Chapter 158 What's there to be unhappy about?
"Hello, who are you?"
"It's me."
Duan Jingyao's voice coming from the other end made Meng Anran stunned for a moment.
He called from a new cell phone number, and it seemed that he had left the villa full of surveillance cameras.
"Have you returned to Beijing?" she asked directly. Although it was a question, it sounded more like an answer.
"Yeah. Lu Qingcheng is back. Duan Xi asked me to pick her up."
Duan Jingyao opened this mobile phone number specifically for the convenience of contacting Meng Anran. Now that there is no Duan Xi's spies around him, as long as Duan Xi cannot find any abnormalities on the electronic products, he can pass messages to Meng Anran openly.
Not for anything else, just to thank Meng Anran for letting him see the truth sooner so that he was not kept in the dark and exploited by Duan Xi.
Of course, Duan Xi is currently also his and Meng Anran’s common enemy.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and Meng Anran obviously agrees with this truth.
Since we are allies, let's trust each other slightly.
"I have something to ask you. Qin Mu suspects that Duan Xi hates the Lu family because of his family connections. Do you know who Duan Xi's family members are?"
Duan Jingyao thought carefully and realized that in the past twenty years, Duan Xi rarely mentioned her family.
When she had a high fever and refused to go to the hospital, he went to her house to deliver medicine and happened to see a photo of them together.
In the photo, a family of four is standing in front of an old village house. The couple is smiling, the man is holding a baby in his arms, and a boy of about ten is standing in front of the woman.
The baby is Duan Xi, which means she should have an older brother.
"Do you have any connections in Hai City? Check Duan Xi's brother." Meng Anran said.
Although Qin Mu guessed that Duan Xi asked Duan Jingyao to say that her aunt was related to Duan Xi's brother, this idea was a bit far-fetched, but she intuitively felt that there must be some clues in it.
Duan Xi has always been the one attacking and they have been on the defense. Now if they want to fight back against Duan Xi, they must first figure out Duan Xi's purpose against the Lu family and find out Duan Xi's weaknesses.
"I'll try my best." Duan Jingyao couldn't guarantee that he could find any useful information, but since he had agreed to cooperate with Meng Anran, he had to work. "Oh, there's one more thing. Duan Xi gave me two pills and asked me to find an opportunity to put them into Qin Mu's wine at the banquet. She also arranged for Lu Qingcheng to return to China. Perhaps these two things are related."
The meaning is very clear. Duan Xi wants Qin Mu to hang out with Lu Qingcheng after taking the Chinese medicine.
By then, they will be caught in bed, and Meng Anran and Qin Mu's relationship will be broken. Lu Qingcheng, as the culprit and the biological daughter of the Lu family, has also made enemies with the Yunduan and Ruiming groups. No matter how deep the Lu family's foundation is, it will fall within half a year.
This is similar to what Meng Anran guessed at first. Lu Qingcheng suddenly returned to China at Duan Xi's instigation, and it was definitely not as simple as coming to ruin the birthday party.
The best way is to sow discord between her and Qin Mu, so that not only Rui Ming, but also Yun Duan will follow Lu.
But she didn't expect that Duan Xi was so insidious that he would think of drugging Qin Mu.
This isn't just about creating a misunderstanding, but about making it a fait accompli between Qin Mu and Lu Qingcheng?
Meng Anran's head was buzzing, and the CPU began to heat up. She covered her forehead and sighed, "Okay, I'll tell Qin Mu to be careful."
Hearing something wrong in her voice, Duan Jingyao was silent for a moment and asked with concern: "Are you feeling unwell?"
"It's okay." Meng Anran rubbed her temples. She never showed her tired and vulnerable side in front of outsiders, even over the phone. She quickly got back to the point: "Where is Lu Qingcheng now?"
"Duan Xi said that Lu Qingcheng must not show up before the birthday party, and Lu Zhong must not know that Lu Qingcheng has returned to China, so she will be temporarily placed in my old house." Duan Jingyao did not hide anything and shared the news with Meng Anran.
After all, this birthday party is not so much an opportunity to clarify things for the Meng family as it is the best opportunity to fight back against Duan Xi.
As long as we understand Duan Xi's plan, we can use his strength to our advantage and control Duan Xi's lifeline.
Meng Anran pondered for a few seconds, then suddenly asked, "Do you think this is Duan Xi's overall plan?"
Duan Jingyao lowered his eyes slightly. "This birthday party is planned to be so grand. It is also a good opportunity for Duan Xi to make a big deal out of this and put the Lu Group in the crosshairs. From what I know about Duan Xi, she must have two plans."
Meng Anran hummed in agreement, "It's easy to defend against an open attack, but it's hard to guard against a hidden arrow. Perhaps agreeing to let you return to Beijing is also part of her plan. Everyone should be cautious and respond to her moves."
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In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the birthday party, and thousands of employees of Ruiming Group took a collective holiday.
The boss Meng Anran has been confirming the arrangements for the banquet since early morning.
"The tables are too close together. Spread them out a bit." Meng Anran looked at the banquet hall's layout on her tablet while talking to Chen Jing on the Bluetooth headset. "Remove the stage and tear down all the gold decorations on the wall."
She celebrated her twenties’ birthday like her eighties’ birthday and didn’t like anything too tacky.
"Boss, wouldn't it look too plain without any decoration?"
Meng Anran gritted her teeth and said, "Has our hotel never hosted banquets for wealthy families? The higher the status of people, the less they like complicated arrangements. Only the nouveau riche are eager to show off their wealth everywhere."
Chen Jing said "oh" and didn't dare to say anything more.
After changing the venue layout and confirming the drink list, Meng Yushu knocked on the door and called Meng Anran to have lunch.
"I'm coming." Meng Anran hung up the phone, threw the tablet on the bed, and went out with her cell phone in her pocket.
Meng Yushu hooked her arm around her sister's shoulders, her eyes full of doting, her tone gentle and soft: "Anran, your parents brought you food a few days ago, and I wanted to help you with something, but you refused them. They were really hurt. Remember to comfort them later."
Meng Anran looked puzzled. "I didn't let my parents bring me food because I'm never punctual for meals, so I wanted to save them the trouble. I didn't let my sister host the banquet because there are professionals who can do these things. I can just pay someone to do it, so there's no need for her to trouble herself. What's there to be unhappy about?"
She doesn't understand why her family should have to work hard to solve a problem that can be solved with money?
The company cafeteria is open from six in the morning to ten in the evening, so she can have hot meals at any time. If the chef she hired doesn't work, wouldn't the money be wasted?
Why should parents make a special meal and drive half an hour to bring it to you?
The hotel has always had partners for the arrangement of banquet venues, so it can be left to those professionals. Xiao Li will also coordinate with them, and she only needs to make a confirmation at the end.
My sister rarely gets a chance to rest, so why should I let her worry about these little things?
Meng Anran didn't think there was anything wrong with what she did, so she didn't understand why her parents and sister were unhappy.
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