chapter 4

Upon returning from the mall, Lu Ding Ning began to prepare for the engagement party that her father had arranged for her to attend.

From what she had been told, tonight’s party was hosted by the groom-to-be, Jin Shang, the eldest son of the Jin Family, RM’s biggest competition.

Ke Jia Ling, the bride-to-be was the real problem in this situation! Just a few weeks back, she was her brother’s girlfriend!

It was unfortunate that as soon as Lu Ding Ning assumed the identity of her brother, Lu Yi Ning, she already had to face the dilemma of ‘my girlfriend wants to get married, but not to me’.

“Do we really need to attend the engagement party today?” Lu Ding Ning grumbled. Her attractive voice had an innate magnetism that subconsciously drew others in.

“It’s better to attend it. After all, the Jin family has already sent the invitation. If you don’t show up at this juncture, the media’s going to go wild speculating about Young Master Lu’s no-show after getting jilted. Moreover, both President Lu and I feel that Young Master Lu’s disappearance may have something to do with the Jin family,” Ruan Xi Yuan responded.

Through silver-framed glasses, Ruan Xi Yuan’s eyes were, once again, glued to Lu Ding Ning’s handsome face.

To be honest, even at this moment, he couldn’t believe that Lu Ding Ning and Lu Yi Ning were two different people; their faces had an uncanny resemblance.

Of course, there were some features that differed slightly. For example, Ding Ning’s skin was fairer and smoother than Yi Ning’s, and the pores on her face were practically invisible. Another difference was that Ding Ning’s smile was slightly more flirtatious than Yi Ning’s, and even Ruan Xi Yuan, couldn’t help himself from finding Ding Ning handsome, even though they were both males.

Lu Ding Ning understood why her father had arranged for her to attend this engagement party.

Recently, Lu Yi Ning hadn’t been seen publicly, and that had led to people speculating if he was left reeling after breaking up with Ke Jia Ling.

It didn’t help that the media companies owned by the Jins were ‘adding oil and vinegar’[1] to the situation by saying that Yi Ning couldn’t accept reality and had taken his own life, which had caused the stock value of RM to take a downward plunge.

If Lu Yi Ning didn’t show up at the engagement party today, the rumours that Lu Yi Ning had committed suicide after getting dumped would gain even more traction.

By following her father’s arrangement, once Lu Ding Ning showed up at the engagement party, they would be able to squash the rumours and foil the scheme plotted out by the Jin’s.

Moreover, it’s also possible to find out if there was any connection between Jin’s family and her brother’s disappearance.

Of course, just simply foiling Jin Family’s ploy wasn’t Lu Ding Ning’s style of doing things.

“How far have this Ke Jia Ling and my brother gone?” A slightly evil glint flashed in Lu Ding Ning’s lowered eyes.

“Before, Master Lu always brought her along as his partner no matter what the occasion was. As to how far they progressed, I’m clueless about it,” Ruan Xi Yuan replied.

Ruan Xi Yuan’s words suddenly made Lu Ding Ning think of the condoms she found today in her brother’s drawer along with the little hair pin.

With F country being relatively open about sex, Lu Ding Ning didn’t think it was a big deal about finding those condoms. However, according to her brother’s simple and straightforward personality, there shouldn’t be anybody else, other than Ke Jia Ling, that he could have used the condoms with.

Attending this engagement party wouldn’t be too bad. There was always the slight chance that her brother would be there, and she would be able to dish out some justice for him even if he wasn’t.

Thinking of this, Lu Ding Ning’s had a slight grin on her lips. “Shouldn’t I prepare a ‘special’ congratulatory gift for them?”

Ruan Xi Yuan was in favor of Lu Ding Ning’s idea.

Ke Jia Ling and her family were a whole communion of gold diggers.

Before RM’s current crisis, the Ke family was always sending gifts to the Lu family, and Ke Jia Ling was clinging on to Lu Yi Ning with all her might.

At the first sign of trouble, the whole Ke family immediately flocked to the Jin family. Even Ke Jia Ling, who had been so intimate with Lu Yi Ning, immediately became someone else’s fiancée.

With regards to this, Ruan Xi Yuan always felt that it was unfair to Lu Yi Ning, and had been thinking of ways to allow Lu Yi Ning to extract revenge.

Now that Lu Ding Ning had proposed to stir up some trouble, they both immediately hit it off and started scheming their plans.

So, Ruan Xi Yuan began to make a suggestion. “How about giving them two kilograms worth of dimes and messing the place up with it?”

“Giving them two kilograms worth of dimes and messing the place up with it, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have the guts to do it.” After hearing Ruan Xi Yuan’s words, the corners of Lu Ding Ning’s mouth suddenly lifted.

Her brother’s special assistant, Ruan Xi Yuan, seemed to be an elite, well brought up person in the workplace, but she didn’t expect him to come up with such boorish methods for causing a scene.

But, Lu Ding Ning didn’t know that her smile made her elegant, almond-shaped eyes even more alluring, making Ruan Xi Yuan’s heartbeat excitedly.

“So, what do you suggest?” Ruan Xuyuan asked out loud after lightly coughing to cover up his own lapse in focus.

He didn’t understand; Lu Ding Ning and Lu Yi Ning clearly had the same face, and yet, her smile had sent his heart racing.

“An umbrella!”

Lu Ding Ning’s words made Ruan Xi Yuan frown. ”Umbrella? What can we do with that?”

“You’ll find out later, go get everything prepared. I’m going to get dressed!” Lu Ding Ning left him hanging with that.

Although Ruan Xi Yuan couldn’t figure out Lu Ding Ning’s reasoning behind wanting to give an umbrella, he adjusted his spectacles, and called to arrange an umbrella to be delivered.

[1]: Adding oil and vinegar – Chinese idiom which means embellishing details to make a story more interesting.