freenovelworld Chapter 183 Playing with other people's feelings
Chapter 183 Playing with other people's feelings
The Ji family is considered one of the most prestigious families in the circle. It's almost impossible for anyone not to attend Old Master Ji's 80th birthday celebration. This is also a good opportunity to exchange resources, discuss cooperation, and make friends. Even those who haven't received an invitation will try their best to get one or be brought in as a male or female companion by someone who has one.
One invitation can only bring one person.
Ye Chengyan originally planned to go alone.
But then, for some inexplicable reason, I blurted out the question.
Yunzhi frowned slightly when she heard that it was Grandpa Ji's 80th birthday.
This... sounds somewhat familiar.
Yunzhi stood up, walked to the table, and casually picked out the red invitation with gold trim from the dozen or so invitations on the table. After opening it, she found that it was indeed an invitation to the Ji family's birthday banquet, which was to be held in two days.
She probably looked at it a couple of days ago and just casually put it here.
The Ji family focuses on the entertainment industry.
The brokerage firm under his name can be said to be the number one in China.
The stars under their management are all very popular in the industry, including many award-winning actors and actresses. It seems that one of the stars that the eldest brother likes is also under the Ji family's entertainment company. It would be good to go and get to know the Ji family. When the eldest brother arrives, we can have the young star come over to have a meal with him, which would be a surprise for the eldest brother.
Just then, invitations from the industry started pouring in, and she couldn't be too presumptuous. Although the Yun Group wasn't afraid of offending people, it didn't want to become the target of public criticism.
She had an invitation, so she didn't need to go with Ye Chengyan.
Yunzhi was about to refuse Ye Chengyan's invitation.
Ye Chengyan had not received a response from Yunzhi and assumed that this was a silent rejection, so he tried his best to comfort her.
“Miss Yun, I know you don’t like this kind of event, but the Ji family has a certain status in Haishi. Your appearance this time gives the Ji family face and allows you to meet many people in Haishi’s circles who will help your Yun Group move its focus back to China.”
Ye Chengyan sighed softly, “Miss Yun has lived overseas for many years and may not understand the situation in China. China is a society based on personal relationships, which is somewhat different from other countries. The Yun Group does indeed hold many things that are valued by many people, but if you go it alone, you will eventually be eliminated.”
Upon hearing this, Yunzhi sneered inwardly.
In a society based on personal relationships, the most important thing is also mutual benefit. As long as there is mutual benefit, even enemies can become friends. If they cannot, it can only be said that the mutual benefit is not enough to move people's hearts.
“If Miss Yun doesn’t have an invitation, I do. I can bring Miss Yun in, but it would be a bit of a shame for Miss Yun to go in as my female companion.”
That's why I said I had to put up with it.
That's because people who usually attend these kinds of banquets as female or male companions are generally not of high enough status. As the eldest daughter of the Yun family conglomerate overseas, Yunzhi's status is naturally high enough.
"No..." Before Yunzhi could finish saying "no," she suddenly thought of Cheng Shuyan. She didn't know how much of the stubbornness and obsession Cheng Shuyan was showing towards her was genuine, but she knew that Cheng Shuyan had fallen for her.
In her past life, it was Cheng Shuyan who fell in love with her first.
But she couldn't risk Cheng Shuyan's life; for now, she could only try to make him give up.
Perhaps agreeing to Ye Chengyan's invitation would make Cheng Shuyan give up.
Her eyes darted around. "Then thank you very much, Mr. Ye. I hope you won't stand me up like you did last time."
Yunzhi was referring to the time she went to Yeze Kindergarten.
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Ye Chengyan's face.
He coughed softly, "No, it won't happen again." That kind of thing will never happen again.
Yunzhi shrugged, not believing a word of it.
She'd had enough of this man's empty promises.
It was the same in the previous life. At first, he told her that it was enough to just give Yu Baisu a place to live. Later, he gradually became dissatisfied and even wanted to give Yu Baisu all her living space.
It's better to believe a sow can fly than to believe Ye Chengyan's words.
Yunzhi didn't say much to Ye Chengyan. After they agreed on the time and place to meet, they hung up the phone.
What she didn't know was that Yu Baisu had already guessed most of their conversation.
Although Ye Chengyan didn't use a loudspeaker, he could still glean what Yunzhi was saying from his words.
Yu Baisu knew about the birthday banquet for Elder Ji.
She thought Ye Cheng would take her to the banquet this time, but unexpectedly, a Cheng Yaojin appeared out of nowhere. Yu Baisu bit her lip, her eyes filled with deep resentment.
That seat for the female companion at the banquet should have been hers.
Even if Yunzhi has a status, so what? Doesn't she feel ashamed to interfere?
If Ye Chengyan had brought Yunzhi with him this time, she would have truly become a laughing stock in the entire industry.
Because she had always been anonymous and had no status while following Ye Chengyan, many people in the circle looked down on her. Even when she took the initiative to talk to those rich women, no one responded to her.
Those people were talking about some kind of collaboration behind her back. She had once thought of investing money and making a profit, but who knew that they didn't care about her little bit of money at all. They even mocked her, saying that she should save her money so that she wouldn't be homeless after being abandoned by Ye Chengyan.
After that incident, Geng Nian strengthened Yu Baisu's resolve to marry Ye Chengyan.
Yu Baisu's eyes darted around, and she already had an idea in mind.
the other side.
After hanging up the phone, Yunzhi went downstairs.
When she came downstairs, Cheng Shuyan had just finished a bowl of ginger soup. He was curled up on the sofa with his head half down, looking like a pitiful big dog that no one wanted. Yunzhi's heart tightened, and she took a step forward but then stopped.
She wanted to keep her distance from Cheng Shuyan.
If she went over now, wouldn't all her efforts be in vain? The best thing to do now is to turn around and leave, and have Wang Ma take Cheng Shuyan to the guest room, trying to avoid contact with him as much as possible.
She took two steps back and almost cried out when she bumped into Wang Ma, but luckily she covered her mouth with one hand so as not to disturb Cheng Shuyan who was sitting on the sofa.
Yunzhi glanced at Cheng Shuyan, who was still in the same position on the sofa, and breathed a sigh of relief. She then pulled Wang Ma aside and said with a helpless expression, "Wang Ma, do you know that people can be scared to death? Don't sneak up behind me like that in the future."
She almost had a heart attack from the fright.
Yunzhi covered her chest with one hand, pretending to be frightened.
"Miss, I only know that if you have a clear conscience, you have nothing to fear." When Wang Ma saw Yunzhi, her first reaction was to go see Mr. Cheng, and she misunderstood the relationship between them.
Yunzhi always felt that Wang Ma was targeting her.
"Miss, you didn't deceive someone's feelings and now they're chasing after you, did you? Mr. Cheng is quite handsome. If there's anything going on between you, you'd better explain it clearly. We can't play with other people's feelings."