"Gosh... those two are really shameless."
"Mr. Tang and Miss Wei are just good people and invited them out of courtesy."
"Still, can't they act decently? This is a party and not some cheap bar."
"Don't mind them. Even Mr. Tang and Miss Wei seem to ignore them."
"Tsk! I feel like they're tainting this formal party."
People whispered, casting disgusted glances at Zoey and Matthew Xi on the corner table. Some shook their heads and changed tables, afraid they would get infected by them. Some ignored them, but most gossiped about Zoey's tactlessness and Matthew Xi's shamelessness for being an opportunist nobody.
"Did you hear her? According to her, you're really shameless, 'nobody'." Meanwhile, where everyone was gossiping and passing rude comments about them, Zoey giggled as she whispered one of the comments she heard.