newbobooks Chapter 22 Follow
Chapter 22 Follow
After saying this, Su Tan's fox-like eyes squinted in the direction of Ye Yao.
Ye Yao avoided her sight with some guilt.
The heart beat extremely fast.
Didn't Su Tan say that he came to pick up Lin Jingxue only after the banquet was over?Why did you suddenly attend the banquet?Even Gu Xiao said that Su Tan has never attended a banquet since she had an argument with Glory Yang at the banquet a few years ago, so why did she attend today?
At this time, Ji Tao introduced with a smile: "President Su, this is not my fiancee, but my newly hired secretary, Zhao can't do it."
The face of the woman on the opposite side changed slightly.
"you……"
"Really? Xiao Zhao?"
Ye Yao was somewhat embarrassed, but she still nodded cooperatively: "...um."
"Xiao Zhao is new here, it's really not very good, I should take care of her more," Ji Tao smiled more clearly, "Little sister Zhao, huh?"
The person named "Sister Zhao" was the woman who had just taunted Ji Tao.Her full name is Zhao Xinyu, and she once had a bloody fight with Ji Tao for a clothing item, but in the end she still couldn't win over Ji Tao, so she has been bitter about it for many years.Recently, she learned that Ji Tao was forced to marry after returning to China, so naturally she would not miss this opportunity to mock Ji Tao.It's just that I didn't expect that Ji Tao's verbal skill has not diminished but increased over the years, and she directly used the secretary's name to insinuate that she couldn't do it.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot that Miss Zhao's surname is also Zhao. Miss Zhao is older than us, so she must understand what we mean and won't care about us, right?" Ji Tao blinked at her, A harmless appearance to humans and animals.
Zhao Xinyu was anxious: "You..."
Ji Tao glanced at the people around her, and said with a smile: "Miss Zhao, there are so many people watching here, aren't you trying to get angry with me?"
Being reminded by her like this, Zhao Xinyu's expression froze, he was speechless, and gave Ji Tao a hard look, but finally had to swallow his anger back.
She ignored Ji Tao, turned her eyes to Su Tan who came late, and suddenly laughed: "It seems that today is really a special day. Not only Miss Ji is willing to show her face, but even President Su is here. Su always forgets that he once Did you say you wouldn't come again?"
Su Tan passed his finger across the wine glass, even if he didn't smile, he was very charming.
She parted her red lips lightly, and said word by word: "A place where even you are qualified to come, why am I not qualified to come?"
This sentence is really straightforward, almost blurting out the words "you have no right to ask me about my business".
Su Tan's mouth is unforgiving, and he is not at all like Ji Tao trying to save face for the other party. After all, with Su Tan's achievements and qualifications, he is fully qualified to say such things.
"What Mr. Su wants to do is of course Mr. Su's freedom," Zhao Xinyu said, "But this is Chairman Rong's birthday party after all, and Mr. Su doesn't want to cause any unpleasantness, right?"
Ji Tao leaned closer to Ye Yao's ear: "I heard that Zhao Xinyu has had a lot of business dealings with Rongshi Group over the years, Zhao Xinyu has shown goodwill to Lin Jingxue a lot for this reason, but unfortunately Lin Jingxue ignored her, so she can only I've flattered Chairman Rong."
Ye Yao glanced at Su Tan, seeing that she was not looking at her, she lowered her voice and asked, "Do you know what happened between Su Tan and Chairman Rong?"
Ji Tao thought about it for a while: "It seems to be related to Lin Jingxue... Chairman Rong wanted Lin Jingxue to be his heir, so he never wanted Miss Lin and Su Tan to get too close."
"Do you want Lin Jingxue to set foot in the entertainment industry?"
"In my opinion, I don't want Su Tan and Lin Jingxue to get married, I hope they can stop being friends. In fact, the relationship between Lin Jingxue and Su Tan is not a secret at all. Everyone used to think that they were in love, but they don't know Why haven't the two been together? It is said that it was the birthday party. Lin Jingxue listened to Rong Dong's words and deliberately alienated Su Tan. That's why Su Tan became hostile to Rong Dong. Since then, he has been absent from Rong Rong's birthday party. Business cooperation has never been with companies of Rongshi Group."
"You just said that Lin Jingxue alienated Su Tan after listening to Rong Dong's words?" Although Ye Yao and Lin Jingxue were not familiar with each other, after getting along some time ago, she felt that Lin Jingxue was not what he seemed. Weak, but a person with his own ideas.Such a person would not let others control his feelings, if Lin Jingxue really alienated Su Tan after that birthday party, there must be other reasons.
"Isn't it?" Ji Tao whispered, "After all, Lin Jingxue is the daughter of Director Rong. She eats food from the Rong family, and the money to study abroad is also from the Rong family. Otherwise, she was a female college student who just graduated. Where can such a good stage resource come from? After all, Director Rong is not her real father, and some things still have to listen to Director Rong."
Ji Tao's words are not without reason.Ye Yao understands the feeling of being dependent on others and being involuntary.
"Thank you for reminding me," Su Tan calmly smiled back, but his words concealed sharpness, "But since I can sit in this seat, I have naturally received an invitation. Ms. Zhao asked me in a tone, why not ask me to invite me to participate?" Party people."
Zhao Xinyu's smile faded, and finally he stopped talking.
The person who invited Su Tan to the banquet?
For the birthday party of the chairman of Ronghui Group, everyone who invites will check it repeatedly, whether it is approved by the chairman himself or not, it represents the wish of the chairman.
Since Su Tan was able to attend, no matter what happened, Su Tan was formally invited, so he is naturally qualified to sit here.
What's more, who doesn't know about the ambiguous rumors about Su Tan and Glory Yang's daughter?Even if there was a quarrel between Su Tan and Chairman Rong, in the end Su Tan was still Lin Jingxue's best friend, and even Chairman Rong wanted to save some face.
At this moment, the lights in the venue were gradually turned off, and the host's loud voice came from the stage.
"Everyone, please be quiet."
"I believe everyone knows that today is the 50th birthday of our President Rong, and it is also the [-]th anniversary of the establishment of Ronghui Group. Ronghui Group is very honored to be able to gather here on such a happy and congratulatory day."
"Next, Mrs. Rong's daughter Lin Jingxue will present the most sincere performance to everyone——"
There was warm applause in the venue.
Under the watchful eyes of all the guests, Lin Jingxue walked to the piano and sat down, covering the keys with her slender fingers.
The melodious sound of the qin sounded in the venue, but it was not cheerful. The melody was slow and steady, telling the heart, and each note flowed skillfully with the hands.
The guests talked about it.
"Why do you play such a song on your birthday? I don't think it's a disappointment."
"She is a well-known pianist with a great personality. I heard that she never previews the repertoire when she gives concerts."
"Boss Rong has no objection, what else can we say? Boss Rong dotes on his daughter."
"It's said that she looks like Chairman Rong's passed away daughter, but I don't think so. I've met Ms. Rong before. She has a lively personality, and she doesn't look like her temperament at all."
"Oh, she is really lucky. Because Miss Rong passed away, she enjoyed the favor of Chairman Rong. I remember that Miss Rong also played a similar piece at the birthday party of Chairman Rong more than ten years ago. Okay, but it was so sad, Director Rong lost his temper on the spot, and not long afterward, Miss Rong passed away in a car accident."
"such a pity!"
Lin Jingxue sat in front of the piano, playing the piano earnestly, turning a deaf ear to the sounds around her, as if she was immersed in a world that was only her own.She is like a beautiful elf, exuding her own brilliance on the stage.
"Miss Zhao likes this song?"
The voice beside her brought Ye Yao back to reality.
Miss Zhao...of course her surname is not Zhao, she knew that Ji Tao didn't have such a secretary, so she made up this name purely to annoy Zhao Xinyu.But she didn't expect that Su Tan would make fun of her with this name.
Ye Yao has always been clear about her feelings, so of course she doesn't feel that Su Tan is jealous of her.She felt that Su Tan was purely afraid that she would leak the fact that the two were married.
So she spoke softly, only the two of them could hear.
"President Su can rest assured that I will keep my promise. Our marriage will always be a secret. I will not tell anyone, and I hope you will always keep it a secret."
Su Tan: "..."
It was the first time she discovered that her wife was so serious.
"I didn't expect Miss Zhao to have some friendship with Mr. Ji. I just don't know how much of those rumors just now are true and how much is false?"
What Su Tan said was obviously Zhao Xinyu's "fiancée" teasing Ji Tao.Although they have no feelings and never interfere with each other's private life, the marriage relationship is still there. What can be done in private does not mean that it can be done on the surface.
"It's just a joke from my friend," Ye Yao said, "Isn't Boss Su very familiar with this kind of thing? I believe Boss Su can understand."
Su Tanhua is well-known, and she has many rumors of affairs with female artists in her studio, and Lin Jingxue is an incomparably right couple in her circle. She is often ridiculed by friends, and even the major media have never Intermittent reports of Su Tan's gossip.In contrast, she and Ji Tao were only teased by Zhao Xinyu, which was nothing at all.
Su Tan: "..."
Jiang Yun, who was sitting on the other side of Su Tan, suddenly coughed softly.
"Mr. Su."
"Ok?"
"That..." Jiang Yun reminded in a low voice, very tactfully, "You are here today for Miss Lin, and to celebrate Dong Rong's birthday."
"I know. What's the matter?"
"You seem to..." Jiang Yun hesitated to speak, "You are too concerned about Miss Ye."
Su Tan was dumbfounded.
She was always eloquent, but at this moment she couldn't find any words to refute.
Just now her attention was indeed on Ye Yao, so much so that she even ignored Lin Jingxue's performance.
The piano music gradually came to an end. Lin Jingxue pressed the last key, maintaining an elegant posture with her wrists. After a while, she stood up and faced the guests, bowing silently.
The applause was loud again.
Lin Jingxue didn't speak, and looked at the audience indifferently, without any emotion in her eyes, then she left the stage accompanied by her assistant, and walked to the place where Chairman Glory Yang was.
"Chairman Rong, happy birthday, I wish you a long life, and your longevity is better than Nanshan." She said.
Glory Yang is over fifty years old, his hair is half white, but he seems to be in good spirits. When he saw Lin Jingxue came to celebrate his birthday, he smiled happily: "Hehe, it's good that you have this kind of heart."
"Chairman Rong is kind to me, and Jingxue will always remember it in his heart."
"Family, why are you being so polite? Is there anything I have not agreed to that you have wanted to do over the years? You want to learn the piano, go abroad for further study, and..."
He was interrupted before finishing his sentence.
"There is also the acquisition of several subsidiaries after Ye's bankruptcy, right?"
Hearing these words, the smile on Lin Jingxue's lips suddenly froze on her face, and the fingers holding the wine glass tightened inch by inch.
One step away, Su Tan held his wine glass and looked at her quietly, his pupils were very dark.
"Su Tan?" Lin Jingxue smiled a little far-fetched, "How could you advance..."
"I came here, are you surprised?"
Su Tan raised his eyes and stared at Lin Jingxue, with unknown complex emotions surging in his eyes.
"You prepared a great gift for me, and I will return it to you. It's fair, isn't it?"