Originally, she was worried that Lu Xue wouldn't be able to fit into this circle. But who would have thought that she seemed to be adapting quite well.
Moreover, everyone welcomed Lu Xue's carefree yet somewhat mysterious personality. They all wanted to befriend her.
"Lu Xue, I'm dying to know where you got this handbag! I've been asking my friends to help me snap it up, but I never manage to get one."
"I'm curious too. The designer of this bag has such a unique style. Each new product is produced in such limited quantities. I've tried to buy it abroad several times, but I always come up empty - handed!"
Lu Xue looked at the handbag in her hand and said quite generously, "Since you like it, I'll give it to you."
The girls around her looked shocked, thinking they must have misheard.
"No, no. Such an expensive thing can't be given away casually. It's something money can't even buy!"
"It's okay. It's just a worldly possession to me. I don't really need it in my daily life."
After Lu Xue said this, the way people looked at her changed. They stared at her as if she were some alien creature.
Finally, after much back - and - forth, seeing that Lu Xue was serious about giving away the bag, one of the girls said, "How about this? You can lend it to us for a few days so we can experience it, but we'll return it to you in the end."
Lu Xue naturally nodded. "That's a good idea. Let's do it like that!"
So all the girls at the banquet got the chance to carry the bag for a few days. They were all very happy.
On the way back, they whispered about Lu Xue.
"Ding Muyun told us at the banquet that Lu Xue had good taste in fashion. Now that I've seen it for myself, she really does!"
"What's even rarer is that she's so generous. I rarely meet a girl with such a personality. I like her more and more now!"
The girls chattered away and returned home in high spirits.
After the banquet, several servants came up to clean the venue. Without the crowd, the entire first floor became cold and deserted.
Ding Muyun sat alone on the corner sofa, utterly confused.
This shouldn't be happening. Why did things turn out this way? And where on earth did Lu Xue get such a bag?
Ding Muyun clenched her fists tightly, replaying every detail in her mind over and over again.
Since Mu Ziyue didn't give her this bag, did Lu Xue actually have defenses against her all along and came up with a counter - measure in advance?
It can't be... How could she have predicted that I would make an issue out of this? The more Ding Muyun thought about it, the more unwilling she felt.
When Mu Ziyue said goodbye to her group of girlfriends and returned to the house, Ding Muyun stood up and asked her,
"Do you know what happened today?"
Mu Ziyue shook her head, also a bit puzzled. "No, but it doesn't really matter anyway. At least she left a good impression on everyone. As long as the banquet didn't go wrong, that's fine!"
Ding Muyun stopped Mu Ziyue again. "I think there must be something fishy about this. With her background, how could she afford such an expensive bag? At first, I thought she was using a fake, but then I asked some socialite ladies to check the details, and it turned out to be a genuine product!"
Mu Ziyue had no interest in getting to the bottom of this. The matter was over, the banquet had gone smoothly, and everything was fine.
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Mu Ziyue, Ding Muyun was frustrated. She secretly thought: She must find out what secrets Lu Xue was hiding.
Ding Muyun slipped into the dressing room. She saw her two bags still there, untouched.
She put her bags away and casually looked around the dressing room. Finally, she found Lu Xue's phone in one of the drawers.
Ding Muyun quickly glanced outside the door. No one was passing by. She walked over, closed the door, and locked it from the inside.
After making sure it was locked tightly, she carefully opened the phone, hoping to check the information inside.
But the phone was password - protected. Ding Muyun tried twice but failed, so she simply gave up.
She thought for a moment, then took out a tiny chip from her bag and stuffed it into Lu Xue's phone. Then she put the phone back in its original position, even adjusting the angle to be exactly the same.
After she finished, she took a few steps back, checked other details, and after making sure she left no evidence, she smiled and walked out of the dressing room.
...
After this banquet, Lu Xue's status in this family was publicly acknowledged.
Most people outside thought that Lu Xue was an orphan adopted by the Mu family and would now stay as the eldest daughter.
But a small number of insiders knew about the betrothal mentioned in the will.
People were already looking forward to when the two would hold their wedding.