Jiangcheng’s largest shopping center.
Mrs. Bao and Xia Minglan walked hand in hand, as close as mother and daughter-in-law.
After getting rid of Su Ruanruan, Mrs. Bao felt much happier.
There was just one thing that wasn’t good, Ziqi was too cold towards Minglan.
She knew in her heart that he couldn’t forget Ruanruan.
To compensate, she decided to buy Xia Minglan a diamond ring.
They were about to take the elevator to the fourth floor when Mrs. Bao glimpsed something from the corner of her eye.
Ruanruan seemed to be waiting for someone.
Her complexion showed no sign of weariness, even more dazzling than before.
Mrs. Bao felt uneasy inside, and walked over with Xia Minglan.
As haughty as ever, she said: "Waiting for Gu Ze?"
Su Ruanruan glanced at her, then at Xia Minglan by her side.
She did not lose her composure, responding with a faint smile: "Waiting for two elders."
Mrs. Bao smirked: "I didn’t expect you to have any elders."
She said earnestly: "Your uncle is very concerned about you! If you have any troubles, you can come to me or to Minglan. Oh right, you probably don’t know yet, but Minglan and Ziqi are practically engaged."
She was taking Su Ruanruan for a fallen woman, thus she humiliated her to the fullest.
Mrs. Bao was enjoying herself when two elegantly beautiful women approached Ruanruan.
The Sun Family’s two aunts were from City B and usually kept a very low profile.
Mrs. Bao didn’t recognize them and didn’t take them seriously.
Madam Sun Jingan looked down on her, she was nothing more than Bao Mingyuan’s third child after all.
They only spoke kindly to Su Ruanruan, saying: "Let’s go check out the store up ahead."
Ruanruan nodded lightly, obediently leaving with them.
Mrs. Bao’s face soured.
Su Ruanruan had actually ignored her!
Shouldn’t she be begging her for help?
Xia Minglan smiled and said from the sideline: "Miss Su is very likable! Those two..."
"Not worth mentioning," said Mrs. Bao with a dismissive air: "I’ve never seen them before."
She then told Xia Minglan: "Next week is the Gu Company’s annual meeting, you and Ziqi should come with us."
That annual meeting would be enough to crush Su Ruanruan completely.
She had another trump card up her sleeve.
With just a little instigation towards Mrs. Gu, Su Ruanruan’s defeat would be certain.
Mrs. Bao smiled coldly.
Not of her own blood... no matter how good, what could she amount to?
Xia Minglan nodded with a faint smile upon hearing this.
She had liked Bao Ziqi for a long time, always comparing herself with Su Ruanruan, openly and secretly.
Originally she thought Ruanruan was so competent and strong, only to find that she was easily vulnerable.
Later on, Mrs. Bao picked out a pear-shaped diamond ring for Xia Minglan, the same model worn by a certain female star.
A full thirty carats.
Over six million yuan.
This showed how much Mrs. Bao valued Xia Minglan.
Xia Minglan felt a bit disappointed because it wasn’t personally given by Ziqi. But thinking of how highly Mrs. Bao regarded her, she felt consoled.
As they were about to leave, they saw a woman walking towards this counter.
She looked somewhat similar to Su Ruanruan in her features.
Seeing Xia Minglan staring, Mrs. Bao said with disdain: "That’s a woman kept by Mu Jiu."
Xia Minglan wanted to say something, but Mrs. Bao added: "Su Ruanruan injured Mr. Mu Jiu, yet I’m thinking of getting acquainted with this Mr. Mu Jiu!"
She whispered, "Minglan, there are some things for which you inevitably need these kinds of people to step in."
After Mrs. Bao casually mentioned it, Xia Minglan smiled and said: "Auntie, getting to know Mr. Mu Jiu isn’t really difficult."
Mrs. Bao was pleasantly surprised, "You have a way?"
Xia Minglan nodded: "I know that Mr. Mu Jiu’s mother has recently fallen seriously ill and needs brain surgery. All the lead surgeons in the country are not confident, and Mr. Mu Jiu is looking for a surgeon named Zhou Zizhuo."
"Do you know him?" Mrs. Bao grabbed her hand, asking eagerly.