The Tycoon's Enchanted Mermaid-Chapter 146: Wanrong Banquet

Chapter 146 -146: Wanrong Banquet

The auction evening was held in a villa in the suburbs, and Ah Da sat in the car looking out the window as the sky darkened, with only one road leading to the villa.

As they approached the gate, dozens of luxury cars were slowly queuing to enter, creating a spectacular scene. Ah Da saw a woman in evening wear sticking her head out and taking photos with her phone.

Upon closer inspection, she felt the woman’s face looked familiar but couldn’t immediately recall where she had seen her before.

Qin Yu sensed her emotions and, with his brows in a slight furrow, turned his head and softly asked, “What’s wrong? Are you scared?”

Ah Da shook her head and then, as if something suddenly occurred to her, her eyes widened as she excitedly said to Qin Yu, “I saw a celebrity! The woman in the white car up front is the leading actress from ‘Ming Fei Chuan.’ I watched the whole series from start to finish, it was really good.”

Qin Yu appeared unimpressed, his dark eyes calm as still waters, and he casually rested his chin in his hand, saying lightly, “Is that so surprising?”

Ah Da leaned against the window, her eyes fixed on what was ahead, and laughed, “Of course, I used to see her only on TV, and now suddenly in person, isn’t that surprising? She does look quite different in real life, I almost didn’t recognize her.”

The young girl muttered and mumbled, her expressions alternately animated and confused. Qin Yu couldn’t help but reach out to touch her face but was pushed away by her hand.

“I have makeup on, you can’t just touch it.”

Qin Yu snorted with laughter and, in the end, didn’t pinch her face but simply grasped her hand and gave it a gentle rub.

The young girl immediately complained, just being coquettish really, “Why are you so strong? That hurt.”

Qin Yu let go of her hand and lazily leaned back in his seat. The light from above cast shadows down his straight nose and his eyes seemed to hold a trace of a smile, “There will be no shortage of celebrities tonight. If you want to see them, you’ll have plenty of chances.”

“Really?”

Ah Da was quite pleased when she heard this. Although in her heart, Bronze Sword was the only “superstar,” it didn’t stop her from admiring other actors, especially since she watched a lot of TV series and held quite a favorable impression of some performers.

Television and the internet were, after all, important means for her to learn about the world.

Perhaps she was too invested in the plots of the shows; she saw the actors through a certain filter. She hadn’t expected that the auction evening would have celebrities in attendance as well. There were plenty of pleasant surprises this evening.

Ah Da quickly took out her phone to tell Bronze Sword, not forgetting to take a selfie to let her know she was about to go in.

[Su Qingtong: Good luck! I have a feeling that the antiques at the auction will definitely be what you need 😊👏]

[Ah Da: 😘]

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The car drove through the gate, and the inside was a vast open space already filled with a dense array of luxury cars. The path leading to the villa was covered with a red carpet, where pairs and groups of socialites and businessmen were talking and laughing. The men were in suits and leather shoes, while the women wore glamorous dresses and smiles beamed from their delicately made-up faces.

So many people.

Ah Da sighed to herself.

A bodyguard opened the car door, and Ah Da hurriedly stuffed her phone into her small handbag, holding it in her hand. She wasn’t used to the handheld bag she had chosen, which couldn’t be slung across her body.

Qin Yu stood by, holding out his hand to help her out of the car and stand firm, “Stay close to me, don’t get lost.”

“I won’t.” Ah Da quietly retorted, and instinctively took his arm, admitting to herself that she was a bit scared. She had never been to a place like this before, and she only knew Qin Yu.

Whispers and glances from everyone around them seemed to converge on them; some looked at her, some at Qin Yu, their eyes filled with surprise, curiosity, envy, and more.

The situation made Ah Da’s heart skip a beat.

Perhaps worried that she couldn’t keep up, Qin Yu walked at a leisurely pace. Stepping on the red carpet gave a slight sinking feeling.

With dazzling lights on both sides, Ah Da pursed her lips and puffed out her chest, psyching herself up. As Bronze Sword had said, whether afraid or not, the most important thing was to not show fear in front of others.

Qin Yu’s eyes briefly glimpsed the little girl’s feigned composure, her small face taut, initially giving off an air of cool detachment.

Wang Qingyi saw Qin Yu’s figure immediately upon getting out of the car, with a delicate and frail girl by his side. Remembering the recent rumors in the Beijing Circle, she was instantly furious, her eight-centimeter heels pounding hard on the floor.

“He actually brought her here!”

Shi Mingfang, dressed in a golden gown with her hair in waves, and carrying a designer bag, walked up to Wang Qingyi and leaned on the car with her arms folded.

“There’s no smoke without fire. I told you before and you wouldn’t believe it, now do you believe it?”

Wang Qingyi’s face turned green with anger. If she hadn’t found out that Qin Yu would be attending the Wanrong Auction Evening, why would she have bothered to cancel an important engagement and get all dolled up in the hopes of dazzling everyone tonight? She had spent a whole day and night just on skincare.

After all that effort, to immediately see Qin Yu walking the red carpet with a little demoness was utterly maddening.

“Where the hell did this bitch come from? Was there ever such a person in Capital City before?”

Wang Qingyi glared in the direction of the entrance as Qin Yu led the girl around a corner, their figures obscured by the people arriving behind them.

Shi Mingfang sneered, “Never heard of her, but she’s thick as thieves with Su Qingtong. Both of them have faces that spell trouble—one flirts around in the entertainment industry, and the other has latched onto Qin Yu. Such skill indeed. It was because of her last time that Qin Yu gave me a hard time, making even my father have a bad opinion of me.”

Remembering the humiliation she had suffered on set, Shi Mingfang felt a pain in her chest so intense she wanted to grind her teeth to dust.

Zhou Zhixiang, that wretched man, dared to double-cross her. On the one end, he was all sweet talk on the phone, begging her forgiveness, and on the other, he was cheating with a bit part actress in the crew.

He even had a daughter—ha, what a joke. What did he take Shi Mingfang for? Who could have thought that she would become the “other woman” one day? It was as if they had trampled her dignity into the ground.

Who did Zhou Zhixiang think he was?

If she couldn’t deal with Su Qingtong, couldn’t she take care of him?

Remembering how he had kneeled on the ground, crying and begging pitifully, Shi Mingfang couldn’t help but revel in a sense of satisfaction.

She had been too naive before. For men like Zhou Zhixiang, she shouldn’t have given any real heart or affection; just a flick of her finger was enough to make him her dog—the most contemptible kind.

Unfortunately for him, she had lost interest now. Once the spotlight faded away, he was just another ordinary man.

What she had seen in him in the first place, she couldn’t even remember now.

Shi Mingfang stood up straight and lifted her chin to Wang Qingyi, saying, “We should head in, it’s getting late.”

Wang Qing was still seething, unable to accept the woman that suddenly appeared by Qin Yu’s side. How could it be possible? Wasn’t he always indifferent to women? He would never have attended a vulgar event like the Wanrong Banquet before. Was he under some spell?

“I couldn’t see clearly from afar just now. Is she really prettier than me?” Wang Qingyi defiantly asked.

Shi Mingfang neither shook her head nor nodded, smilingly replied, “Why don’t we go in and find out? Even if I said she was prettier than you, you wouldn’t be convinced, right?”

Wang Qingyi, frustrated, exclaimed, “Would it kill you to compliment me? Aren’t we on the same side?”

Shi Mingfang responded wearily, “Would I be here if it weren’t for you? I have no interest in Qin Yu.”

She had previously advised Wang Qingyi to give up on Qin Yu. He was not a man Wang Qingyi could handle.

The Qin Family were ruthless operators, and Qin Yu was among their most prominent. He was the Poisonous Insect King raised by the Qin Family’s cultivation of gu, having stepped over countless corpses to reach the pinnacle.

Could such a person really have a heart?