Shocking! A Hong Kong socialite gave birth to three heirs to a wealthy family.

Chapter 116 International Cultural Costume Design Competition (1)

However, when Shen Wancheng and her group arrived at the competition venue, Shen Wancheng saw many social elites from Hong Kong Island in attendance.

She had met many of them at previous family reunion banquets.

Meng Nan, as a relative of the Lan family, naturally came as well.

Shen Wancheng asked Shen Yao to go to the Audience Department to sit with Liang Muchao, while she, Lan Qin, and Ye Ningshuang went backstage.

While waiting for Ye Ningshuang to put on makeup, Shen Wancheng met Lan Qin's wicked disciple, Li Gang, for the first time.

After seeing Lan Qin, Li Gang, for reasons unknown, took the initiative to approach her and start a conversation.

"Master, it's been a long time. I didn't expect you to participate in a fashion design competition at your age."

Lan Qin, who was talking to Shen Wancheng, grabbed Shen Wancheng's hand the moment she heard Li Gang's voice.

Shen Wancheng instinctively gripped it back.

Then I felt Lan Qin's hands trembling uncontrollably.

Based on what she heard, Shen Wancheng immediately guessed Li Gang's identity.

Before Shen Wancheng could react, Zhou Yunqing, who had accompanied her backstage, stepped aside to shield Lan Qin from view, facing Li Gang directly.

"Who is your master? If you want to act like a grandson, you should see if anyone would even look at a wicked child like you."

This Li Gang was wearing a suit and was a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties. He looked respectable, but his skin was thicker than a city wall.

Li Gang completely ignored Zhou Yunqing's blunt insults and greeted him with a smile.

"Yunqing, it's been years, and you still have such a bad temper. I haven't seen a man around you either. I always said that no one but me could put up with your bad temper."

For Zhou Yunqing, her past romantic entanglement with Li Gang was the biggest stain on her life.

Zhou Yunqing was so angry with Li Gang that she trembled all over and raised her hand to slap Li Gang across the face.

But Li Gang grabbed his hand.

"Yunqing, don't get agitated. Contestants can't fight each other, or they'll be disqualified. If that happens, we'll really have to let Master participate. She's getting old, and I'm worried she'll ruin her reputation in her later years."

The organizers had not disclosed any information about the contestants, so Li Gang did not actually think that Lan Qin would participate. He thought that Zhou Yunqing would be the contestant and that Lan Qin was just accompanying him to watch.

Then, confident that he had long surpassed his teacher, he said that even if Lan Qin participated in the competition, she would only ruin her reputation in her later years.

Li Gang knew all too well how to provoke Zhou Yunqing.

Every word he uttered was like lighting a fuse on a gunpowder fuse.

Zhou Yunqing struggled to break free and tried to hit Li Gang.

Lan Qin gradually calmed down.

"Yun Qing".

Lan Qin reached out and grabbed Zhou Yunqing's other hand, pulling Zhou Yunqing back to her side.

Lan Qin looked at Li Gang and said coldly and calmly.

“I have no beastly disciples, and I do not acknowledge you as my master. If you remain here, I will file a complaint with the organizers for maliciously obstructing our participation in the competition.”

Lan Qin had been a craftsman her whole life, and this was the first time she had used two swear words in a single sentence; it truly showed her extreme disgust.

Li Gang also dropped his fake smile, and his gaze towards Lan Qin gradually turned sinister.

Shen Wancheng gave Kela a look, and Kela understood. She stepped forward, grabbed Li Gang's hand, and forcefully pulled it away.

Li Gang immediately let out a scream.

Unaware of the harshness of the words, Cora pulled Li Gang aside as he bent over in pain.

When the organizers heard Li Gang's voice and came forward to inquire about the situation, Shen Wancheng said that Li Gang deliberately provoked the contestant and exaggerated the matter, questioning the organizers' failure to restrain the contestant and whether there was any fairness, etc.

The staff noticed that a cameraman was carrying equipment backstage and were worried that Shen Wancheng would make a big fuss.

He quickly bowed and apologized to Shen Wancheng and the others, thus resolving the matter.

Li Gang was naturally unhappy, but the staff warned him that if he caused trouble again, he would be disqualified from the competition, so he had no choice but to swallow his anger over his injured hand.

He left with the words "We'll see" and went back to his own people.

The farce was temporarily put to rest. Ye Ningshuang was still putting on makeup, and Shen Wancheng left alone for a while, with Ke La following her.

Worried that Li Gang might make some underhanded moves, Shen Wancheng went out and called two of the bodyguards that Li Su had hired and had previously arranged to be stationed outside to come backstage with her.

When Shen Wancheng returned backstage, she happened to see Li Gang's models going on stage for a presentation.

The model was wearing a red kimono with exquisite white embroidery trimmed with gold. It was clearly Suzhou embroidery.

Lan Qin stood beside Ye Ningshuang, seemingly adjusting the details of Ye Ningshuang's wedding dress, but actually she didn't want to look at the kimono on the model.

Zhou Yunqing's emotions, which had just been calmed down, were stirred up again, and she glared at Li Gang fiercely.

Li Gang stood at the entrance to the stage, looking at Zhou Yunqing with a provocative gaze.

Shen Wancheng walked to Zhou Yunqing's side and whispered comforting words.

"Aunt Qing, a small act of impatience can ruin a great plan. He won't have a good ending."

Zhou Yunqing said through gritted teeth.

"I understand, don't worry."

Zhou Yunqing is over thirty years old, and although she is impulsive, she still has self-control.

After offering a few words of comfort, Shen Wancheng left the backstage area and went to the audience seats to see the kimono designed by Li Gang.

Shen Wancheng didn't see it clearly just now.

Looking at that kimono from the audience, objectively speaking, the design was truly impeccable; it was gorgeous yet not frivolous, and subtly conveyed a sense of solemnity.

Reassuringly, there were no cheers or jeers from the audience.

Only a few foreigners were smiling and whispering among themselves, clearly admiring the kimono.

For the first time, Shen Wancheng truly felt that the vast majority of Chinese people at this time were patriotic at heart, and the people living on Hong Kong Island, which was temporarily under British rule, were no exception.

Shen Wancheng thought that if that was the case, the viewers watching the live broadcast on TV should be happy to see a wonderful performance of the Japanese culture being slapped in the face.

After the kimono display performance, Shen Wancheng and others left the venue again.

Then I went straight to the organizers and gave them some suggestions.

In the end, she didn't go backstage, but went to Shen Yao's side and became an audience member.

The order in which the models appeared on stage was determined by drawing lots.

The kimono was displayed in the second position, while Lan Qin drew the last one, with a long gap between the two.

Before Ye Ningshuang appeared, the audience saw many designs that incorporated elements of various cultures.

But putting aside personal feelings, these designs are all a bit inferior to the kimono designed by Li Gang.

Shen Wancheng sat in the audience and could hear the foreigners around her mentioning the kimono in English from time to time.

Shen Wancheng was certain that if Lan Qin hadn't participated this time, that kimono would most likely have been the champion's outfit.

Thinking of this, Shen Wancheng, who is usually very calm, couldn't help but feel angry and extremely disgusted with Li Gang.

At this moment, Shen Wancheng was unaware that it wasn't just those of them who knew Li Gang's background who were angry.

Among the viewers watching the live broadcast on television were people who understood Suzhou embroidery, and this kimono had already aroused public outrage.

Meanwhile, paparazzi, having caught wind of the news, were already rushing to the competition venue with their cameras and video recorders.