Chapter 175: Putting on a brave face

Arriving at the restaurant, entering the private room, and sitting down, He Zhangbai poured her a glass of water and asked: "Did you gain anything from participating in the exchange activity this time?"

"I suppose so."

She participated in the exchange activity to gain inspiration to study the materials Nan Zhizhi had given her and Yu Moxun some time ago.

After several activities, she could be considered to have found a new direction.

Rong Ci said, and asked: "How is Seeing Dan Dan doing recently?"

"Seeing Dan Dan's health has improved quite a bit since the second half of last year, and she started school again this year; she has also made new friends at school, and she has been living quite happily at home and at school."

After He Zhangbai finished speaking, he looked at her and added: "However, she often mentions you, how about we set a time to have a meal together again when there's an opportunity?"

Rong Ci nodded and said: "Alright."

After finishing private matters, they started chatting about business.

Finally, He Zhangbai even chatted with Rong Ci about the cooperation matters between him and Rong Changsheng.

Their topics were endless, and after a meal, the atmosphere was actually quite good.

Before, when he used Seeing Dan Dan to find opportunities to meet Rong Ci, Rong Ci basically only communicated with Seeing Dan Dan and ignored him.

Now without Seeing Dan Dan, they could chat normally.

He Zhangbai could tell that Rong Ci was already discarding past grievances and starting to slowly accept him.

Although this acceptance wasn't the kind of acceptance of that relationship, and they couldn't even be called friends at the moment, compared to the past, there had been a great improvement.

After the meal, Rong Ci and He Zhangbai left separately.

Ever since moving out to live alone, because of her busy work, Rong Ci had rarely bought clothes in these past few months.

Now that the season was changing, there weren't many clothes in her wardrobe that she could wear.

On Saturday, Rong Ci went out.

She tried on clothes for over an hour, picked out some for the others in the Rong family, and then sat on the sofa to rest her feet while waiting to pay.

At this moment, a voice sounded outside the door: "Cousin?"

Rong Ci turned her head and saw Jian Nian standing outside the door.

Jian Nian was Lin Lilan's daughter, only a few months younger than her.

They often played together when they were young, and their relationship was very good.

But ever since her mother and Lin Lihai divorced, they rarely met again.

The last time they met was three or four years ago.

At that time, Feng Tingshen hadn't met Lin Wu yet, and Jian Nian didn't know where she got the news, but upon hearing that her uncle's business had serious problems and was on the verge of bankruptcy, Jian Nian specifically came from Y City to find her, and secretly gave her all the pocket money she had saved over the years, letting her use it for emergencies.

Rong Ci smiled: "Long time no see."

"Long time no see." Jian Nian was a bit excited, and while saying this, as if remembering something, she looked at Rong Ci and asked with some worry: "Cousin, are, are you okay?"

She knew about the matters between Rong Ci, Lin Wu, and Feng Tingshen.

She heard that Rong Ci had loved Feng Tingshen deeply for many years, but Feng Tingshen had never liked her, yet upon seeing Lin Wu, he was immediately captivated by her.

She was clear about just how attractive Lin Wu was to men.

Over the years, she had seen countless men go crazy and become obsessed with her.

Even her male god in high school, when he was with her, was to get close to Lin Wu—

But Lin Wu was indeed very excellent and very charming.

Being robbed of the man she loved by such an excellent woman, and not having the ability to snatch him back herself, coupled with the matters between Sun Yueqing and Rong Yingsheng, one could imagine just how painful Rong Ci's heart was.

Rong Ci roughly knew what she was thinking.

She was just about to say she was fine when Lin Lilan walked in, and seeing Jian Nian, scolded: "Why are you running around? Do you know how long I've been looking for you? You don't even answer your phone, you—"

Before she could finish, seeing Rong Ci with her back to her, her face turned cold.

At this moment, a shop assistant came over and said to Rong Ci: "Ms. Rong, all the clothes you wanted are packed, here is the bill, it's 5,897,644 yuan in total, would you like to check it?"

Rong Ci nodded and took it.

They were currently in an LV brand store, and the things Rong Ci bought were all packed by the shop assistant and placed on the ground, densely packed, with a total of over thirty shopping bags.

Rong Ci checked the bill, confirmed it was correct, and handed the card to the shop assistant.

Lin Lilan and Jian Nian heard this and were both stunned.

Rong Ci spent nearly six million buying clothes at once?

But Lin Lilan soon reacted, thinking that Rong Ci was just putting on a brave face because she didn't want others to know she was doing poorly.

After all, if it weren't for Feng Tingshen, given the current economic situation of the Lin family, even Lin Wu wouldn't have so much money to buy clothes in a year.

The Rong family's expenses exceeded their income, and Rong Ci herself had no ability, so what income could they have?

Jian Nian, however, was a bit worried.

She heard that although the Rong family hadn't gone bankrupt, their current operating state couldn't be considered good, and spending five or six million on clothes so casually, this...

Lin Lilan sneered, but didn't say anything, and said to Jian Nian: "Your uncle's meal is almost ready, do you want everyone to wait for you to eat? Why don't you hurry up?"

Hearing this, Jian Nian looked at Rong Ci, nodded at Rong Ci, and hurriedly followed Lin Lilan and left.

Before, Jian Nian had heard that the house the Lin family was living in now was bought by Feng Tingshen for Sun Yueqing for over 600 million.

These 600 million didn't even count the other expensive furniture and decorations.

She heard Lin Lilan say that just the large vase in the living room was worth over ten million, which was also a gift from Feng Tingshen to Lin Wu when the villa was moved into.

Besides that, there were other expensive decorations.

Jian Nian could also be considered as having been born into a wealthy family, but this was the first time she had seen such a luxurious and high-end villa, and she was dumbfounded throughout the whole process, walking carefully.

Fearing that she might accidentally break some expensive decoration.

Sun Liyao sat on the sofa cracking melon seeds comfortably, and seeing her looking like she hadn't seen the world, she couldn't help but sneer.

Lin Wu came down from upstairs with a leisurely posture, and seeing her so restrained, she said indifferently without much concern: "Just some small decorative trinkets, no need to be so nervous, if you accidentally break one, just change it for another."

Lin Wu's tone really didn't take these things to heart.

Jian Nian listened and was stunned.

How long had it been, and Lin Wu had become this wealthy?

Sun Liyao smiled proudly: "My brother-in-law has plenty of money and is generous to my sister. If my sister is happy, even if she breaks them for fun every day, my brother-in-law will happily buy a pile of these trinkets for my sister to let her play to her heart's content."

Jian Nian couldn't speak.

Before, she had heard that Feng Tingshen was very good to Lin Wu, giving money, sending shares, introducing connections, helping the Lin family stand firm in Ducheng...

But hearing about it was one thing, and seeing it with her own eyes was another.

Moreover, she heard that Feng Tingshen seemed very stingy toward Rong Ci.

The Rong family had problems, but he wasn't willing to help at all.

But he was so generous to Lin Wu...