Chapter 168: Chapter One-Hundred and Sixty-Eight: Undermining
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Fang Xi was wearing a bohemian dress today. She had her long curly hair casually tied up and had light makeup on, looking elegant and casual. She was purely there as a spectator; sheâd already bought the jewelry exhibited that she liked through inside channelsâYun Nan had asked for them from Xiang Yang. Therefore, she wasnât one of the anxious buyers today; she wasnât nervous at all. She was just leisurely admiring the items that werenât for sale.
She was suddenly attracted by the conversation of a group of four or five women beside her.
âI heard Xiang Yang married a military man, so her husband canât always be by her side; the poor thing!â
âWhatâs there to pity her for? With such wealthy in-laws, who needs a husband? I heard her in-laws treat her especially well!â
âTsk! She might as well have married her mother-in-law. Her husband is virtually non-existent. Hahahaha!â
âDonât talk nonsense. She married into the military!â
âHmph! You guys still donât know, do you? That Xiang Yang⊠Her family didnât like her, so they sent her abroad to study. She was pretty wild during her school years and had hordes of boyfriends all over the place. Later on, she had enough fun and wanted to get married, but what decent man would marry a girl like her? However, she was lucky enough to meet the Shi familyâs Eldest
Young Masterâwho was as innocent as snowâand effortlessly won his heart. Sheâs truly very lucky!â
âHey, Shi Gao, how do you know so much about them? Are you friends with Xiang Yang or Shi Ke?â
âWhat, you donât believe me? You can look it up. She studied at âPei Ying Bilingual Primary School.â The school expelled her because she had a fight with her classmates, so her family sent her overseas. She kept switching schools because she either failed her studies or got expelled due to relationship disputes. In short, sheâs bad news!â
âReally?! Oh my, I really couldnât tell. I thought she was one of those lofty and aloof types. I didnât expect her to be such a dirty wh***. Now that you mention it, I donât even want to buy the jewelry she designed anymore! How revolting!â
Having listened to the entire exchange, Fang Xi walked over leisurely and asked with a smile, âMiss, since you donât want those jewelry pieces, can you give them to me? I can pay you extralâ
The young ladies who were loudly whispering to each other raised their heads to look at her, and they all seemed a little awkward. Fang Xi smiled even more brightly at them.
âDonât you find it revolting?â the woman whom Fang Xi had called out to asked in a low voice. âI heard that Xiang Yang has a promiscuous private life!â
Fang Xi smiled and narrowed her eyes as she stated, âThereâs no evidence to suggest that Xiang Yangâs private life is as terrible as this lady says, but her works have won all the major awards in the country and abroad. I would think the organizing committees who gave her those awards probably arenât so incompetent that they would give such a deplorable person so much honor.â
Everyone involuntarily nodded after hearing these words. The young lady who had wanted to give away the jewelry hurriedly said, âI was just joking; Iâm not planning to give the jewelry away!â
Fang Xi smiled and looked at Miss Shi Gao, standing in the middle of the group. As her name would suggest, Miss Shi Gao was very tall. As for her appearance⊠Fang Xi would say she was only above average. It couldnât be helped; Fang Xiâs life was surrounded by beauties. Even the less photogenic backstage staff members in their studio had better elegance, poise, and discipline than the woman before her.
Shi Gao looked disdainful as she coldly remarked, âYou can buy those kinds of awards! Both the Xiang and Shi families can afford them; itâs only a paltry amount of money to them!â
Fang Xi nodded. âHmm, you have a point!â Shi Gao scoffed derisively, and the girlsâ expressions began to change once more.
Fang Xi unhurriedly said, âThen why donât you all go buy an award and get a certificate? Miss Shi Gao, you seem quite well-informed, seeing as you were the one who brought it up. How about you help me get a couple of certificates and awards? Donât worry, money isnât a problem!â
The group of young ladies came to a realization: âSheâs right! You canât buy awards! Thars ridiculous! Shi Gao is simply spouting nonsense!
Shi Gao didnât know who this woman was, but she hated her to the extreme. She angrily said to the people beside her, âLetâs go. Donât talk to such an ignorant person.â And then, she huffily strode off.
Fang Xi crossed her arms and smiled at the women leaving hesitantly. âCan you get me a certificate or not, Miss Shi Gao?â she asked. âTell me! I am indeed ignorant, but you canât treat the people around you like fools, right?â
The young ladies paused before following Shi Gao. â Weâre being treated like fools by Shi Gao!â they realized.
Fang Xi noticed the gap between Shi Gao and the rest of the girls as they walked away, smiled, and turned to walk in another direction. She heard a low laugh from somewhere beside her, and a tall figure came over. Fang Xiâs heart skipped a beat when she saw who it was..