Chapter 816: Chapter 816: What Are You Dreaming Of?

Everyone in the living room looked over, wanting to know why Chi Jingsi said that.

Just then, Chi Jingsi said, "This young girl thinks she alone can create a rift among the elders of the Zhao Family."

"In order for her to cause a rift among the elders, they’d first have to care about her. But do we care about her?" Chi Jingsi asked, rolling her eyes.

Zhao Dinghuan looked at his wife, whose eyes were almost rolling up to the sky.

He quickly pressed Chi Jingsi’s eyelids, preventing her eyes from rolling too much and getting uncomfortable.

Chi Jingsi said again, "She thinks she can single-handedly turn the Zhao Family upside down. Does she fancy herself as some femme fatale? Isn’t this a bit too presumptuous?"

Everyone: "..."

Initially, they didn’t think Zhuang Mingyan was that presumptuous.

But hearing Chi Jingsi say it, suddenly they felt, Zhuang Mingyan indeed seemed quite presumptuous!

Isn’t that a bit too good an opinion of herself?

Actually thinking Zhao Family would have conflicts because of her.

What kind of dream is she having?

Zhuang Mingyan: "..."

She didn’t mean that at all!

She merely wanted to advance by retreating and gain some sympathy.

How did it turn into being presumptuous in Chi Jingsi’s words!

Chi Jingsi...

Hearing this name, Zhuang Mingyan felt a pang in her heart.

This is Zhao Gushen’s mother!

She likes Zhao Gushen, and not only must she win his affection, but also his mother’s.

However, at present, leaving Zhao Gushen’s attitude aside, Chi Jingsi already dislikes her.

This made Zhuang Mingyan feel her future path would be difficult.

She wasn’t unaware of the earlier video Zhao Gushen posted on Weibo.

That video wasn’t just posted by Ye Fei, Zhao Gushen also posted it.

Not to mention many people followed and re-shared it.

It topped the hot search list, how could she not see it.

Naturally, she also saw the support from Zhao Family’s elders for Ye Fei in the video.

However, that is different from what Zhao Dingye said today.

Zhuang Mingyan only returned before the New Year.

Hoping to rekindle her past ties with Zhao Gushen during the Spring Festival.

She had always been abroad, and of course didn’t know about Zhao Gushen’s marriage.

Moreover, at that time, Zhao Gushen hadn’t publicly announced it extensively.

It was only when attending various events that he brought Ye Fei without hiding.

The inner circle knew about it in a small scope.

Upon Zhuang Mingyan’s return, she couldn’t immediately rush to find Zhao Gushen.

Hence, when she found out, it was the third day of the New Year, when she saw the video publicly posted by Zhao Gushen and Ye Fei.

She saw all of Zhao Gushen’s friends re-sharing it.

Including Zhao Dinghuan and Chi Jingsi, who logged into their Weibo accounts specially to re-share and show support.

Even the old master and lady re-shared it.

Though elderly, they kept up with trends, never letting themselves fall behind the times.

The social networks young people often use online, they’re familiar with.

Including Weibo, WeChat.

Though QQ is used less now, it was used quite often before.

They frequently browse Douyin for short videos.

The old lady even watches a variety of original video content uploaded by UP hosts on Bilibili.

The current mainstream platforms young people play online, the elderly master and lady are aware of.

Thus, they were among the first to log into Weibo to re-share, and thoroughly express their support.

At that time, Zhuang Mingyan looked at the news as if in a dream, lacking a sense of reality.

How could Zhao Gushen just... get married quietly!

Because she returned to the country before the New Year, coincidentally her university classmates organized a gathering to welcome her home. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

During the gathering, someone mentioned Zhao Gushen.

Asked if she had kept in touch with Zhao Gushen over the years.

They hadn’t deliberately followed culinary competition matters.

Though culinary competitions are niche, it doesn’t cross boundaries.

Just as stars have high visibility, but fandom matters spread within the fandom.

Though it seems significant in the circle, outsiders rarely know much about it.

These classmates typically don’t pay attention to culinary matters.

Thus, they aren’t aware of the cooking competitions.

Nor the past rift between Shi Jiumei and Ding Ruyun.

Not even the rumors about Zhao Gushen and Ye Fei.

They only remembered that during university, Zhuang Mingyan seemed to be the only one who could speak to Zhao Gushen.

Of course, being able to speak meant having the courage to greet Zhao Gushen in person.

Others didn’t even have that courage.

Moreover, they all remembered, Zhuang Mingyan had subtly hinted before that her family had business dealings with the Zhao Family.

So privately, she had met Zhao Gushen, even talked to him.

Though not very familiar, she was somewhat known by Zhao Gushen.

At that time, Zhuang Mingyan played a trick.

Anyway, she only hinted, and didn’t say it outright.

How classmates interpreted was up to them.

If they thought she was familiar with Zhao Gushen, it was their interpretation.

She never said it directly.

If Zhao Gushen wanted to question her, she had a reason to deny it.

Anyway, she thought, Zhao Gushen wouldn’t waste time pursuing such matters.

And as expected, Zhao Gushen didn’t question her.

Because no one dared gossip in front of Zhao Gushen, asking if he was truly familiar with Zhuang Mingyan.

However, years later, these classmates now asked, not entirely with good intentions.

Some had witnessed Zhao Gushen ignoring Zhuang Mingyan before.

So, even if they wouldn’t publicly state it.

They gossiped in private, thinking Zhuang Mingyan might be bluffing.

Her relationship with Zhao Gushen might not be as good as she claimed.

Otherwise, why would he completely ignore her?

Later, Zhuang Mingyan went abroad.

After graduation, Zhao Gushen naturally had no contact with these juniors.

They weren’t familiar in school, let alone after graduation.

Thus, they were unsure of Zhao Gushen’s situation now.

So, they asked Zhuang Mingyan during the gathering.

Partly wanting to know some things about Zhao Gushen.

Since they had free time, why not chat some gossip!

Another reason was to see Zhuang Mingyan make a fool of herself.

Didn’t she say she knew Zhao Gushen?

If she truly knew him and was somewhat connected, she wouldn’t be unaware of his affairs, right?

At that time, Zhuang Mingyan could only thicken her face and fabricate some information.

For instance, even though she studied abroad, she wouldn’t return home every year.

She wasn’t like the average international student, returning home whenever there’s a holiday.

Whenever she had time off, she’d travel the world with classmates.

Therefore, the chances of meeting Zhao Gushen were few.

But she still knew more about Zhao Gushen than other classmates.

However, how could Zhuang Mingyan not detect the classmates’ sarcasm?