An Angelic B*tch's Climb Up the Social Ladder - Chapter 12
Chap 12- Here’s to Wishing Both of You Falls For the Same Woman
In face of rumbling complaints, Lu Yihuai only leaned back lazily, speaking with a tone that made one itch with the urge to punch him, “Can’t be helped, I just have a smart brain.”
As soon as he said this, everyone was immediately dissatisfied.
“F*c, Jiang Ting, settle him quickly, this kid has become more and more frantic after entering the army. Seems like he hasn’t been tortured enough by his father.”
“F*c you!” Yao Feng looked at him with eyes that could kill, “Not forgetting to show your superiority everywhere, huh?”
With the tip of his tongue pressed against the back of his front teeth, Lu Yihuai laughed in a low tone.
Jiang Ting’s deep voice came from behind, “Why have you come back earlier than planned?”
“Just bored of staying in the team.” Lu Yihuai said, “Came back to find some proper business to do.”
Jiang Ting said unclearly, “Your grandfather is willing to let you go?”
“Of course he refused. But he can’t help the fact that there’s another old stubborn person in the family. When two tigers fight, one is bound to end up injured.”
He put his hand on the back of his neck, his expression carefree, “Us juniors should just watch from the sidelines.”
Hearing this, Jiang Ting’s eyes flashed a smile.
Watch from the sidelines? I’m afraid it’s a change of map after lv max.
[T/N: Here it’s talking about Lu Yihuai achieving ‘max lv’ in the army so he wanted a change]
While talking, the group moved from the square table to the sofa beside them. The good-looking men of class held wine glasses in their hands and talked while they drank.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the night view of the city was ethereal, with bright lights and intercrossing figures hurrying to their destinations.
Inside the window, smoke rose from the cigarette in Lu Yihuai’s hand, filling his vicinity with smoke in a blink of an eye, making the man’s face seem more three-dimensional and pronounced and his eyes also particularly dark and bright.
“Your (maternal)grandfather asked you to come back and help him?” Jiang Ting swirled the glass in his hand and asked, “Mingdong Real Estate?”
Mingdong Real Estate in his words is a real estate branch of Mingdong Group.
Mingdong spanned across half the globe and was founded by Lu Yihuai’s (maternal)grandfather Yang Shichen. It has developed from its initial real estate business into a business empire with multiple industrial chains.
–including sub-industries like medical, real estate, education, leisure, etc., but real estate is still the backbone of Mingdong Group, and it can be regarded as the leader in China’s real estate.
What really made its place untouchable, was Yang Shichen’s daughter’s marriage to Lu Jian’s- chief of staff of the Central Military Commission- eldest son at the end of the 20th century. Since then, it can be regarded as a real combination of power and business.
Faced with his buddie’s question, Lu Yihuai replied with a “hmm” without a comment.
Jiang Ting: “Where is your (maternal)uncle’s son? Isn’t he in charge of the group’s branch?”
These words truly were asking what he(JT) already knew, Lu Yihuai glanced at him faintly, “You don’t know?”
Jiang Ting raised his eyebrows, “Should I know?”
He obviously was made an accomplice by him. Yang Jin was but an empty shell- eager to achieve merit but had no brains. Soon after he was in charge, he wanted to execute Guangye Real Estate.
Jiang Ting just made him jump into the pit voluntarily, with a move of making clamour in the East but attacking in the West.
“I heard that he screwed up when bidding for land.” The others who didn’t know what the two(JT, LYH) were playing at, told the truth, “More than one billion have been jeopardized, and he even needed his father to help him wipe his butt.”
“If I should make a comment, coward chickens like him ought to be through these bullsh*ts himself. Only when he sits in that position can he know his place.”
It’s unknown who in the room said, “I just pity Huaizi. It’s basically like helping the weak in poverty.”
These words were publicly derogatory and yet praised in secret– silently praising Lu Yihuai.
The social classes are separated by an uncrossable border, and it also differentiates in the inner circle(of the rich). Lu Yihuai and Jiang Ting are the subjects where everyone follows.
Compared with Jiang Ting who was cold and indifferent, Lu Yihuai who seems like a good-for-nothing from a wealthy family but in actual fact an unfathomable person, is even more difficult to understand.
Listening to these words of praise, Lu Yihuai lifted the corner of his mouth symbolically, too lazy to reply.
He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and said to Jiang Ting, “Mate, I’m but a rookie that’s just entered society, please be more merciful towards me in the future.”
Although he spoke lazily, he laughed very arrogantly.
Jiang Ting followed with a smirk, “I’m sorry, I just enjoy putting rookies into their places.”
“F*ck!”
The atmosphere suddenly became one full of enthusiasm.
After the bout of laughter, the door was knocked twice and pushed open. Behind the manager were four or five girls in their early twenties with tall stature and beautiful faces. The age where a maiden is most alluring.
They looked timid but acted boldly. After being pointed slightly, they sat directly on the lap of the man who chose her.
In just a short while, a hand reached *nto the girl’s skirt, wandering freely.
There were also girls who wanted to sit next to Jiang Ting and Lu Yihuai, but fell silent when a pair of cold eyes swept past them.
“I say Huaizi, what’s the matter with you, you’ve become Liu Xiahui after being in the army for a few years?”
[T/N: Here when implying Lu Yihuai was like Liu Xiahui meant being unmoved even when faced with beauty.]
Yao Feng on the side joked, and the latter gave him a look.
But they all grew up together since childhood, thus he is unafraid.
He understands that Jiang Ting mostly steers away from woman*zing, but it’s definitely abnormal for Lu Yihuai.
While touching the flower of the girl in his arms, he whispered into her ear to s*duce the handsome-gege. If she were successful he would be her sug*r d*ddy for a month.
The Palace of the Times’s little princesses knew their place and understood what was expected of them. She knew she couldn’t afford to offend any of these masters, and thus, she started crying in the arms of Yao Feng.
[T/N: little princesses are just what the hostesses are called at Palace of the Times]
Her beautiful face reddened, and her legs twisted with his big hands that were between her th*ghs, creating an enchanting scenery on its own. Several men on the sofa were all looking over here.
“Hey, does anyone think she looks like the popular female celebrity, what’s her name, Li… Li Rou!” Not sure who said it.
But now, the men in the room turned their heads and looked at the princess in his arms.
Only Lu Yihuai and Jiang Ting ignored him, as they were having a hushed conversation.
“Where do they look alike?”
The man said: “This isn’t alike? Look at those charming eyes and little red lips.”
Yao Feng is also considered an amoral person. He was touching the girl’s b**obs, yet got her to turn her face to show his brothers.
“Right, isn’t it similar, those shy and timid eyes are exactly the same as Li Rou, just like her style.”
“Just get the real deal to be your s*gar baby, if you’re so interested.” The man on the other side of the sofa answered, “But you’ll have to waste a lot of effort on those kinds of knockouts.”
As soon as these words were said, Yuan Shengwen in the corner finally found a chance to speak, “She is still pretty? Then I’m afraid you’ve never seen a more seductive beauty.”
He was a figure barely considered part of the inner circle. He finally got his cousin to bring him to the party after begging, so how could he not want to have a presence.
“Do you know Tang Yanan, the one who’s just gone to the U.S. to develop? Now that’s what’s called a celestial beauty, she…”
Yuan Shengwen spoke vividly. He hadn’t noticed the atmosphere in the room had chilled. His cousin beside signaled him with his eyes desperately, wishing to kill him. But the words in his mouth only got more and more ambiguous.
“Only a woman like that can be called a bombshell, if she can——”
Yuan Shengwen said happily, but when he met the gaze of Jiang Ting diagonally across, his words stopped on the tip of his tongue.
The man raised his eyelids, and when he looked over, his dark pupils were entirely cold.
Yuan Shengwen trembled.
“I’m sorry, GM Jiang, my cousin isn’t sensible as it’s his first time here. Please don’t bother with what he said.” The cousin who sat on the sidelines, said, “I will teach him a good lesson when I go back!”
He had cold sweat on his back.
Everyone in the circle knows that Tang Yanan is Jiang Ting’s taboo. Even if most people have not witnessed their love, they know that they must never joke around about her.
He forgot to tell Yuan Shengwen about it when they came out.
The atmosphere in the room was similar to one of coercion.
The two people who caused trouble broke out in cold sweat, Jiang Ting who sat in the middle of the sofa, seemed as if he didn’t hear what he said– remained silent.
Those words had obviously offended him.
Fortunately, there were a few who livened up the atmosphere on the table. A few words and laughter brought past the topic, though they secretly speculated that since Yuan Shengwen dared l*st for Tang Yanan, he likely wouldn’t be able to mix in the Beijing circle anymore.
At this moment, a cell phone rang.
Yao Feng followed the source of the ringing only to see Lu Yihuai fish out his phone. How should he describe those eyes-that were usually cynical- when he’s on the phone… Gentle??
Woah, how rare!
It wasn’t known what was said over the line, but he nodded with an “mmhm” and said, “Wait for me at the North Gate of YanChing. I will bring you out for a meal.”
“Remember to wear a jacket, that thin body of yours seems as if it would fly as soon as the wind blew.”
Listen to this, fl*rting throughout the call.
“Are you turning over a new leaf?” Yao Feng chuckled when he hung up the phone, “Don’t hide her, bring her to see us brothers.”
“From your conversation, she seems like a college student? Pretty young in age huh.”
Lu Yihuai warned with his eyes, but Yao Feng wasn’t afraid of him, so he nagged those two sentences repeatedly.
Jiang Ting beside him appeared to have forgotten the previous incident, lightly glanced over and said, “The beginning of love?”
“…….” Tsk, who are you trying to disgust?
Lu Yihuai, “Fine, I’ll bring her next time.”
His mouth corner upturned slightly and said slowly, “But she is timid, so no one is allowed to scare her.”
Look at this disgusting energy.
“But she is timid…” Yao Feng mimicked what he said, and saw Lu Yihuai stand up and pat Jiang Ting on the shoulder: “I’m going off now mate, to fetch my girl.”
Jiang Ting nodded, but the men beside him were dissatisfied.
“You are not a human, Lu Yihuai. Only Jiang Ting is your brother? We are just decorations?”
“Here’s to wishing both of you fall in love with the same woman, and your friendship breaks apart ASAP!”
“Sorry to disappoint, but we don’t go for the same type.” Jiang Ting hadn’t answered, but Lu Yihuai who was strolling to the door suddenly turned his head and said in a daunting manner.
“If there is such a day, haven’t you heard of the saying?”
He paused mid-sentence in emphasis. Everyone looked up at him, the man’s deeply carved facial features were reflected in the mysterious blue light, as the corners of his mouth upturned arrogantly.
Then continued the words that were spoken lightly in the current moment but a long curse in the time to come.
He said, “Brothers are like hands and feet, while women are just like clothes.”
—
On a weekend in mid-October, the ginkgo trees lining the roads swayed in the gentle breeze, which blew past the high-rise buildings into the western restaurant, adding some sobriety to the weariness.
Zhinan applied for a rest early in the morning, she took a leave of absence after the manager refused while cold-faced. She couldn’t be bothered with the malicious speculation of others and hurried to Taiguli in Chaoyang District by bus.
This weekend at the Sacred Art Gallery in Taiguli, there will be a show of a work by an unknown artist — the Belgian painter Marcel Marian.
“The combination of bizarre and excessive realism made Marcel Marian a person who’s top-notch in talking, but he’d always be third-rate in painting skills.”
This is what some international critics say about him.
The times have changed, as well as the centuries, Van Gogh who had a superior consciousness came to prominence only after death, but the Quirky Marcel Marian hasn’t yet seen his daylight and is still unknown to many.
But Zhinan saw more than ordinary people. The Guangye Building, which was rebuilt four years ago, was situated between many high-rises but is always the most visible of the lot.
Neighbouring office buildings were all connected with a hollowed-out design*, the buildings’ loft-like gardens were even more distinctive. Causing a sensation across the city at the time it was built.
— “This new style of high-rises was designed by GM Jiang and a number of architects, inspired by the Belgian painter Marcel Marion’s painting ‘Home.'”
The manager of Guangye Group’s public relations department responded with a polite smile.
The video, which was left forgotten on Guangye’s website, was viewed repeatedly by Zhinan.
GM Jiang.
— Jiang Ting.
To have even designed the building with Marian’s painting ideas, Jiang Ting must have greatly admired the unknown painter who could even have been the presence of a guide in his life path.
Zhinan bet he would definitely take time out of his busy schedule to go to Shengyi Gallery.
Thus, at 9 o’clock in the morning, a good time to laze in bed, Lin Zhinan was already shuttling around the streets of Taiguli.
What the Guangye Group’s building could possibly look like
(Image by Laurian Ghinitoiu on
https://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/opus/)
