Chapter 79 Wedding Invitations
The restaurant waiter actually brought over alcohol wipes and gauze. After Yuan Pei bandaged Jiang Ning's injured finger, he quickly returned to his seat.
He didn't understand why he had been so anxious about Jiang Ning, as if he were possessed.
And this happened right in front of Lu Junyan.
Even if Lu Junyan doesn't like Jiang Ning anymore, Jiang Ning is still his wife on the marriage certificate.
Yuan Pei was flustered, so to hide it, he ate the lobster in silence.
Chu Qingxue breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Yuan Pei did not make any further statement to Jiang Ning.
She may not like Yuan Pei, but Yuan Pei cannot dislike her.
Even if one does fall in love with someone else, one must never let that love extend to Jiangning.
In Chu Qingxue's view, Jiang Ning was not worthy of anything, only worthy of being her control group, so that everyone could see her excellence.
Jiang Ning ate the meal absentmindedly.
As a result, she still failed to secure the last spot at LD Jewelry Fashion Week.
All her efforts were in vain.
To say that I wasn't discouraged at all would be a lie.
However, compared to Lu Junyan's long and complicated journey to finally give the raw stone to Chu Qingxue, the current blow seems to have hurt her much less.
After the meal, Jiang Ning paid the bill.
She only bought the portion for herself and Yuan Pei.
Lu Junyan bought the rest.
"Now, I've repaid the favor I owed you." Jiang Ning said, then turned and left.
Yuan Pei wanted to chase after him.
He didn't know what he wanted to do by chasing after him.
He probably wanted to apologize to Jiang Ning, as he hadn't intended for Jiang Ning to spend so much money.
It's also possible that he wanted to tell Jiang Ning that he would reciprocate the invitation later.
However, Yuan Pei ultimately failed to catch up with Jiang Ning.
It was Chu Qingxue who called out to him.
"Yuan Pei, what favor does Jiang Ning owe you?"
"that is……"
Lu Junyan saw Yuan Pei drawling out his words and glanced at him first.
“I ran into her on the street by chance before. She had a flat tire, and I helped her out. It’s nothing serious.”
Yuan Pei spoke very quickly, unaware of whether his performance was natural or not.
Chu Qingxue couldn't tell if it was true or false, and simply said, "I see..."
She glanced at Lu Junyan subconsciously.
Lu Junyan remained calm, his dark eyes deep, seemingly believing Yuan Pei's words without a doubt.
Or perhaps they simply don't care.
Chu Qingxue thought that she was probably overthinking it.
Neither Lu Junyan nor Yuan Pei cared about Jiangning.
Jiang Ning drove back to his studio instead of going home.
She was in a bad mood tonight, after all, she had missed out on the only spot to attend LD Jewelry Fashion Week.
However, she is much calmer now than she was on her birthday.
She returned to the studio wanting to finish the unfinished design, even though there was no longer any need to finish it, because she still wanted to be responsible for her work.
The office lights were on.
The completed design lay quietly beside Jiang Ning.
She's asleep now.
She was exhausted from trying to prove herself in the design field these past few days. She only wanted to take a short nap, but ended up sleeping until dawn.
Pete's face was reflected in Jiang Ning's sleepy eyes.
"Good morning!" Pete greeted her with a smile.
Jiang Ning stood up and then realized that he was still wearing Pete's suit jacket draped over his shoulders.
"Sorry, you must have seen this funny."
Jiang Ning returned the suit jacket to Pete.
"I didn't see any jokes, I only saw spittle."
Upon hearing Pete's words, Jiang Ning quickly wiped the corner of his mouth, only to see Pete beaming with joy.
"What are we going to do about you being so easily fooled!"
Jiang Ning realized that Pete was just making fun of her!
“Pete…” Jiang Ning smiled wryly, “Do you know that your current image is quite different from before…”
"What image did I have in your eyes before?" Pete said, handing the breakfast he had bought to Jiang Ning. "A rigid, boring, bloodsucking capitalist who only knew how to increase FY's performance and force you to work?"
Pete's self-deprecating remarks made Jiang Ning laugh.
While it might not be as exaggerated as Pitt described, the Pitt she remembered was certainly not as witty and easygoing as he is now.
"Let's eat. I have something to tell you after we finish." Pete's hand landed on Jiang Ning's shoulder, seemingly casually.
The two had a simple breakfast together in the office. After breakfast, Pete told Jiang Ning that the list of designers and brands participating in this year's LD Jewelry Fashion Week had been released.
There is Chu Qingxue.
Jiangning is not included.
Jiang Ning realized that Pete had come to her place early in the morning, buying her breakfast and trying to cheer her up, perhaps because of this.
Pete was afraid she would be sad and upset.
However, she already knew about this and had made peace with herself about it.
"Don't worry, I'm not that fragile."
Pete breathed a sigh of relief when he saw a smile on Jiang Ning's face.
"It's good that you haven't been discouraged." Pete patted Jiang Ning's shoulder gently.
"I'm under pressure from investors, I don't have time to be depressed," Jiang Ning said with a wry smile.
Even if Pete doesn't come today, she'll still go to him to learn from his experience.
Now that Geng Li's recommendation route has been cut off, she has no choice but to find another way.
A week later, Jiang Ning rented the lawn outside the White House Garden and held the opening ceremony for his studio.
Her studio has temporarily hired three employees. Although it still looks like a makeshift operation, the basic conditions are all in place.
Holding an opening ceremony was Pitt's suggestion to her, because if she wanted LD Jewelry Fashion Week to make an exception and invite her to participate, her brand influence in the industry had to reach a certain level.
Holding an opening ceremony can help expand influence, increase exposure, and retain customers.
Jiang Ning thought Pete's words made sense, so he and his three employees, along with Gu Lanlan who came to help, spent a week preparing.
With Pete in charge, people flocked to her place.
However, Pete's expression was not good.
There could have been more people.
"I'm sorry, Jiang Ning, it's my fault..."
Seeing Pete's sour face, Jiang Ning handed him a glass of soda water.
"You're just like me, always trying to take responsibility for yourself."
Jiang Ning sat down next to Pete.
The chairs that were prepared in advance were only two-thirds occupied.
Because Chu Qingxue is also holding her opening ceremony today.
In terms of influence in the business world, Pete is indeed no match for Lu Junyan.
However, Jiang Ning would never blame Pete.
As for whether Lu Junyan and Chu Qingxue did it on purpose, Jiang Ning didn't want to delve into it. Even if they did, she was powerless to stop it.
"Ah Ning, look who brought a congratulatory gift!" Gu Lanlan ran excitedly to Jiang Ning's side and presented her with an exquisite and expensive gold Pixiu ornament.
Jiang Ning took the ornament and saw Ning Junzhe's name.
She didn't actually tell Ning Junzhe about the opening of her studio.
That night, my encounter with Ning Junzhe in the banquet hall was purely accidental and beyond my control.
Since she had promised Ning Junzhe's mother that she would no longer have any contact with Ning Junzhe, she could not go back on her word.
What's more, she even received 50 million from them!
Jiang Ning chuckled self-deprecatingly and noticed that the ornament not only bore Ning Junzhe's name but also Fu Xinyue's.
She knows now—
Fu Xinyue is Ning Junzhe's fiancée.
Jiang Ning wondered if the next thing she received from Ning Junzhe would be a wedding invitation to Fu Xinyue!
The opening ceremony went smoothly, except that the number of guests and the range of topics covered were fewer than originally planned.
One person arrived late, halfway through the ceremony.
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