The Billionaire's New Wife in Chief-Chapter 864 - 284: Another Encounter with Zuo Yuqing

Chapter 864: Chapter 284: Another Encounter with Zuo Yuqing

The person who arrived wasn’t anyone else, it was Murong Rui. But unlike the last time she was seen at Mu Mansion with a couple of bodyguards, today she came alone.

The key point is, Murong Rui now doesn’t seem as domineering as before; probably things have not been going well for her recently, so she looks a bit haggard.

Song Qiao looked at Murong Rui approaching gradually, her expression somewhat grim, not very pleasant, but she seemed to be suppressing her emotions as she lightly pursed her vermillion lips without speaking.

Seeing Lu An’an protect her at her back, likely worried Murong Rui might harm her, her heart was inexplicably touched.

Murong Rui glanced at Lu An’an and then at Song Qiao, inexplicably finding the scene in front of her exceedingly glaring.

Lu An’an is loved by everyone in the Lu Family. Although she’s Lu Jingchen’s cousin, there’s still that trace of blood relation. As she knew very well back then, no matter what Lu An’an does, everyone in the Lu Family would stand by her, including Lu Jingchen. After all, she had heard that Lu An’an has been very sensible since childhood and is truly a debutante, though she has remained quite low-key these past years, reportedly to train herself.

Murong Rui initially wanted to make friends with Lu An’an, to draw closer to her, but ever since Lu Tianming brought her back to the Lu Family that year, Lu An’an seemed to look down on her, though not explicitly showing it, she was always seemed indifferent.

Now seeing the good relationship between Lu An’an and Song Qiao, Murong Rui felt extremely uncomfortable.

Is she now wondering if Song Qiao knew Lu An’an was Brother Jingchen’s cousin, therefore before marrying Brother Jingchen, she began to connect with Lu An’an? And perhaps, the reason she could marry Brother Jingchen was because of Lu An’an?

However, Murong Rui didn’t know that Song Qiao did not initially realize Lu An’an was the cherished little princess of the Lu Family. When she forced Lu Jingchen to marry her in public, she didn’t even recognize his identity; it was only after the marriage that she found out.

At that time, after knowing, she contemplated divorce. Actually, she wasn’t very willing to marry Lu Jingchen, so Murong Rui’s imagination that she used her relationship with Lu An’an to marry Lu Jingchen was unrealistic.

Because ever since the Mu Family’s bankruptcy, Song Qiao knew her status was far inferior to before, not to mention she was already the titular eldest lady of the Song Family, but not favored at all, knowing she had no backing, nor did she plan to marry into a wealthy family.

Back then, even Gu Linyuan’s mother looked down on her, so before marrying Lu Jingchen, how could she dare to aspire for the position of the Lu Family’s Young Mistress?

Murong Rui said nothing. Song Qiao checked the time again, realizing it was almost time for work, finally breaking the silence first, "Do you have any matters? If not, we’re going to work."

Since marrying Lu Jingchen, either she was injured or had matters to deal with; her leave days this year were almost equal to her work days. If not for the good relationship with Shen Yi, she estimated she’d have long been fired in any other company.

She was beginning to doubt whether she was suitable to be the Young Mistress of the Lu Family as one incident after another continually came, overwhelming her.

Song Qiao has always taken work matters seriously,

Murong Rui saw Song Qiao’s indifferent demeanor, the resentment accumulated over a week instantly erupted upward. Taking a deep breath, she spoke after a while, "Song Qiao, let’s talk."

Lu An’an, hearing what she said, spoke up before Song Qiao, "Murong Rui, what exactly do you want? She has nothing worth talking about with you. No matter how you work on my sister-in-law, my brother won’t like you. Do you understand?"

Murong Rui’s face turned alternating shades of blue and white upon hearing Lu An’an’s words, looking extremely unpleasant, but due to Lu An’an’s identity, the rebuttal she was about to launch was swallowed unsaid.

Song Qiao, seeing Murong Rui fear Lu An’an so much, suddenly felt her worldview somewhat refreshed.

...

The two people clocked in just over a minute late for work. Lu An’an glanced at the time on the punch machine, nearly dismantling it, glaring several times at the machine before turning to Qiao Nian’en with a face of pitiful expression, "It’s all Murong Rui’s fault, otherwise I could still get the full attendance bonus this month, ahhhhh..."

Song Qiao twitched at the corners of her mouth, patting her shoulder while pretending to be calm, "Don’t worry, look, I’m also losing my full attendance bonus with you."

Hearing this, Lu An’an was even more distressed over the full attendance bonus, almost missing the chance to directly pound the ground, "If you hadn’t mentioned it, it would have been fine; your saying it makes me feel worse. Our two bonuses together add up to three thousand yuan."

Song Qiao, "..." Do you care about that three thousand yuan?

After having previously helped Song Xi secure a role, Song Qiao assumed Huayi Media would likely not allow them to proceed due to her personal matters, but not long into work, they called her to say filming began today and asked when she would bring Song Xi over.

The caller was courteous, making Song Qiao feel she might have misunderstood them, quickly phoning Song Xi to invite her to join the shoot.

An hour later, the nanny vehicle stopped in the outskirts; by now, the place was already filled with vehicles, mostly nanny vans, private cars, and some company cars. Since the media and reporters were banned by the crew, security personnel were present in the parking lot, coming directly over when they parked.

The car door opened, Song Qiao stepped out first, encountering the security personnel who walked up. Pausing briefly, she said nothing but stepped aside for Song Xi to exit too.

The security personnel initially thought reporters had snuck in, but since Song Qiao was quite popular online recently, they soon recognized her, immediately changing to a smiling face, "Mrs. Lu, you’re here; the director instructed us to bring you over when you arrived."

Having been in the workplace and entertainment industry for so many years, having mentored a few artists, she naturally could tell pretty soon what was going on, so she offered a polite thank you to the enthusiastic security personnel.

The crew staff, along with actors featured in the drama, had all gathered. The launching ceremony had taken place a few days ago, during which only Song Xi and her team’s participation was lacking.

However, when Song Qiao led Song Xi into the set, the director was busy filming, so he directly sent an assistant over.

"Mrs. Lu, Miss Song Xi, you’re here; we’ve been waiting a long time. The director asked Miss Song Xi to change into costume as her scenes are up next." The assistant remained rather enthusiastic and courteous, smiling all along.

This almost dazzled Song Qiao’s vision, but she said nothing, acknowledging her tardiness was her fault, nodding with a hum, "Could you guide us to makeup?"

"Certainly," the assistant nodded promptly, explaining with a smile, "Since Miss Song has substantial scenes in this drama, a separate makeup room was designated here. Please follow me."

Song Qiao acknowledged with a hum, her gaze surveying the venue, aware numerous eyes were cast their way, precisely upon her, most of which showed hostility.

Slightly narrowing her eyes toward a corner, suddenly it struck her that this year’s encounter with Zuo Yuqing was unusually frequent. The figure not far sitting already made up was none other than Zuo Yuqing.

Nearby her, two others in makeup were a popular rookie actress and another star recently rising; previous reports suggested their relationship with Zuo Yuqing wasn’t great, but now it didn’t seem true.

Judging by the jovial interactions, if relations aren’t good, then truly blind would be better.

Zuo Yuqing seemed to notice Song Qiao’s gaze, turning her head toward her; their eyes instantly locked.

Seeing Song Qiao, Zuo Yuqing seemed a bit surprised but quickly disguised it, opting not to approach and greet, though she politely nodded towards Song Qiao, amounting to a salutation.

Song Qiao slightly pursed her lips but adhered to courtesy, stretching her lips into a smile back at her, and led Song Xi to follow the director’s assistant to the makeup area.

Tan Lanxin sitting next to Zuo Yuqing naturally spotted Song Qiao, openly expressing surprise, "How can that woman appear here?"

Zuo Yuqing glanced at her sideways, grabbing the assistant-brought drink, sipping leisurely, "Why is that? Why say so?"

Tan Lanxin, hearing Zuo Yuqing’s question, contained her excitement, swiftly responded like flaunting merits, "Yuqing, haven’t you heard recent happenings? About the CK Group’s CEO, that woman is the wife, just married not long ago, yet her wedding erupted in events shocking everyone."

After a pause, she added, "About that woman."

The two actors next to Zuo Yuqing hailed from a reputable domestic agency, not one from An City.

This drama, Huayi Media spared no expenses, hiring first-rate circle actors, each with considerable popularity. Long before filming, predictions abounded that it would likely rise to fame given the star-studded cast.