Chapter 2

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Jiang Ci rarely got drunk, so she woke up in the afternoon. Sitting quietly on the edge of the bed, her memories of last night slowly returned.

Huo Zhenzhen was lovesick, Wen Nian was pregnant, and Lu Xingxue picked her up.

——Jiang Ci lowered her head and realized she was still wearing yesterday’s wrinkled clothes. She wanted Lu Xingxue to come home with her, but she did her best, after all, she has no obligation to take care of a drunk.

Onset by sudden headaches and dizziness, Jiang Ci went to take a shower. When the water poured on her face with her eyes closed, and some very strange images suddenly flashed in her mind.

… She saw herself squatting on the ground with her knees, fingers scratching the carpet. Lu Xingxue asked her, “What are you doing?”

She raised her face and replied, “I am a cat.”

Lu Xing Xue: Wrong.jpg

Jiang Ci rubbed her chin: “Miao~”

? ? ?

……………………………………

Jiang Ci said to herself that it was a dream, it must be a dream.

Right?

After taking a shower, Jiang Ci put on clothes and walked out of the bathroom. She wasn’t feeling well, and as she was wondering whether to make some porridge, she saw Aunt Zhang busy in the kitchen.

Jiang Ci and Lu Xingxue don’t often eat at home, so they only contact Aunt Zhuang to cook when they need it. That meant, Lu Xingxue asked Aunt Zhuang to come today?

“Miss Jiang, are you up?” Aunt Zhuang greeted her with a smile.

“Lu Xingxue is at home?” As she asked, Jiang Ci inadvertently looked towards the living room.

Aunt Zhuang nodded, confirming Jiang Ci’s guess: “Yes.”

Aunt Zhuang said: “Dinner will be ready soon Miss Jiang, you can go see Miss Lu.”

Jiang Ci stood silently for a moment, then turned around to the living room. Lu Xingxue was not there, Jiang Ci searched all over the second floor, and finally saw Lu Xingxue playing Rubik’s Cube in the tea room.

Lu Xingxue sat cross-legged on the futon, under the floor-to-ceiling windows, and a light fragrance filled the air. She was wearing white home clothes with very soft material, sticking to her body, making her figure rugged but hazy, showing a delicate and gentle mood.

The sun was blazing outside the window. Looking in from the door, Lu Xingxue’s face could not be seen, only a quiet figure.

Jiang Ci did not interrupt her and lowered her head to watch Lu Xingxue solve the puzzle. Five minutes later, when the Rubik’s Cube was completed, Jiang Ci knocked on the door.

Lu Xingxue’s eyes moved from the Rubik’s Cube to the person at the door.

Jiang Ci spoke first, with a hint of a hangover in her hoarse voice: “You didn’t go to the company today?”

Lu Xingxue: “I’m going on a business trip in the afternoon, so I packed my things at home.”

Jiang Ci: “My mother asked me to bring you home for dinner. Since you are going on a business trip, should I just refuse her later?”

Lu Xingxue: “Yeah.”

The room is quiet again, Jiang Ci: “…Aunt Zhuang is ready, let’s go down to eat.”

Lu Xingxue put down the Rubik’s Cube: “Okay.”

The two went downstairs together. Regarding the drunkenness, Jiang Ci finally came up with a not too embarrassing opening remark: “I troubled you last night, but It’s such a coincidence, do you like that bar too?”

Lu Xingxue, who was walking in front of Jiang Ci, turned around. Although she is a few centimeters taller than Jiang Ci, because of the stairs, her eyes were only at the corners of Jiang Ci’s lips. When Jiang Ci’s gaze dropped slightly, she could clearly see Lu Xingxue’s long lashes and the raised corners of her eyes.

Lu Xingxue was very fair, her eyes were dark, and her facial structure had a subtle sense of mixed blood. Jiang Ci has a very good appearance, but she had to admit that Lu Xingxue has unforgettably good skin.

“Your mother asked me to pick you up.” Lu Xingxue answered her with a light smile.

Jiang Ci nodded subconsciously, and then: “???”

… After Jiang Lin called Huo Zhenzhen, Jiang Ci never expected her mother’s next action would be to make such a request to Lu Xingxue: “Sorry, I didn’t know that my mother would—“

Lu Xingxue: “It’s okay, I have a dinner to attend, but I will pass by on my way home.”

How inconvenient must it have been to pick her up? Jiang Ci really didn’t dare to ask Lu Xingxue how long she had been waiting in the car.

Lu Xingxue’s good upbringing made her show no reluctance, but Jiang Ci was still embarrassed. This level of embarrassment almost made her forget the, “Pretending to be a cat for Lu Xingxue” affair.

But Lu Xingxue said it was okay, and Jiang Ci had to pretend not to care.

In the dining room, Aunt Zhuang put all the dishes on the table. In the place where Jiang Ci usually sits, there was an extra bowl of warm white porridge.

Lu Xingxue picked up the chopsticks: “I was afraid you would have no appetite, so I asked Aunt Zhuang to make it.”

Jiang Ci: “…Thank you.”

Lu Xingxue raised her lips slightly and said nothing.

Soon after lunch, Lu Xingxue was picked up by her assistant. Since she didn’t go to the Tong family house 『1』, Jiang Ci sent a message to Jiang Lin, and fearing that Jiang Lin would call and nag, she simply muted her phone.

With Lu Xingue’s Rubik’s Cube, she walked down from the tea room and sat in the rocking chair on the open-air balcony; fiddling with it until the sky was completely dark before returning inside.

She had taken a few days off from work, so she took out her mobile phone to check her work email. There was no Jiang Lin in her notifications, instead, Wen Nian had sent her a few messages.

【Wen Nian: I’m having your favorite veal steak and mushroom soup tonight. 】

[Wen Nian: [Picture]]

[Wen Nian: The baby clothes you gave me are so cute. 】

【Wen Nian: Ah-Ci, we haven’t seen each other for a long time, let’s meet when we finish this time. 】

Wen Nian went to the Tong’s house?

It seemed that Jiang Lin not only arranged for her to be picked up by Lu Xingxue but also arranged to give Wen Nian baby clothes in her stead.

Since childhood, Jiang Lin has been making these decisions for her, whether or not the decision is what she wants.

She poured herself a glass of water, drank it slowly, and reopened the dialogue box with Wen Nian. She did not respond positively to the proposal of a meeting, but said: “Don’t work hard, pay attention to your body.”

She knew that Wen Nian was not having an easy life. After marrying Lin Xiao, Wen Nian squeezed her way into the Wen family’s management because of the cooperation project between Wen and Lin. Even so, she was still suppressed by Lady Wen’s family.

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Jiang Ci will go to school next week to attend a training seminar on tuning at G University. While drafting a reply on her computer, she received a call from Huo Zhenzhen, who was at the concert.

Huo Zhenzhen hoarsely expressed her love for Jiang Ci.

Jiang Ci was infected by her excitement, smiled, and hung up the phone. Before long, the screen of the mobile phone was bright again, and Jiang Ci glanced at it and had to look again. He was the pianist of the orchestra on the previous world tour.

Jiang Ci picked up the phone: “Teacher Ye, good evening.”

Ye Wentao is in his early forties and is handsome. Unlike some pianists, he has many strict and paranoid requirements on the timbre of the piano. He is very easy to communicate with and is willing to trust Jiang Ci’s professionalism, so the whole cooperation process is very harmonious.

After exchanging the requisite pleasantries, Ye Wentao was straightforward: “Miss Jiang, I really admire you. I am going to City G tomorrow, and I wonder if I can see you.”

Jiang Ci: “Then, I will be the host. I will allow Mr. Ye to taste all the specialties of City G.”

“Eating together is just what I want. You decide the location, but I must pay the bill.” Ye Wentao’s laughter was quite magnetic, and he paused for a few seconds after laughing: “Next on my itinerary, I have a two-day and one-night trip to the sea. I want to invite you to go together.”

Jiang Ci heard those inexplicable words: “Going to sea?”

“It’s like this…Ms. Jiang, now I am not a pianist anymore, and you are not a tuning consultant. We are talking as a man and a woman. As I said, I admire you very much, and I can see that you respect me, but it seems you aren’t very interested… I am very reluctant to use money to measure your value, but with my dullness and shallowness, I can’t think of other methods. Let’s be straightforward. I know your hourly salary, and I am willing to give you 800,000 yuan. I wonder if you will accompany me on this trip?”

Jiang Ci froze for a while before digesting the meaning of his words.

While she was angry, she also felt it was a bit ridiculous. Two days and one night, 800,000 yuan. If one calculated by the hour, he was very generous and doubled her salary.

“Teacher Ye, I think you may be misunderstanding, I am already married.” Jiang Ci stayed on the line and didn’t embarrass him.

“Oh? Are you married?” Ye Wentao was really surprised: “I really didn’t think about this, but Miss Jiang, this doesn’t matter, I don’t care about it.”

He didn’t want to pursue her, he just wanted to make an appointment.

Jiang Ci was really angry this time.

Ye Wentao: “Miss Jiang, I took the liberty of reserving you a space. You can think about it all night, and it will not be too late to answer me tomorrow.”

Then, he hung up the phone. Jiang Ci pondered for a moment, then called Huo Zhenzhen: “Do I look poor?”

Huo Zhenzhen shouted into the phone, afraid that Jiang Ci would not be able to hear her. She yelled: “The round-trip tickets you booked for me are all first class. I stayed in a hotel for more than 7,000 a night. To be honest, I want to spend money as effortlessly as you!”

Jiang Ci spent a moment in self-reflection. Originating from the childhood shadow of being thrown into the door, the inferiority complex of an illegitimate girl has long gone deep into her bones, so she tried not to spend the money of the Tong family. After earning money, she didn’t pursue high luxury very much. She mainly rides on public transportation, and hardly wears jewelry for work. Very often, a simple cloth bag will suffice.

Because of this reason, Ye Wentao classified her as a woman who is motivated by money and can sell herself for money?

Jiang Ci put away the computer and opened her jewelry box. Among all her jewelry, the most valuable piece was the wedding ring Lu Xingxue gave her.

It was obvious that Lu Xingxue was very casual when she choose the ring and did not put much thought into it. The market value of the ring was a more important factor than any meaning. After Jiang Ci put it on, the diamond looked ridiculously big on her finger, giving out an effect that shocked everyone.

Is this too deliberate…

Jiang Ci stared at the dark sky outside the window for a while, and then she hesitated to send a message to Lu Xingxue: “Is it okay to borrow a watch from you?”

Despite the time difference, Lu Xingxue’s reply came quickly.

“It’s fine.”

The Lu family began in the jewelry business, and in the hands of Lu Xingxue, they have created a very large luxury group: FOREST. Lu Xingxue has always had the habit of collecting, and her collection is very expansive. Jiang Ci stopped in the watch area, and at the same time, the phone dinged.

【Ye Wentao: “One million.”】

Increasing the price by 200,000 in a short period, as if he was fighting a psychological war with her.

“Heh”, Jiang Ci lightly sniffed and took out a watch from the cabinet.

The next day, before going out, Jiang Ci stood in front of the full-length mirror and took a picture. To highlight the wristwatch, she placed it in the center of the screen.

She sent the photo to Huo Zhenzhen; after reading it, Huo Zhenzhen responded very straightforwardly: “How many zeros?”

[Jiang Ci: “Guess.”]

【Huo Zhenzhen: “[I’m leaving]”】

Jiang Ci strode out the door. One of Lu Xingxue’s bodyguards, Wei Ning, was already at the gate of the courtyard: “Miss Jiang, Miss. Lu asked me to see you off.”

Jiang Ci sent a question mark to Lu Xingxue.

As she was about to arrive at her destination, Lu Xingue’s long-overdue reply finally came: “It’s rare for you to speak to me, I miss it.”

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