Although Su Qingci had her doubts, she didn't think much of it.
After settling Kong Yuzhen in, she changed into a dress.
Her hair fell down like Kong Yuzhen's, with small braids tied at the back of her head from her forehead to behind her ears, while the rest of her hair was loose.
She didn't wear makeup. Su Qingci already had bright eyes and white teeth, and delicate features. Although she didn't dress up specially, her pink face with a touch of rouge on her lips, her eyebrows and eyes curved, and her smile was bright, like a peach blossom blooming in the morning sun, fresh and tender.
"Knock knock knock~"
It was Aunt Qin knocking on the door.
"Yuzhen, Sixth Master has asked us to go down for dinner."
"Okay, we understand, we'll be right down."
Su Qingci was a little confused, "Aren't we going to a banquet? Should we eat first and then go?"
Kong Yuzhen took out a pretty and delicate little leather bag from the wardrobe and casually replied, "The banquet is at noon. At the beginning, everyone just chats and greets each other. Although there are snacks and pastries to eat, who can eat them as a meal?"
"Let's eat at home first, then go somewhere else. Besides, everyone's focused on networking in those places. If we're just eating around, we'll look like oddballs and lose face."
"Those bitches will probably laugh at me later, saying I can't afford to eat at home and that I'm a reincarnated starving ghost. Humph, I won't give them the chance to make fun of me. I'll eat my fill before I go."
After Kong Yuzhen finished packing, she pulled Su Qingci downstairs.
Kong Liu and Zhou Mingyue were already sitting at the table. Hearing the noise, Kong Liu looked up at the two of them, his eyes brightening slightly as he shifted his gaze from Su Qingci's face to Kong Yuzhen's.
His expression changed from initial appreciation to complete indifference.
"Brother, look, isn't it pretty?" Kong Yuzhen held the hem of her skirt with both hands and twirled in front of Kong Liu. After turning around, she gave Zhou Mingyue a smug look.
Seeing Zhou Mingyue's constipated expression, Kong Yuzhen became even more smug and arrogant.
Kong Liu seemed lost in thought for a while before smiling and saying, "It's really beautiful."
Kong Yuzhen was even happier, and grabbed Kong Liu's arm to start complaining, "Brother, now I realize that I was harmed by someone with ulterior motives before."
"Some heartless, wicked scoundrels deliberately said some nonsense in front of me to mislead me, causing me to dress up in such a strange way and become a laughingstock!"
"Hmph, thank goodness Yu Yan is here, otherwise..."
Su Qingci watched Zhou Mingyue calmly eating breakfast and couldn't help but admire her strong mental fortitude.
Kong Yuzhen was practically pointing her finger at her and yelling at her, but the other woman remained calm as if she couldn't hear her.
Hearing Kong Yuzhen's words, Kong Liu glanced at Su Qingci and said, "Yu Yan dressed you up? It does suit your style."
"Yu Yan, you've worked hard. Please sit down."
Su Qingci's heart tightened. Kong Liu's gaze didn't seem to be one of gratitude. Her suspicion was correct; the other party had indeed deliberately made Kong Yuzhen look ugly earlier.
Breakfast was very plentiful, including fried eggs, millet porridge, steamed buns, glutinous rice cakes, and sweet soy milk.
Kong Yuzhen said she wanted to eat her fill, but she only ate one glutinous rice cake and half a cup of sweet soy milk. She was afraid that if she ate too much, her lower abdomen would bulge out, and the dress she was wearing was fitted at the waist, so a small belly would not look good.
Su Qingci, on the other hand, showed off two poached eggs, a bowl of millet porridge, a steamed bun, and two glutinous rice cakes in one go.
"Aren't you all going to eat?"
Seeing everyone looking at her, Su Qingci asked innocently.
Zhou Mingyue looked disgusted. Sure enough, she was from a small town, looking like a starving ghost reincarnated. "Hmm, I'm full."
"Are you all full? Sixth Master, Yuzhen, aren't you going to eat either?"
"That's perfect, don't waste them. I'll eat these two glutinous rice cakes too. It's my first time eating glutinous rice cakes from Shanghai. They're crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, so delicious."
Su Qingci had no idea what image or politeness meant. All she knew was that a tough battle was coming up and she needed to eat and drink her fill.
Su Qingci didn't keep everyone waiting too long; she quickly stuffed the two small pieces of glutinous rice cake into her mouth in a few bites.
Seeing that she had finished eating, Kong Yuzhen pulled her back to her room, where she applied lip balm, rinsed her mouth, and even put a mint candy in her mouth.
"Here, suck it in, otherwise people will dislike you if you have bad breath when you talk later."
Su Qingci watched as Kong Yuzhen handed her a green candy the size of a peanut through the lid, and she pinched it in her hand and put it in her mouth.
There are indeed many tricks involved, making it seem like someone in ancient times was going to serve a concubine in bed.
When Kong Yuzhen and Su Qingci came downstairs, Abu was already waiting at the entrance in his car from the 600 Shopping Mall.
Su Qingci obediently followed the others and got into the car in order, pressing her face against the window to look at the scenery outside.
Shanghai truly lived up to its reputation as a major city for future development. At this time, there were already many cars and trams on the streets, and many tall buildings lined both sides of the wide and clean roads. Its economy was not only leading the inland areas, but even Beijing was far behind.
The car wound its way through the city and crossed a wide bridge. Pedestrians began to appear on the streets, dressed in trendy and fashionable clothes.
Soon, I saw a blond, blue-eyed foreigner holding a camera and taking pictures of the crowd on the street.
Su Qingci was a little confused. She wasn't very good at history. Weren't the French and British concessions in Shanghai returned to the Chinese people decades ago?
In recent years, China has become more self-sufficient, with the outside world basically closed off. I never thought I would still be able to see foreigners in China.
Seeing Su Qingci staring blankly outside, Kong Yuzhen explained, "We've arrived at the Bund now. This area used to be the concessions of various countries."
"So the architecture is quite different, with many buildings having Western styles."
Su Qingci paused for a moment before asking, "In Shanghai, can foreigners just wander around freely?"
Zhou Mingyue looked at Su Qingci as if she were a country bumpkin and said disdainfully, "You're really making a fuss over nothing. Anyone who reads a few newspapers knows that in recent years, when the country receives distinguished foreign guests, they basically all go to the Shanghai Tower to enjoy the view."
"You might never see such a foreign guest in your entire life in the inland areas, but in Shanghai, everyone is used to it..."
As Zhou Mingyue spoke in a condescending tone, the car slowly came to a stop.
Su Qingci followed the group out of the car and looked up at the castle-like building in front of her.
Zhou Mingyue seemed to enjoy the feeling of superiority, and started showing off again as she watched Su Qingci.
"This is the famous Ruijin Hotel. Chiang Kai-shek and Miss Soong held their engagement ceremony here, and it has never been open to the public since."
"The back is the municipal government's guesthouse, where many of our country's heads of state have stayed."
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