Before heading out, Murong Jialan deliberately dressed up.
In the afternoon, she went to the beauty salon, and in the evening, she visited a clothing store owned by the Murong Family to pick out the latest styles. Eventually, she chose a limited edition dress, with only ten sets available worldwide, and this was the only one in the country.
Although the Murong Family couldn’t compare to the Emperor, they were still a financially powerful family in A City.
Since she was going to attend a charitable gala hosted by the family business, ticulous dressing up was inevitable.
Otherwise, those board mbers would have plenty to gossip about.
Alan dressed up properly, left on ti, and arrived at the charity gala as scheduled.
When she was all set to make a stunning entrance in her glamorous outfit, a problem arose.
Her assistant Xiao Li was feeling unwell, diagnosed with acute appendicitis, and required imdiate surgery.
Now Alan was in a dilemma...
With Xiao Li absent, who would tell her who the people in front of her were?
If she couldn’t recognize those people, wouldn’t she beco a laughing stock again?
In an instant, all of Alan’s confidence vanished.
In its place was a face full of panic and fear...
Not being able to distinguish one person from another was secondary. What mattered most was that she didn’t want those people to know about her face blindness and cast strange looks at her.
And her father’s pained and disappointed look...
Everything weighed down on her frail shoulders, making it hard to breathe.
"What to do... Maybe I shouldn’t go in..."
Muttering, Alan lifted her skirt and carefully walked to the side, trying to take deep breaths to calm herself down.
In no ti, soone ca running out in a hurry, looking around anxiously, finally spotting Alan’s figure in the corner and rushing over.
"Oh my, Miss Alan! Why are you still out here? All the guests have arrived, and the charity gala is about to start. Mr. Murong has been looking for you for a long ti!"
From the tone, it seed her father was angry...
Alan anxiously wiped the sweat off her forehead, her face turning pale at once.
"I... I’ll go in now!"
"There’s no ti, Miss Alan. Shall we go in together? Otherwise, Mr. Murong won’t let off!"
"..." The more tense the atmosphere, the more it made Alan’s heart race, and the less she wanted to go in. "I’ll wait a bit more..."
"Miss, are you waiting for soone..."
"I..."
"She’s waiting for ." A gentlemanly voice interrupted, breaking Alan’s anxious mood.
Turning around, she saw that it was Lou Xining standing behind her.
He was dressed in a black suit, wearing rimless glasses, rarely looking so refined and dignified.
Of course.
The Lou Family was naturally on the invitation list, so it wasn’t surprising for Lou Xining to be there.
However...
Alan furrowed her brow, looking at Lou Xining in confusion, "I don’t think I..."
"You go inside first. I have sothing to discuss with your lady." Lou Xining completely ignored Alan’s words and addressed the anxious secretary instead.
Seeing that Miss Alan was indeed waiting for soone, the secretary didn’t dare speak further, but still anxiously said to Alan, "Then please hurry inside, Miss!"
After that, the secretary went inside first.
Leaving Alan and Lou Xining alone.
The atmosphere beca rather awkward.
Alan still rembered the last ti she went to the Lou Family and was harshly treated by Lou Xining before being driven out.
Since then, they hadn’t been in contact.
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