Time flew by, and soon it was Lan Xi's birthday.
Lu Jinsheng, who had received the invitation, was still hesitating whether he should go or not. He didn't quite understand what the "good show" Shen Jianyi had mentioned was.
On this night, the sky was surprisingly cloud - free, and the stars were shining brightly in the night sky.
Shen Jianyi was sitting lazily on the living - room sofa, staring at the TV program. Her body was here, but her mind had long since drifted away.
She was wearing Bluetooth earphones. From time to time, the voice of a girl and the sound of typing could be heard from the earphones.
"Are you kidding me? You mean Lan Xi is going to confess her love to Lu Jinsheng privately at her birthday party tonight?" Xia Liang was so shocked that her jaw was almost dropping.
The woman had a calm expression and seemed not very concerned about this matter. "She wouldn't dare."
"Then what did you mean by what you said?" Xia Liang knew she was not smart. "This Lan Xi knows that Lu Jinsheng is married. Why does she still do this? Who gave her the courage?"
Shen Jianyi said indifferently, "Lu Ziqian."
The good show tonight must be that Lu Ziqian was going to match them up. Shen Jianyi casually asked, "Did you receive the invitation?"
There was the sound of rummaging for something on the other end of the phone. After a moment, Xia Liang said, "I received it. Are you going?"
"Of course. Why not watch a good show?"
Xia Liang thought this made sense. She and her mother had received the invitations, but due to previous events, her mother was no longer willing to show up in public, so she declined. The invitation could just be given to Shen Jianyi.
"I'll pack up and come to you now." Xia Liang put the two invitations in her bag and stopped dealing with her work.
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Xia Liang got up and was about to leave the company. She glanced at the coffee on the table and drank it all in one gulp.
She hadn't had a good sleep for many days. Today, she could only go with big dark circles under her eyes. Just as Xia Liang was about to leave, the secretary of Xia's Group hurriedly chased after her.
The secretary was running in high - heels. Xia Liang thought she had something important to say, so she stopped and waited.
The secretary gasped for a long time, then swallowed a mouthful of saliva. "Ms. Xia, you can't leave now."
Xia Liang turned her head in confusion. "Why?"
"There's still a project in the company that needs you to negotiate. If you leave like this, this project will..."
Before the secretary could finish her sentence, Xia Liang had already turned around and was about to leave. "It's okay. Postpone the project for now."
"No, Ms. Xia. This project was decided last week." The secretary looked embarrassed. "Pushing it off like this might..."
Xia Liang didn't look back but left a cold - hearted sentence, "I'll take the responsibility if something goes wrong."
Hearing this, the secretary stood still on the spot. She had no idea what kind of thing it was that could make their Ms. Xia so anxious.
...
At the Lu family's villa.
Shen Jianyi was leaning against the sofa. Her gaze casually fell on Lu Ziqian on the other side. The atmosphere between them was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.
Even Sister Gu and Uncle Li didn't dare to get close. All the tasks of serving tea and water were given to Song Miner. She was naive and didn't notice anything.
Lu Ziqian was sitting with his legs crossed. His hands were on his knees, and he was impatiently tapping his fingers. From time to time, he would look at the time on his watch. It seemed that he couldn't wait any longer.
They could have left earlier, but because Lu Jinsheng was dressed casually, Lu Ziqian thought he didn't respect others and didn't take the birthday party seriously, so he asked him to go back and change.
It was okay if he didn't change, but once he did, he had been dawdling for more than ten minutes. Lu Ziqian was impatient. "Whichever one of you, go upstairs and see if the young master has changed his clothes."
Sister Gu looked at Uncle Li, and Uncle Li looked at Song Miner. As a result, Song Miner widened her eyes and whispered aggrievedly, "It's not appropriate for me to go in and look..."
All these small actions were seen by Lu Ziqian. His anger had reached his throat and was about to burst out at any time.
Fortunately, Uncle Li was quick - witted. "I'll go."
Just as he was about to turn around and go upstairs, he saw the man in a black suit walking downstairs lazily.
As he passed by the sofa, his gaze was always on the woman who was concentrating on watching TV. Unfortunately, the woman didn't look at him.
Lu Ziqian scanned the man up and down with his eyes and finally landed on the tie. "Why are you wearing a tie of this color?"
"I like it."
But Lu Ziqian didn't think so. He still had some impression of this tie. It seemed to be the one Shen Jianyi had bought casually before, and it didn't look very good.
He frowned tightly. "Go and change it to the one I asked Yuan'er to pick for you. Hurry up."
Lu Jinsheng was already dissatisfied because Lu Ziqian had been bossing him around. Changing his clothes was already the greatest respect he could show for this birthday party. Now asking him to change his tie was out of the question.
He refused without hesitation. "I won't change it. This was bought for me by my wife. How can I just change it?"
Shen Jianyi, who was suddenly mentioned, lifted her eyelids. She hadn't been listening to what the two were saying, but when she saw the tie, there was a smile on her lips.
Wearing the tie she had bought, he was probably going to make Lu Ziqian angry.
Seeing that Lu Ziqian didn't move, Lu Jinsheng became a little impatient. "Are we going or not?"
The other person had no choice but to follow. Lu Ziqian had also taken a step back. As long as Lu Jinsheng could go to the birthday party, it was okay. As for the tie, anyway, Lan Xi didn't know.
Watching the backs of the two leave the hall, Shen Jianyi finally took action. She immediately contacted Xia Liang to pick her up. The two of them first went to Lisa's place.
Since they were going to the birthday party to watch the fun, they definitely couldn't be the ones being laughed at. They still had to blend in perfectly.
As soon as the two sisters went in, they started to choose evening dresses and accessories. They spent a while getting dressed up.
Lisa came out from the inner room. Seeing that the tall figure wasn't following behind Shen Jianyi, she really wasn't used to it.
"Jianyi, why isn't your husband with you today?" Lisa's gossip was burning.
Hearing her question, Shen Jianyi didn't answer. Instead, she asked her to find some beautiful evening dresses.
Only then did Lisa realize that she was really just a tool. She didn't get any gossip, but she did help a lot.
When they came, they both looked casual and lazy. When they left Lisa's place, they became two noble young ladies.
The woman was wearing a long silver star - sky dress. The deep V - neck perfectly showed her fair neck and delicate collarbone.
Not long after the two left, Lisa saw the necklace on the table. She picked it up and hurriedly chased after them. Fortunately, they hadn't gone far.
"Jianyi, take this necklace." Lisa kindly helped her put it on. "This is the Heart of the Ocean. There's only one such in the world!"