CEO Vengeful Wife

Chapter 221: Truly naive thinking

He Zhouyan knew very well that there was no escort with Jing Lihua.

Why else would she have informed Jing Lihua on the last date? The very purpose was to not allow Jing Lihua enough time to arrange for an escort.

Thus He Zhouyan's words were aimed at nothing but to demean Jing Lihua. On the surface, In her words, He Zhouyan had expressed how important Jing Lihua's position was. However, the underlying meaning was to ridicule her utilizing such satire. 

A few people, who grasped the mockery in her tone, understood at once that Jing Lihua won't be having any escort. And it was easy to conclude this. After all, who would want to offend the Su family in this city?

On the other hand, the other few other simple-minded people, who could not detect any anomaly in He Zhouyan tone, assumed it to be a normal conversation. Now they were curious. They anticipated the identity of the person who would escort her.

In short, everyone was now focused on Jing Lihua.

With the two groups of people, no matter what, if Jing Lihua revealed that she had come alone, the disgrace she would have to suffer would be several folds more than if He Zhouyan had not brought out this topic. 

He Zhouyan was ruthless.

Jing Lihua's face was expressionless. There was a subtle flicker of emotion in her deep, emerald eyes. Too momentarily for He Zhouyan to have picked up anything.

"Ms. He doesn't need to concern herself." A second, later, she smiled brightly. "I do not need an escort when I have fussy to accompany me." She lightly pulled up the cat, intending to make it clear what she meant.

He Zhouyan was speechless at her unconcerned comment. In her words, she neither admitted nor denied having an escort. Thus, He Zhouyan purpose was unserved. 

Not only that, but another thing also unnerved He Zhouyan. That Jing Lihua, despite being in the center of everyone's focus, how could she be so unruffled? "But, Jing Lihua, I was saying this out of my concern for you. No matter what, your escort must—"

"Today is a big day for Xiao Tian." Jing Lihua's smile was fairly warm. However, the people who stood at a distance could not see how cold and chilling her eyes were. It was precisely those eyes that forced He Zhouyan to gulp back whatever galling words she had prepared to say. "So, Ms. He should be attending to her rather than sparing me her concern."

With that said, she excused herself and left He Zhouyan hanging on her words. She didn't let her use the matter of the escort to bring her down. She simply didn't let her the opportunity and say any harmful

words.

Only once Jing Lihua disappeared into a distance, He Zhouyan snapped out of the trance she had been put into and realized that she had lost such a fine moment to teach that Jing Lihua a lesson. 

"He Zhouyan, to some extent, she is right." A voice came from her back.

 He Zhouyan was surprised to find Lang Lan. Normally Lang Lan and her friends, who were from a level above their 'Jing' family, were fairly snobbish. They would not spare He Zhouyan any face. In fact, He Zhouyan had to be willing servile to earn a chance to socialize with them. But this time Lang Lan took the initiative to talk?

How could she have known the sole purpose of Lang Lan's presence at this party was to find an opportunity to enact her revenge? For everything that happened to Lang Lan, she blamed Jing Lihua. But this was all the internal conflict of the Heng family. So outsiders were unaware of this matter.

"What does Ms. Lang mean?" Very politely, He Zhouyan asked.

In reaction, Lang Lan's expressions turned somewhat ugly. A look of disdain emerged on her face as she found that Jing Lihua, the thorn in her throat, walking away gracefully without a single concern about anything or anyone. "What I mean is clear. Today is such a prosperous day for your daughter. The person who deserves your care is your own daughter. You do not need to waste your energy worrying about others." Lang Lan laughed gleefully. "As for you looking for her escort, you need to stop worrying. I am certain no one is going to appear." Her eyes were rich with mockery.

He Zhouyan was ambiguous in her words when she had attempted to demean Jing Lihua. However, that was not the case with Lang Lan. She was open in her words, purposely loud in her tone without any intention to hide her scorn.

Under normal circumstances, women would care for their image and refrain from the use of direct words.

However, Jing Lihua had driven Lang Lan to that point where she did not care for her reputation anymore. The hatred she harbored that hateful wh*re was self-evident.

When someone from a high-class circle came to back up He Zhouyan, she definitely treated it as a happy occurrence. She quickly got into the act. "Is that really so? Has she really arrived without a company? But in my invitation, I had clearly told her to bring...ah! Now, I understand. It's not her fault. So thoughtless of me. After the divorce who would be willing to... It's just I didn't expect that even after owning such a big company to her name, she could not get anyone. It truly is surprising." He Zhouyan pretended to sigh regretfully. "Since Ms. Lang says so, I would not be waiting here for her es

cort."

This time, He Zhouyan's words were a clear insult under the guise of sympathy. 

Lang Lan was very satisfied when she sensed the ladies gossiping in whispers at their back. Their collective words bore fruit. With a self-pleased smile, Lang Lan gazed in Jing Lihua's direction.

However, to her shock, Jing Lihua didn't even pause. Her confident figure continued to make its way forward as if it was not her they were talking about.

Upon her lips, there was a small unfaltering smile.

'Her priorities were different. Did they really think such cheap tricks would get to her? Truly naive thinking!'