Back at the lakeside villa, Xiang Jin asked Butler Feng, "Will Murong Xiao be back this weekend?"
"Young Master didn't say, we only know he went to Italy. Does Madam need to see him this weekend? Can she send him a message?"
Xiang Jin shook her head: "It's nothing."
She was just asking casually; she couldn't possibly ask him to attend the wedding. His status would be too inappropriate and could easily cause an unnecessary commotion.
She can find another excuse to refuse Zhang Xiaofu's request later.
After playing with the dog in the living room for a while, Aunt Yang called out that dinner was ready. Xiang Jin casually put down the invitation and went to eat.
The wedding day arrived quickly.
Murong Xiao still hasn't returned.
As Xiang Jin was about to leave, Butler Feng stopped her: "Madam, are you going out today? Would you like a car to take you?"
"No need, I'm attending a friend's wedding and will be back tonight." She booked a ride-hailing service last night and is already at the villa's gate. Driving a luxury car like that is sure to cause trouble.
"Okay. But the young master will be back this afternoon, saying he wanted you to have dinner with him..." Now it seems that won't work either.
Xiang Jin ran too fast and didn't hear what he said afterward.
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When Xiang Jin arrived at the scene, most of his colleagues in the warehouse had already arrived.
There are still twenty minutes until the wedding begins.
Sister Ding pulled Xiang Jin to sit down next to her and pointed to another empty seat: "Where's your husband?"
"Yes, Xiangjin, where's your husband?" Xie Fangfang asked as well.
All of my colleagues brought their families, several even brought their children, but Xiang Jin came alone...
Xiang Jin smiled awkwardly and guiltily, "He's working overtime, he's incredibly busy, he can't get away at all, so..."
"Is it real overtime or just pretending?" a colleague asked, half-jokingly.
"Who knows? But don't make things difficult for Xiangjin. What if she feels she can't be taken seriously? Asking her like this will only embarrass her," said colleague Su Jiayu.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was somewhat awkward.
"Xiang Jin's husband is a technician at the factory, which is much better than your taxi driver husband." Xie Fangfang was obviously helping Xiang Jin.
“What’s wrong with driving a taxi? My husband earns eight thousand a month. How much does her husband earn? I think I heard that her husband doesn’t have a salary, only some subsidies…” Su Jiayu was usually sour, and after being rebuked by Xie Fangfang, she immediately started targeting Xiang Jin.
"Besides, we have houses in the city, unlike some people who can only live in the countryside."
"Xiang Jin is a young lady of the Xiang family, how can you compare to her?" Xie Fangfang insisted on winning the argument.
"So what? Has the Xiang family ever cared about her? Besides, I've never been to jail or become mute." Su Jiayu said smugly.
Xie Fangfang choked.
She clenched her fists, unable to speak for a long time, while Xiang Jin next to her kept her head down playing on her phone and didn't say anything either.
The atmosphere at the dinner table became even more awkward.
"Alright, the wedding is about to begin, everyone please be polite," Sister Ding said, and everyone turned their attention to the stage.
Weddings are nothing more than the usual routines, either a comedy or a bit of sentimentality, but they're over in half an hour, and then the banquet officially begins.
"Xiangjin, didn't your husband come?" After dinner, Zhang Xiaofu came over to ask while her colleagues were still at their table.
Xiang Jin shook his head.
"They're afraid of being embarrassed if they bring her out, and you keep asking, you're the bride." Su Jiayu started to argue again.
"What? You've met Xiang Jin's husband? You know he's ugly? You know he's broke? Where do you get your confidence?" Sister Ding couldn't hold back any longer and put down her chopsticks to start criticizing.
"What, am I wrong? Otherwise, why didn't her husband come?"
"That's not right!" Xie Fangfang looked at Xiang Jin. "Xiang Jin, call your husband right now!"
Xiang Jin forced a smile: "He's really busy..."
"We must fight!" Su Jiayu, Sister Ding, and Xie Fangfang said in unison.
Having no other choice, Xiang Jin dialed Murong Xiao's number, thinking to herself: Please don't answer, please don't answer...
"Hello." The call was answered the next second.
Upon hearing that slightly deep yet magnetic voice, Xiang Jin's mind went blank for a moment. She quickly hung up the phone and sent a text message: "It's okay, wrong number."
Then, looking at the person on the table, it said: "Um... he didn't answer the phone."
Just then, my phone rang, and the reply was: "Come down."
Xiang Jin: "???"
A second message came quickly: "I'm downstairs."
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Xiang Jin didn't know that Murong Xiao had returned. He figured that Butler Feng must have told him to come to the wedding, which is why he came.
But what is he doing here?
Pick her up?
Their relationship doesn't seem to be that close.
She thought, "They're probably just passing by, nothing more."
Now that the banquet was over, everyone was getting ready to play mahjong. Xiang Jin thought for a moment, then made an excuse that he had to go home first and prepared to slip away.
"Could it be her husband? She looks so happy," a colleague said.
“Let’s go down and take a look together. I want to see what her husband looks like.” After saying that, Su Jiayu picked up her bag and followed.
The others quickly followed suit.
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Xiang Jin went downstairs and almost immediately spotted the Rolls-Royce without even looking.
She walked toward the car, and Su Ming immediately opened the back door for her.
"Xiang Jin!"
When I turned around, I found my colleagues standing not far away, staring blankly at the luxury car, each of them looking like a dazed goose.
Xiang Jin's husband drives a Rolls-Royce?
How is this possible...?
Xiang Jin glanced at the people in the car, quickly closed the back door, walked towards her colleagues, and asked in sign language, "Is there anything else?"
"This car...is your husband's?" Xie Fangfang asked.
Xiang Jin thought for a moment and nodded.
Everyone gasped in shock, utterly stunned. Xiang Jin's husband was so rich?
"I bet this is rented! If she were really that rich, why would she work in a warehouse?" Su Jiayu felt embarrassed after saying her husband was ugly and poor, only to find out he was driving a Rolls-Royce.
That makes sense, and everyone looked at Xiang Jin again.
Xiang Jin's heart skipped a beat. She quickly glanced into the car and shook her head: "No."
Did Murong Xiao not hear that? If he had, he would have been furious.
"No? Then let your husband get out of the car and meet him! I want to see how shameful he is. Besides, it's hard to say if he's even your husband!" Su Jiayu's words were subtly implying something.
"Su Jiayu, speak properly and watch your tone."
Sister Ding couldn't stand it anymore. These words sounded like an insinuation that Xiang Jin was being kept by a sugar daddy. It was an insult. How could someone make such a thing without any evidence?
"Something you can't show to others?"
At that moment, the car window rolled down, and a cold, mocking voice came from inside: "What exactly did you say to your colleagues that they would think of me like this?"
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