Wu Mangmang’s current expression particularly angered Ning Zheng. What did that indifferent attitude mean?
She still hadn’t taken off her sunglasses. Today’s young girls really were impolite to the extreme.
For Wu Mangmang, the sun was simply too strong and her skin couldn’t take it anymore. She naturally wore sunglasses whenever possible – at least they could cover half her face.
Ning Zheng’s gaze lingered on Wu Mangmang’s face for no less than five seconds, his attention gradually shifting from initial criticism to her lips.
Vivid, dripping red.
Because the sunglasses covered most of her features, these remaining lips became the biggest highlight of her entire face.
Wu Mangmang had very beautiful lip shape – not the thin, mean kind, but neither thick nor thin, lustrous like the freshest cream, making one involuntarily lick their lips.
Ning Zheng gradually lost focus, but soon returned to awareness even more angrily.
Walking the night path too often, today he was played by a little girl.
“Mangmang, how come you’re here too? When I dropped you off at East Mountain Middle Road this morning, I remembered I forgot something and went back to look for you twice, but didn’t see you anywhere.” Ning Zheng smiled at Wu Mangmang.
Wu Mangmang originally did feel a tiny bit of guilt toward Ning Zheng, but this wasn’t based on any fondness for him – it was just that she still had a smidgen of contractual principle, since she had made the invitation after all.
However, if the target was Ning Zheng, the guilt could be discounted by fifty percent. Playboys never lacked companions.
But Ning Zheng’s words right now showed very poor grace.
Clearly the two of them had no substantial relationship, but Ning Zheng’s misleading words made it seem like she had been with him last night.
Sure enough, Shen Ting’s sharp gaze shot over like a “whoosh.”
Shen Ting really hadn’t expected that he and Ning Zheng would fancy the same girl. And this girl might have suspicions of shopping around while riding a donkey.
“Didn’t find me? Probably no fate then.” Wu Mangmang replied lightly. Did everyone have to stand on deck making small talk?
This yacht, luxurious enough to launch aircraft, clearly had several levels of cabins.
Ning Zheng felt Wu Mangmang’s blatant malice. This girl had mentioned fate just yesterday, and now she was outright denying it.
Seemed like finding a new patron had stiffened her backbone.
“Why are you all standing here chatting? We’ve been waiting for you for ages.” A woman in a peacock blue printed maxi dress, holding a champagne flute, stood on the gangway looking down at Wu Mangmang and the other two.
Wu Mangmang recognized this person – a famous socialite from the city, rarely gifted with both talent and beauty, prominent family background, prestigious school graduate, currently editor-in-chief of a well-known fashion magazine.
Shen Yuanzi.
If Wu Mangmang remembered correctly.
Though Wu Mangmang knew Shen Yuanzi, Shen Yuanzi definitely didn’t know Wu Mangmang. They came from completely different social circles – she belonged to the high-and-mighty goddess circle, while Wu Mangmang would probably need to fight for a wealthy husband before qualifying to enter Shen Yuanzi’s circle.
But at this moment, Shen Yuanzi looked at Shen Ting and Wu Mangmang beside him with obvious surprise.
“Big brother, is this your little girlfriend from today’s blind date?” Shen Yuanzi had already seen Wu Mangmang’s photo from their mother.
Her current surprise was because she had never thought Shen Ting’s blind date would succeed.
And at such an occasion, he had brought Wu Mangmang along.
One could imagine how serious he was.
Ning Zheng raised his eyebrows, finally realizing he had misunderstood.
Ning Zheng only now remembered about Shen Ting’s blind date – otherwise today’s gathering wouldn’t have specifically waited for him. After all, for the Shen family eager for grandchildren, Shen Ting’s blind dates were top priority.
But Ning Zheng never expected Shen Ting’s blind date target would be Wu Mangmang.
It seemed that in desperation, Aunt Shen had relaxed Shen Ting’s mate selection criteria.
But Shen Ting’s move was too fast, accurate, and ruthless, leaving Ning Zheng no time to steal his brother’s love.
Brothers’ wives cannot be bullied.
Ning Zheng withdrew his gaze from Wu Mangmang’s delicate collarbones.
Shen Yuanzi walked downstairs, nodded and smiled at Wu Mangmang, then took Ning Zheng’s arm and said to Shen Ting, “Let’s go up. We’re just waiting for you and Lu Sui.”
Speak of the devil and he appears.
The roar of a helicopter descended, landing steadily on the yacht’s circular helipad under everyone’s gaze.
Wu Mangmang had ridden helicopters before.
When traveling abroad to view earth’s wonders from above.
The city’s LA Building had them too – during events, spending a hundred thousand in LA Plaza that day earned you a helicopter city tour.
So it wasn’t anything rare. Wu Mangmang couldn’t stand the blazing sun anymore and retreated under the cabin awning to await His Majesty’s arrival.
When Lu Sui’s group passed Wu Mangmang, whether intentionally or not, she was completely ignored.
Wu Mangmang stood behind Shen Ting, glaring at her very incompetent prospective boyfriend.
Not even basic courtesy – was he angry?
Wu Mangmang watched the three men ahead and noticed Lu Sui seemed a bit taller – no wonder he could be the boss.
Only when Wu Mangmang followed them upstairs into the main cabin did she realize she had truly become “out of place.”
The hall was filled with elegant ladies and gentlemen. Though the gentlemen wore casual attire and ladies tropical-style dresses, they could all be called well-dressed.
Only Wu Mangmang stood in the hall wearing an inappropriate bikini, thankfully covered by a knitted top.
Everyone was quite surprised to see her enter.
Wu Mangmang’s sharp ears heard a lady ask Ning Zheng rather contemptuously, “Don’t you know today is Lu Lin’s divorce party? What are you bringing an escort for?”
Wu Mangmang cursed inwardly, glaring hatefully at nearby Shen Ting, who was sipping his wine with what seemed like a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.
She couldn’t be mistaken.
Wu Mangmang took a deep breath, twisted her waist and swayed her hips as she walked over to hug Shen Ting’s arm, sweetly and coquettishly, stamping her feet and pouting as she drew out her voice: “Daddy~~”
“Pfft!” Shen Ting couldn’t hold back and sprayed the wine in his mouth onto Ning Zheng’s face.
When one debases oneself, others cannot debase you.
Wu Mangmang couldn’t afford to offend anyone present. She wanted to slap the lady who called her an escort, but had long been intimidated by Lu Sui.
“Daddy, someone called your goddaughter an escort, and you won’t even explain for me?” Wu Mangmang aggrievedly pinched Shen Ting’s arm.
“Stop making trouble.” Shen Ting removed Wu Mangmang’s hand and introduced her to the lady: “Zhu Xin, this is my friend, Wu Mangmang.”
“Hello, Miss Zhu.” Wu Mangmang graciously greeted Zhu Xin.
Zhu Xin snorted and walked away.
Wu Mangmang released Shen Ting’s hand, also feeling bored. She had never liked their circle and had no intention of social climbing. Today’s sea trip was supposed to be casual recreation where she could swim, but her calculations were wrong.
But this wasn’t Wu Mangmang’s fault. Her previous yacht experiences were mostly associated with champagne, bikinis, and lounging on deck getting tanned.
Of course, she had only been out to sea once or twice.
This inappropriate situation for both sides made Wu Mangmang feel bored while making ladies like Zhu Xin feel their class was being lowered.
Mutual dislike.
Unfortunately, the boat had already left dock. The only thing that could save Wu Mangmang was probably Uncle Lu’s helicopter.
But compared to facing Uncle Lu, Wu Mangmang would rather continue being an invisible person ignored by everyone.
Actually, Wu Mangmang couldn’t access the uncle anyway. In this vast ocean, he had two bodyguards in black clothes, black pants, and black sunglasses following behind him.
Fortunately, Wu Mangmang’s embarrassment was soon rescued by Ms. Lu Lin.
Lu Lin was supposedly Lu Sui’s sister. The Lu family had single-heir inheritance for three generations, so by Uncle’s generation, he was absolutely the precious root.
Wu Mangmang felt Lu Sui’s preciousness was probably on the same level as their family’s Wu Dandan.
After observing Ms. Lu Lin and Mr. Lin Jinnan’s boring but quite formal divorce ceremony, Wu Mangmang shouted on Weibo and social media: I saw the live version of an “If You Are the One” divorce ceremony today!
Lu Qingqing was the first to react, flashing back: How did you sneak in?
Obviously Lu Qingqing had heard about Lu Lin and Lin Jinnan’s divorce through gossip.
Though the Lu family was powerful, the Lin family wasn’t to be underestimated either. But these two couples’ divorce was very peaceful and quite amusing.
Reportedly, after ten years of marriage, Lu Lin suddenly discovered she was a lesbian, while Lin Jinnan also surprisingly found he preferred men.
So they joyfully held a divorce party and both announced coming out.
This didn’t matter since they’d already had children and had heirs, so the family elders didn’t care about coming out anymore.
After being educated about Lu Lin’s story by the WeChat group, Wu Mangmang suddenly found her own issues weren’t that big a deal.
Once people had money and had played everything they should play, they wanted to play what they shouldn’t. So mid-life sexual orientation changes were quite understandable.
The partial photos of the luxury yacht on Weibo gained Wu Mangmang quite a few followers – a whopping three hundred increase. The girls in the WeChat group just sighed one “rich” and went their separate ways shopping and karaoke.
Wu Mangmang deeply missed her earthly life.
After the divorce ceremony with nothing else to do, the handsome men and beautiful women went their separate ways. Wu Mangmang went to the bottom deck to prepare for swimming.
The boat had stopped now, perfect for swimming, making her credit-card-maxing bikini worthwhile.
In movies, the moment female stars emerge from swimming is usually where directors like to use slow motion or replay footage.
Classic distant shots include Halle Berry’s ocean emergence, recent ones include Qiu Ya’s swimming scene in “Goodbye Mr. Loser.”
Indeed beautiful, especially when water droplets slide across the chest.
Wu Mangmang imitated the hair-stroking motion from movies, showing off beautifully and sexily.
Just as she walked ashore, she saw Uncle standing at the ship’s rail opposite, watching her.
Or rather, watching her abdomen.
Wu Mangmang looked down and found nothing special about her abdomen except the navel ring above her belly button – no stretch marks or anything.
Though the navel ring held a not-too-small white diamond, it shouldn’t warrant Uncle staring like this?
Wu Mangmang’s first reaction was naturally to wrap herself in a towel.
But since the Uncle who had been ignoring her suddenly showed interest, Wu Mangmang also became somewhat interested.
Though he looked at her like looking at a bamboo pole, Wu Mangmang still struck a swimsuit pose from elite model competitions against the ship’s rail.
Then threw Uncle a flirtatious glance.
“Lu Sui.” Ning Zheng came down the stairs calling Lu Sui. Before his eyes found Lu Sui, they were drawn to Wu Mangmang nearby.
“Mangmang’s here too?” Ning Zheng smiled.
Wu Mangmang picked up the towel from the nearby lounge chair and wrapped herself.
She was only willing to give Lu Sui, who had no interest in her, a bit of cream ice cream for his eyes, while having no interest in eager types like Ning Zheng.
After dinner, the old men’s entertainment as usual was organizing card tables.
The socialites’ hobby was standing aside watching the games.
Wu Mangmang somewhat regretted not bringing a yoga mat – spiritual yoga under the starry deck would actually be quality entertainment.
But due to the freezing outdoor sea breeze, Wu Mangmang could only huddle in the cabin, changing back into her T-shirt and ripped jeans, bare-faced with a ponytail, simply killing a group of socialites.
The men present had countless times cast “casual” glances, even including the already-out Mr. Lin Jinnan.
Shen Ting’s luck was surprisingly bad, prompting Ning Zheng to glance at Wu Mangmang, who was huddled in a corner enthusiastically playing mobile games: “Last time Mangmang helped Lu Sui draw a nine of dots for a comeback. Why don’t you let her draw one for you too?”
“Nine of dots” was legendary – several people had heard this story.
Lu Sui’s sister Lu Lin was naturally among them. “Oh, that young lady came today too?”
Zhu Xin was Lu Lin and Lu Sui’s cousin, closer than Lu Qingqing. Hearing Lu Lin’s words, she gestured toward Wu Mangmang: “There, that’s her.”
“She’s quite pretty.” Lu Lin glanced at the oblivious Wu Mangmang and said to Lu Sui.
Shen Yuanzi smiled: “Mangmang is my big brother’s girlfriend.” She stood up and walked toward Wu Mangmang.
Only when Wu Mangmang noticed someone blocking her light did she have to look up: “Miss Shen.”
“Mangmang, right? My brother’s calling you.” Shen Yuanzi pointed toward Shen Ting.
Wu Mangmang said “oh,” got up and walked to Shen Ting: “Are we going back? I have work tomorrow.”
Unfortunately, Wu Mangmang was the only working-class person who needed to punch a time clock among those present.
Lu Sui said: “Since this young lady has work tomorrow, let’s play one last round.”
Ning Zheng laughed: “Mangmang, Shen Ting lost badly today. Go help him draw a card to change his luck.”
Wu Mangmang was already sleepy – playing games was just forcing herself to stay alert. Hearing Ning Zheng’s suggestion, she didn’t bother being polite, hoping to cut through the mess quickly and end the card game as soon as possible.
Wu Mangmang didn’t even ask Shen Ting and directly drew a card for him.
This man was quite despicable, bringing her to this place that was neither here nor there and then ignoring her, not even warning her, causing her to embarrass herself so badly in a bikini. She couldn’t be bothered asking Shen Ting’s opinion.
“Nine of dots!”
Still nine of dots.
Shen Ting held three nine of dots in his hand – the card Wu Mangmang drew completed his kong.
Ning Zheng refused to believe it and called Wu Mangmang: “Draw another one for him.”
“Two of bamboo.”
Another kong.
Wu Mangmang consciously drew another card for Shen Ting.
“Four of dots.”
Kong upon bloom!
What incredible luck!