Yu Qing's frequent apologies.

The dress was dirty. Because he was worried that Lady Yang would scold him, Cheng Tian Hua hid in a corner and didn't dare to look anyone in the eye. After wiping it for a while, he realized that the more dirty he was, the dirtier it became.

Lady Yang and her husband, Wang Duan, who couldn't see Cheng Tian Hua's figure began to search the entire stadium. When she saw Cheng Tian Hua, who was covered in filth, hiding in a corner, her eyebrows furrowed and she was so angry that she almost slapped her on the spot.

"What happened to you?" Mistress Yang glared at her and asked sternly.

Cheng Tian Hua fearfully shrunk back and said with a voice like a mosquito's buzz, "I accidentally dirtied it when I was eating."

"You child!" Mistress Yang pulled her out of the corner, tugged her arm and walked inside the house.

Under the lead of a servant, the couple dragged Cheng Tian Hua into a resting room on the second floor. After slamming the door shut, Mistress Yang angrily slapped Cheng Tian Tu in the face and angrily scolded, "Cheng Tian Painting! Do you think this is your house? Eat what you want? Don't forget that you are a substitute for Tensing to attend the banquet. Your every word and action represents Tensing, really... You've lost all your face, Tensing! "

Cheng Tian Hua knew that he had caused trouble and apologized guiltily, "Uncle, Auntie, I'm sorry. I know I was wrong."

Mistress Yang dragged her into the washroom, and as she washed her skirt with clean water, she cursed, "Isn't your mother very proud and fierce? Didn't they say that even if the Yang family didn't want a single cent, they could still raise you well? "How did I get a hungry ghost like you to reincarnate? I want to see what kind of dress you've made that Tensing's favorite, and I've lost all my face because of you …"

Hearing her never-ending curses, Wang Duan impatiently said, "Alright, I told you not to bring her here, who are you blaming?"

"If it wasn't for Tenxin suddenly having varicella, why would I have come to find her?"

"You can tell the Shen family that you can't come now that Tensing has chicken pox. The Shen family won't blame you."

"Uncle, Auntie, stop arguing. I know I was wrong." Cheng Tian Hua said apologetically.

"What's the use of knowing what's wrong? This is a disaster. " After helping her wash her skirt, Mistress Yang dragged her out of the washroom and searched around the cabinet, but didn't find any signs of a blower.

Mistress Yang turned back to Cheng Tian painting and glanced at her, "Forget it, you will only embarrass yourself if you go out. Stay here until your skirt is dry before you go out."

The dress is chiffon, so it won't be too hard to do it.

Of course, Cheng Tian Hua didn't dare to disobey and obediently nodded with an "Oh."

After Lady Yang and Wang Duan left the lounge, Cheng Tian Painting sat on the sofa and fanned his wet skirt with his hands. However, it was too boring to just sit here and wait for the skirt to dry.

She looked out of the window and saw a faint sunlight coming in from the terrace. It was very weak, but it was better than staying inside. She walked out with her skirt in the air.

As she stepped out of the patio, she was suddenly struck dumb by the sight of someone on the terrace.

There was someone in the lounge? She didn't know at all.

Seeing her wide open mouth and wide open eyes, Gu Zi Hao felt that it was extremely funny, he teased her with a teasing tone, "So you're a fake princess?"

He knew, he heard everything …

Cheng Tian Tu laughed dryly in shame. He sized him up, who was as beautiful as a little prince, and asked in a pleading tone, "Can you keep this a secret for me?"

"No."

The smile on Cheng Tian Painting's face disappeared as he said unhappily, "Why can't I?"

"It's my business whether I keep it or not, with my mouth on my face." Gu Zi Hao pointed at his own mouth.

"Then how do you manage it?"

"Who knows? I might not be able to hold back and tell the madame about it. "

ChengTian angrily stared at him, slowly, tears began to roll in his eyes.

If Mistress Yang were to find out that not only had she dirtied her skirt, but that she had also exposed her identity as a fake princess, she would definitely beat her up in anger.

Therefore, she couldn't let Mistress Yang know. She definitely couldn't!

Gu Zi Hao hadn't expected her to shed tears so easily, and for a moment he was at a loss of what to do. He couldn't help but reveal an apologetic smile, "Don't cry, I don't want others to mistake me for bullying you, don't cry anymore."

Gu Zi Hao took a tissue and passed it to her, but she slapped it away.

"I hate you!" After throwing these words to him, Cheng Tian Painting turned around and quickly walked out of the door.

Gu Zi Hao knew that the stepmother of Cheng Tian's painting was very strict, and had also seen how she was beaten up, so he deliberately teased her to tease her. He didn't expect her to be so careless, which made him very angry.

How she was afraid of her stepmother, he thought.