Chapter 366 - 366: Overwhelmed

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ming Yao had her own career and had long stopped partying with these socialites.

However, she had high prestige in the socialite circle and all the socialites present had to show her respect.

Everyone was too embarrassed to talk about how they had criticized Lin Shanchu, so they could only smile awkwardly.

Ming Yao glanced at their eyes and roughly understood what had happened just now.

She leaned towards Lin Shanchu and whispered, “Looks like you won.”

Lin Shanchu snorted proudly. “Of course.”

Ming Yao was amused by her and could not help but smile. “You’re really amazing.”

Lin Shanchu raised her chin slightly and accepted Ming Yao’s praise with a peace of mind.

Although Ming Yao was a little evil-minded, she was still a magnanimous person. Hence, she decided to forgive Ming Yao for the time being.

The relationship between the two of them inexplicably became closer.

Ming Yao even thought that Lin Shanchu was a little cute. Huo Xunzhou’s girlfriend was indeed different.

“Are you hungry?” When Ming Yao spoke to her, her tone involuntarily became much gentler than before.

Lin Shanchu’s face fell as she replied, “I’m starving.”

She had been busy all day, so she was tired and hungry.

She initially thought that Ming Yao would ask her out for a meal alone and that she would be able to get something to eat as soon as she arrived. As a result, she was greeted by a group of eccentric women.

Not only was she forced to drink a large cup of tea and confront these women, but she also did not have time to order food.

Ming Yao pursed her lip and smiled. Then, she called the waiter over and handed the menu to Lin Shanchu. “What do you want to eat?”

Everyone was surprised by Ming Yao’s attitude towards Lin Shanchu.

Someone asked carefully, “How about we wait for Miss Cheng to arrive before ordering food?”

Ming Yao looked up and said calmly, “Since Miss Cheng organized this dinner and invited everyone over, it’s natural that she doesn’t want everyone to wait for her on an empty stomach, right?”

It turned out that Cheng Fanjing was the one who hosted the dinner party.

Lin Shanchu finally understood why Ming Yao called her over.

Cheng Fanjing did not simply invite everyone to come for dinner. She even specially invited Ming Yao clearly because of the cover shoot of MMLY.

Ming Yao probably did not deign to argue with Cheng Fanjing over this matter, so she called Lin Shanchu over to divert the conflict so that she and Cheng

Fanjing could confront each other. At the same time, she wanted to make Lin Shanchu’s presence known in the socialite circle and show Cheng Fanjing her might.

After understanding the cause and effect of the matter, Lin Shanchu’s unhappiness completely dissipated.

Even if Ming Yao had not asked her to come over this time, she and Cheng Fanjing would have met sooner or later.

She had been worried that she would not have time to deal with Cheng Fanjing after entering the film set. Now that Ming Yao had pulled such a stunt, it was exactly what she wanted.

When everyone heard Ming Yao’s words, their expressions changed slightly. “What Sister Ming said makes sense. Let’s start ordering food, shall we?”

“That’s true. Miss Cheng hasn’t come yet probably because she’s delayed by something. Let’s eat while waiting for her.”

Cheng Fanjing had always been putting on airs in the socialite circle and was usually the last person to arrive at all gatherings.

Everyone usually dared not say anything because of the Cheng family’s status, so they could only wait patiently every time.

Ming Yao rarely attended such gatherings. She already gave Cheng Fanjing face by coming over today. However, Cheng Fanjing had not arrived and actually wanted Ming Yao to wait for her, which was somewhat arrogant.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Everyone slowly began to order food.

When Cheng Fanjing arrived, the waiter happened to be serving the dishes.

Her expression froze for a moment before she smiled. “Looks like I came at the right time.”

Cheng Fanjing sat down beside Ming Yao and said, “Sister Ming.” “Mmm.” Ming Yao glanced at her with a faint smile. Anyone could tell that Ming Yao was cold to Cheng Fanjing.

Even Cheng Fanjing felt it herself.

When she spoke again, her attitude towards Ming Yao became more respectful. “I’m sorry, I came late because of the traffic jam on the way.” Ming Yao replied with a faint smile, “Mmm.”

The smile on Cheng Fanjing’s face also faded a little.

She was the host today, but Ming Yao’s cold attitude made her look bad.

Lin Shanchu, who held a grudge against her, started to fan the flames. “There was no traffic jam when we came here with Miss Ming, that’s why we came early.”

It was peak hour with traffic jams all over the city.

Other than Lin Shanchu, who was called over by Ming Yao halfway, everyone else, including Ming Yao, set off early after taking into account the traffic jam.

Previously, everyone wanted to stand on Cheng Fanjing’s side and pick on Lin Shanchu.

After being teased by Lin Shanchu and Ming Yao, they were mentally overwhelmed and started to dislike Cheng Fanjing.

No one stood up to speak up for Cheng Fanjing. Everyone was quiet as a mouse and eating with their heads lowered, as if they had not heard anything.

In fact, everyone was listening attentively to Cheng Fanjing’s response.

Cheng Fanjing forced out a smile and looked at Lin Shanchu generously. “Miss

Lin, you are here too.”

Lin Shanchu replied, “Miss Ming asked me to come over.”

Cheng Fanjing could not hold her smile anymore and said, “I wanted to invite you at first, but I was worried that you would be busy with work, so I didn’t invite you.”

Lin Shanchu said, “I’m quite busy with work. I did the cover shoot of MMLY for the entire day, but I came over as soon as I finished work.”

The smile on Cheng Fanjing’s face disappeared completely. She lowered her head and drank a large glass of water.

Lin Shanchu continued to add fuel to the fire. ‘Miss Cheng, please remember to invite me if you host this kind of gathering next time. I’ll rush over no matter how busy I am.”

Since Cheng Fanjing wanted to pretend to be magnanimous, Lin Shanchu would give her the chance.

Left with no choice, Cheng Fanjing bit the bullet and replied, “Alright.”

“Let’s eat.” When Ming Yao noticed that the atmosphere was getting more and more tense, she started to smooth things over. “If you don’t eat now, the food will get cold.”

If she was the only one present, she could let Lin Shanchu and Cheng Fanjing quarrel or fight.

However, there were others present.

Lin Shanchu probably did not care about any decency. If she had not put a stop to this conflict, Lin Shanchu would have done something like flipping the table.

However, she still had to show some respect for Cheng Fanjing.

After all, this circle was small. In the future, they both would see each other often, so she should avoid burning her bridges.

For Yun Yi’s sake, Lin Shanchu was willing to give Ming Yao face.

Seeing that Lin Shanchu, who had been ranting as if she was going to flip the table in the next second, quieted down and ate obediently after hearing Ming Yao’s words, the crowd could not help but admire Ming Yao even more.

A true socialite not only had a successful career, but she was also better at dealing with interpersonal relationships than ordinary people.

Compared to Ming Yao, Cheng Fanjing was no match for her in any other aspects except for putting on airs.

What she did not know was that when the dinner ended, Ming Yao smiled gently and handed Lin Shanchu the gift she had prepared beforehand. Ming Yao looked sincere as she said, “Thank you for today.”

She had been busy with her career all these years and basically did not attend such socialite tea parties anymore. However, that did not mean that she did not want this position.

Lin Shanchu had shown her enough respect today, allowing her to successfully put Cheng Fanjing in her place. Therefore, she had to thank Lin Shanchu properly as a matter of course..