Chapter 21: In front of you, she is worthless

The next day.

After Chu Zilan's fever had completely broken, Rong Ci returned home.

She hadn't prepared the dress for the banquet tomorrow night yet.

In the afternoon, Rong Ci went out.

Arriving at a high-end dress shop, the store manager and several clerks were all gathered around a dress, fussing over it.

It wasn't until Rong Ci walked closer that they noticed her.

"Sorry, Miss, may I ask what you need?"

"I'll just take a look first."

"Alright."

Although she had married into the Feng family, over these years, she had basically never attended any banquets.

After all, even if Feng Tingshen and Sang Qian had formal occasions to attend, they wouldn't bring her along.

As for Old Lady Feng, she had retired behind the scenes for many years and had long since stopped caring about those vanity fairs.

Although Rong Ci didn't have much research on dresses, Chu Zilan worked in high-end clothing, and under her influence, she still had basic aesthetic sense.

It's just that there were simply too many beautiful dresses in the shop, making one's eyes dazzled.

Rong Ci didn't intend to be picky either, feeling that something passable would do.

Just as she was thinking this, the dress that the clerks had just been gathered around organizing came fully into her view.

Rong Ci was stunned for a moment.

It was a pale purple, semi-sheer tulle waist-cinching dress. The waist of the dress was pinched with exquisite and unique flowers, paired with an elegant and precious necklace on the model's neck, perfectly blending elegance and luxury together.

She couldn't help but walk over.

Just as she was about to reach out to try the texture of the clothing, before her hand touched the dress, it was grabbed tightly by the store manager.

Rong Ci frowned in pain.

The store manager hurriedly let go: "Sorry, Miss, I didn't mean to, it's just that this dress is a private custom-made piece for our high-end client, there is only one in the world, and the price is not cheap. If any mistake happens, we can't afford to bear it..."

"It's okay."

Not expecting it to be spoken for, Rong Ci was a bit disappointed.

The dresses in the shop ranged from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, and the expensive ones were over a million, but even the most expensive batch of dresses in the shop seemed so mediocre and plain in contrast to the dress just now.

In the end, Rong Ci picked a carved beige silk long skirt.

While Rong Ci was paying and having the dress packed, she heard two clerks not far away whispering, "This necklace + dress, it's said the total amount is over thirty million. This is wearing a big villa on one's body, rich people are really extravagant."

"Isn't that so, and it's very likely they only wear this dress once..."

Thirty million...

So it was that expensive; even if it wasn't spoken for, she couldn't afford that money.

Rong Ci shook her head, turned, and left.

Returning home, Chu Zilan called to say she wanted to treat her to a big meal tomorrow night.

Learning that she was attending a banquet tomorrow, the next afternoon, she came over in a flurry to personally do Rong Ci's styling.

Rong Ci's taste wasn't bad; the dress she picked was nice, and paired with the makeup Chu Zilan carefully crafted for her, it highlighted Rong Ci's gentle, generous, beautiful, and clean temperament extremely well.

In the evening, Yu Moxun came to pick her up, and upon seeing Rong Ci, he was directly amazed: "Very beautiful, it suits you very well."

"Thank you."

After getting into the car, Yu Moxun said, "So, officially returning to the company tomorrow?"

"Alright."

"Just in time for Lin Wu," thinking she didn't know who Lin Wu was, he explained, "that algorithm genius I told you about last time, she is also officially joining the company tomorrow. I'll introduce you two then—"

Rong Ci's expression paused: "Lin Wu? You said that person is named Lin Wu? Is it the 'Wu' from 'barren'? Is it the one who returned from Country A a while ago?"

Yu Moxun nodded, very surprised: "Yes, do you know her?"

"She is my half-sister."

Yu Moxun was stunned.

He knew a little about Rong Ci's family situation.

He didn't expect it to be such a coincidence.

Rong Ci's expression was cold, and she added another sentence: "She is also Feng Tingshen's affair partner."

The car braked sharply.

Yu Moxun's eyes widened: "You—"

Rong Ci shook her head: "I'm fine." Her expression was very calm, and she said, "It's just, whether you say I'm abusing my power or not, I don't agree to her joining our company."

Yu Moxun's expression froze, and he agreed without hesitation: "No, I agree with your decision."

Rong Ci's heart warmed: "Thank you." She paused, then said: "It's just, this way you've directly lost a genius."

Yu Moxun shook his head and smiled, looking at her: "She can indeed be considered a genius in algorithms, but compared to you, she is worthless."

He said the last few words with utmost solemnity.

Rong Ci was stunned, feeling Yu Moxun was too exaggerated. Yu Moxun knew what she was thinking and smiled: "The truth."

Rong Ci didn't expect him to say that. She thought about it and asked: "She has been interviewing for a while, why hasn't she joined yet?"

Yu Moxun shook his head: "She said she had some things to handle, I didn't ask for specifics."

Ten-plus minutes later, they arrived at their destination.

And Rong Ci was lost in thought.

Yu Moxun: "What's wrong?"

"I just don't quite understand why she would want to come to our company."

Although their company was developing quite well, it wasn't as if there weren't better large companies in the country. With Lin Wu's background and education, she had many choices.

She was a major shareholder of the company, that was true, but because of some special reasons, her identity wasn't made public. Lin Wu shouldn't know her relationship with their company.

Therefore, Lin Wu couldn't have come for her.

Yu Moxun touched his chin but suddenly smiled and said, "During our chat that day, she mentioned our company's programming language, saying she was very interested in CUAP."

CUAP was designed and developed by Rong Ci leading a team when she was 17.

At the time, many people felt it was very ordinary, but in reality, it was their company's most formidable moat. In these few years, the industry had come to know its formidable nature.

Many professional teams had dismantled and analyzed it, but no one had cracked it. Now, this programming language had become an unreachable existence in the industry.

Without a doubt, Lin Wu came for this programming language.

"Speaking of which, in these two or three years, many high-quality talents in our company have come for this programming language."

Rong Ci didn't expect it to be like this.

Yu Moxun looked at her, touched her head, and smiled: "So, I said that in front of you, she is worthless, which is really not an exaggerated statement."

How much of a genius Rong Ci was in this regard, how could he, her senior who knew her well, not be clear?

After all, before Rong Ci appeared, he was also a genius praised by everyone.