My Arrogant Young Lady

Wang Xi, accompanied by Wang Che, Liu Li, Runtu, and Heilong, entered the hall. Wang Xi, dressed in a suit, wore a smile and exuded a subtle air of nobility. Beside him stood a petite and adorable girl, whose imposing air of wealth commanded respect. However, a pale-faced man with a small mustache beside him looked somewhat sleazy, and his two unsophisticated subordinates inspired disgust.

When the black dragon saw the delicious food at the banquet, it grabbed a plate and started frantically eating. It kept shouting something like, "So much good food! Why not eat it all?"

一看见那黑龙土里土气的样子，刘少不禁发出轻视的笑声。接着，看向张诗雪和李佳琪说道，“原来是个到这里白吃东西的小子，也没有什么了不起嘛。”

However, Zhang Shixue and Li Jiaqi didn't respond. They simply watched Wang Xi quietly. They were used to him putting on airs the moment he appeared. And he did it in a very sophisticated way…

Chapter 212 Zhou Yuzhe, Begging to Be Hit

"I saw your mistress," Wang Che said with a smile, his arm around mys.

“在哪？”我问。

"Look, they're secretly watching you over there." With a smile, Wang Che pursed his lips to the side.

Hearing Wang Che's words, I couldn't help but glance towards a corner of the party. But when I saw two girls in that corner, I began to feel disappointed. Because Xi'er is quite young, I like to call her my "little wife." But Wang Che wasn't referring to her; he was talking about Huang Gou's girlfriend's two best friends, Li Jiaqi and Zhang Shixue.

Although Li Jiaqi and Zhang Shixue are both very beautiful, with Zhang Shixue being a campus beauty queen, I don't have much affection for them; I only consider them ordinary friends.

And two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and no matter how much everyone helps me search, I haven't found Zhang Xuan. Searching for Zhang Xuan in the vast sea of ​​people is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I'm starting to feel a little disheartened.

我深爱张萱，却也喜欢喜儿，不敢辜负喜儿对我的一番心意。我已经在心里决定了，珍惜眼前。不辜负喜儿半分。

但看见了李佳琪和张诗雪，我不过去打招呼还是有点不好的。就带着王澈、琉璃和闰土向李佳琪还有张诗雪走去。微笑着看着李佳琪和张诗雪说，“真巧，居然在这里遇见了。”

"Yes, what a coincidence." Li Jiaqi immediately curled her lips, revealing an arrogant expression.

李佳琪总是针对我我也没在意，就微笑着对张诗雪说，“诗雪。你最近还好吧？”

“I’m fine…” Zhang Shixue’s face immediately turned red, and she avoided my gaze.

"Okay, if anything comes up, you can give me a call. I'm heading over now. Let's have dinner together sometime," I said to Zhang Shixue with a smile.

"Okay." After hearing my words, Zhang Shixue bit her lip and gripped her cheongsam tightly.

"Wait a minute!" Just as I was about to leave, a young man beside them called out to me. The young man was handsome, and his well-tailored suit gave him an air of refinement. Smiling, he politely extended his right hand to me and said, "You must be Wang Xi? I've heard about you for a long time. If you don't mind, can we be friends?"

“Sure.” I smiled and extended my right hand to the young man in the suit.

但当我们的右手握紧之后，我的眼神发生了微微的变化。我发现那青年似乎在向我挑衅，他居然使出了吃奶的力气在捏我的手。

而他只是个普通人，跟我的力气自然是没法相比的。就只是微笑，我任由他使出了吃奶的力气手上的力气也没有加减半分。

"My dad is a department head at Hao Ren Group. If you need anything, you can come to me!" The young man's handsome face turned bright red, and his voice began to tremble.

"Okay." I smiled at him, but a feeling of dislike arose in my heart. Then I gently released his hand, too lazy to say another word to him.

Wang Che, who was beside her, was very perceptive; how could she not understand the young man's thoughts? She laughed disdainfully, put her arm around mys, and said, "Another annoying fly."

"Just ignore him," I said.

"Eyebrow tattooing? How disgusting." After saying that, Wang Che turned back to look at the young man's thick eyebrows again.

"Ha!" Runtu couldn't help but laugh out loud after hearing Wang Che's words.

Wang Che was always known for her unreasonable and unruly manner; she never held back when she spoke. The young man was only a few steps behind us, so we could hear Wang Che's voice clearly.

The young man's previously humble expression turned venomous. Staring intently at Wang Che's swaying posture, which was typical of girls, he coldly said, "This pretty boy is asking for a beating. How can a grown man look so disgusting? Could he be gay? Just looking at him and Wang Xi being so sweet is indescribably disgusting."

“……”听了青年的话后，张诗雪微微张开娇嫩的嘴巴。接着，看着我和王澈甜蜜的样子微微皱起眉头。

难道，我真的是大家所说的基友？弱真是如此，那她又该以怎样的感情对待我呢？

Soon, the young man spoke again, "Heh, the Wang Xi you're talking about isn't all that great. He looks harmless, but he's actually a two-faced character. It's already a miracle that someone like him is even qualified to have a free dinner at the Hao family's charity auction gala. If he ever achieves anything more, I'll jump off the twelfth floor of this Marriott Hotel right now!" After saying that, the young man rubbed his right hand, which had turned red from not being able to squeeze me.

“Wang Xi, he’s very capable…” Although she felt uncomfortable watching me and Wang Che arguing, Zhang Shixue didn’t like to talk badly about people behind their backs. She was just sad, with a hint of melancholy in her eyes.

"Him? Could someone like him be capable? Look at the friends he brought, they're a motley crew. If he really had any skills, I'd jump off the twelfth floor of the Marriott Hotel right now. They're the real stars of the party tonight." After saying that, the young man looked at the group of young men and women who ran in with admiration.

"Them!?" Noticing another group of young men and women walking in, Li Jiaqi looked over curiously.

“对。你看为首的那名帅气青年，他叫周宇哲，他是省城四大家族之外仅次于四大家族周家的小公子。虽然周宇哲不如韩弄墨、马文武之辈，但他在省城中的地位已经是极高了。还有他身边的那些朋友。不是达官贵人的儿子，便是商业巨贾的女儿。只有他们，才是我们上流圈子中的佼佼者啊。而我和小好人郝公子，我有事在他面前也是可以说的上一句话的。”就看着走进来的青年男女们侃侃而谈。青年的表情变得越发得意了。他的主要目的，还是向李佳琪和张诗雪炫耀他的朋友圈子，以此来抬高自己的身价。

但，当他才准备继续抬高自己身价来赢得张诗雪的青睐时，那青年的脸色突然变了。就看见周宇哲他们一群青年男女将我簇拥，青年脸上露出了怨毒的笑容，“呵呵，这王熙还真是不省心呢。居然惹上周宇哲他们一群人了？”

"What?" Li Jiaqi looked at me in surprise after hearing the young man's words.

这一边，我看见周宇哲他们一群人又过来缠着我了大感头疼。那周宇哲开始没完没了了，他料定我会报复他死活都要乞求我的原谅。也不管周围向我们投来的目光了。那周宇哲死死抓着我双眼通红的对我小声呢喃，“熙哥，你放不放过我？你到底放不放过我？我求求你放过我好吗！”

When he said the last word, "ma?", Zhou Yuzhe's voice suddenly became shrill. His voice was frighteningly sharp, and it really startled me.

"Look, Zhou Yuzhe is angry. This kid is going to be in trouble." The young man whispered to Li Jiaqi and Zhang Shixue.

As for me, I was getting impatient with Zhou Yuzhe's persistent pestering. I shoved him away and whispered to him, "Are you crazy? I've already said we're brothers, why are you still bothering me? Stop messing around. Can we talk about this after the party is over?"

Upon hearing my words, Zhou Yuzhe's face turned ashen. He glanced at Emperor Zhao, who was being fawned over by a crowd in the distance, and then at the bulging waist of his dragon robe.

这酒会完事了，他周宇哲真的有命离开吗？

想到这。周宇哲再次苦苦哀求了起来，“熙哥，我真的不知道你是王家的世子，也不知道你是赵皇帝的外甥。我求求你别往心里去。你原谅我行不行！？”

"Damn it, why are you so slow? What do I have to do for you to believe I've forgiven you?" I was so annoyed by him that I lit a cigarette and looked at him irritably.

“Hit me…” Zhou Yuzhe suddenly thought for a moment and said.

"Hit you?" I was surprised.

"Yes, hit me. I offended you just now. If you slap me hard, I'll believe you've forgiven me. Please, hit me now. If you don't hit me today, I'll cling to you and never leave!" Zhou Yuzhe said earnestly.

I was a little surprised by Zhou Yuzhe's words. I thought to myself, Zhou Yuzhe is quite a talented person. He's so persistent. If he takes over the family company in the future, he can just pester people for any business he wants. Who would dare not give him business?

就冷冷的看着周宇哲，我无奈的深吸一口香烟说，“真的打你？”

“对，真的打我，你不狠狠打我一顿，我就不安心。只有你狠狠打我一顿了，我才相信你是真的原谅我了。”周宇哲已经快怕死我了，现在只祈求我能赶紧解决和他之间的恩怨。

"Fine, you begged me to hit you, so if I hit you hard, don't blame me," I said.

"The harsher the better, the harsher the better, that's the better it proves you've forgiven me!" Zhou Yuzhe shouted.

*Slap!* The moment Zhou Yuzhe finished speaking, I slapped him hard across the face. And being a martial arts master, my strength was immense. This slap sent Zhou Yuzhe flying.

When Zhou Yuzhe landed, half of his face instantly swelled up. But he wasn't angry; instead, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and laughed, "Good, good! Young Master, now that you've slapped me, I'm relieved!"

“这……”看见周宇哲挨打了还那么开心，李佳琪和张诗雪身边的青年愣住了。

At that moment, all eyes at the entire party were drawn to us. Xiao Hao, who had rushed over after hearing the noise, glanced at us and immediately understood what was happening.

就招呼一边发呆的手下，小好人指着周宇哲说，“都傻了吗？还不把这疯子拖出去？呵呵，居然得罪了王家的世子，打一巴掌简直太便宜你了。”

"And you, don't just stand there like an idiot, come and help!" With that, the kind-hearted girl pointed to the young man next to Li Jiaqi and Zhang Shixue.

"Me?" The young man was taken aback again.

"Damn it, aren't you the son of that manager? Hurry up and come help me!" The good guy got impatient and started cursing.

"Oh..." The young man nodded quickly and ran over hesitantly...

Chapter 213 Innate Qi-Replenishing Pill

The little farce ended, and the Hao Ren Group's charity auction gala officially began. By this time, I had already taken my seats with Wang Che, Liu Li, Hei Long, and Run Tu. We were in the VIP section, sitting with my uncle, Emperor Zhao, and Long Pao. There were several VIP seats around us as well. To our left were An Yao, her uncle, his entourage, the four hall masters, and Mount Everest.

To our right sit the illustrious Yehenara family. There's the Empress Dowager, the heads of the four branches of the Ye family, and Xi'er, the future head of the Yehenara family. The other VIP seats are occupied by Wang You, the heirs of the four major families of the provincial capital, and some of the leaders of his nineteen subordinate factions. Also seated are Hao Yifang, the head of the Hao Ren Group, Xiao Haoren, some top figures from the provincial capital, and heads of conglomerates from other provinces.

The young man who had been talking to Li Jiaqi and Zhang Shixue was now standing nervously at the back, watching me sit with Emperor Zhao, the Empress Dowager, and the head of the Hao family. His expression was extremely flustered.

就看着拍卖席上摆出的一件件珍品，赵皇帝手中拿着一张纯金质地的扑克牌显得有些无聊。他的手指细长，皮肤犹如女人一般娇嫩。他的手指灵活，那张金质的扑克牌在他手中快速旋转时隐时现。

Meanwhile, Xi'er's mother, the Empress Dowager, yawned lazily, showing little interest in the auction's treasures. She slightly raised her long finger cot, allowing a pretty young maid to place a gold pipe in her hand. The maid then lit it for her, and the Empress Dowager lazily curled up in her chair to smoke.

"We can't afford the good stuff, and the bad stuff is useless anyway," An Yao's uncle said with a smile at An Yao's table.

"I heard there will be a wild ginseng from Changbai Mountain that's over a hundred years old tonight. I'll buy it for my great-grandfather later," An Yao said softly.

“No need. Your great-grandfather’s family has plenty of these things, and he hasn’t even eaten one himself. A while ago, some leaders from higher up came to visit your great-grandfather and brought some of these gifts to reward him for his past achievements. Let’s not spend money and upset your great-grandfather. We’ll donate 200,000 yuan as a token of our appreciation when we leave,” said Uncle An Yao.

“Alright, but these things are indeed rather ordinary, and there’s nothing that would make people interested in bidding,” An Yao said, glancing at the Empress Dowager who was dozing off and the Emperor Zhao who looked bored.

"Have you spoken to Liuli yet?" Wang You asked with a smile, his eyes fixed on the rare items being auctioned off on the stage.

“跟琉璃说过了，她没有抓到王浠，不敢过来见你。”韩弄墨小声说道。

“这傻丫头。”听了韩弄墨的话，王幽冰冷的眼中露出一丝宠溺。

而我，早就知道了即将展拍的会是什么样的东西，跟他们一样也是显得没什么兴趣。倒是身后的一些土豪，竞拍的十分起劲。

就看一眼腕上的手表，我想到收来的千年尸心有点坐不住了。因为这是可以提升王蛇毒性的东西，当王蛇实力再进一步我们就可以对王幽出手了。

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but bid farewell to Emperor Zhao. Emperor Zhao glanced coldly at Wang You, whom he was holding captive, and said, "You bastard, if it weren't for the fact that he's Wang Yang and Chen Ke's son, I would have loved to blow him up with a rocket launcher!"

“Brother, please calm down. We’ll give him some leeway this time. But if he dares to be aggressive again, then we’ll have to resort to some methods,” the man in the dragon robe said softly.

"Hehe, I thought I'd get some interesting photos today. Turns out they're all cheap street vendor items. As for the dragon robe, I'll write ten million to the Hao family later for fun, just as a small token of my appreciation for charity." As he spoke, Emperor Zhao couldn't help but yawn.

"Yes." The dragon robe nodded slightly.

"Tong Jia Ling'er, what do you think of these things?" The Empress Dowager took a deep drag on her pipe, gazing lazily at the stage as she spoke in a soft voice.

“佟佳长老，这些东西对普通人来说都是上好的珍品，但对我们来说却是极不起眼的。古董不算名贵。有关历史意义的鉴赏价值太少，有些字画虽然是出自名家之手，但没有太多深刻的含义。至于那些珠宝和普通的药材，在我们叶赫那拉家族更是随处可见。毕竟，我们的叶赫那拉家主是一名丹师。而我们叶赫那拉家族，也一直世代传承着炼丹这门手艺。即使他们拍出那上百年的长白山野生人参，也不过是我们用作炼丹的一门材料……”皇太后身边一名漂亮的女生说道。

"Stop talking..." The Empress Dowager's eyes suddenly reddened, her heart churning with sorrow. More than a decade had passed since the head of the Yehenara family passed away, yet she still deeply missed her husband. If it weren't for shouldering the family's responsibilities for Xi'er, she probably would have followed him long ago. Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager took a deep drag on her pipe. Then, she produced a small box from her beautiful hands. "We've had a long-standing cooperative relationship with the Wang and Hao families in the medicinal herb business. Give this to Hao Yifang as the grand finale tonight. It's also my contribution to charity, hoping to help Hao Yifang's charitable work flourish."

"Yes." Tong Jialing'er nodded gently, picked up the small box from the Empress Dowager's hand, and went to find Hao Yifang. When she handed the small box to Hao Yifang, she saw that Hao Yifang and his young master Xiao Haoren's expressions changed drastically at the same time, and then they cast grateful glances at the Empress Dowager.

“没什么意思，还不如跟我外甥一起叙叙旧。”将手中的金质卡牌一收，赵皇帝起身便要离去。

"Che'er, Liuli, Runtu, Heilong. Let's go too." I glanced at Anyao and Xi'er, then stood up and prepared to leave.

However, just as we stood up to leave, the host on stage suddenly raised his voice. He carefully placed a small box on the auction table, then gently opened it.

一瞬间。整个酒会顿时充满了药材的香味。那小盒中一颗小小的丹药，在灯光下照射仿佛光芒四射。

Instantly, it attracted the attention of everyone present.

"Innate Qi-tonifying Pill!" An Yao immediately stood up.

"That's right. Our Miss An is very knowledgeable; she recognized this as the Innate Qi-Replenishing Pill at a glance. So, may I ask what the Innate Qi-Replenishing Pill is?" Standing in front of the small box, the host inhaled the aroma of the herbs emanating from it and already felt his body filled with energy. Then, the host smiled and said, "The so-called Innate Qi-Replenishing Pill is a pill refined by an ancient professional alchemist. And this Innate Qi-Replenishing Pill of ours was refined by Yehenara Noble, the head of the Yehenara family. As you all probably know, as an ancient family, the Yehenara family has been descendants of royalty since ancient times, and the Yehenara clan is also a descendant of the Jurchen people, whose ancestor was Wanyan Aguda. They have intermarried with the Qing Dynasty royal family for hundreds of years."

"The profession of alchemy has been completely preserved by the Yehenara family to this day. Unfortunately, the patriarch of the Yehenara family, Yehenara Xiangui, passed away more than ten years ago while carrying out disaster relief work. The young master of the Yehenara family, Xi'er, does not possess the same exquisite alchemy skills as Yehenara Xiangui. As a result, the number of these Innate Qi-Replenishing Pills in the Yehenara family is dwindling. This is the last one, and the only one left in the world."

"This Innate Qi-Replenishing Pill can strengthen the body of ordinary people, preventing them from falling ill. For martial artists, it can help them cultivate true qi within their bodies, officially entering the ranks of martial arts masters..."

"You don't need to tell me. Anything from the Yehenara family is a treasure among treasures. Name your price! We want it!" A fat, middle-aged man shouted from behind.

"The Innate Qi-Replenishing Pill! I've only ever heard of it in legends. Today, I can actually see it with my own eyes! Even if I can't buy this treasure, just smelling it is enough to make my life worthwhile. Host, name your price. Let us see it!" another gaunt middle-aged man shouted.