Coming out of the office, Ye Ning remembered that the girl had been at the front desk all along, so she casually asked, "Xiaochen, did the Third Young Master Ou return to his office after the meeting?"
"I don’t think so. He went to see a client right after the meeting. I even delivered the car keys to Secretary Gao."
"Really?" Ye Ning was relieved all at once.
So he hadn’t gone in!
But if he hadn’t gone in, how had her bag ended up next to the sofa? Could it have been the cleaning lady?
With a hint of doubt, Ye Ning followed the woman beside her down the stairs.
When they reached the sixth floor and stepped out of the elevator, just after rounding the corner, the entire restaurant floor reserved by the Ou Family appeared before them.
"Have you guys heard? The young miss from the Bai Family has returned from studying abroad."
"Really? Which branch will she go to this time?"
The moment they arrived, Ye Ning heard people discussing something...
The young miss from the Bai Family?
Wasn’t that the family the sister of Ou Mucen had married into?
Ye Ning had spent time at Blue Mountain Villa and knew a bit about the Ou Family’s personnel relationships, so when she heard the "Bai" surname, she paid extra attention.
"Miss Bai is the Ou patriarch’s granddaughter. She can go anywhere in the Ou corporation, right?"
"Not necessarily. Her mother and the second branch of Dragon-Phoenix Jewelry are full-blooded siblings. If she’s here, she’ll definitely go help Dragon-Phoenix. Why would she come to our Yuzhirun?"
The voices from the ongoing discussion seemed to lower gradually as more people arrived.
Ye Ning, catching a glimpse, casually asked the girl beside her, "Is this Miss Bai really that impressive? They seem quite eager for her to join us."
Xiaochen nodded, "She must be. She’s a famous jewelry designer overseas and has designed jewelry for many celebrities. I heard she’s come back at the invitation of Elder Ou to help with the family business, but I’m not sure if she will go to Longfeng or come to our Yuzhirun."
Ye Ning, upon hearing this, couldn’t help but be surprised!
She had seen the young miss from the Bai Family. After Miss Ou Mufeng got married and often came back to visit her father, she would occasionally bring her daughter along.
That would be the young miss from the Bai Family!
The young miss from the Bai Family wasn’t much older than her, also in her same year. Yet, she hadn’t expected that in five years, that same young miss would become a renowned jewelry designer overseas.
Whereas she had become a person shunned from the limelight, a fallen prisoner.
"So which branch do you think she will choose? As a jewelry designer, we really need someone like her at Yuzhirun."
Xiaochen chuckled, "An Ning, stop dreaming. Bai Wei is the second branch’s own niece. Do you think she would come to our Yuzhirun?"
That made sense too. The second branch had always been at odds with the third. How could Mufeng’s daughter come to help Yuzhirun?
Then again, that Third Young Master Ou probably wouldn’t care for her at all!
Ye Ning thought of that privileged young master who didn’t give a damn about anyone and shook her head, smiling...
They had come to eat because Xiaochen liked Western food, so they were looking for a spot to sit down in the Western dining area of the restaurant. But just then, at the entrance they had just passed, a commotion suddenly erupted!
"Eh? Isn’t that Manager Yang from Dragon-Phoenix Jewelry? And, who is she with?"
Ye Ning had just sat down when she heard this name. Looking up, she turned towards that direction.
To her surprise, there she saw someone she could never have expected!