Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 648: Chapter 645: Can’t Enter Without an Invitation

Huo Sining gazed at the exquisitely sculpted face in the mirror, feeling somewhat bewildered, as she often thought that the person in the mirror wasn’t really her.

When she was first reborn, she was a little country girl, her skin dark and her figure slender. In less than a year’s time, her appearance had changed dramatically.

Her features became much more delicate, her skin was paler and more luminous, and those spirited eyes full of Spiritual Energy made the woman in the mirror exponentially more beautiful than she had been in her previous life, leading her to frequently wonder, was this truly still herself?

”How about it? Don’t you even recognize yourself now? There’s an old saying, ’A man dies for his confidant, a woman adorns herself for the one who cherishes her.’ You should let your Mr. Gu see you like this. I guarantee he’ll be stunned!”

After getting ready, it was past six in the evening. The banquet was set to start at eight, so around seven, Huo Sining and her two companions headed to the hotel where the banquet would be held.

E&K, Ruili’s most opulent five-star hotel.

Because there was to be a banquet that evening, security lines had been set up all around the venue. A crimson carpet stretched from the hotel’s entrance across the square to the main road, flanked by fully equipped security guards.

Even though night had just fallen, the area outside the hotel was already buzzing with activity. Numerous media outlets had set up their long and short cameras outside the security line, and there were even live broadcast vans parked outside.

At the hotel entrance, a row of receptionists stood neatly arranged, men on the left and women on the right, all wearing very standard formal attire. When they saw Huo Sining’s car stop at the entrance, a male and a female receptionist quickly approached.

As Huo Sining opened the car door and got out, the male receptionist was the first to bow to her and said with a smile, ”Miss, please follow the receptionist over there and present your invitation. I’ll help park your car for you.”

Huo Sining then noticed that there were people stationed at the hotel entrance, who required an invitation card to be presented before one could be admitted.

Huo Sining and her companions took their bags and gift boxes from the car, handed their invitations over to the male receptionist, and after having their identities confirmed, the female receptionist immediately led the way for them.

The hotel was decorated splendidly, exuding an air of exquisite beauty. As they approached the interior, they entered a square solid wood corridor. Along the corridor, every seven or eight meters, there was a fork that led to the entrances of various rooms. The old-fashioned solid wood corridor connected to quaint traditional buildings, designed with ingenuity.

Hanging along the corridor were rows of lanterns, their light spilling through the wooden ribs, casting a soft amber glow that made the shadows of the people appear dim and blurred. Bathed in the silver moonlight, the scene was both hazy and brimming with poetry.

At the end of the corridor was a terrace that led directly to a stage across from it, constructed over the nearby lake, presumably designed for performances.

Footsteps on the wooden stairs echoed with a thud, thud, thud, conjuring a sensation of time travel.

It was also Bai Yishan’s first time attending a banquet of this caliber, and she couldn’t help feeling a bit nervous. Before even going upstairs, she rushed to find the restroom. Su Jinyuan, fearing she’d run into trouble on her own, resignedly accompanied Bai Yishan to look for the restroom.

Huo Sining had no choice but to go upstairs with the female receptionist. Just as she was about to ascend, two people emerged from the other side. Upon seeing Huo Sining, they instinctively paused in their tracks.

”What are you doing here?”

Wu Linger hadn’t expected to encounter Huo Sining at this place and was instantly shocked, her mouth agape.

Huo Sining turned around to look at Zhou Zhen, who was following her, but her facial expression didn’t change much, though she was secretly puzzled.

Zhou Zhen usually was inseparable from that woman, Ye Zixin, so why didn’t he bring Ye Zixin this time and instead, was accompanying Wu Linger?

Seeing Zhou Zhen and Wu Linger here didn’t surprise Huo Sining at all; if Gambling King Liu Chongren hadn’t forgotten about her and Bai Yishan, he naturally wouldn’t overlook the Zhou and Wu Families.

However, Wu Linger’s face fell. She didn’t know that Huo Sining had started a company with Bai Yishan, so seeing Huo Sining here first surprised her, and soon she thought of something, glared fiercely at Huo Sining, and sneered,

”I’ll have you know, not just anyone can enter this place! If the security sees you later, you’ll have it rough! Miss Receptionist, you should notify security right away; this woman snuck into the hotel; she definitely has some ulterior motive!”

Wu Linger had a bad impression of Huo Sining and, since this woman had tricked her back in Pingzhou, naturally she wanted to get even.

Now seeing Huo Sining appear here, she assumed Huo Sining had sneaked in and certainly wouldn’t let Huo Sining off easily.

The female receptionist, responsible for leading Huo Sining, thought these three seemed to know each other and didn’t rush them, stopping to wait for the guests.

But she had not expected to hear Wu Linger speak like that and was momentarily stunned, about to explain hurriedly, but Huo Sining stopped her with a hand.

Huo Sining looked at Zhou Zhen with a faint expression and suddenly smiled, ”Miss Wu, it’s been a long time. I wonder if you’ve been, like me, feeling good—good teeth, good stomach, good health, enjoying your food?”

Seeing Huo Sining’s calm demeanor infuriated Wu Linger, and her anger flared up instantly.

Her face ashen, she scolded the female receptionist, ”Miss Receptionist, you must be new here, right? This is Master Liu, the Gambling King’s birthday banquet—not some roadside restaurant. Without an invitation, you cannot enter! You brought this dubious woman here; if your leaders find out, you will be fired. I advise you to kick this woman out quickly!”

It wasn’t hard to understand Wu Linger’s suspicion; even though Liu Chongren was a businessman, because of his exquisite skill in gambling stones, the Liu Family’s status in the jewelry and jade circles was extraordinary. Even the Zhou and Wu Families could not attend such a large-scale banquet without an invitation.

Which is why Wu Family sent Wu Linger, a girl, to attend the banquet this time.

In Wu Linger’s mind, no matter how capable Huo Sining was, she was still a village girl—no father, no mother, no power, no influence. How could she possibly be qualified to attend such a status-symbolizing banquet?

Huo Sining smiled, didn’t say a word, and simply pulled out an invitation from her bag, flashing it in front of them. As soon as Wu Linger clearly saw the invitation in Huo Sining’s hand, her face turned extremely ugly.

Huo Sining’s mouth curved slightly, her face mocking as she looked at Wu Linger, ”Who said I don’t have an invitation? This is an invitation personally written by Gambling King Liu. I wonder if it satisfies Miss Wu?”