chapter 11 Accompanying besties to a banquet

"Let's go," William Zhan scolded Mila Hai in his heart, but he didn't say anything, let alone do anything. Mila Hai was his wife in name, but they were no different from strangers. The driver didn't dare to say another word and started the car again. Mila Hai didn't know that she had almost run into her man's luxury car. She rode a battery-powered vehicle and soon returned to the store. Judy Shen's house was nearby; she always arrived at the store before Mila Hai.
"Mila."
After Judy Shen finished her work, she ordered breakfast for herself. She was eating at the moment. When she saw her friend coming, she smiled and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"
"I have eaten."
Judy Shen said, "Oh," and went to eat her breakfast.
"I brought you two boxes of snacks. They are delicious. You can try them."
Judy Shen picked up a bag, put it on the counter, and told her friend.
Mila Hai put the keys to the electric car on the counter, then sat down and politely pulled the bag containing two boxes of snacks. "As long as it's dessert, I think it's delicious. Judy, on my way to work, I saw a Rolls-Royce."
Judy Shen said, "It's normal to see a Rolls-Royce in Guan City, but it's not common. Did you see the person in the car? Is he like the ones in the books? A big CEO, handsome, and still unmarried?"
Mila Hai looked at her without speaking.
Judy Shen chuckled, "I'm just curious why there are so many young, handsome, and rich CEOs everywhere. Why can't we meet them?"
"They are all made up to cater to the market. If I write about ordinary working people, will anyone follow me? Even if they are not big CEOs, they are all elites from different walks of life."
Judy Shen smiled again.
"By the way, Mila, are you free tonight?"
"I work from two o'clock to closing time every day, at the store and at home. Anything happening?"
Her life was straightforward. In addition to taking care of the store business, she helped her sister care for the children.
"There is a banquet tonight. It is a banquet for the upper class. There are still seats available. Do you want to go with us to see the world and broaden your horizons?"
Mila Hai instinctively refused, "That's not the circle I should be in, and I don't want to go."
Her monthly income was not low, but she was too far away from the upper-class circle. She didn't want to squeeze in, and she couldn't.
To put it bluntly, when a person of her status attends such a high-end banquet, she will only be regarded as a servant.
"Actually, I don't want to go. My mother asked my aunt to get me an invitation. Each invitation can bring one more person. I thought of you, Mila, so you can accompany me. Let me go see the world, no, just accompany me to deal with it, so my mother won't talk about it until my ears are calloused."
The Shen family were locals in Guan City and a wealthy family. They owned several houses and a stretch of shops for rent, and their assets were worth tens of millions. Of course, they were still far from those famous nobles.
Shen's mother was most satisfied with her daughter's appearance, so she wanted her to marry into a genuinely wealthy family and become a young mistress. It happened that Judy Shen's aunt had married into a wealthy family and had become a wife. She was very open about it.
Aunt Shen also loved Judy Shen, her niece, and felt that her niece was barely qualified to marry into a wealthy family. As soon as her sister-in-law mentioned it, she was willing to help create opportunities for her niece.
"Auntie is pushing for marriage again?"
"Even if I marry, I will marry someone at the same level. I don't want to marry into a wealthy family. Even though my aunt is very popular in that circle now, she still endured it for decades. When she first married into my uncle's family, she didn't know how to accept it. She suffered so many grievances. In the past, when she returned to her parents' home, she would always cry to my mother in private, and she knew the feeling best."
Judy Shen advocated for freedom and did not want to be bound by the rules of a wealthy family.
"Mila, okay, just for tonight, let's go and deal with it. It can be an eye-opener. My aunt said that there will be many young talents attending the banquet tonight, all of them big businessmen in Guan City, rich second generation, rich third generation. We are not going to catch rich husbands, we are going to meet people. Let me tell you, there are so many delicious foods at the banquet."
Mila Hai was a foodie.
So was Judy Shen.
They became best friends because they shared a love for food.
Mila Hai was tortured by her friend, both softly and insistently, for an hour, and finally, she reluctantly agreed to her friend's request. They closed the shop early in the evening, and Mila Hai accompanied her friend to the banquet.
She called her sister and asked if her nephew was okay. He had a cold and a low fever, but they had already seen a doctor.
Mila Hai felt relieved.
At the same time, she also told her sister that she would accompany Judy Shen to the banquet that evening.
"It's good to see the world, and of course, it's also good to make friends at that level."
Anna Hai was entirely in favour of her sister attending the banquet.
There was no need for any other purpose than to see the world and broaden her horizons.
For the evening banquet, after lunch, the store door was closed. Judy Shen took her friend home to change clothes and put on makeup.
The Shen family liked Mila Hai, and no one objected to Judy Shen bringing Mila Hai to the banquet. Since Mila Hai was married, they didn't have to worry about Mila Hai stealing Judy Shen's limelight.
In the evening, just after six o'clock, the luxury car arranged by Shen's aunt parked in front of Shen's house.
"Have a good time."
Mother Shen sent the two girls out and said to Mila Hai, "Mila, please help Auntie keep an eye on Judy Shen. Don't let her just focus on eating. Encourage her to interact more with the young talents."
Then she told her daughter, "Judy, don't let down your aunt's hard work."
Mila Hai smiled and said, "Auntie, don't worry, I will help you keep an eye on Judy Shen and won't let her just focus on food."
They both headed to the event.
"As long as you are there, Auntie can rest assured."
Mother Shen liked Mila Hai very much because this girl was sensible and self-reliant. If her son hadn't been several years younger than Mila Hai, she would have wanted to match Mila Hai with him.
After learning about Mila Hai's quick marriage, Shen's mother was still shocked. There were many young people in the Shen family. If Mila Hai wanted to marry, she could always find someone from the Shen family.
Now that things had come to this, Mother Shen would never mention those things again, no matter how shaken she was.
At the urging of Shen's mother, Judy Shen, wearing a white evening dress and exquisite makeup and jewellery, quickly pulled her friend into the luxury car arranged by her aunt.

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