After hesitating for a moment, she decided to serve them first, since such a good opportunity was rare.
So the three of them stood together, two of them embracing, while the third leaned close to them.
This bizarre scene instantly drew everyone's attention.
"Hey, isn't that Jiang Yun Shen?"
"Who is that woman he's holding? She looks kind of familiar."
"I think she looks a bit like Du Qianyun from the Du family, but isn't the other woman Jiang Yunshen's companion? What are they up to?"
The surrounding chatter gradually brought Du Qianyun back to her senses. She quickly pushed Jiang Yunshen away and then looked at Ji Fuying with guilt.
"Miss Lu, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
At this moment, Jiang Yun Shen finally recognized the person in front of him, "Is it Qian Qian?"
He had some doubts just now, but now he is 100% certain that she is Du Qianyun.
He was all too familiar with her expression of bowing her head in apology; she always apologized to him like that before.
Hearing that he recognized her, a hint of joy flashed in Du Qianyun's eyes. It turned out that he had not forgotten her.
But the thought that he already had a fiancée made her unable to smile anymore.
She could only silently take two steps back, her smile still on her face, but her words carried a clear sense of unfamiliarity and distance: "Young Master Jiang, congratulations on your marriage."
The thing she abhorred most in her life was being a third party, so no matter how much she liked Jiang Yun Shen, she would never allow herself to have no bottom line.
She still vividly remembers her mother's misfortune. If Du Gan hadn't betrayed his marriage with her and given birth to Du Qianqian, an illegitimate daughter, how could her mother have died?
She remembers that she was only thirteen years old that year, and one night her mother came to her room and told her many things she had never known before.
She said, "A woman will experience many choices in her life that can determine whether her life is good or bad. The first is her parents, and the second is her husband. Families like ours do not have the opportunity to choose their own marriage partners; they can only marry into families of equal social standing."
"I just don't want you to end up like that. Choosing the wrong person can ruin your life, so you have to remember that truly loving someone means being able to give everything for them. I just hope you can meet someone like that."
"Also, you're still young and may not understand what your mother is doing. Your mother buried something under the cherry blossom tree in our suburban villa. We'll retrieve it when you turn eighteen. Do you understand?"
She didn't understand why her mother came over in the middle of the night to say those things. It wasn't until the next morning when she went to wake her mother up that she found her mother's body was already cold and stiff.
My mother is dead.
The bottle of sleeping pills on the bedside table was completely empty, which showed just how determined Mom was to commit suicide last night.
When her father, who was nominally her mother's husband, heard the news, he simply said: "It was an dishonorable death, so don't make the funeral too grand."
From that moment on, her world collapsed. Du Gan also revealed his true colors after his mother's death, bringing back his mistress and illegitimate daughter whom he had been keeping outside.
Those five years were the most difficult days of her life. No matter how careful she was, Du Qianqian still found ways to tease her and frame her.
She waited day and night until she finally turned eighteen, an age when she could learn her mother's secret.
She went to the suburban villa and dug out the long-sealed box. On the gradually yellowing envelope was written: You have finally grown up.
She held back her tears and opened the envelope; her mother's handwriting was still so clear and strong.
"Qianqian, my darling, you should be all grown up by the time you read this letter. Have you ever blamed your mother for being selfish all these years? But your mother really had no other choice. If there were even a shred of reason left, your mother would never have been willing to abandon my precious daughter and leave you to live in such misery."
“Back then, your grandfather gave me 20% of the Du family's shares as a bride price. Later, your maternal grandfather's family declined, and your father wanted the shares back many times, but I refused. I only found out by accident that he had someone else outside, and even a daughter who was more than a year younger than you.”
"Do you remember the many unexpected things we encountered in the year after Mom's accident? Actually, none of them were unexpected. I knew they wouldn't give up easily for the shares, so I used a scheme to divorce your father and made a will in advance to freeze the shares so that you could officially inherit them when you turn twenty."
"If you unfortunately die, all the shares will be sold and donated to charity. If he wants the shares, he must protect you until you grow up. Now you are eighteen years old and you only have two years to prepare. You must become strong and seek justice for yourself and for your mother."
Her face gradually turned pale, her nearly broken heart was enduring endless pain, and her voice trembled slightly, "Why, why did this happen?"
"Du Gan, Liu Yuan, and Du Qianqian, how are you going to repay me for my mother's life?"
From that day on, she stopped being depressed and focused on learning more. It was also at that time that she met Jiang Yunshen.
The two shared similar goals, which is why they became each other's only good friends. Two years passed quickly, and she would be turning twenty in a few days.
She knew she had to leave Country C as soon as possible, otherwise countless accidents would be waiting for her. Things happened so suddenly that she left in a hurry without saying goodbye to Jiang Yunshen. The next time they met was today.
"Qianqian, where have you been for the past six years?" Jiang Yunshen's tone was clearly reproachful.
She left without a word back then, and there hasn't been a single word from her for six years. Does she still consider me her good friend?
During the time she was gone, it felt like he had returned to darkness, and no one could illuminate his world anymore.
"I'm sorry I left without saying goodbye. I went abroad to develop my career and only returned to China last night."
"It's good that you're back. I have a lot to tell you." Jiang Yun Shen took two steps forward, his eyes filled with sincerity as he looked at her.
"Aren't you angry with me?" She looked up, her lips pressed tightly together, but her swollen eyes betrayed her.
Just then, a commotion arose at the door. Jiang Yun Shen turned around and saw that Jiang Long Tian had arrived. He leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Wait for me here. Don't leave."
A large group of people entered through the doorway. The middle-aged man at the head of the group exuded a repressive aura, with a sharp glint in his eyes. He looked around and finally fixed his gaze on Jiang Yunshen, who had walked up to him.
He asked in a muffled voice, "Why are you alone? Where's your brother?"
"He took a woman upstairs," he told the truth.
"You bastard." Jiang Longtian cursed in a low voice, his face dark as he walked past Jiang Yunshen toward the VIP area.
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