Kapitel 25: Chapter 25 Heartbeat (I)
In the Vanity Fair, guests dressed up in their best clothes, toasted each other and talked about money and business opportunities, wearing hypocritical masks.
The northwest corner of the hall is a remote place far away from the crowded center, with few people. The high stacked champagne tower is like a tall screen, separating a triangular paradise, but it lacks the peace that a quiet place should have.
On the contrary, the situation was tense and even the breath was icy.
Three women and two men stood together, each holding a glass of champagne, but no one was drinking. They were all staring at the lone woman three steps away.
Across from her, Lan Su lazily leaned against the long table, her face reflected by the champagne tower, and the teardrop mole on her left eye looked like cinnabar. The warm light and warm colors sank on her. She was obviously thin, and her facial features were the same as those of a Jiangnan water town who was not aggressive, but she had a fierceness invisibly.
This kind of fierceness should not appear on a rich girl.
She glanced at the five people in front of her one by one and said calmly:
"Insults are also a form of admiration. I can understand that you are looking up to Huo Yan."
Seeing her growing momentum, Huo Jingjing took out the Huo family's attitude of authority, stepped forward, and rebuked:
"Lan Su, the last time I went back to the Huo family, you didn't offer me tea. Strictly speaking, I haven't acknowledged your joining the Huo family yet."
Huo Jingjing is two years older than Huo Yan, and is already 27 this year. In addition to the Huo family's old rules, she always acts like an elder and thinks she is superior to Lan Su.
Lan Su didn't pay much attention to it, and didn't even stand up straight, still leaning against the long table that was used to build the champagne tower.
"Whether I join the Huo family or not is not your decision. My name and Huo Yan's are clearly printed on the marriage certificate. Her fate and mine are one. You cannot discuss her right and wrong in front of me."
Huo Jingjing bit her back teeth. On the day of the tea ceremony last month, Lan Su looked frail and didn't say a word, like an obedient puppet. She thought she was just like Huo Yan's deceased ex-wife, a poor little girl who would cry after a few words. Unexpectedly, she was so eloquent.
With both hands around the chest, the tone rises:
"Even if Huo Yan acknowledges you, so what? She has to call me sister in front of me. Didn't Huo Yan teach you the rules, and didn't the Lan family teach you the rules?"
Lan Su moved away from the long table, stood up straight, and said in a light tone:
"Rules are for people who understand them. If you don't mind, I can make public what you just said."
Huo Jingjing was used to being the center of attention, but when she suddenly encountered a tough opponent, her delicate makeup began to crack in fine lines, and her thickly painted red lips opened several times, unable to say anything.
The young ladies standing by couldn't stand it anymore and stepped in to help:
"Lan Su, what's your attitude!"
"Exactly. Who gave you the guts to speak like that in front of us? Do you know who my father is? He's the general manager of Shanda Jewelry. I've accompanied him to so many cocktail parties, but this is the first time I've met someone as rude as you!"
Lan Su tilted her head: "Then I am honored, right?"
Turning around, the organza long skirt was gently lifted up, and the fluttering patterns of the fabric reflected starlight under the light - the fabric of the skirt was added with diamond powder.
With his back to everyone, he suddenly remembered something and reminded:
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, my wife is the general manager of Mei Ailiya, Huo Yan. The market value is exactly 37 times that of your father's company."
The lady in the yellow dress was so angry that she turned around and saw a figure walking towards her through the gap in the champagne tower. So she rushed towards the champagne tower without hesitation.
Boom—crash!
The long table fell to the ground, and 91 full champagne glasses collapsed with it. Broken glass and wine were scattered all over the ground. The woman in the yellow dress sat on the ground sobbing, panic-stricken, and the scene was a mess.
"Lan Su, what are you doing!"
She questioned, as if Lan Su had pushed her herself.
Tick. Lan Su stopped, the champagne in his hand rippled slightly, and he turned to face her, looking down at her, as if he was the emperor looking down at a beggar in the corner.
The guests who were chatting happily not far away stopped talking and looked at the chaotic corner. Huo Jingjing had already stepped forward to help:
"Lan Su, you're going too far."
The remaining small groups also accused: "Even if she said something that makes you unhappy, you can't do anything!"
"All the people who came to participate in the event today are well-known people. If there is any personal grudge, can't you solve it privately?"
"Ms. Sun is the daughter of Shanda Group after all!"
The waiters came over to help. Two of them pulled Sun Qin up, and the others cleaned up the broken glass. More and more people gathered around, and Lan Su was stared at by dozens of eyes. He held the goblet with such force that his hand turned pale and he almost broke the stem of the goblet.
After working in the Lan family for more than ten years, he still finds it difficult to speak in public.
If she were abroad, she would have stabbed the broken glass into Miss Sun's face by now.
But she is Huo Yan's wife now, and she has to consider her identity as the "Second Miss of the Lan Family" and cannot act rashly.
"You fell down on your own."
She stated it calmly, even though it seemed very pale to outsiders.
Huo Jingjing took a step forward: "Lan Su, that's enough. You are still a member of the Huo family. If you are wrong, you are wrong. Apologize to Miss Sun and let this matter be over."
She was very familiar with framing others. In the eyes of others, Lan Su was definitely the one pushing others, and as the second sister, she was actually trying to help Lan Su to apologize, and Sun Qin's words "I was careless" added fuel to the fire.
It is clear at a glance who is superior and who is inferior, who is sensible and who is rude.
"It's no big deal if little girls quarrel."
"After all, you are still young. You can't hold your temper for such a small matter."
"Don't the Lan family have strict discipline? Fighting in public..."
Everyone was talking quietly when they heard the elevator arriving behind them - Ding!
The metal door opened to both sides, and a fifty-year-old boss in a black suit walked out, as well as Mei Ailiya's general manager, Huo Yan, who walked slowly forward in a wheelchair.
And this middle-aged boss was none other than Sun Qin's father, Sun Long.
When Miss Sun saw Huo Yan coming, she looked even more pitiful and ran towards her father sobbing:
"Dad, don't blame Lan Su. It was my own carelessness."
As soon as she finished speaking, the onlookers all spoke out to comfort her, thinking that this Miss Sun sounded arrogant and domineering, but in real life she was considerate and generous.
Unexpectedly, her father, who should have felt sorry for her the most, instead of comforting her, lowered his mouth and looked livid:
"I saw it. It was indeed your carelessness."
The tears on Sun Qin's face froze, "You, what did you say?"
Clack...
The wheelchair rolled over the broken glass and stopped when it passed by Sun Qin. When she looked up, the lenses reflected the light that pierced her eyeballs, and the corners of her lips turned up like sharp hooks.
"Ms. Sun."
Huo Yan compassionately slowed down his voice and spoke slowly, word by word, each word like a needle piercing Sun Qin's eyes.
"Nice acting. But you forgot that there is a corridor on the second floor."
Ten minutes ago, Sun Long chased Huo Yan all the way to the second floor, striving to win the cooperation for the winter pearl project.
Huo Yan was not interested in his project proposal, but was quite interested in the game of the little leopard catching mice that was happening downstairs.
"Mr. Sun, do you like watching plays?"
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