Chapter 12: Such a Man, Internally Digested?

“Ah～”

Xu Si let out a sharp, joyful cry, pulling Jian Yao into her arms. “Sister, you’re amazing!”

Jian Yao was held tightly, the sweet scent of her perfume filling her nostrils, a sense of security flooding her.

Overwhelmed with excitement, Xu Si decided to stay at Jian’s house and thoroughly interrogated her about how she and Gu Zhiyan got together.

Upon learning that they were only business partners and that Gu Zhiyan most likely liked men, Xu Si sighed three times, “What a pity!”

“Such a man, internally digested?” ww✹w.✫h❃an❉shuge❃.com

Xu Si, wearing pajamas, rolled around on the bed, clutching her chest in a sorrowful pose.

Jian Yao laughed and pushed her. “Alright, stop it!”

“Think about it this way, if he didn’t like men, how could I have snatched him up?”

Xu Si sat up, thought of Lu Chengze, and sneered. “Yes, if I want to slap Lu Chengze in the face, there’s no one better than Gu Zhiyan.”

If Jian Yao hadn’t stopped her, Xu Si would have wanted to post eight hundred WeChat Moments to make Lu Chengze jealous.

The next morning at 5:30, the makeup artist and stylist arrived.

Jian Yao sat in front of the vanity, allowing the makeup artist to work her magic.

Her skin was fair, her features naturally beautiful, so only a simple touch-up was needed. Her hair was styled into a princess bun with slightly curled ends.

Two dresses were chosen: a red strapless gown for the formalities, paired with a set of ruby jewelry inherited from Jian’s mother.

The other was sent by the Gu family: a white silk shirt and a red brocade horse-faced skirt, accompanied by an emerald phoenix head bead hairpin and a bracelet.

The first set was fine; the dress and jewelry together were only a few tens of millions, quite conventional.

But when she saw the hairpin and bracelet, even Xu Si, who considered herself raised in luxury, was taken aback.

The quality of the materials used for the hairpin was truly extravagant.

She clicked her tongue twice, those two pieces alone were worth at least a hundred million, casually placed in a box on the bed.

She didn’t know whether to say the Gu family was generous or Jian Yao was carefree.

Even though Jian Yao’s face was already easy to work with, it still took two hours. By the time they left Jian’s house for the hotel, it was already 8:30.

In the car, Jian Yao sat in the middle of the back seat, watching the scenery quickly receding outside the window. Thinking about meeting Gu Zhiyan’s family later, she nervously clutched her phone.

Buzz.

Her phone suddenly vibrated.

Jian Yao opened it, revealing a photo.

In a high-class hospital ward, a man in a white shirt and black trousers was serving porridge with his back to the bed. His jacket was casually draped over the sofa nearby, the whole scene exuding a lazy and casual vibe.

Even without seeing his face, Jian Yao could recognize Lu Chengze at a glance.

Even though she had decided to completely let go of Lu Chengze, when she saw this photo, her heart skipped a beat, a dull ache spreading through her chest.

Xu Si, sitting beside her, keenly noticed Jian Yao’s emotional shift. She frowned and leaned over to look at her phone. “What…”

The rest of her sentence was cut off, turning into a curse.

“Why don’t those two dogs go die!”

As she finished speaking, she was about to grab Jian Yao’s phone to take a screenshot, but the other party had already quickly retracted the message, adding a sentence.

“Sorry, Jian Jie, I accidentally sent it to the wrong person.”

Xu Si clenched her phone, her face so black it was almost dripping ink. She squeezed out a “Damn it!” from between her teeth.

That green tea bitch!

Jian Yao had already calmed down from her instinctive surge of emotions. She calmly raised her hand to pat Xu Si’s back, “What’s the point of getting angry, she wants Lu Chengze, let her have him.”

Jian Yao took her phone, tapped a few times, and sent a “It’s fine” before blocking the number.

In a hospital room far away in Shanghai, Liu Yiyi leaned back on the bed, staring at the message she had just received on her phone, momentarily stunned.

This trick of using a sob story to get Lu Chengze to ditch his engagement with Jian Yao and come to keep her company was a well-worn one for Liu Yiyi. She almost always took pictures and sent them to Jian Yao.

For years, Jian Yao had always maintained her composure, pretending not to see them.

The more dignified and composed she was, the more elegant and at ease she seemed, the more Liu Yiyi felt like a ridiculous clown.

That feeling of being ignored, of never being taken seriously, made her feel like she was punching cotton.

She admitted, she was doing it on purpose.

She knew how much Jian Yao was looking forward to her engagement with Lu Chengze, so she deliberately chose today, this time, to send it to her, to provoke her.

She wanted to make Jian Yao go crazy, to lose her temper, and ideally, to insult and berate her. That way, she could show Lu Chengze what Jian Yao was really like.

To see what kind of person the kind and gentle Jian Yao, the one he admired, truly was.

From the moment she sent the message, she had been staring at her phone, watching the “typing…” on the other end, anticipating Jian Yao’s reply.

Unexpectedly, there were only three words.

“It’s okay.”

No madness, no insults or berating, just a calmness that was frightening.

As a woman’s intuition, Liu Yiyi felt that something had changed this time.

She looked at the phone screen, which had dimmed due to inactivity.

The black screen reflected her pale face, which looked particularly delicate because she had taken the time to make herself up.

Lin, her assistant, came in from outside, looking at the bed with a blank expression. “Miss Liu, Mr. Lu’s flight back to Beijing is today. Please rest well. Your work has been transferred to others.”

The sudden voice brought Liu Yiyi’s thoughts back to the present.

She bit her lip in frustration. “Mr. Lu is leaving?”

She had even cut her wrists, and still couldn’t keep this man?

Liu Yiyi felt a pang in her heart, but she forced it down, mindful of Lin’s presence.

“Can I go back to Beijing with Mr. Lu?”

No matter what, Lu Chengze was the best option she could get. She would never give up easily, even if he was engaged or even married.

Lin frowned. He had deliberately sent Liu Yiyi to Shanghai on a business trip to prevent her from causing trouble at Mr. Lu’s engagement party. He had sent her away.

Unexpectedly, she had still managed to get Mr. Lu to come.

Now, the engagement party was already half ruined because of her. If he stopped her from going back now, who knows what else she would do.

The marriage between the Lu and Jian families was imminent. Lin couldn’t gamble anymore. He suppressed his annoyance and nodded. “Then you can pack up. I’ll book the tickets.”

After saying that, he left immediately.

Liu Yiyi watched his retreating figure, clenching her fists. Her long, beautiful nails dug into her flesh, as if she couldn’t feel the pain.

This damn Lin, such a pain in the neck. No matter how much she flattered him, he wouldn’t budge.

Liu Yiyi lowered her gaze, a glint of malice flashing in her eyes.

Once she climbed to the position of Mrs. Lu, she would be the first to get rid of him.

At that moment, the banquet hall of a Beijing hotel was full of people.

The Jian family didn’t have many relatives. Most of the people who came were business partners, company shareholders, and friends of Jian’s parents.

Among these people, there were those who genuinely cared for the Jian sisters, and naturally, there were those who came to watch the show.

The news that the daughter the Jian family had brought back was chasing after the Lu family’s illegitimate son was no secret.

What was even more ridiculous was that she had poured a lot of resources into promoting him, but she didn’t get any respect from the Lu family. Not only that, not a single member of the Lu family was present at the engagement party.