"I want you to go get dressed in something different." The moment that they left, these were Zhou Ming"s words. She turned to him to disagree, but he continued before she had the chance to refute.
"Although you look enchanting, they already see you as vulgar based on what happened in there. Why would you fuel that idea?" He abruptly pulled out his cell phone and texted someone before putting it away.
She was silent for a few seconds before she found herself agreeing. She sighed, "Where would I happen to find a dress to change to?"
Zhou Ming chuckled, "Don"t worry, Flower. I guessed that you"d agree, so I had texted my a.s.sistant to prepare everything. Follow me and just wait in this room. They"ll be here in ten or so minutes."
"They?"
"You"ll see."
And he shut the door as he urged her inside. Afterwards, he went back to where his birthday celebration was being held at and Ling Xiu, Zhou Eldress, immediately noticed him.
"Ming"er, you haven"t met—"
"Grandmother, I"m feeling a bit restless, I"d prefer if I didn"t have to meet anybody."
He bluntly interrupted, but it seemed like it didn"t even faze the old woman. She pulled the name of some faceless girl—she wasn"t actually faceless, but to Zhou Ming who didn"t care, she was—and pushed her in the direction of Zhou Ming.
"Ming"er, you shouldn"t be like that. You need to settle down eventually, and she is the perfect person."
Zhou Eldress ushered the girl and gave her a look in the eye, to which she complied and blushed. The girl looked up and saw Zhou Ming"s handsome face, blus.h.i.+ng even harder.
She couldn"t help but gain the envious looks from the women around them who seemed to be watching Zhou Ming"s every move. This made her pleased, yet she knew she couldn"t be distracted by her initial goal and why she was there. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
"Not interested."
He coldly refuted, his black eyes meeting the girl"s face for the first time. She didn"t cower away from his intimidating stare, in fact, staring right back at him. This contradicted her earlier behavior of being meek and shy, which made Zhou Ming a bit suspicious.
He did feel a bit surprised that she could hold his look for so long, but didn"t care to think why.
He brushed her off and looked at Zhou Eldress. "You know, I do appreciate the thought grandmother, but I can"t. After all, I do have—"
"Don"t be silly boy!" Zhou Eldress anxiously interrupted. "You must dance with Jing Yun because she"s such a sweet girl. I think she"ll be the perfect lady. Yun"er, don"t be shy. Ming"er just isn"t used to to women being around him." She had purposely berated him and mocked him. In reality, women flocked to him like bees to honey, but the man wasn"t interested.
Before Zhou Ming could refuse her again, his phone buzzed with a text. When he saw the contents, he smirked.
"Grandmother, I can"t because I already have a precious lady. My girlfriend would be very disappointed if I were to fool around with unnecessary girls."
He gave Jing Yun a look of annoyance and she immediately averted her eyes, embarra.s.sed.
Not only Zhou Eldress, but those around them as well as Zhou Elder who finished talking with whoever he was speaking with earlier, were shocked.
The heir to the Zhou fortune has a girlfriend?
The heir is taken!?
All the girls felt their hearts shatter to pieces. Zhou Ming could metaphorically hear the sound of the breaking hearts and figuratively see their tears streaming down their faces.
He was relieved.
Xiahu Yunhua has managed to solve him a major problem and that was the unnecessary attention from women. Not that he didn"t play around, but only when he wanted to.
He received another text as his grandfather ushered him to sit down. Zhou Ming could see the curiosity and question in his grandfather"s eyes.
He raised his index finger and indicated that he needed an extra second. His grandfather understood as he watched his favorite grandson go stand by the entrance.
Slowly, the door opened an a slender wrist emerged.
Everyone kept their eyes on the door, waiting to see the mysterious beauty.
When Zhou Ming helped her inside, gasps echoed.
A woman in her twenties with an elaborate hair bun that was decorated with pearls and other rare jewels appeared, wearing a simple and sleeved mermaid gown, decorated with flowery-designed lace at the bottom. The woman"s face seemed to have been sculptured by the heavens, creating every intricate detail with great care. Her honey colored eyes seemed to pierce through one"s soul. Her pale pink lips seemed like the most fragile cherry blossoms, blooming beautifully as she smiled, taking the hand of Zhou Ming.
n.o.body a.s.sociated her with the woman from earlier because it was like comparing two completely different women.
Although the woman earlier had a more alluring look, wild hair, and was a great beauty with her bold makeup, the woman at the moment was innocent and pure yet still beautiful enough to rival her.
The guests from earlier couldn"t recognize her, but a selective few did. Earlier, she hadn"t even had the chance to sit down, plus, her bags covered half of her face, giving her a mysterious look.
At that exact moment, Xiao Yunhua was still shocked that she looked so different.
She looked so pure, so naïve... so lovely.
As she gazed upon herself in the mirror earlier, she felt a sense of overwhelming joy overtake her.
All these years, she had gone for the darker look.
To see herself with such purity, would her grandmother be proud? In fact, she nearly teared up when she remembered that she didn"t even allow her grandmother to finish her words the day that she died.
Xiao Yunhua clenched her fists. "Only the heavens know how much they"ll suffer now..." she whispered incoherently to herself as she took the hand that was extended to her.
Let her revenge begin...