HBWMA -Chapter 157 Bring All Those Damn Idiots Over

“Is this plot not getting a little too outrageous? What Shen Guiling asked just now was ‘Does it look good?’ not ‘Do I look good?’”

Jiang Huashan’s mouth twitched.

Shen Guiling slowly lifted his eyelids. His languid, shimmering eyes hid an unreadable depth.

“You… are looking down on… who?”

The second sentence made Jiang Huashan unable to even finish her yawn. No way—was he actually seeing through her “playing the pig to eat the tiger” act?

“A-Ling.”

Shen Qian walked over with a smile, his gaze casually sweeping over Yu Sheng.

The girl looked visibly startled. When “A-Ling” brushed past her, she even seemed a little flustered—but once she saw he was heading toward her own younger sister, she clearly relaxed.

Mm, as expected of his son. Even at such a young age, he already knows how to play hard to get.

Shen Guiling lowered his gaze, hiding the dark light in his eyes, and slowly straightened up.

Shen Qian had already reached the two of them.

“Shanshan, have you recovered?”

Earlier in the main hall, Shen Zhuang had already made his stance clear. Shen Qian taking the initiative to show goodwill toward Jiang Huashan now was also meant to be seen by the old man.

Others might not notice, but he could clearly see it—the old master, though seated in the center, kept glancing over here from time to time.

Thinking of this, Shen Qian became even more satisfied with Shen Guiling. No wonder he had managed to make the old man look at him differently in such a short time—he had clearly put in effort.

Jiang Huashan couldn’t quite understand what was wrong with this father and son. It was one thing with Shen Guiling, but why was even this old fox Shen Qian suddenly coming to greet her? In her previous life, he had never even looked at her properly.

But she couldn’t just explode in public, so she forced a smile.

“I’m much better now. Thank you for your… concern, Uncle.”

Shen Qian nodded, then turned to Shen Guiling.

“Come with me and greet the old master.”

Shen Guiling smiled gently and looked at Jiang Huashan.

“Aren’t you going to greet Grandpa?”

Jiang Huashan shook her head.

“It looks too serious over there. I’m a little scared.”

“You child,” Shen Qian laughed at her honest words, though he didn’t force her. “A-Ling?”

Shen Guiling withdrew his gaze and followed Shen Qian.

“Wow, Uncle Shen looks so refined and elegant…”

Someone nearly slipped up in the crowd but quickly corrected themselves, and others hurried to smooth things over.

“Oh my god! Jiang Huashan, your brother is so good to you! He came to talk to you before even greeting the old master.”

“So jealous… he’s so handsome. Even up close, there are no flaws. How is he built like that?”

“Ugh, why is my brother just an annoying jerk?”

Jiang Huashan: “……”

“Hey, kid. What were you two just talking about?”

Before she could react, a face suddenly popped out from behind her, also carrying a condescending, scrutinizing look.

“?”

Jiang Huashan jumped in shock, leaping half a meter away.

“When did you get in here?”

Shen Qingyu raised an eyebrow and pointed toward the entrance.

“Just now. I came in through the main door. What, you didn’t see me?”

The boy was also dressed in a black suit and white shirt, but unlike Shen Guiling, he didn’t wear a tie. His collar was slightly open, revealing a pale neck adorned with a diamond-studded silver cross chain. The blood-red gem in the center of the cross matched the ruby earring on his left ear, making him look wildly flamboyant.

“Ahhhhhh!!!”

Suddenly, a group of young ladies erupted into deafening screams and rushed forward, surrounding him.

Shen Qingyu had never faced such a scene before. He covered his ears, almost deafened.

“What are you screaming for, you little brats?”

“We just think this brother is amazing! He looks like someone who’s great at fighting—and definitely unreasonable too!”

“Yeah! The kind who doesn’t do homework and will help rip up textbooks!”

“The kind who would beat up your husband for you after marriage!”

“And he must be rich! The kind who would support his little sister!!!”

“Hey?” Jiang Huashan was speechless. What kind of conclusions were these?

Shen Qingyu was annoyed by the noise.

“Shut up, you little kids. So loud.”

He had seen it at the entrance earlier—when Shen Lanxi and Shen Guiling came in, everyone either gasped or reacted dramatically. But when it was his turn, no one even reacted. Now this sudden commotion? He wasn’t impressed.

The slightly older girls were more reserved. Some wanted to go up and greet him but hesitated, instead looking toward Xiao Lanlan.

“Lanlan, he’s your second uncle’s son, right? Can you ask your brother to take us around later?”

Xiao Lanlan’s expression twisted in frustration.

This was the first time she had been ignored so thoroughly at an entire banquet. If it were anyone else, fine—but it was the Shen family brothers.

“Lanlan?”

Xiao Lanlan forced herself to stay calm.

“Brother Qingyu has a bad temper. He hates it when people bother him.”

The girls looked disappointed but didn’t press further.

The Gu family’s young lady grabbed Jiang Huashan’s hand excitedly.

“Shanshan, I heard Shen Manor has lots of fun places. After the banquet, can you ask your brother to take us around?”

Jiang Huashan turned to look at Shen Qingyu.

Before she could speak, Shen Qingyu nodded.

“Sure. Call those two damn idiots over too. We’ll all go together.”

“……”