Chapter 786: Chapter 786: The Biggest Joke
Chen Shanshan had never seen such a grand occasion. Even in the Chen Family, her parents doted on her endlessly, but when she turned eighteen, it was not this extravagant!
Lin Qi held Huo Zijin’s arm as they mingled among the guests, introducing her one by one.
The butler walked over and said, “Madam, Miss, the classmates have been brought over.”
Huo Zijin turned around to look towards the door.
A group of classmates were all standing dumbfounded at the entrance, with varied expressions.
In the entire banquet hall, everyone was dressed formally, making it a celebrity gathering, and they only felt that they were completely out of place here!
Huo Zijin said, “Mom, my classmates have arrived.”
Lin Qi said, “Alright, I’ll accompany you to greet them.”
The mother and daughter walked arm in arm to the entrance.
From afar, Chen Shanshan already saw Huo Zijin in a dazzling and charming dress, with her exquisite makeup, so beautiful it was captivating!
For a moment, she felt deeply ashamed of herself!
She had never imagined that Huo Zijin, dressed so exquisitely, could look like a little fairy!
Huo Zijin saw that her classmates were dumbstruck and took the initiative to say, “You’re here!”
In the crowd, Ye Ling was the first to break the silence: “Liang Yin… what’s going on?”
Huo Zijin said, “This is my home, welcome to my house.”
Today was her birthday, and she was in unusually good spirits.
Even though she had had disagreements with Chen Shanshan, Huo Zijin took the initiative to be friendly.
It took Chen Shanshan a while to find her voice: “This… is your house?”
She looked at Lin Qi and recognized her immediately, wasn’t this Huo Linzhou’s mom?
She recognized the place as soon as she entered, despite having been there only once, she was sure it was the Huo Family.
But why was Liang Yin here?
And so close with Huo Linzhou’s mom?!
The more Chen Shanshan thought about it, the more wrong it seemed, but she couldn’t pinpoint exactly what was wrong.
Huo Zijin said, “I haven’t formally introduced myself.”
She held Lin Qi’s hand and introduced with a smile, “This is my mom.”
Chen Shanshan opened her mouth, feeling as if the nerves in her brain had snapped: “Wha… Wha… what?”
Huo Zijin patiently repeated, “This is my mom.”
Lin Qi smiled, “Hello, I’m Zijin’s mom.”
“Zijin?”
“What ‘Zijin’?”
“Did we travel through time?”
“Liang Yin, are you filming a show?”
Everyone looked confused.
Lin Qi was also a bit stunned and looked at Huo Zijin: “Yinyin, what’s going on?”
Huo Zijin said, “They don’t know, I’m the daughter of the Huo Family.”
After a pause, she lowered her voice and said, “Not long ago, my adoptive parents caused a scene at school, and they still don’t know I’ve reunited with the Huo Family, and I haven’t had a chance to formally explain.”
After all, she felt that if it wasn’t someone close, there was no need to explain it specifically, it felt strange.
Lin Qi understood in her heart, “I understand.”
Huo Tingdong and Huo Tinghan walked over: “Yinyin, are these your classmates?”
Huo Zijin turned her head, smiled and said, “Yes, they are my college classmates.”
After a pause, she introduced to the classmates, “This is my dad, and my eldest brother.”
Huo Tingdong politely said, “Hello.”
Huo Tinghan slightly nodded, his exemplary manners made everyone instantly feel constrained.
For a moment, the atmosphere was slightly subtle.
Chen Shanshan plucked up the courage to ask, “Aunt Huo… What exactly is her relationship with you?”
Lin Qi said, “Yinyin… is the lost daughter of the Huo Family. For seventeen years, she was missing, until not long ago we finally found our biological daughter! Perhaps she didn’t have time to explain to you… but, she is the daughter of the Huo Family. So… you may not know, she has already changed her name to ‘Huo Zijin’.”
Everyone: “…”
At that moment, a string quartet finished.
The banquet hall instantly fell silent enough to hear a pin drop.
Everyone looked towards the entrance.
The group of classmates stood awkwardly on the spot, too shy to move their hands and feet.
Huo Zijin also felt somewhat embarrassed: “Do you… want to come in first?”
Chen Shanshan skeptically looked at her: “So… you and Linzhou… are siblings? And not… lovers?”
Huo Tingdong heard this but laughed, looked at his daughter: “Yinyin, did your classmates misunderstand something?”
Huo Zijin said, “I have been having meals with my brother these days, my classmates see us close and misunderstand that we are in a relationship.”
Chen Shanshan, embarrassed, said, “But… you didn’t explain!”
Huo Zijin said, “I just feel that explaining such rumors is a waste of time. There are so many rumors about me at school, if I were to explain them one by one, who would believe me? It would just make me seem petty like there’s actually something going on.”
Huo Tingdong frowned, “Rumors?”
Huo Zijin’s gaze fell on Chen Shanshan, with a significant look: “Dad, you don’t know, at school, there’s a rumor that Linzhou and I are in a relationship, and that I’ve secretly gone to the hospital to have an abortion. Such absurd slander, if I took it seriously, that would be truly embarrassing.”
Chen Shanshan immediately looked down nervously, not daring to meet her gaze!
Especially as Huo Tingdong and Huo Tinghan stood like two towering mountains beside Huo Zijin, exerting strong pressure.
Chen Shanshan didn’t dare to imagine what would happen if the Huo Family found out all these rumors were spread by her!
Liang Yin was actually the long-lost daughter of the Huo Family!
How could she never know that the Huo Family had a daughter who had been lost for seventeen years!
There was no way she could connect such a thing to Liang Yin!
This was too ludicrous!
She even suspected she was having some bizarre dream.
Until she secretly pinched her wrist and realized this was not a dream, but reality!
Huo Zijin… was truly the daughter of the Huo Family!
Huo Tingdong’s face turned slightly cold: “Why didn’t you ever mention this to me?”
Huo Zijin said, “I don’t care whether the person spreading these rumors is intentional or not, I don’t want to waste time on such people.”
Huo Tinghan said coldly, “I’d better not find out who is maliciously disparaging the Huo Family behind the scenes.”
Chen Shanshan was even more terrified, her scalp tingling, she couldn’t help but retreat into the crowd.
But Ye Ling took the initiative.
She stepped forward, handed a beautifully wrapped gift to Huo Zijin, “Liang… oh no, Zijin, I didn’t know you were the daughter of the Huo Family! But, it doesn’t matter who you are, today is your birthday, happy birthday.”
She rarely spoke such a long sentence.
Huo Zijin was moved, accepting the gift from her hands, “Thank you.”
Ye Ling’s generosity made the rest even more embarrassed — because, apart from Ye Ling, no one had prepared a gift, they had all come today just to see Huo Zijin make a fool of herself, little did they know they themselves became the biggest joke!