QT: The Rescue Of The Miserable Bigshots-Chapter 238 - 8.25

"I really don’t want to go."

Mother Jiang stood in a formal dress with an invitation in hand, her expression slightly stiff.

By choosing a different business partner, the Jiang family has made their stance unmistakably clear to both sides.

They no longer wanted any ties with the Fu family. At this point, the cancellation was only a matter of time.

If the Jiang family showed up at Mr. Fu’s birthday banquet now, it would only be awkward.

Worse, Mr. Fu might take the opportunity to deliberately humiliate them.

"Let’s go. Not going isn’t an option. At worst, we’ll have a fallout in public."

Father Jiang’s expression turned serious as well. It was clear he felt the weight of this banquet too.

Mother Jiang sighed deeply, "Alas."

Tang Tang was even more tense and alert than the Jiang couple.

He would never forget that everything began at the birthday banquet, all the nightmares of his previous life started there.

Drugged and dazed, he stumbled into Fu Yanchen’s private lounge. Under Jiang Jiamian’s lead, he was caught red-handed. To protect his reputation, he was forced to admit he had been in love with Fu Yanchen, a disabled man, and that only an engagement and marriage were missing.

He had believed he was a victim of circumstance, marrying a cripple out of necessity.

He thought he would spend his life missing someone else while being bound to a man he didn’t love.

But the truth had been far more terrifying.

Fu Yanchen wasn’t just disabled, he was insane!

On their wedding night, he was humiliated, thrown out of the house, and abandoned in the suburbs, no people in sight, no shops nearby. He froze all night.

Only then did he realize that Fu Yanchen had seen him as a scheming slut, someone who seduced and humiliated him in public just to marry into the Fu family.

But this time would be different.

This time, Jiang Jiamian would be the one to taste that same humiliation and shame.

Originally, Tang Tang had planned to swap the wine at the banquet with one laced for Jiang Jiamian. But things had shifted unexpectedly in this life. Ever since Jiang Jiamian’s fall down the stairs, he hadn’t dared to bother him again.

Tang Tang wasn’t even sure if Jiang Jiamian would still try to drug him like before.

Still, revenge had to be taken.

He quietly touched his pocket. A flash of cruelty lit his eyes. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

Whether or not Jiang Jiamian made a move, Tang Tang would. He had already decided he would spike his wine instead.

Whether Jiang Jiamian did the same to him didn’t matter.

He simply wouldn’t drink any glass that might have been touched by Jiang Jiamian.

"Don’t be nervous."

Seeing how tense Tang Tang was and feeling the sweat on his palms, Fu Xiaoyuan squeezed his hand reassuringly. "Don’t worry. My dad won’t make things difficult for you today. Just stay by my side."

"Okay."

Tang Tang forced a smile, lips twitching slightly.

After a moment of hesitation, he lowered his voice. "By the way, Brother Fu... about exposing Fu Yanchen and Jiang Jiamian, do you have a plan?"

Would it align with his own?

If so, it would be safer to let Fu Xiaoyuan handle it.

Fu Xiaoyuan sneered. "Of course I do. But I won’t tell you. You’re too kind. I don’t want you to think I’m sinister or try to stop me."

"Brother Fu, I..."

Tang Tang had wanted to ask for details, but the answer caught him off guard. He couldn’t argue with that.

He fell silent and offered a cooperative smile. "Alright. I won’t ask."

The Fu family’s banquet was held that evening at their villa.

As dusk fell, the lights lit up, and all the city’s elite arrived one by one.

"Thank you all for coming." Mr. Fu said, seated at the head of the table.

As the host and the guest of honor, he no longer cared to appear late as he might have in the past. He had to receive guests, accept their gifts, and listen to their flattery.

Though his tone was humble, his face bloomed with smiles.

Everyone in the city knew Mr. Fu was a cunning old fox in business, and the Fu family was one of the city’s powerhouses. Everyone wanted to use this opportunity to get on his good side, and maybe reap benefits later.

"Only one invitation? Sorry, only one of you may enter."

Just as the party was in full swing, the waiter’s loud voice at the door drew attention.

The room fell quiet. All eyes turned to the entrance.

Father and Mother Jiang stood there.

Father Jiang held an invitation in his hand. Under everyone’s gaze, his face turned pale, then green. Mother Jiang, who was following behind him, looked even more embarrassed, she wanted to rush forward and cover the waiter’s mouth.

They had expected the Fu family to make things difficult. But they hadn’t expected them to be so blatant, and so quick about it.

"There’s only ever been one invitation in the past. Why two this year?"

Father Jiang asked coldly, resisting the urge to turn and walk away. Leaving now would seem like an admission of guilt.

The waiter faltered, clearly embarrassed, "I’m sorry, sir, ma’am. Tonight’s banquet requires one invitation per person."

"How ignorant!"

Just as the waiter hesitated, a commanding voice rang out from inside. Mr. Fu strode toward them, face stern as he scolded the waiter. "This is my Fu family’s future in-law. How dare you stop them?"

Before the waiter could respond, he turned to Father and Mother Jiang with a smiling apology, "I’m sorry. He’s just following instructions. The servants must’ve made an oversight with the invitations."

But that smile, though polite, felt utterly fake to the Jiang couple.

"Since he is ignorant, then replace him."

A chilling voice rang out from beyond the door, freezing the tense atmosphere.

Everyone instinctively turned toward the source and saw Fu Yanchen with a cold face, seated in a wheelchair and slowly making his way toward the door just behind Father and Mother Jiang.

Following him was a handsome young man with a faint smile playing on his lips.

For a moment, everyone present, including Mr. Fu, was stunned. Then surprise and confusion rippled through the room, while Mr. Fu’s frown deepened.

How could they not recognize this person?

Wasn’t this the son of the Jiang family, the fiance of the Fu family?

But his fiance was supposed to be Fu Xiaoyuan, the Fu family’s second son, not Fu Yanchen.

So why was he here with Fu Yanchen?

Thoughts raced among the guests as they speculated in silence.

Mr. Fu’s face darkened further as he noticed their reactions. He hadn’t expected these two to appear together so boldly.

Moreover, Fu Xiaoyuan had just brought Tang Tang with him. How would the Fu family look to outsiders now?

Two people who had just been engaged were already publicly split!

It was still possible to explain Tang Tang’s presence, Fu Xiaoyuan could say he was simply introducing a newcomer to the circle, someone who’d be preparing to study and work within the Fu family later on.

But now Jiang Jiamian was here with the eldest son, which only fueled outsiders’ wild suspicions.

Yet neither Fu Yanchen nor Jiang Jiamian showed any reaction, seemingly indifferent to Mr. Fu’s displeasure or the suspicious gazes of the guests. They slowly came forward, stopping only when they were side by side with the Jiang couple at the door.

At that moment, everyone’s doubts deepened.

They were not fools. It was obvious Father and Mother Jiang were being used by Mr. Fu as pawns in a show of intimidation, executed through the waiter.

With their fututre sons-in-law appearing alongside someone else, it was clear the marriage alliance between the Fu and Jiang families was on the brink of collapse!

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