Chapter 681: Chapter 681
"She’s not the only one who came; the other person must be her mother," Zhong Qiaohui signaled to Gu Nuan again.
Madam Yang accompanied her own daughter?
Gu Nuan didn’t rush to look at the Yang mother-daughter pair, but instead observed Zhong Qiaohui and asked, "You know them?"
"In the past, at some public events, I heard people talk about them. To say I know them would be an exaggeration. Perhaps my grandfather spoke with the Yangs, but I never have," Zhong Qiaohui earnestly clarified.
The Yang Family is considered one of the top mysterious families in the circle, rumored to have powerful backing. Businesspeople, especially those conducting business domestically, all know that without any backing, it’s not easy to do well in business. With support, a business can grow significantly, and quickly.
However, the Zhong Family doesn’t give a darn.
Zhong Qiaohui said, "My grandfather says that it’s inevitable for businessmen to rely on connections, but success based on connections alone is never firm. It has been this way throughout history—the greater the rise, the quicker the fall."
Indeed, businesses that cling like dodder to power are like the four big families in ’Dream of the Red Chamber’—once the emperor strips away their titles, all their prosperity turns out to be but a fleeting dream, revealing their true state.
Setting aside what Grandfather Zhong said, just looking at the Yang mother and daughter who appeared—Madam Yang had a face almost identical to her daughter’s. It would be difficult for anyone to deny their relationship.
Madam Yang walked in the front, dressed in a fitting Chinese-style floral dress, not a cheongsam, but more like a modified Western-style formal dress. Yang Zhilin wore a girlish Western-style dress, in light pink.
No matter what, the two of them, both in their attire and appearance, were definitely more attractive than Gu Nuan, who came in her work uniform to compete.
Gu Nuan wasn’t sure whether the high-and-mighty Miss Yang would recognize her in person.
Zhong Qiaohui insisted, "She recognized you, look, she’s talking about you with her mom."
The Yang mother-daughter pair, sitting in the judges’ seats, began whispering to each other.
Yang Zhilin whispered a few words into her mother’s ear, clearly gesturing in Gu Nuan’s direction.
Would she not investigate what kind of woman her favorite Brother Yebai was marrying?
Perhaps this was the first time she saw Gu Nuan in person in reality, no, she would never know that Gu Nuan had already seen her back in Lai’an Village.
"Is this the girl Xiao Yebai has taken a fancy to?" As expected, Madam Yang and her daughter shared the same disbelieving reaction.
Someone like Xiao Yebai, purportedly a refined gentleman who even disdains red-carpet actresses, could fancy someone like Gu Nuan, a plain pickled vegetable?
Calling Gu Nuan a pickled vegetable was quite literal—plain looking was one thing, but dressed like an old woman in dark colors, how could she possibly attract a man’s gaze? Googlᴇ search 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝✦𝘧𝙞𝙧𝙚✦𝕟𝕖𝕥
Madam Yang frowned, contemplating the rumors in the circle that Xiao Yebai was mad, truly out of his mind, which perhaps might be true. After all, this was far from an ordinary man’s taste.
Ask a hundred men, a thousand, ten thousand, to choose between her beautiful, young, well-off daughter Yang Zhilin and Gu Nuan, who was older, less wealthy, from a humble background, and plain looking; likely, a hundred percent of men would choose Yang Zhilin over Gu Nuan.
Because choosing Gu Nuan, Madam Yang saw no benefits at all. Men are selfish and self-serving; why would anyone marry a wife who has no use to him?
Calling Xiao Yebai mad, he must indeed be extremely so.
Yang Zhilin was obviously unhappy when her mother spoke ill of Xiao Yebai, saying, "Mom, it definitely isn’t that Brother Yebai is no good. If he were really bad, how could so many people online like Brother Yebai? It must be this woman who is bad, who knows what tricks she used to seduce Brother Yebai."