Judging from the attitude of the person who came, it seems that Gu Xijue had already made arrangements beforehand.

"So this is the lady who will be doing your hair and makeup, right?" A beautiful woman walked out from inside, looked Qiao Zhen up and down, and said to Gu Xijue.

Gu Xijue nodded to her and said to Qiao Zhen, "You go with her. I have something to do and will come to find you later."

Hearing that he had other things to do, Qiao Zhen nodded and told him to hurry up and get on with his work.

The beautiful woman smiled slightly when she saw Gu Xijue's expression.

Gu Xijue came out of the store and went straight to the car that had been following them.

He went to the driver's seat and tapped lightly on the window.

The car window rolled down quickly, revealing Lu Zheng's face.

"Tsk, I never thought that President Lu would become a stalker one day. If I told the reporter about this, it would probably cause quite a stir."

Seeing Lu Zheng's expressionless face, Gu Xijue said provocatively.

"Stalker? Mr. Gu doesn't think I'm stalking you, does he?" Lu Zheng didn't take Gu Xijue's provocation to heart at all.

He raised an eyebrow, gave a cold laugh, and said calmly.

“Of course I don’t think Mr. Lu is following me, but we both know who Mr. Lu is following.”

Seeing that he didn't take the bait, Gu Xijue was not discouraged.

"Mr. Gu is joking. I was just worried about my girlfriend's safety and was protecting her secretly."

Lu Zheng looked at Gu Xijue, his eyes growing colder.

In the contest between the two, Lu Zheng's girlfriend seemed to have the upper hand.

Yeah, who says you can't go with your girlfriend, especially if she just came from his house?

"Mr. Lu seems to have forgotten that Zhenzhen has already broken up with you."

"I really don't know where Mr. Gu got this false information from. How could we possibly break up?"

Qiao Zhen proposed breaking up, but he didn't agree.

If he doesn't agree, then they haven't broken up yet.

"Is that so? Then we'll just have to wait a bit longer. I hope Mr. Lu won't disappoint me."

"That might disappoint President Gu. Waiting any longer won't make such a thing happen."

Lu Zheng deflected Gu Xijue's repeated provocations one by one.

No matter what he said, he just wouldn't give Gu Xijue a chance.

Gu Xijue knew he couldn't win an argument with Lu Zheng, and not wanting to make a fool of himself, he smiled at him and turned to leave.

Back in the store, the beautiful woman was still picking out dresses for Qiao Zhen.

"This one is quite nice," Gu Xijue commented, looking at the backless fishtail dress in the beautiful woman's hand.

Qiao Zhen saw Gu Xijue standing behind her in the mirror, her brows furrowed slightly; she didn't really like the dress.

"I feel it's a bit too revealing." The revealing aspect wasn't the main point; it was that she felt a chill down her back in that area, which made her feel somewhat uncomfortable.

I guess it's because I'm getting old, and my body can't take it anymore.

"How could that be? This dress perfectly shows off your back."

A beautiful woman stood behind her, looking at her flawless white back with a hint of envy.

"Let's look at some others." No matter what they said, Qiao Zhen didn't like this dress.

The beautiful woman looked at Gu Xijue and shrugged.

Gu Xijue knew that if Qiao Zhen didn't like it, no amount of persuasion would work, so he simply stopped trying.

Then Qiao Zhen tried on several more dresses and finally chose a more conservative slit dress.

The slit maxi dress was made of sequins, and Qiao Zhen looked like she was sparkling under the lights.

She was already quite fair-skinned, and this dress made her look even fairer.

The beautiful woman's eyes showed admiration when she saw Qiao Zhen like this.

Gu Xijue brought so many beautiful women with him, but Qiao Zhen was the most beautiful.

She has a great figure and a beautiful face.

"Miss Qiao has a good natural look, so she doesn't need much makeup. I'll just do a quick tidy-up and then style her hair."

The beautiful woman pulled Qiao Zhen to sit down in front of the mirror, looked at Qiao Zhen's face in the mirror, and said to her.

Qiao Zhen only had a vague understanding of these matters and left the entire task to the beautiful woman.

The beautiful woman was very pleased to see her cooperating so well.

What's most annoying is that some people, who are clearly suited to light makeup, insist on adding their own ideas and putting on heavy makeup.

If the finished product didn't look good, she would think that the other person's skills were bad and would make a scene before she would stop.

The beautiful woman applied makeup to Qiao Zhen's face, and soon finished her makeup.

"Alright, do you see if there's anything else that needs adjusting?" After the beautiful woman finished speaking, Qiao Zhen opened her eyes and was stunned when she saw herself in the capital.

There seems to be no change, but for some reason, the person looks much better.

Seeing Qiao Zhen's reaction, the beautiful woman was very satisfied.

"It looks great, no other adjustments are needed."

Listening to Qiao Zhen's words, the beautiful woman grew to like her even more.

I put a lot of effort into her hairstyle; I really wanted to give her a beautiful look!

Lu Zheng, standing outside the door, kept checking the time. His thick eyebrows had been furrowed ever since Gu Xijue went in.

It wasn't until almost six o'clock that Qiao Zhen and Gu Xijue came out of there, chatting and laughing.

Seeing Qiao Zhen's smile, Lu Zheng felt extremely annoyed.

If only he were the one standing next to her.

As soon as Gu Xijue came out, he saw that Lu Zheng's car was still parked in the same spot. He looked at Qiao Zhen's face, deliberately stopped and said to Qiao Zhen, "Don't move."

"What's wrong?" Seeing him suddenly looking at her so seriously, Qiao Zhen thought she had fallen asleep while getting her hair done and smudged her face.

But she looked in the mirror before leaving and didn't seem to see anything.

Despite thinking this, she still subconsciously wanted to touch her face, but Gu Xijue stopped her as soon as she raised her hand.

"No, I'll get it off for you." As he spoke, Gu Xijue leaned closer to her and touched her face.

Qiao Zhen felt something was strange, but didn't say anything.

As she got into the car, she felt a strong gaze on her from behind. She turned her head and glanced at it, but only saw a black sedan and no one else.

"What's wrong?" Gu Xijue asked when she didn't get in the car.

"It's nothing." She hesitated for a moment, then looked away and got into the car.

At seven o'clock, Gu Xijue brought Qiao Zhen to a very grand mansion.

There were security guards at the entrance, and they checked each invitation before letting people in.

As Gu Xijue parked the car to hand over the invitation, he glanced at the rearview mirror out of boredom.

He saw Lu Zheng's car parked at the entrance and couldn't help but smile.

This mansion belongs to a friend he met abroad. The whole family immigrated overseas, and he recently came back to invite them over.

Because of their prominent family background, they were afraid that someone with ulterior motives might sneak in, so they specially prepared an invitation letter, which was required to enter.

Lu Zheng probably won't be able to get in today, and thinking of this, Gu Xijue was in a great mood.

His attitude towards the security guards had improved considerably, which Qiao Zhen found strange.

What's wrong with Gu Xijue? Why is he suddenly in such a good mood?

Lu Zheng's car drove up, but was stopped by security guards who asked him to show his invitation.

He didn't take anything; he glanced at the security guard, picked up his phone, and made a call.