"Um."
I thought that if I didn't let Xiao Yang tell him about it, he wouldn't know and wouldn't worry about it.
But what was destined to happen could not be stopped.
"Wanwan, if you don't want to talk to her, you don't have to." Su Shenglin was probably worried that I would get taken advantage of, or that Xu Qianning might say something she shouldn't have, so he gave me this timely advice.
I didn't care much. "Don't worry, I'm not that easy to bully. Besides, didn't you ask Brother Xiao to come with me? What are you worried about?"
"Okay, then you can decide for yourself. But Xu Qianning should be returning to China in a few days; she won't stay there indefinitely."
I think so too.
Even if she were willing to work so hard, her family wouldn't be willing to let a rich heiress be busy working abroad during the Lunar New Year.
So I'm not too worried.
"By the way, has Gu Yutian been released? Is there any progress on the investigation you asked us to conduct?"
Although I am abroad, I am still worried about this matter, since it was caused by me.
Su Shenglin nodded: "We're investigating. She's already been released."
That's really impressive.
I couldn't help but wonder how much resources the Gu family was going to expend on this troublesome daughter.
If things continue like this, the Gu family will truly be ruined by those two siblings.
We chatted on video for more than ten minutes before Xiaoying called, at which point I ended the video call with Su Shenglin and rushed off to work.
In the evening, as our first proper meal after arriving in Milan, I specially asked Xiaoyingtao to book a nice restaurant for us to eat together and wish the fashion show a complete success.
On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, most of the participating brands for the fashion show had arrived, and the organizers held a meeting to explain the relevant matters.
Unfortunately, he ran into Xu Qianning again.
I arrived first and found a seat.
Later, she took the initiative to sit next to me.
I glanced at her, then casually looked away, not taking it seriously.
As the meeting began, I listened attentively to the staff explaining the procedures and precautions.
As I casually looked down to take notes, my eyes inadvertently caught sight of the phone lying next to me.
Xu Qianning's cell phone.
This wouldn't have been unusual.
But what caught my attention was—the photo on the phone's screen saver!
A very handsome male profile, with strong and deep contours, mature and resolute eyes, gentle yet aloof, serious yet tender.
Such a distinctive face belongs to my boyfriend, Su Shenglin, whom I miss so dearly.
But how did she get photos of Su Shenglin? And such high-resolution ones at that!
Seeing me staring at her phone, Xu Qianning smiled, picked it up and shook it, deliberately saying, "Sorry, don't misunderstand, I just think it's pleasing to the eye and makes people feel good as soon as they see it."
I rolled my eyes at her and said in a low voice, "Using someone else's boyfriend's picture as your phone wallpaper, are you out of your mind?"
"Are you jealous?" Xu Qianning raised an eyebrow at me, seemingly pleased.
I couldn't be bothered with her and turned my gaze back to the large screen in front of me.
But she continued, oblivious to her own words: "You're already very lucky. I heard that you saved Sheng Lin when you were a child, which is why he noticed you. If it weren't for that, how could you and Sheng Lin have any connection? You're not even in the same social circle."
I didn't say anything. What she said was true, and I couldn't be bothered to argue.
"Tell me, is Sheng Lin's feeling for you love, or gratitude? I think it's more the latter, but unfortunately you're too naive to tell the difference and have plunged headlong into it. What will happen then—ah!"
Before she could finish speaking, I noticed the coffee next to her phone, and suddenly reached out and pretended to accidentally knock the cup over.
The coffee spilled, landing entirely on her phone, with some splattering onto her clothes.
Xu Qianning screamed and stood up as if she had been electrocuted, quickly grabbing her phone.
"Jiang Wan! You've gone too far!" she shouted angrily.
But I just smiled slightly and said apologetically, "It was just an accident. I'll buy you a cup of coffee, Ms. Xu. If your phone gets wet and breaks, I can pay for that too."
I know she doesn't care about a cup of coffee or a phone, but I'm just deliberately trying to annoy her.
Everyone in the hall looked at her, their eyes filled with surprise and displeasure, after all, she had disrupted the order of the hall.
Xu Qianning was thoroughly humiliated and gritted her teeth angrily, "Jiang Wan, you just wait!"
She grabbed her phone, pushed back her chair, and hurriedly left.
I turned back and continued the meeting.
When the meeting ended, I thought she would have left long ago, but to my surprise, she changed her clothes and was waiting outside the venue.
"Jiang Wan!"
She called me back as I left the venue.
"What, you haven't learned your lesson after being humiliated once?" I thought of what Su Shenglin said, that I could ignore her and not give her face, so I felt very confident. "You are a person of some standing, and it's not good to keep embarrassing yourself. Even if you don't care about your own reputation, you should at least think about the reputation of the brand behind you."
Xu Qianning was about to get angry, but my words reminded her to hold it back.
"I just wanted to invite you to dinner. My flight back to China is tonight. I'm going home for the Chinese New Year, and I also need to visit the Su family."
She smiled elegantly and smugly, clearly showing off.
She boasted that after returning to China, she would have another chance to see Su Shenglin.
I was about to have lunch after my meeting, so I readily agreed: "Okay, I'll treat you. Consider it a return gift for the meal you treated me and Chen Wanzhen to last time."
I brought it up on purpose to embarrass her.
Xu Qianning's face darkened, and she stared at me.
I smiled back.
She held back, rolled her eyes dismissively, and sneered, "Jiang Wan, do you really think you've become the second young mistress of the Su family? If I were you, with a mess in my family, a bad reputation, and still entangled with my ex-husband's family after my divorce, I would never date or get married again in this lifetime, so as not to harm others."
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