Chapter 68

Chapter 68: Fu Qing Han carried the act through to the end

At this moment, seeing Jiang Shi Yue come downstairs, the elderly man smiled slightly. He smiled, but his attitude held an unmistakable respect. Yet he was neither servile nor overbearing. Even if he was full of curiosity about this suddenly appeared Eldest Miss Jiang, he still used a perfectly measured posture to show status and depth.

“Miss Jiang, I am the Fu Family’s butler. Second Young Master instructed me to prepare your formal dress for the banquet the day after tomorrow.”

As he spoke, he motioned for the young woman to step forward and introduced her. “This is a team specially invited from the Imperial Capital. Miss Jiang, we apologize for the disturbance.”

The young woman walked up to Jiang Shi Yue and, like the butler, showed a properly polite smile. “Miss Jiang, I’ll need to take some measurements in a moment, so I’ll be troubling you.”

Jiang Shi Yue had not expected Fu Qing Han to carry the act through to the end. But with a truly top-tier aristocratic family like the Fu Family, this was nothing more than a matter of curling one finger.

Jiang Shi Yue went along with it. She did not say anything else and only nodded slightly.

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After they all left, Chen Xue Ru walked over with a smile, looking as if she were pleased. “Shi Yue, I didn’t expect Second Young Master Fu to be so attentive to you. It seems he really does like you sincerely. But Shi Yue, did Second Young Master Fu say what he likes about you?”

Just like any mother who worried herself sick, when faced with someone who was usually far out of reach, she always had to figure out what, exactly, that person liked about her daughter before she could feel at ease.

“Maybe it’s because he discovered my interesting soul,” Jiang Shi Yue said, nodding thoughtfully.

Chen Xue Ru choked on her words. Her smile froze.

Jiang Mei Ling was already so jealous it made her stomach sour. Hearing Jiang Shi Yue say that, she almost wanted to roll her eyes all the way to the sky.

Shameless.

As if she sensed Jiang Mei Ling’s slander, Jiang Shi Yue suddenly glanced at her. She lifted her brows in surprise. “Sister Mei Ling, what’s wrong?”

Jiang Mei Ling jolted. She forced a stiff, dry laugh, hurriedly put on her soft and weak expression again, and flattered her against her will. “I just wanted to say that Sister Shi Yue isn’t only interesting on the inside-you’re also very pretty.”

“Then you’re right,” Jiang Shi Yue said, nodding as if she fully agreed.

Jiang Mei Ling: “…”

If modesty was a traditional virtue, then Jiang Shi Yue was seriously lacking in virtue.

To be honest, the Zhou Family had always looked down on the Jiang Family. Otherwise, they would not have forced a marriage between Zhou Tong He, who was nearly forty, and Jiang Shi Yue, who was only twenty.

And it was the kind where they would not register the marriage unless she gave birth to a boy.

This Zhou Tong He was not much younger than Jiang Meng Qing. It was obvious he did not take the Jiang Family seriously.

But because of Jiang Shi Yue’s connection to Fu Qing Han, the Zhou Family still sent invitations to Jiang Meng Qing and the others.

When Jiang Meng Qing received the invitation, he sneered and tore it into shreds in one go.

Whoever wanted to go, he would break their legs.

He could not control Jiang Shi Yue, that unfilial daughter, but could he not control the other family members?

As the head of the family, he had a temper and dignity too.

Jiang Mei Ling had originally still been harboring her own little scheme. As long as she could see Fu Qing Han, she refused to believe she could not seduce him.

If Fu Qing Han could fall for Jiang Shi Yue, then why couldn’t it be her?

She was even more pure and delicate than Jiang Shi Yue, so pitiful and soft.

A domineering CEO paired with a fragile little flower-wasn’t that exactly how novels were written?

She was overflowing with confidence.

But she miscalculated, because Jiang Meng Qing tore up the invitation.