Chapter 80: I Am Very Amazing Too

Mrs. Song instructed Pei Muyin to wait at the entrance of the banquet hall first.

The phone line remained open.

“Where are you? Why don’t I see you?”

Pei Muyin saw Mrs. Song holding her phone to her ear while looking all around. Across a landscaped green belt, their eyes locked, but Mrs. Song’s gaze swept right past her, about to miss her entirely.

“…Over here,” Pei Muyin couldn’t help calling out.

Hearing her voice, Mrs. Song halted. When she turned her head to look, her eyes fixed squarely on Pei Muyin.

Her face filled with sheer astonishment, nearly failing to recognize her.

Is this… Pei Muyin?!

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Most importantly, she actually dared to talk back to her. In the past, she only knew how to bow her head and listen in silence.

Whatever, that wasn’t the main point right now.

“Where is the painting?”

Pei Muyin pointed at the waiter following behind her. Mrs. Song asked, “You didn’t open it, did you? I spent a great deal of effort bidding on this painting to give to Old Mr. Xu. If it’s damaged even a little bit, it will be entirely your fault.”

After confirming the painting in the waiter’s hands was tightly wrapped, Mrs. Song withdrew her gaze in satisfaction, without even waiting for Pei Muyin’s answer.

“Bring the painting and let’s head inside. The banquet is about to begin.”

…

Inside the luxurious banquet hall resembling a crystal palace, bright lights shone, and elegant melodies drifted from somewhere unknown. High society elites gathered, their conversations filled with gentle laughter.

Pei Muyin cautiously followed behind Mrs. Song, occasionally lifting her eyelids to scan her surroundings. She wasn’t interested in this venue she was visiting for the first time; rather, she was looking for her father.

Yet after searching for a long time, she still saw no sign of him.

“…Grandma.” Pei Muyin spoke up softly, calling out to Mrs. Song, unable to hold back her question: “Where is Dad? Has he arrived, or is he still on the way? Why haven’t I seen him at all?”

Only to hear: “He’s not coming.”

“What?” Pei Muyin froze instantly. A second ago, even the tips of her hair held an eager flutter of anticipation, but the next second she went completely rigid: “Didn’t you say Dad would be here…?”

Mrs. Song looked back at her, uttering cruel words in an indifferent tone: “He was originally coming, but as soon as he heard you were here too, he decided not to come.”

“…”

Silence hung in the air for a few seconds. Standing in place, the girl slowly lowered her long eyelashes to conceal the emotions in her eyes. Then, she said in a low voice: “Oh. Since Dad isn’t here, I’ll head back first.”

“No.” Upon hearing this, Mrs. Song immediately knitted her brows in displeasure. The painting hadn’t been presented yet. She snapped unhappily, “Do you have any idea how rude it is to leave right when a banquet is starting? Even if you lack manners, do you not care about the reputation of our Pei family? If word gets out, what will outsiders say about your father?”

That last sentence successfully kept Pei Muyin from leaving. She had no choice but to keep following Mrs. Song.

Along the way, Mrs. Song ran into an acquaintance.

It was another elderly matriarch from a prominent family in the capital who had come to Hong Kong for Old Mr. Xu’s birthday banquet. She had brought along her own granddaughter, who happened to be around the same age as Pei Muyin, both still in high school.

With a warm and cheerful expression, Mrs. Song took hold of the young girl wearing a princess dress and showered her with praise, calling her pretty and outstanding.

The other matriarch demurred modestly: “Oh, please stop praising her! This child of mine is too competitive, especially in her studies. Finishing classes at school isn’t enough for her; when she gets home, she begs her parents to hire a whole team of tutors, studying until midnight every day just to maintain her rank in the top ten of her grade.”

“As for me, I’m getting old and can’t bear to see a child work so hard. I only hope she lives a healthy and happy life.”

Mrs. Song immediately scolded playfully, “You truly don’t realize how fortunate you are! Having such an outstanding and self-disciplined granddaughter makes me more envious than anything. Not like the one in my family.”

Saying that, Mrs. Song shot a disdainful glance behind her.

Only then did the other matriarch notice Pei Muyin’s presence, asking in surprise: “This is…?”

Mrs. Song said, “The one from my family.”

The other matriarch sized up Pei Muyin from top to bottom—without malice, purely out of curiosity—since this young miss of the Pei family rarely appeared in public view and was seldom seen.

Pei Muyin greeted her politely: “…Hello, Grandma.”

“Ah.” The elderly matriarch smiled, nodded, and kindly asked for Pei Muyin’s name before saying to Mrs. Song, “Your Muyin is very well-behaved.”

Why did Mrs. Song speak of her with such disdain? The other matriarch unconsciously assumed Mrs. Song was just humblebragging. Mrs. Song said, “Well-behaved? Is being well-behaved of any use? She can’t do anything right in her daily life. At her age, she doesn’t have a single presentable skill.”

“Your granddaughter is far better, with such impressive academic results.”

It was another routine belittlement, done right in front of an outsider once again.

The fingers of both hands clutching her handbag strap tightened until her knuckles turned white for a moment. Pei Muyin felt as though she were falling into that familiar black hole again, automatically blocking out her hearing.

This was her instinctual self-defense mechanism, as well as an evasion tactic, just like every other time her grandmother said these things.

But this time, it seemed different.

As the buzzing echoed in her ears, a soft, gentle voice whispered to her: “In this world, no one has the right to belittle Muyin. Muyin is wonderful~”

In an instant, she was pulled back to reality.

Mrs. Song’s eyes were still filled with contempt. Meeting her gaze head-on, Pei Muyin found a courage she had never possessed before, saying: “I am very amazing too.”

The girl repeated firmly, “Grandma, I am very amazing too—”

Sansukini: Shu Shu is doing a great job changing her children’s fate.

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