Chapter 32 Chapter 32 Part 2
The woman's voice was not loud, and even had a gentle tone.
But the words he said were extremely harsh to everyone's ears.
Isn't this clearly scolding Qin Tianrui for not being able to distinguish between the primary and the secondary?
The young masters and young ladies who came with Qin Tianrui were so frightened by this scene that they couldn't find their own voices for a long time.
For a moment, they didn't know who had the upper hand in momentum between Qin Tianrui and the housekeeper. This was Qin Tianrui, not some random person. Usually, he had to walk sideways when he went out, but now he was being taught a lesson by a housekeeper?
Not only them, but even Qin Tianrui himself was stunned with anger.
He also had a housekeeper, but the housekeeper kept calling him "Young Master" out of fear that he would be kicked out if he wasn't satisfied. So what right did this woman have?!
Originally he wanted to get to know the other person, but now he was so irritated by the nonchalant look in the other person's eyes that he looked downcast.
He felt a surge of anger from the bottom of his heart, and he was furious and embarrassed: "You..."
Before he could finish his words, a deep male voice interrupted him from behind: "Qin Tianrui."
The tense Qin Tianrui almost bit his tongue and swallowed the rest of his words.
Steady footsteps came from behind, and Qiao Wu was a little surprised to see who was coming.
Because in addition to the people she specially called, there were a few more.
"So you're here." Zhong Hejing walked over to her naturally, as if she didn't notice how tense the atmosphere was. "I wanted to say hello to you, but I looked around and couldn't find you."
Qiao Wu joked, "I'm behind the scenes."
Zhong Min, who was following Zhong Hejing, glanced at the surrounding situation and called out, "Miss Qiao."
Several younger generations looked at Zhong Hejing and her brother in surprise as they became so familiar with this woman.
The Zhong family is a lean camel that is bigger than a horse. After all, when Zhong Hejing was in good health, she was also a well-known figure, so many people would give Zhong Hejing face.
This woman is just a housekeeper, yet she actually asked the Zhong siblings to specially come and greet her?
Qiao Wu nodded at Zhong Min, then his gaze fell on another tall man in a black suit: "Boss Qin."
The man swept his cold eyes over everyone present. Several young people lowered their heads at the same time, not daring to say another word.
Qin Tianrui said reluctantly: "Brother."
The man ignored him, his eyes fixed on the strange woman in front of him: "You sent me a message?"
Not many people knew his private number, so when he received the message from an unfamiliar number, he was skeptical for a moment, until he walked into the banquet hall and saw that there were indeed quite a few people standing on the second floor.
In the information, the woman claimed to be the Lu family's housekeeper.
"Qiao Wu?" Qin Lian read out the name she left in the message.
Qiao Wu: "It's me."
The information she obtained contained the personal contact information of some key figures, and Qiao Wu had saved these numbers long ago.
As the saying goes, one does not know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are until he manages the household. Qin Tianrui, a spoiled second-generation rich kid, has always stood high and thought that power and money are everything, but he does not know that proper social interaction and decency are also the most important in the circle.
But it doesn’t matter. What Qin Tianrui doesn’t know is known by someone else, and this person can definitely control him.
So Qiao Wu sent a message to Qin Lian before coming to the teahouse. As the current head of the Qin family, Qin Lian naturally knew whether what his brother did was right or wrong. No matter how high and mighty he was, he had to bow his head for the sake of his family's dignity at this time.
The fact that Qin Lian didn't immediately defend his brother when he came over showed that she had guessed correctly.
She laughed and said, "Boss Qin's brother is already a little drunk before the party even starts."
Qin Lian had been in the business world for so many years that he naturally did not ignore the glance that Qiao Wu gave him when he walked up the stairs.
The so-called "host and guest" was not only said to Qin Tianrui, but also to him.
He and Zhong Hejing had known each other since childhood. They exchanged a few words when they met at the door just now, and then walked into the banquet hall together.
When he saw the situation on the second floor, he heard Zhong Hejing call out Qiao Wu.
He asked, “Do you know each other?”
Qin Lian, the former housekeeper of the Lu family, knows him. He is very old.
But within his expectations, no matter how many times he changed the housekeeper, it would not be someone young or even someone who looked more like a lady from a noble family.
"She's a very magical person," Zhong Hejing commented at the time. "When you think she's one way, she'll suddenly show you an even more surprising side. I haven't figured out what she really is yet, but there's no doubt that no matter what she is, she's very clear-headed and rational."
Qin Lian remained noncommittal.
But based on his understanding of Zhong Hejing, this person has always put interests first and is very decisive in doing things, so the person she likes can't be too bad.
As it turned out, when Qin Lian walked up and saw Qiao Wu's true appearance and temperament, he really had the urge to kick his stupid brother down the stairs.
What a useless thing, he can't even control a housekeeper.
With his understanding of his stupid brother, it was not difficult for him to guess what had happened. There were so many people here and they all had many opinions. If he was looked at too many times, he would not know what they would come up with.
Qin Lian knew that Qiao Wu said this drunken remark to give Qin Tianrui a way out, so he glanced at Qin Tianrui and said, "You still need others to teach you how to do things? You have a lot of nerve, don't you?"
Qin Tianrui gritted his teeth and said to Guo Liyan reluctantly, "I'm sorry."
His brother is the kind of person who would really take action in front of others.
If you don't apologize now, you'll be embarrassed later.
Lu Ning chimed in, "He also said that my Qiao Wu has no manners!"
Qin Lian's face became even gloomier.
Seeing this, Qin Tianrui could only squeeze out a few more words from between his teeth: "I said the wrong thing."
Qiao Wu, who was standing leisurely, smiled softly and said, "What are you talking about, Mr. Qin? If you are drunk, please go upstairs to rest first. Do you need me to take you upstairs?"
Each guest's lounge is separate and the corresponding room number will be indicated on the invitation.
Qin Tianrui no longer had the face to stay here, and he didn't want to see anyone from the Lu family again, so he said "No need" harshly and turned around and left in a hurry, not even caring about his brother.
Seeing this, several of his friends hurriedly said goodbye and ran away.
"Are you going upstairs too?" Qiao Wu looked at Guo Liyan, "I've asked the family doctor to come over. He'll go to your room and treat your wounds."
The back of Guo Liyan's hand was burned so badly that even the wind when someone passed by could make him shiver. However, he didn't expect that what he could not ignore the most was the cool touch as light as a feather on his elbow. He raised his hand almost reflexively following the touch, so much so that he had not recovered after the other party put his hand down, and he didn't even listen carefully to Qin Tianrui's apology.
In fact, people like him are used to being treated like this. He can even face it without changing his expression. Whether he apologizes or not is no longer the most important thing.
It's just that there are moments like this every now and then that make me feel really embarrassed.
"Thank you." He lowered his eyes and spoke quickly, "I'll go up first."
No one stopped him. After seeing him leave, Qiao Wu said to Lu Ning beside him, "Send a message to your uncle and tell him to take good care of his friends."
Lu Ning took out her phone: "Oh!"
After making the arrangements, Qiao Wu said to Qin Lian in front of him, "I'm sorry, Mr. Qin, please come over."
Sorry, Qin Lian saw that she was quite embarrassed.
After all, he was left alone until the end.
But he was so thoughtful that no one could find any fault with him. Qin Lian couldn't help but think of what Zhong Hejing said, "rational and clear-headed."
Although the person in front of her was young, her eyes didn't seem to fluctuate much no matter who was standing in front of her, and she was neither humble nor arrogant.
"It's my good-for-nothing brother who's embarrassed." Qin Lian said.
Qiao Wu did not deny it, but asked: "Would you like a cup of tea?"
This attitude...
Qin Lian smiled.
She was not even being polite, she really didn't restrain her little thoughts at all.
"No more tea," he said. "The party is about to begin."
What's more, there is Zhong Hejing who is eyeing him covetously.
Qin Lian knew that Zhong Hejing came along under the pretext of saying hello, and he was simply worried that he would give this so-called housekeeper a hard time.
But she was worrying too much.
Qin Lian thought of the faint glance that Qiao Wu gave him out of the corner of his eye when he was walking over.
I thought to myself, if anyone really gives a hard time to such a person, they might get bitten back by the other party.
She knew exactly what to say to whom.
If he was not there when she said that, Qin Tianrui would definitely be enraged and make a scene at the Lu family dinner. So Qiao Wu blocked her at that time, so that he, who also heard these words, would not give Qin Tianrui any choice to retreat.
Zhong Hejing glanced at the time and asked Qiao Wu, "Do you want to go down?"
Qiao Wu shook his head: "No."
It doesn't matter whether she shows up at such occasions or not. She doesn't like to be in the spotlight in front of others.
"Okay." Zhong Hejing turned to Zhong Shixia and said, "There are a lot of people downstairs, why don't you stay here and have some quiet time."
She has been cleaning up the people around her recently. She didn't keep any nanny at home and learned to cook by herself.
Today is the weekend and Zhong Shixia doesn't have to go to school, so I brought him here with me.
After all, Zhong Min is now learning how to manage a company. Now that he has entered this circle, Zhong Shixia should also come out to broaden his horizons.
Zhong Shixia nodded.
He had no interest in these strangers and had no objection to being there.
"Oh right." Zhong Hejing remembered something and asked Lu Ning beside her, "Little Lu Ning, you and Shi Xia are classmates. Have there been any misunderstandings recently?"
She thought that the two children were classmates, so if there was any misunderstanding, they could talk it out, and if there wasn't any, that would be even better.
Lu Ning: "No."
Not to mention misunderstandings, she basically didn't talk to Zhong Shixia at school because she couldn't figure out this person's train of thought and was worried that something might go wrong with this person and they would start a fight again.
She is now an ambitious girl who studies hard.
Zhong Hejing felt relieved: "If you are all bored, you can play together."
Zhong Shixia didn't say anything, but he didn't refuse either. Anyway, he had no hostility towards Lu Ning.
Lu Ning was reluctant at first, but then she thought that Zhong Hejing wanted to poach Qiao Wu, so she could take this opportunity to find out about the enemy's situation.
So she simply agreed: "Okay."
After everyone left, Qiao Wu touched Lu Ning's head and walked towards the teahouse where he was originally staying: "You guys have fun, I'm going to work."
"Oh!" Lu Ning responded.
Then she hooked her finger at Zhong Shixia: "Come here, I want to play with you."
Zhong Shixia followed her quietly to the teahouse next door.
It was filled with cakes and toys, and it was full of girlishness, not at all like something that should be in a party.
"Let's play truth or dare," Lu Ning said. "I'll ask you a question, and if you answer correctly, I'll give you a piece of cake."
Zhong Shixia glanced at her.
After a few seconds he hummed.
Lu Ning didn't quite understand how to calculate the value of a company. He thought it should be based on who had more money.
So she lowered her voice and asked, "Have you seen your sister's safe? How much assets does she actually have? How much does she usually give to the employees she cares about most?"
“…” Zhong Shixia.
Realizing he couldn't remain silent any longer, he asked, "Do I look like a fool?"
Lu Ning was surprised: "Aren't you?"
Zhong Shixia corrected her: "Last time at the end of the semester, I was first in the whole grade."
Lu Ning: “…”
"What's so great about that?" She sat back down and snorted. "I was ranked last in my grade for seven and a half years straight from elementary school to junior high school. Do you understand how amazing that is?"
Zhong Shixia thought about it seriously and said, "I don't understand."
Lu Ning was so angry that she pushed all the cakes in front of her: "You are not allowed to eat."
As soon as she finished speaking, the glass of juice in front of her was taken away.
"You're not allowed to eat either."
Lu Ning looked up angrily, and frowned when she saw Lu Yingchi: "What are you doing!"
"Don't you know what's going on with you?" Lu Yingchi drank the glass of juice in one gulp and placed the empty glass in front of her. "You drink everything without thinking."
Just now, Lu Ning just asked the servant to bring up some juice, and she didn't notice that ice cubes were added to the juice.
She saw the ice cubes remaining at the bottom of the cup, and her arrogance immediately subsided. Seeing Guo Liyan standing behind Lu Yingchi, she leaned over and asked, "Are you done?"
Since it was a burn, Guo Liyan did not bandage the back of his hand, but applied medicine instead. Fortunately, it was not too serious.
"Nothing." Guo Liyan smiled at him, "Thank you."
"Oh." Lu Ning retracted her head, "I'm only doing this because of the gifts."
Guo Liyan thought, that was enough.
He never thought that a small gift that didn't cost much money could help him so much today.
Lu Yingchi didn't want to play with the kids, so he took Guo Liyan to sit at Qiao Wu's teahouse next door.
"I insisted on coming to apologize to you." Lu Yingchi didn't understand.
Didn't we meet just now? Why are you apologizing now?
Qiao Wu raised an eyebrow: "Apologize?"
Guo Liyan nodded: "I'm really sorry for causing you trouble today."
"If you bump into me and force me to take care of it, it would really be troublesome." Qiao Wu said with a smile.
Guo Liyan's eyelashes moved slightly.
The next second, Qiao Wu said, "But we took the initiative to take care of this. It's none of your business. Sorry is not a good word. Don't keep saying it."
Guo Liyan couldn't help but raise his head, and suddenly met the other person's smiling eyes, and his throat tightened involuntarily.
In fact, he didn't think of coming down at first. He originally thought that this would be his stay tonight. He would come down and take a look at Lu Jinzhi when the dinner started and then leave quietly.
But Lu Yingchi went to his rest room.
He thanked Lu Yingchi for the opportunity to come to the Lu family.
Lu Yingchi just looked at the back of his hand and cursed: "Do we have to go to Rome this way?"
Rome?
Guo Liyan never thought that someone like him could walk to Rome. At most, he was a sedan bearer hired by others on the way to Rome.
But why did Lu Yingchi say that?
Later he found out why Lu Yingchi agreed to give him this opportunity.
It was also the first time he heard someone say that the humble journey he had taken was the result of his means and efforts.
It turned out that he was so transparent, yet so insignificant in that person's eyes.
But this is also a great satisfaction for him. At least in the eyes of others, he is a normal person.
So even though he was trampled on so badly in front of her tonight, he was unwilling to give up this opportunity. He wanted to look into her eyes and say sorry and thank her in person.
To make up for his timidity in previous times.
Guo Liyan sat up straight and said again: "Besides sorry, I also want to say thank you."
Thank her for maintaining his dignity when he didn't know.
This time, Qiao Wu did not refuse and nodded: "Yes."
At this time, another person flashed in from behind the screen. Lu Xuan saw the scene inside and sat down with a frown on his face. "Why are you all here?"
He came back from the company and looked around for a long time but couldn't find anyone. Fortunately, he asked.
Want to be treated differently?
No way!
"I have something to tell you." He closed the document in front of Qiao Wu.
"What?"
"The dinner is over today, so you should be able to spare some time." Lu Xuan straightened his hair. "There's a segment on that show where someone needs to accompany you during the recording of the entrance and the first performance."
In fact, the program schedule states that relatives and friends will accompany the actors, and also asks this person to record some blessings and encouragement to the actors participating in the program, usually family members.
But Lu Xuan thought about his family.
Forget it, let’s not think about it.
After much thought, he found only one person who barely met the requirements.
It’s the employee next to him whom he doesn’t care about.
Oh no, now there is another identity, financial sponsor.
The sponsor went to see his own...canary? Acting, isn't that a normal thing?
"You're on a business trip." Lu Xuan still had a great deal of mental struggle, and finally put the only card he had in front of her, maintaining his last bit of dignity in front of Lu Yingchi, "The money here is all yours."
He really has nothing left!
Qiao Wu: “…”
So in the end he didn't leave a single penny for himself?
"That's a big deal, Third Master Lu." Lu Yingchi said sarcastically, "Give it to me, I can go, and I guarantee I'll hire a one-stop suona service for you, and play it all the way to the stage for you."
He sneered, imitating Lu Xuan's tone: "'I don't care where she goes?', don't care?"
Lu Xuan didn't say anything, but took out his cell phone and clicked on a recording.
Lu Yingchi's voice inside was sonorous and powerful.
"Isn't it Lu Jinzhi? I'll give you a chance to see the monkey."
"Isn't it Lu Jinzhi? I'll give you a chance to see the monkey."
"Isn't it Lu Jinzhi? I'll give you a chance to see the monkey."
…
Play it in a loop over and over again.
Lu Yingchi's eyes widened: "Lu Xuan, do you want to fight?!"
Lu Xuan scoffed: "You bark like a dog again?"
Qiao Wu gently pressed his throbbing eyebrows.
Guo Liyan, who was sitting in an inconspicuous position, watched this scene. Looking at Qiao Wu's smiling and helpless eyes as he looked at the two young masters, he suddenly felt an impulse in his heart.
He wanted to stand higher, at least to have the confidence to make the other person laugh, so that he could appear in front of her without having to rack his brains.
Instead of shrinking back every time I looked at her like I did in the past.
There was a commotion here, and the orderly voices downstairs suddenly stopped for a moment.
Qiao Wu seemed to sense something and turned his head to look downstairs.
Sure enough, Lu Jinzhi, who had not shown up for a day, appeared at the door of the banquet hall.
Lu Ning leaned over the guardrail and stuck her head out: "Stop making noise, monkey monkey monkey!"
Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan stopped what they were doing at the same time, stood up and walked to the guardrail. Although they didn't really want to see Lu Jinzhi, they were already there.
It costs money to go to the zoo, so it would be a shame not to visit since it’s free now.
Lu Xuan looked at Lu Jinzhi's outfit and commented, "Golden monkey."
Qiao Wu: “…”
Her eyes stopped at the man at the door.
He wore a custom-made early autumn suit this year, lined with a champagne-colored silk shirt, which made him look elegant and noble. Today, the stylist combed his hair back, leaving only a few strands loose, making him look mature and a bit lazy and casual. Without anyone's deliberate guidance or notification, he had already become the focus of the audience.
Xu Chao stood behind him and held a glass of wine for him.
But he did not stand in the middle so ostentatiously, but stood where he was and took the wine.
The whole audience fell silent, just looking at him.
This young man, who had become famous in the circle more than ten years ago, just stood there, raised his glass, and announced to everyone without saying a word.
He is back.
When everyone raised their glasses, they suddenly saw Lu Jinzhi's glass change direction and point in that direction.
Everyone followed his gaze and saw several people standing against the fence outside the teahouse in the corner of the second floor.
Two young men with outstanding looks stood side by side, their hands resting on something behind their backs, twisting their bodies slightly.
Next to them was a little girl in a white dress lying on the fence, and next to them was a woman leaning against the wall. The woman seemed to be holding a cup of tea, looking at the man in the center of attention from a distance across the crowd.
So the wine just now was... a toast to that woman?
Someone whispered, "That's Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan."
"What about the other one?"
"It seems to be Lu Ning, their eldest brother's daughter."
"I mean the one against the wall."
A clean, slow male voice interrupted: "Um..."
The two people who were talking trembled and turned back carefully, and found that Lu Jinzhi had walked behind them without them knowing when.
The man was much taller than them, his dark eyebrows slightly frowned. He looked away, took a sip of wine, and smiled: "My housekeeper."
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