Lu Shen was a proud man, so when he saw that Jian Ruoxi was unwilling to take care of him, he simply put down his drink and left.
Jian Ruoxi felt a pang of sadness watching the man's departing figure, but she managed to suppress the urge to chase after him. She smiled politely at Su Ziyu, picked up her things, and found a quiet place to continue studying her script.
Su Ziyu was still feeling a bit smug because of Jian Ruoxi's smile and the fact that she had just accepted the things he handed her. He even felt that he was the most suitable person to be with Xiaoxi, and that Lu Shen's arrogance would only hurt the kind-hearted Jian Ruoxi.
Teacher Cang Manrong felt helpless watching this scene. As an outsider, she shouldn't interfere too much in their emotional entanglements. Moreover, each of these three people was someone who could make headlines in the entertainment industry, so it was better to keep a low profile.
Li Anran stood downstairs at the Huarui Building once again. Looking at the familiar building, she revealed a contemptuous smile, her eyes full of smugness. So what if she was driven away? She would still come back.
Li Anran walked into the building in her ten-centimeter high heels and unexpectedly ran into Zhan Yaxin, with whom she had a previous conflict. She deliberately stepped forward and bumped into Zhan Yaxin's shoulder, and amidst the woman's exclamation, she accused her first, saying, "Who is this? So blind! Doesn't she look where she's going?"
Zhan Yaxin was already a little unhappy about being bumped into, but when she heard the familiar yet shrill female voice, she looked up and saw that it was Li Anran. She immediately laughed in anger: "Who do we have here? It's Li Anran who was kicked out before for trying to get in through the back door. What brings you back?"
"Hmph, you said I got in through connections, so of course I can come back. Unlike some people who work themselves to the bone their whole lives and can only be low-level employees who can't even afford four dishes and a soup in their entire lives." Li Anran looked down on Zhan Yaxin. She had always looked down on people like her who were low-level corporate slaves.
Zhan Yaxin was furious, but after thinking for a moment, she laughed again: "Really? Although I'm just a hardworking employee, I'm still better than some people who climbed up the ladder by some unknown means. If you can be demoted once, you can be demoted a second time. Do you think such a big company like Huarui can let a mistress like you control everything?"
Hearing Zhan Yaxin scold her like that, Li Anran was furious. She could accept what others said about her, but she couldn't stand this mistress at all. In her heart, only she and Lu Shen were the most compatible. The one who was the mistress was Jian Ruoxi, who was the one who met Lu Shen first.
She only got to marry Lu Shen because Jian Ruoxi saved that old man from the Lu family. After she came back, she still got divorced.
"I advise you to speak with evidence, otherwise I can sue you for defamation." Li Anran's face was a little distorted. If it weren't for the crowd, she really wanted to rush up and tear Zhan Yaxin's face off, to see if this woman would still dare to talk nonsense.
Seeing that she had touched a nerve with Li Anran, Zhan Yaxin laughed even more arrogantly: "Li Anran, I advise you to keep a low profile. Being too arrogant will only lead to trouble sooner or later."
"Hmph, I'd like to see who's going to be unlucky." Li Anran looked at Zhan Yaxin with a furious smile: "Just you wait, I'll make sure you can't stay in Huarui any longer."
Zhan Yaxin glanced at her disdainfully and didn't say anything. This woman seemed to be a big-breasted, brainless fool. She had been in Huarui for so long, who did she think Li Anran was? Did she think she could just get rid of her like that?
She watched as Li Anran slowly extended her finger in a gesture resembling the international sign: "I'll wait for you, Third Sister." After saying that, she turned around and strode away from the hall, leaving Li Anran standing there, her face pale with anger, stamping her feet.
Fortunately, the onboarding process was relatively simple. Huarui even kept her previous office and equipment. She only had to fill out some simple forms and then she could start working normally.
Although Li Anran got in through connections, she was still very familiar with basic financial knowledge; otherwise, even if she got in through connections, Huarui wouldn't have dared to give her the position of finance manager so easily.
After Zhan Yaxin returned, she would occasionally run into Li Anran in the tea room. Every time they met, they were at each other's throats. Although they pretended to be very peaceful and exchanged pleasantries with smiles on the surface, the sharpness in their eyes was that they wished they could kill each other on the spot.
Li Anran clenched her fist tightly, looking at Zhan Yaxin chatting and laughing with others not far away with a contemptuous smile: "Laugh, I'll make sure you can't laugh anymore soon."
Back at the Lu family home, Li Anran sat comfortably in the dining room, enjoying the dinner prepared by the servants. She was the only one in the dining room today; the old lady had gone to bed early, and Lu Shen and Lu Jin had not yet returned. As for Jian Ruoxi, Li Anran wished she were dead outside.
The door opened, and Jian Ruoxi and Lu Shen walked in one after the other. Neither of them had any expression, but in Li Anran's eyes, they looked like a loving couple going home from get off work together.
Jian Ruoxi was exhausted. Lu Shen had been waiting for her to come back after class, and no matter how she tried to persuade him, he insisted on waiting. In the end, she had no choice but to finish her work early and come back with him. However, she did not expect to see someone staring at her with resentment as soon as she entered the door.
"Lu Shen, you're back." Li Anran put down her chopsticks and ran towards Lu Shen, ignoring Jian Ruoxi standing next to her, and looked at Lu Shen with a big smile.
Lu Shen nodded. He was now only maintaining a polite facade towards Li Anran, and he frowned when he saw the sauce still on her lips: "Dirty."
Li Anran paused for a moment, subconsciously touching the corner of her mouth, then her expression froze: "Sorry, I was so happy to see you that I forgot to wipe my mouth." She blinked her eyes, feigning grievance, looking pitiful that made everyone feel sorry for her.
Jian Ruoxi pursed her lips speechlessly. This acting skill deserves at least an Oscar. If she becomes an actress, they'll be out of the running.
Seeing their affectionate display made Jian Ruoxi feel disgusted. She turned to leave, but Lu Shen grabbed her hand tightly the next second: "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to rest." Jian Ruoxi looked at the man with some confusion.
Lu Shen pulled her towards the kitchen, saying, "Eat before you rest." Before she could refuse, he led her inside.
Ignored, Li Anran was filled with jealousy, biting her lower lip hard and looking fierce. At this moment, she wished Jian Ruoxi was dead, so that no one would compete with her for Lu Shen.
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