Rose Manor

After nearly fourteen hours of flight, the plane finally landed. This performance was very important. The manager personally led the team and arranged several commercial vehicles in advance to pick them up from the airport and take them to the booked hotel.

The band all booked a standard room, two people sharing a room.

Shen Jianian and Wen Ran lived together. They put down their things and went to the bathroom to wash up.

It was now around nine o'clock in the morning local time. While Shen Jia Nian was waiting for Wen Ran to wash up, she sent a message to Fu Jichen to report that she was safe, and took a picture of the scenery outside the hotel window to show him.

After chatting for a few words on WeChat, Wen Ran came out of the bathroom and went in for Shen Jianian.

Wen Ran wiped the water from her face with a washcloth and glanced at Shen Jianian's unfolded suitcase on the floor. Various items were arranged in an orderly manner. Next to her stood her cello, which I heard was worth tens of millions. It was bought from an auction and was used by world-class pianist Yan Qiusheng. Speaking of which, Shen Jia Nian is still Yan Qiusheng's apprentice, which is really good luck.

The phone dinged several times, bringing Wen Ran back from her thoughts, and she picked up the phone on the bed.

There was a message in the band's WeChat group. The manager asked everyone to go to the restaurant downstairs to eat and then go back to the room to rest.

Wen Ran took her mobile phone and shouted in the direction of the bathroom: "Jianian, Lao Xie invites us to eat in the cafeteria on the 13th floor."

Shen Jia Nian had just finished using the toilet. She was on her period. She moved a little slowly. She was afraid that others would wait too long, so she said, "You go and eat first. I'll be there later."

Wen Ran said "Oh" and went out of the door without waiting for her. She happened to meet two girls coming out of the next room and joined them.

The two girls are both in the woodwind section, one plays the flute and the other plays the oboe. Like Wen Ran, they have been in this symphony orchestra for several years.

The two of them looked into the room behind Wen Ran and saw she came out alone, but not the other one. The girl playing the flute asked, "Where is Shen Jianian who lives with you? Isn't she going to eat?"

Wen Ran closed the door and answered in a neither salty nor bland tone: "Still cleaning up in the bathroom."

The girl who played the oboe touched her cheek and said with half envy and half jealousy: "No wonder her skin is so good and her life is more refined than ours. It's not like me. When I heard that I was going to eat, I washed my hands with cold water. His face came out."

The three people walked to the elevator as they talked, pressed the down button, and waited for two seconds before the elevator reached this floor.

The elevator door opened to both sides, and standing inside was a woman wearing white-rimmed sunglasses, dressed very fashionably.

The three of them walked into the elevator and continued the conversation.

Wen Ran heard the emotion in the girl who played the oboe and echoed: "She is the CEO's wife, how can she be compared to ordinary people like us."

As soon as these words came out, the woman wearing sunglasses in the elevator had a strange look on her face. She raised her hand to push up her sunglasses, and her eyes behind the lenses turned to the three people who were speaking.

"That's right." The girl who played the oboe said strangely, "On the Internet, it was said that she had undergone repair surgery after her disfigurement. I have seen photos of her before, and they are really different from now. I don't know which doctor did it with such skill. Superb, no traces of repair can be seen on the face.”

"Are you curious about what this is for? You don't want to have plastic surgery, do you?"

"Haha, I'm just curious, how can I afford plastic surgery?"

"If you're curious, ask her yourself. Maybe she'll tell you if she's in a good mood."

"Go away, you think I am such a person without emotional intelligence."

The elevator stopped at the 13th floor. The three of them walked out and changed the topic.

The woman wearing sunglasses also got off the elevator and walked to the cafeteria along the same path as the three of them.

If Shen Jia Nian were here, he might be able to recognize that the woman wearing sunglasses is Yin Shuyao, who shouldn't be here.

*

Wen Ran had a sumptuous buffet with the team members, and towards the end, Shen Jianian arrived late. She didn't come to their table. She took some food on her plate and sat alone at the window seat. She looked at her phone while eating, as if she was chatting with someone.

Shen Jia Nian's innocent face showed an occasional smile. Wen Ran guessed that she was sending a message to her husband.

Wen Ran looked away, put down the fork in his hand, picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, and said, "I'm going to the bathroom, are any of you going?"

The other two shook their heads and couldn't say anything. Wen Ran went to the bathroom alone. Because the time for eating was quite special, it was neither morning nor noon, so there was no one in the bathroom on this floor. She came out of the stall and stood in front of the sink to wash her hands.

The door of another cubicle behind him opened, and a young woman wearing a white CHANEL skirt came out, applying lipstick in front of the large mirror above the sink.

Wen Ran's eyes stayed on the woman for a few seconds through the mirror. At first, she felt that the skirt she was wearing looked familiar. It wasn't until she finished applying lipstick, put the lipstick cap on and stuffed it into her bag that Wen Ran saw her bag. There was a leather glasses storage box hanging on the chain, and I suddenly remembered that she was the woman wearing sunglasses in the elevator.

Yin Shuyao wiped off the excess lipstick on her lips with her fingertips, took out two tissues to wipe her hands, looked at Wen Ran in the mirror, and naturally recognized her as one of the girls who complained about Shen Jianian in the elevator.

If I guessed correctly, they were in the same symphony orchestra as Shen Jianian.

"Shen Jia Nian is quite enviable."

Wen Ran turned sideways and was about to leave when the woman suddenly spoke up. She spoke in Chinese, which meant that she had heard what they said about Shen Jia Nian in the elevator, especially when she said Shen Jia Nian's name accurately. Wen Ran's face turned pale for a moment, and her lips trembled, not knowing what to say.

Yin Shuyao saw her panicked expression in the mirror and was amused. She turned her head and asked her with raised corners of her lips: "Am I wrong?"

Her lips had just been painted with a retro red color, which was as rich as blood. Her smile was a bit evil, which made people feel chilled in their hearts.

"Don't be nervous." The smile on Yin Shuyao's lips became even thicker, "Like you, I also hate her and wish she would disappear. What do you think she is doing when she leaves a good CEO's wife alone and comes out to steal other people's jobs? "

The vigilance in Wen Ran's eyes slowly faded as she spoke, and her head turned around: "Do you know Shen Jianian?"

"More than just acquaintance, we have a deep connection." The coldness in Yin Shuyao's eyes flashed through her eyes, and she spoke very straightforwardly, "This performance of yours must be quite important. Try to find a way to prevent her from attending. Aren't you the one who stands out? Moreover, if she neglects her duty on such an important occasion, she will be disliked by your manager and blacklisted. After all, no one would want someone who loses her temper in battle, even if she is Junshan Mrs. President."

The words "outstanding" repeatedly floated through Wen Ran's mind, and she felt a little shaken.

This time they performed an orchestral piece, with a solo at the climax, and that solo was Shen Jianian playing the cello. If something goes wrong with her and she is unable to perform normally, according to her seniority, it will be her who takes the lead, and it will not fall to another boy.

The more Wen Ran thought about it, the more her mood surged and her fingertips trembled.

Yin Shuyao saw that the time was right and took out a small medicine bottle from her bag and stuffed it into her hand.

Wen Ran lowered her head in a daze, her blurry eyes slowly focused, and she saw clearly what was in her hand. It was a small transparent glass bottle with several white pills in it. She was startled, and her voice was no longer her own: "This is..."

"Don't worry, it's just an ordinary gastrointestinal medicine. It will cause gastrointestinal discomfort and she won't be able to play." Yin Shuyao explained to her, her tone was very soft, as if she was not tempting people to do bad things, "I just want to give her a little It’s just a lesson, you can get what you want, why not.”

Wen Ran tightened her fingers and clenched the small medicine bottle.

Knowing that the fish was hooked, Yin Shuyao raised the corners of her mouth slightly, took out the sunglasses from the glasses storage box hanging on the chain bag, put them on her face, and left gracefully on high heels.

She originally wanted to find an opportunity to do it herself. This was a foreign country, and there were no bodyguards around Shen Jia Nian. She would not be aware of it, and she would not be found out afterwards. Now, even God is helping her. By accident, she bumps into a woman who is also jealous of Shen Jianian and becomes her scapegoat.

Even if the matter was exposed, Shen Jianian had already been tricked by that time, and this woman would definitely not dare to say anything more.

Shen Jianian, go to hell...

Wen Ran put the medicine bottle in her pocket and returned to the restaurant with a full heart. The two companions had finished eating and were sitting on their seats drinking tea and chatting. When they saw Wen Ran coming over, they casually asked: "Why have you been gone so long?"

Wen Ran shook her head and said nothing. She sat down and drank all the juice in the cup in one breath. She subconsciously touched the things in her pocket with her fingers, as if to confirm that what just happened was not a dream.

After the meal, the three of them went upstairs together and went back to their rooms to rest.

Wen Ran found a place to hide the medicine bottle, and lay on her bed, closing her eyes without falling asleep. After waiting for about half an hour, there was a knock on the door outside.

She got up from the bed and opened the door. Shen Jia Nian came back after eating. Shen Jianian raised his eyes and smiled apologetically at her: "Did it disturb your sleep?"

Wen Ran pursed her lips and shook her head, stepped aside, and closed the door after she came in. (End of chapter)