36 036 Test Story
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"Lulu, are you ready? They are already at the door." Jiang Xiu urged while standing downstairs.
Ren Lu, who had just finished her styling, gave it a final check before going downstairs, holding up her skirt.
"Mom, I'm ready."
"Wait, let mom take a look." Jiang Xiu grabbed her and examined it carefully.
"Tonight's banquet is not particularly important. It's just a tea party for a bunch of rich ladies to chat and chat. But you can't underestimate them. They are all shrewd people with eyes on the top of their heads. The relationships are complicated. If you pick on a weak persimmon, you will be laughed at."
Jiang Xiu's eyes swept over her hairstyle, dress, and jewelry, and finally the high heels she put on. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, he nodded with satisfaction, but still gave her worried instructions.
She has been the daughter of a wealthy family for more than 20 years, and a wealthy lady for several decades. She has dealt with wealthy women all her life and knows the twists and turns involved best. It seems that they are just drinking tea and chatting, but in fact, what they say may be roundabout and have other meanings.
Especially someone like Ren Lu, who has no background or connections, a "Cinderella"-like person entering this circle, will naturally be criticized by everyone.
"Don't worry, Mom, I will pay attention." Ren Lu patted the back of her hand and turned to leave.
Jiang Xiu pulled her back, still looking worried: "No, I'll take you out and talk to my sister-in-law in person and ask her to take good care of you."
"No need, Mom. I've attended this banquet countless times. Ever since I became Si Nian's secretary, I've been attending as a female companion. There has never been any occasion where I've been embarrassed." Ren Lu quickly stopped her.
Jiang Xiu is a worrying person. If I wait for her to finish explaining everything, I might be late.
"That's right. If anyone makes you unhappy, you must tell me when you come back and I will deal with them for you!"
Ren Lu got in the car and met up with Lu Shu, and saw Feng Yuwei was also sitting in her car.
"Come out and let me see how you are dressed." Lu Shu was indeed worried.
"Mom has already seen it, Auntie," she explained.
Lu Shu nodded and asked the driver to drive.
The car moved slowly forward. Ren Lu leaned back in the chair and couldn't help but sigh softly.
Jiang Xiu and Lu Shu wanted to see her makeup and dressing up, it was indeed for her own good, they were afraid that she would not dress properly and be laughed at, but this was also a kind of invisible pressure.
The so-called circle of wealthy ladies is really nothing fun. Every time a group of people get together, it looks very lively, but they are all just making witty remarks, which is really boring.
After she inherits the estate, she will stay away from these people. She doesn't want to be like a monkey, being dragged out to compare and visit things. It is enough for her to be a nouveau riche who eats, drinks and enjoys herself. She is not planning to do anything big.
Today's gathering is called a tea party, but it also has a theme.
The theme is to adopt wild animals, or to put it bluntly, it means spending money to donate to charity.
Of course, these small animals cannot be kept in their farms, but in zoos or other institutions, and the adopters have to pay for their feed, etc.
"Sister Lu, look at this little panda. It's so cute. I plan to adopt one." Feng Yuwei pointed at the photo in the magazine and said happily.
Ren Lu nodded, but her eyelids twitched when she saw the bracelet on her hand.
"Your bracelet is quite nice. Is that a capital 'H' on it? Which brand's new model is it?" she asked with pretended curiosity.
The bracelet is made of rose gold and is inlaid with pink diamonds to form a Y shape.
Feng Yuwei immediately touched the words on the bracelet, and the tips of her ears turned a suspicious pink.
"It's a custom-made one. My English name is Hanny, and I took my initials from him," she explained quickly.
"Why not use 'W'? The Chinese character Wei will also work." Ren Lu continued to ask.
"Well, when I was working on the design, the 'W' shape didn't look very good, so the bracelet had to be thickened. But my wrist is thin, so a thin bracelet is more suitable for me, so I changed it to the first letter of my English name." Feng Yuwei coughed lightly and gave a very detailed and reasonable explanation.
If Ren Lu hadn't just read this part of the novel, she would have definitely been fooled by her.
[Feng Yuwei put on the necklace and earrings, and hesitated a little when choosing a bracelet. She first picked up a plain ring bracelet, put it on her hand and gestured twice, then quickly took it off. After hesitating for a moment, she still picked up the rose gold bracelet inlaid with diamonds.
This bracelet is very exquisite and it is a custom-made one. There is only one of its kind in the world. She liked it as soon as it was given to her. It also matched her makeup today. The reason she hesitated was because the bracelet came from a man she hated.
Huo Xiao, a playboy, lives up to his reputation as a playboy.
At the last cruise party, she had to get up early for something and wanted to leave the cruise ship first, but she ran into him in the corridor.
Feng Yuwei simply ignored him and quickened her pace, wanting to leave as if nothing had happened. However, the man who was walking towards her suddenly staggered as he passed by her, as if he was about to trip. He put his arms around her waist and turned half a circle, finally supporting himself with his arms on the corridor cabin and managing to stand firmly.
The posture of the two was very ambiguous. He supported himself against the wall with one hand and held her waist with the other hand. It was a complete wall-dong, as if she was in his arms.
Afterwards, Huo Xiao apologized to her, but Feng Yuwei just pushed him away in disgust and quickly ran away.
This bracelet was passed around as an apology to several people, and was finally handed to her. Even if she wanted to refuse it, the person who handed it to her did not give her a chance, but just said that Huo Xiao said that if she didn't like it, she could just throw it away. 】
Ren Lu recalled the long passages of description and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
This bracelet is a token of love between Feng Yuwei and Huo Xiao. The bracelet was given to Feng Yuwei after they met for the first time.
However, it was obvious that their first meeting had been ruined by Ren Lu, and they didn't talk much. She thought that there would be no more talk about the bracelet, or even giving the bracelet would be delayed.
But the process changed, but the result did not change. The bracelet is still on Feng Yuwei's hand.
Ren Lu had originally not intended to pay any more attention to it. She was really not interested in interfering in the relationship between the male and female protagonists.
After all, people like this usually become stepping stones to promote other people's feelings. For example, the great enemy Lu Sinian would be regarded as an imaginary enemy for no reason even if he didn't get involved.
But she suddenly remembered the suspicious behavior of Lu Sinian, who suddenly mentioned the inheritance in front of her and even said such words. She always felt uneasy.
"Really? Guess who your first thought came to when I saw the letter 'H'?" Ren Lu blinked, raised her voice slightly, and asked in a deliberately teasing tone.
"who?"
"Huo Xiao, his first letter is H."
As soon as Ren Lu finished speaking, Feng Yuwei's face changed. Fortunately, she lowered her head in time to conceal her expression, otherwise her flaw would have been discovered.
She thought she had dodged it, but in fact, the mere action of lowering her head showed her guilty conscience, which could not escape Ren Lu's eyes at all.
"Sister Lu, why did you mention him so casually? He seems like an unreliable person." Feng Yuwei coughed lightly, adjusted her state, and asked back calmly.
"It's precisely because he is unreliable, but he is very good at chasing women. He is very generous to his chosen prey and likes to leave his mark on the gifts to show that they belong to him." Ren Lu couldn't help but remind her.
"Prey?" Feng Yuwei frowned, obviously somewhat disgusted with the word.
Ren Lu shrugged, looking innocent. "I didn't say that. Huo Xiao said that. He looks down on women and doesn't respect them as equals. He treats chasing after beautiful women as a hunting game."
After these few words of conversation, Feng Yuwei became obviously depressed. She touched the letter on the bracelet several times. Later, she made an excuse to go to the bathroom, and when she came out, her wrist was empty. It was unknown whether the bracelet was lost or taken off and hidden.
Ren Lu pretended not to know, but she was already looking forward to it in her heart.
She once again went against her original intention and tried to change the plot to make Feng Yuwei hate Huo Xiao even more.
Will the plot return to its original trajectory? Will the hero and heroine ever get together again?
"Has everyone claimed their shares? Mrs. Lu, I've heard that you're very talented and good at data processing. Could you please help with the statistics?"
Ren Lu was thinking about something when suddenly someone attacked her.
She came to her senses and looked in the direction of the voice. It was a young and beautiful woman who spoke.
This person was the daughter-in-law of the convener of the tea party, and also the new daughter-in-law Ge Yue who had just gotten married not long ago. At this moment, she was blinking her big eyes, with a smile on her face, looking at her with pretended enthusiasm.
Ren Lu looked around and sure enough, there was no sign of Lu Shu. It was obvious that Ge Yue was very smart and specifically wanted to take advantage of her when Lu Shu was not around.
"Mrs. Yu, the Yu family is holding a tea party, but there's not even someone to do the statistics?" she retorted directly.
Ge Yue didn't feel embarrassed at all. On the contrary, the smile on her face became more genuine. She said in an admiring tone, "Of course not. It's just that I've heard about Mrs. Lu's abilities for a long time. Everyone praises Mrs. Lu for her orderly conduct. I just wanted to take a look and learn more."
Her words sounded like she was praising someone, but in fact they were sinister. How could you let guests do the statistics? She really treated Ren Lu as her secretary.
"No problem. Since Madam Yu wants to learn, I have to teach her. It's not like I have a unique skill that can't be passed on to others. On the contrary, I hope Madam Yu can learn it. Come on, collect everyone's forms first." Ren Lu nodded, looking like a teachable child, and started to tell her to work.
In an instant, their identities were reversed. Ren Lu mistook Ge Yue for a secretary, the kind that sent and received messages and ran errands.
"Ah?" Ge Yue was stunned. She was caught off guard by her call and didn't react at all.
"What are you standing there for? If you want to learn skills, you must be diligent. A lazy person can't be a good apprentice." Ren Lu took advantage of the situation and shamelessly became a teacher.
Ge Yue's face changed immediately. She was the daughter of a wealthy family. Someone like Ren Lu was not even worthy of carrying her shoes, and yet today she was acting so arrogant.
"What are you standing there for? Didn't you listen to what Mrs. Lu said? Hurry up and collect the forms." She was full of anger, but she couldn't say anything to Ren Lu, so she could only talk to the servant who was serving tea and water.
Soon, all the forms were collected and sent directly to Ren Lu's desk.
"No need to give it to me, give it to your wife and give her a laptop. I wonder if Mrs. Yu can use office software?" Ren Lu refused and issued another series of orders, which was smoother than using her own servants.
"I can't. I've never been a secretary for anyone." Ge Yue couldn't hold it in any longer this time. She turned cold and said in an irritable tone.
She obviously stopped pretending and didn't even give any face. She went straight to Ren Lu and picked out the fact that Ren Lu had been a secretary, as if it was some huge stain.
Ren Lu wanted to roll her eyes again. This messy patchwork novel world, with stories of wealthy families sewn together, was as feudal as that of ancient times. If this background was dragged back to the ancient palace fighting novels, there would be no sense of incongruity.
"Who is born to be a secretary? Didn't Mrs. Yu just say she wanted to learn it, but now she doesn't want to anymore?" Ren Lu pretended not to know about her sarcasm and continued to ask.
Everyone else stopped talking and just drank tea and watched the show in silence. Those who knew each other looked at each other and communicated with their eyes. The atmosphere was tense and exciting, and everyone wanted to see the two men fight.
The Yu family and the Lu family both made their fortunes in real estate, so there were frictions due to the overlapping businesses. After that, when they expanded new businesses, there were also several clashes. Naturally, this kind of tripping over each other at a banquet was very eye-catching.
【Author’s words】
I have been busy these two days, so I will make up one today.
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