Special Expert of Beauty CEO

Chapter 379: Chapter 380: Palace Intrigue Banquet

The woman who stepped down from the Ferrari wearing a tank top, revealing a full bust, was named Ma Rong. She was a classmate of Su Xuejiao, and her parents were said to be entrepreneurs, with a well-off family background.

And Ma Rong’s boyfriend, Song Zhe, Su Xuejiao had heard, was a mix in the entertainment circle. He used to be a male model and now seemed to be making inroads into the entertainment industry, counting as a third-tier male star.

So, the vanity-loving Ma Rong would always boast and show off about her boyfriend Song Zhe in front of Su Xuejiao and others, sputtering all kinds of ostentation.

In this situation, Su Xuejiao, being single, naturally took a ten-thousand-point critical hit. It was only natural that she couldn’t get along well with Ma Rong, right?

”Hehe, Xuejiao, is this the boyfriend you’ve always been saying you would bring for us to meet?”

Ma Rong strutted over to Su Xuejiao in high heels, a look of disdain on her face. She glanced at Qin Tian, then her gaze stayed on Su Xuejiao.

The two women looked at each other with meaningful glances, while the two men silently stood by, as if feeling the silent but fierce battle of wits in the women’s eyes.

”I think your boyfriend is pretty average. What does he do? He’s not a junkman, is he? Look at him, his skin is so dark, like a black person...”

Ma Rong stared at Su Xuejiao, then suddenly turned her eyes to Qin Tian and blurted out these words without a filter.

Upon hearing this, Su Xuejiao’s face immediately changed color.

However, before Su Xuejiao could say anything, the quietly standing Qin Tian began to retort, ”Hehe, if I were a junkman, I should have picked you up by now, but unfortunately, some people spew garbage and aren’t even worth recycling.”

”You!”

Ma Rong, originally wanting to mock Su Xuejiao by insulting Qin Tian’s appearance, didn’t expect Qin Tian to leave her feeling terrible without Su Xuejiao even speaking.

”Who are you calling trash?!” Ma Rong shouted angrily at Qin Tian.

”Whoever answers is the trash.”

Qin Tian chuckled, then turned to Su Xuejiao and said, ”Xuejiao, let’s go. Talking to trash is beneath us.”

Having said that, Qin Tian took Su Xuejiao’s hand and walked inside.

Following Qin Tian, Su Xuejiao looked blissful, and she didn’t forget to make a face at Ma Rong on the way out.

Qin Tian’s performance just then had helped her regain face and let off some steam.

”Hmph!”

Ma Rong, angry, tossed her hand and complained to the always silent Song Zhe next to her, ”What are you staring at? Your woman is getting bullied, and you don’t say a word?”

Song Zhe, watching the retreating figures of Qin Tian and Su Xuejiao, smiled faintly and said, ”Why be angry? They’re just small fries acting triumphant. Don’t worry, I’ll help you teach them a lesson. No rush, let’s head inside first.”

After finishing, the two also walked into the venue.

The main hall of the party was a large European-style hall, opulent and majestic, with a red carpet covering the floor, looking like a catwalk for celebrities.

”Yo, who do we have here? Is that our Miss Su Xue xiao arriving?”

”Xue jao, come on over, we’ve been waiting for you.”

”Heh, this must be your boyfriend, right? How shall we address him?”

As the two approached the hall, it was already filled with a dozen or so people, all dressed very formally and luxuriously, all handsome men and beautiful women.

Qin Tian could tell that these kids, each and every one, probably came from wealthy or noble families—either rich second generations or official second generations.

Of course, the gathering wasn’t as savage as Qin Tian had imagined. It wasn’t a power struggle play; apart from three or four girls who were quite antagonistic toward Su Xuejiao, the other girls were fine, at least they didn’t say mocking words like Ma Rong.

After Su Xuejiao introduced Qin Tian to everyone, people started to take an interest in Qin Tian’s identity.

In the past, whenever Qin Tian was dragged to pretend to be a boyfriend, he would say his job was something like a security guard, but not today. Given Su Xuejiao’s vanity, mentioning being a security guard would probably drive her aunt to fury, right?

So, Qin Tian said he was in business, involved in real estate and the pharmaceutical industry. Everyone gasped in admiration, saying no wonder Qin Tian looked much older than Su Xuejiao—it turned out Su Xuejiao had hooked up with a wealthy man.

Listening to this, the girls who didn’t get along with Su Xuejiao, including Ma Rong, scoffed disdainfully.

Seeing that everyone was bombarding Qin Tian with questions and he was handling them with ease, Su Xuejiao felt incredibly happy. When they were alone, she held Qin Tian’s wrist and laughed, ”Brother Qin Tian, you were really impressive today. When you said you are a businessman and entrepreneur, didn’t you feel nervous at all? When they were asking you questions, I was more anxious than you, afraid that your lies would be exposed and we would end up embarrassed...”

”Hehe, fortunately, you described it so vividly that it seemed like you really were in business, talking about real estate and pharmaceuticals, tsk tsk... My sister was right, when you lie it’s just like you are telling the truth.”

”Hiss, you little brat, are you sure that’s what your sister said about me?” Qin Tian immediately pursed his lips.

Qin Tian had been feeling pretty good about what Su Xuejiao was saying, but then the girl blindsided him with a cutting remark, and he was immediately put off.

”It really is what my sister said. She told me you are all sweet talk, warned me to be careful of you, not to be deceived by you, to avoid you taking advantage.”

”...”

Qin Tian almost wanted to cry; thinking to himself, this Murong Fei really knows how to instruct someone. Do I really look that lecherous? To actually need guarding against?

”Do you think I’m that kind of person?” Qin Tian said, lost for words.

”Don’t know.”

Su Xuejiao gave Qin Tian a mysteriously joyful smile and then pulled him towards the dance floor.

Since everyone who came to Wanquan Villa today was part of a young couple, many were keen on dancing. Su Xuejiao was naturally excited and started waltzing with Qin Tian.

Luckily, Qin Tian had learned the Waltz from Murong Fei before, and the two danced across the dance floor until dinner time.

The dining room was set up with four round tables, and people sat wherever they pleased.

Su Xuejiao had wanted to avoid Ma Rong and her entourage, since Ma Rong and the other three girls were pretty much a clique. If she sat at one table with them, she and Qin Tian would undoubtedly be targeted.

But contrary to her wishes, just as Su Xuejiao and Qin Tian had sat down, Ma Rong dragged Song Zhe to sit next to Su Xuejiao, saying with a giggly voice, ”Ah, what a coincidence, we’re at the same table.”

After that, Ma Rong, grinning but not really smiling, called over her other girlfriends—who were also at odds with Su Xuejiao—and had those three girls sit down with their boyfriends as well.

Within moments, the table of ten was full.

The whole table, except for Su Xuejiao and Qin Tian, was all one clique.

Su Xuejiao sensed trouble and grabbed Qin Tian’s hand, ready to switch tables: ”Brother Qin Tian, let’s take our seats later, shall we go have some fun first?”

”We’re already sitting down, why leave? You’re not afraid that we’re going to eat you, are you? You couldn’t be that timid, could you? Giggles...”

Su Xuejiao had just gotten up to leave when she was pulled back by a charmingly smiling Ma Rong, who looked triumphantly at Su Xuejiao and Qin Tian, with an air of arrogance and overbearing confidence.