Chapter 5: Are you sure it’s Gu Zhiyan?

Jian Ning, who was sitting aside, had remained silent. Seeing the folder on the table, she finally condescended to reach out and pick it up, carefully flipping through it.

Wu Yue glanced at Jian Ning’s expression and continued, “Ms. Jian, our Mr. Lu said that after the engagement, the Lu family and the Jian family will be one.”

He looked up at the simple yet luxurious decoration of the Jian family’s home, a hint of greed flashing in his eyes. “From now on, the Jian family’s businesses will no longer require your attention, Ms. Jian.”

He paused, his gaze towards Jian Ning filled with mocking disdain. “After all, you’re not a true member of the Jian family.”

“You…”

Secretary Li clenched his fists, gritting his teeth, his face flushed with anger.

The marriage was barely in its early stages, and the Lu family was already eyeing the Jian family’s assets?

Did they not have a mirror at home, or were they simply blind?

Jian Ning sneered, tossing the file back onto the table. “What, is your Mr. Lu planning to marry into the Jian family?”

She picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip, a cold glint flashing in her dark eyes. “How that bastard Lu Chengze climbed to the position of heir in the Lu family all these years, you should know very well.”

“Don’t think that because Jian Yao likes him, you can lord it over me.”

A fine crystal glass was slammed heavily onto the table. The face, eight points similar to Jian Yao’s, was cold to the core. “Otherwise, I’ll make him roll back down the way he climbed up.”

Wu Yue was startled by Jian Ning’s sudden outburst.

All these years, relying on Jian Yao’s blind devotion to Lu Chengze, they, Lu Chengze’s brothers, had shown no respect for her in private, treating her like a mere errand girl.

After the death of the Jian family’s old president and his wife, they became even more arrogant.

They even disregarded Jian Yao, her nominal sister.

Unexpectedly, Jian Yao’s gentle and soft-spoken nature was in stark contrast to her sister’s tough and uncompromising personality.

However, thinking of Jian Yao’s deep love for Lu Chengze, Wu Yue quickly suppressed his unease and retorted with a stiff neck, “What are you so arrogant for? Don’t forget, Jian Yao is the true daughter of the Jian family, you’re just a fake who was mistakenly swapped at birth because you look like her!”

“If Jian Yao knew you were saying this behind her back about Lu…”

Jian Ning’s delicate peach blossom eyes were sharp and cold, her gaze towards Wu Yue as if looking at a dead thing.

Meeting Jian Ning’s increasingly chilling gaze, he swallowed the rest of his words.

Lu Chengze was not here, he was isolated and helpless, and dared not stay any longer.

He stood up with a forced air of confidence, his mouth vicious. “I will tell Mr. Lu everything you said today.”

If Lu Chengze knew, then Jian Yao would know too.

He had been humiliated by Jian Ning, and he would definitely get his revenge on Jian Yao!

Leaving the Jian family’s door, Wu Yue opened the car door and got in, immediately taking out his phone to call Lu Chengze.

He was working for Lu Chengze, and slapping his face was the same as slapping Lu Chengze’s face.

Lu Chengze would know, and he would definitely help him get his revenge.

As the driver started the car and headed towards Lu’s company, Wu Yue held his phone, recounting the events that had just happened with embellishments, his face flushed with excitement.

As he opened the car window for some air, a black Bentley passed by his car.

“Huh?” Wu Yue instinctively turned his head to look back, his expression confused. “Why would Gu Zhiyan’s car be here?”

The Jian family’s lineage was thin, so they always kept a low profile in the circle, and their old house was located in a relatively quiet hillside villa area.

Because the Lu family’s old house was also in this villa area, he was quite familiar with the residents here.

He was certain that there was no one here related to the Gu family.

Why would someone like Gu Zhiyan, a busy man, come here for no reason?

It was unclear if something was wrong with Liu Yiyi, but Gu Zhiyan seemed distracted.

Despite this, upon hearing the name Gu Zhiyan, he subconsciously raised his voice. “Are you sure it’s Gu Zhiyan?”

Wu Yue stretched out his head with his phone in hand, watching the Bentley disappear from sight, nodding vigorously. “I’m sure, it must be Gu Zhiyan’s car.”

He had been Lu Chengze’s best friend since they were in the orphanage, following Lu Chengze around since they were kids, and after graduating from college, he smoothly joined Lu’s company. He knew everything about the “love-hate relationship” between Lu Chengze and Gu Zhiyan.

Over the years, “monitoring” Gu Zhiyan had become almost instinctive for him.

He wouldn’t dare say anything else, but if Gu Zhiyan were a profession, he’d be a post-doctoral fellow at the very least.

He probably knew more about how many cars Gu Zhiyan had, and what the license plate numbers of each car were, than Gu Zhiyan himself.

After Wu Yue finished speaking, there was a long silence on the phone, only the sound of the wind whistling outside the car window could be heard.

Wu Yue keenly sensed the emotional ups and downs on the other side of the phone, and cautiously called out, “Brother Lu?”

Lu Chengze on the other side “hmm”ed, “I know, if there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up.”

Listening to the busy tone on the phone.

Wu Yue blinked blankly.

What does “I know” mean? Will he still help him get revenge?

The living room of the Jian family.

After Wu Yue left, Jian Ning raised her hand to her forehead and sighed softly.

The secretary, Li, replaced the coffee in front of her with hot water, “Ms. Jian, drink some water to calm down.”

Seeing the list on the table, she was instantly furious.

The engagement process was basically arranged, and today Lu Chengze was supposed to write the invitations with Miss Jian Yao and send them out.

It wasn’t enough that Lu Chengze didn’t show up, he also casually sent someone to deliver the list, claiming that he wouldn’t be able to attend the engagement ceremony.

Secretary Li was so angry that the veins on her forehead were throbbing, “The Lu family is getting more and more outrageous! I don’t know how much hardship Miss Jian Yao will have to endure after marrying into that family!”

Miss Jian Yao was already marrying down, and before they even got married, the man was so disrespectful, how would people in the circle view her? How would they view the Jian family?

Jian Ning pressed her temples, glancing at the antique clock on the wall, “She hasn’t come back yet?”

Secretary Li took out her phone, “I’ll make a call and ask.”

Just as she took out her phone, the sound of the maid speaking came from the door.

“Second Miss, you’re back.”

Jian Ning retracted the hand that was supporting her forehead and saw Jian Yao at the door at a glance.

She was tall and slender, thin and white, even wearing a simple white silk dress, she could be seen at a glance among the crowd.

Secretary Li silently put away her phone and stepped back half a step.

Jian Ning looked at her younger sister’s fair and soft face, her eyelids twitched.

She was already mentally prepared for her sister to speak up for the Lu family.

Over the years, they had persuaded, argued, and broken down the analysis for them, not hindering their being together at all.

Now they were about to get engaged, there was nothing they could do.

Forget it, just let it go!

At worst, she would be the villain, holding Jian Yao’s assets in her own hands, which would be a way out for her.

“Sister, I’m back.”

Jian Yao stood at the door, her soft voice carrying a hint of flattery and coquettishness.

Jian Ning heard her voice, and the anger in her heart dissipated by three points.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, repeating in her heart: Mom and Dad only have this one bloodline, it can’t be broken in her hands, hold on, she must hold on.

After doing some mental preparation, Jian Ning opened her eyes with a perfect smile on her lips, just in time to see a tall and slender man striding in, smiling like a spring breeze.

“You…”