thefictionvixens Chapter 402 When will it arrive?
Chapter 402 When will it arrive?
Rong Shu straightened her dress, then calmly took the wine glass from the waiter and splashed it back at the girl.
"ah!!"
The girl screamed instantly, angrily demanding, "What are you doing?"
Rong Shu said calmly, "Sorry, it was just a slip of the hand."
The girl's meticulously made-up face contorted as she watched her haute couture evening gown stained with the dirty wine.
Enraged, he picked up the wine bottle and was about to smash it at Rong Shu.
Before her hand could even fall, her wrist was grabbed.
The girl groaned in pain, and when she turned around, she met a pair of cold and terrifying eyes. Her whole body stiffened instantly.
"What do you want to do?"
The girl turned pale with fright at his questioning.
The commotion here has attracted a lot of attention.
The girl's mother walked over quickly and said, "Linlin."
Sheng Tingze released the girl's hand, strode to Rong Shu's side, and asked in a gentle voice, "Are you alright?"
Rong Shu shook her head slightly and said, "I'm fine."
Cheng Xin walked quickly towards Rong Shu, looked at the stains on her clothes, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Xiao Shu."
Several ladies had just been talking to her, so she couldn't leave.
At this time.
The girl's mother walked straight over, dressed in a moon-white cheongsam adorned with jade jewelry. Her regal air was undeniable, and when her gaze fell upon Rong Shu, her eyes betrayed an undisguised condescension. "Cheng Xin, who is this?"
Cheng Xin explained, "Auntie, this is Tingchen's wife, Rong Shu."
This noble lady is the wife of Cheng Xin's second uncle.
Madam Cheng looked at Rong Shu with a smile that didn't reach her eyes. "Rong Shu, that name sounds familiar. I remember now. She used to be fat and ugly, but now she's turned from a chicken into a phoenix. It seems she really went to great lengths to marry into the Sheng family. But no matter how gorgeous her appearance and decorations are, they can't hide her shabby nature."
Cheng Xin's face stiffened slightly.
The atmosphere around them seemed to freeze.
Rong Shu's face darkened, and just as she was about to speak, she heard Sheng Tingze's gloomy voice say, "Auntie, instead of judging other people's appearances here, you should let your daughter go back and take a good look in the mirror. I think even a wild boar that has become a spirit would be more pleasing to the eye than her. It really is true that like mother, like daughter. Who is the one who is not presentable?"
These words were spoken.
Madam Cheng's face instantly turned cold.
Especially Cheng Linlin, when she heard Sheng Tingze's evaluation of her, she stood there feeling humiliated and embarrassed. Tears welled up in her eyes instantly, she clenched her fingers, and stared at Rong Shu with even more resentment.
"Tingze," Cheng Xin called out reproachfully.
Sheng Tingze remained unmoved and confronted Madam Cheng without fear.
"Tingze, you're talking to your elders like this for the sake of an outsider. You're not young anymore, don't let yourself be taken advantage of without even realizing it."
"I know very well who is an outsider and who is not. I don't need you to remind me, Mrs. Cheng. Your daughter came over for no reason and splashed me with wine. Shouldn't you apologize first?" Sheng Tingze said in a very strong tone, showing no sign of backing down.
Madam Cheng's expression grew increasingly grim. She turned to look at Sheng Tingyu, "Tingyu, this is your younger brother."
Sheng Tingyu then spoke up, "Auntie, Tingze's words were indeed too much, but we also need to clarify why Linlin splashed water on someone just now."
A lady stepped forward to smooth things over, saying, "Today is Chairman Wang's birthday banquet. We're all family, there's nothing to argue about. Cheng Xin, why don't you take some people to change your clothes first?"
Madam Wang also rushed over here. Seeing the situation, she quickly tried to calm the group down.
Today is Chairman Wang's birthday, and since Mrs. Wang said so, we naturally have to give her some face.
Mrs. Cheng, her face ashen, led Cheng Linlin away.
Sheng Tingze spoke up, "Xiao Shu, go change your clothes first!"
Rong Shu's expression was also not good, but she didn't say anything more.
"Xiao Shu, let's go, I'll go with you," Cheng Xin said.
We arrived at the second-floor lounge.
The maid quickly brought over a set of clean clothes.
"You go ahead and change, I'll wait for you outside."
Cheng Xin handed the clothes to Rong Shu.
Rong Shu took it.
Just as Cheng Xin left, Rong Shu's phone vibrated. Seeing it was an unfamiliar caller ID, she pressed the answer button, "Hello!"
Lu Xue's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Evelynn, President Sheng accompanied Miss An to the hospital, and he may not be able to get there today."
Upon hearing this, Rong Shu said indifferently, "Couldn't he just tell me himself? Why do he need you to relay it?"
Lu Xue said, "If Evelynn doesn't believe me, you can call President Sheng. I won't bother you anymore." After saying that, she hung up the phone.
Rong Shu sat silently on the sofa, her face extremely gloomy.
Followed by.
Her phone beeped with a text message; it was a photo sent by Lu Xue.
The photo was taken through the glass of the ward door, showing the man's profile standing in front of the bed, but his expression is not clear.
knock knock knock.
"Xiao Shu, are you done changing?"
Rong Shu snapped out of her daze, put down her phone, and said, "It'll be ready soon."
A few minutes later.
Rong Shu changed out of her dress, composed herself, and went out the door.
Cheng Xin saw her and said, "It fits quite well."
Rong Shu gave a faint "hmm".
What did Cheng Xin want to say?
"Xiao Shu." Sheng Tingze walked towards her, stopped, looked at her, and asked, "Are you going back?"
Rong Shu didn't want to stay a moment longer and said, "Let's go back!"
Sheng Tingze hummed in agreement, then said to Cheng Xin, "Sister-in-law, Xiao Shu and I will be leaving now."
Cheng Xin asked, "Did you tell your brother?"
Sheng Tingze said, "Please tell my brother, sister-in-law."
Before Cheng Xin could say anything, Sheng Tingze looked at Rong Shu and said, "Let's go!"
The two went downstairs, and then Sheng Tingze drove Rong Shu away from the manor.
When Cheng Xin arrived at the banquet hall, she found Sheng Tingyu and said, "Tingze took Rong Shu back."
Upon hearing this...
Sheng Tingyu's expression hardened slightly.
Cheng Xin added, "Linlin was indeed very insensible today."
Sheng Tingyu did not respond to Cheng Xin's words, but said, "I'll make the call first."
Sheng Tingyu walked to the side and made a phone call to Sheng Tingchen. The call was answered quickly, and he asked, "Tingchen, when will you arrive?"
Sheng Tingchen replied, "It will take another half hour."
Sheng Tingyu didn't say anything more, just said, "Okay."
Sheng Tingze drove down the mountain.
A light rain had begun to fall in the mountains, and Sheng Tingze drove with extra caution.
Rong Shu silently gazed out the car window the whole way.
Sheng Tingze glanced at her sideways and said, "Xiao Shu, don't take those words to heart."
Rong Shu looked away, a slight smile playing on her lips, and said, "You've already retorted for me, so I don't really care. But now that you've offended someone, your mother will definitely come after you later."