Xiao Yang lowered his head with a bitter smile. "Sister Shan taught me."
Xiao Shujing's smile froze abruptly, and then she awkwardly pursed her lips.
"You must hate me, right?"
"How could I? You're overthinking."
"In everyone's eyes, I'm just a female entertainer who climbed to the top by currying favor. No one wants to get too close to me."
She looked at herself in the mirror. She still looked as innocent and charming as ever.
"But no one knows how I've worked my way up to this position step by step. As my assistant, you should understand me better."
Xiao Shujing turned around and grabbed Xiao Yang's hand, her eyes full of sincerity.
"I feel really guilty now. You learned so many skills from Tian Danni's assistant, but I insisted on bringing you back."
"But have you ever thought about that time when we were shooting a photo shoot at Lanshan Villa? You almost got fired by Ming Han because you couldn't keep your mouth shut. It was me who took the risk to protect you!"
Xiao Yang instantly felt guilty and dodged her gaze.
"Y-yes, I know."
"That's good. Help me put on the necklace, the one Ming Han bought for me."
To show that she was in favor, Xiao Shujing deliberately wore a dress and a conspicuous diamond necklace. Under the gazes of many classmates, she walked into the auditorium.
She sat in the front row of the seats with a smile on her face.
"How can she still have the nerve to show off like this?"
"Right. It's so disgusting. I'm about to throw up."
Several female classmates whispered and laughed loudly.
But Xiao Shujing turned a deaf ear. After all, these outside voices were nothing to her. She had been through it all before.
"She really thinks she's Su Minghan's official girlfriend? Too bad. He took another woman to the dinner party."
"I really admire her self - control. She doesn't even know she's been cuckolded."
Buzz!
Xiao Shujing's mind went blank instantly. She nervously turned around quickly, scaring the two female classmates behind her.
"Wh - why are you staring at us?"
"Who were you just talking about? Who took another woman?"
The female classmates were worried that she might do something extreme. They tremblingly took out their phones, found the trending news, and showed it to her.
"See for yourself."
The title of the entertainment headline read:
"An heir of an entertainment company attends a banquet with a female entertainer."
There were also two mosaiced pictures below.
It was not hard to tell from their smiles that it was Su Minghan and Tian Danni!
Xiao Shujing gasped in anger.
In the infirmary this afternoon, he had told her that he was going to a banquet tonight, and his father had specifically asked him to take a female entertainer.
She had been so angry that Su Minghan had to coax her for a long time.
But she never expected that the female entertainer would be Tian Danni!
No wonder the classmates who passed by in the backstage dressing room had laughed at her.
At this moment, Xiao Shujing, dressed elegantly, was like a spotlight. Everyone was looking at her with mocking smiles.
The diamond necklace around her neck suddenly felt extremely heavy.
It was like a shackle, tightening around her neck.
Xiao Shujing immediately stood up, lowered her head, and walked away in a hurry with a gloomy face.
Everyone finally couldn't hold back their laughter.
She stood there with her dress in her hand, tears streaming down her face.
Yan Yueyue and Xiao Shuyuan had just arrived at the auditorium door. Before they could tell her the news, they saw her embarrassed reaction.
"W - we just found out about this..."
Xiao Shujing's eyes were red. She ran past them.
"Sister!" Xiao Shuyuan chased after her.
At Longjing Villa, Shen Shiyu opened the apartment door and let Yang Wan in.
"Wow... I didn't look carefully last time. I only stayed for half an hour. Today, I have to take a good look at these rare things."
She touched the porcelain vase beside the sofa like a country bumpkin.
"Mom! Come and take a look at this. I saw something like this at an auction. It's worth at least three million! The color of the expensive one is really different."
Yang Wan wasn't interested in those things at all. As soon as she entered the door, she rushed into Shen Ximan's bedroom. She quickly sat in front of the dressing table and started putting on makeup.
"What's so interesting about those? They're just inanimate objects!"
Shen Shiyu looked at the painting on the wall. She squatted down to take a closer look.
"Such a precious painting has been forgotten. Oh! It's really good to be rich. These things are like a drop in the bucket to them."
"Baby daughter, look at me!"
Yang Wan came out of the bedroom wearing a lot of jewelry. She posed coquettishly.
"...Mom, you're wearing too much."
Shen Shiyu looked at the rings on all ten of her mother's fingers, speechless.
The earrings and necklaces were also very shiny.
"How could it be? I even think I'm wearing too little."
She looked at the colorful gemstone rings on her hands, with a look of disappointment in her eyes.
"Oh, it's a pity that these aren't mine. When we lived in the villa, although I had a lot of jewelry, I never wore anything this delicate. It would be great if they were all mine."
After saying that, Yang Wan had a bad idea.
"Yu'er, do you think... it won't matter if I take one and use it?"
"How can that be! That's stealing!"
Shen Shiyu was comparing a dress on her body. Her tone was firm.
"She has so much jewelry. She won't notice if one or two are missing. Besides, you're good friends with her. She won't suspect you."
Yang Wan looked at the gemstone ring on her hand. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it.
"Mom has raised you for so many years, and she's never worn anything this good!"
Shen Shiyu rolled her eyes at her. "What should I say if we're found out?"
"Just say you don't know. Maybe it was lost!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she quickly took off the ring and put it in her handbag.
"Really speechless!"
Shen Shiyu didn't stop her too much. She got into the fitting room to try on the dress.
After choosing the one she liked, she sat in the living room contentedly, waiting for Wen Jinrui's people to come and pick her up. As she was waiting, her eyes fell on the dusty painting again.
She took out her phone, took a photo of it, and sent it to someone who knew about this.
"Let me see. Is it real or fake?"
After a few minutes, the person replied.
"My god! Where did you get this? It's a real one!"
Shen Shiyu was so excited that her blood was boiling.
"Is there a fake one?"
"Yes. The similarity is 90%, but the price isn't low either. It's 500,000."
She covered her mouth in shock. The fake one was only 500,000!
If... if she sold this painting and replaced it with a fake one, Wen Jinrui probably wouldn't notice. Anyway, it was just collecting dust in the apartment. She couldn't tell the real from the fake.
Moreover, the key was in Shen Shiyu's hand.
She could come here whenever she wanted.
Just as she was immersed in her joy, her phone suddenly vibrated, scaring her. It was a strange number.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Miss Shen. The car is already downstairs."
Shen Shiyu immediately stood up and replied with a smile. "Okay, I'll come down right away!"