Chapter 37 Chapter 37 The Second Drawing
The bidding session of the auction ended quickly. Li Muxu bought a jade ornament with the pattern of Heavenly Girl Scattering Flowers. Pei Qing finally waited for the party session after the auction.
She said to Li Muxu, "Brother, I'm going to look for Lian Jiao."
The lights in the exhibition hall flickered and the room went dark.
Li Muxu glanced at the stiletto heels Pei Qing was wearing and said, "Be careful, don't fall."
Pei Qing: "No, no. I just rarely wear it, not that I never wear it."
Her skirt fluttered and she quickly left her seat.
Li Muxu looked in the direction Pei Qing left, and soon someone came up to him with a glass of wine.
"Mr. Li, nice to meet you..."
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Pei Qing walked towards Lian Jiao. She had just seen Lian Jiao and Zhan Shengguang sitting in area C.
After walking a few steps, Pei Qing was stopped by someone.
Yao Jin and Weng Jingya walked up to her and each held her arm.
Weng Jingya: "Look, who is this! Oh my god, when Yao Jin told me, I didn't believe it. Hey, Xiaoqing, you can go to Yao Jin's hot spring villa, why don't you come to my party! You are partial to one!"
Pei Qing thought to herself that this was bad, and she couldn't run away. She immediately put on a sweet smile and coaxed, "I've been busy lately, really busy lately, Sister Weng, I'll definitely come back next time, I'll definitely come back next time!"
Weng Jingya hugged her and said, "Don't try to fool me. What have you been doing recently? Are you painting those paintings again? When will you hold an exhibition for me to see?"
Pei Qing: "Art exhibition? Why hold an art exhibition? I'll just keep it for my own enjoyment."
Weng Jingya sneered: "Did you see the paintings auctioned today? Where is the value of these artists reflected? Isn't it the rising bidding prices? Your paintings won't appreciate in value if you keep them at home..."
Help!
Pei Qing looked at Yao Jin, who took a sip of champagne and agreed, "That's right. Your brother doesn't care about you."
I admire these two people.
If Pei Qing's drawings were hung up, something serious would happen.
She had no choice but to say, "My brother respects my wishes. I'm fine at home. Thank you for your concern. I have to go now."
Weng Jingya stopped her and said, "You don't miss me after not seeing me for so long? Where are you going in such a hurry?"
Pei Qing said seriously: "I met a beautiful sister recently, I'm going to get close to her."
Yao Jin was curious: "Who? Which one? Have any beautiful women appeared here recently?"
She and Weng Jingya looked around and saw that they were all familiar faces, and there were no new, beautiful and elegant ladies.
Weng Jingya was disappointed: "Which one do you like?"
Pei Qing pointed at Lian Jiao and retorted, "I just went to get close to her. Don't make it sound like I'm trying to chase her."
Weng Jingya: "It's not that you can't catch up with her if you're serious about it, you just say you think she's pretty but don't actually take action."
Pei Qing: "I'm not a lesbian."
Following the direction Pei Qing pointed, Yao Jin and Weng Jingya finally saw the woman she was pointing at.
Yao Jin was puzzled: "Isn't that Lian Jiao? You saw her at my place that day. Didn't she come to catch an adulterer? What's so good about her?"
Yao Jin is not interested in women like Lian Jiao. She doesn't break up with her husband when he cheats on her, but rushes to catch him in the act. After catching him in the act, she gets back together with the man affectionately. Well, people like this cannot be in her circle of friends.
Weng Jingya also knew Lian Jiao. She hugged Pei Qing and asked her to give up.
"Be good, stay away from people like this. If you stay with her for too long, you might get infected with her stupidity."
Pei Qing was surprised: "How come you all know her?"
Weng Jingya: "Ah Qing, I told you a long time ago, don't stay at home all day, come out and listen to my gossip."
Pei Qing wanted to know more: "What gossip is there about her? Isn't she getting married?"
Weng Jingya: "What marriage? Who told you that? They definitely can't get married."
Pei Qing: “Ah?”
Weng Jingya: "Zhan Shengguang's mother is a snob. She thinks that even a girl from a small family is not very knowledgeable. They have been together for five or six years and they haven't gotten married yet. How can they get married?"
Yao Jin also nodded repeatedly.
"Zhan Shengguang is an only child. His mother only has this one son. She treats her son like a baby every day. She even organizes a selection of concubines and invites a few beautiful girls to her home from time to time."
Yao Jin sighed: "Lian Jiao is having a hard time now. Look at her face, it looks haggard. She was originally 50% or 60% beautiful, but now she is only 30% beautiful."
Pei Qing's eyes widened slightly when he heard this: "How could Lian Jiao persist in talking for so long after Zhan Shengguang's mother did this?"
Weng Jingya: "It's all about money. This year, the market value of Beverage is 900 million US dollars. Lian Jiao's family is ordinary working class. There is a huge gap. No wonder she doesn't want to break up. But even if you love money, you can't be too cowardly, otherwise you will get angry to death sooner or later."
Yao Jin touched Pei Qing's face, which was smooth, delicate and had fair skin.
She shared the same view as Weng Jingya: "For women, mood is very important. If they are too cowardly, they will not be beautiful."
Pei Qing dodged back: "Don't touch my face all the time."
Weng Jingya moved closer and could almost see the fine hairs on Pei Qing's face.
"Wow, you only put on lipstick today, without any eyebrows or foundation... Don't you stay up late every day? Everyone stays up late, so why is your skin so good?"
Pei Qing shamelessly boasted: "Because I am naturally beautiful."
Weng Jingya: "Okay, come, let me touch it."
Yao Jin: “It feels really good.”
The three of them were playing around when Li Muxu and Qin Banyan came over.
Qin Banyan called out, "Weng Jingya."
Weng Jingya paused and looked at Qin Banyan: "What are you doing? Not only can you not play with men, but you can't even play with women?"
Qin Banyan is Weng Jingya's husband. They have been married for a year and can be considered newlyweds, but they do not have the sweetness of a newlywed couple.
Qin Banyan pulled her over and apologized to Li Muxu.
"I'm sorry, Jingya doesn't play it lightly."
Li Muxu looked at the marks on Pei Qing's face and said nothing.
Pei Qing said: "It's okay."
She touched her face and said, "We are just playing. Brother Qin, don't be so serious. It would be bad if you scare Sister Jingya."
The two parties met, and Qin Banyan took Weng Jingya away. Weng Jingya looked at Pei Qing several times, and Pei Qing was helpless.
Yao Jin no longer had a partner and didn't want to stay at the party any longer. She asked Pei Qing, "Are you really going to try to get close to Lian Jiao?"
Pei Qing: "Just a few words."
Yao Jin was not interested in Lian Jiao. She said to Pei Qing, "If you really want to find a beautiful woman to be your model, I have several pretty ones in my villa. I'll show them to you someday."
Pei Qing nodded: "Okay, okay."
After seeing Yao Jin off, Pei Qing was able to talk to Li Muxu.
"Brother, why did you bring Qin Banyan here?"
Li Muxu: "He came here by himself."
Pei Qing: "It's really hard for him to find you. I don't think he likes me."
Li Muxu: "Who told you to give your card to Weng Jingya and let her escape the marriage?"
Pei Qing: "Arranged marriages are not advisable. Look at how they don't get along after marriage. I think Sister Weng will definitely get a divorce if she gets the chance."
Li Muxu didn't want to get involved in other people's marriages and divorces, so he asked, "You haven't talked to Lian Jiao yet?"
Pei Qing: "I was stopped by Sister Jin just now and we talked for a few words. I heard that Zhan Shengguang's mother is selecting a concubine?"
Li Muxu: "Who did you hear that from? Weng Jingya? That should be true."
Pei Qing looked at Lian Jiao and Zhan Shengguang not far away, and quietly asked Li Muxu: "Does Zhan Shengguang not want to get married?"
Li Muxu: "Why would he want to get married? He already has a strong mother above him, and after marriage he will have a wife to control him. He won't want to get married."
Pei Qing: "So when I heard Lian Jiao talking about marriage, was it Zhan Shengguang who coaxed her?"
Li Muxu: "You can go and try it out."
Pei Qing nodded and walked quickly towards Lian Jiao.
Pei Qing: "Ms. Lian."
She greeted warmly.
Lian Jiao was having a quarrel with Zhan Shengguang when suddenly a woman appeared before her. She had bright eyes and a radiant face, and it was obvious that she came from a wealthy family.
A smile appeared on her face: "Hello, you are--"
Pei Qing: "My name is Pei Qing. We met at the Hot Spring Villa a few days ago. It was the one organized by Yao Jin."
The smile on Lian Jiao's face paused.
Pei Qing saw it, but pretended not to notice. She had to find an excuse to get close to him.
She blurted out the compliment: "When I saw Miss Lian that day, I thought Miss Lian had beautiful eyes, with tears in her eyes. Someone must have wronged you first. Don't you know if I have the honor to invite Miss Lian for a cup of coffee? I've been looking for a model recently, and when I saw you, I felt that other models were not as pretty as you..."
She blurted out a string of words, shocking Lian Jiao on the spot.
She had been with Zhan Shengguang for a long time and had met women from good families, but none of them was as passionate as Pei Qing.
She was a little dazed: "Model? I've never been a model."
Pei Qing held her hand, shook it, and said, "It doesn't matter. I have only one requirement for models, that they must be good-looking. You are so beautiful, anything is fine with you. My models don't have to pose in the same way all the time. You can do whatever you want, as long as you are in front of me."
She spoke so sincerely that Lian Jiao was somewhat coaxed.
Li Muxu coughed lightly, signaling Pei Qing to stop, as being too enthusiastic would arouse suspicion.
Pei Qing looked at Lian Jiao with a smile. Just as Lian Jiao was about to nod, Zhan Shengguang came over from behind.
He first greeted Li Muxu enthusiastically, then looked at Pei Qing.
"This is Miss Pei, long time no see, you are still so beautiful."
Pei Qing suppressed the smile on his face and said, "Long time no see?" We haven't met at all.
Li Muxu said to Zhan Shengguang: "My sister wants to ask your fiancée to be her model."
Zhan Shengguang glanced at Lian Jiao and immediately agreed.
"Of course, no problem."
Pei Qing continued to deduct points from him without even asking Lian Jiao for her opinion.
She asked curiously, "I heard you are getting married? When are you planning to hold the wedding so I can give you a gift."
She looked at Lian Jiao again: "I will definitely give you a generous gift when the time comes."
Zhan Shengguang’s smile froze.
Li Muxu said slowly: "Just send the invitation to our house when the time comes."
Zhan Shengguang said vaguely: "Of course, the invitation must be sent."
Pei Qing wanted to ask about the specific time, but seeing that Lian Jiao's smile was about to fade, she gave up the idea and made an appointment with Lian Jiao instead.
If you delay, things may change. The two of them agreed to meet at noon tomorrow.
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Lian Jiao followed Zhan Shengguang and left the auction.
As soon as she got in the car, Zhan Shengguang told her: "You will meet Pei Qing tomorrow. Be careful with your words and coax her a little."
Lian Jiao: "Of course I know better than you."
Zhan Shengguang: "Mr. Li rarely came to this kind of auction before. I heard that he dotes on his sister. It must be his sister who wants to come and play. If you have a good relationship with Pei Qing, maybe your two companies can cooperate in the future."
Lian Jiao glanced at him and started talking about the beautiful women in the Zhan family.
"Then those women in your family..."
Zhan Shengguang was impatient: "There are so many people at home every day, it's so noisy. I'll let them all leave tonight. I don't even know how many relatives are in the next room, but they are still trying to get close to our family."
Lian Jiao sneered in her heart, seeing him playing dumb here and mentioning the marriage.
"A few days ago, my friends asked me when I would hold my wedding. They are all very busy at work, so I decided to schedule the wedding in advance so that they can adjust their schedule."
Whenever he mentioned marriage, Zhan Shengguang would dodge the subject. He said he would definitely get married. When asked about the specific date, he said he had many relatives at home and even more business partners, so he had to pick a day that was convenient for everyone. He kept picking and picking! It’s been half a year, and he still hasn’t picked a good date!
Lian Jiao kept her composure. She was not like those stupid women out there who just wanted to make a quick buck and leave.
She and Zhan Shengguang have been dating since college and have been dating for five years. Although they each have their own thoughts, they also have feelings for each other.
Lian Jiao only needs a little bit of opportunity. Maybe she can use Pei Qing to break into their social circle. Marriage is an exchange of values. As long as she puts herself in the right position and can get married, she doesn't care how many women Zhan Shengguang has outside as long as they don't bring any trouble to the house.
When Zhan Shengguang heard Lian Jiao talking about marriage, he suddenly felt a headache.
It's not that he doesn't want to get married. Getting married is just about getting a certificate and holding a wedding. It's not that troublesome. His mother always says that so-and-so's daughter is so good, and no matter how good she is, she can't tolerate him messing around outside.
He felt that Lian Jiao was good like this, smart and pretty, and although she controlled him, she was not as domineering as his mother.
They have been together for so many years, isn't it natural for them to get married?
When he proposed to her before, he felt that she was old enough to get married, but his mother didn't want to.
This is a difficult situation, he can only appease both sides.
At this time, Zhan Shengguang heard Lian Jiao talking about marriage. He thought for a moment and said, "You can coax Pei Qing well. When my mother sees that you are so popular, she might agree. Jiaojiao, we have been together for so many years. You should try harder. My mother's temper will definitely not change. You should coax her more."
Lian Jiao snorted in her heart but smiled on her face.
She said gently: "I know, Auntie just loves you too much."
Zhan Shengguang smiled bitterly: "It's better that she gave birth to one child. If I had a brother or sister, I wouldn't be stared at like this now. You should work harder."
Lian Jiao laughed again and asked him, "I see Mr. Li and Miss Pei have different surnames. One takes his father's surname and the other takes his mother's surname? Tell me about it. It would be bad if something ridiculous happened."
Zhan Shengguang: "Oh, Pei Qing was adopted by the Li family. He seems to have been in their home when he was five or six years old. Li Muxu has a younger brother, but he rarely comes out in recent years. Only this sister occasionally accompanies him to some banquets. He really dotes on this sister. He used to bring her with him when he went out. Later, I heard that Pei Qing didn't like socializing, so he came out less often."
Lian Jiao was surprised: "Not a biological child?"
Zhan Shengguang: "Why do you care whether she is a biological child or not? As long as the Li family likes her, that's enough. You should get along well with others. You are no better than your sisters."
Lian Jiao: "I know, I just think she is lucky."
Zhan Shengguang: "What's the big deal, Jiaojiao, you're not bad either. When we get married, I'll go wherever you want to go with you."
Lian Jiao responded quickly. She knew in her heart that Zhan Shengguang's words sounded nice, but few of them could really do what he said. The only ones left were generous money and soft influence.
It’s because he’s being strictly controlled by his mother!
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Pei Qing sat on the sofa and combed his current hairstyle carefully.
First of all, the person who came to request an article was very strange. He seemed indifferent to Lian Jiao's life or death. What kind of article did he come to request, especially for a wedding gift? It was too strange.
Secondly, Lian Jiao's social circle is also very complicated. The mother of the Zhan family is strong, Zhan Shengguang himself is hesitant about getting married, and there are mistresses outside of Zhan Shengguang, and these are brought by the Zhan family. Pei Qing doesn't know much about Lian Jiao's own circle of friends.
Is there anyone who is displeased with Lian Jiao and wants to harm her?
It's very likely.
But is this person a woman outside of Zhan Shengguang's circle, or someone in Lian Jiao's circle of friends? The range is too wide?
Of course, we cannot rule out that it was an accident, but when I think of the boss who commissioned the article, it always feels a bit deliberate.
How many people do we need to check?
Pei Qing sighed.
People are so social. It would be great if I could be like her. If I stayed at home all day, the possibility of being harmed would be greatly reduced!
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