The atmosphere suddenly became awkward, but Miss Lu, who had always been strong-willed, would never admit that her invitation had any ulterior motives, so she changed the subject abruptly: "You must not have eaten enough on the plane, I asked the kitchen to prepare your favorite food, it should be almost full now..."

Before she could finish her words, someone knocked on the door: "Miss, the food is ready, you can eat now."

It was Uncle Li’s voice.

Lu Jinbai's face lit up with joy, and he immediately raised his voice and replied, "Got it, we'll be there right away."

I secretly thought that Uncle Li arrived at the right time.

"Come on, let's go eat." As he said that, he went forward to pull Gu Zhiruan who was still lying on the bed.

Seeing her guilty look, Gu Zhiruan groaned, "Hmph, I'll let you go first!"

Then he stood up following the force.

The two came to the restaurant together.

This is a restaurant that is low-key yet luxurious, solemn yet simple, and has both classical elegance and modern sophistication. Dining in such a restaurant, Gu Zhiruan feels like he can eat a few more bowls of rice.

After looking around, Gu Zhiruan couldn't help but sigh: "This restaurant environment is really delicious."

Lu Jinbai: “…?”

Uncle Li, who had just led the servants to serve the dishes: "...?"

What kind of weird statement is this?

After dinner and a short rest, Gu Zhiruan began to count the gifts she brought to the Lu family.

Lu Jinbai's originally tense face instantly relaxed after she saw that Gu Zhiruan brought some homemade wine and cakes made by Aunt Gu.

She happily picked up a bag of well-packaged sweet-scented osmanthus and jujube paste cakes, quickly opened them, and took a bite. The fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus mixed with the unique sweetness of red dates immediately filled her entire mouth. Lu Jinbai praised intoxicatedly, "Auntie Gu's cooking skills have improved again. I haven't had the cakes made by Auntie Gu for more than a month. I've been missing her so much."

It was true that Aunt Gu's cooking skills were very good, and she really liked the cakes and desserts Aunt Gu made. However, as she had been raised on delicacies from land and sea since childhood, how could she really crave these cakes? She was just very happy that Xiao Ruan's family did not bring any so-called valuables, but instead brought very homely food. This showed that Xiao Ruan and her family really only treated her as a child from an ordinary family and did not care about her background as a Lu family.

And Xiao Ruan really just treated her as a good friend, which made her very happy.

Gu Zhiruan looked at her with a smile, without saying anything, he just packed up the things and handed them to Uncle Li, waiting to take them to the Lu family's old house tomorrow.

After the two of them took a short rest, Lu Jinbai dragged Gu Zhiruan out shopping.

Of course, don't expect Miss Lu to take her to any fun and down-to-earth tourist attractions.

Miss Lu, who has always been wealthy, only knows the way to the most luxurious shopping mall in Beijing.

Standing in the large shopping mall with high-end and luxurious design, where people coming and going were dressed elegantly, Gu Zhiruan was stunned.

My goodness, she really shouldn’t have any expectations of Lu Xiaobai. The travel that this young lady talked about must be completely different from what she imagined.

In her imagination, visiting Beijing means visiting all the famous attractions and eating in every street and alley in Beijing.

But obviously Miss Lu didn't plan that way.

Seeing the young lady shopping at the street stalls made Gu Zhiruan's hair tingle.

She quickly stopped Lu Jinbai who was rushing to a store of a major international brand: "Wait, wait, Lu Xiaobai, did you ask me to come to Beijing to be a bag girl?"

Lu Jinbai glanced at her with disdain: "What are you dreaming about? I have a certain threshold for being a bag-carrying girl. I don't like people like you!"

After saying that, he grabbed her with his backhand and said, "Hey, hurry up, hurry up, I haven't been shopping for a month. I want to see if X's has any new headwear. Don't let them get sold out."

Gu Zhiruan: “……???”

She came to Beijing to climb the Great Wall, to drink soy milk, and to eat Peking duck, not to go sightseeing!

No! This is not the trip to Beijing that she wants, she wants to go home!

Unfortunately, the eldest lady could not hear the cries in her heart. Of course, even if she heard it, she would pretend not to hear it.

So, Gu Zhiruan spent his first day in the capital accompanying Lu Jinbai on a shopping spree.

That afternoon, Gu Zhiruan accompanied the eldest lady shopping and looked very depressed and had no desire to live.

She sat listlessly on the VIP sofa, while the young lady beside her was flipping through the catalog of new products of the season with great interest. She pointed at the pictures inside and said to the pretty shopping guide with reserve, "This one, this one, and this one, bring all the others over to me to see."

The pretty shopping guide bowed respectfully: "Okay, Miss."

Gu Zhiruan: ...Wow, it’s true that art comes from life!

After the shopping guide left, Gu Zhiruan asked listlessly, "How long are you going to shop until?"

Lu Jinbai picked up the juice prepared by the shopping guide and said nonchalantly, "Just pick a few more bags for Aunt Gu."

Gu Zhiruan said weakly: "I've already told you that my mother doesn't need these damn expensive things. She always travels around with just a canvas bag. Carrying a bag worth hundreds of thousands of dollars will only slow down her pace."

Over the past few hours, Lu Xiaobai has bought countless clothes, shoes, bags and jewelry for her and Ms. Gu. She couldn't stop him and protested to Lu Xiaobai hundreds of times. She told him countless times that she and Ms. Gu didn't like these things, but Lu Xiaobai just wouldn't listen. He seemed addicted to buying them and couldn't stop once he started.

She looked pale and lost all desire to live. These gifts were like hot potatoes to her. She didn't know whether to accept them or not.

I'm so confused.

But Xiaobai didn't understand her inner struggle and was only concerned about his own shopping satisfaction.

Lu Jinbai waved her hand indifferently and said, "It's just a few bags. Let Auntie carry them for fun. If she thinks they are too small, I'll pick out bigger ones for her to take to buy groceries later."

Gu Zhiruan: ...Is that what she meant?

Just when Gu Zhiruan was about to protest, the door of the VIP room was suddenly pushed open, and two beautiful girls, about seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed exquisitely and elegantly came in.

As soon as Lu Jinbai saw the person coming, the ease and comfort on his face immediately turned into arrogance and indifference.

She glanced at the somewhat bewildered salesperson with displeasure in her eyes, and said in a cold voice: "I remember this is a top-level VIP room, right? When was this young lady here, and outsiders came in without my permission?"

As soon as Lu Jinbai said this, the faces of the two pretty girls and the shopping guide at the door changed, but the pretty girls looked ugly, while the shopping guide looked pale.

Gu Zhiruan looked at Lu Jinbai, who was full of momentum at the moment, with some surprise.

Hiss, although Xiaobai usually looks arrogant and picky, and her temper is not good, but in Guangdong Province, whether it is to her or her classmates, she has never used such a condescending attitude towards them.

This was the first time she saw Xiaobai acting like the eldest daughter of the Lu family.

However, unlike her who looked like she was enjoying the show, the two young ladies standing at the door were obviously of noble status. When they were stimulated by Lu Jinbai's attitude, they immediately lost their composure.

The girl in an expensive high-end pink slim dress immediately said sarcastically, "Heh, Lu Jinbai, is this the upbringing of your Lu family? I didn't expect that Mr. Lu has always been wise, dignified, and polite, but you, as a young lady of the Lu family, are so arrogant and domineering. Sister Qinghe and I came here to shop, and when we heard that you were here, we thought of coming over to say hello, but we didn't expect to be treated so coldly by you. After all, our Liang family and your Lu family are old friends. Do you know that you treat us, the elders of the Lu family, like this?"

Lu Jinbai was unmoved by her angry taunting. He just looked at her coldly and said, "Even if you, the old man from the Liang family, want to visit our Lu family, you have to make appointments again and again and get permission before you can come. How come you take advantage of my youth and dare to enter my territory without my permission? Is this the upbringing of your Liang family? Also, when did our Lu family become old friends with your Liang family? Why have I never heard my family mention it?"

Hearing this, Liang Yunya's face immediately turned red with anger. She felt deeply embarrassed and aggrieved. She looked at Lu Jinbai, who was still indifferent and arrogant, and kept saying "you you" to herself for a long time but couldn't make any sense.

He just turned his face away in anger and said nothing.

The elegant girl beside her spoke at this moment. Her voice was soft and pleasant, and she said with a hint of apology: "I'm sorry, Miss Lu. Yunya and I were rude. When we heard that you were here, we just came over to say hello to you and the elders, but we didn't think of disturbing you and your friends. We were wrong. I'm really sorry. I hope you can forgive Yunya's unintentional words and our rudeness."

The girl's words were tactful and beautiful. Although she was humble and apologizing to Lu Jinbai, who was younger than her, her beautiful and delicate face was very gentle and calm, which easily made people feel good about her.

At least with the contrast of the girl just now, she really stands out much more.

Lu Jinbai glanced at her calmly and said, "It's rare that there is someone among you who is polite. Since Miss Mo has said so, I won't make a fuss about it this time."

Hearing this, Mo Qinghe smiled gently and said, "Thank you, Miss Lu. As an apology, anything Miss Lu likes today will be charged to our Mo family account. I hope Miss Lu will not refuse. In this case, Yunya and I will not disturb Miss Lu's interest. Goodbye."

After saying that, he gave another instruction to the shopping guide who was standing beside him, not daring to make a sound, and then he pulled Liang Yunya away, who looked unwilling.

After leaving the store, Liang Yunya grumbled unhappily, "Sister Qinghe, why do you have to be so humble to a child like her? She is just a child. Although I heard that she is favored, she is still only a 10-year-old child. She has no say in the Lu family. When you marry that man in the future, she will still rely on you and please you."

Hearing this, Mo Qinghe stopped her in a gentle voice, "Enough, Yunya, don't spread the news about something that hasn't even started yet. Besides, no matter how old Lu Jinbai is, she is still the only daughter of the Lu family. Don't treat her with contempt because of her young age. Otherwise, neither of our two families will be in a good situation."

She had heard from her fellow girls in the circle that the eldest daughter of the Lu family, Lu Jinbai, was always difficult to deal with. Although she was young, she had a sharp tongue and knew how to poke people's hearts.

She never took it seriously before, thinking that she was just a 10-year-old girl. No matter how difficult she was, she couldn't be more difficult than the illegitimate children her father had.

Unexpectedly, I saw it today by chance, and it really lived up to its reputation.

If she wanted to get in touch with that person, she would never offend Lu Jinbai.

Thinking of this, Mo Qinghe began to think about how to please Lu Jinbai without making a fuss.


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