📖 Written by: MSY

🗓️ Published on: December 20, 2025

📖 Chapter 9 – The Banquet

✍️ Summary by MSY

Fu Yechuan, restless and shadowed, orders a search for Su Nan, only to learn she’s vanished from A City. The Fu Corporation deletes its slander and issues an apology, but Su Nan’s response is colder: she wipes her entire account—three years of posts orbiting “Mr. Fu”—leaving only one icy statement. A month later, at A City’s sealed elite banquet, Fu Yechuan arrives with Qiao Wanrou, whose presence was secured by her uncle despite Fu Yechuan’s indifference in recent weeks. The room shifts when Su Jin’s Rolls-Royce appears. In a rare gesture, he opens the door himself and invites Su Nan out—radiant in European royal couture, diamond-lit and sovereign. Linked with Su Jin, she moves through the crowd with blade-like grace, drawing closer to Fu Yechuan as the air tightens around them.

💖 Review by MSY (Reaction Voice)

This one gutted me and then set me on fire. The way Fu Yechuan scrolled her old posts—those soft little entries about umbrellas and breakfast—and realized the marriage wasn’t empty, it was full of her? Brutal. And then she deleted them. A clean slice. It felt like watching someone burn the last bridge and walk away without looking back. I actually winced. That’s how you say “It’s over.”

The banquet entrance was cinematic. Su Jin’s quiet power, the Rolls-Royce, the door opening—him personally offering his hand? That told the whole room who matters. And then Su Nan stepping out like a constellation stitched in silk. The royal couture, the diamonds, the sovereign posture—she didn’t just arrive, she claimed the space. It wasn’t rich-girl flaunting; it was a woman who has survived hell showing she is untouchable now. I loved it.

Qiao Wanrou on Fu Yechuan’s arm felt hollow. You could taste the absence—he hasn’t visited, hasn’t cared. Her gown, tailored to trigger pity and desire, read as a strategy, not a bond. When Su Jin and Su Nan appeared, Qiao Wanrou faded to a background brushstroke. The power balance just tipped and locked.

And Fu Yechuan’s eyes narrowing? That single beat carried so much—regret, rage, fixation. He wanted control; now he’s just another guest watching the lead arrive. The four words that came to mind: she’s beyond him now.

This chapter was a mood shift: from cyberbullying and apology to pure spectacle and silent war. Su Nan’s silence speaks louder than the Fu Corporation’s PR. She didn’t clap back—she ascended.

🔎 Deeper Review & Analysis

👩 Character Deep Dive

Su Nan appears regal and resolute, erasing her past posts as the final cut that severs her old identity. In doing so, she writes her own narrative and steps onto the public stage fully formed, commanding respect. Fu Yechuan’s control is shattered; the banquet forces him to confront the emptiness he created and the fullness Su Nan carried alone, making him face what he has irrevocably lost. Su Jin stands as guardian and gatekeeper, his simple gesture of opening the door serving as a symbolic coronation, acknowledging Su Nan’s rightful place in the world she now claims. Qiao Wanrou, though present, feels peripheral. Her position at Fu Yechuan’s side underscores performance rather than partnership, highlighting how hollow her role has become against Su Nan’s rising sovereignty.

⚔️ Themes of Erasure, Power, and Reframing

Erasure reclaims dignity; Su Nan deletes the past to author a new self. Power shifts from private longing to public stature, and reframing turns scandal into spectacle—what once looked like defeat now reads as debut.

⏳ The Author’s Pacing

The pacing builds deliberately: from the intimate rupture of deleted posts to the grand spectacle of the banquet. That month-long gap intensifies the reveal, making Su Nan’s entrance hit harder. Parallel arrivals frame the tension—Fu Yechuan’s regret against Su Nan’s radiance—creating confrontation before a single word is spoken.

🔮 Predictions

I predict the grand banquet will become Su Nan’s stage of transformation, marking her public coronation and shifting the balance of power. Looking ahead, several plot threads seem likely:

• Public Coronation: The banquet will serve as Su Nan’s formal reintroduction, cementing her status and alliances.
• Power Clash: Fu Yechuan will attempt a controlled approach, but Su Jin’s presence and Su Nan’s steel will keep him at a distance.
• Qiao Wanrou’s Insecurity: Expect renewed theatrics; pity as strategy will falter against Su Nan’s composure.
• Strategic Moves: Invitations, handshakes, and introductions will signal a shift in market and social loyalties toward the Su family.

This chapter marks a turning point: Su Nan is no longer just defending herself — she’s dismantling the Fu family’s power piece by piece.

👉 Reader Engagement

What hit you harder — Su Nan deleting three years of posts, or her sovereign entrance with Su Jin at the banquet?

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