Chapter 288 - Addicted to Raising Others’ Daughters (1/2)

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The banquet officially started at 8:20 P.M. The splendid chandelier lights in the banquet hall suddenly dimmed significantly as all the lightings focused onto the big screen right in front of the banquet hall.

The first scene on the screen was a group of children in old, patched up, yet rather clean clothes, wearing bright red scarves and saying in unison, “We thank all uncles, aunties, elder brothers, and elder sisters for your caring help. We’ll definitely study hard, strive for constant improvement, grow up to be useful people to give back to society, and help those in need—just like all of you.”

The young, clean faces, and pure, untainted spirits, when presented in front of everyone, shook all those present! The scenes included the children being unhindered by the rain, storms, cold, and heat, scaling mountains and crossing rivers to walk to school, as well as them cheering at having a new school.

They included scenes of disabled infants at the roadside, abandoned by their parents, them suffering all sorts of unusual looks and being bullied by society, as well as scenes of them unfaltering despite their physical handicaps, studying hard, and integrating into society!

Momentarily, everyone at the banquet was touched as they watched the big screen intently—many of them couldn’t help but retrieve their handkerchiefs to dry their tears.

Seeing such a situation, Zhou Huiyan secretly gave Wen Xinya a thumbs up.

Wen Xinya also returned the thumbs up. Seeing the huge success of the opening video, she felt a sense of meriting someone else’s trust and instantly felt a load off her chest.

Just then, Wen Haowen came before her, fuming, pulled Wen Xinya’s arm, and dragged her to a corner. “Come here with me!”

Violently pulled and dragged by him, Wen Xinya staggered and the 10 cm heels under her feet nearly twisted her ankle. “Father, you’re hurting my wrist!”

Wen Xinya could roughly guess that Xia Ruya had probably told Wen Haowen about her attending the banquet with exaggerated details, and Wen Haowen, thinking that she had come to the banquet on her own accord, felt ashamed, fueling his actions towards her.

Of course, Wen Haowen didn’t care if her wrist was hurting or not—his anger was already feasting on his sense of logic bit by bit. He flung Wen Xinya’s hand away.

Wen Xinya staggered and almost fell to the floor. Fortunately, she acted swiftly, held onto the handrail beside her, and managed to barely remain standing. However, her young face was pale and overcome with panic and fear!

“Leave here immediately. I’ve already called my chauffeur to come and get you.” Wen Haowen gave Wen Xinya a death stare, as if he couldn’t wait to swallow her alive. He totally didn’t expect her to actually have the guts to come to the banquet alone, without being brought by a senior, and behind his back. How would the people in the circle view this? They would definitely feel that her family didn’t teach her manners!

Wen Xinya widened her eyes in shock and asked, “Father, why?”

Wen Haowen was so angry that his expression darkened, the ugly veins on his forehead throbbing, and completely filled with ruthlessness. “You still dare to ask why. You actually dare to come to such a banquet on your own accord, without being brought by a senior—are you representing your Grandpa, me, or the Wen Corporation? You’re an underage girl, can you represent the entire Wen Family and the Wen Corporation? In the eyes of outsiders, they would think that our Wen Family’s daughter doesn’t have manners, throwing the Wen Family’s face for no reason.”

Wen Haowen looked at Wen Haowen in disbelief. “Father, who told you that I came to the banquet on my own accord?”

Wen Haowen’s expression instantly became twisted. “Do I need people to tell me? Your Grandpa didn’t attend today’s banquet—if you didn’t come here on your own accord, what else can it be?”