Chapter 225: Chapter 225: It Doesn’t Matter Whether I’m There or Not Chapter 225: Chapter 225: It Doesn’t Matter Whether I’m There or Not Ye Wei’an smiled and said, “Sorry, my sister doesn’t have many friends from Jiu Middle School, I thought she would invite you.” There was a somewhat provocative flavor to her words.
“But no worries, Mom and Dad are afraid that not many people will attend her party, and it won’t be lively enough, so they asked me to invite some of my friends as well. Come and join us.”
Shen Zhaozhao instinctively wanted to frown. Zhaozhao’s sister’s birthday, inviting Wei’an’s friends?
What on earth were her parents thinking?
She then remembered Ye Zhen’s attitude towards that family and it was no wonder that person was willing to ruin her reputation just to get away from the Ye Family.
“Sorry, it might not be convenient,” Shen Zhaozhao refused, “I’ve already made plans with someone else for the weekend, I don’t have time.” She was planning to visit Aunt Suxin that weekend, so it wasn’t exactly a lie.
Her parents might be crazy, but she certainly wasn’t.
No matter why she was invited, it surely wasn’t going to be anything good.
She could imagine, even with her eyes closed, that this birthday celebration wouldn’t be very happy, at least not for the birthday girl herself.
Besides, attending Ye Zhen’s party as Ye Wei’an’s friend probably meant she was meant to show off to Ye Zhen, she would be crazy to get involved in their sibling rivalry.
“Oh, that’s too bad! Then we’ll just have to invite you over some other time,” Ye Wei’an said with a laugh, dropping the matter.
At times, Shen Zhaozhao really thought the other person was clever, knowing how to read a room and able to see the situation clearly, also good at understanding people’s hearts.
Dealing with such a person has its ups and downs, the upside being that some things don’t need to be spelled out completely, there’s no need for a falling out, and there’s no worry about them being too foolish; the downside is that you must always be on your guard because you never know when you might be part of their schemes.
At noon, Shen Zhaozhao had just started eating when someone sat down opposite her, and it turned out to be Ye Zhen.
Shen Zhaozhao took a couple of bites of her food and then couldn’t help but ask, “Is it your birthday this weekend?”
“Did Ye Wei’an tell you?” Ye Zhen lifted her head and glanced at her.
Shen Zhaozhao nodded.
“It’s just a formality,” said Ye Zhen, her expression indifferent, showing no anticipation for the birthday party.
So-called birthday parties were but social occasions in upper-class society.
And she was nothing more than a prop.
Inevitably, people would compare her to Ye Wei’an.
Ye Zhen didn’t want to celebrate her birthday, nor did she want to attend their insincere socializing, and she even disliked it so much that she hadn’t invited a single friend to the party.
“Ye Wei’an said your parents asked her to invite her friends to join, do you know about this?”
Ye Zhen was unaware, but she could imagine, indeed, this was something those people were capable of.
In their eyes, Wei’an better fit their image of what a daughter should be. They were probably regretting acknowledging her back into the family.
Ye Zhen’s tone was cold, as if it wasn’t her party, “I don’t know, but it doesn’t matter, they can invite whoever they want to invite.”
Because she had no intention of attending.
“By the way, are you free that day?” she then looked at Shen Zhaozhao, “I mentioned before I’d take you somewhere, remember?”
Shen Zhaozhao nodded.
“Then I’ll come get you,” Ye Zhen said.
“You’re not going to the birthday party?” Shen Zhaozhao looked at her, puzzled.
“Not attending!” Ye Zhen said, “Anyway, they’ve invited so many people, my presence is not important.”
As for whether the Ye Family members will be angry, who cares? Best if they get so angry they kick her out.