Chapter 76: Chapter 76

The waiter smiled slightly, not frowning at Zor’s temper.

"Madam, the honored guest in front is holding an invitation personally written and stamped by the Guan Family. She can bring in as many people as she likes."

"Madam, who would you like to bring in?"

Mu Zhi’s face turned red, feeling a bit at a loss.

She didn’t know about this rule...

Originally, she just wanted to bring her Beast Husband and daughter, but Zor had pleaded persistently.

Her heart softened, so she agreed.

Now, Mu Zhi found herself in a dilemma.

All the other females were bringing their Beast Husbands; she certainly couldn’t leave hers behind, right?

And her daughter, that was even more impossible!

But letting Zor stay behind would be too embarrassing!

Mu Zhi hesitated, finding it difficult to ask, "Is there any way to accommodate us?"

"Yeah! What’s the harm in one more?" Zor looked wistfully at the waiter standing at the door.

Just a service person, what’s with the arrogance?

Once she found her ideal Beast Husband, she would have him send this waiter to the Undersea City immediately!

"I’m sorry, I don’t have that authority." The waiter still maintained an appropriately gentle smile.

If everyone started bringing one or two extra guests, wouldn’t this estate become overcrowded?

Since the rule has been set, it naturally needs to be followed. How could it be easily broken?

Mu Zhi was in a quandary, glancing at Zor.

Zor lowered her head, staying silent.

Mu Zhi was a bit annoyed.

She thought Zor had no tact.

If only she had some sense, she would have suggested leaving by now. No, she wouldn’t have begged to come in the first place...

Zor was thick-skinned, but Mu Zhi was thin-skinned, unable to withstand all the stares.

"What’s going on here?" Elcaron appeared at just the right moment.

Mu Zhi’s eyes lit up, her confidence instantly restored.

"El, I didn’t know that carrying this invitation only allowed me to bring in two people. My friend also wanted to come and see, but we got stopped at the door."

Mu Zhi lowered her gaze, "I’m sorry..."

Elcaron chuckled lightly, "I thought it was something serious, turns out it’s just this."

"You don’t need to apologize to me; I should have clarified it. It’s my mistake."

Elcaron held an invitation in his hand too. "Since I don’t have anyone else to bring, I’ll take her in with me."

Both Mu Yaoyao and Zor noticed that his invitation looked just like the one in Lu Cheng’s hand!

Zor’s eyes brightened, and she sent flirtatious glances toward Elcaron from a position where Mu Zhi couldn’t see.

Elcaron pretended not to notice.

Zor’s intentions to flirt had long been detected by him, but he did not care at all.

But Zor didn’t feel the same.

She thought that because Elcaron hadn’t exposed her, it meant she had some chance!

Zor considered herself beautiful, at least no less so than Mu Zhi, right?

Otherwise, why would so many males have been interested in her in the past?

With Elcaron leading them, the waiter let them inside, turning a blind eye to Mu Zhi’s live-streaming device.

After all, this birthday banquet already had famous media present, so one more live stream didn’t matter, as long as it didn’t go too far in.

Zor was immediately dazzled by the scenery inside the estate!

The architecture was grand and elegant, the gardens picturesque; every spot was a unique scene, filled with flowers, orchids, and bamboo, pavilions and terraces, with rippling water.

It was clear this was a family with heritage.

The people in the live stream were left speechless with amazement!

[I thought everything I saw in Mansa’s live stream was already great, but I didn’t expect this place to be even more beautiful! It’s indescribably beautiful!]

[It seems like Mansa is coming here too, but she’s not live streaming.]

[Mansa, a female who murdered her husband, and you guys still support her?]

[Don’t talk nonsense! There must be reasons for Mansa’s actions! In her live stream, I’ve seen that her family seems to act very well!]

[Humph, they’re just putting on a show; the votes for this show were all done by Mansa’s relatives!]

"Sister Mu Zhi, it’s so beautiful!" Zor exclaimed, her cheeks flushed with excitement.

If... if she could live in a place in the future, how wonderful would that be?

Zor bit her lip, hiding her ambition deep inside.

If she had the qualifications to live here, she wouldn’t have been sent to the Undersea City back then!

"Zhizhi, this estate is quite large, and most people can only stroll in the garden. The mansion over there is only for relatives and children; outsiders can’t casually enter."

"I need to deliver a gift to the Guan Family, can you wait here for a bit?" Elcaron asked with a gentle smile.

"Sure!" Mu Zhi nodded.

"By the way," Elcaron added, "Yaoyao is a child, I’ll take her with me so she can meet the Guan Family’s little granddaughter."

"Who knows, maybe she and the Guan Family’s little girl will hit it off." Elcaron glanced at the hairpin on Mu Yaoyao’s head.

Mu Zhi was stunned, full of joy, "That would be great!"

Elcaron took Mu Yaoyao with him and entered the deepest part of the mansion.

Mu Zhi looked around and noticed that Yu Man was nowhere to be seen.

She couldn’t have gone into the mansion, could she? El said ordinary people can’t go in there.

Soon after, Mu Zhi recognized someone familiar walking by.

It was Mansa; she had come too? Was she going inside?

Zor pouted, mumbling softly, "If they won’t let us go in, what’s the point of such a grand banquet..."

Mu Zhi casually shook her head.

"Perhaps you all don’t know..." A male Beastman approached them, "The Guan Family has an elder who is a superstitious person. Although he has retired, he made many contributions in the past."

"A few months ago, that elder consulted a fortune teller, who said that the child born on the birthday banquet today has a weak body and carries negative energy, so the birthday banquet needs to be held on a grand scale to dispel it!" ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel[f]ire.net

And it was also said that it would be best to have more children present, as their pure aura could help cleanse the bad energy for their little female cub.

So, many families at the scene brought their young ones.

Because of that fortune teller’s words, the Guan Family issued a lot of invitations, and families with power and status came to join in the fun.

It’s said that that old mister from the Guan Family even invited the fortune teller to their home. If the fortune teller predicted that the young one would be lucky with the Guan Family’s little girl, she might rise to great heights.

Mu Zhi was surprised, "I didn’t expect a family would be superstitious..."

In this day and age, where technology is so advanced, superstitious people are becoming fewer.

The Beastman smiled slightly, "You’re not aware, sometimes the more prestigious the family, the more superstitious they are."

"I see..." Mu Zhi smiled gently, "Thank you for enlightening us."

"You’re welcome." He picked up a glass of wine, "May I buy you a drink? My name is Aiwen, and I’d like to be friends..."

"I’m pregnant, so I can’t drink alcohol, sorry." Mu Zhi politely declined.

"It’s alright, how about a drink?"

He casually picked up a glass of juice...