After being reborn as a rich and beautiful woman, she let herself go.

Chapter 29: She's unhappy with him?

Lorne put the business card in his suit pocket and gave her a subtle smile.

Grandpa Luo and Grandma Luo were quickly ushered away to chat elsewhere.

She and Lorne were left alone, and for a moment the atmosphere became a little tense.

She wanted to meet other entrepreneurs. "You're busy, shall I go over there first?"

Lorne gestured for him to proceed. "Okay."

He was handsome, gentlemanly, mature, and composed—a prince straight out of a fairy tale.

She felt that Luo Jiuyu and he didn't seem like brothers; they didn't look alike, nor did they have the same temperament.

Just as she was about to turn and leave, Mu Siran walked towards her, her gaze falling on her.

Seeing a female celebrity on screen for the first time, she was somewhat surprised and stopped to look at Mu Siran.

"Lorne—" Mu Siran greeted Lorne, who was standing behind her.

As soon as Lorne saw Mu Siran, he stepped aside to greet her. He said softly, "How long have you been here? Why did it take you so long to come find me?"

Mu Siran smiled and raised her slender hand to smooth the long hair that fell over her shoulder. "You're such a busy person, with so many guests to entertain. How could I dare to bother you?"

Mu Siran's action of smoothing her hair caught her attention. The other person was wearing a man's suit jacket, which was wide and covered the woman's delicate upper body.

It's not Lorne's.

Lorne noticed it too, a barely perceptible flicker of wariness crossing his eyes. "Ranran, whose clothes are these?"

A hint of reminiscence appeared on Mu Siran's face. "Oh, I almost forgot, these are Xiao Jiu's clothes."

Xiao Jiu... Luo Jiuyu.

Hua Meimei and Lorne were both taken aback.

Lorne's expression was complicated.

Hua Meimei was simply taken aback. So Luo Jiuyu came to the banquet to see Mu Siran, the girl she secretly admired?

Ever since she saw Luo Jiuyu staring at Mu Siran on TV at home last time, she believed that Mu Siran was the woman Luo Jiuyu liked.

Mu Siran took two steps closer to her and smiled, "Excuse me, are you Luo Jiuyu's wife?"

A scent of jasmine mixed with wood wafted towards her. Flowerberry felt a little dizzy from the smell and didn't particularly like the jasmine fragrance.

“How did you know? We didn’t announce our marriage,” Hua Meimei said.

“He was with me on the balcony before he came to pick you up at the banquet hall entrance,” Mu Siran said softly.

Hua Meimei wondered why she lowered her voice when she said that.

Is it because they're afraid Lorne will hear?

Why should I be afraid of Lorne hearing this?

"Oh, you were alone on the balcony, and then he gave you his clothes?" Hua Meimei deliberately raised her voice, smiling broadly.

Lorne was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

“…Yes.” Mu Siran didn’t expect her to speak so loudly, and quickly took off her coat and handed it to her. “Don’t misunderstand, we haven’t seen each other for many years, we were just catching up on the balcony. Could you please return my coat to him? Thank you.”

Upon hearing Mu Siran's explanation, Lorne's gloom dissipated considerably.

Hua Meimei gave a forced smile and refused to take the black coat. "I think he'd be happier if you gave it back to him yourself."

"Uh..." Mu Siran was a little embarrassed, unsure whether to take the clothes back or continue to insist on giving them to her.

Hua Meimei waved to her and said, "I'm not as close to Luo Jiuyu as you guys are, so I don't have time to deal with him. I have to go make some friends. Goodbye."

She needs to work hard to earn ten million yuan to pay back Luo Jiuyu; that's the right way. She doesn't like being in debt!

She walked away from here and specifically targeted well-known entrepreneurs who frequently appeared in the news to strike up conversations.

Since she came in, she has been the subject of people's attention from time to time. When she took the initiative to chat with people, they felt honored to be chosen by such a "beauty".

Some men who wanted to get to know her would approach her and hand her their business cards, which she accepted without hesitation and politely returned.

Everyone here could be a potential collaborator for her.

In her eyes, they were all walking RMB!

Seeing how easily she obtained so many people's business cards, Hua Wenxia and Lin Cuilan walked over to her, hoping to benefit from her success.

"Meimei, you made your dad proud today. You truly are my daughter." Hua Wenxia beamed.

Hua Meimei rolled her eyes inwardly. "Oh, so my great father knows to come and acknowledge his family now?"

With so many people watching her every move, she has to manage her facial expressions and keep smiling.

Hua Wenxia was caught off guard by her mockery and felt slightly embarrassed, but she still smiled and said, "Good daughter, you have to help your father. If my company goes bankrupt, it won't be good for you either."

Lin Cuilan chimed in, "Your dad's right, Hua Meimei, don't be ungrateful. We're family, it's only right that you help us, it's the same as helping yourself."

"Ha, it doesn't benefit me whether your factory closes down or not. When my company was about to go bankrupt, why didn't you lend me a hand?" Hua Meimei laughed.

The implication is that she no longer cares about the Hua family.

The Hua family's business has long since changed its name to Lin, and it belongs to Lin Cuilan!

From then on, she went her separate ways with the Hua family.

Lin Cuilan was instantly enraged, but she couldn't show it in this situation. She could only swallow her anger.

Hua Wenxia gently scolded Hua Meimei for being immature and unable to distinguish right from wrong. "You're not even willing to help your own father, how can you bear to watch our Hua family fall into ruin?"

Hua Meimei snorted coldly, not wanting to waste time arguing with them.

Turning around, she suddenly saw Luo Jiuyu sitting on a sofa not far away. He was languidly sipping his wine, watching her with an expression as if he were watching a show.

Humph.

Hua Meimei felt a little unhappy when she thought about him being alone with Mu Siran on the balcony and giving away his clothes to her to keep warm.

This is not a wife's jealousy stemming from her duty.

She simply disliked Mu Siran's action of making her return the clothes; it was a blatant provocation.

Unfortunately, Mu Siran's tea ceremony was misplaced.

She had no feelings for Luo Jiuyu.

I wouldn't be jealous at all over this.

Because there was no affection between the two to begin with, it was impossible to sow discord between them.

What surprised her was that Mu Siran, who seemed perfect, was actually not so perfect after all.

She always said that no one in this world is perfect.

In that case, there's no need to envy Mu Siran's seemingly perfect life script anymore. Even a big star is just like that.

Noticing her disdainful gaze, Luo Jiuyu paused slightly in the champagne bottle.

She's unhappy with him?

Is he complaining about letting Hua Wenxia and the others in?

Although he didn't hear what they were saying, he could tell from the way Hua Meimei looked at them that she actually disliked them.

The smile didn't reach her eyes; it was a completely different persona from the wild laughter she displayed in the live stream.

At this moment, a stranger, a socialite, struck up a conversation with Luo Jiuyu, diverting her attention.

By the time he came to his senses after rejecting someone, Hua Meimei was already chatting and laughing with others.

This time, it was Mu Sitian who took the initiative to chat with her. In the entire banquet hall, these two people, dressed in strange attire, were a unique sight wherever they went.

Since Musi Tian works in the clothing industry, she was naturally interested in Hua Meimei's outfits.

He knew far too little about Hua Meimei, so just like the way she looked at him earlier, he couldn't guess what she was thinking.

Forget it, why bother trying to guess what she's thinking? She's insignificant to him.

The banquet host walked onto the stage and began to host the next performance segment.

The crowd stopped talking and looked up at the stage.

He wasn't interested in these performances. He'd seen the people he wanted to see; it was time to leave.

As if sensing something, Hua Meimei inadvertently turned her head and caught a glimpse of his back as he walked towards the banquet hall.

He's going home. Perfect timing, she should go home too.

She left her motorcycle at the company, took a taxi to the company, and hitched a ride back with him to save on taxi fare.