The woman in front of her is wearing a white dress, her hair is tied up high, her makeup is exquisite, and she is smiling.
Ye Xinning didn't recognize this woman, so she shifted her gaze and landed on Shen Lin.
Shen Lin stood up and talked to the woman.
"You're here too."
"No, Mr. Sheng has put so much effort into organizing this event, so I have to come and join in the fun no matter what."
"Yeah." Shen Lin responded lazily.
"By the way, when did you come to Beicheng? Didn't An An come with you?"
An'an?
Ye Xinning was listening to their conversation very relaxedly, but these two words made her body freeze instantly. When she looked at the woman again, she looked a little more probing than before.
No, the woman in front of me has nothing to do with Jiang An.
"No."
The woman sighed in disappointment, "That's really a pity. I thought she was here too, and I thought we could meet her."
Shen Lin didn't say anything. The woman's eyes fell on Ye Xinning, as if she had just noticed that there was someone else beside Shen Lin.
She pointed at Ye Xinning and asked tentatively, "Who is this?"
"My wife, Ye Xinning." Shen Lin's voice was low.
After learning Ye Xinning's identity, embarrassment flashed across the woman's face. Ye Xinning could probably imagine why she was embarrassed.
Asking the mistress in front of the real wife, why is this not embarrassing?
She sat in her seat, pursed her red lips, and said nothing.
The woman probably had some experience, and she quickly adjusted her expression. She nodded to Ye Xinning, "Hello, Mrs. Shen. I am Ruan Yuan, Shen Lin's college classmate."
Ye Xinning looked calm and nodded. His attitude could not be called indifferent, but it was definitely not enthusiastic.
Jiang An and Shen Lin are from the same school, as is Ruan Yuan, so it doesn't need to be said in a straightforward way.
Seeing that Ye Xinning didn't say anything, Ruan Yuan touched his nose unnaturally and said to Shen Lin, "Mrs. Shen is really different."
Shen Lin also frowned. He looked at Ye Xinning and his tone was stronger than before.
"She's saying hello to you."
Ye Xinning had an "I know, what's wrong" expression. Could it be that she wanted to express warmly to Jiang An's friends that she regretted meeting her so late? That would be a pity, she couldn't do it.
Ruan Yuan said at this time, "It's okay. Mrs. Shen probably has such a personality. My place is over there. I'll go over first. If there is time later, we can eat together."
"Um."
Ruan Yuan left, and Ye Xinning didn't even want to smile now. He had a sullen face and played with the bracelet on his hand coldly.
Shen Lin sat down, suddenly held her hand, and covered the bracelet.
Ye Xinning frowned subconsciously, and Shen Lin caught this detail. His eyes were dark and his voice was low.
"You don't like Ruan Yuan?"
"Is she RMB? Do I want to like her?" Her cold attitude really failed to arouse any interest in discussion.
"No matter how much you don't like her, you shouldn't embarrass her in front of so many people."
Ye Xinning seemed to have heard a joke, "Do you call that embarrassing? If you really want to embarrass her, because she deliberately mentioned Jiang An to provoke me, I should give her a slap in the face and teach her how to be a good person."
Women know women better. Before Ruan Yuan spoke to Shen Lin, she had eye contact with Ruan Yuan. She didn't believe that Ruan Yuan couldn't guess her identity and even mentioned Jiang An. Wasn't that intentional?
However, Shen Lin didn't feel anything was wrong at all.
After hearing her words, Shen Lin frowned even deeper.
"Ye Xinning."
"If you don't want to see me, I'll leave now." She wasn't interested in the party anyway.
Shen Lin held her hand tightly, "Don't even think about leaving."
Ye Xinning knew he would say that.
The dinner officially began, with Sheng Ting speaking as the organizer. After the speech, there was a formal auction and fundraising event.
Ye Xinning had no interest and kept playing with his mobile phone with his head down.
Shen Lin didn't make any move, but when he took a photo of a jade bracelet, Shen Lin suddenly started bidding.
Ye Xinning looked at him suspiciously, not understanding his operation.
"what are you doing?"
"Shoot something."
Ye Xinning subconsciously wanted to ask, who should the photo be taken for? Could it be me?
But when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them back.
Ruan Yuan came over just now and mentioned Jiang An. Shen Lin suddenly took this picture, probably because he wanted to give it to Jiang An when he saw Jiang An in the future.
The bracelet that Shen Lin is interested in is called a match made in heaven. It is a rare natural green jadeite with an auction price of about 50 million.
As Shen Lin raised the price all the way, a voice suddenly sounded from the back row.
"One hundred million."
Shen Lin, "One hundred and fifty million."
"Two hundred million."
Shen Lin, "Three hundred million."
Ye Xinning looked at Shen Lin and wondered if this man was crazy. He could actually raise the price to 300 million for Jiang An for a 50 million bracelet.
To her, this was simply insane.
As Shen Lin bid this time, the people behind him didn't say anything, and Shen Lin successfully took the photo of the bracelet.
When Ye Xinning looked at Shen Lin again, he felt that the words "taken advantage of" were written on his face.
frenzied!!!!
However, the person involved, Mr. Shen, did not feel anything was wrong and remained calm and relaxed.
After the auction ended, Shen Lin and Sheng Ting went to pick up the bracelet they had just auctioned. Ye Xinning looked bored and wandered around the banquet hall.
Suddenly, a signature on a particular bouquet caught her attention.
She took out her phone and took a photo.
Open the chat software and find the person with the note "him".
——I saw your name.
They responded quickly there.
——The auction is over?
Ye Xinning saw that he was not surprised at all that he was at the auction, and suddenly felt a little bored.
——Well, you sent flowers to Sheng Ting, but he didn’t come?
——It's not convenient for me, so I sent someone over.
——It’s not very convenient. Well, I might have to go back to Nancheng tomorrow. How about I go over and see you before I leave?
——Don't come over here. When I'm free in a while, I'll go to Nancheng to find you.
Ye Xinning thought for a while, replied, and then chatted for a while before putting down the phone.
At the same time, in a villa in Nancheng.
A man, wearing a white shirt, with bare feet on the carpet, looked into the distance with deep eyes.
The woman standing behind him said, "Sir, I didn't capture anything."
"What's going on?" the man said in a cold voice.
"It was taken away by people from the Shen family in Nancheng. The final bidding price was 300 million."
"Who asked you to give up on your own initiative?"
"Sir, I just don't think three hundred million for a bracelet is worth it."
"Shut up, I have the final say whether it's worth it or not."
"sorry sir."
The man lowered his voice and said, "After this time, she asked the sick family member who helped to take care of her."