Therefore, Chu Nian lifted her foot and stomped hard on Tian Jun's foot.
Tian Jun let out a soft "Ah!" in pain, and his body instinctively staggered forward. Luckily, he was sitting in a chair, otherwise he would have collapsed onto the table.
Seeing this, Lu Yaoyao quickly said, "Tian Jun, what's wrong? You don't look well."
Chu Nian chuckled softly.
Tian Jun stared at her and pursed his lips.
Lu Yaoyao belatedly realized that this was just the two of them interacting. Tian Jun's unusually cold expression earlier was probably due to his interaction with Chu Nian. She felt incredibly awkward and resentful, secretly gritting her teeth in anger.
Although Lu Xinwan remained outwardly calm, she was inwardly seething with jealousy and furious. She felt that Chu Nian was deliberately showing off to her.
Tang Zhi arrived and was somewhat surprised to see Tian Jun and Lu Yaoyao there as well. But having been active in the business world for over a decade, he quickly found his place: here, only Chu Nian and he belonged to the same social class.
He walked around to the empty seat on the other side of Chu Nian and greeted everyone present warmly.
After exchanging pleasantries, Lu Xinwan called the waiter to order, and then started rambling on and on about Tang Zhi and Chen Nian's relationship, acting as if she was determined to reconcile the two.
Unfortunately, Tian Jun really didn't want the two to get back together.
Lu Xinwan said, "Sister Chen Nian, look at you and President Tang, you're still such a perfect match, just like before."
Tian Jun then interjected coolly, "But even if they were a perfect match, you still managed to get in!"
Lu Xinwan's lips twitched, but she quickly composed herself and said, "It's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding! I invited everyone to dinner today to clear up the misunderstanding..."
Tian Jun continued to chime in: "I heard that President Tang has recently been trying to rekindle his old flame with Miss Lu, and has invited her out several times, but Miss Lu has refused each time."
Chu Nian then said, "So, Miss Lu, do you now feel that your status is different and you no longer want Tang Zhi, and want to dump him on me?"
Lu Xinwan quickly said, "That's not how it is..."
Chu Nian: "So that means you're with Tang Zhi, and you want to continue being with him."
Lu Xinwan quickly added again, "No!"
Chu Nian: "What is it?"
Tian Jun interjected coolly again: "She just wants you and Tang Zhi to get back together under her influence, so that everyone will know that her interference in your relationship was really just a misunderstanding."
Lu Xinwan nodded, but then felt that something was off about what Tian Jun said, so she quickly shook her head and said, "No...that's not right."
Lu Yaoyao rolled her eyes as she sipped her drink: she realized that Lu Xinwan's intelligence was simply not on the same level as Tian Jun and Chu Nian.
Wait a minute! What about her?
Through the transformation of Lin Xinwan into Lu Xinwan, Lu Yaoyao already felt that she had been schemed against by Mrs. Lu all her life. Thinking about it calmly now: her cunning and intelligence are probably not that high!
With her cunning and intelligence, and living under Mrs. Lu's nose all day long... Lu Yaoyao suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.
But then again, with Mrs. Lu's strong scheming and methods, it seems that her daughter Lu Xinwan isn't all that great!
To be honest, when Mrs. Lu revealed Lin Xinwan's background, Lu Yaoyao thought Lu Xinwan was quite cunning. But now she realizes that Lu Xinwan only had her biological mother helping her with everything. And what about her biological mother? All she does is use her status as an illegitimate child to extort money from her.
However, no matter how much Mrs. Lu schemed ahead and even managed to get Lu Xinwan into Tian Jun's bed, Tian Jun still doesn't accept Lu Xinwan's advances!
Lu Yaoyao sat there in silence, but her mind was filled with a variety of complex thoughts.
Tang Zhi, on the other hand, kept a gloomy face.
A while ago, after learning that Lu Xinwan was the true legitimate daughter of the Lu family, he did consider rekindling his relationship with her, but Lu Xinwan refused.
Lu Xinwan also bluntly told him that because she was now the daughter of the Lu family, her marriage would inevitably be linked to the family business, and an arranged marriage was the only path she could take. Therefore, Tang Zhi had no hope, and if he persisted, he might even be targeted by the entire Lu family.
Tang Zhi then gave up his feelings for Lu Xinwan.
Because Chu Nian's deeds of donating money to build roads and bridges and establish Hope Primary Schools were widely known in his hometown, he guessed that although Chu Nian had resigned, he must have other plans. After secretly investigating, he discovered that Chu Nian and the Tian family had cooperated on several high-end projects.
In his view, although Chu Nian did not have the same family background as Lu Xinwan, she was still a very good choice for him. After all, this woman was very capable and should have accumulated a lot of wealth by now.
So he has indeed rekindled his desire to get back together with Chu Nian.
Some people forget their mistakes after a good meal, and that's probably him. He seems to have completely forgotten about being beaten up by Chu Nian in front of her house.
He just couldn't understand how Tian Jun, with his privileged background, could possibly be interested in a woman like Chu Nian from the countryside. And Chu Nian was even two years older than Tian Jun. Shouldn't Tian Jun, like Lu Xinwan, be pursuing an economic marriage? What could Chu Nian offer him?
At this moment, he couldn't help but say, "Young Master Tian, although Niannian and I have indeed broken up temporarily, don't think you have any chance to take advantage of me. Niannian is a good woman, not someone you can play with."
Tian Jun chuckled, "Playing with? Tang Zhi, who told you I was playing with Nian Nian?"
Tang Zhi: "You don't actually intend to marry Niannian, do you? Will your family agree? Niannian is just a country girl with nothing. Your Tian family is a century-old family, would you agree to let you marry a country girl with no background?"
Tian Jun, however, puffed out his chest and said loudly, "My grandfather and my parents were overjoyed when they heard that the person I liked was Niannian. They both wholeheartedly approved of my marriage to Niannian." Tang Zhi couldn't even imagine how many advanced projects this woman had brought to the Tian family, or how much benefit the Tian family would gain from these projects in the future.
Chu Nian looked at him strangely: Why are you acting like you're taking a firm stance? We've clearly done nothing wrong, so how did it suddenly escalate to the level of "marriage"?
Lu Yaoyao's face turned pale upon hearing this, and she said, "Tian Jun, I've heard that you and Sister Xinwan once spent the night together..."
“She was schemed against by Mrs. Lu.” Tian Jun interrupted her. He was still furious about it, but the time wasn’t right, so he hadn’t taken any action.
However, now it's time to reveal the truth of this matter.
"What?" Tang Zhi, who was completely unaware of this, exclaimed in shock. So, the woman Lu Xinwan mentioned that day, the one who took her to Young Master Tian's room, was actually... Mrs. Lu?
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