After the episode of *Beautiful Sprint* starring Zhang Minxing aired, it quickly stirred up a storm on the internet. Everyone was trying to find out who the two great beauties in the footage were. Meanwhile, Lu Jing deliberately kept a low profile throughout and even had someone guide the public opinion, which made people overlook his presence.
Luo Jiu was even more overwhelmed. After all, accidents were bound to happen. No one knew how such a coincidence occurred that they suddenly appeared on the live broadcast. After this live broadcast went viral on the internet, everyone had their own motives, especially Ji Xuelan and Mrs. Lu.
After Ji Xuelan found out that Zhu Shuangyao had appeared on the live broadcast, she flew into a rage at home and smashed many vases and porcelain. Cheng Lu meekly served tea to Ji Xuelan.
"What a disgrace! What a disgrace! If she wants to be a daughter-in-law of the Pei family, how can she show herself off like this in public? As long as I'm alive, she'll never step into the Pei family!"
Ji Xuelan was so angry that her chest heaved constantly. Seeing Cheng Lu meekly standing aside, she got even angrier for no reason. "Are you dead? Why don't you go and bring back this woman who dares to show herself off? If I don't teach her a good lesson, she'll get out of control!"
Cheng Lu lowered her head and said timidly, "If even you, such a capable person, can't bring her back, how can I possibly do it..."
"Good-for-nothing!" Ji Xuelan knocked over the tea in her hand. Cheng Lu nimbly avoided the glass shards and splashing tea. Ji Xuelan kept scolding, "Look at what you've done for this family over the years. Now you can't even handle such a small thing. What use are you?"
Cheng Lu didn't reply. She let Ji Xuelan vent her anger on her and suppressed the impulse in her heart. Since there was a glimmer of hope in her hopeless life, she could no longer bear this mother-in-law whom she had endured for many years.
Just then, Cheng Lu's eldest son, Pei Yun, came back. Seeing the mess on the floor, a look of annoyance flashed across Pei Yun's eyes. When he saw Cheng Lu standing meekly aside, his heart ached slightly as if being pricked by a needle.
But he quickly hid his true emotions and walked up to Ji Xuelan. "Grandma, what's wrong? What's made you so unhappy? I think you should get angry less often. It's not good for your health."
Ji Xuelan beamed when she saw Pei Yun. "My dear grandson is back? Is work tiring? It's all Pei Ying's fault. He always gives you so much work to do, and I hardly get to see my dear grandson."
Pei Yun smiled. "Don't say that, Grandma. I'm still young. It's time for me to work hard on my career. Of course, I should take on more work so that I can support you in the future."
Ji Xuelan felt better. She patted Pei Yun's hand. "My dear grandson is so filial."
She glanced proudly at Cheng Lu. So what if she didn't raise this grandson? The grandson still only got close to her. If her son hadn't refused to divorce no matter what, a disobedient daughter-in-law like Cheng Lu would have left the Pei family long ago.
Pei Yun added, "Grandma, don't be angry. Let's go upstairs and rest. Tell me about the person who made you angry, and I'll punish her."
He coaxed Ji Xuelan upstairs to rest. Before going upstairs, Ji Xuelan still wouldn't let Cheng Lu off. "Clean up the mess on the floor. Don't let the maid help you. You can't just sit around at home all day. A daughter-in-law is supposed to do housework."
After Ji Xuelan's figure completely disappeared, another figure appeared at the door. The person was heavily made up and looked haughty. Seeing the mess on the floor and Cheng Lu picking up the shards, she curled her lips.
She walked up to Cheng Lu with her arms folded. "Why do you always do such things? You're such an embarrassment to me. Picking up shards with your bare hands. How could you do such a thing? Don't you know there's something called a broom and something called a dustpan? Even if you don't know anything, why don't you just call the maid?"
"Aunt Liu, Aunt Liu?"
Aunt Liu seemed to have been waiting. She came out as soon as she was called. "Third Miss, I'm here. Second Lady, stop doing this. I'll clean it up."
Cheng Lu withdrew her hand according to Aunt Liu's words and said a soft thank you. She ignored her daughter and went upstairs directly. After going upstairs, she received a message from an unknown number: [Everything is ready.]
The message was deleted after she read it, but Cheng Lu heaved a sigh of relief because she was finally... finally going to be free.
Years of pent-up sadness suddenly welled up, hitting her already not-so-clear mind. Her eyes were sore, and tears streamed down her face.
She quickly wiped the tears from her eyes, picked up her handbag, and went out.
When she stepped out of the door, the warm sunlight shone on her. The sky outside was bright and clear. She was surprised to find that for the first time in many years, she felt that the sky was a beautiful blue and the grass was a vivid green. Everything seemed to suddenly light up.
Let's turn to another story.
The live broadcast had caused such a stir on the internet that Qi Yan naturally saw it too. Although Lu Jing had warned her not to get close to Zhu Shuangyao. Otherwise, if he found out that she was harassing Zhu Shuangyao behind her back again, he would definitely give her another severe lesson.
But didn't this just show how much Lu Jing valued Zhu Shuangyao? And at this moment, they had appeared in the same live broadcast footage at the same time. She selectively ignored Cen Yun, and judging from Lu Jing's attitude, he didn't seem to be too repelled by Zhu Shuangyao anymore. Wasn't this a great opportunity?
Qi Yan was determined to win Zhu Shuangyao over. But this time, she couldn't use the Luo family as a threat to control her. She had to come up with another way to cooperate with Zhu Shuangyao.
Recently, Lu Jing had been pressing on step by step. For some reason, the old man was keeping her and Lu Lan at arm's length. She had to find a way to win back the old man's heart.
Compared with Mrs. Lu and Ji Xuelan, Luo Jiu was even busier. Most netizens were appearance-conscious. As soon as the footage of Cen Yun and Zhu Shuangyao was broadcast, netizens started to dig into their backgrounds.
Luo Jiu couldn't cut out Zhu Shuangyao's footage, so he had to start guiding public opinion. To his even greater surprise, he found that Lu Jing was also guiding public opinion. The two of them had the same goal, which was to reduce the popularity of the two girls. Once they cooperated, the effect was immediate.
They finally managed to minimize the possibility of Zhu Shuangyao's background being dug out. Now the internet was in harmony. People said that the two girls were just ordinary people, not celebrities, and everyone shouldn't dig into their backgrounds. After a great deal of effort, they finally killed the idea of digging into their backgrounds.
But Zhu Shuangyao had a very passionate fan who had been frantically promoting Zhu Shuangyao's excellent deeds. One person was worth hundreds of people. Especially the heroic deed in the hospital last time. Luo Jiu had finally managed to suppress this matter, but this fan started to mention it again and even kept posting evidence to prove it.
Luo Jiu had to have someone watch this fan day and night. Whatever she posted, they would blur it. But the other party was very persistent. He had no choice but to privately message the other party to express Zhu Shuangyao's wish not to be famous. But the other party didn't believe it and even contacted Zhu Shuangyao on her own initiative. No one knew what Zhu Shuangyao had done, but the other party immediately stopped. Luo Jiu finally heaved a sigh of relief.
When Luo Jiu turned around, he found that the two people who had always had a good relationship were now in a cold war. This was simply a godsend opportunity. Although Luo Jiu wouldn't deliberately do anything, he wouldn't deliberately help Huo Qizheng either.
Huo Qizheng came to the company. Recently, the Huo Group had been in a poor state on the surface and had reached a dead end. But few people had left. Everyone still stuck to their positions. However, a few people had left, so a young and inexperienced newcomer was promoted from the lower level to replace the person who had left in Huo Qizheng's secretary team.
The newcomer's surname was Liu. She had a very beautiful name, Liu Yunge. She was also very beautiful, like a pure lily with dewdrops on the mountain. She had a pure appearance and a kind of pitiable charm.
The secretary-general took Liu Yunge to meet the president because she would be working in front of the president in the future, so she couldn't not know the president.
The moment she saw Huo Qizheng, the system in Liu Yunge's mind immediately issued a sharp alarm: [S-level target to be courted appears! S-level target to be courted appears!]
Huo Qizheng was actually an S-level target! Although she didn't know how the system defined the levels of the targets, Liu Yunge understood that a man defined as S-level by the system must be extremely excellent. That is to say, as long as she could get close to this man, she would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life!
After all, the man behind her was only rated as an A. She had almost condescended to court that A-level man, but what was that A-level man compared to Mr. Huo?
Liu Yunge's eyes slowly lit up. She had to plan carefully. For a man like this S-level one, she mustn't be too hasty.
This first meeting was just for her to get to know the president. Liu Yunge didn't do anything out of line. Moreover, Huo Qizheng's attitude towards Liu Yunge was very cold. He was still worried about how to coax his little treasure back. Xie Ming and Ning Shan only gave him bad ideas and held him back, so they were directly sent away by Huo Qizheng. He thought hard and decided to try to save his relationship with Zhu Shuangyao at Shen Jun's birthday party.
After meeting Mr. Huo, Liu Yunge quickly came up with a targeted plan, which was to take things slowly and gradually penetrate into every aspect of the president's life. Only in this way could the president realize her importance when she left.
As for whether the president was single or not?
It didn't matter. What was important was whether she could successfully court this man. If she could successfully court this man, not only would the system store be free for her, but her status in reality would also soar.
A glint of ambition flashed in Liu Yunge's eyes.