After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved novel Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Chapter 8: The Wine Glasses Were Shocked to Fall

Gu Zhi suddenly lifted his head, his voice trembling, "...You know Bai Qiang? What did she want you to find me for?"

"I've been living in the countryside," said Lu Sheng, "Last year, Bai Qiang sister came to my village and lived for a year in a wooden cabin on our mountain."

"Stayed for a year?" Gu Zhi held his breath, immediately asking, "Then where is she now..."

"Sister has already left, and she didn't leave any contact information." As soon as Lu Sheng spoke, the light in Gu Zhi's eyes dimmed at once.

"When sister left, she took all her things with her, and that small wooden cabin was dismantled. She said she doesn't like staying in one place for too long."

Gu Zhi's lips slightly tightened.

That indeed sounded like something Bai Qiang would say. She always yearned for freedom and abhorred being bound; others couldn't even keep up with chasing her footsteps.

"You just mentioned she wanted you to find me, is there something important?" Only then did Gu Zhi take a good look at the girl in front of him, who appeared plain-clad but exuded a unique aura.

"Before sister left, she said if I ever came to Jiang City and needed help, I could go to a store called Crystal to find a brother with the English name Ellison."

Lu Sheng obediently said, "Sister mentioned that as long as I wrote that poem on a note for brother, he would help me out."

[In me the tiger sniffs the rose.]

This was the poem she had recited to him during his most confused times, and later, he had tattooed this line onto his right shoulder.

What was written on the note wasn't important; what mattered was that he would never refuse whatever she wished for.

Gu Zhi stood up straight: "She wants you to find me, which means she values you a lot. Just tell me what you need help with. I only hope... you can promise me one thing."

Lu Sheng blinked, "What is it?"

Gu Zhi took out a business card from his pocket, handed it over, and said, "If one day she contacts you, please give me her number. Whatever you want, I will repay you."

Lu Sheng paused for a moment, took the business card, then lifted her eyes, clear and straightforward: "Okay, I remember, brother."

The affection of the youth remained pure, just that, Bai Qiang had already died.

Doing such things no longer had any meaning.

Lu Sheng informed Gu Zhi that she was from the Lu Family and was about to attend the Fu Family's charity gala that evening; she didn't know what make up or attire would be appropriate.

"Don't worry, leave it to me," Gu Zhi responded immediately.

When the other stylists and employees of Crystal saw Ellison bringing a girl dressed in a shabby long tee and jeans into his exclusive styling room, they were all too shocked to speak.

"Holy sh*t, what's going on?! Wasn't that girl just in line for the regular stylists, how come it's Ellison who came out to serve her??"

"Yeah, that girl seems to be from the Lu Family, right? I heard her call Mrs. Lu 'mother', but Mrs. Lu was very indifferent towards her, obviously intentionally neglecting her."

"Right, right, Mrs. Lu and Miss Lu finished their styling and left her behind. I thought she was going to attend the gala in that torn magenta dress."

"Appearances can be deceiving, that girl looks so ordinary, yet she seems to have a connection with our director. You know, even when Ms. Zhou, the actress, offered a million for our director to give just a bit of guidance for her red carpet look, the director didn't agree."

The chattering employees all cast envious glances towards the closed door of the styling room.

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[Fu Mansion]

"I would never give up on Qianrou!" As the girls were chatting back and forth, a slightly annoyed male voice suddenly emerged from behind.

"Ah Chen?"

Lu Qianrou turned around in surprise and saw a handsome young man with a tall figure and a suit approaching her.

"What's Lu Sheng? A countryside illegitimate daughter who grew up in the wild, doesn't she look at her own status? She really thinks she's worthy of me and can enter the Fu Mansion."

Fu Chen snorted coldly and firmly put his arm around Lu Qianrou's shoulders, "Qianrou, rest assured, I will speak to Grandpa as soon as the auction ends to have him cancel the engagement. In this lifetime, apart from you, I definitely won't marry another woman!"

Fu Chen's impression of rural people was still stuck in the image portrayed in TV dramas from the 80s and 90s—rural women facing the loess with their backs to the sky.

Although he had not yet met Lu Sheng, he already imagined a girl with a small and shriveled figure, dark and rough skin, highland red on her face, speaking timidly.

She might not even speak Mandarin, brandishing a ridiculously thick accent, and likely carrying a stinky scent on her body that could make one vomit even from a distance...

Fu Chen hadn't finished his mental images when he heard Tang Yiyi pointing towards the entrance and saying, "Hey, Qianrou, isn't that your elder brother? Did he bring a female companion today?"

—Elder brother is here too?

Wasn't he said to be too busy with work to come to the banquet tonight?

Lu Qianrou looked up somewhat excitedly, only to see Lu Jingyan getting off the Mercedes, and then extending his hand very gentlemanly into the car.

A hand in a black velvet glove gently rested on his, and then the girl inside the car gracefully alighted.

For some reason, the previously noisy courtyard suddenly fell silent, and many people involuntarily or confusingly turned to look in that direction.

When Lu Qianrou saw the face of the person who got off the car, her eyes widened, and the wine glass in her hand nearly dropped to the ground.