Bai Meihua knew what she wanted to ask. She picked up her coffee and took a sip. It didn't taste good, but everyone around her seemed to be enjoying it, so she forced herself to swallow it.
"How about it?"
"It tastes good!"
"Let's go, I'll take you shopping for clothes. Mr. Ke is a very nice person. When he found out you were coming, he gave me a day off and five thousand yuan, saying he wanted me to accompany you shopping. Originally, I asked you to come here to be Mr. Ke's secretary, to serve him tea and water. The salary isn't bad either. But let's not talk about that anymore, let's go!"
Bai Meihua looked at the coffee on the table that had been taken a sip, feeling a pang of regret. She wanted to pick it up and take a sip, but then thought it would be too embarrassing to do so, so she pretended to be nonchalant and walked away.
Once outside, I got in the car and headed straight to the market. I didn't even look at the regular clothing stores; they were either foreign brands or high-end women's clothing stores.
A pair of pants costs over a hundred yuan, and a pair of high heels costs over a hundred yuan.
Manager Bai knew her cousin very well. For the entire morning, Manager Bai had been quietly observing her. She envied many things and wanted to buy them, but she didn't want to show that she didn't understand or that she longed for them.
After buying clothes and getting a perm, we went to a fancy restaurant for lunch and ordered a few dishes. Manager Bai sat down at the table and said, "This is what life is all about. Look at those clothes, they're all for rich women. Clothes make the man. Look at yourself now, a real beauty. All those men, whether they're handsome or rich, are staring at you!"
Bai Meihua glanced down at herself, noticing that her clothes seemed to be a whole new level compared to the ones she had bought a few days ago, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her face.
"Women should treat themselves better. Don't be so rigid. Life is short, so it's best to be carefree. You need to liberate your mind. Let me tell you, this is what a woman's life should be like. This afternoon, I'll take you to a dance hall. Dance for a while. Let me tell you, if you were like this, those men would go crazy!" Manager Bai said with a confident expression.
"Dance halls, respectable people don't go to those kinds of places," Bai Meihua said with some resistance.
"Look, look!" Manager Bai leaned back in his chair and said, "Who told you that? The old lady in the village told you before that I was a vixen, and that anyone dressed like me is a vixen. What do you look like now? Pretty, aren't you?"
Bai Meihua reached out and touched her hair, nodded, and admitted that she liked how she looked.
"If you can't make judgments about things without experiencing them yourself, what kind of practice is that?"
"What you learn from books is never enough; you must put it into practice to truly understand!" Bai Meihua continued.
"Yes, yes, you are so educated. You will definitely do better than me in the future."
"Then let's go take a look!" Bai Meihua said excitedly.
"Plum Blossom, haven't I been good to you? No matter what, I'm still your sister, we're family. I would never hurt you. What have you heard these past two days while you've been with Lu Feng?"
"I...I..."
"Stop, stop, stop!" Manager Bai raised his hand to stop her, and said, "That's enough, let's go to the dance hall."
In the afternoon, the lights in the dance hall flickered, disco music played from the speakers, and all sorts of men and women danced and clung to each other. Bai Meihua, who had just arrived, was a little reserved.
Manager Bai was a regular at such events. He took Bai Meihua for a stroll and introduced her to several handsome male dance partners. Two hours later, Bai Meihua was swaying in the middle of the dance floor, listening to the handsome man's praise, and her heart couldn't help but flutter.
She suddenly felt a pull away from Lu Feng's world. The man in front of her was like a celebrity. Most importantly, he wasn't as aloof as Lu Feng. He was warm and caring, showering her with sweet words and constantly praising her beauty.
On this day, the white plum blossoms lived as if in a dream, as if they had just woken up from a long dream.
Lu Feng and Ke Bing had lunch together and talked a lot about local business practices, how to embezzle state-owned assets, how to cooperate with state-owned enterprise executives to share profits, and also about the little quirks of people who keep mistresses.
Lu Feng frankly admitted that he wasn't a good person either, having cheated and swindled his way through life. For a moment, the two felt a strange sense of camaraderie.
When Lu Feng returned to the hotel in the afternoon, he found that Bai Meihua was not there, but he didn't think much of it. He went into his room and called He Jiale.
"Hello? Is this Mr. Lu? We're in a meeting here. We're going to do some research down below soon. We can talk about it when we get back."
"Could you spare some time to meet someone?" Lu Feng asked.
"My schedule is completely full, it will take two days. I will get back to you about this!"
After hanging up the phone, Lu Feng sat there somewhat worried, fearing that things might get complicated if he waited too long!
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