Chapter 2 (2/2)

It was He Tianhao, who was a son of a big family. He had been pursuing Xia Zhiwan since they were in high school. He appeared deliberately to propose to her on this day.

“Zhiwan, it’ll be hard for you to shoulder the responsibilities of the Xia family, so we can get engaged first. We’ll only get married whenever you’re willing.”

Seeing He Tianhao get down on one knee and protect her anxious self affectionately, Xia Zhiwan was moved and accepted his proposal.

“Thank you Tianhao, I’m willing to marry you.”

A round of applause sounded as everyone witnessed the birth of a couple.

He Tianhao embraced Xia Zhiwan as he looked at the time. It was already 11:40 PM, so he encouraged her, “Zhiwan, it’s almost midnight, so just demonstrate your ability to them.”

Xia Zhiwan, who was still drowning in love, suddenly turned pale and hesitated. She was then pushed to the counter filled with jewels and rough stones so she could start demonstrating.

However, the daughter, who had always been cute, intelligent, gentle, and generous, seemed to become a coward. “Can we continue waiting for a while?”

Naturally, the guests who had been waiting for a long time would not allow it. They immediately started to complain and question, “Elder Miss, could it be that you haven’t awakened the ability at all?”

Xia Zhiwan’s face was pale, and she said softly, “I indeed can’t tell which one of these rough stones is an actual jewel.”

“Pfft… Hahaha… So that’s the reason!”

“The daughter of the Xia family turned out to be trash!”

Mockery ensued…

Xia Zhiwan tried to refute, “I may just need some time. I feel some warmth in my eyes…”

“Never mind, it’s already midnight. It should’ve awakened a long time ago.”

“Even if she was an illegitimate daughter, she should still have some ability. Looks like the Elder Miss is just some random kid…”

The guests who were the Xia family’s business rivals kept mocking Xia Zhiwan. There were also vicious backstabbers.

Their gossiping made the expressions of everyone in the Xia family worse. Xia Dengfeng immediately rushed to the counter, gritted his teeth, and questioned, “Xia Zhiwan, have you not awakened your ability at all?”

“Dad, I…”

Xia Zhiwan was so frightened that she could not say anything. She was then dragged upstairs by her angry father and thrown into the room. This way, she would not continue getting mocked and lose the Xia family’s reputation!