Facing Lu Wanwan's praise, Li Qingling showed a smile that was uglier than crying.
She then asked Li Jingchen: "Brother, can you lend me your sister-in-law for a while?"
Li Jingchen nodded slightly.
Li Qingling immediately pulled Lu Wanwan and led her all the way to the back of the Roman column.
After Lu Wanwan stood still, he asked strangely: "Qingling, what's wrong with you?"
Li Qingling bit her lower lip and said angrily: "I didn't expect that my mother dressed me up so beautifully to force me to go on a blind date!"
Lu Wanwan said in surprise: "You have just turned 18, you are too anxious!"
"She also talks about freedom of love, but she has arranged all the candidates for the opening dance with me! Don't think that I don't know, she just wants me to disappear, or she wants to gain power for her second brother, and I am
Pawn in their hands!"
Lu Wanwan heard the choking in her voice and couldn't help but comfort her: "Don't be so aggressive. I think your mother loves you, so it doesn't seem like she's cheating."
Li Qingling asked quietly: "Sister-in-law, when you were forced by your family to marry my eldest brother, you must have been reluctant, right?"
"Of course I didn't want to at first." Lu Wanwan sighed and said, "But reality forces me to agree."
Li Qingling said sadly: "So, you must understand how I feel now. I am not a commodity. How could she push me out for a deal on my happiest day?"
Lu Wanwan patted the back of her hand and said softly: "I can understand your current mood. If you are unwilling to have a business marriage, you can tell your elder brother and ask him to intervene."
"Yeah." Li Qingling sniffed and her mood warmed up slightly: "With the words of sister-in-law, I feel relieved!"
"Then don't cry. I still need to touch up the makeup." Lu Wanwan coaxed her gently.
At this time, Li Qingling heard a classmate calling her and turned around, only to see Li Jingchen coming behind them at some point and looking at Lu Wanwan with a serious look on his face.
Li Qingling thought of their previous conversation and couldn't help but secretly said "No" in her heart.
Li Jingchen looked at Lu Wanwan and said without squinting, "Qing Ling, you go first."
"...Oh." After Li Qingling glanced at Lu Wanwan apologetically, she lifted up her skirt and went to look for her classmates.
Li Jingchen, on the other hand, approached Lu Wanwan step by step, and did not stop until he could count her eyelashes.
"What now? Do you still regret it?"
Lu Wanwan knew that this man who was seen as omnipotent in the eyes of outsiders had a stingy and suspicious side behind his back.
She didn't explain much, just leaned on his shoulder and said seriously: "I don't regret it."
the other side--
Zhuang Jing came back to her senses and walked out of the backstage angrily. She wanted to see who had captured Qing Ling's heart without her knowledge!
As a result, when the music for the opening dance sounded, the four young talents who came to Li Qingling's side were the ones she had arranged long ago. As for the "people" Qingling said she liked, they didn't show up at all.
After Zhuang Jing thought for a while, she asked: "Qing Ling, are you lying to your mother? In fact, there is no such person, right?"
"I'm not lying to you, he hasn't arrived yet." Li Qingling said as she pushed aside the young talents around her and walked towards the gate.
Zhuang Jing said anxiously: "Where are you going? If there is something ready-made, don't do it!"
Li Qingling said expressionlessly: "I said, if he doesn't come, I won't jump."
The young talents who were left out in the cold couldn't help but ask: "Mrs. Zhuang, what's going on with your daughter?"
Zhuang Jing quickly comforted her: "Don't worry, Qingling is just not ready yet. This is her first time getting along with so many men."
Hearing this, the expressions of the young talents looked better——