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Chapter 452: Chapter 450: It Really Is Ridiculous
Xiao Jinglan, having shown no regard for Lu Zhaozhao’s face in public, surely she must seek some benefit for herself?
"I’ve got it, Mom. Why don’t you sit and rest for a bit? I’ll be done shopping very soon," Xia Wenjin said as she picked out a few clothes and handed them to the staff to take to the fitting room.
Seeing this, Xiao Jinglan narrowed her eyes and took out her phone to send a message.
"Is everything you’re doing ready? The person is already at the airport’s haute couture shop. I don’t want to see her face again before I return to the hotel."
A message soon came through on the other end of the phone.
"Rest assured, madam, we are professionals. We’ll have everything handled before you return to the hotel."
Xiao Jinglan looked at the reply on her phone with satisfaction.
The reason she had brought Xia Wenjin abroad was that it was easier to manipulate things overseas.
There were surveillance cameras everywhere in her home country, along with the Skynet system.
Trying to remove Xia Wenjin with such dense surveillance would be difficult.
It was different abroad.
The X country she had chosen was vast and sparsely populated, not to mention there was a lack of widespread surveillance cameras.
In many rural areas, there was hardly a person in sight.
To facilitate the handling of Xia Wenjin, she had purposefully chosen a resort hotel in the suburbs, just waiting for her to fall into the trap.
Thinking that she would soon be able to rid herself of the burden that was Xia Wenjin, Xiao Jinglan’s mood lightened significantly.
When Xia Wenjin came out of the fitting room, she happened to see Xiao Jinglan smiling at her phone.
Her expression seemed very strange, causing Xia Wenjin’s heart to "thud" with apprehension. For some reason, she had a feeling that something bad was going to happen today.
Xia Wenjin clenched her fists, starting to worry that Xiao Jinglan might embarrass her at the banquet. But then she thought about how important Xiao Mo now was to Xiao Jinglan, and she probably wouldn’t intentionally make things difficult.
But who could know the mind of a woman?
After thinking it over, Xia Wenjin decided to take the initiative to give Xiao Jinglan a warning.
"Aunt Xiao, I’ve selected a few clothes, which still need to be tailored. How about we chat a bit?" Xia Wenjin said as she sat down next to Xiao Jinglan.
Xiao Jinglan glanced at Xia Wenjin with some disdain but didn’t say anything.
Xia Wenjin couldn’t help but roll her eyes internally, but on the surface, she spoke amiably, "Aunt Xiao, you should know that Xiao Mo and I are in a partnership now. Whether you like me or not isn’t important. What’s important is that I am now Xiao Mo’s lawful wife, and my public image represents his face."
Xiao Jinglan’s face visibly darkened, "What exactly do you mean?"
Xia Wenjin sure had guts; they had come all the way overseas, and now she actually dared to threaten her. She really wouldn’t see the coffin until she cried, wouldn’t turn back until she hit the south wall.
Previously, due to Mr. and Mrs. Lu’s presence, she might have cared about what Xia Wenjin said, but now that couple had long since disappeared to avoid their debts.
Xia Wenjin had no close friends back home.
The only person she had any relation to was Xiao Mo, meaning, unless Xiao Mo took the initiative to look for her, she could forget about returning to her home country for the rest of her life.
Thinking this, Xiao Jinglan’s gaze toward Xia Wenjin became even colder.
Xia Wenjin likewise didn’t show Xiao Jinglan any kindness and got straight to the point, "What do I mean? Don’t you already know full well? If you brought me abroad to find an opportunity to humiliate me, I advise you to drop the idea."
When she said this, she also pulled up the corners of her mouth with particular pride, revealing a mocking smile to Xiao Jinglan.
Although she no longer had the Lu Family as her backing, she still held leverage over their family secrets, she felt that Xiao Jinglan wouldn’t dare to gamble with her son’s future.
But Xia Wenjin utterly forgot about the time she had poisoned Xiao Jinglan.
If a person didn’t have long to live, what else did she have to care about?
"You really think too highly of yourself," Xiao Jinglan looked at Xia Wenjin with a cold eye, "Do you know why you can’t compete with Lu Zhaozhao?"
Xia Wenjin’s brows knitted tightly when she heard Xiao Jinglan mention "Lu Zhaozhao."
She was doing it on purpose!
Xiao Jinglan clearly knew that she didn’t get along with Lu Zhaozhao, and precisely because of Lu Zhaozhao’s existence, she ended up in her current predicament.
Now bringing up Lu Zhaozhao was nothing more than an attempt to provoke her, but she wouldn’t fall for that trick!
Thinking this, Xia Wenjin’s expression returned to the calmness she had before.
To Xiao Jinglan right now, it was nothing but powerless fury; she couldn’t do anything to her.
Xia Wenjin’s brows raised slightly as she casually asked, "Why do you say I can’t compete with Lu Zhaozhao?"
Xiao Jinglan sneered, "Isn’t it because you lack self-awareness? Clearly a worthless nobody, yet you’re restless, trying to snatch what belongs to others. In the end, you picked up a sesame seed but lost a watermelon..."
Almost everyone in the Shangjing Circle knew that Xia Wenjin had abandoned the Xia Family to become the daughter of the Lu Family.
Unexpectedly, the Xia Family turned out to have significant connections, even the XJ company was owned by the Xia Family.
Xia Wenjin was blissfully unaware of the fortune she was in. If she had just held on a bit longer, not despising the poor and loving the rich and running to the Lu Family, she wouldn’t have been abandoned by the Xia Family.
After all, the Xia Family had raised her for 20 years.
Xiao Jinglan thought about it, and the corners of her mouth twitched involuntarily, and her disdain for Xia Wenjin grew deeper. 𝖓𝔬𝖛𝔭𝔲𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
The Xia Family had fed and clothed her well for 20 years, and she turned around and bit them in return.
As for her and Xiao Mo, who bore grudges against Xia Wenjin, they certainly didn’t expect her to have any kindness left in her.
Xia Wenjin did not expect Xiao Jinglan to bring up this topic, and her face visibly darkened.
She almost bit her teeth as she glared at Xiao Jinglan, "Lu Zhaozhao is just lucky, that’s all. If it wasn’t for her, I would be the one married into the Song Group right now!"
Xiao Jinglan was almost amused to laughter by Xia Wenjin’s shameless words.
"The reason Song Sinian married Lu Zhaozhao is that he wanted exactly Lu Zhaozhao, not because she’s the daughter of the Lu Family. Even if her name were Lin Zhaozhao, Bai Zhaozhao, or Xiao Zhaozhao, he would still marry her. You still haven’t figured it out, it’s truly laughable."
Xia Wenjin’s eyes visibly widened, seemingly unwilling to believe this fact.
Wasn’t Song Sinian marrying Lu Zhaozhao precisely because she was the daughter of the Lu Family?
Xiao Jinglan seemed to see through Xia Wenjin’s thoughts, her legs crossed in a lordly manner as she casually spoke, "Although Song Sinian’s external reputation isn’t good, the number of women wanting to marry him is astonishing. The small Lu Family, what makes you think it could catch Song Sinian’s eye?"
She also understood later why Song Sinian was willing to offer so many benefits to the Lu Family, just to marry a naive and pretty ’vase’ to bring home.
She had always thought Song Sinian was devoid of emotion, but now it seemed, his heart was probably all taken up by Lu Zhaozhao...
