Chapter 184 : The Clown

Ding Yiyi suspected she was seeing things and had misread the price.

How could it possibly show something like tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions?

Could a piece of jewelry that Lu Yunyao casually wore be worth that much?

“Where did you find this fake? It looks quite real,” Ding Yiyi forced a laugh, but her expression was far from pleasant.

Li Siyu seized the opportunity to mock her. “Hilarious! You must buy fake stuff all the time, otherwise, how would you know so much about it?”

“I wouldn’t even buy such expensive jewelry. Is this something Lu Yunyao can afford?”

Li Siyu searched for the Lu Group on her phone.

She thrust her phone in front of Ding Yiyi. “Open your eyes and see what the Lu Group is! Your family’s little wealth isn’t even worth one of Yunyao’s cars.”

“Forget about jewelry worth hundreds of thousands, that necklace Yunyao wore before was worth nine figures! You think you can even touch it in this lifetime?”

Ding Yiyi’s face was a mix of surprise and disbelief.

She only knew that Lu Yunyao had been acknowledged by her biological parents but had no idea about the Lu family’s stature.

Ding Yiyi’s family had a bit of money, comparable to Li Siyu’s, but it was nowhere near the wealth of a powerful family.

The Lu Group… She had heard of it in financial news.

Such a huge conglomerate was actually founded by Lu Yunyao’s biological parents?

With just a flick of their fingers, they could crush her family into dust.

Li Siyu laughed mockingly. “Are you stunned? You dare to show off your fifty-thousand-yuan bag? I’m embarrassed for you.”

Lu Yunyao tugged at Li Siyu’s arm. “Siyu, stop.”

With so many classmates present, she didn’t want to make everyone uncomfortable over this.

Her gesture only fueled Ding Yiyi’s anger!

She used to be the one bullying Lu Yunyao, when did it become the other way around?

“Lu Yunyao, don’t act like the good person here. Didn’t you have a rough time before? Now that you’re doing well, you just want to show off in front of your old classmates, right?”

Lu Yunyao replied softly, “Don’t project your own thoughts onto me, okay?”

Ding Yiyi couldn’t understand her at all. “What are you saying?”

Several classmates couldn’t help but laugh.

Li Siyu exaggeratedly clutched her stomach in laughter. “I almost forgot! Ding Yiyi went to a vocational school, hahaha, and she had to pay to get in. She can’t even understand a simple idiom, it’s killing me!”

Compared to the academically accomplished Lu Yunyao, Ding Yiyi looked foolish and desperate, like a hopeless illiterate.

Ding Yiyi’s lips nearly bled from how hard she bit them, wishing she could strangle Li Siyu!

She was just so mouthy!

What good was college anyway? Wasn’t she just working for her dad?

Even if her dad only ran a small ten-person company, it was still better than being a lowly employee!

The class monitor stepped in to mediate. “Alright, alright, the dishes are about to be served. Let’s eat!”

Ding Yiyi reluctantly returned to her seat, glaring at Lu Yunyao with hostility.

In the past, several boys in the class had fawned over her, treating her like a princess.

But now that Lu Yunyao had become successful, those boys had actually gone over to Lu Yunyao’s side!

“Yunyao, your eyesight isn’t great. What do you want to eat? I’ll get it for you,” one of the boys said.

Lu Yunyao quickly refused. “No, I can see just fine.”

Li Siyu immediately protected her. “I’ll use the public chopsticks to help Yunyao get food, so you don’t need to worry about it.”

“Yunyao, let me pour you a drink. What do you want?”

“Do you need napkins? I can get some for you.”

Several boys crowded around Lu Yunyao, showering her with attention.

Ding Yiyi watched with jealousy in her heart.

How infuriating! These people were so fickle! They used to fawn over her because of her family’s wealth, and now that Lu Yunyao had suddenly become a rich heiress, they had all shifted their loyalty.

Ding Yiyi was filled with resentment and sent a message to her boyfriend.

“Come pick me up in a nice car later.”

Her boyfriend replied, “I’m still at work, I don’t have time.”

“I don’t care! Hurry up and rent a nice car, or we’re breaking up!”

Ding Yiyi downed drink after drink, hoping to regain some control.

…

After the class reunion ended, it started to rain outside.

Lu Yunyao didn’t have an umbrella and stood with Li Siyu under the eaves, waiting for the rain to stop.

“Yunyao, why are you always holding your stomach?”

Li Siyu asked curiously.

Lu Yunyao seemed to unconsciously touch her lower abdomen, what was going on?

Was she feeling unwell?

Lu Yunyao quickly shook her head. “Maybe I just ate a bit too much.”

“Did you eat a lot? It looked like you hardly touched your food.”

It wasn’t that Lu Yunyao lacked an appetite, it was just that she had grown accustomed to exquisite meals.

After getting used to fine dining at the uncle’s house, she found it hard to adjust to the street food.

But she wouldn’t say that and ruin everyone’s mood.

An unwelcome voice interrupted “Oh, no one’s here to pick you up? My boyfriend will be here soon, do you want a ride?”

Lu Yunyao shook her head warily. “No, thanks.”

She certainly didn’t want to get in Ding Yiyi’s car.

“Yiyi, what kind of car does your boyfriend drive?”

Ding Yiyi had been waiting for that question. She held her head high and said proudly, “He has a lot of cars, I’m not sure which one he’s bringing today, but it shouldn’t be under a million.”

“Your boyfriend is so rich! Is he from a wealthy family?”

“Probably. His family has some influence, but I don’t care about that. I only care about him as a person.”

A Porsche Cayenne pulled up.

Ding Yiyi excitedly stepped forward and waved her hand. “Darling, over here!”

A slightly plump man with a trapezoidal face got out of the car, holding an umbrella, and walked over to Ding Yiyi.

“I’m here to pick up my girlfriend.”

His gesture gave Ding Yiyi a significant boost in confidence, allowing her to show off in front of her old classmates.

“Yiyi, your boyfriend drives a Porsche! That car must be expensive!”

Ding Yiyi leaned against her boyfriend with a happy expression. “It’s just average, this is actually the cheapest car he has.”

She turned to Lu Yunyao. “Which neighborhood do you live in? Do you need my boyfriend to give you a ride?”

Lu Yunyao took a step back. “No, it’s fine.”

As soon as the trapezoidal-faced man laid eyes on Lu Yunyao, his gaze seemed to stick to her.

Ding Yiyi tugged at her boyfriend’s arm, shooting him a warning glance, which finally made him tone it down a bit.

She proudly linked arms with her boyfriend, asserting her claim.

“Lu Yunyao, do you have a boyfriend?”

“No.”

Ding Yiyi smiled smugly. “I heard that in the elite circles, marriages are often arranged. Maybe you’ll end up married to some old man in his forties or fifties. How pitiful!”

“Unlike me, I have a young boyfriend who loves me. Darling, give me a kiss.”

Ding Yiyi unabashedly kissed her boyfriend in front of everyone.

Li Siyu felt like her eyes might just roll out of her head.

She whispered, “Yunyao, I’m so glad you can’t see this right now.”

Just then, a black Bentley cut through the rain and slowly approached.

Unlike the previous low-end luxury car, this was the most expensive and luxurious Bentley model.