Chapter 169 - Thoroughly Embarrassed (1/2)

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It was finally 8:00 P.M., Wen Xinya had yet to arrive, and the reporters were all guessing if Wen Xinya was not going to appear, feeling that the rumors in the circle regarding Wen Xinya’s aggressive and overbearing character, intolerance of her stepmother and stepsister, and enmity with her father could really be true.

At this point, a commotion could be heard from outside, and then, two men dressed as chefs, complete with white toques, pushed a one-meter high cake into the event hall.

Such a beautiful tiered cake instantly attracted everyone’s attention.

Ning Shuqian walked over hurriedly and said, “I didn’t order such a cake, did you guys make a mistake?”

One of the men replied, “Greetings, Madam Ning. Miss Wen has instructed us to send this over—she’d especially gotten a 4-star pâtissier from France to make this tiered cake for you, wishing you a happy birthday and happiness everyday.”

Before her arrival, the present came first—it seemed like Wen Xinya was probably going to attend her stepmother’s birthday cocktail party and that the rumors in the circle regarding Wen Xinya’s intolerance of her stepmother and stepsister and enmity with her father were probably untrue.

The reporters furiously snapped their cameras away at the cake.

“What a thoughtful surprise from this girl.” Ning Shuqian’s expression was instead slightly trembling—what sort of game was Wen Xinya, that b*tch, playing? She didn’t really think simply gifting a tiered cake would improve her reputation, did she?

How naive!

It was finally 8:00 P.M., the cocktail party officially began. However, less than a third of the invited guests were at the event—the sparse group was all wealthy ladies who were closer to Ning Shuqian, practically unknown people from third-rate families.

Ning Shuqian felt something amiss. Haowen was, after all, the CEO of the Wen Corporation, and most people would have to show due respect to his invitation out of deference—how could so many people not turn up?

Wen Haowen could not stand the attack on his pride and turned pale—if not for the fact that he was at the hotel, he would have lost his cool on the spot long ago. He quickly called for his secretary and said, “You, go investigate what’s going on.”

Swiftly, Wen Haowen’s secretary returned. “CEO, bad news. Chief Sun of the National Security Department is holding a birthday party for his wife at the Shangri-La, exactly at 8:00 P.M. tonight, and the famous people from all fields in the capital city have all received the invitation—the guests that we’ve originally invited have all went over there.”

“How could this happen? Doesn’t the wife of the chief of the National Security Department never hold birthday parties?” Upon hearing the news, Ning Shuqian flushed red for a moment before turning pale, the twelve-inch stilettos under her feet almost not supporting her crumbling body.

Wen Haowen’s handsome and gentlemanly face instantly morphed into a terrifying look. “Why haven’t I heard anything about it previously?”

The chief of the National Security Department was a figure who had influence over the political, economic, social, and literal fields—who wouldn’t show due respect? Who wouldn’t want to curry favor? Even if one was warded on the hospital bed, he would climb his way to the party.

There was a saying that people do not fight with the government—compared to the chief of the National Security Department, he paled in comparison. Thus, it was no wonder those people were not attending his party.

His secretary added, “It’s not just you, even in the high society many people also didn’t receive the news. It’s only recently that the news became known—we had been busy with the arrangements for the cocktail party, and thus, didn’t pay attention.”

Wen Haowen was so angry that his liver hurt and could not utter a single word. “What do you do for a living—only figuring out such an important piece of news now. Are you purposely trying to make me lose face?”

The secretary hung his head, allowing Wen Haowen to curse angrily to his heart’s content—being with Wen Haowen for many years, he was naturally clear about Wen Haowen’s temperament, and he knew that at such a time, any form of explanation would be useless.

At this point, the reporters at the scene had also received the news and instantly shot their cameras away at Ning Shuqian and Wen Haowen as if they were on steroids.