Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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As Xiu Lingfei coldly stared at Chen Sheng, Chen Sheng also stared back indifferently.
“Mr. Chen, long time no see,” Xiu Lingfei said with a forced smile. “What a small world, you two know each other?”
Men were most sensitive to the reactions of their rivals in love, and the atmosphere immediately became tense.
“Dad, what’s wrong?” Three people walked over from the other side; it turned out to be the third young master of the Xiu family.
The eldest and second eldest brothers of the Xiu family still didn’t understand what was going on, but the third brother, Xiu Jingrui, could never forget the woman in front of him, even though she was wearing sunglasses.
“Jiang Shining, what are you doing here?” Xiu Jingrui immediately frowned.
Jiang Shining initially played the role of a villainous female supporting character, but later broke free from that persona. Therefore, as a domineering CEO, Xiu Jingrui was acutely aware of any potential enemies who might harm his woman.
“Boss Xiu, you have good upbringing,” Chen Sheng said with a faint smile.
Xiu Lingfei was speechless. He turned his head, his eyes filled with suppressed anger, as he looked at his sons.
“Take your guests and leave first,” he said coldly. “Xiu Jingrui, we’ll talk privately when I get home tonight.”
Xiu Jingrui’s face turned pale instantly. Talking to him alone meant he was going to get beaten up. Xiu Lingfei really did hit people.
Seeing that things weren’t going well, the eldest and second eldest brothers quickly smoothed things over and dragged Xiu Jingrui to see the guests off.
There were only three people left in the corridor for a moment, but the waiter could appear at any time.
Jiang Shining frowned impatiently. “Xiu Lingfei, what exactly are you trying to do? We’re out here. If someone sees this and posts it online, there will be a lot of gossip. You don’t care about your reputation, but I do.”
Hearing Jiang Shining’s words, Xiu Lingfei’s expression softened somewhat.
“I was presumptuous before, which caused you to be discussed online for no reason,” he said. “But your good son has retaliated enough, hasn’t he? Our company’s stock has been falling and hasn’t recovered yet.”
“What does this have to do with me?” Jiang Shining said without any mercy.
After listening to it for a while, Chen Sheng finally understood.
“Shi Ning, he’s like me, right?”
Jiang Shining nodded.
“What do you mean, ‘like you’?” Xiu Lingfei frowned.
Chen Sheng immediately revealed a gloating smile.
“Do you know that you were originally a character in [the story]?”
Xiu Lingfei was stunned. He looked at Chen Sheng in disbelief.
“Yes, just like you thought.” Chen Sheng released a lot of the anger he had been holding in. He smiled and said, “I’m the same as you. I met her the same way you met her.”
“This is impossible!” Xiu Lingfei’s face turned pale. He looked at Jiang Shining in shock, “You, you—”
“Yes,” Jiang Shining said coldly, “Besides yours, I have been to four other worlds.”
After saying that, she didn’t bother to argue with Xiu Lingfei and turned to leave. Xiu Lingfei instinctively wanted to chase after her, but Chen Sheng stopped him.
“How does it feel to discover you’re not unique? Isn’t it interesting?” Chen Sheng said gloatingly. “You and I were just her tasks. Do you feel frustrated?”
Xiu Lingfei’s gaze, which had been following Jiang Shining’s retreating figure, finally returned to Chen Sheng after she disappeared without a trace.
“You? What is your status?” Xiu Lingfei said coldly. “Even if it’s as you say, so what? I was once an emperor. You are not worthy to be compared with me.”
“In my world, the emperor was overthrown and killed, and died a horrible death. It’s said even his concubines came to whip his corpse,” Chen Sheng said calmly. He then added with a sudden realization, “No wonder she seemed to hate you so much. Look, we can eat together peacefully. So what if you were once an emperor?”
“You—” Xiu Lingfei laughed angrily, “Chen Sheng, you wait, I will make you pay the price.”
“We’ll see,” Chen Sheng said coldly.
The two left in different directions. Before they even reached the elevator, Chen Sheng called his secretary.
“Make arrangements for a meeting tomorrow to cancel all business dealings with Tianxia Longteng.”
“W-what, boss, are you sure?”
“Confirmed.” Chen Sheng sneered, “Isn’t Longteng investing heavily in AI robots right now? Get me someone who knows about this, I want to ruin Longteng’s project.”
On the other side, Xiu Lingfei was also on the phone with his subordinates.
“…Yes, that’s right. Cancel them all.” Xiu Lingfei said coldly, “He has so many stores under his control, send people to find the problems, fire safety issues, tax issues…investigate them one by one!”
While both sides were locked in a fierce battle, Jiang Shining drove home.
It seems that every time she encounters those men from her past, she doesn’t feel particularly good. Even with someone like Chen Jiacheng, with whom she had a fairly good relationship, she still felt down.
If you don’t like something, you just don’t like it. Even if they were a god, there’s nothing they could do about it.
When Jiang Shining returned home, only Chen Tanliang was there, quietly reading a book. Jiang Shining had returned more than two hours earlier than usual, noticing this, he looked up.
“You’re back so early today?”
Jiang Shining nodded.
“Are you home alone?” she asked. After Chen Tanliang tacitly agreed, she sighed, “I saw Chen Jiacheng today.”
Chen Tanliang immediately closed the book.
“What?” he exclaimed in surprise. “Why didn’t you tell us beforehand?”
“What’s the use of telling you? I still have to handle these messy things between adults myself.”
Jiang Shining sighed. She took a can of chilled cola from the refrigerator, sat down next to Chen Tanliang, and wearily gulped it down.
Seeing them made her feel so tired.
Chen Tanliang stood upright beside him, but he was restless. He didn’t know whether he should ask or not, but he couldn’t help himself.
“So… what happened between you two?” Chen Tanliang asked cautiously. “Are you going to get back together?”
Jiang Shining looked at him, “What are you thinking?”
“He doesn’t deserve you,” Chen Tanliang said honestly. He lowered his eyelashes, his gaze darkening. “He actually got much better later, but I can’t forgive him… even now.”
Seemingly having made up his mind, Chen Tanliang raised his head and said seriously, “I know it’s not very respectful of me to say these words, but I still want to say… Mother, I don’t want you to be with him anymore.”
Jiang Shining smiled and gently touched Chen Tanliang’s hair reassuringly.
“I never intended to get back together with him, I was just afraid that you two would be unhappy.”
“We are extremely happy,” Chen Tanliang said immediately.
Jiang Shining smiled. She briefly explained the whole process to Chen Tanliang, and Chen Tanliang breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that Jiang Shining had gone to clarify the facts and her own position.
“That’s good,” he said. “Knowing that my father is doing well is enough. I fulfilled my filial duty to him in my past life, so I owe him nothing and I don’t want to have anything to do with him anymore.”
Jiang Shining had similar thoughts. Although she didn’t hate Chen Jiacheng, she didn’t want to have anything to do with him.
The next day, Jiang Shining signed a short-term contract with one of the brands that had previously extended an olive branch, essentially entering a mutual trial period.
Because of the last-minute decision to bring Lin Qingqing, Jiang Shining changed her mind about the dress. Since Lin Qingqing wanted to shine, she decided to dress simply to complement Lin Qingqing, which might have a better effect.
So Jiang Shining chose a light gray long dress, which was very elegant and classy, but it didn’t seem to have anything to do with being outstanding or eye-catching.
When the dress was delivered, the sender thoughtfully included two other dresses in the same color scheme for Jiang Shining to choose from.
As a result, what looked like an ordinary and elegant dress, Jiang Shining wore with a sense of sophistication. The reason? Her figure was simply too good.
Jiang Shining was quite satisfied. “This one will do.”
You should know that the person she was going with was Lin Qingqing, and Lin Qingqing would never be outdone by her.
On the night of the star-studded gala, many people in the industry were very busy. Normally, those who had to go on stage at the gala should follow the procedures, but some stars were too big to ask and could only have their assistants help them with the process.
As for Jiang Shining, who was only making a brief appearance as a guest, she only needed to arrive an hour early.
Lin Qingqing had class today, so the two decided to meet on-site.
It was cold, and there was no outdoor red carpet, so changing clothes in the backstage dressing room was fine. At 5 p.m., Jiang Shining and her assistant carrying the dress left the company; the company car was already waiting.
When Jiang Shining got out of the car, a bodyguard in a black suit and sunglasses got out of the passenger seat and opened the door for her.
Jiang Shining stared at the familiar figure and fell silent.
“Is there anything you need to tell me, boss?” ‘Bodyguard’ Jing Yuan looked up and asked with a serious, expressionless face.
Jiang Shining hesitated for a moment, then finally sighed.
Why.
Never mind.
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