CHAPTER 100: CHAPTER 94: GU MANLI REALLY KNOWS HOW TO ACT

The main host of the cocktail party, Leng Yichen, hasn’t arrived yet. This Western-style cocktail party provides a convenient opportunity for everyone to mingle and communicate. Sometimes a billion-dollar deal might be struck at such a gathering.

Bai Hongguang understands this principle very well. Due to the incident last time, he has completely offended Mr. Kang. Now, it’s already quite fortunate if Mr. Kang doesn’t impose economic sanctions on him, let alone save his company!

Bai Hongguang absolutely despises Bai Yiran now. If she had obediently catered to Mr. Kang in the beginning, perhaps Bai Hongguang wouldn’t have to thick-skinnedly approach others now.

The circle is only so big, and the news of Bai Hongguang’s company facing a massive crisis has become widespread. Businesspeople are neither philanthropists nor your parents; they look for benefits. Undoubtedly, Bai Hongguang has reached a dead end and naturally no one takes him seriously.

In contrast to Bai Hongguang’s subservience, Gu Manli and Bai Qianyu display a different stance.

Gu Manli, accompanied by Bai Qianyu, introduces her grandly among a group of acquainted wealthy wives, "This is my daughter, Bai Qianyu, who has just returned from studying in the United States."

"Oh wow, she’s so beautiful! She looks just like her mom!"

"Indeed, she looks great with my son!" one lady said with admiration as she gazed at Bai Qianyu.

Bai Qianyu only offered a polite smile without responding. Her target was the man standing at the tower’s peak, not just any wealthy son.

Gu Manli likewise looked past the lady with a smile but without responding, clearly unimpressed by her family’s status.

The lady appeared a bit embarrassed, glared at Gu Manli, and turned to the buffet to grab some food.

The wealthy wives continued chatting away with their back-and-forth conversation.

"Hey? I heard you have an older daughter, the one Mr. Bai had with his ex-wife. Why haven’t we seen her?" suddenly, one lady asked out of curiosity.

Gu Manli’s expression stiffened, and her gaze turned slightly cold as she looked at the questioner.

The circle Gu Manli mixed in wasn’t large, and her past as Bai Hongguang’s secretary was no secret. Seeing Bai Qianyu, who was the same age as Bai Yiran, the savvy wealthy wives could easily guess what role Gu Manli had before marrying Bai Hongguang.

Bai Qianyu’s face also turned unsightly. Ever since she was little, she hated others bringing up Bai Yiran. It would reveal that her mother rose to power as a mistress! This is why Bai Qianyu despises Bai Yiran so much!

Even if it was just a momentary lapse, Gu Manli quickly returned to her normal self, covering her mouth with a laugh, "My husband had a daughter named Bai Yiran with his late ex-wife. Since her mother passed away, she’s been living with her grandmother, so we don’t see each other often."

The ladies, upon hearing Gu Manli’s words, exchanged complex glances. The ex-wife had just died and her daughter was already sent away; clearly, it seemed she couldn’t tolerate the child!

Gu Manli knew precisely what these women were thinking, so she donned a look of loving yet aggrieved expression, "Ah... I failed to persuade my husband back then. Yiran was still young at the time; even if she often bullied her younger siblings and showed disrespect to me, her stepmom, it was likely because she was too young and had lost her mother. Perhaps the child just dislikes me. No matter how I’ve tried all these years, I can’t get her to accept me or this family. To her, seeing me is like seeing an enemy."

Among the ladies present, many had experience being stepmothers. Stepmothers naturally attract resentment from stepdaughters, especially in wealthy families like theirs. Upon hearing Gu Manli’s words, the women began to sympathize with her.

In particular, those who had been significantly bullied by their stepdaughters felt even more unified, especially as Gu Manli accentuated the fact that Bai Yiran bullied her younger siblings to tears.

Looking at Gu Manli and Bai Yiran with their aggrieved faces, Bai Yiran appeared to have become the stereotypical arrogant and domineering stepdaughter.

"Bai Yiran, why are you only arriving now?"

A voice rang from not far away, drawing all the ladies’ attention toward the entrance.

A beautiful girl in a red evening gown entered. Perhaps it was the gown’s brilliance, perhaps it was Bai Yiran’s inherent aura, but her appearance caused a minor stir at the scene.

Is this girl Bai Yiran?

Bai Qianyu clenched her fists unwillingly. Bai Yiran, you really are a persistent ghost!