Chapter 095: I Seem to Have Discovered Something Very Interesting

A luxurious Maybach roared to life and headed for the city’s most opulent shopping destination in the Financial Center district.

Not long after the car carrying Shi Runrun and the others drove off, a red women’s car pulled up at the gate of Jing University.

A woman stepped out.

She removed the sunglasses from her face and narrowed her almond-shaped eyes at the Maybach that had just disappeared around the corner. With a slight curl of her lips, she let out a cold laugh, took out her phone, and dialed a number.

When the call connected, she said, “Wanwan, guess who I just saw? That Young Madam of the Xiao family, Shi Runrun! Honestly, that ugly duckling latched onto Xiao Xuezheng, a rich man, and suddenly turned into a phoenix. She can even ride in luxury cars now! As expected, for a woman, the most important things are a beautiful face and the ability to seduce men.”

On the other end of the line, sitting in her office with her fair legs crossed, Chi Wanwan narrowed her beautiful eyes and gave a faint hum. “Shi Runrun? I’ve met her before. She’s very immature and has no real schemes. No wonder Xuezheng likes her.”

“What good is liking her? She has no family background, no connections at all. Just a poor student—how could she ever compare to you, even with one finger? Wanwan, I know she’s caused you plenty of trouble before. How about this: I’ll follow them and see where they’re going, and while I’m at it, I’ll help you vent some of that anger!”

Chi Wanwan listened, and her mood improved. She could not help but let out a cold laugh. “Small tricks are boring. If Xuezheng finds out I bullied her, he’ll come looking for trouble with me. Still, it wouldn’t hurt for you to teach that girl a lesson. Otherwise, she’s getting far too smug, acting as though being the Xiao family’s young madam makes her untouchable. But later, I’ll deal her a fatal blow.”

The woman on this end raised her brows in surprise. “A fatal blow?”

Chi Wanwan tightened her grip on the phone and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window of her company, leaning there as she looked down. She smiled lightly. “These past few days I’ve been looking into Shi Runrun. And while investigating, I seem to have discovered something rather interesting... Shi Runrun doesn’t seem to be the Shi family’s biological daughter.”

...

Li Ming drove the car to the Financial Center.

He parked by the roadside and let Shi Runrun and Cen Huan out.

Then he got out as well, came before Shi Runrun, bent slightly at the waist, and said in a low voice, “Madam, I’ll park the car in the underground garage first. This is my business card; my number is on it. When you and your friend are done shopping, call me, and I’ll drive over to pick you up.”

Shi Runrun took the card and nodded slowly, politely thanking him.

Then she and Cen Huan linked arms and entered the Financial Center.

Shi Runrun had been here before.

She still remembered that last time she came to choose a wedding dress, only to be falsely accused of theft by the people in that bridal boutique.

In the end, Xiao Xuezheng had come to clear things up for her, but the memory was still vivid.

After all, if an accusation of theft was not cleared in time, it could become a stain that would follow a person for life.

But speaking of wedding dresses, Shi Runrun thought of what Grandpa had once said about arranging a wedding for her and Xiao Xuezheng.

But now...

She could not help placing a hand over her lower abdomen.

That place of hers was empty now; the baby was gone, and Grandpa already disliked her very much.

She feared he would no longer arrange a wedding for her either.

Shi Runrun sighed inwardly, though she did not feel especially regretful. She very much wanted a grand wedding with Xiao Xuezheng.

Still, even if there was none, it would be enough if she could remain by his side, remain in the Xiao family.

“Hey, Runrun, why are you standing there all dazed? What are you thinking about? Hurry up and go in! It’s scorching outside!”

At that, Shi Runrun came back to herself, gave Cen Huan an awkward smile, and said it was nothing. Then the two sisters entered the mall together.

Stepping onto the polished marble floor, they both found it somewhat unbelievable.

This place was filled everywhere with high-end luxury goods.

Shi Runrun had never noticed it before. Only now, on seeing it with her own eyes, did she realize there really was such a mall, a place where Chanel and Louis Vuitton were not even qualified to have a store, but only a stall.

This was truly a shopping paradise for the rich.

Everywhere, it reeked of extravagance and money.

Cen Huan’s eyes lit up as she took in the scene and dragged Shi Runrun off to browse.

From the first floor to the tenth, it was all major men’s and women’s fashion brands. Above the tenth floor were exquisite women’s jewelry, watches for both men and women, and luxury cosmetics for women.

Each of them took one of the little shopping guides handed out by the floor attendant, then rode the escalators up through the mall, browsing floor by floor.

And the result of all that browsing was that they bought nothing.

Because the prices were simply too terrifying.

Shi Runrun had never imagined that even a simple piece of clothing here could cost over a million.

They could sell her off and still not afford it.

Cen Huan reminded her from the side, Hadn’t you just received ten million from your handsome Husband Xiao?

But Shi Runrun still shook her head, insisting that even with money, you could not waste it like that.

So the two sisters merely looked and looked, but never bought anything.

By the time they reached the top-floor food level, they were tired from walking and found a cafe, ordering two coffees.

Who would have thought each cup would cost more than five hundred yuan?

But the order had already been placed, so Shi Runrun swallowed the pain in her heart and paid the bill, then sat with Cen Huan in the cafe, chatting while they drank.

At the same time, she could not help complaining inwardly that such a sky-high cup of coffee did not seem much different from the special nine-point-nine-yuan coffee she ordered from Luckin.

They stayed in the cafe for more than an hour before leaving and heading back down from the top floor.

When they reached the thirteenth-floor luxury cosmetics section, Cen Huan pulled her in to take a look.

Cosmetics and skincare products—any woman who loved beauty would want them, wouldn’t she?

Shi Runrun used them in daily life too, but only the cheapest kinds, like Yu Meijing and Dabao...

She had truly never seen such ridiculously expensive cosmetics before.

Their ordinary clothes, however, drew cool and slightly disdainful looks from the sales staff in the store, as well as from the wealthy young ladies wandering around in head-to-toe designer labels.

But Cen Huan and Shi Runrun did not care at all. They were not afraid of such worldly gazes.

As they looked around, a fragrance suddenly drifted past them.

Shi Runrun had been focused entirely on the skincare products on display and had not noticed the shadow approaching from behind.

In a moment of carelessness, she felt a force shove her from behind. Before she could react, she staggered heavily forward and crashed into the display of skincare products.

Then, with a sharp clatter, the cosmetics came crashing to the floor, exploding and shattering into pieces, while Shi Runrun herself could not keep her balance and fell into the field of glass shards.

At once, the exposed skin around her wrist, uncovered by her clothes, was sliced by several cuts.

Blood flowed out in a steady stream.

“Runrun!”

Cen Huan’s eyes widened in horror as she looked at Shi Runrun lying amid the glass fragments on the ground and screamed. Her face darkened as she turned around, only to discover that the person who had just rammed into Shi Runrun from behind had already vanished without a trace.