609, putting on a brave front?

"You don't have a choice! It is high time for men to marry and women to be wed. You're turning 24 soon, it's time for you to get married."

"Why aren't you urging my brother? He's already close to thirty!" Huo Zhexi grumbled.

Mingzhu laughed with brilliance, "If you were as outstanding as your brother, I wouldn't be pushing you to get married."

Zhexi: "..."

Suddenly, his phone rang, and he immediately picked it up, "I'll step out for a bit."

"Leaving again? Can't you behave for once?" Mingzhu was furious.

"I'll be right back!" Zhexi cheerfully bounced off.

Su Wanwan shook her head and started eating.

She was extremely hungry, prioritising filling her stomach first. There were performances on stage, which probably meant the beauty contest would proceed without her involvement.

Thinking this, she picked up a pig's foot and began to devour it.

Suddenly, a murmur of conversation rose. Wanwan raised her head, so startled that the pig's foot in her chopsticks dropped.