Still remember when brother-in-law first fell for this woman's looks, disregarding auntie's objections and marrying this cheap person.

  Dai Li clenched her fists tightly, pinching the center of her palms with force. But just for a moment, Dai Li's eyebrows relaxed, what could she do about her beautiful appearance? Wasn't she still that chicken that couldn't lay eggs? Couldn't give birth to an heir for the Zhao family?

  Dai Li smiled slightly and walked a few steps forward with satisfaction, her target... was Lin Qingyao.

  "Qing Yao, you should have seen me just now, right? Why didn't you even greet me?" Dali's delicate eyebrows and eyes were filled with a thick sense of provocation.

  Lin Qingyao stopped in her tracks, turned around, and looked at Dali with slightly furrowed eyebrows, her eyes filled with undisguised disgust.

  "Hey, I'm asking you something, why aren't you answering me?" Dali saw that Lin Qingyao was ignoring her and thought she was afraid of her, so she became even more arrogant and provocative.

  Lin Qingyao's thin lips slightly opened, and she asked Dali in a word-by-word manner: "Do you think we should greet each other?"

  Lin Qingyao's eyes slightly shifted, and her gaze fell on Dali's small belly. She chuckled: "Oh, right, I forgot to ask, how's the kid? Looks like it's about two months old. If I'm not mistaken, at that time... Zhao Zhang and I weren't divorced yet."

  When Lin Qingyao said this, the people around had already noticed the tense atmosphere between Lin Qingyao and Dali. Gossip is human nature, at this time, many people have already gathered around, perking up their ears to listen to the conversation between Lin Qingyao and Dali.

  Lin Qingyao's words, of course, fell into everyone's ears.

  Lin Qingyao smiled lightly, although she wasn't particularly beautiful at the moment, but her smile was very pleasant to hear.

  Dai Li's smile on her face suddenly froze, Lin Qingyao was ridiculing her for being a mistress! She felt the gaze of the people around her falling on her face, burning hot.

  The women around, the majority are wealthy wives. These women, apart from being mistresses who rose to power, who doesn't resent mistresses? You should know, their husbands are being remembered by countless numbers of mistresses and concubines.

  So everyone's gaze at Lin Qingyao was filled with thick sympathy, while looking back at Dai Li, there wasn't a good impression.

  Zhao Zhang also walked over at this time, he heard Lin Qingyao's voice, he didn't want to pay attention to Lin Qingyao, and directly took Dai Li away, but unexpectedly, he just slightly raised his head and saw Lin Qingyao's current appearance.

  Her skin had become much whiter, like congealed fat, and without the need for powder or cosmetics, she looked more genuine than women who wore elaborate makeup.

  Zhao Zhang looked at Lin Qingyao like this, slightly stunned, somewhat dazed, as if he had thought of the past, when he first saw that girl, her frown and smile, her face, her figure, all deeply attracted him.

  He wasn't someone who hadn't loved Lin Qingyao, otherwise he wouldn't have been so crazy about marrying her back then, even going against his family for her. It's just that... later on...

  Before Zhao Zhang could continue thinking, Dali discovered his abnormality and pulled him.

  Zhao Zhang came back to his senses, but whispered a greeting to Lin Qingyao: "Qingyao, how did you come here?" When Zhao Zhang spoke, he wanted to look at Lin Qingyao, but didn't dare to look at her. Facing Lin Qingyao, he still felt a little guilty.

  "Right, don't you see what your current status is? Is this kind of place worthy of your presence?" Dali chimed in, her tone thick with sarcasm, completely diluting the shallow courtesy in Zhao Zhang's words.

  Shao Jingming burst out laughing at this point: "So it's Master Zhao and Madam Zhao, what's the meaning of Qingyao coming here? This place allows you to come but not Qingyao?" When Shao Jingming said these few words to Madam Zhao, there was a hint of obvious mockery at the corner of his mouth.

  Shao Jingming once again grasped Lin Qingyao's hand, as if declaring sovereignty, and said: "Didn't you know when we met last time? Now Qingyao is my girlfriend, since I can come, Qingyao can naturally come too."

  Zhao Zhang, who was standing beside him, looked at Shao Jingming, and his originally elegant face suddenly turned cold, with a strong sense of hostility in his eyes.

  Some men are just like that, when she belongs to him, he doesn't cherish her much, and it's as if he throws her away like a worn-out shoe. But when he finds out that she has changed and is with someone else, he can't control the jealousy and resentment in his heart.

  Lin Qingyao looked at the pair of scoundrels, her voice cold and clear as she said: "Zhao Gongzi, it's been a while." This sentence from Zhao Gongzi completely cleared up the relationship between the two people, making it seem like they had never met before.

  Zhao Zhang felt a bit suffocated, looking at Lin Qingyao and Shao Jingming's hands clasped together, feeling particularly piercing to the eyes.

  He suddenly became somewhat annoyed and, regardless of whether Dali was pregnant or not, he pulled her away with great force.

  Lin Qingyao looked at the two people's backs, furrowed her brow, and hid the emotions in her eyes. Then she said to Shao Jingming: "Thank you, actually there's no need for this..."

  Lin Qingyao was referring to what Shao Jingming said about her being his girlfriend.

  Shao Jingming burst out laughing: "I've told you long ago, I haven't been able to stand this hypocrite with a self-righteous appearance for a long time. This time, even if you weren't here, I'm afraid I would have found an excuse to vent my anger."

  Lin Qingyao listened to Shao Jingming's straightforward words and smiled lightly.

  This smile happened to be seen by Shao Jingming, who couldn't help but exclaim: "Qingyao, I look beautiful when I smile. I think Zhao Zhang will definitely regret it later."

  Lin Qingyao's smile vanished as soon as she heard Zhao Zhang's name, and she changed the subject by asking: "What specific items will be auctioned off at this auction?"

  "Specifically what it is, I don't know either. But based on past conventions, I estimate there will be antiques, gems, and even some precious medicinal materials..."

  Precious medicine? Lin Qingyao's heart skipped a beat when she heard this.

  Lin Qingyao hastily asked: "Where did these auction items come from?"

  "It's naturally provided, no need to bring your own. If you have something you'd like to auction off, you can take it from this banquet hall directly to the back and have it appraised. If it's acceptable, it can be auctioned off right away." Shao Jingming said casually.

  Speaking carelessly, listening carefully, Lin Qingyao heard these words and her eyes lit up.

  If possible... she could sell a 300-year-old ginseng, although she originally had 100,000 yuan on her, but later paid tuition fees for two people and bought some things, now there are only tens of thousands of yuan left.

  If she wants to graduate safely, find a job and live an ordinary life, what she has now is enough. But with her special identity, it's destined that she won't be able to work in the future, and the money on hand is really not much.