Chapter 120 - The Different Birthday Party

"The party is going to be held soon. Is there anything else you left behind?" Long Ying asked.

Yu Yan tilted her head then shook her head lightly. "I think no. Come on."

"Hmm."

When they arrived at the venue, Yu Yan looked around with curiosity. The venue was not as expensive as Kang Mao Yao based on her knowledge, but it was still a high class venue. In fact, the decoration and the way the employee worked seemed to be better than when it was Kang Mao Yao's.

"The decoration is usually decided by the one who book the place." Long Ying looked at Yu Yan when he saw her looking around. "Xiao Han Yu's taste is much better than Kang Mao Yao."

Yu Yan nodded. That was for sure considering that this place was screaming the word elegance even though it was only at the entrance. She knew that Xiao Han Yu came from a more prominent family but she didn't think that the disparage would be this big.

"Let's get in."

Handing the invitation letter, the guard there nodded and allowed them in. Long Ying grabbed Yu Yan's hand and entered calmly. His eyes were watching the people in front of him and swept around the place, calculating their identity one by one within a short period of time.

While Long Ying knew most of their identities, Yu Yan was more startled because she barely knew any of them. It seemed that the guests her aunt invited were all from upper class society.

"You…what's a tramp like you doing here?" Kang Mao Lan hissed when she saw Yu Yan. As she was standing near the entrance, she directly saw Yu Yan and Long Ying when they entered the venue.

Right now, Yu Yan was dressed in elegant red dress that complement her skin greatly. It was one of the most beautiful dresses she had in her wardrobe and had open back. Even though Long Ying didn't really like showing her back to outsider, he allowed her to wear it after some consideration.

The right dress with the right person to wear certainly complemented the beauty even more.

Kang Mao Lan was already in bad mood upon seeing Yu Yan and seeing the later in such extravagant dress only made her mood sourer. It was as if Yu Yan was proving herself to live better when she was separated from them.

'Where did she even get the money to buy such elegant dress?'

This kind of dress was expensive. Kang Mao Lan was someone who cared for her appearance greatly and naturally knew that the dress Yu Yan wore was one of the high end dress that was very expensive and only certain people could possibly afford. The share that Yu Yan got from the AB mine was small. Did this girl spent it all just to buy one dress?

Yu Xin, who also didn't look too good, was also standing by her mother's side. Her eyes turned red when she saw Yu Yan. For the first time in her life, she felt that her sister was beautiful. 

While Yu Yan usually dress up, she never tried to look too extravagant and naturally tone down her beauty a bit. But today, she did nothing of that and instead used the makeup to highlight her feature. Naturally, this allowed her to become even more beautiful.

Yu Yan turned to look at the two of them. "Good afternoon, Mrs. Yu and Miss Yu."

Kang Mao Lan felt her vein bulging when she heard how Yu Yan greeted her. "is that how you greet your mother?"

"I'm already disowned, so aren't I'm an orphan now?" Yu Yan asked back amusedly. She was sure that Yu Family announced this matter so loudly that it caused a lot of people to pay attention for some time. Besides, since they did it right after the incident back then, most people knew why she was disowned.

A ruthless girl who didn't even care for her parents.

That was how some people viewed Yu Yan.

However, there were many of them who could see that Kang Mao Lan's treatment to Yu Yan had always been bad and naturally had some second thoughts. However, those people were usually silent and tried not to get involved in the debates online. They were not close to Yu Family and no one was willing to have their name dragged to the mud.

"You…"

"Mother, just forget about it. She's no longer someone related to us." Yu Xin tried to coax her mother and then turned to look at Yu Yan, her eyes gleamed slightly before turning soft, like a pitiful young girl once more. "Sis is still angry at me for taking her boyfriend away, so she will not treat you well."

"She deserves it! A woman like her should never even stay in this place at all. A ruthless woman like that…."

"Are you sure I'm the ruthless one?" Yu Yan was amused. She looked at the two of them as her eyes deepened. "Would you like me to be ruthless and awakened the previous hype once more?"

Yu Xin's face turned dark. The video was still in Yu Yan's hand. Not only hers, there was even one in Tian Quan and probably many others who were lucky enough to record and spread through Weibo. This has always been her dark history and no matter how much her father tried to retrieve them all, there were many that were still left.

The only hope for her was to ask for a professional hacker.

But the price… and the means to contact was absolutely none. She couldn't even get close and even if she had the money, the other party might not necessarily help her. The lower hackers were useless as they could only retrieve part of it.

"You b*tch!"

"Mom, stop it!" Yu Xin's eyes teared up. She was trying to hold onto her pitiful image while her heart was already screaming so loudly, wishing that she could tear Yu Yan's apart. If not because of that video Yu Yan had, she would not be in this miserable position.

Kang Mao Lan glanced at her daughter as she tried to calm down. Right, if she made any improper moves, it might implicate her daughter and made things even messier.

"Hmph! A tramp like you, who's no longer part of Yu Family should have never even stepped to this party! I don't even want to recognize someone like you as my daughter! You're not worthy to be here."

Long Ying's eyes gleamed when he heard Kang Mao Lan's accusation. If only he could use his position as Dragon Clan Leader or even Long Family's Young Master, he would have already stood before Yu Yan and defended her.

However, he could faintly feel his wife squeezing his hand tighter as if telling him to not make any reckless move. She still had everything under her control and didn't want him to attract unnecessary attention.

"Too bad that Aunt Xiao Han Yu invited me here. Mrs. Yu, if you have any complaint why don't you say that to Mrs. Kang?" Yu Yan asked with a faint smile on the corner of her lips.

Well, if her aunt was on her mother's side and wished for her to leave, she would leave… after asking why this invitation was sent in the first place. If Kang Mao Lan thought that she could humiliate her, Yu Yan would prove the other party was wrong with her action.

"You…"

Yu Xin pursed her lips. She was already in bad mood because she had been trying to get close to Bao Tu and had his child but her attempt so far was futile. The man had been delaying their marriage and she started to be anxious.

Meeting Yu Yan here was truly a bad luck to her.

"Aunt Xiao." Yu Xin stepped to the front as she saw Xiao Han Yu walked in their direction. Dressed in beautiful peach colored clothes that was adorned with elegant accessory, she was the start of today's party. Even though Xiao Han Yu was already in her forties, she didn't look any older than 30 years old. Her dark eyes were shining brightly as she walked in their direction.

Yu Yan looked at her aunt and felt that it was no wonder her cousins still looked like a child even though Kang San Hai was already in his twenties. They must have inherited their mother's gene.

"First Sister in law," Kang Mao Lan greeted politely. She might have high position as part of Yu Family but in front of Xiao Han Yu, she never dared to stepped on her bounds and possibly received backlash. The Xiao Family's standing was one that Kang Family could never achieve.

Xiao Han Yu was only a branch member but even then, they already put her in high position.

Xiao Han Yu nodded. "Third Sister in law. What's the commotion?"

"I'm just wondering why this person is here. I recall that she's no longer part of Yu Family anymore."

Glancing in Yu Yan's direction, Xiao Han Yu's eyes were calm. It was so calm that even Yu Yan felt that her aunt was hard to read. However, she was not one to back down from other people's pressure. Raising her eyebrows, she waited for Xiao Han Yu's answer.

But the answer was outside of Yu Yan's expectation. 

"Oh, she might be no longer part of Yu Family, but I still recognize her as my niece." Xiao Han Yu then looked at Kang Mao Lan with an expression 'What are you going to do with it?'