Chapter 222 I'm doing this to repay a debt of gratitude
Jiang Shiyuan tried on two simple yet stylish outfits, which accentuated her curves and made her look slender and graceful. Yin Meng stared at her, her eyes wide, and kept making "smack smack" sounds.
"I'm speechless! Does Xie Jinghuai never wash his face in the morning? Is his eye stuffed with sleep? He's not satisfied with having such a beautiful wife like Shi Yuan, so he actually goes outside to find that malnourished bean sprout, Lin Zhixin. He's really sick in the head!"
"Let's not talk about him anymore, it's bad luck."
Jiang Shiyuan changed back into her own clothes, and asked the waiter to wrap up the two pieces she had tried on. "These two will do."
The waiter smiled and said, "Okay, ma'am, that'll be 208,600 yuan in total. How would you like to pay?"
Yin Meng choked: "Huh?"
Upon hearing the price, she nearly fainted, but Jiang Shiyuan calmly swiped her card.
Even so, she felt a pang of heartache.
But now that my status is different, if I dress too plainly when attending public events, people will look down on me, and they won't take me seriously when doing business. After all, many people only recognize a person's appearance, not their character.
The two paid the bill and went downstairs.
Halfway there, Jiang Shiyuan heard Lin Zhixin's sweet, coquettish voice coming from downstairs:
"Brother Jinghuai, could you help me unzip the back of my zipper? I can't reach it..."
The man lowered his long eyelashes, his large hand tracing up Lin Zhixin's lower back, and then slowly pulled the zipper up, which was only half-zipped up.
The lighting was soft, the air was still, and the atmosphere was subtle.
Xie Jinghuai had never done such an ambiguous action for Jiang Shiyuan, yet he did it for Lin Zhixin, and it seemed perfectly natural and inevitable.
"Pah! You green tea b*tch!" Yin Meng spat angrily, her eyes practically spitting fire.
However, Jiang Shiyuan merely lowered her eyes indifferently and softly said:
"Let's go."
The girl's strong reaction suggests she's naive and doesn't know what real adulterers are like.
I've seen it this time, and it's been quite an eye-opening experience.
Another ten minutes or so passed, and Lin Zhixin had almost finished choosing. She had originally selected five sets of the latest haute couture pieces, but when Xie Jinghuai came in, she added three more at the last minute, all of which were expensive.
These colorful fabrics, all together, cost over two million.
The amount that would leave ordinary people speechless was swiped by Xie Jinghuai with a blank expression, as casually as if he were tossing away two coins.
Lin Zhixin spoke softly, looking embarrassed, "Brother Jinghuai, how could I let you spend money? I'll transfer it to you when I get back."
"Need not."
Xie Jinghuai refused gently, his tone mild but his expression somewhat absent-minded. "The money I spent on you was for you. I never intended for you to pay it back."
Lin Zhixin's eyes were full of affection, and she was feeling smug when the man continued, "You are my savior. You risked your life to save me. I don't know how to repay this kindness. This is the only way I can repay it, however little I can. As for your Lin family, I will help them if I can, also to repay this kindness."
Lin Zhixin's smile froze instantly, and she bit her lip hard.
So, is the reason why Brother Jinghuai is so good to her simply because she "saved" his life?
Without this incident, would this man not even give her a second glance?
She almost bit her lip until it bled, filled with resentment.
"My God, did you see that? Mr. Xie spent over two million on Miss Lin! He didn't even blink an eye, he's spoiling her so much!" The waiters whispered among themselves in the corner.
"Miss Lin is truly pampered by President Xie! You all better serve this golden Buddha well, or our store might just become the top-selling store in the country every month!"
"Was that Miss Lin's sister who just went upstairs? She only spent a little over 200,000 yuan, I couldn't even be bothered to entertain her!"
"Is she my biological sister?"
"They don't look alike at all. I guess she's a cousin or something like that?"
"Tsk, I suppose Miss Lin wouldn't have such an unsophisticated older sister, they seem to be from different worlds."
"But to be fair, her sister is really beautiful, there's no doubt about that!"
Xie Jinghuai vaguely heard this, his brow furrowed, and he glanced upwards and backwards.
As he was leaving, he called out to the store manager, "Where's that lady who was choosing clothes upstairs? Is she still up there?"
"Ah, that lady left a long time ago."
Xie Jinghuai was slightly taken aback, then walked out thoughtfully.
...
After dropping Lin Zhixin off at the Lin family home, Han Xu drove the president back to Guanlan Garden.
"Jiang Shiyuan has gone to work at Yongheng." Xie Jinghuai sat in the back row, closing his eyes to rest.
"Huh? This... what's Eternal's current situation..."
Han Xu looked worried. "There's not much of a future for the young mistress working there, is there? Besides, her relationship with her uncle seems rather strained. Even though Eternal was founded by her mother, times have changed. There's no one who can protect her there, is there?"
"Ha, whose fault is that? It's all her own fault. She has a good life to live, but she insists on suffering instead."
Xie Jinghuai kept his eyes closed and sneered, "Let her go. With her stubborn nature, she won't behave unless she suffers a bit."
When she finally gets a cold shoulder at Eternal, and sees the company go bankrupt and unable to even pay its employees' salaries, she'll miss the days at the Xie family's.
Listening to the president's words, Han Xu felt that the president actually hoped that the young mistress would return to his side.
However, his approach was a bit...
dog?
Han Xu coughed lightly and changed the subject, "By the way, President Xie, I heard that Yongheng has a new president. This is the first president in more than ten years since Jiang Yongxiao took over Yongheng."
"Oh," Xie Jinghuai replied indifferently, showing no interest whatsoever.
"After all, it's the young mistress's family's company. Should we investigate the background of this new president?"
"There's no need."
Xie Jinghuai half-closed his phoenix eyes, his voice casual and nonchalant, "Eternal is in such a half-dead state that even a god descending to earth couldn't save it. Let Jiang Yongxiao do whatever he wants."
*
Soon, the weekend arrived.
The highly anticipated Aofeng Technology Conference, which draws attention from the technology and finance sectors, has arrived as scheduled.
After lunch, Xie Jinghuai was in his office preparing to change into the suit that Han Xu had sent him before heading to the conference venue.
Lin Zhixin specially chose this time to come and help her Jinghuai brother with all the fuss, so that she could go with him and make a public appearance in front of everyone.
"Hey? Brother Jinghuai, is this a new tie you bought? The color is so unique, I've never seen it before." Lin Zhixin picked up a dark red jacquard tie.
Xie Jinghuai glanced at it, then calmly looked away. "This was a gift from Jiang Shiyuan, a birthday present from the year before last."
Lin Zhixin's expression changed instantly, and she gripped her tie so tightly that it became wrinkled.
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