Lu Zijin ca directly to Qiao Jing and began chatting with her.
Lu Zijin, not being a very talkative person, mostly talked about dical topics as a way to find conversation starters.
As they chatted, Qiao Jing glanced around and accidentally spotted Lin Yun among the guests.
Lin Yun also noticed her, and after a brief eye contact, lifted his glass in a toast to her from afar.
Seeing Lin Yun’s gesture, Qiao Jing also raised her own glass slightly as a return toast.
Lu Zijin noticed Lin Yun and was sowhat surprised, "You know him?"
"We just happened to et a few tis, that’s all."
Qiao Jing replied briefly, without going into detail.
Lu Zijin listened and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Because he knew that Lin Yun and Qiao Jing grew up together.
Being a man himself, he understood that Lin Yun actually liked Qiao Jing.
Even though the current Qiao Jing was not the one he knew before, they were so similar that even Wu Xirui and Xu Moqian were attracted to this Qiao Jing, so Lin Yun might also find it unavoidable.
Therefore, he felt a slight sense of crisis.
At this mont, Qiao Jing’s phone suddenly buzzed.
She took it out and saw a ssage from Wu Xirui.
[Sorry, there’s a bit of a situation at the company; I’ll be a bit late.]
After reading the ssage, Qiao Jing casually replied.
[You shouldn’t be apologizing to ; it’s Master Han’s birthday banquet. If you want to apologize, you should apologize to Master Han.]
[Not being by your side at such an occasion is my fault, so I should apologize to you.]
Seeing the reply from Wu Xirui, Qiao Jing felt speechless.
She simply put away her phone without replying further.
Seeing that she was done, Lu Zijin suggested, "Let’s go over there; it’s quieter and more peaceful."
"Okay." Qiao Jing nodded in agreent.
Thus, the two walked side by side towards the quieter area.
Nearby, Lin Yun’s gaze subconsciously lingered on the girl beside Lu Zijin, his eyes following her as she walked.
Regarding this, Lin Yun felt quite strange, unable to understand why he was always drawn to her.
Could it really be like what the manager said?
As Lin Yun was thinking this, the manager suddenly ca over, clapped him on the shoulder, and teased, "I noticed you’ve been staring at Third Miss Qiao. Looks like I was right, you’ve definitely fallen for her!"
Lin Yun shot the manager a look, "Can you stop being so nosy? Even the busybodies in our village aren’t as gossipy as you!"
"Stop denying it; any person with working eyes can see you have feelings for her!"
The manager finished with a aningful smile on his face.
Lin Yun scoffed lightly, "I’m not bothering with you!"
Their conversation was overheard by Sun Mingzhu and Sun Mingxin, who had just arrived.
Instantly, the jealousy and anger that the sisters were brewing surged up again.
Sun Mingxin gritted her teeth in anger, "That damned Qiao Jing, so ugly, yet she has the audacity to flirt with two n at once. It’s infuriating!"
Sun Mingzhu also looked resentful, coldly snorting, "She won’t be able to brag for much longer. When the ti cos, as per our plan, barring any mishaps, we’ll definitely expose her even uglier self in front of everyone. Let’s see if she still dares to show her face!"
Thinking of what was about to happen, Sun Mingxin’s anger finally subsided a bit, and she grinned maliciously, "I can’t wait!"
" neither." Sun Mingzhu squinted slightly, a trace of malice in her eyes.
At that mont, on the other side of the banquet hall.
Qiao Jing and Lu Zijin stood side by side, both holding red wine, sipping as they chatted lightly.
As Zhan Qipei entered the banquet hall, he saw this scene.
His gaze unconsciously landed on the girl beside Lu Zijin.
Su Manhan, who ca in with him, quickly picked up on this, tugging at Zhan Yao beside her saying, "Don’t you feel that our son looks at Third Miss Qiao with so unusual interest?"
Zhan Yao shook his head, not agreeing with his wife, "Nonsense! I don’t see anything unusual, it’s perfectly normal."
"Besides, he’s just glancing over there, how do you know for sure he’s looking at Third Miss Qiao? Maybe he’s looking at soone else?"
Su Manhan gave Zhan Yao a disdainful look, "It’s so obvious and you can’t tell? n really are clueless when it cos to feelings, not detail-oriented at all!"
Zhan Yao casually retorted, "Clearly it’s you being over-sensitive. No wonder it’s said won are the most sensitive beings, always prone to overthinking; these words are entirely accurate."
As the couple debated, guests arriving to celebrate Han Zhiyu’s birthday had just about all shown up.
Qiao Hong and Qiao Lin also arrived. Once they were in the banquet hall, they started searching for the sight of their sister among the guests.
After scanning the room, Qiao Lin scratched her head and asked Qiao Hong, "Sis, have you seen Xiao Jing?"
"Yeah, she’s with Director Lu, seems like they’re having a pretty good chat."
Qiao Hong said as she pointed toward the direction where Qiao Jing and Lu Zijin were.
Qiao Lin turned to look, and when her gaze landed on the two standing side by side, she showed a hint of a playful smile, "Then let’s not go disturb them just yet; let her chat more with Director Lu. Maybe after chatting so much, so sparks will fly between them!"
Although she favored Wu Xirui more, Lu Zijin was also excellent.
No matter who their Xiao Jing ultimately chooses, she thought they were both great!
Qiao Hong nodded in agreent, "What a coincidence, I think so too!"
At this ti, Qiao Jing faintly felt that Zhan Qipei’s gaze seed to settle on her.
But when she glanced over to check, Zhan Qipei had already turned his head, looking elsewhere.
Qiao Jing couldn’t help but have a small self-deprecating thought.
Why had she beco so narcissistic now, actually feeling like Zhan Qipei was staring at her?
Whatever, forget it, might as well have so food first!
Coming back to her senses, Qiao Jing glanced up just in ti to see a female server passing by with so desserts, including her favorite mousse cake.
"Hello, could you please co over here for a mont?"
As she spoke, Qiao Jing gestured to the female server.
Not far away, Sun Mingxin watched this scene, tightening her grip on her wine glass and swallowing nervously.
Standing next to her, Sun Mingzhu also kept her eyes fixed on the female server, silently repeating one phrase in her mind: You must succeed! You must succeed!
The female server also felt nervous. Although what she was about to do wasn’t murder or arson, this was the first ti she’d sched against soone.
If not for urgently needing money, she wouldn’t have agreed to do such a thing.
With a tense heart, the female server gradually approached Qiao Jing...
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