Chapter 169: I’ll Support You By Handing Out Flyers Part 14(2)
Despite the hurt, Tao Ning was still easily swayed, always returning home, only to be angered and disappointed, she shouldn’t go back this time.
Tao Ning, for once, followed Song Yanshu’s advice, ignoring her father’s calls, but he was persistent, calling repeatedly from different numbers.
Exasperated, she finally answered, her voice cold: “What?”
Her father was taken aback: “I called you so many times, why didn’t you answer?”
Tao Ning put the phone on speaker: “Get to the point, or I’m hanging up, I’m busy.”
Father Tao: “What are you busy with? Wasting your life, not even answering your father’s…”
“Beep, beep, beep…” Tao Ning hung up.
Her decisive action stunned Song Yanshu, who found it strangely satisfying.
A while later, the phone rang again, the same number.
Tao Ning answered: “Get to the point.”
Father Tao, furious: “How dare you…”
“Beep, beep, beep…” She hung up again.
Song Yanshu stared at her, dumbfounded, with newfound respect.
How bold.
The phone rang a third time, and Tao Ning answered again, her voice still calm: “What?”
Father Tao, taking a blood pressure pill, forced himself to calm down: “It’s my birthday in a few days, aren’t you coming home?”
Tao Ning frowned: “Why should I?”
“How could you…!”
Father Tao was about to explode, the words strangely familiar, but he suppressed his anger: “You know I’m old, and you won’t even come home to visit? Even if you don’t want to attend my birthday party, it’s your grandmother’s death anniversary soon, you should come home.”
He had never allowed her to visit her grandmother’s grave before, and Tao Ning didn’t understand his sudden change of heart.
Hearing her silence, Father Tao continued anxiously, “Your grandmother left you a jade pendant before she died, how can I give it to you if you don’t come back?”
“…” Tao Ning’s frown deepened. “You disgust me, I’ll be there.”
The familiar beeping sound, and Father Tao, furious, took another pill and smashed his phone.
Tao Ning, unaware of the chaos she had caused, wouldn’t have cared anyway.
She hated being threatened and wanted to see who was trying to drag her back to that house.
Song Yanshu, who had been holding her breath, asked, “You’re really going back?”
With Tao Ning’s current fighting spirit, she wouldn’t be surprised if she angered the entire Tao family to death.
Tao Ning: “Since they’re asking for it, I might as well join the fun.”
And Tao Ning’s grandmother had been very kind to her, leaving her a considerable amount of money and shares, without which she would be begging on the streets.
Her parents did give her money, but not regularly, and even less after she turned eighteen.
She had to go back, both for practical and emotional reasons.
And why a jade pendant? Her grandmother had left a will, all her jewelry going to Tao Ning, a complete list, nothing missing.
What was this jade pendant about?
Song Yanshu thought for a moment, her family probably also received an invitation, she would go and support Tao Ning, but…
She asked, “What’s your plan? If his wife says something to upset you, just curse her, I’ll back you up.”
Tao Ning replied honestly, “I don’t know, I haven’t figured out why they’re calling me back, are they afraid no one will flip their table?”
520 agreed with this assessment. Since foxes were canines, and huskies were canines, therefore foxes = huskies, and huskies were known for their destructive tendencies.
But it didn’t dare voice this theory, it wasn’t stupid.
A few days later, Tao Ning went to the Tao family’s residence for her father’s birthday party.
It was a bustling event, and Tao Ning arrived just in time. The party was held at a hotel, not at their house.
She parked her car, took the keys, and sent a message.
Tao Ning: [I’m at Yueli Hotel today, the restaurant here is quite good, let’s try it sometime?]
Fu Guanyue replied instantly: [Okay, it’s a date.]
Putting away her phone, she said to Mr. Wu, “There are no problems here, the layout is good, no need for any changes.”
Mr. Wu was relieved: “That’s good to hear, thank you for your trouble… By the way, it’s my business partner’s birthday today, would you be interested in joining us?”
Fu Luo and Fu Xi both thought she would refuse, and Fu Luo was truly curious about Eldest Sister’s sudden interest in her phone, like a teenager addicted to social media.
Unexpectedly, Fu Guanyue, after a moment of thought, glanced at the brochure on the table, which had the name “Yueli” printed on it, and nodded: “Sure.”
Fu Xi and Fu Luo were equally shocked: “???” Wait, are you really our Eldest Sister?
At the entrance of Yueli Hotel,
Tao Ning got out of her car and walked towards the entrance.
The doorman asked for her invitation: “Miss, this is a private event for the Tao family, please show your invitation.”
Tao Ning, dressed casually, without even wearing lipstick, removed her sunglasses, revealing her dark eyes: “No invitation, Mr. Tao personally invited me, he didn’t mention anything about an invitation.”
These arrogant words stunned the doorman.
A mocking laugh came from nearby: “So full of herself, claiming Mr. Tao personally invited her, hahaha.”
Another passerby also chuckled, everyone in Bin City knew the Tao family, a prominent and influential family, even a lunatic wouldn’t claim to be personally invited by Mr. Tao.
Tao Ning ignored them, saying to the doorman, “You can ask him.”
Everyone attending the banquet was someone he couldn’t afford to offend, so the doorman, unsure what to do, contacted his superior via walkie-talkie.
The group, amused, stayed to watch the drama unfold, hoping she wouldn’t cry too much when she was thrown out.
She was pretty, but seemed a bit… slow.
But looking closer, she looked familiar.
Tao Ning hadn’t shown her true face in a long time, and many people’s memories were still of her past self, not recognizing her now.
Soon, the Tao family’s butler appeared at the entrance, turning to the doorman: “Where is she? Didn’t I tell you to let her in directly?”
The doorman also looked aggrieved: “The photo you provided looks very different, I couldn’t recognize her, she’s waiting over there.”
He pointed in a certain direction.
The butler was puzzled, how could Tao Ning look different? Heavy makeup, loud and boisterous, covered in tattoos, such distinctive features, how could he not recognize her?
Looking in the direction the doorman pointed, the butler, remembering Tao Ning, thought, Even a blind person could recognize… Wait, who is that?
A musical fountain played before the hotel entrance, and a figure stood there, her long hair flowing, her features delicate, her clothes casual yet stylish, standing out even among the elegantly dressed guests.
Not just the doorman, but even the butler almost didn’t recognize her.
The familiar features, however, confirmed it was indeed Tao Ning.
The butler hurriedly approached: “Miss, you’re finally here! Why are you waiting outside? Master has been waiting for you.”
Tao Ning sneered: “Miss? Are you talking to me?”
“You’re joking, Miss, there’s no one else here.” The butler’s expression turned awkward. Since Tao Ning left the Tao family, how many years had it been since he last addressed her as “Miss”?
As if the Tao family never had a daughter named Tao Ning, as if she had never existed, the current servants didn’t even know about the master’s eldest daughter.
Once, when Tao Ning returned to pay her respects to her grandparents, a servant had mistaken her for a guest, looking at her with disdain.
The legitimate heiress, reduced to being looked down upon by a servant.
Tao Ning’s smile didn’t reach her eyes: “What’s with the sudden concern? After all these years, suddenly mentioning some jade pendant, he wouldn’t be so generous, is the Tao family going bankrupt? Or is your mistress up to her old tricks, trying to buy my shares at a low price with some sob story?”
The butler just wanted to bring her inside, shaking his head repeatedly: “No, no, Master truly misses you.”
Tao Ning understood: “Oh, so his long-dead conscience has suddenly been resurrected? Not like when he publicly declared I would never inherit anything from the Tao family as long as he lived?”
Butler: “…”
He could only endure her sarcasm, Master Tao’s words from back then coming back to haunt him.
Tao Ning walked inside, the butler hurrying after her: “Miss, Master is waiting for you in the lounge upstairs, I’ll take you there.”
Their figures, moving swiftly, passed by, and many people overheard the butler’s words.
The rich kids who had come to watch the drama unfold: “???”
Wait, who was that just now?
That was Tao Ning?
Since when did Tao Ning look like that???
But judging by her attitude, she wasn’t here for a friendly visit.
The playboy rich kids exchanged glances, amusement in their eyes.
“Let’s go, let’s go inside, this will be interesting.”