Annoyed!

Weeks passed by like a gust of wind and soon the day of the banquet came close by. These past few days, no one spoke against Aizhe and no one bothered with her. They passed by each other and Aizhe never bothered with their lives.

She seemed suspicious of them at first, but Aizhe decided to not dwell on to their devious plots. She didn't let that ruin her ambitious and cheerful days. Zia had been staying with her grandparents and Chen brother was out of city for bussiness purposes, and she had been spending time with her Uncle and looking for a good career.

She was infact, more interested in trying to figure out her life purpose. She was trying really hard to do everything she enjoyed. Every morning, She will go for jogging with her uncle or cook with the maids as a hobby, but none of those really piqued her interest.

Her uncle kept trying to send her to Japan for business studying and she kept escaping or avoiding the talks everytime. Nowadays, she even went out to get to know the city and so far she was really enjoying this life, although some might wish to call it boring.

A lot of things were changing for the better and Aizhe loved it just the way it was. She believed in happiness and sadness, as those two were the emotions she felt utmost familiar with.

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The following morning came and peaking through the small curtains was the beaming bright sun. Curling around the huge blanket, Aizhe woke up later than expected. She glanced at the white clock, and jumped out of the bed the next second.

She slept for a long time! It was already afternoon, which meant she had a very little time to get ready.

Why didn't anybody woke her up? Was this on purpose? No, her uncle wouldn't just leave knowing her importance in the banquet today. Aizhe stood up with her hair mimicking the birds nest. She grabbed the blanket that fell along with her and put it back on the bad. She sighed outloud as she thought of the possibility of this incident.

She knew it was Lina's mother. She had been degrading her with her looks and she is also the type to harbour such a huge plot against someone.

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Pacing back and forth, Aizhe nervously ran a hand through her hair. She was observing her close in wardrobe for the past twenty minutes. Cheng Meng didn't even spare her dress for the evening. No wonder these two weren't saying anything for the past few days. They will only look at her and ignore her whenever they saw each other. They had a huge plot ready!

Nothing was working out..

Despite the price tag and the beautiful style of the other dresses, nothing reached the fascination of the previous one.

This party was way too grand and luxurious. The banquet was taking place in the Hyatt Regency Harbor. It was probably the biggest banquet of the century. Her uncle's reputation was in stake and she didn't want to risk it. She had to dress grandly and represent the etiquette and manners of the Li families.

Her every action, manners, and steps were being observed by those wealthy and important socialites. She couldn't come out with her short dresses or skirts.

This was a major dilemma, especially when the banquet was in less than 5 hours. Everyone of her relatives were already present at the banquet, and she was stuck with the dress choices. What should she do? Groaning, she collapsed on her bed.

"Ahhh, what should I do? Grandfather, what am I supposed to do in this situation? Please show me a way.." She held tightly on to her hair and sighed multiple times. She was done for!

She knew if she didn't show up in the banquet party today, everyone would look bad on her uncle and his family.

Long list of influential, wealthy and powerful aquaintances were present there and Cheng Meng will do anything to take advantage of that. She will not let Aizhe be part of the Li heritage.

After staring at the ceiling for a long while, Aizhe just stood up, when suddenly her phone started to ring.

Her forehead creased in tension. Could it be her uncle? She hesitated at first, but then soon reached out her ams to pick up the phone.

Noticing the name on her screen, her tensed face relaxed and her face broke into a smile. She immediately swiped the screen to answer the phone.

"Aizhe, how are you? Why are you not at the banquet yet?" Ai shrieked with excitement as she talked with Aizhe.

Hearing Ai's cheerful tone, Aizhe's brows furrowed. What did she mean by banquet? Was Ai also invited to the Li banquet?

"What banquet? Are you perhaps in the Hyatt banquet?" Aizhe asked, grabbing her phone in one hand and walking forward to close the walk in closet with the other hand.

"Yes! Our family was also invited to this party! We weren't going to come but dadd-" Noticing her words, Ai stopped talking. Dang it, she almost told her everything.

"I meant, we suddenly got the invitation and at first I didn't feel like coming, but then I thought why not?" Ai spoke, while trying to calm herself. Her face was filled with helplessness as she tried hard to be normal. Lu Jung, who was next to Ah Si noticed her and shook his head.

She was really bad at lying..

"But why are you not here? I saw in the family board list and your name was at the top. Are you not coming to today's party.." She tilted her head and asked her with a lace of confusion in her tone.

"Ai, you see there are some complications with my dress and I don't think I will make it by there.."

"What? What happened to your dress? Are you not coming at all?" Ai suddenly spat her orange juice and all of them were spat on to her brothers face. He glanced at her and noticed her petrified looking face. His face started to frown in annoyance. He took the tissue that Lu Jung passed on and he wiped them on it. He felt disgusted as he excused himself.

Why was she so annoying? Can't she sit in one place at all? Ah Si thought seemingly annoyed with her.