Chapter 40 Humiliation
◎ “Hurry up and get married”◎
The teacher appreciation banquet was arranged at a star-rated hotel. Jiang Siyue was not surprised. After confirming that there were no dress code requirements, she simply wore whatever she wanted.
Even though he knew that the Xu family was wealthy, he was still shocked when he saw the people in suits and ties at the door.
"Are you sure the security will let us in dressed like this?" Yue Huan pulled at his pilling sweatshirt, his tone full of doubt, "The security guards are all dressed better than us."
"I don't know." Jiang Siyue looked bewildered, but Xu Wangxing did say it wasn't necessary, and even Lan Ruoqing said it was okay to wear anything, but...
"Otherwise, I'll wait for you outside." Yue Huan turned around and wanted to leave.
"Sister?" came Xu Wangxing's voice from not far away. Like the people around him, he was wearing a suit that was worth a lot of money. "Why don't you go in?"
While she was hesitating, Xu Wangxing had already dragged her into the hotel. She had no choice but to catch Yue Huan who wanted to run away.
The two of them entered the hotel with trepidation. When the elevator number jumped, Jiang Siyue felt her heart trembling as well. After entering the room, Lan Ruoqing pulled her around and greeted her. Jiang Siyue was under great pressure and felt like a monkey being dragged around to visit.
After exchanging pleasantries with a stranger, Jiang Siyue hurriedly found an excuse to leave and found Yue Huan sitting in a corner. The phone in her pocket vibrated. Jiang Siyue walked to a quiet place and answered Zhao Yan's call, covering the receiver and saying, "What's up?"
"I can't call you if I'm fine?"
"No." Jiang Siyue paused, not knowing what to say, so she simply remained silent.
"What color do you like?"
"Huh?" Jiang Siyue was a little confused. "Blue."
"Um."
There was some noise from Zhao Yan's side, and a thought flashed through Jiang Siyue's mind, "Are you going to buy me something? Actually, I don't wear jewelry very often."
"Hmm." Zhao Yan's tone was unclear. After a while, a voice from farther away came, "Wrap it up."
Jiang Siyue: “…”
The waiter was busy serving the dishes, so Jiang Siyue apologized softly and quickly made way.
"You're outside?"
"Yeah, I'm attending a thank-you banquet for my students." Jiang Siyue glanced at the crowd of people, walked away silently, and said in a low voice, "It's a bit boring."
On the other end of the phone, Zhao Yan chuckled softly, "Then go home."
Jiang Siyue hesitated: "Would it be bad?"
"Won't."
Jiang Siyue was moved by Lan Ruoqing's decisive tone, but she was still a little hesitant. After all, Lan Ruoqing had been introducing herself enthusiastically.
"There's a document. Please send it to me when you get home." Zhao Yan said, adding, "It's urgent."
"Ah? What document?" Jiang Siyue took two steps and suddenly realized the real meaning of his words.
On the other end of the line was Zhao Yan's breathing, faint but telling that the call hadn't been disconnected. Jiang Siyue calmed down and strode back to the banquet hall.
Lan Ruoqing was chatting with someone else. Jiang Siyue found Xu Wangxing and said that she had something urgent to go home for.
"Are you in such a hurry?" Xu Wangxing frowned. "I said we'd go play together later."
The sound was received into the receiver. Although it was not loud, it was still clear. Zhao Yan frowned and tapped the phone lightly with his fingertips.
"No, you guys go have fun." After Jiang Siyue refused, she didn't find Yue Huan and planned to go out first and send a message later. After breathing in the fresh air, Jiang Siyue felt alive again.
"nailed it?"
"Yeah." Jiang Siyue nodded heavily.
"Then hang up, see you tomorrow night."
"Wait." Jiang Siyue held her breath and asked, "What time is your flight tomorrow? I'll pick you up."
Zhao Yan took the package handed over by the clerk, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly. "Six ten in the evening, T2."
Jiang Siyue lowered her eyes and kicked the bumps on the square bricks under her feet. "Then I'll be there at six."
"Well, drive carefully."
"Okay." As soon as the phone was hung up, Jiang Siyue looked at Yue Huan's face, and the smile on the corner of her mouth completely froze.
"You finally came out." Yue Huan looked tired. "I sent you so many text messages but you didn't reply. I wanted to go in to look for you but the security guard stopped me."
Jiang Siyue looked at her in surprise.
Yue Huan said apologetically, "I can't stand this world of fame and fortune anymore. I couldn't find you, so I came out alone."
"It's okay." Jiang Siyue put her phone in her bag, "Let's go shopping."
*
In order to think of concepts last night, I stayed up until four o'clock. When the alarm rang at two o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Siyue hurriedly got up, packed up, and drove to the mall.
After checking the time and entering the mall, Jiang Siyue saw an acquaintance in the mall. Xia Qing obviously saw her as well and immediately came over to say hello.
"Hello, ma'am," Xia Qing greeted. This store had a ton of complaints, and he happened to be passing by while shopping, so he stopped by to check in.
For a moment, Jiang Siyue really wanted to dig a hole and bury herself, "Hello."
"Madam, are you here to go shopping?" Xia Qing felt that she was here to inspect the store.
"No." Jiang Siyue didn't want to say more. Xia Qing was Zhao Yan's assistant, so if he knew, it would probably be no different from Zhao Yan knowing.
Xia Qing also knew that she didn't want to say much, so after a brief greeting, he tactfully separated from her and went straight to the back of the store to communicate with the manager after entering the store.
"You don't even know your boyfriend's ring size, what kind of ring are you ordering?" The salesperson was speechless. When she was queuing for the order, she felt that she was unlucky and was assigned a student girl.
Jiang Siyue had been busy with this order for so long, but in the end she didn't use any materials with a high commission. Now that she was almost done with it, something went wrong. She couldn't pretend anymore and just turned her face away from Jiang Siyue, mocking her fiercely, "Sister, please make sure before you come back. Don't waste other people's time."
Previously, during WeChat chats, this salesperson occasionally said some subtly offensive words, and Jiang Siyue didn't think much about it. Unexpectedly, he became even more aggressive offline.
Seeing her impatient expression, I felt a surge of anger in my heart. After a while, I calmed down and said, "How did I waste your time? You also said at the beginning that custom products are troublesome. Why do you deny it now? If you don't want to serve me, you can just refuse instead of being sarcastic here."
"Reject?" The salesperson clapped his hands and sneered, "I'd like to do it too, but you're so poor and have so many things to do. None of my colleagues want to take it."
"You!" Jiang Siyue was so angry at her that her chest heaved violently.
At this time, a new customer walked into the store. The salesperson rolled his eyes at her and immediately went to greet another customer with a smile. The sweet and gentle voice sounded extremely harsh.
The fingers were curled up and the nails dug into the flesh, causing pain.
The shop assistants around cast curious glances, but no one came forward to apologize.
Jiang Siyue walked over, rushed to the salesperson, and said in a hoarse voice: "Find your manager, I want to complain!"
The store manager had just coaxed Xia Qing into submission and hadn't even sent her away when a complaint arrived. The manager glared at the salesperson and said with a laugh, "Assistant Xia, this—"
"lady."
After hearing Xia Qing's words, the store manager was speechless. He looked at Xia Qing in horror as he walked forward. He had only one thought in his mind: it's over.
Jiang Siyue had no idea what everyone was thinking. She was so angry that she was about to smoke, and she barely maintained a little bit of rationality. After listening to Xia Qing's long talk, Jiang Siyue knew that this was also a jewelry store under Linglong. She was even more fortunate that she didn't yell or make a scene just now, otherwise it would be so embarrassing.
Not in the mood to listen any further, Jiang Siyue hurried away, opened the door, and then came back and said to Xia Qing, "Please don't tell Zhao Yan."
After getting in the car, Jiang Siyue held the steering wheel and did not move for a long time. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She was about to send a message to Zhao Yan several times, but forced herself to hold back.
It’s not that she wanted to be angry with the salesperson, but once she told others about it, Zhao Yan would definitely know about the ring, and then the surprise she had prepared would be ruined.
I used to watch the outrageous short videos online just for fun, but I didn’t expect that I would become the protagonist today.
After taking a long break, he looked at the time. It was already four o'clock. If he didn't go home, he would be too late to pick up Zhao Yan. After a few deep breaths, he drove out of the basement.
*
At the airport, after Zhao Yan checked in his luggage, he was somewhat surprised to receive a call from Sun Yao.
"Tsk, I told you not to have a wedding." Sun Yao gloated a little, "Lan Ruoqing is almost considering Jiang Siyue as her daughter-in-law."
Zhao Yan took the glass of water and asked, "What do you mean?"
"It was yesterday at the Xu family's only child's teacher appreciation banquet. Lan Ruoqing took Jiang Siyue everywhere to meet people, and privately spread the word that she was their daughter-in-law."
Zhao Yan remembered the voice he heard yesterday and threw the empty cup into the trash can. "I understand."
"You know something." Sun Yao said with a look of anxiety, like the emperor is not anxious, "Hurry up and have a wedding. You know, in our circle, we only accept gifts, not certifications."
"That's your circle." Zhao Yan glanced at the boarding gate and said, "Hang up."
Just as he reached the boarding gate, Zhao Yan received another call from Xia Qing. After listening to what he said, his brows were furrowed into a knot and he felt inexplicably irritated.
Xia Qing: "...What do you think, how should we deal with this?"
"You can handle these little things."
Zhao Yan opened Jiang Siyue's WeChat, and the chat was still on the last interface. There was no new message. The staff had already reached out, so Zhao Yan exited the interface and handed over the ticket and ID card.
*
I deleted the sales contact information and planned to change to another store. After being so angry, I finally felt relieved after eating half a watermelon at home. Estimating that it was about time, Jiang Siyue drove to the airport to pick me up.
After parking the car, it was already six o'clock, so I quickly ran to the entrance of T2 to wait.
There were many people coming and going at the airport. Jiang Siyue had never been able to pick anyone up before, so she was afraid of missing someone and kept her eyes on the door.
Twenty minutes later, Zhao Yan appeared pushing the luggage. Jiang Siyue found that she had overthought. He was particularly conspicuous in the crowd and could be noticed at a glance. How could she miss him?
The light happened to be green, and Jiang Siyue trotted across the road and came to him. As soon as she stopped, Zhao Yan hugged her with one hand. After holding her for a while, he let go and held her left hand.
"Is the road congested?"
Jiang Siyue was a little nervous on the way here. She seldom took the initiative to do things, and now she took the initiative to pick up Zhao Yan at the airport. She was afraid that she would have nothing to say when she saw Zhao Yan. But now Zhao Yan casually asked about some trivial matters, easily shattering her anxiety.
Jiang Siyue took a deep breath, pursed her lips and smiled, then shook her head, "I'm lucky."
Zhao Yan also smiled and held her hand tightly.
Since Jiang Siyue insisted on driving, Zhao Yan let her do it. The way back was still smooth. Zhao Yan did not ask about what happened in the afternoon, which showed that Xia Qing had indeed kept her promise.
Jiang Siyue caught a glimpse of Zhao Yan, who was resting with his eyes closed in the passenger seat. For a moment, she didn't know whether she felt more happy or disappointed.
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