Chapter 104 Gossip Time
"That Li Qianni, she really brought this on herself. After her father was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, her mother's beauty salon was shut down, and their family fell into poverty. Shouldn't a normal person be thinking about how to earn money to support their family? But Li Qianni didn't. She still thought she was a socialite, and her clothes and belongings were still the same as before, extremely extravagant. Later, to fill the hole, she even became a prostitute! She contracted a lot of STDs and was sent to a drug rehabilitation center because of her drug addiction. It seems she was only released last month. I wonder what she's doing now? But people who have seen her say that she's neither human nor ghost now, like a stinking rat in the sewer, disgusting..."
While eating Kung Pao Chicken, Bai Zhenzhu casually listened to Yin Jiaxi talk about Li Qianni.
This person's name was once the one she hated most in her life. She had imagined countless ways Li Qianni would end up, but when she actually heard that Li Qianni had become a stinking rat, she could only smile contemptuously.
She has already found a new life for herself, so why should she get entangled with someone who is self-destructive?
After exchanging a few more words with Li Qianni, Yin Jiaxi shifted the topic to Bai Zhenzhu's love life.
"Pearl, I really didn't expect that you and Max had a three-year long-distance relationship. Didn't you say before that love is fluid and can't stay with one man for too long? How did Max become that exception? Does he have some special talent?"
Yin Jiaxi deliberately emphasized the word "long," and Bai Zhenzhu glared at the ill-intentioned Yin Jiaxi.
Then, she calmly replied, "Jiaxi, first of all, he's not called Max anymore; that's his stage name. His real name is Li Zifeng. Secondly, Li Zifeng isn't the unexpected one in my heart. The reason I've been in a long-distance relationship with him for so long is because I don't have the time or the mood to deal with other men. Li Zifeng is great in every way, especially since his family is very wealthy and he's willing to spend money on me. I don't need to break up with him."
"So you're going to marry him? I've heard from other people that you two already got married in Italy!"
"Jiaxi, others may not know, but you do. I just made things up to appease Shijin, and somehow it got out. I don't have any plans to get married right now. I need to focus on making money first."
"What about Jin then? You really... don't like him anymore?"
It was only after Bai Zhenzhu herself brought up Shi Jin's name that Yin Jiaxi dared to start talking.
"Jiaxi, watch your words. What do you mean I don't like him? When have I ever liked him?"
"Oh dear, just consider this a slip of the tongue. I meant to ask, don't you like him? But I always feel that you and Shi Jin are just being stubborn and pretending to be strong, even though you both like him to death..."
"Jiaxi, stop talking nonsense, okay? I don't like him, how many times do I have to say it!"
"Oh dear, even if I think you two clearly like each other, it's no use now. Shi Jin got engaged three years ago, less than a month after you went abroad. He's a completely different person now. Not only does he have the mayor's daughter as his fiancée, but he's also taken over the Shi Group. He's now the richest man in China..."
Bai Zhenzhu listened calmly to Yin Jiaxi's words, but her fingers holding the chopsticks trembled slightly.
The anger wasn't because Shi Jin had a fiancée, but because Shi Jin had become the richest man in China? What about Li Zifeng? Her current boyfriend lost to her former sugar daddy?
The fiercely competitive White Pearl refused to accept it!
Seeing Bai Zhenzhu's face darken, Yin Jiaxi secretly thought to herself: "You said you didn't like Shi Jin? You get upset as soon as you hear he has a fiancée? Bai Zhenzhu, when will you finally realize your own feelings? Do you really have to wait until Shi Jin marries someone else before you get anxious?"
As Bai Zhenzhu's closest friend, Yin Jiaxi sincerely hoped that Bai Zhenzhu could find happiness, so she secretly made up her mind...
...
After meeting Yoon Ga-hee, Baek Jin-joo had another meal with her brother.
She didn't tell her brother about going abroad to study beforehand; she only told him after she had settled down in Italy.
Her brother complained about her for a long time, and even took his sister-in-law to Italy to visit her during his annual leave.
"Brother, congratulations on finally getting married to your wife!"
"It's all because we're waiting for you to come back to China, otherwise your sister-in-law and I would have already held our wedding..."
As he spoke, Bai Juncheng took out a wedding invitation from the drawer.
"My wedding is on the 28th of this month."
"Brother, I'm your own sister, why are you being so formal with me? Do you expect me not to attend my own brother's wedding?"
"Doesn't this show that I value you? You'll be a bridesmaid, after all. By the way, when are you going to bring your boyfriend over so I can meet him?"
Bai Zhenzhu mentioned Li Zifeng a few times, but she never formally introduced him to her brother.
She always felt that the two of them wouldn't last long, and there was no need to make things so complicated.
But since her brother asked today, she felt that meeting him wasn't out of the question.
"How about this weekend? I'll treat you and your sister-in-law to dinner, and then I'll introduce you to him..."
...
The weekend is here.
Li Zifeng worked overtime at the company, then drove to pick up Bai Zhenzhu.
Bai Zhenzhu has been busy with her studio since she returned, and she is currently overseeing the renovation of her newly rented office building.
"You've come!"
Bai Zhenzhu naturally took Li Zifeng's arm, her face somehow covered in dust.
Li Zifeng was absolutely charmed by her cuteness.
He wiped her face with the back of his hand and said, "Don't rush, your brother will be getting impatient."
"Alright then, I'll go pack my things, and we'll set off now."
Ten minutes later, the two went to the agreed-upon restaurant together.
Bai Juncheng, the older brother, and Mu Wanting, the sister-in-law, were waiting at the gate.
As soon as they saw Bai Zhenzhu and Li Zifeng get out of the car, the two of them went up to greet them warmly.
"Pearl, is this your boyfriend?"
Mu Wanting glanced at Li Zifeng curiously, then hooked her little finger around her brother's palm.
Bai Juncheng was also taken aback, because he had met Li Zifeng before, at the hospital's medical equipment donation ceremony last year.
I originally thought he was an unreachable big shot, but I never expected him to become my sister's boyfriend.
"Brother, sister-in-law, this is my boyfriend, Li Zifeng."
Li Zifeng politely extended his right hand, smiling warmly, "Brother, sister-in-law, I am Li Zifeng."
That composure and calmness truly won Bai Juncheng a great deal of favor.
As the four of them were chatting happily, Shi Jin and Mai Mai got out of the car and happened to see this scene...
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