Chapter 106: War of Words

  Grandpa Zhang was speaking, when he saw Du Hu's family bring over a girl, his eyes flashed with surprise for an instant before returning to calmness, and smiled saying: "Hu's family, is this your girlfriend?"

  "Yes!" Du Hujia tightly grasped Ning Qingming's hand and introduced him to everyone.

  Everyone was surprised to hear that Ning Qingmin was Du Huajia's girlfriend, and they all greeted her warmly. However, their eyes couldn't hide the curiosity - how did Du Huajia end up with a girlfriend, and why wasn't it Zhang Yueyuan, but this thin girl in front of them? They quietly asked around to see if anyone knew Ning Qingmin's background.

  Ning Qing knew that everyone was curious about her, so she calmly took Du Huo's arm and nodded slightly to greet those who spoke to her. She turned her head to look at Du Huo, seeing that he looked even more handsome today, wearing a slim-fitting white cotton shirt that accentuated his beautiful physique, as if intentionally trying to entice people.

  Du Huahua saw Du Hujia on the other side and walked over, smiling and saying: "Second brother, I thought you weren't coming!"

  Ning Qingmian also smiled and greeted Du Huahua, when she looked up, she saw Zhang Yueyuan walking in, followed by Duan Shurong, who was taken aback. Before she could say anything, Zhang Yueyuan had already come over to greet Du Huahua and introduced her saying: "This is a distant cousin of one of my classmates, she's currently attending university, Huahua can you help me take care of her?" And then walked away.

  Duan Shurong caught sight of Du Huo and Ning Qingmian at a glance, but pretended not to recognize them, only smiling as she took a step forward, extending her hand to Du Huo and saying: "Director Du, we meet again!"

  Du Huajia thought she looked a bit familiar, and after thinking for a moment, he remembered that he had seen her when he met Ning Qing's father last time. He didn't rush to shake hands with her, but instead said calmly: "I'm not convenient to shake hands with girls today!"

  "Why?" Duan Shurong awkwardly withdrew her hand, casting a sideways glance at Ning Qingmian, suppressing the discontent in her heart.

  "Because I promised my girlfriend that I would only hold her hand today." Du Huajia tightly grasped Ning Qingming's hand, gazing at him with affection, "I couldn't betray my girlfriend's trust."

  Ning Qing couldn't help but smile, and she secretly took a glance at Duan Shu Rong's expression, for the first time feeling relieved, it turned out that girls who had men to protect them were indeed more delicate.

  "Hehe, Director Du, you don't know that your girlfriend was very close to Xiao Dongdong before?" Duan Shurong's words were shocking and she decided to bring up Xiao Yesi to disturb people's minds, without caring about the gaze of others.

  "Wow, are you talking about that new star Xiao Dongdong?" Everyone listened and surrounded Duan Shurong to ask, with a look at Ning Qingmian, a sudden realization that she was once a woman supported by a star.

  Ning Qing looked through the crowd at Duan Shurong, seeing her fierce expression, her face slightly twisted, and shooting poisonous glances at her. Before she could respond, Du Huajia said: "I know that Xiao Dongdong and Little Min are classmates, of course they're more familiar with each other, what's strange about that?"

  "But she had a private meeting with Xiao Dongdong and was photographed, aren't you curious?" Duan Shurong originally came to this party with another purpose in mind, thinking about how to get Du Huajia's attention. When she saw Ning Qingming holding hands with Du Huajia, she immediately forgot her original intention and spoke without thinking, only wanting to make Du Huajia suspicious of Ning Qingming.

  Ning Qingmin knew that people like Duan Shurong could say anything, and it was disgusting. Wanting to counterattack, her wrist was pulled by Du Huajia, who coldly said: "This classmate, Xiaomin is my girlfriend, I'm very clear about her affairs, if you continue to provoke, you'll have ulterior motives." As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes and scanned Duan Shurong, who shuddered at his gaze and involuntarily closed her mouth, not daring to speak again.

  "Protecting the family, you didn't introduce her as your girlfriend, I thought she was a female secretary accompanying you to dinner like Moon Round!" One of Zhang Yueyuan's good friends originally thought Zhang Yueyuan wasn't worth it, seeing Duan Shurong's provocative words not working, decided to join in: "Hehe, who made you two look mismatched?"

  "Where is it not matching?" Du Huo Jia glanced at Ning Qing Mian and said calmly: "Xiao Min, whether in appearance or internally, is very much to my liking!"

  Zhang Yueyuan's gang didn't expect that Kuai Kuai would speak up for his girlfriend like this, and they were stunned on the spot.

  "Is it Miss Ning? May I ask which company you work for? Or don't you need to work, preparing to be a young lady?"

  "I'm still in college, talking about working or being a young lady is premature." Ning Qing felt that she couldn't let Du Huo's family take all the credit for her, so she calmly said: "I'm still young, I have plenty of time to plan my own future."

  "Oh, still in college?" Zhang Yueyuan's sworn enemy wouldn't give up and attacked again, "Is it the family that paid for your tuition? Is it a night school or correspondence course?"

  Others see that there is a good show and quietly sneak over, planning to watch the fight from a safe distance, whispering to each other.

  Ning Qingmin slightly raised her eyes to take a look, and Duan Shurong had already stood on the other side at some point, talking to someone else, but with a corner of his eye peeking at her, gloating.

  "None of those, I'm from Z University's Chinese Department!" Ning Qingming retorted, "I've always been on scholarship, and now I'm even doing part-time work. The tuition fees are nothing to me. How about you, Miss? Is your boyfriend paying for your tuition?"

  Zhang Yuanyuan happened to come over and saw her best friend losing, so she pretended to intervene, "Oh, Miss Ning, what business are you in? Can you tell me about it?"

  "The moon is full, if you're interested in Xiao Min's business, wait for her to tell you carefully later. Look, there are guests coming over there, why don't you go greet them?" Du Huajia didn't want Ning Qingmin to get entangled with them on these issues for too long, pointing and saying: "It seems that Fang Chaoliu and the others have arrived!"

  The banquet had not yet ended, but everyone already knew one thing: a girl with no background, said to be an individual entrepreneur, had become Du Hu's girlfriend. An insider whispered, "Poor Zhang Yueyuan was so full of herself, thinking she was the only match for Du Hu after studying abroad and returning home. But who would have thought that someone like Cheng Yaoguang would suddenly appear out of nowhere? Previously, when seeing Du Hu not dating anyone, everyone thought he was waiting for Zhang Yueyuan to return from abroad, but it turns out he's been enchanted by this individual entrepreneur."

  Everyone was discussing in a low voice, but saw Zhang Yueyuan responding to each person as if nothing had happened, and smilingly standing beside Du Hu's family to talk, and being extremely friendly to Ning Qingmian.

  When Zhang Yueyuan and Ning Qingmian stood side by side next to Du Hu's family, people couldn't help but compare them. Zhang Yueyuan was radiant, a backless evening gown that showed off her nobility, a white gold diamond chain around her neck, water droplet earrings, bangles, rings, all of which were a matching set, exuding an aura of wealth and grandeur that dazzled everyone's eyes. In contrast, Ning Qingmian wore only a milky white V-neck soft satin dress with a gathered waist and a slightly flared hem, the style was extremely classical. She wore a string of pearls around her neck and a pair of pearl earrings, the entire outfit was very simple, but strangely enough, it didn't lose to Zhang Yueyuan's stunning beauty.

  Although Zhang Yueyuan was friendly, Ning Qingming still caught a hint of discontent in her eyes and felt slightly uneasy. From some people's attitudes, Ning Qingming already knew that the resistance Du Hu mentioned earlier might be referring to the elders' private opinion that he should be with Zhang Yueyuan as a couple. However, his own appearance had disrupted the elders' and some people's thoughts, naturally leading them to discuss him.

  Since Du Huhua was the famous one, everyone's attention shifted to him slightly, quietly pairing him with Zhang Yueyuan, and found that they were quite a match, so the topic turned to Du Huhua.

  "Hey, do you remember the games we used to play when we were kids?" Zhang Yueyuan said with a smile, bringing up their childhood memories, subtly hinting to Ning Qingmian that she and Du Hujia had grown up together, sharing common memories of their youth, being neighbors, and playing together.

  Du Huajia also heard the implication behind Zhang Yueyuan's words, and smiled faintly: "Yueyuan, because we grew up playing together, I've always regarded you as a younger sister."

  "Haha!" Zhang Yue's face changed color, but she laughed it off and glanced at Ning Qingmian, suddenly saying: "Oh, I see! I've been thinking that Miss Ning looks familiar, turns out she resembles your little aunt! Huo Jia, you're not treating Miss Ning as a substitute for your little aunt, are you?"

  "How could that be? I've always been able to tell them apart clearly! Xiaomin is Xiaomin, and Little Aunt is Little Aunt!" Du Hua's eyebrows rose slightly as he smiled faintly: "Besides, although Xiaomin and my little aunt may look a bit alike, their personalities are completely opposite, it's not hard to tell them apart at all."

  Ning Qing saw Zhang Yueyuan and thought that she and Du Huo were extremely familiar with each other, while Zhang was just someone they had recently met and didn't have a deep emotional connection with. She felt a bit tense about Du Huo's reaction, but then Du Huo skillfully defused the situation by categorizing his relationship with Zhang as sibling-like, reiterating that Ning Qing was his girlfriend. Overcome with sweetness, she forgot her usual shyness and gazed deeply at Du Huo.

  Du Hujia handed a drink to Ning Qingmian, who took it and drank, looking at Du Hujia. She wanted to call him "Hujia" like others did, but somehow couldn't bring herself to say it out loud. It felt like calling her own man. She licked her lips, made up her mind, and thought, why can't I call him that naturally like everyone else? She said, "Hujia, I need to go for a bit!" as she tried to shake off his hand that had been holding hers all night.

  "Where are we going?" Du Huo Jia didn't let go of her hand.

  "I need to go to the restroom!" Ning Qing said with embarrassment.

  "I'll go with you!" Du Huajia had made up his mind to let the crowd of women give up, and he put his arm around Ning Qingmian's waist, walking quietly towards the bathroom. Leaving behind a group of women who were both envious and resentful, hateful and angry, yet helpless.

  Ning Qingmin once again acknowledged, today was extremely awesome!