Li Jing was led to the fitting room by the waiter to try on the dress.
She wasn’t in a hurry to put it on, because Fu Lingchu wouldn’t be waiting for her outside. In the original plot, the original owner had changed her clothes and walked out of the fitting room with a hint of shyness, holding up her skirt, but Fu Lingchu had already left.
The dress was just a casual gift to her. The 500,000 yuan was nothing to Fu Lingchu. As long as Li Jing wore it, he would be one step ahead of Feng Ce.
Li Jing thought it was great!
Money involved, no feelings involved. The professional ethics of a good leek!
So she didn’t bother to put it on or take off her clothes, and simply leaned back comfortably on the soft sofa in the fitting room.
This part of the charity gala plot actually belonged to the heart-breaking part. Fu Lingchu gave Li Jing a dress, but he arrived with his future fiancée, and Fu Lingchu didn’t look at the original owner from beginning to end, making the original owner look very ridiculous.
Although Feng Ce also invited Li Jing, their purpose for attending the gala, including the third male lead, Du Jinghuai, who was about to appear, was the same—
To bid on a painting donated by Ye Yan.
Ye Yan, such a kind-hearted White Moonlight, would naturally not miss this opportunity to show off in front of the three male leads in the wealthy circle. She donated a cherished painting from her collection. This act was not only kind and charitable, but also showed her taste and elegance.
Li Jing pondered for a while and had a plan.
When she walked out of the fitting room, Fu Lingchu had indeed already left.
Li Jing glanced at the mirror.carpreads.pages.dev
The person in the mirror had skin as delicate as porcelain, with extremely exquisite features. Her eyes were large and clear, her nose was small and delicate, her lips were beautiful and plump, and because her skin was too pale, she had a hint of fragility. It was the kind of face that would be flawless even if projected onto a giant screen.
Li Jing smiled in the mirror, her bright eyes sparkling.
The face of the female lead in an old-fashioned novel was not to be feared. Tonight, she would let this face unleash its power.
-—–
Tonight was the night of charity.
Qiao Yuxin had put a lot of effort into her styling. Although she hadn’t been able to book the dress she wanted most, she was still wearing a high-end custom-made outfit.
Fu Lingchu’s car was parked at the entrance of the Qiao’s villa. The moment she saw Fu Lingchu, her heart skipped a beat.
The young CEO had a powerful aura. He was wearing a dark, tailored suit that was both sharp and mature. Fu Lingchu’s cold face had handsome features, and a few strands of black hair fell over his forehead. When his deep eyes looked at her, Qiao Yuxin’s face turned red.
“Brother, brother Fu.”
“Yuxin, you look beautiful tonight.”
Fu Lingchu gave a polite compliment.
His gaze swept over Qiao Yuxin’s pretty face, which was adorned with exquisite makeup, but another face appeared in his mind.
More delicate features, innocent and pure eyes, occasionally stubborn…
Fu Lingchu suddenly realized that it wasn’t Ye Yan.
It was Li Jing, the poor and pitiful Li Jing.
He immediately frowned fiercely.
So when Qiao Yuxin walked over and linked her arm with his, Fu Lingchu didn’t refuse.
On the businessman’s precise scale, Qiao Yuxin was a much more important existence than Li Jing.
The car stopped outside the venue of the gala, and Fu Lingchu and his female companion immediately attracted a lot of attention.
“President Fu!”
“President Fu brought the Qiao family’s daughter tonight!”
“What a perfect match!”
Fu Lingchu’s expression was indifferent, but Qiao Yuxin was a little giddy with excitement. She felt like she was the center of attention tonight, the most beautiful one in the whole place, and Fu Lingchu’s gaze would definitely linger on her—
Entering the venue, Fu Lingchu led Qiao Yuxin to a seat with great courtesy.
His gaze scanned the room as he said, “There are a few friends over there. I’ll go chat with them. Do you mind?”
Qiao Yuxin naturally wanted to be taken by Fu Lingchu to chat with his friends, so that she could better show off her fiancée status, but she looked at Fu Lingchu’s cold face and didn’t dare to bring it up.
“No, brother Fu, go ahead.”
Fu Lingchu fastened the button of his suit jacket, bowed politely, and turned around, his expression already indifferent—
He had already asked his assistant to pick her up. Why hadn’t Li Jing arrived yet?
—Li Jing had already arrived.
She had changed into the dress in the venue’s changing room and hadn’t moved around much. Instead, she had learned more about the rules of tonight’s auction.
[This year’s Charity Night is part of the national public welfare program and has received support from caring people from all walks of life. A total of 22 collections have been raised. The proceeds from the Charity Night auction will be donated to the mountainous areas in the name of the bidders…]
Li Jing: “Not bad, not bad.”
Spending the capitalist’s money to help those in need was very much in line with her philosophy!
As Qiao Yuxin walked into the dressing room, the socialite sisters around her were still praising her.
“Yuxin, you look so beautiful tonight!”
“Best of the night!”
Qiao Yuxin’s smile hadn’t faded yet, but she suddenly saw the dress she originally wanted to order—
The person’s back alone had an extremely superior head-to-body ratio, with a slender swan neck and thin shoulders. The dress looked amazing on her, with a light silk texture, the skirt design was not luxurious, but tightly outlined the curves of her body. From the waistline to the calves, it was slender and graceful.
Li Jing then turned around slowly.
Instantly, that face brought a stronger visual impact than the dress. She didn’t even have much makeup, just a light base and slightly bright lipstick, which made her entire delicate features come alive.
“Ye—no, Li Jing?!” Qiao Yuxin gritted her teeth: “You, how come you’re wearing this dress?!”
Who could still remember that poor and ordinary female college student? Qiao Yuxin thought about how Li Jing was so poor that she couldn’t even afford a smartphone and had to use a basic flip phone, but now she was wearing a dress she couldn’t afford. Qiao Yuxin was about to be driven crazy.
Li Jing looked down at the dress on her and asked, “Does it look good?”
Qiao Yuxin: “Of course it’s good, this is what I wanted to—”
She stopped abruptly before she could finish her sentence. She couldn’t admit that she wanted to order it but couldn’t!
Li Jing: “Thank you for your compliment.”
Qiao Yuxin: “??? Who complimented you!” She was about to go crazy.
Li Jing remembered that Miss Qiao had a role to play tonight, and she calculated that Qiao Yuxin’s investment in her was not small. She was considered a silver leek in her eyes, and it was worth investing time in her.
However, she now had more important leeks—no, the male lead.
—Male lead number three has appeared, 300m away from you…
Li Jing picked up her skirt and got up to leave. The Acting Emperor had arrived!
Du Jinghuai was a public figure, so he wouldn’t appear in the venue. His agent was the one who held the sign for him to participate in the bidding.
As for why he had to come to the scene in person, it was just to see the painting that Ye Yan had treasured for so long—well, this was another seemingly infatuated man.
However, Du Jinghuai, who seemed cold and melancholic, actually had a more old-fashioned style than Fu Lingchu and Feng Ce. Later, when the three male leads’ favorability towards the substitute female lead was very high and they started competing for her, he directly used force to imprison Li Jing and engage in some kind of forced love.
Another naughty one.
When Li Jing rushed out, she only saw Du Jinghuai’s silhouette walking up the stairs.
Just a profile view, the outline from his brow bone to his nose bridge to his jawline was already perfectly displayed. His temperament was exceptionally cold, he was wearing a white suit, his gaze was calm, and he stood out in the crowd with his superior presence.
No wonder the three-time Golden Award-winning Acting Emperor, who only made one movie every two years but still had loyal fans, he truly had the capital to do so. Now that all three male leads were online, she had to find a chance to brush up the Acting Emperor’s storyline today.
Li Jing watched Du Jinghuai disappear on the second floor and couldn’t help but sigh, “It seems like the Acting Emperor is the most handsome.”
The system was silent for two seconds, then suddenly asked, “Really?”
Li Jing immediately realized, her tone suddenly became a little higher, “Teacher Lu? You’re here~”
She looked around, but didn’t see the silver-haired figure.
Li Jing made up for it, “I meant the Acting Emperor is the most handsome among the men present—I didn’t see you.”
The system didn’t reply this time.
Li Jing walked a few steps, holding her skirt. A figure suddenly brushed past her. The woody oriental scent lightly brushed past her nose. By the time she came to her senses, that tall and slender back had already walked away.
“Time to work,” she could hear his voice, low and magnetic, “and—”
“No need to limit the scope, you are the most beautiful too.”
Li Jing blinked.
Her work ability was delayed for a second, and she was still in a daze when the male lead walked in front of her.
Good heavens, she thought: Good heavens.
That man was incredible.
To get him into her retirement life.
Li Jing looked up at Feng Ce, her eyes and expression quickly got into character—
She could only work harder to cut leeks! Yes!
Feng Ce’s gaze swept over Li Jing from top to bottom, his eyes filled with annoyance and amazement.
He had to admit that Li Jing, dressed in this pure white dress, was beautiful to the point of exaggeration, making it impossible to look away.
But at the same time, a more unpleasant feeling surged through him.
“Did Fu Lingchu give you this?” Feng Ce asked.
Li Jing clutched her skirt tightly and whispered, “I borrowed it from him.”
“Borrowed?” Feng Ce scoffed disdainfully, immediately recognizing the expensive craftsmanship of the dress, “Can you even afford this dress?”
Li Jing said stubbornly, “Five thousand yuan, I can pay it back with my scholarship!”
For a moment, Feng Ce didn’t know whether to call Li Jing an idiot or Fu Lingchu an idiot.
They were both big idiots.
“Sit next to me later,” Feng Ce said, clearly annoyed.
Li Jing neither agreed nor refused.
—That depended on Fu Lingchu.
-—–
At this moment, inside the venue.
Fu Lingchu had just received a voice message from Ye Yan.
“Lingchu, don’t bid tonight.”
“I donated that painting just to do something for the children in the mountainous areas…”
Fu Lingchu’s heart softened.
“Okay, I won’t,” Fu Lingchu replied softly, “Don’t worry.”
A’yan was always so kind, he wanted to hold her in his palm, but he couldn’t reach her.
As Fu Lingchu was thinking, his gaze was captured by a white figure entering the venue, his pupils constricted.
He knew Li Jing would look good in this dress.
But he didn’t expect… it to be this good.
—Fu Lingchu’s favorability +1%
Li Jing: Visual creatures, men, tsk tsk.
The auction was about to begin, and most of the seats in the venue were already occupied.
Feng Ce led Li Jing, Li Jing followed behind the big Young Master of the Feng family, and all sorts of eyes, either amazed or probing, were focused on them.
Fu Lingchu sat in the middle, watching them, his expression turning cold.
Feng Ce didn’t even glance at Fu Lingchu, he led Li Jing to the sofa with best position and pointed, “Sit.”
Li Jing: “Oh…”
She caught a glimpse of Fu Lingchu’s approaching figure, and just as she was about to sit down, her wrist was precisely captured.
The system came back online, excitedly watching: “The number one and two male leads’ showdown is about to begin! Host, you are truly amazing!”
Li Jing: “Go ahead, let’s go all out.”
Fu Lingchu’s palm rested on Li Jing’s wrist bone, like he was caressing a treasured possession.
“Sit next to me,” Fu Lingchu glanced at Li Jing, nonchalantly saying, “My bidding paddle is yours, feel free to bid tonight.”
Oh my—Li Jing immediately turned her head away.
Her hair brushed against Fu Lingchu’s hand, a slight itch that climbed all the way to his heart, making Fu Lingchu realize that his words were completely sincere.
He even felt a slight pleasure from the sense of control that came with his power.
“Really?” Li Jing felt she should still confirm whether the money would be credited.
Her clear eyes were clouded with a thin layer of mist, looking so surprised and delighted: “Can I really donate it to the mountainous areas in my name? Can I… do something too?”
Fu Lingchu unconsciously curled his lips slightly: “Really.”
His wealth could easily allow Li Jing to bid for everything tonight.
Under Feng Ce’s watchful gaze, he completely forgot about the message Ye Yan had sent earlier.
Li Jing: This is so awesome.
Doing good deeds for the mountainous areas and getting paid, she definitely had to work hard to cut these leeks!!
So Li Jing took a small step towards Fu Lingchu, half a meter, and then, her other wrist was also pulled.
Feng Ce’s brow was furrowed with annoyance and dissatisfaction, he looked at Li Jing: “I can do it, too.”
Fu Lingchu had already won the dress once, Li Jing was just a substitute, how could the noble Young Master lose to her again and again?
Feng Ce looked at Li Jing with an arrogant expression: “You bid, I’ll pay.”
Li Jing almost clapped in her heart for the two of them.
Fu Lingchu sneered, “Young master Feng, are you really going to argue with your elders?”
Feng Ce was so provoked by him that he wanted to hit someone, “You’re nothing but a fart of an elder—”
Li Jing spoke up in time, “Enough! Stop arguing!”
She covered her ears with her slender white hand, seemingly helpless, her eyes filled with shattered light, “What does it matter where I sit?”
Facing the unfriendly gazes of Fu Lingchu and Feng Ce, she trembled, “If you want to compete, then compete on who can raise more money tonight, who can contribute more to the children in the mountainous areas!”
Li Jing raised her sparkling eyes and looked at the two male leads who were becoming competitive.
“I admire kind people the most!”
—Let them donate generously to her!!