Chapter One Hundred and Thirteen: Crossing Paths

In the end, Song Wanning still could not resist the temptation of the diamond handbag Wen Jingxing had offered her, and she happily took it and left.

Li Weiwei had not required the guests to all travel to Central Flower City together.

So the guests were free either to go there as a group or to appear separately.

Song Wanning, Nan Yan, and the others had already arranged in private messages to set off together.

Now it was only a matter of taking Jiang Mingzhao along as well.

As for Jian An'an and Shen Yue, the two of them were in an oddly perfect fit, both inviting people in the group chat to go there together.

Their messages had even been sent at the same time.

And then, after that, the conversation came to a sudden halt.

In such a situation, whether one was the one being ignored or the one doing the ignoring, it was awkward either way.

And the most awkward of all was that no one replied to either of them.

In the end, the two of them had to reach out to each other, agreeing on a place to meet first before heading to Central Flower City together.

It was still early, so they planned to go to the mall first and change clothes.

During that time, Shen Yue even tagged Jiang Mingzhao, but he naturally continued to play dead.

Song Wanning and Nan Yan, meanwhile, had already agreed to go enjoy themselves in Central Flower City first, and then attend the tea party when the time came.

Inside the city, there were many restaurants, large shopping centers, clothing stores, and the like, though all of them were expensive places. Even people with a bit of money would not dare buy things there recklessly.

What was more, entry to those clubs and venues usually required either a membership card or an identity card.

Nan Yan, of course, did not mind. Her father ran a pharmaceutical company, with countless medicinal fields and factories under his name. As his only daughter, she had never lacked pocket money.

As for Yun Ze’s family, they were not businesspeople, but every one of them was a high-ranking official, so naturally she did not lack status either.

As for Song Wanning, she had not a single cent to her name.

The boldest thing she had in her to go there was that she had Wen Jingxing and Nan Yan, after all.

With those two present, where could she not go?

Especially Wen Jingxing. His name alone was like a pass card to any venue.

And what a coincidence it was.

Just as Song Wanning had gotten into the car Wen Jingxing was personally driving and had barely left the gates, she looked through the dark-tinted window and saw three cars roaring up the road on the left.

She was still wondering about it. Hadn’t she agreed with Nan Yan to meet directly in the Flower City? Why were they here already?

Or were these people here to find Wen Jingxing?

As the three cars stopped, the door of the middle car opened first.

When Song Wanning saw that it was Jian An'an, she suddenly felt that there was nothing surprising about it after all.

She had no idea how Jian An'an had managed to win over Jin Jianyi, but even now that she was so openly showing interest in another man, Jin Jianyi was still willing to accompany her.

And the people in the first car were Jiang Mingzhao and Cheng Mu.

When Jiang Mingzhao saw Shen Yue getting out of the car with Jian An'an, he immediately knew trouble was coming.

At that very moment, however, Cheng Mu, unaware of the situation, got out of the car and walked over to Wen Jingxing’s vehicle. After a light knock on the window, he said quietly, Boss, Mr. Jiang has been brought here. Are you leaving? Should I tell Mr. Jiang to come back another day to visit?

Wen Jingxing said, That works.

But just then, Song Wanning suddenly spoke up. Why don’t we do it this way, Jingxing? Since we’re all going to the Flower City anyway, why not have Jiang Mingzhao ride over with Cheng Mu?

Wen Jingxing glanced at her. You don’t seem interested in anything else. Why are you suddenly giving your opinion the moment Jiang Mingzhao has a problem?

Song Wanning smiled sweetly. What bad intentions could I possibly have? I just don’t want her to get her way.

Wen Jingxing was in the variety show group chat too, so he naturally knew that Shen Yue was currently searching the world for Jiang Mingzhao.

But Song Wanning simply did not want to let her succeed, and she said it to him so openly, with not the slightest intention of hiding it.

So this meant she did not regard him as an outsider at all?

Wen Jingxing’s lips curved at once. Turn around. Head to Central Flower City.

Cheng Mu naturally knew that Wen Jingxing was speaking to him. He nodded and said yes, then was about to return to his own car.

Jian An'an, who had been watching from the side, saw that the two of them had finished speaking amicably, and hurried forward to Cheng Mu. Hello, sir. I’m Song Wanning’s friend. May I ask if she is here?

She had already seen Wen Jingxing’s face through the lowered window.

But because of the angle, and because the glass was so dark, Jian An'an could not make out exactly who was sitting in the passenger seat.

As for Wen Jingxing, he was the real target of her attention.

Asking where Song Wanning was merely gave her an excuse to make contact.

It had to be said that Jian An'an’s skin was truly thick. After having targeted Song Wanning so many times, she could still say with a straight face and without the slightest hint of embarrassment that she was Song Wanning’s friend.

One could see just how desperately Jian An'an wanted to cling to Wen Jingxing’s towering support and bask in his shade.

She smiled so gently, so innocently. If Cheng Mu had not been clever enough to have watched the variety show and its live broadcast version, he would have surely been deceived by this wicked woman.

This woman had once smeared Miss Song in front of everyone, too!

Cheng Mu’s smiling face darkened, and he said expressionlessly, May I ask who you are? I’m sure my young mistress does not have a friend like you. Don’t think that because you have a mouth, you can simply spout nonsense.

Jian An'an’s face went white. Damn it! Was this shameless, clueless nobody stupid or what?

A beauty like herself had addressed him, and not only was he uninterested, he had even insulted her outright!

And what had he just called Song Wanning?

Young mistress?

What a joke. Nothing had even been confirmed, and he was already babbling nonsense here! Wen Jingxing must be blind to take a fancy to Song Wanning and marry her!

And with several cameras pointed at her from behind, did she have no pride at all?

The best he could amount to was a dirty beggar working for Wen Jingxing!

Jian An'an cursed to her heart’s content, but on the surface she still maintained a faint smile. I only wanted to go shopping with Song Wanning. Was it really necessary to speak to me like that?

When Wen Jingxing heard Cheng Mu being pushed back by Jian An'an, he lowered the window and leaned out slightly. If you have any dissatisfaction with my employee, you can say it to me directly. And I think what he said is very much correct.

He had power, influence, and money. Everyone who dealt with him had to read his expression.

So when Wen Jingxing wanted to tear into someone, he would not spare their feelings in the least.

Jian An'an’s expression was ugly, but she still argued, It’s not like that, Young Master Wen... I really just wanted to go out with Song Wanning and shop together. I don’t have any other intentions. It’s clearly this person’s tone that is strange...

Song Wanning finally could not listen anymore.

The way Jian An'an had just acted, she was probably cursing people behind her back, maybe even cursing Song Wanning herself, while putting on a hypocritical face in front of everyone.

She hated people like that the most.

“I saw that you had already agreed in the group chat with Shen Yue to go to the Star and Moon Mall, so why have you suddenly changed your story and want to go out with me instead? I think you simply do not want to go shopping with me.”

“How could that be?” Seeing an opening, Jian An'an hurriedly answered, “How could I possibly not want to play with you? I’ve been hoping to spend time with you so much.”