Lu Anning almost blurted out: "Of course I like it..."
Meeting Tang Jingyuan's deep eyes, Lu Anning's smile froze. She swallowed and changed the subject: "I won't tell you. Anyway, it's not He Xun."
She looked away, not waiting for a long moment for the man beside her to respond. As the car slowly started moving, she stole a glance at Tang Jingyuan. His resolute face showed no emotion at all, and Lu Anning breathed a sigh of relief.
What happened to her just now?
The moment she met Tang Jingyuan's eyes, she became nervous.
Tang Jingyuan drove away from the company with one hand steering the wheel, and he himself did not even notice the faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
Just don’t like He Xun’s style!
Tang Rui went to a new school, and only Lu Anning and Tang Jingyuan were left in Ronghuayuan. Life seemed to have returned to its original rhythm.
The bidding was over, and Lu Anning could finally get some rest when she got home. As she was lying on the sofa doing her skincare routine, her phone rang. It was a number she didn't recognize.
She hesitated before picking up the phone, and heard a courteous male voice: "Is this Niece An Ning? I'm your Uncle Wang."
Lu Anning sat up, looked at the phone and curled his lips: "Uncle Wang?"
"Yes! Have you been busy lately? I heard that you helped Feiyun Technology win the No. 1 Academy project. Congratulations! I told you long ago that you have the ability, and it turns out to be true."
"Uncle Wang, just say whatever you want to say!"
"It's like this! Several of us uncles have discussed it and would like to treat you to a meal. When are you free?"
Lu Anning smiled: "Are you uncles looking for cooperation with me?"
Uncle Wang sneered in my ears: "We watched you grow up, and we trust your abilities. Now that you're in charge of such a big project, we uncles have to help you no matter what, right?"
Lu Anning's voice was icy. "Are you here to help me, or do you want a piece of the action? What did you do when I was desperate and hoped for your help? You avoided me like the plague when I was in trouble, and now that I've won the project, you're here to work on it together. You're taking all the benefits, Uncle Wang. That's not how you behave."
"An Ning, you can cooperate with the Jiang family, why can't we? Is Jiang Feng your only uncle, and we aren't?"
"Uncle Jiang has been helping me from the beginning to the end. What about you? Now you want to cooperate with me, aren't you afraid of offending the Pei family and being targeted by Pei Chengyi? I won't cooperate with you, and there's no need to eat with you. That's it!"
Lu Anning hung up the phone, feeling somewhat annoyed. Thinking back to when he severed ties with the Lu family, none of them dared even to see him. How could they have the nerve to seek cooperation with him now?
Human nature is fickle, nothing more than that.
After rejecting Uncle Wang, those uncles didn't bother Lu An Ning anymore. However, after hearing Jiang Feng mention it, several uncles were unhappy and privately said that Lu An Ning was ungrateful. Jiang Feng couldn't stand it and retorted a few words, but they stopped complaining to Jiang Feng.
Just when everyone's attention was focused on the projects of Feiyun Technology and No. 1 Academy, the news of Lu Yunxi and Pei Chengyi's engagement exploded on the screen, finally diverting some attention. The date was set for half a month later.
Lu Yunxi flaunted her affection in front of the camera, eager to let the world know that she was about to become the daughter-in-law of the Pei family. Not only that, she even came to the company to find Lu Anning and handed her the invitation to the engagement party.
"My engagement party would be incomplete without you." Lu Yunxi stared at Lu An Ning, a cold glint in her smile. She raised her hand casually, and the big diamond ring on her middle finger was particularly eye-catching.
"So what if you married the Third Master? You don't even have a proper ring, let alone a wedding. A man didn't even give you the most basic sense of ceremony, how dare you say you're living a good life? Now you say you're the wife of the Third Master of the Pei family, who would believe it? Cheng Yi is different. He takes my feelings into consideration and arranges everything according to my preferences. A woman, after all, must return to the love of a man. You don't have any of these."
Lu Anning stared at the invitation in his hand, a deep smile on his face. This time, sending the invitation was secondary; showing off was the most important thing.
Unfortunately, it didn't work for her.
"I will definitely go." Lu Anning raised the corner of his mouth slightly, took a step forward, and approached Lu Yunxi to remind her: "As an elder!"
Lu Anning pushed Lu Yunxi aside and left with a smile. Lu Yunxi stared at the figure until he disappeared into the elevator, stamping her feet in anger.
She gritted her teeth, her eyes full of resentment: "Lu Anning, if you dare to come, I will make sure you will never forget it!"
They also sent a separate invitation to Tang Jingyuan. When Lu Anning saw the invitation, he couldn't help but smile. They sent separate invitations, which meant that he didn't want to admit his relationship with Tang Jingyuan at all.
In this case, she really had to go to the engagement party. She wanted to see what tricks Lu Yunxi was playing.
May 16th, with the sun shining brightly in the sky, is a perfect day for getting married and discussing marriage.
Lu Yunxi had been in the spotlight these days. Wherever she went, she could hear people talking about the marriage between the Lu and Pei families. When the news reached Lu Anning, everyone looked at her with a little more sympathy. Lu Anning had originally had such a chance, but unfortunately, she had rejected it.
Pei Yongsheng is the eldest grandson of the Pei family. Although his character is not very good, his status is there. If anyone marries him, the scene will only be more grand.
What the business community is most looking forward to is that it is rumored that the old man of the Pei family will be attending the engagement party in person, which is a rare opportunity. Some even speculate that Pei Chengyi is an illegitimate child, but the old man of the Pei family can attend the engagement party in person. Could it be that the old man of the Pei family intends to cultivate Pei Chengyi?
On the day of the engagement party, the place was ablaze with flowers and bustling with activity. Lu Zhenghao, arm in arm with Du Man, wandered among the guests, overjoyed. The gloom of losing the project had long since vanished. From this day forward, the Lu family would truly join the ranks of Jiangcheng's elite.
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