To make sure she had not mistaken her for someone else, Ye Xunzhi feigned curiosity and asked:
"By the way, Mrs. Joseph, is Basha the daughter of some wealthy family? How did you come to take her as your goddaughter?"
The question was not particularly intrusive, merely a little gossipy at most. Mrs. Joseph had no reason to avoid the subject and was actually quite eager to discuss it.
"I have Basha to thank for that."
Mrs. Joseph's gaze turned affectionate. "She built her business from nothing and made it a great success. We were discussing a partnership at the time, and I invited her to my home."
"I was being deceived by a bad man back then. He was plotting to steal my fortune. Basha discovered it and told me in time, saving me from disaster."
Ah, it really is her, the future queen of fraud. She never actually built anything from scratch. She was just an ordinary girl who conned her way into high society.
Ye Yunhuai: An ordinary girl???
Ye Xunzhi had heard about this while gossiping with her and the boss lady in the past, and she still remembered it vividly.
Apparently, when she was about twenty, she spent everything she had on designer bags and jewelry, bought herself a plane ticket to Country F, and set off alone to turn her life around.
On her first day at the hotel, she dressed as though she was afraid people wouldn't realize she was rich. She picked her moment, singled out three wealthy female friends, and jumped into their conversation.
*Of course, their upbringing in wealthy families played a big part. They'd been taught from childhood never to miss the chance to connect with someone worth knowing. She exploited that to meet her first group of genuinely