A year ago, Xia Ruya returned to Beijing from Hong Kong in order to expand the development of the Li Group in the mainland. Although Xia Ruya has been staying in Country M for the past year, she has also been in charge of the expansion of the Li Group's business in Country Z. As a wealthy enterprise in Hong Kong, the Li Group, coupled with the government's various relaxed policies towards Hong Kong, has allowed the Li Group to adapt well in Country Z.
Of course, more importantly, Mr. Z gave her a lot of help.
This time, Xia Ruya returned to Beijing to develop the Li Group's business in the mainland, which is also her most important task. This will also become one of Xia Ruya's biggest bargaining chips against Wen Xinya.
After Xia Ruya returned to the capital, she has always kept a low profile and has never appeared in public.
She did not rashly check the entertainment city project because the structure of this project was too complicated. Even Mr. Z's control over the project would be greatly reduced without Ning Shuqian's help. She did not think that she, who was new to the business world and had never known or participated in this project before, would do better than Ning Shuqian.
After thinking it over, she decided to meet Shu Qian first.
"Ruya, how come you've been gone for a year without even contacting me?" Ning Shuqian was very excited to see Xia Ruya. She looked her up and down and asked with concern, "How have you been this past year? It seems that your plastic surgery was quite successful. You look exactly the same as before."
Ning Shuqian's former enchanting and beautiful face, which looked like that of a person in her twenties or twenties, is no longer there. Time seems to have accelerated her aging. Her hair is a little dry and frizzy, the corners of her eyes are drooping, and she has three long and deep crow's feet that extend all the way to her temples. The skin on her face is a little sallow and dry, and her skin is very loose, sagging, and covered with fine lines.
She looks exactly like what people often call a "yellow-faced woman", just like a weathered old woman in her forties or fifties.
Xia Ruya's eyes flashed with surprise, and she was extremely disgusted by Ning Shushuqian's scrutiny, but she still smiled and said, "Aunt Ning, I have been staying in Country M for a year to receive plastic surgery, so I..."
When speaking of the latter part, Xia Ruya was in a very low mood, and the unfinished words gave people endless room for imagination.
Xia Ruya has only ever used Ning Shuqian. She looked down on Ning Shuqian and even hated her, especially after she knew that she was disfigured in a car accident. She hated her even more. Every time she saw Ning Shuqian, she would think of how miserable and hideous she was after the accident, which made her want Ning Shuqian to disappear forever.
Especially when Ning Shuqian looked at her with that hateful gaze, and when she mentioned "plastic surgery", she almost wanted to dig out her eyes and cut off her tongue.
Even if her plastic surgery is successful, it will no longer be her original appearance.
Her original appearance was ugly and hideous, like a demon!
Ning Shuqian understood her feelings, and held her hand to comfort her, "Auntie Ning knows how hard you are feeling, so she won't blame you. Fortunately, you have come out of the shadow of the disfigurement in the car accident, and I am really happy for you."
Ning Shuqian has not had a good life over the past year. Zhang Hui's ambitions have become more and more extravagant. He has been keeping a mistress, gambling, and even becoming addicted to drugs. His expenses have been increasing, and he has been asking her for money more and more frequently. She doesn't have much money in her piggy bank, and she has no choice but to get money from Wen Haowen. Wen Haowen has been increasingly dissatisfied with her, and his temper has been getting more and more violent, and he often abuses her.
Because of these messy things, she became increasingly unable to cope with the entertainment city projects. In the past year, that person had rarely contacted her, and every time he contacted her, he was very cold, which made her feel a deep sense of crisis.
She knew that Xia Ruya was very much favored by "that person", so she became more and more attentive to Xia Ruya.
"Aunt Ning, the past is over. I don't want to mention it again, so you shouldn't mention it either." Xia Ruya's eyebrows jumped, her eyes flashed with a wet, dark and cold look, and her voice was unnaturally sharp and warning.
[Disfigured in a car accident] These four words seemed to have opened up the nightmare that was buried deep in her heart. She couldn't help but tremble all over, and her mind was filled with intermittent images of extreme fear and terror.
Over the past year, she would always dream of those horrific scenes in the middle of the night. Whenever this happened, she would be so deeply trapped in fear and horror that she would even go insane. This was the most terrifying nightmare in her heart!
Because of this, she was even afraid to sleep at one point and saw a psychologist for three months.
"Okay, okay, Aunt Ning, don't mention it again, never again." Under Xia Ruya's sharp gaze, Ning Shuqian swallowed the words in her mouth. Until Xia Ruya's gaze softened, the coldness on her body, as if she was stared at by a poisonous snake, still did not disappear.
How could Xia Ruya have such a terrifying look
Xia Ruya smiled softly: "Aunt Ning, I specially asked you out today to learn about the Wen Group Entertainment City project."
Perhaps because of Xia Ruya's plastic surgery, Ning Shuqian felt that Xia Ruya's face was fake, and her smile was also fake, which made her heart beat wildly. Her face changed drastically: "You... what do you mean?"
That person had always been in charge of the Wen's Group's entertainment city project, and over the past year, that person contacted her less and less. Although she was worried, she still had some hope in her heart. After all, the entertainment city project still depended on her, and that person would not give up on her easily.
However, Xia Ruya's words instantly put her steadfast self-confidence in danger of collapse.
Did that person hand over the entertainment city project to Xia Ruya
What about her
Has he been abandoned
Ning Shuqian was extremely panicked and frightened.
Xia Ruya saw the panic in her heart, her eyes flashed, she reached out and held her hand and said, "Aunt Ning, don't worry, Mr. Z still needs you for the entertainment city project, but because this project has been delayed for too long, it is almost half a year later than expected. Mr. Z is worried that his plan will be affected, so he asked me to assist you. My main mission this time is not this."
Mr. Z was very dissatisfied with Ning Shuqian, but he just wanted to leave Ning Shuqian alone, not saying that he would not use her, so she naturally had to appease Ning Shuqian. In addition, she knew nothing about the entertainment city projects, and there were many things she needed to rely on Ning Shuqian.
Ning Shuqian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but she was still a little worried: "Ruya, is this true? You didn't lie to me?"
Ning Shuqian knew very well what would happen to her if she was abandoned, so she became increasingly uneasy.
Xia Ruya comforted him, "Don't let your imagination run wild. The fact that I asked you out today is the best proof."