General Manager Zhang's words really woke everyone up. He immediately exposed Lin Zhirou on the spot. She awkwardly tugged at the corner of her lips and naturally stepped aside.
Suddenly, the temperature among these people seemed to drop a lot. General Manager Zhang was smiling, looking very approachable, but he was saying the most hurtful things with the most innocent expression.
"Miss Lin, you're doing this wrong," General Manager Zhang bared his teeth. "The wife is looking over here. If you're directly holding onto General Manager Lu's arm like this, once it gets out, wouldn't it..."
Lin Zhirou frowned slightly, with complex emotions in her eyes. Her hand tightly grasped the outermost layer of tulle on her evening dress, almost crumpling it into wrinkles.
After a few seconds of silence, Lin Zhirou still forced a smile through gritted teeth. "Really? It doesn't matter. I don't care about others' opinions."
"I didn't say you would care!" General Manager Zhang shook his head, casually placed the red wine glass in his hand on the table, patted Lu Jinsheng's arm, and said righteously, "I'm worried that others will say our General Manager Lu is a womanizer. If this spreads, it will have a bad impact on General Manager Lu's reputation, won't it?"
Although he hadn't had much contact with Lu Jinsheng before, he often paid attention to various news in the circle and clearly knew that this Lin Zhirou always tried to interfere in the relationship between Lu Jinsheng and Shen Jianyi.
Of course, there were also many people in the circle who spoke up for Lin Zhirou, saying that Shen Jianyi had gotten there first. But in his opinion, Lu Jinsheng had never admitted any relationship between them from beginning to end. So Shen Jianyi was the legitimate one, and it was Lin Zhirou who had become the third party interfering in others' relationship.
After the subsequent bankruptcy of the Lin family, General Manager Zhang's opinion of her gradually plummeted into the abyss and could never be pulled back.
Originally, Lin Zhirou just wanted Lu Jinsheng to pay the price. She hated these two people and only wanted Shen Jianyi to disappear from this world and let Lu Jinsheng experience that kind of pain. So there was no need for her to keep explaining here after being targeted.
She held the wine glass, took two steps back, turned around, and left. Her movements were extremely chic, and she didn't seem to care about the farce just now at all.
General Manager Zhang looked full of confusion. He patted Lu Jinsheng's shoulder and sighed. "This person is really strange. I can't figure out what she's up to."
A flash of hostility passed through Lu Jinsheng's eyes. He lowered his voice, hoarse and cold. "She was just arranged to come here."
"What?"
Lu Jinsheng removed his hand. "It's nothing."
Lin Zhirou's performance was so unnatural. Especially when she went back and faced Lu Ziqian, she looked like she had given up. It could be seen that she didn't want to enter the Lu family now.
Time passed by second by second.
He turned his head to look at the time on the clock. His gaze fell on the woman sitting in the corner. The woman had already put on the watch, and it seemed that she was about to leave at any time.
In order to keep up with the schedule, Lu Jinsheng walked through the crowd and headed straight towards Shen Jianyi.
While the woman was still in a daze, he casually sat down next to her and reached out to hold her slender hand that was resting on her skirt.
Maybe because the woman's thoughts had already drifted away, when someone suddenly appeared, her subconscious reaction was to attack.
So, in full view of everyone, Shen Jianyi punched Lu Jinsheng in the face. Fortunately, the man reacted in time, reached out to block it, and even took the opportunity to hold her hand.
Suddenly, the people around started to whisper.
Some people thought that as a noblewoman, Shen Jianyi shouldn't have made such a rude move. She was even more barbaric than a man.
Others spoke up for Shen Jianyi, saying that it was just a subconscious reaction.
There were all kinds of opinions at the banquet, but these words seemed to be automatically blocked when they reached Shen Jianyi. There was only Lu Jinsheng in Shen Jianyi's eyes, and it seemed that she could only hear him speak.
Lu Jinsheng tightly held the woman's hand. He lifted his eyelids and looked nonchalant. "What's the rush? There's still more than an hour."
Shen Jianyi frowned and pulled her hand out, lowering her voice. "Don't you need time to get there?"
"I've already arranged it for you."
"What?" Shen Jianyi didn't understand. Since she had reminded Lu Jinsheng last night, he hadn't mentioned this matter again. Shen Jianyi felt that he didn't take it to heart.
But now he said that it was already arranged. What was going on? She pushed the man away and got up to leave.
Just then.
The banquet hall door opened, and a girl walked in from the outside. The girl was wearing a light blue mermaid evening dress that outlined her perfect figure. Her fair skin looked even more translucent against this color.
She stood under the light, like a standout in the crowd, as if she was born to be the protagonist.
Everyone's eyes turned towards her, and even Shen Jianyi subconsciously looked in that direction.
The woman scanned the entire banquet hall and found the person she wanted to see in the crowd.
Obviously, everyone was looking at her, but the person she was most looking forward to was always staring at the woman beside him. She clenched the hem of her dress, stepped on her high heels, and walked in that direction.
Amidst the sighs, the woman stood in front of Lu Jinsheng and held out her hand to him. "Mr. Lu, may I have the honor of inviting you to dance?"
Lu Jinsheng: "..."
He didn't even lift his head, and his movements remained the same from beginning to end, still looking lazy and cold. "Sorry, I don't dance."
"..."
Lan Xi awkwardly retracted her hand and clenched the air behind her back. She had come today just to make Lu Jinsheng notice her.
Because of the misunderstandings that had happened before, the Lan family had been seriously affected. The Lu Group no longer cooperated with them. Lan Xi's goal this time was also very clear, which was to make Lu Jinsheng change his mind.
What could a woman like her do? All she could do was to sacrifice her looks. In fact, Lan Xi felt that she had nothing but her beauty.
This good banquet now seemed like a battlefield. The real wife, Shen Jianyi, was sitting there completely unflustered. Facing one woman after another flattering her husband, she showed no emotion and didn't even say a word.
But from her eyes, it could be seen that Shen Jianyi disdained them and didn't take them seriously at all. From beginning to end, neither Lin Zhirou nor the newly arrived Lan Xi was able to shake her position in Lu Jinsheng's heart.
Lan Xi stood there without leaving, looking for other opportunities. There was still a long time before the banquet ended, and she didn't believe that the two of them wouldn't have any contact at all.
At this moment, Shen Jianyi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly let out a soft sneer. Her gaze fell on Lu Jinsheng, and her tone was full of meaning. "Lu Jinsheng, this banquet is really interesting. It's turned into your blind date party."