Xia Xiang got ready for the party and started getting down the stairs as she saw the mansion full of people chatting and laughing. Everyone was busy in their own target. It's just like another business extension method for rich people.
Originally the party was hosted to announce Xia Yao Xing's identity as the second young miss of Xia family, but the intentions of this party was hidden from the world because Xia Yeong, Father Xia didn't want it to happen.
If not for Xia Zhu, elder Xia, Xia Yeong couldn't even bare to bring back such cruel and disastrous embarrassment to his family mansion.
Elder Xia had evidently threatened Father Xia to bring Xia Yao Xing back to his house, saying he would otherwise give his shares in Xia-Zhu corporation to His elder son Xia Han.
Xia Han was the eldest son of Xia Zhu, but was inefficient in handling business matters. Hence elder Xia showed his support towards younger son instead of elder son. But now elder Xia is clearly threatening his son and that too just for a girl who is not even his blood. He couldn't understand why.
But as Xia-Zhu corporation was started by elder Xia and he naturally has the largest shares in the company. If He were give it Xia Han would then Xia Han would naturally become the largest shareholder despite being inefficient in business and kick him, Xia Yeong out of the company!
That would be too much of a disaster!!!
Father Xia thought it thorough and made the decision to bring Xia Yao Xing back to the mansion. He thought it will not affect him in anyway because all he had to do is feed another mouth!
But, things took a turn when elder Xia made decision to announce her identity as a second young miss of Xia family to the whole world. At first, Father Xia stood against this decision of his father and tried to convince him against it. But elder Xia continued his threat and announce a party to be hosted in Xia family mansion.
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Now at the mansion...
Xia Xaing went down the stairs and mingled with a group of children. She was glancing at a room upstairs time to time as if waiting for something interesting to come out of that room.
A child asked meekly to Xia Xiang, "Xiao Xiang is there anything you're waiting for?"
Xia Xiang replied, "What!? No! Nothing... Come Xue_er let's have some desert." She deliberately changed the subject and took the girl called Xue_er away to distract her.
After sometime the door to the room upstairs opened and a girl came out. She was a little flustered seeing so much crowd and staggered on her own foot while coming down the stairs. She fell down from the last three remaining stairs making a loud sound and grabbing everyone's attention in the room.
She looked up from the ground feeling a sharp pain on her forehead and found everyone looking at her with a little shoked expression on their faces. Once people saw her face clearly when she looked up, it is unclear who did it first but everyone after started laughing at her. Xia Yao Xing looked at everyone, she couldn't understand why are they laughing. As she didn't knew anything about big cities, she thought it's a friendly gesture towards her and started laughing with them.
Seeing Xia Yao Xing laughing everyone present were more entertained and laughed even more. It is now that Xia Yao Xing thought something was strange and stoped laughing. Xia Xiang came running towards her and tried to stood Xia Yao Xing up. Xia Yao Xing came out of her trance and stood up. She looked at her elder sister with an unreadable expression. Xia Xiang said with full of concern in her eyes, "Xiao Xing... Let's go back to your room. Look at... Your self." as she looked up and down with her eyes wide and lips quivering as if she was very concerned about her.
Xia Yao Xing looked down at her dress and was shocked to see her dress was totally torn from her waist in the right side and stained down in the left side. She was drift to think, 'how could this be possible I clearly saw it was OK when I was putting it on' and she felt very embarrassed to stand here. She was about to go back when she heard someone ask,
"Xiao_Xiang who is this bigger?" her voice childish but her words were very harsh for Xia Yao Xing to hear.
Xia Xiang couldn't respond and contemplated what to say. Just then father Xia and mother Xia came with elder Xia to the spot.
Seeing Xia Xiang couldn't answer, some adults asked father Xia about her...
"who is this child. Mr. Xia? "
Some one else asked, "Mr. Xia we never seen her around. Who is she?"
Again some one asked, "Is she a servant?"
Hearing this question someone said with full of disrespect, "How can a servant girl be this audacious to ware something like this and come to their masters party?"
Hearing this Xia Yao Xing couldn't bear it and tears started flowing down her face. She wanted to run away from there but Xia Xiang was holding her on her place and wouldn't let her leave. But Xia Yao Xing wanted to leave that place and started freeing her wrist from Xia Xiang's grip when she her grand father say, "Everyone, the girl here is-" but suddenly father Xia interrupted him.
"THE girl here is my daughter Xia Xiang's servant." He said it out loud and with no amount of contemplation in his words. Before Elder Xia could say anything everyone accepted his word and nodded their heads. Now Elder Xia could only wait till the party ended before saying anything to his son.
But also in reality Father Xia really think of Xia Yao Xing as a servant. She was not his biological daughter any way so how can he consider her as a daughter.
Yes! She is not his daughter!
Xia Yao Xing is not his biological daughter. She was indeed his first wife born but not his own. After the birth of Xia Yao Xing, father Xia conducted a D. N. A. test which showed that she was not his biological daughter, not that he wanted her to be one. But still it was the reason why they Xia Yao Xing away in the name of healing. He didn't wanted to see her.
Elder Xia also didn't say anything because father Xia found someone who can take care of Xia Yao Xing with good intension and he himself trusted that family very much.
When Xia Yao Xing heard her father announcing her as a servant she couldn't bear it any more and freed herself from Xia Xiang grip with all her might. She ran towards her room and closed the door.
The party continued as everyone started enjoying and forgot the little incident that happened