The day of the recognition banquet.

The Cheng family sent a driver to pick me up and also gave me a set of formal attire.

Perhaps they were afraid I couldn't afford expensive clothes and would bring shame to the Cheng family.

I opened it and took a look. It was probably a last-season formal attire worth around fifty to sixty thousand.

I pinched it between my fingers and threw the dress aside, rejecting the driver sent by the Cheng family to pick me up. I returned to my own dressing room.

All sorts of exquisite formal attire shimmered and hung quietly in my dressing room.

It wasn't until the banquet started that my car slowly stopped at the entrance.

Inside, it was already bustling with activity.

Cheng Taoxi seemed unaffected, still receiving guests with the identity of a daughter, shuttling around like a butterfly in the venue.

Cheng Muyuan, dressed in a suit, followed behind her, indulging in a gentle smile.

I stepped in slowly.

The originally noisy banquet quieted down in an instant.

Cheng Taoxi was about to entertain guests when she followed everyone's gaze towards the entrance and momentarily forgot to manage her expression, her face turning gloomy.

Cheng Muyuan seemed to sense something and also turned his head, his expression freezing.

I chose a high-end starlight gown, like the deep blue night sky, with stars sprinkling all over me, walking gently and shining brilliantly.

The starlight was vast, and I was the only one sparkling.

The guests awakened from their amazement and asked in hushed voices who I was.

Cheng Changsheng and the two of them also realized and came over to greet me, saying, "This is our long-lost daughter. Today's recognition banquet is held for her."

Compared to the out-of-season clothes they prepared for me, my appearance was too dazzling and stunning. Facing the admiration of the guests, they didn't realize that at this moment of introducing me, they were truly proud.

Even Cheng Muyuan, who was accustomed to beauties in the entertainment industry, didn't react from the astonishment at this moment.

Only Cheng Taoxi, clutching the hem of her dress, forced herself to smile and come up to greet me, "Little sister, you're here so late. Shouldn't you punish yourself?"

My gaze fell on her.

Oh, she's still wearing the current season's new dress. It seems that the out-of-season dress was just a show of power from the Cheng family.

But they didn't realize that I never intended to wear that dress.

I didn't like it at all.

I raised an eyebrow at her. "You want to be the host here? You're a bit early."

There was another commotion at the entrance.

My father, mother, and brother had all arrived.