She’s Hard to Get - C289 A woman living in ancient times

Her actions were very strange and reckless, like a cannon ball that had been fired at who knows where. Although her way of doing things might not be beneficial to her, it was definitely destructive to others.

“What she wants is obedience and submission. However, the business world right now is not the business world from her era. That is not possible.”

There were already many people who took the initiative to come over and say hello to her, it was fine if he was a woman, but all the men were staring back at his. Luckily all of them retreated, otherwise, Ling Tian would definitely make a move on them.

Xu Mengyun was a little unable to bear with the looks from the surrounding people, so she simply pulled Ling Tian’s hand and walked onto the dance floor. Now that she had danced very well, even if she wasn’t wearing a dress, she could dance gracefully like a dress. The surrounding people were all stunned by her dancing posture, and all moved to the side, leaving a private area for her and Ling Tian.

A while ago, there was a rumor in the Jianghu that Xu Mengyun and Ling Tian were on bad terms and were preparing for a divorce, but now, it seemed that the person who talked nonsense was blind. The two of them could not see that there was anything wrong with the couple.

Today was her home ground, so she definitely would not allow anyone to steal her limelight. Originally, she thought that everyone would definitely look at her after she appeared, but she did not expect that no one noticed her existence, and still focused their gazes on Xu Mengyun.

This made the Madame Ouyang very unhappy, she made the music change, the music was very dull, it made everyone stop their dancing immediately, the makeup on Xia Wanru’s face was indeed attracting a lot of people, but it could only be described as terrifying, because none of the famous women present would dress themselves up as a prostitute.

Everyone watched as this woman walked over in small steps. If it weren’t for someone introducing her, they would have thought that she was Mother Sang from some tavern. In their memories, Madame Ouyang was very noble, so how did she become like this today.

I heard that at that time, a minister escaped to an island with five hundred boys and girls and later evolved into the current Japan. All the cultures there are similar to the Tang Dynasty, so the appearance of a geisha like this might have been influenced by the previous history.

Ling Tian was especially interested in history, so he gave a good explanation for Xia Wanru’s attire. However, other people might not have this kind of history knowledge. It had never happened before in their world that a rich lady would dress herself up as a prostitute.

Ouyang Jue was also shocked by Xia Wanru’s appearance, he could not understand why Xia Wanru would change into such a outfit, she usually dressed up in a noble and generous manner, she had always scoffed at girls who dressed in such attire, but she was actually in the same group as them, and could not even be compared to them.

However, he still walked over politely and held her hand. As the host of the banquet, Xia Wanru had to speak, she had already seen the speech, and it had no practical meaning, but she still had to say some polite words.

So he was not worried that his mother would do something out of bounds. After all, this place was in public, and she no longer had any reason to act crazy and act dumb with this matter. If she dared to act like last time, Xu Mengyun would definitely sue her, and at that time, there would be trouble for her.

But just in case he was still standing next to Xia Wanru, Xia Wanru saw through his intentions, so she nodded her head at him with a smile, indicating that he could leave now.

When she smiled, the powder on her face started to wrinkle because it was too thick. Even if she calmed her expression down, it wouldn’t be able to change the marks on it. Therefore, when she wasn’t smiling, her expression was especially strange.

“Please forgive me.” Ouyang Jue very naturally walked to the side of Xu Mengyun and Ling Tian. Although he had read the speech, he still felt that his mother would not be able to recite it properly from the speech, and in the end, he still understood his mother. As expected, not long after the main topic, Xia Wanru made his move.

Especially Xu Group’s eldest miss, Xu Mengyun. She has given my son a lot of support and care during this period of time.

She kept narrating what Xu Mengyun had done for his ex-boyfriend this year. All of this was what she had told her during their previous chat, or perhaps she had found out on her own, and added on to the amount of exaggeration and imagination she had created, these things became evidence that Xu Mengyun was obsessed with and would not change. Even if she were to get married, she had to help this ex-boyfriend of his.

If what Madame Ouyang said was the truth, then this Miss Xu simply didn’t have any sense of propriety in front of Ouyang Jue, and had completely fed this man with the Xu Group. On the scene, there were even many elders of the Xu Family who said this.

Although the Xu Group was owned by Xu Mengyun alone, they had at least taken a small part in it. Right now, she was using the company’s funds to do whatever he wanted with the elders’ interests.

However, everyone only stood there and were secretly angry, they did not rush up the stage, because they knew that today, there was someone who would be angrier than all of them at this banquet, and that was Xu Mengyun’s current husband, Ling Tian.

Ouyang Jue was naturally aware of this point, so when he heard Xia Wanru’s words, he really wanted to go up and stop her. This was completely different from the speech he had seen previously, even if she had put up a great show on the spot. But this time, Xia Wanru used a soft knife, the gratitude in her mouth made it difficult for Xu Mengyun to get angry with her.

So when she saw Ouyang Jue rushing up to her, she subconsciously grabbed onto his wrist, not allowing him to move, if he rushed up to the stage now, this matter would definitely become even more serious. Such a small action made the surrounding people’s gazes change even more, and Xu Mengyun also realised that something was not right and immediately adjusted her position.

She stood there with her arms crossed, the anger in her eyes was so intense that she wanted to burn Xia Wanru to death. She actually used the same trick to find this piece of gossip for the media, she was simply afraid that they wouldn’t have anything to write. Although this sort of flowery news could not become a legal constraint, it could still drag down the image of the Xu Group and affect Xu Mengyun’s business expansion.

This matter was also what the elders of Xu Family were most worried about. Xu Mengyun could imagine what would happen next. After this banquet was over, the elders of Xu Family would definitely give her a family meeting to properly explain this matter to her.

“Didn’t I tell you that our hearts cannot be disturbed? That woman wants to see your expression and smile at her.”

In this kind of situation, the most awkward person should be Ling Tian. He could feel that the people around him were already looking at him with sympathy, as if he was already wearing a big green hat on his head. However, Xia Wanru had already used this move once, and there was already an antibody in his body that was completely immune to the virus.

How much Xu Mengyun liked him now, she naturally knew, so Ling Tian had done something that moved Xu Mengyun. He hugged her waist tightly in this kind of turbulence, giving her the greatest amount of strength, and her violent temper actually had the patience to slowly listen to the woman finish her sentence. Then, he calmly clapped her hands, as if she did not care about this matter at all.

Even if it was in an ordinary person’s home, they wouldn’t be able to accept this kind of thing, let alone a Wealthy Class one. Yet, Ling Tian seemed to be calmly listening to someone else’s story, which was inconceivable. But when even Ling Tian did not speak, the others naturally could not say anything, and all of them acted as if they did not hear anything, with a very formal smile hanging on their faces.

This result made Xia Wanru feel a little stuffy. What she wanted to provoke the most was his jealousy, so that the Xu Group’s internal organs could kill each other. However, it was clear that today’s instigation was still unsuccessful. She could only raise the corner of her mouth and walk down from the stage, the high heels under her feet almost tripping over her skirt.

“Am I right? As long as we don’t fall into chaos, there’s nothing that woman can do about it.” When Ling Tian saw Xia Wanru walking down the stage with her face covered in dirt, she complacently raised her eyebrows, even Xu Mengyun, who was standing beside him, heaved a sigh of relief. She knew that Ling Tian’s magnanimity helped her suppress many things, if not, these wealthy families would not even know how to discuss it.

She clinked her wine cup with Ling Tian’s, thanking him for his magnanimity today. However, Ling Tian also passed a cup of wine to Ouyang Jue, completing their celebration, as if he was celebrating how they settled Xia Wanru. This change gave the scene a strange atmosphere. Everyone’s eyes were looking at each other indeterminately, as if guessing what was going on behind the scenes.

“The women of the Ouyang Family are not so easy to deal with.”

Ouyang Jue told Ling Tian and his sister not to relax their vigilance. His mother was not such a woman who easily admitted defeat. Now that she had accumulated a large amount of emotions, she was ready to release them at any time.

“Now, it’s your turn to perform. Work harder.” Of course, Ling Tian knew that it would be difficult to deal with that woman, he could even guess what would happen next, so he gently pushed Ouyang Jue to let him go onstage.

The following was Ouyang Jue’s speech as the CEO, in reality, the rest of the speech had already been written, it was all about him supporting his mother, allowing Xia Wanru to regain control over the situation, followed by this Madame Ouyang to decline a few words, and smoothly accept the position.

Only by doing this would she be able to talk about the cooperation agreement properly in front of these merchants and sign an effective contract. With just a few words, she was able to wrest back the power in Ouyang Jue’s hands.

“I don’t think there’s anything new with this Madame Ouyang. It’s all her old ways and she can’t keep up with the thinking of the current business world.”

Xu Mengyun looked at Ouyang Jue who was on stage, his words were very stiff, and it was clear that he was memorizing his script. She knew that Ouyang Jue was doing this on purpose, he wanted to take revenge for his, and since Xia Wanru wanted the reporters to gossip about Xu Mengyun, he would find something that was worth exposing to the reporters.