Chapter 2312 Who Does She Think She Is?

“Maybe they think you're beautiful, so they want to keep looking at you,” Luca comforted her with a

joke.

“Don't joke around. I know they're staring because of that news headline.” Nina was well aware that

even if the news was kept under wraps, everyone else still knew of her dark past.

Not to mention that she was still together with Percy. This banquet was the perfect time for

everyone to gossip about her.

“That didn’t affect your relationship with Mr. Mallory, so why does it matter what other people

think?” Luca consoled.

“Thank you.” Nina smiled at Luca gratefully. It was thanks to Luca's comforting words that she

managed to recover from that incident so quickly.

She wanted to live for her own sake and not care about what other people thought.

Luca looked around. More people have arrived since she sat down, and most of the seats in the

banquet hall were filled

It should be another half an hour before the banquet began.

"What a splendid banquet,” Nina exclaimed beside her.

“Mhmm. It's Young Master Louis’ mother, after all. It's only right to have grander decorations,” Luca

replied.

"Did you see the necklace she was wearing?” Nina's eyes lit up as she started to gossip.

“I did. It's a very pretty set.” Luca thought back to the necklace she saw Susan wear. The light

reflected off it beautifully. It must have cost a fortune.

“The set was only released last month. It's limited, and there are only three sets worldwide,” Nina

told her. To improve herself and better match Percy, Nina fostered the habit of reading fashion

magazines frequently.

Among the magazines was an article introducing the set of jewelry, and it reported how two

duchesses had physically fought each other over it. She was shocked to read such a thing, so she

kept in mind the design of the jewelry set.

"Only three worldwide?” Luca frowned.

Sure, Louis was a Crawford and held shares of T Corporation. He also had his own company.

However, his own company was more of a workshop than a corporation. Louis might earn more

than ordinary salarymen, but he was far from being extremely wealthy.

Since Louis’ business was under his own name and not his family’s, the money he earned from his

own company was about the same as the dividends he earned from T Corporation.

Where did Louis get his hands on so much money to buy this set of jewelry from someone else?

“Yeah, and this incident occurred overseas too. I think Susan put in a lot of effort just to get her

hands on this set of jewelry,” Nina said. She saw a lot of wealthy housewives surrounding Susan

when she arrived, so she looked over and happened to see the jewelry Susan wore.

The fact that she allowed so many people to take a closer look meant Susan was wearing the real

deal.

Nina could not help but exclaim how wealthy Susan must be to spend so much money on just a

jewelry set.

“Young Master Louis has many connections,” Luca replied. She had never heard Luke say anything

about the jewelry, so it must have been from Louis.

"Regardless, she's truly become the spotlight of all the wealthy housewives tonight. Thank goodness

Luke's mother isn't here, or she might faint from anger.” Nina knew a considerable amount about

infighting within the Crawford family.

After all, when Susan and Allison used to fight, her best friend Bianca was the one who ended up

suffering the most. As Bianca's good friend, it was only normal for Nina to know more about it.

Luca nodded. She was not interested in Susan's matters, but Nina had brought Allison up.

Luca felt uncomfortable.

Susan was holding a banquet happily while Allison was undergoing treatment for her face outside

the country. It was certain that any treatment was just a stopgap measure and no amount of

treatment could truly fix the issue.

Meanwhile, Luke was alone and silently suffering.

Luca looked over to the man sitting at the main table.

More attendants started to fill the banquet hall, including the other members of the Mallory family.

Madam Mallory had no idea that Nina had arrived too, not when Percy was the only one sitting at

their family table.

She only saw Nina when someone at the adjacent table brought it up.

Madam Mallory frowned. Not wanting to cause a scene, she whispered to Percy, “What's going on?

This is an important event. How could you bring her here? Are you trying to turn against the whole

Mallory family in public?”

Percy looked up cooly and irony flashed in his eyes. “Nina was invited.”

"Why would the Crawford family invite her? Who does she think she is?” Madam Mallory refused to

believe him. Then, she recognized Luca who was sitting beside Nina.

In Madam Mallory’s eyes, both of them did not have the status to be in the banquet hall. She

believed that Luca was only invited because of Luke.

However, she knew that Luca was not the kind to invite Nina, so she assumed that Nina was here

because of Percy.

“Nina is Old Master Crawford's god-granddaughter,” Percy reminded her coldly.

Madam Mallory glared at him. When they went to ask for an explanation, Old Master Crawford had

admitted Nina as his god-granddaughter on a video call. Then, there were no further updates on

the matter.

Madam Mallory initially believed that the news was fake and something Luca had asked for from

Luke, so she did not pay it any mind.

"What kind of nonsense are you spewing?” Madam Mallory did not believe him.

“If you don't believe me, you can see for yourself later. Old Master Crawford personally invited

Nina,” Percy stated.

On the other end, the butler walked over to Old Master Crawford and whispered in his ear.

Old Master Crawford stood up with the help of his walking cane. He had been entertaining people

of high status from various industries and was rather tired, but there was still something important

that he had yet to do.

“Where are you going, Grandfather?” Luke asked.

"Off to do something good,” Old Master Crawford said with a mysterious smile. He waved off the

people who approached to greet him and made his way to Luca and Nina's table.

Everyone watched the old man make his way through the hall before stopping at Luca and Nina's

table.

Guests who arrived early knew that Luca had arrived with Luke.

"Old Master Crawford!” When Luca saw the man stand by their table, she quickly stood up to

support him.

Old Master Crawford waved her off and quickly said, “There's no need to be so nervous. I just

decided to come and say hi since I saw that you've arrived. How are you doing, Nina?"

Nina stood up as well and smiled at Old Master Crawford. “I'm doing great, Old Master Crawford.

Quick, come sit.”

“No need, it's alright. I just came to greet the two of you. You're both extremely beautiful today,”

Old Master Crawford praised the two of them.

Nina knew that the man was helping her and looked at him with gratitude.

“Nina, you must come more often to the Crawford Manor when you're free. Spend more time with

your god-grandfather, hmm?” Old Master Crawford continued.

“I promise,” Nina replied. Their conversation was heard by the few tables around them.

"Alright. The banquets about to begin, so I'll go back first. Eat more tonight, alright? We've got a lot

of good food in store.” Old Master Crawford winked at them mischievously before he made his way

back to the main table.