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Chapter 123 [120] Participating in the Auction Dinner
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Du Bai and Qing Nu came back from the outside, and happened to see Zhu Yuan holding a cheongsam in his hand, smiling and chatting with Xu Jinyi.

Du Bai flattered and said, "Sister, have you ordered new clothes? They look so pretty!"

Zhu Yuan smiled back at him, "You have a sweet mouth, even if you don't look good, you will say it looks good."

"It's really pretty. If you don't believe me, ask Qingnu to see if I'm lying."

Qingnu approached and touched the material with his hands, nodded in agreement and said: "The best ancient satin red flowers are fragrant cloud gauze inlaid with gold thread, it is a very difficult method, sister, where did you make it?"

On weekdays, the clothes I wish to complain about are all made by Qing slaves, so I know the fabrics like the back of the back of my hand.

Before Zhu Yuan could answer, Xu tried his best to rush back and said: "Brother Rongyan sent it. I just praised Brother Rongyan for his good eyesight. My sister compared it. It looks very good-looking, and it makes the complexion very bright."

Qingnu breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately it was the nightmare, not the devil Zhu Jiujing.

"It's time for sister to change her colors. I wanted to help sister make some colored cheongsams before the New Year's Eve!"

Zhu Yuan just laughed, didn't talk to him, let alone said yes or no.

She changed the subject and asked, "What did you two say to each other in the past?"

Qing Nu said helplessly: "Hey! This time it's troublesome, let's wait first!"

The job this time was indeed a bit tricky. The other party was a ghost who came to her to help.

She asked Qing Nu to communicate with the ghost's brother Ma, but the other party didn't recognize her. To put it bluntly, he thought too highly of himself and didn't look down on her, and he didn't intend to cooperate.

Qing Nu went there again this time, probably with the same result.

Zhu Yuan pursed his lips after hearing this, and raised his eyebrows in displeasure: "Shang Chau Zi is really not a business, if it wasn't for the friendship between Qing Feng and Mi Mei, I wouldn't bother to care about it!
I also want to retire at the end of the year, she likes it or not! "

When Xu Jinyi and Du Bai first arrived, they were worried every day that they would suddenly see ghosts.

But I have never seen it in the past few months, and Zhu Yuan also explained to them the nature of her work on weekdays.

Although it sounds scary to do these things, they don't have yin and yang eyes. If the other party didn't deliberately scare them, they usually wouldn't see it.

Qing Nu gave each of them a jewelry to ward off evil spirits, and they both cherished it as life-saving amulets.

After a few months, the two of them have gotten used to the current life, and they ran a few things with Zhu Yuan without any scare.

It’s just that sometimes, when Zhu Yuan muttered to himself and spoke to the air, they would feel a chill in their backs, and their bodies would feel numb as if they had been electrified. The rest of the time, they were mostly living a normal life.

Liao has been locked in the gourd since Xu Jinyi's incident, and has not been released until now.

Sometimes he would cry and complain of grievances across the gourd and Qingnu, but Zhu Yuan never softened his heart.

He didn't say when he would be released, and even Qing Nu didn't know if he would be released.

Xu Jinyi and Du Bai also found that Zhu Yuan was very reticent most of the time, which subverted their previous perception of her.

They all think that Zhu Yuan is the kind of crazy person who is desperate for love, with a fiery temper, who will immediately catch fire when others light it, and has a very vicious mouth, she can't listen to a word of loss.

After getting in touch with her during these days, they realized that she only looked like that when facing Master Jiu, and most of the time she just leaned on the imperial concubine's couch in a daze, and none of them could guess what she was thinking.

Du Bai felt that Zhu Yuan was very cute when he was in front of Master Jiu, like a little girl who wanted to be loved.

For the rest of the time, she is a sister, and she can only watch from a distance, not play with her.
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On the day of the auction dinner, Su Rongyan came to pick her up in person, and Du Bai and Qing Nu drove behind, in the name of protecting her.

It goes without saying who to guard against.

Besides Zhu Jiujing, who else could hurt Zhu Yuan?
Su Rongyan was wearing a black three-piece suit that day, and a black woolen coat over it, which just matched Zhu Yuan's black suit.

When he saw Zhu Yuan walking towards him, his eyes were full of pampering, and he seemed very satisfied with the clothes he helped her choose, she looked so beautiful in them.

Zhu Yuan took Su Runyan's arm, and the two entered the banquet hall talking and laughing.

Many people know Zhu Yuan, after all, this sister is famous for being manic in Yu Xike!
But everyone also wondered in their hearts, wasn't she the woman who threatened to marry Master Jiu?
I haven't seen you in the past few months, why did you suddenly get together with Su Rongyan?

Looking at the relationship is still so unusual?

Xu Jinyi saw Zhu Yuan's figure, and immediately went to her side, "Sister, you are here, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Xu Jinyi was wearing a white dress today, which made her look like a clean hibiscus flower, fresh and refined, like a little princess.

Zhu Yuan petted back with a smile, "Well, something was delayed temporarily, so it's a bit late."

Xu Jinyi greeted Su Yunyan politely, "Brother Rongyan."

Gentleman Su Duyan nodded, and asked politely: "I heard from Zhu Yuan that you are working for her now?"

Xu Jinyi lowered his head shyly, and replied: "Yes, sister doesn't dislike me, and I don't know how to do anything there. I just spend my salary for nothing."

Su Yunyan smiled apologetically, "With you chatting with her every day to relieve boredom, I think this is your most important job."

Then he turned his head to Zhu Yuan and said softly: "Jiu Ye is over there, I'll go over and say hello, let Jin Yi stay here with you for a while?"

Zhu Yuan followed his gaze, and Zhu Jiujing's face appeared in her eyes.

And, of course, the woman beside him glaring at her.

Su Yunyan didn't want to take her there at first, for fear of embarrassing meeting everyone, so she was considerate enough for her sake.

"Okay, go get busy and leave me alone."

Su Rongyan patted her on the back soothingly, then strode away.

Xu tried his best to get close to Zhu Yuan, and whispered, "Sister, have you seen the woman next to Master Jiu?"

Zhu Yuan hooked the corner of his mouth, looking a little indifferent, "Well, I saw it."

"Her name is Xia Zhi."

"I know."

Xu Jinyi widened his eyes in surprise, and asked, "How do you know?"

"I've blown her head off, how do you think I know?"

That's right, this Miss Xia once called Zhu Yuan a black crow, the sister who was headed off by her.

Most of the bad-tempered rumors spread from face to face started from that incident.

Xu Jinyi took a deep breath and asked, "What happened next?"

Zhu Yuan looked at her sideways, and replied flatly: "There is no later."

"That's all for the Xia family?"

Zhu Yuan asked back: "Otherwise?"

Xu Jinyi lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said to her: "Then Master Jiu or Brother Yanyan should have done the work behind the scenes, otherwise people like the Xia family wouldn't have let it go so easily."

Holding a glass of wine, Zhu Yuan casually asked, "What kind of family?"

"A family of high/official, real/powerful ones, what do you think?"
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(End of this chapter)