Li Ke saw Jun Li frowning and thought he was late, so he apologized, "Third Young Master, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
Jun Li frowned even more deeply. He said, "The party hasn't started yet, so you don't need to apologize. It's your outfit. You said you wanted to rent a dress, and you rented a dress like this? It doesn't look good at all, and it looks very old."
Even if she was taken away by him as a shield, she couldn't go there wearing an old dress.
"If you think the rental fee for a nice dress is too expensive, tell me and I'll pay for it."
Jun Li also knew that Li Ke's wallet was tight. The senior high school students were about to return to school. She had to pay her younger siblings' tuition with the little money she had, and she also had to start a business, which made her even tighter. He could understand her frugality, but she could have told him directly.
After hearing Jun Li's words, Li Ke finally understood why he was frowning.
She looked down at her dress and said, "Third Young Master, I think this dress is pretty good. It's not too old, and the style is still wearable."
Wedding dresses in wedding shops are often rented, and generally speaking, the styles will not be eliminated so quickly.
Jun Li was too picky. But also, he was the third young master of the Jun family. The dresses that the women in his family wore to banquets were all tailor-made by famous designers.
This is incomparable to the dresses in the wedding shop.
Jun Li still disliked Li Ke's dress. Even though her temperament and appearance were outstanding, he still didn't like his temporary female companion wearing a too old dress to accompany him to drink Lu Si's engagement wine.
He stood up and said to Li Ke, "Follow me."
Li Ke said "oh", and after he started walking away, she kept a distance of one meter from him and followed him out of the main house.
After Jun Li took Li Ke out of the main house, he called his eldest brother as he walked.
After Ye Junbo answered his call, he asked, "Brother, are you and sister-in-law still at home?"
He was asked to go to the Lu family on behalf of his brother and sister-in-law because they were going on a date.
"What's wrong? We're getting ready to go out."
"Wait a minute, I want to buy a dress for my sister-in-law."
Jun Li did not ask to borrow it. His sister-in-law had already lent her dress to Li Ke, and his sister-in-law would not wear it again. So he simply spent money to buy a new dress from his sister-in-law and let Li Ke wear it to accompany him to the Lu family.
Anyway, my sister-in-law has so many dresses that she can’t finish them all.
Li Ke was a little anxious when he heard Jun Li talking to Ye Junbo on the phone.
The eldest young lady's dress is always very expensive. If the third young master buys it for her, will he deduct all her overtime pay for tonight? If deducting all is not enough, will he deduct all her salary as well... He has to pay for my younger brother and sister-in-law's tuition and food expenses?
Her younger brother and sister-in-law both attended private schools. After the Li family went bankrupt, Li Ke considered helping them transfer schools. However, she was afraid that the transfer would affect her sister's college entrance examination in the most critical year, so she gritted her teeth and let her younger brother and sister-in-law continue to attend private school.
After selling all her previous luxury goods, it was barely enough to pay for a few years of tuition.
If she were to start her own business, she might have to ask the Third Wife to invest more. This would put her under a lot of pressure. She couldn't let the Third Wife lose money, so she would have to work hard.
Their finances were already tight, and now she was asked to spend money on an expensive evening dress. Li Ke was really unwilling to do that.
Jun Li was still talking on the phone with Ye Junbo, and Li Ke didn't want to interrupt. After Jun Li finished the call, Li Ke quickly tugged at Jun Li's sleeve.
"Third Young Master."
Jun Li turned his head to look at her. He knew what was going on from her expression and said, "I'll give you overtime pay. I won't deduct any points from your pay. Think of the dress my sister-in-law and I bought for you as your work uniform. I'm sure you'll need it again in the future. You don't have to pay for the dress. Don't act like you're cutting into my flesh."
After all, she was once a young lady.
Thinking of Li Yongtai's scumbag and the current Mrs. Li's badness, and Li Ke's previous life as a young lady, she might not have been rich. Jun Li also understood why she looked like she was being slaughtered.
Li Ke: "...will you still accompany the Third Young Master to banquets in the future?"
"What's going on? My mom wants to invest in your business. Now that you have someone to back you up, you don't care about the overtime pay I give you?"
"No, it's not like that. Who says too much money? I'm happy with the more I give. The Third Young Master is my great benefactor. He has helped my sister and I so much. I have no way to repay him. If the Third Young Master needs me to work overtime in the future, just tell me."
"As long as it can make money and it's a serious matter, I'm happy to help the Third Young Master."
Jun Li looked at her and always felt that her words were harsh, but if he was asked to refute her, he didn't know how to refute her.
She was telling him frankly that if he wanted her to do something improper, she would not agree.
He was also worried that she might develop feelings for him because of his identity and because he helped her, and wanted to develop a relationship with him. He was being overly suspicious. If she wasn't in trouble now, she would probably want to draw a clear line with him.
That’s good, with such a smart woman, he doesn’t have to worry about getting into trouble.
"Let's go, my brother and sister-in-law are about to go out."
Li Ke nodded and followed him again.
When they arrived at the main house, Mu Qing was already waiting. Seeing two people coming in one after the other, she smiled and said to Li Ke, "Li Ke, I'll take you upstairs to choose a dress."
Li Ke glanced at Jun Li and then followed Mu Qing upstairs obediently.
Mu Qing took Li Ke into the cloakroom where she kept her dresses. Pointing to the dresses on the right, she said, "These are all new. I haven't worn them yet. Some of them I bought, and some are custom-made. Take your pick."
The dresses on the left were worn by Mu Qing, and most of them were given to her by Ye Junbo.
She would not sell the gift from her husband to the third child.
Li Ke picked up a dress at random. Every one of Mu Qing's dresses was excellent. She didn't need to be picky, as long as it fit her.
"I think my dress is pretty good, but the Third Young Master is picky and insisted that I change it. He complained that the dress I rented was ugly and old."
She went along to help the Third Young Master block the drinking, and she was not a real female companion.
There's really no need to wear a dress that's too nice; it's too conspicuous.
Li Ke could even foresee that when she changed into Mu Qing's dress and followed Jun Li to the Lu family, she would be ridiculed after being recognized.
She rented an older dress, actually because she wanted to be as low-key as possible and not be recognized.
"Your dress is a bit old."
Mu Qing smiled and took the dress she had chosen from Li Ke's hand. After looking at it, she said to Li Ke, "Put it on and show it to me."
Li Ke went to change clothes.
While she was changing clothes, Mu Qing helped her pick out a few more sets. Thinking that the one Li Ke chose was not suitable, she tried a few more.
A few minutes later.
Li Ke came out of the fitting room.
Mu Qing's eyes lit up. She looked Li Ke up and down, praising him: "Li Ke, you have a good foundation. After changing into a dress, you look completely different. Now you look noble and elegant."
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