Mo Qiang wished for Mo Li and Mo Xifeng to return soon; she really couldn't handle the pressure that was slowly rising in the dining room. If this went on, then she would have to gobble ten or twenty pills for a stomach ache.
"And that's what I was wondering about," Mo Li stepped inside the dining room and the second she entered the room, she felt someone looking at her with a rather intense look. Surprised, she raised her head and looked at Mo Qiang, who was staring at her as if she were her messiah who just descended from heaven.
Mo Li: "..."
What happened here?
She cleared her throat and walked over to the seat where the head of the family sat and looked at her daughters and Mo Qiang. Mo Li then asked, "Is everything alright?"
She noticed that Mo Qiang was sweating quite crazily as if she was being grilled but Mo Li was sure that her daughter would never do anything that would make their guests nervous.
After all, Mo Wan and Mo Qi were much smarter than their daddy and knew what to say and what not to say. They shouldn't have said anything that might have made Mo Qiang nervous.
At least that was what Mo Li thought.
Mo Xifeng looked at her sister, who was frowning as if she had been greatly wronged and had no idea what to do. What happened when she and Aunt left?
"Qi Qi," Mo Li turned her attention to her niece and questioned, "Are you going to participate in the banquet that her highness had arranged for you?"
Mo Qiang raised her head when she heard Mo Li talking to her; she smiled and replied, "I am still thinking about it. Though I understand that her highness held this introductory banquet to make me feel relaxed and broaden my horizon, I am quite tired with the three-day-long victory banquet that went on at the Imperial Star."
What a joke; if possible, she wanted to run away and hide in a hole until this banquet was over. Mo Qiang had long known that she was not cut out for socialising, and her fear of socialising only got even stronger after she was nearly drowned in the sea of people when the officials tried to get close to her at the last banquet.
If not for the fact that her actions would be considered disrespectful, Mo Qiang would rather stay in her room and rest than head over to the banquet and smile for hours while the officials lied and faked their affection and admiration towards her.
Mo Qiang might act like she was a fool; she was much smarter than others gave her credit for. She knew very well that those officials didn't care for her; the reason they wanted to get close to her was because they wanted to make use of her and her powers.
It was really funny how they all thought that just a few flowery words would make Mo Qiang fall for their lies.
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