If Xie Qian knew what Ran Keqing was thinking, he would certainly scoff at it.
Elite aura. Can it be eaten, drunk, or spent?
If it cannot be eaten, drunk, or spent, then it is useless. Anything blocking Xie someone’s path to being single should just get lost!
Xie Qian did not find the “pinky swear and hang ourselves” action childish at all. With his little finger hooked to Wen Ying’s and their thumbs stamped together, it felt very ceremonial and gave him great peace of mind.
Throughout the entire evening, whenever Xie Qian’s right hand was under the table, he could not help rubbing it.
The hamster had stamped him, declaring his ownership.
It was not just Xie Qian being childish. Wen Ying, thinking that she and Xie Qian now had an official status, was also extraordinarily joyful. All evening, she kept glancing downward, her hand holding the utensils itching to put them down and touch the brooch on her coat.
Xie Qian’s design truly looked better the more she saw it.
Xie Qian this person was too perfect. Not only handsome, but with great aesthetics too. Back then, the “Prawn King” trademark was designed by Xie Qian.
Was there anything Xie Qian could not do?
Wen Ying thought and thought. Probably only that he could not eat spicy food!
Being unable to eat spicy was not really a flaw, just a difference in taste.
Such a perfect Xie Qian was now her boyfriend… Wen Ying could not hide her happiness. She felt a sense of bliss as if struck by a super lucky pie.
Both felt that having the other as boyfriend/girlfriend was getting a huge bargain.
The onlooker, Miss Ran, however, was unsettled.
Wen Ying kept looking at the cherry blossom brooch, so naturally Ran Keqing looked at it too. Even separated by several tables, the pink diamonds’ sparkle was impossible to ignore. Clearly, the diamonds’ quality and cut were top-tier!
Such fine pink diamonds in a style she had never seen before. Four words flashed in Ran Keqing’s mind: haute couture jewellery.
Xie Qian had given an “haute couture jewellery” piece to Wen Ying, who came from an ordinary family?
Ran Keqing found it ridiculous. Wen Ying probably had never even seen haute couture jewellery up close before, let alone worn it!
“No wonder…”
Ran Keqing withdrew her gaze and murmured to herself, “A girl from a salaried worker family, how could she have experienced this kind of life? With such a chance to change her class, of course she would grasp it tightly!”
In Ran Keqing’s heart, Wen Ying was simply guilty of grave sins.
While Ran Keqing herself only coveted Xie Qian’s looks, Wen Ying was different. Not only coveting looks but also vain, greedy for the Xie family’s power and wealth!
Hearing the disdain in Ran Keqing’s tone, President Zhang subconsciously defended Wen Ying. “It is not that bad, is it? She is the bestselling author among the domestic younger generation. Last year on that rich authors list, she ranked third with tens of millions in income. That is just royalties, not counting other earnings. With her income, buying a decent piece of jewellery is not difficult.”
President Zhang had long wanted to meet Wen Ying but had been blocked repeatedly by Yuan Fenghui.
People tend to have a “want what you cannot have” mentality. The harder it was to collaborate with Wen Ying, the higher her status in President Zhang’s mind. That was why he spoke up for her subconsciously.
Ran Keqing smiled lightly. “Just tens of millions. Even if she earns tens of millions a year, that is only a hundred million in ten years! Not to mention the Xie family, even Xie Qian’s personal net worth exceeds a hundred million. Moreover, you and I both know that being able to afford haute couture jewellery and being willing to buy it are two different things… Uncle Zhang, if it were you, how would you choose?”
Choose what? Kids make choices. Adults want it all, of course!
President Zhang turned to look at Xie Qian. Indeed, he looked even more handsome than at the beginning.
This handsomeness was not just skin-deep. It was enhanced by wealth.
“Truly young and promising!”
Unfortunately, President Zhang only had two sons. He could not recruit Xie Qian as a son-in-law. He could only regretfully look away.
President Zhang understood Ran Keqing’s feelings.
In this day and age, even an emperor’s daughter worries about marriage. The Ran family was already very wealthy. For Ran Keqing to find a well-matched boyfriend was not hard. Adding “mutual attraction” on top of that made it very difficult.
No wonder Ran Keqing was unsettled.
But the young couple was in the midst of passionate love. How could Ran Keqing break them up?
President Zhang lowered his head and silently ate his food.
Ran Keqing’s decision might even have the Ran family’s support. Outsiders had no need to interfere.
Whether she could successfully poach depended entirely on Ran Keqing’s ability!
…
Wen Ying had no idea that accepting Xie Qian’s cherry blossom brooch had labelled her in Miss Ran’s eyes as vain and materialistic.
To Wen Ying, the preciousness of this gift lay in Xie Qian designing it himself and preparing it meticulously. It was a “lost and found” after Xie Qian’s car accident. She would never estimate its monetary value. She was not going to sell the brooch!
When Wen Ying returned to the dormitory wearing the brooch, her roommate Sun Mingfei had sharp eyes. “Eh, how did you get this extra thing? It is so beautiful!”
“Could this be…”
“It is from Xie Qian.”
Wen Ying carefully removed the brooch and placed it back in the velvet gift box.
Sun Mingfei leaned in to look for a long time, praising the brooch’s beautiful style. After praising, she told Wen Ying to put it away safely.
“This is probably your token of love. Be careful not to lose it.”
No one asked how much the brooch was worth.
Sun Mingfei and the other two roommates came from average families. They only thought the brooch was pretty and wanted to tease Wen Ying about it. They did not think about its value at all.
They did not even know the diamonds on the brooch were all real. At most, they thought it had finer craftsmanship than ordinary accessories.
Wen Ying looked at the small storage cabinet in the dormitory.
Each student had their own storage cabinet: a simple metal locker with a lock, guarding against gentlemen but not thieves.
Whether the gift was valuable or not was one thing. This was something Xie Qian had prepared carefully. If she lost it, where could she go to reason?
Leaving it in the dormitory was definitely not safe.
Then where to put it? Perhaps in the Tianjiao office?
Tianjiao had that gossip king!
Wen Ying felt she needed a private space to store things and occasionally relax.
She originally had one. She had mortgaged two houses in Modu early on, but unfortunately both were rented out by Manager Chen.
Manager Chen would not let her live off-campus long-term… Or perhaps she should buy another house?
Wen Ying had not thought about the “river-view house” for a long time. Now the idea arose but she suppressed it again.
Buy a river-view house? Burning money with nothing better to do?
With money to buy a river-view house, better to invest all the liquid funds in “You Ni Group Buy”. When “You Ni Group Buy” survives to go public, Wen Ying would achieve true financial freedom!
On the weekend, Wen Ying as usual had to create at school.
The story “Exploring Thorns” was nearing its end. She wanted to finish it in one go.
Yuan Fenghui called. “Do you have time to come to the company?”
“Is it something very important?”
Wen Ying did not feel like moving.
Yuan Fenghui chuckled lightly. “President Zhang from Liansheng Entertainment said he ran into you the other day. Today he specially came to Tianjiao to visit you. Oh, President Zhang came with Miss Ran. You have all met.”
Wen Ying directly ignored President Zhang and focused on Ran Keqing. “What is she doing coming to Tianjiao to find me?”
“To collaborate, of course! Miss Ran is now in charge of Huanyu’s business in Modu. She wants to commission a script from you, a movie script.”
Huanyu was much bigger than President Zhang’s Liansheng.
That was why when President Zhang tried to meet several times, Yuan Fenghui blocked for Wen Ying.
But with Huanyu’s young miss Ran Keqing coming in person, Yuan Fenghui had to make this call to Wen Ying.
Wen Ying frowned. “Teacher Yuan, you are asking me to write a script for my love rival. This is not very appropriate, is it?”
