On the other side, Penny skillfully mingled with several Noble Ladies she was meeting for the first time.
Everyone chatted about fashionable topics. When they were not very familiar with one another, they absolutely would not tentatively bring up anything truly substantive.
Clothes, jewelry, fine food, rumors from the fashion world, then movies, followed by an appointment to do their hair together at some unknown time in the future.
If the topics men discussed required hypocritical masks to disguise them, then women at gatherings like this were themselves hypocritical and extremely vain!
Penny was highly skilled at socializing. She had grown up and was no longer the Little Girl she had once been.
This made Slani admire her boss somewhat!
If she were in Penny's place, she definitely would not be able to handle these Noble Ladies who clearly looked difficult to deal with.
After Penny had dealt with this small group of Noble Ladies, the two girls walked together toward the buffet table. This represented their temporary desire not to talk to anyone and to eat something instead.
There was hardly anyone chatting beside the buffet table either.
"How did you do that?" Slani asked softly. "I've only seen some of those women on television!"
Penny seemed quite unconcerned. Holding a plate, she selected the food she liked and casually replied, "Once you've attended enough gatherings like this with Lin Qi, you won't find them so frightening!"
"You should know that I often used to visit the President and the President's Wife with Lin Qi. If he hadn't disliked the guest rooms at the Presidential Palace, we would have spent the night there!"
Being able to spend the night at the Presidential Palace was indeed an extraordinary "achievement" for many people.
But to truly important figures, all they did