1020 The Young Man by the Lily Lake

"I am not a beggar!" Xia Ling glared at them angrily.

"Forget it, she's not leaving," Pei Jingyu said with an evil grin. "Let's go and tell Meng Yu, An Ning and the rest that there is a beggar here who thinks she's better than all of us." As the heiresses of big families, they had a reputation to uphold. Even though they had to compete amongst each other, they would never allow a beggar from nowhere to challenge their status.

The news that the orphan Pei Ziheng brought wanted to compete for the "Midsummer Lady" title soon spread.