Chapter 097: You Put on Quite the Performance

The next afternoon, Wang Qi called Lin Shuyu very early.

Lin Shuyu was somewhat awkward. While dealing with Wang Qi, she also explained to Hong Yu, “Hong Yu, it really wasn’t me who gave him the phone number.”

Hong Yu nodded. “You don’t need to explain that. I know you wouldn’t do something like that. Besides, your uncle’s family all has your number. It must have been them.”

Lin Shuyu finally breathed easier. After that, she told Wang Qi not to come pick her up; she would ride over with Chen Yingying.

“Sis, are you ready?”

“Brother Wang Qi just called me. He’s already there.”

Chen Yingying had changed into an evening gown today, and she was shouting wildly at the bedroom door, looking extremely excited.

“Almost. Stop rushing me!”

Lin Shuyu quickly opened the door, only to see that Hong Yu had actually followed her out. Her brows drew together at once as she snapped, “What are you following me out for? Don’t tell me you’re going to some auction too.”

Hong Yu gave a cold laugh. “If you can go, so can I. This auction isn’t run by your family.”

Chen Yingying said angrily, “What the hell are you talking about?”

“Is this the kind of place a loser like you can even go?”

“And Wang Qi didn’t invite you, so what right do you have to go?”

“Yingying, be polite when you speak to your brother-in-law!” Lin Shuyu frowned. “Let me make this clear: if Hong Yu doesn’t go, then I won’t go either.”

“What! Sis, why are you going this far for this useless bum?” Chen Yingying was shocked.

But seeing how firm Lin Shuyu was, she had no choice.

Last night, Chen Jianfei had repeatedly instructed her to do everything she could to bring Wang Qi and Lin Shuyu together. This was not only for Lin Shuyu’s lifelong happiness, but also so that the Chen family could gain greater standing in Huai City and rise to a higher level.

“All right. For my sister’s sake, I’ll take you with us this time.”

But just as they were about to get in the car, Chen Yingying cursed again. “Don’t you have any better clothes? Do you know that this cheap online outfit of yours really drags down the class of my car?”

Hong Yu gave a cold laugh. “It’s just a BMW. What class does it need? This isn’t the eighties anymore. BMWs are everywhere.”

“Hmph.” Chen Yingying snorted and could not be bothered with him anymore.

She drove fast, and in less than half an hour they arrived at Huai City Club.

Setting aside everything else, any club that bore the city’s name was definitely an upscale establishment.

Seeing Hong Yu looking like a complete bumpkin, Chen Yingying sneered. “Let me warn you: Huai City Club is the most high-end club in all of Huai City.”

“The people who go in and out are basically celebrities and upper-class elites. To be honest, if not for Wang Qi, you’d never have a chance in your life to get inside.”

Hong Yu did not care. Let alone going in—if he wished, he could buy Huai City Club today.

Chen Yingying did not bother with Hong Yu much. After a while, she quietly went up to Lin Shuyu and said, “Sis, Wang Qi sincerely invited you to Huai City Club. Fine, you brought Hong Yu along, but once we get inside, don’t ignore him.”

“This afternoon, you should just keep Wang Qi company and have fun. There are so many rich people here at Huai City Club, I need to find someone too.”

Her words made Lin Shuyu frown.

Back then, Chen Yingying had still been a pure and innocent girl. Who would have thought that after just a few years, she would become so obsessed with money?

No one knew whether that was in her blood or something she had become later in life.

“Xiaoyu, I’ve finally been waiting for you.”

Wang Qi was waiting right at the entrance of Huai City Club. In his hands was another bouquet of red roses, as though flowers were free.

But for a second-generation rich heir like him, spending money on flowers truly seemed like nothing.

“Xiaoyu, yesterday you rejected me, and I was heartbroken all night.”

“This time, you can’t refuse me again.”

Lin Shuyu glanced at Hong Yu. Of course she did not want to accept them, and was just about to shake her head when Wang Qi actually pressed the roses into her hands.

Wang Qi smiled. “I won’t say much. Just take it as a flower from a friend. You can’t refuse that, can you?”

As the saying goes, one does not strike a smiling face. Wang Qi had gone this far, and Lin Shuyu, who had always been a polite woman, did not know how to refuse anymore.

Chen Yingying smiled from the side. “Sis, what’s the big deal? It’s just a bouquet of flowers.”

“Over the course of a year, I’d get at least a hundred bouquets. If you don’t take it, that really doesn’t make sense.”

Lin Shuyu said helplessly, “All right.”

At that moment, Wang Qi also noticed that Hong Yu had come over.

But since Lin Shuyu had just accepted a bouquet from him, it was not convenient to make things difficult for Hong Yu right then. So he smiled and said, “The auction hasn’t started yet. Let’s go take a look at the jewelry exhibition first.”

The jewelry exhibition?

Hong Yu frowned. He had thought this would be an auction and had assumed Wang Qi would come up with some sort of trick.

But now it seemed that this jewelry exhibition was his real goal.

“Ladies and gentlemen, please show your invitation cards.”

Just as they were about to go in, two security guards at the door suddenly raised their hands and stopped them.

Wang Qi slapped his forehead. “I’ve been so busy I actually forgot about this.”

He quickly took out the invitation cards.

Chen Yingying helped from the side. “Wang Qi, were you thinking about Sister Xiaoyu?”

“No wonder you’re so distracted. A beauty like Sister Xiaoyu is enough to leave very few men able to resist her.”

Wang Qi smiled, then handed the invitations one by one to Chen Yingying and Lin Shuyu.

But when it came to Hong Yu, this guy actually slapped his own forehead again.

“Oh no, that’s my fault, all my fault!” Wang Qi said in feigned annoyance. “I only brought three invitations. What should we do now?”

“How about this: I’ll give you my invitation, and I won’t go in.”

Honestly, Wang Qi was putting on one hell of a convincing show.

Chen Yingying immediately grew angry. “Wang Qi, are you stupid? Why give it to this useless bum?”

“Whether it’s the jewelry exhibition or the auction, what can this loser even do once he gets in?”

“I’m telling you, he’d be better off guarding the car for us outside. That way he won’t embarrass us inside!”

Lin Shuyu also sensed something was off. She looked at Hong Yu and said, “Then I won’t go in either. I’ll stay outside with you.”

Hong Yu smiled gently. “No need, really no need. You go in first. I’ll definitely be able to get in shortly after.”

Chen Yingying looked down on Hong Yu for still trying to force it, but if he did not go in, that was certainly a good thing.

So she smiled and said, “Since he has a way, let’s not wait for him.”

“Sis, let’s hurry in!”

Lin Shuyu was reluctantly pulled inside by Chen Yingying. Unexpectedly, after Wang Qi went in, he actually turned back out again very quickly.

“See that? That’s the difference between you and me.”

“You should give it up. At your level, you probably won’t be able to come in here for the rest of your life.”

After saying that, Wang Qi exchanged a few words with the security guards.

The guards nodded, then suddenly walked toward Hong Yu.

“Get lost! Where did this bumpkin come from?”

“This is also a place you can come to? If you don’t leave, I’ll have no choice but to suspect that you’re a thief!”

Hong Yu smiled and did not argue with them. He actually turned and left.