Chapter 5 Invitation

Jiang Ning slept in this morning.

On the one hand, she went to bed late last night, and on the other hand, she didn't have to get up early to go to the morning market to buy the freshest vegetables, nor did she have to get up early to make Lu Junyan a breakfast of at least four dishes and a soup.

Jiang Ning cooked a packet of instant noodles at home and ate it with relish. After filling his stomach, he went to the bank, filled out a transfer check, and transferred ten million yuan to the other party with the note that it was for medical expenses.

After leaving the bank, Jiang Ning went to Hailan Coffee, where she had arranged to have dinner with Gu Lanlan.

After getting married, in order to be a dutiful housewife for the Lu family, she almost cut off all contact with her classmates and friends, and hadn't seen her best friend Gu Lanlan for three years.

Thinking about those three years of her youth, Jiang Ning really wanted to give herself the middle finger.

Jiang Ning sat in his pre-booked seat and waited for Gu Lanlan.

Gu Lanlan is now a vocal teacher at a well-known training school in City A. Jiang Ning guessed that Gu Lanlan invited her to dinner partly to have a good get-together with her, and partly to help her find a job.

Sure enough, after Gu Lanlan arrived, she quickly steered the conversation to her school's recruitment of piano teachers.

"Lanlan, thank you." Jiang Ning smiled easily and waved her hand. "But I swore I would never play the piano again, and I have already found a new job."

"Oh?" Gu Lanlan asked curiously, "Could it be a jewelry design company? After all, it's related to your major!"

Jiang Ning waved his hand again, "You're wrong! I didn't graduate from university, and those kinds of companies all have educational requirements."

“But these days there aren’t many jobs that don’t require a degree!” Gu Lanlan said softly, then couldn’t help but feel indignant for Jiang Ning. “Lu Junyan is such a scumbag. He cheated on you during your marriage, and you left with nothing. If it were me, I would feel bad if I didn’t extort tens of millions from him for all the precious time I’ve wasted over the years!”

Jiang Ning suppressed a laugh. Just then, her phone lit up with a new WeChat message.

"It must have been sent by Lu Junyan. Come on, let's see if I can't curse him to death!"

Jiang Ning opened WeChat, but it wasn't a message from Lu Junyan.

While replying to her WeChat message, she told Gu Lanlan, "I actually don't have any evidence that Lu Junyan cheated on me..."

Regardless of whether Lu Junyan's body was unfaithful or not, his heart was definitely out of the picture, and he was even willing to abandon his own flesh and blood.

Thinking of the child who had only survived for two months in her womb before dying at the hands of his own father, Jiang Ning's expression turned cold.

"I just want to get rid of Lu Junyan and escape my past life as soon as possible..."

"so?"

"That's why I applied for this job."

Jiang Ning sent a webpage to Gu Lanlan. Gu Lanlan, seeing how happy Jiang Ning was, assumed he had found a great job. But when she clicked on it—

"Juvenile detention center?"

Gu Lanlan's vision went black, but Jiang Ning smiled radiantly.

Gu Lanlan's lunch break was limited, and the two had to part ways before they could finish chatting. Jiang Ning went home, but instead of going inside, he opened his own parcel locker and took out an envelope.

Then, she received another WeChat message, this time from Lu Junyan.

There were no words, only a photograph showing the floor covered in torn pieces of paper.

Office of the General Manager of Lu's Group.

Lu Junyan slowly sat down, holding onto the corner of the table. Beside him was the divorce agreement he had just torn up.

"Mr. Lu, all the stomach medicine I can buy is here..." Xiao Zhang said tremblingly. As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Junyan raised his hand and knocked all the stomach medicine on the desk to the ground.

"It's completely useless; the more I eat, the more it hurts."

Lu Junyan clutched his stomach, his forehead covered in sweat from the pain.

He hadn't taken Chinese medicine for several days, so his stomach was already feeling unwell. When he arrived at the company today and saw the divorce agreement Jiang Ning had sent him, his stomach started hurting even more.

Xiao Zhang looked at Lu Junyan with growing anxiety.

The Chinese medicine that Lu Junyan drinks is an exclusive formula from an old Chinese medicine doctor. Only Jiang Ning knows the proportions, heat, and time required for its preparation, and Jiang Ning is the only one who prepares it each time.

"Mr. Lu, how about I call Miss Jiang?"

After Xiao Zhang tentatively asked his question, Lu Junyan stared at him with sharp eyes and retorted:

"What's your name, Jiang Ning?"

"Miss Jiang!" Xiao Zhang was completely confused.

Not only him, but everyone around Lu Junyan addressed Jiang Ning as "Miss Jiang".

It was only at this moment that Lu Junyan realized that Jiang Ning had been married to him for three years and had always referred to her as "Miss Jiang" instead of "Mrs. Lu".

Picking up his phone, Lu Junyan wanted to see how Jiang Ning would react after seeing the torn-up divorce papers, but Jiang Ning didn't reply. Instead, Chu Qingxue called him.

As evening fell, Jiang Ning arrived alone at the magnificent Violet Auditorium in City A.

She changed her clothes.

This blue Chanel-style suit was one of the more presentable outfits she wore before her marriage.

The waiter at the door gave Jiang Ning a polite smile, and Jiang Ning returned the smile. Just as she was about to open her handbag, a voice she didn't want to hear came from behind her.

"Miss Jiang, what a coincidence, what are you doing here?"

Jiang Ning turned around and saw Chu Qingxue walking towards her with two best friends.

Chu Qingxue was clearly dressed up carefully today, wearing a pink fairy dress, and the pink diamond necklace around her neck was still so eye-catching.

"Qingxue, who is she? Your friend?" Song Lili sized up Jiang Ning. "She's not here for the FY victory celebration either, is she?"

"How could that be?" Wang Yang frowned in disdain. "FY is a high-end luxury brand, an international big name. They only invite important people. Look at what she's wearing... she's probably here to deliver takeout!"

Jiang Ning could tell from Chu Qingxue's two best friends that they had known who she was all along.

“Lili, Ayang, don’t blame Miss Jiang…” Chu Qingxue began to explain earnestly: “I heard from Junyan that Miss Jiang got married before graduating from university and was a housewife for several years. She wore an apron most of the time and never went anywhere except the vegetable market. So she must have never seen much of the world and lacks sensitivity to fashion. Of course, she is different from designers like us who work in FY.”

"You work at FY?"

Seeing Jiang Ning's surprise, Chu Qingxue proudly took out her business card and handed it to him.

"Qingxue is now a rising star in the jewelry design world, and even FY's HR thinks highly of her!"

"You're a housewife, don't you even know what HR means?!"

With Song Lili and Wang Yang's cacophony of mockery ringing in his ears, Jiang Ning glanced at Chu Qingxue's business card—

FY Jewelry Design Department Intern.

Chu Qingxue thought Jiang Ning would feel inferior upon seeing her business card, but Jiang Ning simply smiled calmly.

"Yes, you are excellent."

Song Lili immediately rolled her eyes, "What are you pretending to be calm for? You're probably dying of jealousy towards Qingxue!"

Seeing Jiang Ning turn around and walk inside, Wang Yang shouted, "Deliverymen can't go that way."

Chu Qingxue couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. She gave Song Lili and Wang Yang a look, and the two of them immediately squeezed over, forcefully pushing Jiang Ning aside.

"See? Only those with invitations can enter." Song Lili showed Chu Qingxue the invitation and let her go in first.

Chu Qingxue carefully carried her pink dress and walked inside with her head held high like a princess.

"Excuse me, ma'am, your invitation can only be used through the staff entrance." The waiter stopped Chu Qingxue.

Chu Qingxue looked embarrassed, but Song Lili and Wang Yang immediately made amends: "Qingxue is an employee of FY!"

"That's right, that's right. It's better for us to use the employee entrance than for someone who can't even get through the door."

Chu Qingxue and the other two finally made way, and Jiang Ning walked back into the VIP entrance, took an envelope out of his handbag and handed it to the waiter.

The waiter's eyes lit up, and his smile became even more respectful.

"Miss Jiang, this way please..."

Under the shocked gazes of Chu Qingxue and the other two, Jiang Ning entered the Great Hall through the VIP passage.