A skeptical voice came from behind. "Didn't President Fang clear the venue? How come there are still people here? Who are these two?"
Yan Xia looked at Wen Liang, annoyed inwardly. Lu Qianzhou had made the arrangement on his own initiative, giving her no chance to react at all.
As they were talking, Yan Xia had already turned around. Calmly, she walked back onto the field, picked up the cue again, aimed at the hole, and with a thud, hit the ball.
She was wearing a sun hat. Due to the recent exercise, there were tiny beads of sweat on her forehead. The brim of the hat was pulled very low, making it hard to see her whole face. Only the lower half of her face below the nose was vaguely visible, but even that was enough to tell that there must be a beauty under the hat.
The playboy who had been cursing just now instantly changed his expression. His tone was frivolous, reeking of lust.
"Miss, you have quite an elegant pastime. Are you playing alone? How about a friendly match?"
Yan Xia turned her head and glanced at Fang Jiangyi in the distance.
"My skills are not good enough. I don't dare to play casually."
"Shangguan, forget it." Fang Jiangyi strode over. "She's just a little girl. I'm not so petty as to not tolerate her."
What a hypocrite!
Yan Xia secretly clenched her fists. If he really had such a broad mind, he wouldn't have been so merciless and tried to wipe out her family back then.
But Shangguan seemed quite interested. "What's your name? I'm Shangguan Yao. Yao with three earth characters."
"Have we met somewhere? I think this young lady looks a bit familiar." Fang Jiangyi suddenly interjected.
Yan Xia was highly nervous. Cold sweat began to seep from her hands.
Had Fang Jiangyi recognized her? It couldn't be... She had changed a lot. Even if he had his doubts, he shouldn't associate her with the Cheng family.
She steadied her voice and said, "This should be our first meeting."
She tried hard to cover the tremor in her voice and even forgot the voice - changing skills she had learned on weekdays. Fortunately, her voice was soft, and Fang Jiangyi didn't hear it clearly.
Wen Liang had been observing Yan Xia's every move. If he didn't stop her, she might expose herself because of fear. So he stepped forward in time and said,
"Miss Lu, the Third Master has arrived. Please go back now."
"Okay, let's go."
Yan Xia nodded and took a quick glance at Fang Jiangyi.
Then the two quickly packed up and left.
But Shangguan Yao heard clearly. "Miss Lu, could I have your phone number or WeChat? Meeting is a kind of fate."
The two people over there didn't even turn their heads.
"This chick is really hot. That figure, that face. Go and check out her background." Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Fang Jiangyi still frowning as he watched the departing figure. Shangguan Yao couldn't help but tease, "What, President Fang is also interested?"
Fang Jiangyi's expression was cold.
"No need to check."
"No need to check? You know who she is?"
Just hearing the two keywords "Miss Lu" and "the Third Master", one could probably guess.
"Lu Sheng, the adopted daughter of the Third Master of the Lu family."
It was said that this adopted daughter of the Lu family, who had grown up abroad since childhood and graduated from a famous university, had just returned to the country recently.
But for some reason, he felt a bit familiar with her. And he couldn't shake off a vague sense of unease.
Yan Xia walked very fast. She left the golf course without even changing her clothes.
She couldn't control herself at all. It was an instinctive fear.
As soon as she saw him, she remembered his ferocious look and her sister struggling in a pool of blood in her last moment.
She got into the car directly. Only after closing the car door did she notice that Lu Qianzhou was sitting beside her.
"Why are you here..."
He gave her a cold look, obviously dissatisfied with her performance just now.
Yan Xia took the initiative. "Why didn't you inform me in advance? I wasn't prepared at all. If I had exposed myself in front of him..."
"If you had exposed yourself in front of him, our cooperation might have ended." Lu Qianzhou's voice was cold. "Useless chess pieces will only be discarded."
Yan Xia naturally understood this truth.
She lowered the car window a bit to let the cool wind blow into the car. Her tense emotions gradually calmed down.
After a while, she said, "Sorry. I didn't react because it was too sudden. It won't happen again next time."
Lu Qianzhou had spent a lot of effort on her. Just like a capitalist, he would surely get back more than he had invested.
That night when she returned to the villa, Yan Xia asked Wen Liang to accompany her in the training room. She fought with him, imagining him as Fang Jiangyi. Wen Liang kept dodging. Although he was fully capable of counter - attacking, he just let her do as she pleased.
After the fight, she was soaked in sweat and extremely exhausted.
Every day, she needed to exhaust herself so that she could fall asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. Otherwise, she would suffer from insomnia because of hatred.
In the following days, Lu Qianzhou finally arranged for her to meet Lu Huaili, the Third Master of the Lu family.
The Third Master of the Lu family was a very kind - looking person. Maybe because people of his status always had the best food, clothing, and living conditions and took good care of themselves, a fifty - year - old man looked like a handsome guy in his thirties.
He took extremely good care of the adopted daughter arranged by Lu Qianzhou. He would send someone to deliver things every now and then and even personally took Yan Xia to some business activities. Gradually, she became known in the high - society circles of the capital.
Yan Xia once asked Lu Qianzhou if the Third Master of the Lu family knew her real identity, their relationship, and their purpose. Lu Qianzhou only said, "He knows, and he doesn't."