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Chapter 143: Chapter 143 Just Don’t Wear the Red Dress
By 5 p.m., the Shengjing game fair had come to a resounding end, and everyone was exhausted from the busy day.
The next morning, Zhou Wu came to class with a smile, stood on the podium, and said to everyone.
"Good news, everyone, our school’s celebration game fair’s first and second place in team popularity and revenue are both from our class."
"The first place is the team led by Lan Yu, which will receive a prize money of two million. The second place is the team led by Lu Qianrou, which will receive a million."
"Both teams performed extremely well, let’s give them a round of applause in congratulations!"
The classroom immediately burst into loud applause, but Lu Qianrou, sitting in her seat, had an extremely ugly expression on her face.
Just yesterday morning, she had been the center of attention, but by the afternoon, almost everyone at the school had gone to Lu Sheng’s side.
Their team’s revenue was simply the result of selling high-priced coffee in those few hours.
What disgusted Lu Qianrou even more was Yao Xuantong.
Yao Xuantong was invited by her to attract onlookers, yet she left abruptly yesterday, taking with her the fans who had stayed just to see her.
So in the end, her coffee shop was so empty it didn’t even have a shadow, turning into a complete joke.
However, what Lu Qianrou didn’t expect was that even after doing something so despicable, Yao Xuantong still had the nerve to send her a message in the afternoon.
[Qianrou, didn’t you say after the school celebration, you would invite me to visit your home? When will you arrange it?]
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Upon seeing the message, Lu Qianrou was so angry she almost crushed her phone.
How could someone be so shameless? How low could Yao Xuantong’s EQ be?
She didn’t invite her to the celebration to play; she was there to help draw crowd popularity. Yet, she left halfway and still had the gall to ask her for help meeting her third brother?
If it weren’t for that plan, Lu Qianrou would definitely not bother with Yao Xuantong now.
But now that Yao Xuantong had come, she could be useful and serve as part of her plan. Taking a deep breath, Lu Qianrou sent a message back.
[Xuantong sister, my eldest brother arranged a celebration at home tomorrow evening to celebrate Lu Sheng and me winning the first and second popularity prizes at the school fair.]
[My third brother will also be at home tomorrow night, you can come.]
Yao Xuantong replied in a second: [Really, that’s great!]
After a few seconds, she sent a flurry of questions, [You grew up with your third brother, do you know what style of girls he likes? Is it better for me to wear a dress or to dress casually? What color does he like?]
Seeing these questions, Lu Qianrou’s eyes involuntarily revealed a bit of malice, then she replied: [You can wear anything, just don’t wear a red dress.]
Yao Xuantong pursued with confusion: [Not wear a red dress? Why, does your third brother not like red dresses?]
Far from merely disliking.
Lu Qianrou snorted through her nose, her eyes growing darker. She didn’t even want to reply to Yao Xuantong anymore, pretending not to see her messages.
The next day.
This so-called celebration was just a pretext.
Firstly, on the day of the school celebration, Lu Jingyan saw that Lu Sheng, Lu Youming, Lan Yu, and Han Jing got along very well.
As the eldest brother, Lu Jingyan was naturally happy to see his sister, who just arrived in Jiang City, and his always introverted younger brother making good friends. It was a perfect opportunity to let these kids have some fun at this gathering.
Secondly, Lu Jingyan also invited Li Muchen to this gathering.
That day, outside the storeroom, Lu Jingyan had proposed having a proper talk with Li Muchen the next day. This gathering was just the right time; otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to put his mind at ease.
It had been a long time since the Lu Family had organized such a small-scale gathering.
Lu Jingyan was busy with company matters every day, Lu Siyan didn’t live at home, and Lu Ziye didn’t come home more than a few times a year, so it was hard for them to get together, nor was there a good reason.
So this was quite rare.
When Jiang Ting heard that Li Muchen would also come, she took it very seriously, extremely anxious as she helped the house servants with the party arrangements and meals, fearing any potential issues.
Jiang Ting had no idea that Li Muchen was coming for Lu Sheng.
She thought that it was because Lu Jingyan had established a relationship with Li Muchen in the business world, and she couldn’t be prouder.
Old Mr. Li was rumored to be cold and unapproachable, and now he was actually willing to come to their Lu Family’s gathering, which clearly gave lots of face to her son.
Jiang Ting was even chasing after Lu Jingyan, asking, "I’ve heard that Old Mr. Li’s legs are healed now; wouldn’t that make him a most eligible bachelor?"
"With Old Mr. Li’s status and power, aren’t many families in Jiang City eyeing him up, wanting to marry their daughters to him?"
"Shouldn’t I make Qianrou dress up nicely? Qianrou is so beautiful and outstanding, what if Li Muchen falls in love with her at first sight during the gathering?"
"If our Lu Family could form a marriage alliance with the Li Family and have the support of the Li Family, our family could just take off."
Even until now, Jiang Ting did not regard Lu Sheng as part of the Lu Family. In her heart, the only daughter of the Lu Family was Lu Qianrou.
But Lu Jingyan was speechless listening to his mother’s words.
Where did his mother get the confidence to think Lu Qianrou was so beautiful and outstanding that she could make someone like Li Muchen fall in love at first sight? 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
If it weren’t for Lu Sheng, Li Muchen wouldn’t even come to the Lu Family gathering, and even if he did, he wouldn’t spare a glance at Lu Qianrou.
He still had that much self-awareness.
As for the marriage alliance, Lu Jingyan hadn’t even considered it.
Even if Lu Sheng marrying Li Muchen would bring immeasurable benefits to the Lu Family, he would never use his own sister as a tool to maintain family interests.
The gathering was at seven in the evening.
Lu Sheng slept through the afternoon until almost five o’clock and was woken only when a servant knocked on her door.
Rubbing her eyes, she went to open the door and saw the servant standing at the door respectfully, holding an elegantly large gift box.
Lu Sheng glanced down and asked, "What’s this?"
The servant said, "Miss Shengsheng, this is from a Mr. Li who sent someone to deliver it for you, saying it’s for you to wear to tonight’s gathering, so I brought it straight to you."
As they spoke, they handed over the gift box to Lu Sheng.
Clothes for her to wear for tonight’s gathering?
The people coming tonight were all acquaintances, and Lu Sheng had originally planned to dress casually, but she hadn’t expected Li Muchen to put so much emphasis on it and even specially have clothes delivered for her.
But on second thought, since Li Muchen was visiting the Lu Family for the first time today, he must also be dressed formally, probably wanting some sense of ceremony.
Lu Sheng carried the box over to the table to unpack it and saw a dress inside.
A simple and casual strappy long dress, beautifully styled and tailored, with a luxurious feel in hand.
Importantly, she also liked the color of the dress which was like roses blooming in the dark night, a pure and intense wine red.
