Crossing the line

Chapter 96 Changing Beds
Zhou Fei and Zhao Qin each had their own concerns. After the tea tasting party was over, Zhou Fei rarely sent Zhao Qin home.

Zhao Qin could also understand. After all, she needed some time to adjust after knowing that Wen Yangzhi had a girlfriend.

But unexpectedly, in the car, Zhou Fei suddenly sent her a message saying that there was an emergency at the bank, so he didn't have time to send her off. He had already booked a table at Fu Ji Private Kitchen for two days, and invited her to go with him to try the pot-roasted river eel.

Zhao Qin was a little surprised.

Pan-fried river eel is not a very rare dish, it is a common Shanghainese dish.

But the only restaurant that can cook this dish to such perfection that Zhao Qin, a Hong Kong resident, can rave about it is Fook Kee.

This dish is the specialty of the chef at Fu Ji. It tastes better than any other restaurant Zhao Qin has ever seen. The most common style is used to create a flavor that will make diners linger.

The eel meat is tender and crispy, the eel segments are not broken, and the aroma is fragrant.

Zhao Qin doesn't like local cuisine, but ever since she tried Fu Ji's pot-roasted river eel once, she couldn't forget it.

Fu Kee Private Kitchen only receives two tables of guests every day.

"The Gabriel you raised is very beautiful." Yun Yuwan praised, "From the way you prepared the soil, I can probably tell how it can grow so beautiful."

The three of them were in a harmonious relationship, discussing flowers, and Yun Yuwan was not at all arrogant.

The master gardener understood and hesitated: "But I have never tried to prune Gabriel like this."

She couldn't help but smile.

Yun Yuwan smiled lightly: "How about we try to trim it by wiping the top for a long time?"

Zhao Qin sat in the hall and said calmly, "There will be a flower arrangement party at the Zhu family this afternoon. I plan to take you with me."

It's not something that you can't show off.

Yun Yuwan touched the petals and suddenly said, "But Gabriel has always been raising flowers this way. I am a little tired of it after watching it for so long."

Zhao Qin didn't look up at her, she just picked up the teacup and said, "Take a look at what you want to wear. Don't wear something too formal, and don't wear something too plain."

The sudden change of tone made the gardener stiff for a moment: "What do you mean?"

Yun Yuwan felt inexplicably frightened. She said goodbye to the gardener and walked into the villa.

"Of course you can, but the planning of this garden has always been decided by Steward Deng." The gardener's eyes drifted towards Uncle Deng, unsure whether to follow his instructions.

It would be great if Yun Yuwan could be as presentable as Zhou Fei.

"Okay, I'll go back and prepare." Yun Yuwan was talking and laughing just now, but at this moment the atmosphere became a little heavy.

Yun Yuwan stood there, smiling faintly, with green and light pink flowing around her, and flowers swaying around her in a charming manner.

The gardener suddenly realized what was going on, but was curious: "Why did you think of wiping the top? Gabriel has always been more elegant the taller he grows."

If he was able to book a table suddenly, it must mean that he had prepared to invite her to taste the food a long time ago.

Uncle Deng was holding Yun Yuwan's coat and was friendly. He stood by Yun Yuwan's side to support her: "Listen to the young lady. Besides, our young lady is a florist, so she is half your colleague and a professional."

But Yun Yuwan was not the daughter Zhao Qin wanted.

Yun Yuwan was called back.

But she only knows how to take care of flowers and plants, which is completely different from Lou Wanyi. If Lou Wanyi were still alive, I'm afraid that with her current position, even Wen's Bank would have to respect her.

Uncle Deng was listening on the side.

It is also because of this face that he can barely look presentable.

She lowered her voice and called Yun Yuwan, "Yuwan."

Of course, if you weren’t one of the best, you wouldn’t have been hired by Wen Yuan.

Zhao Qin also made a reservation. Even though Fu Ji only accepted regular customers, her reservation was already scheduled for three months later. She mentioned paying extra to move to a seat further forward, but Fu Ji said that the guests were all wealthy or noble and Fu Ji could not afford to offend the guests in front, so Zhao Qin had to give up.

But Zhao Qin didn't smile, she said calmly: "Come in, I have something to tell you."

Zhao Qin felt relieved. She knew that she liked to eat pot-roasted river eels and had even made a special reservation at the restaurant. This kid was really good at handling things.

Archangel Gabriel is a shrub rose with a gray-purple center, which looks cool and noble. The gardener grows it very standardly.

The gardener said cheerfully: "Miss, why are you always here watching me pruning?"

Instead, she became more and more refined.

It was a bit sudden, but fortunately it was just a party, nothing else, Yun Yuwan responded: "Okay."

Yun Yuwan took out her phone, found a picture and showed it to the gardener: "I have tried growing a short-branched flowering Gabriel Archangel. It is very beautiful. When it blooms, it looks like a flower umbrella, round and plump."

Yun Yuwan looked into the distance naturally: "Look, this is a flat land with many tall flower trees. If Gabriel is also tall, the view will be very limited. After all, a garden is not a flower forest. If the Gabriel along the way is shorter, the view will be wider."

Yun Yuwan smiled gently and said, "As long as the seedlings or medium-sized and large seedlings are constantly topped, budded and branched during the summer, and a little nitrogen fertilizer is applied, it will be fine. It happens to be summer now."

After returning home, Zhao Qin got off the car in front of the villa. Yun Yuwan was watching the gardener pruning flowers and trees in the front garden. She was wearing a sleeveless white dress with draped stripes, and her side profile looked thin and gentle.

After removing the apical dominance, the flower tree will supply nutrients to the side branches, and Gabriel will not grow tall.

Thinking of Zhou Fei, who had just coaxed her into submission, Zhao Qin couldn't help but compare herself to him.

Standing there, for a moment, one felt that she was Lou Wanyi.

Seeing the photo, the master was also amazed: "This is the first time I've seen Gabriel trained like this."

The gardener suddenly became proud: "Of course, I have been doing gardening for more than 30 years. I am not bragging, my gardening skills are among the best in Shanghai."

banquet.

In fact, none of the people around the Wen family that she met particularly liked her.

After all, the fake princess was really fake. Many people laughed at her, saying that she couldn't decant red wine and that she held the wine glass with her belly. They also laughed at her for not knowing what the brand's VIC was and asking if she was VIP.

(VIC: Very Important Client, VIP: Very Important People, in luxury brands, VIC customers enjoy far more privileged services than VIPs)

She was not from this class, she did not understand many things, and she had never attended any of those prestigious banquets. Her aunt had never helped her, and she had to chat and laugh with all kinds of dignitaries, but no one protected her, so she always felt scared and uncomfortable.

Even though those banquets were held in Wen Garden at that time.

It was not long since her parents passed away, and she was thrown into such an unfamiliar environment.

Occasionally, when Wen Yangzhi was around, he would quietly help her out, but those people didn't like her, and she could feel the discrimination, and it was not something that could be solved by helping her once or twice.

It's normal not to like interacting with her. After all, she really has no common topics with these people.

The purpose of Zhao Qin bringing Yun Yuwan to this flower arrangement party was very simple.

She also considered that Yun Yuwan would not appear shy at the flower arrangement party, and it would be good enough for her to sit there and arrange two flowers without making any mistakes.

As far as she knew, Yun Yuwan was only good at flower arrangement, and it was hard to say about the other things. After all, she came to live in the Wen family when she was almost an adult, and she didn't understand many things. She also grew up in an ordinary family, so it was hard to force her to improve.

In the afternoon, Zhao Qin sent a message to Zhu Nongzhang in advance: "I will take Yuwan with me today. I hope you can take good care of her."

Zhu Nongzhang quickly replied with a "hello" and sent a cute emoticon.

But her face didn't look good.

Aunt Qin is now going to bring that adopted daughter into her social circle.

Can't I stay abroad for the rest of my life? That message was like a bucket of cold water. Zhu Nongzhang's mother died early, and the Wen family and the Zhu family were close, so Zhao Qin treated her like her own daughter, often taking her out, and even took her to live in Wen Garden when she was a child.

Aunt Qin only loved her before, but now someone who came from nowhere has taken this position.

When Yun Yu went upstairs to choose clothes at night, she saw the necklace out of the corner of her eye. It was delicate and small. Although it used diamonds and black pearls together, the design was elegant.

moment,

After choosing her clothes, she came out of the cloakroom and entered the bedroom, only to find that the bed in her bedroom had changed. It was at least half a size bigger than before.

She pressed the call button beside the bed: "Uncle Deng, why did the bed in my room get changed?"

Uncle Deng chuckled: "Mr. Xiao Wen said your bed was broken, so he quickly replaced it with a new one for you."

Yun Yuwan: "..."

She released the button.

She sent a message to Wen Yangzhi: "Why did you change my bed?"

Wen Yangzhi was handling some matters. He glanced at his cell phone, asked his subordinates to go out first, and called Yun Yuwan.

A calm and composed voice came through the microphone and reached Yun Yuwan's ears: "The original one is not enough."

Yun Yuwan was both embarrassed and annoyed: "You come again."

Wen Yangzhi said leisurely: "I mean I'm tall and the bed isn't long enough for me."

The clouds are about to choke.

He asked back, "What do you want to say?"

Ai Ai, in the late stage of Yunyu: "I also want to talk about the length of the bed."

He chuckled knowingly.

After a moment, I asked her, "Necklace, have you found the right time to wear it?"

Yun Yuwan was surprised: "How did you know?"

"I asked Uncle Deng to propose this party at home." Wen Yangzhi tapped the table with his fingertips.

Yun Yuwan suddenly understood: "Is this party good for me?"

"You'll know when you go there." Wen Yangzhi said vaguely.

It was very strange. Wen Yangzhi only said this one sentence, but she suddenly was not afraid anymore.

He must have made arrangements. Maybe there would be someone protecting her at the party, or something that would be very beneficial to her, otherwise he would not have let her go.

In the afternoon, Zhu Nongzhang and a group of friends sat in the garden chatting and drinking red wine.

Zhu Nongzhang mocked indifferently: "The adopted daughter of the Wen family is coming this time. I really don't know how Aunt Qin brought her out."

The friend next to him was curious: "The adopted daughter of the Wen family? Isn't that the one who went abroad to study and never came back? I've never seen Aunt Qin bring her out. I guess she doesn't look good."

Zhao Qin herself is beautiful and was famous in East Asia when she was young. Although she later became famous, she still has her own pursuit of clothing and dressing.

Those who wanted to curry favor with the Wen family knew that she would only carry bags made of rare leather and would only wear out-of-season dresses. From jewelry to scarves, nothing she did was just for the sake of being polite. She was a beautiful aunt with great style among the elders of the previous generation.

Moreover, Zhao Qin would give big red envelopes to the pretty younger generations since they were young.

Since Zhao Qin has never been brought out, it is very likely that Aunt Qin does not like this adopted daughter because she is not good-looking.

But Zhu Nongzhang had seen Yun Yuwan in person and knew that she was a beauty. His expression was uncertain at the moment:
"Whether it's good-looking or not depends mainly on personal aesthetics, which varies from person to person, but I just can't get along with her."

Someone chimed in: "I heard that she showed up at the Jiang family's ball last time, but she only showed up for a moment and then disappeared. She was gone when I arrived."

"That's too petty. If you don't dare to show your face once, why go to the dance?"

Everyone laughed quietly.

Zhu Nongzhang said as a matter of course: "He is not Aunt Qin's biological child, so of course he is very different from Aunt Qin."

Everyone knows Aunt Qin. After all, she is a popular star and so beautiful that even children like her.

"So, Nong Zhang has the best relationship with Aunt Qin. As Aunt Qin's daughter, Nong Zhang should have a good relationship with her. Nong Zhang doesn't even play with her, which means he is really not up to the standard."

These words touched Zhu Nongzhang's heart.

Ever since the Wen family suddenly had an adopted daughter, she hated Yun Yuwan to death.

I don't know which daughter from a humble family suddenly showed up and married Aunt Qin to be her mother. What right did she have?
She was not even qualified to call Aunt Qin "Mom". She originally wanted to recognize Aunt Qin as her godmother, but Yun Yuwan just happened to show up.

Zhu's father said that the other person already has a daughter, so don't make trouble to make her unhappy.

After that, the matter was left unresolved.

Why should she give up her seat to this country bumpkin whom she had never even met?

Aunt Qin could obviously be her godmother.

Zhu Nongzhang held the wine glass and said nothing.

Just listening to everyone's discussion.

"Auntie Qin didn't take her with her before. Doesn't that mean she doesn't like her?"

"I heard that Jiang Yingyu also ran away from her blind date. I guess he doesn't like her very much."

A boy laughed, "I met her once in high school. She was actually quite pretty. I said I would take her out for a ride, but she ran to the back seat and said it was too dark as soon as she got in. I asked her to turn on the reading light, but she panicked and said she didn't know where the button was. I lost interest instantly. How could Jiang Yingyu like her?"

After listening to his friends' complaints that they all didn't want to hang out with Yun Yuwan, Zhu Nongzhang calmed down a little.

Zhu Nongzhang is the youngest daughter of one of the country's leading insurance groups. Except for being bullied at home, she is basically flattered by others outside.

Just wait and see in the afternoon. If she does nothing, Yun Yuwan will probably make a fool of herself.

At the afternoon party, most people had arrived, but the most anticipated Yun Yuwan had not yet arrived.

"Is she coming yet?"

"Maybe she doesn't dare to come. This time we are mostly young people of the same generation. She doesn't dare to play with us."

Someone sneered.

After all, everyone here has a rich or noble background, and ordinary people really don't dare to play with them.

Outside the Zhu family villa, a pure-blooded Maybach bypassed the fountain and drove into the inner courtyard, stopping not far from the villa.

The concierge wearing an intercom heard the guest's parking signal and walked out from the inner court to lead the guest in.

Noticing the concierge moving, everyone realized that someone had arrived and their eyes shifted to the door.

The heavy high door was pushed open, and the concierge walked in front first, but his eyes and body were facing backwards, smiling: "Mrs. Wen, please come this way."

Soon, a familiar and elegant figure appeared in front of him, Zhao Qin appeared calmly.

But after a moment, she went down the stairs and turned back to speak to someone: "Look at the stairs."