Chapter 47: Li Ce, the man who gave her and Li Yue half of their lives
Li Xing watched this scene with interest, planning to see how Jiang Chi would deal with it, whether to directly protect Jiang Yinyun and reverse black and white, or what to do.
No one saw the scene just now, but when they heard Jiang Yinyun's words, the eyes that looked at Jiang Yinyun changed one by one, and they were surprised and mocked.
The woman who was touched by Jiang Yinyun sneered directly, she took a tissue from the table next to her, wiped her fingertips unhurriedly, and said to Jiang Chi: "Mr. Jiang, this is not a nursery school, nor is it a kindergarten, if you want to coax the child, please find the right place." ”
Speaking of this, she paused, glanced at Jiang Yinyun with disdain, and continued: "Don't take advantage of her as a child, don't block me if you talk about her, I love to worry about children." ”
The woman smiled at Jiang Chi.
The others looked at Jiang Chi's gaze and still retracted, but looking at Jiang Yinyun's gaze, it was not much better.
"Who is that?" Li Xing had never seen that woman, but he could also detect some meaning from the attitudes of the people around him, thinking that the identity of that woman was not simple, at least when facing Jiang Chi, she had no fear at all, obviously her identity and status were enough to compete with the Jiang family, so she could not take Jiang Chi in her eyes so much.
The person who was talking to Li Xing before the incident smiled, the corners of her lips raised a contemptuous arc and hid behind the wine glass, she lowered her voice and said to Li Xing, "Lancaster, do you know?"
"Yes. Li Xing's eyes flashed slightly, and he nodded in response, the Lancaster family has been a nobleman for hundreds of years, and He Chaorong's ancestors, when they came to country M, they were married to the Lancaster family, so counting it, He Chaorong and Lancaster's current principal Ransen are still relatives, Li Xing has not seen it, but he has also heard some from He Chaorong's mouth, and He Chaorong's advice to them is to stay away from that Lansen.
The Jiang family is really nothing in front of Lancaster behind Ranson, after all, no matter how well the Jiang family has developed in country M for so many years, it is not comparable to the power and status of those local nobles who have been intertwined for hundreds of years.
"The master of Lancaster is after her. ”
When Li Xing heard this, she raised her eyebrows, looking at Jiang Yinyun's gaze was a little strange, in her opinion, Jiang Yinyun was obviously dying now.
Jiang Yinyun didn't know what that woman represented, she was still pulling Jiang Chi to grievance and wanted Jiang Chi to help her, but she didn't know, it didn't mean that Jiang Chi didn't know.
At this time, the smile on Jiang Chi's face had not changed, he smiled at the woman, and said softly: "Miss Ross, I apologize to you for Yinyun, it was indeed her who bumped into you." ”
As soon as he heard Jiang Chi's words, Jiang Yinyun's expression changed, red and white, he bit his lip, glanced at Rose, and suddenly fell silent.
Fortunately, she still had a bit of brains, and she saw that Jiang Chi's attitude towards the other party was not ordinary, so she immediately reined in.
Seeing this, Li Xing lost interest, retracted his gaze and continued to whisper to the person in front of him, and Jiang Chi, who didn't know what to say to Miss Rose, asked Miss Rose to follow him out of the hall and go to the lounge prepared by An Yi, Jiang Yin followed behind, with a white face and a look of apprehension and panic.
Li Xing didn't care if the three of them talked in the end, she gained a lot at this banquet, and when she was about to leave, she was still in a good mood, said goodbye to An Yi and Sandy and others, got into the car to pick her up, and took out her mobile phone to call He Yu.
He Yu said before that she would also come, but until now, Li Xing has not seen her.
The car left An Yi's manor and drove on the road, and he was not in a hurry to go back, the driver was not fast, and not long after he was far away from An Yi's manor, there was a roar behind the car, and a sports car passed by the car that Li Xing was sitting in.
When Li Xing waited for He Yu to answer the phone, his eyes kept falling on the car window, and when the car passed by, an extremely familiar face flashed on the passenger seat, which made Li Xing stunned.
"Hey, Li Xing?" the phone was connected, and He Yu's voice rang on the other end of the phone, He Yu seemed to have something on her side, and her voice was obviously irritable.
Li Xing came back to her senses and answered vaguely, but her mind was full of the face she had just glimpsed, and she completely forgot what she was calling He Yu for.
He Yu waited there for a long time, and before she could react, he hung up the phone irritably.
When the phone hung up, I don't know if it was Li Xing's illusion, she seemed to hear the voice of a man on He Yu's side, almost sticking to the mobile phone and talking, Li Xing could only hear that it was not He Chaorong.
Li Xing didn't have the heart to think about anything else, just pursed his lips and sat in the back seat, his eyes still fell on the car window, the speed of the car gradually slowed down, and finally stopped and didn't leave.
"What's wrong?" Li Xing blinked and asked.
The driver glanced at it, turned back to Li Xing and said, "Miss, there was a car accident ahead, we may have to wait." ”
"Good. Li Xing nodded, sat in the back for a while, and saw that the car still didn't move, so he simply opened the window and looked ahead.
His eyes swept over the crowd gathered in front of him, and he couldn't see anything, and when Li Xing retreated, his eyes inadvertently swept to the side, but he saw a familiar sports car, and he was stunned for a moment.
Just after leaving Anyi Manor, the sports car that passed by her car was parked next to it, and at this time the window was open, and the driver put one arm on the window, and talked to the passenger seat person with his side head.
Li Xing's hand holding the phone tightened unconsciously, her nails sank into her palm, but she didn't seem to feel the pain, and only looked at the man who showed his side face fixedly.
The man's side face is clear, he is a very handsome man, wearing a silver-gray shirt, the shirt is unbuttoned, the sleeves are also pulled up, the exposed forearm muscles are beautiful, the fingernails outside the car window are trimmed cleanly, the knuckles are distinct, the fingers are slender, just such a hand, people can't help but look on it, and then wonder what the owner of the hand looks like.
This man, just by seeing a side face, Li Xing can recognize who he is, after all, it is the person who is connected to her blood, and Li Ce is the one who gave her and Li Yue half of their lives.
Since the Li family disappeared in the capital, this man has also disappeared, and Li Xing stayed in the hospital with Li Yue, who was aggravated, and never thought about looking for this man, because she knew that she couldn't find it.
But she never thought that this man would appear in her sight so suddenly, and it seems that life is much more chic than when she was in the capital.
Being stared at by Li Xing like this, Li Ce also noticed something, turned his head to look over, and when he saw Li Xing, he was stunned at first, and immediately withdrew his hand on the window after reacting, and then the window of the driver's seat quickly rose in front of Li Xing, blocking her view of the person.
Li Xing had been looking at these expressionlessly.
It's just that when Li Ce closed the window in a panic, the person sitting in the passenger seat asked puzzledly: "Ce, what's wrong?"
even looked over here, that is, this time, let Li Xing catch a glimpse of who the person in the passenger seat was, this glance made her heart sink and her pupils shrank slightly.
The person sitting next to Li Ce turned out to be the Rose she had only seen tonight, that is, the woman who was pursued by Lancaster's Ranson, and even Jiang Chi didn't dare to tear her face with her because of this.
Li Ce fled to country M, how could he be involved with Rose, and more importantly, the sports car he is driving now is also limited, and he is not badly worn.
Except for a little gray hair on his sideburns, the whole person seems to have changed, his hair has been cut a lot shorter, he looks much younger, and he is more attractive.
Li Xing pursed his lips and stared at the driver's seat of the sports car, but the window was not lowered again until the road in front of him was cleared, and the sports car drove out quickly, and soon it was out of sight.
Li Xing's car also restarted, driving towards the manor, Li Xing was silent all the way, and when she returned to the manor, it was already more than eleven o'clock in the evening, she pinched her eyebrows and walked to the living room, sat on the sofa, the cat was originally sleeping at the other end of the sofa, and then woke up and barked to run to Li Xing.
But when he smelled the smell of alcohol on Li Xing's body, his pace slowed down, and finally stopped a few steps away, hesitated, and shouted at Li Xing several times.
Li Xing didn't sit in the living room for much, got up and went back to the bedroom, took a shower and came out, the whole person was a little sober, she picked up the mobile phone and called He Yu while holding the cat next to the pillow into her arms.
But the phone called and beeped for a long time, and no one answered, and finally hung up automatically.
Li Xing thought that He Yu was already asleep at this time, and there was no way, so he threw his phone aside, hugged the cat and lay down on the bed, but his mind was so awake that he couldn't sleep.
The cat was already snoring on Li Xing's stomach, and Li Xing touched the phone again and sent Li Yue a WeChat message.
"Has he contacted you?"
At this moment, Li Yue, who was far away on the other side of the ocean, was lying on the side of the dining table, biting the bread without a bite, his eyes were half-squinted, and the mobile phone next to him rang, and Li Yue picked up the mobile phone unhurriedly.
When he saw that it was Li Xing's WeChat message, his eyes were completely opened, and the whole person changed from lying on the table to sitting up straight.
He twisted his eyebrows and hesitated to reply to a WeChat: "Sister, who are you talking about?"
It took a while for Li Xing to reply: "The one who gave us life." ”
Seriously, Li Xing and Li Yue didn't have any feelings for Li Ce, after all, in the first ten years of their lives, the sisters and brothers had never met this legendary father, and later returned to the capital, although they lived in a villa, they didn't meet many times.
The main reason is that Li Ce often doesn't go home at night, and they all say that he has raised a lot of women outside, and the specific truth or falsehood of Li Xing is not clear, but she doesn't care, there is no family affection at all.
Li Yue and Li Ce had a little more contact than Li Xing, because Li Ce wanted Li Yue to inherit his company.
As soon as he saw the message from Li Xing, Li Yue's brows tightened, he pursed his lips, and his fingers quickly clicked on the mobile phone screen, and then sent it, "I always thought he was dead." ”
Where will the dead come to him.
Li Yue sneered, and sent another message: "Sister, what are you asking him for?"
"Nothing. Li Xing's message came back quickly.
Li Yue didn't think much about it, thinking of the time on Li Xing's side, he urged her to go to bed quickly.
Li Xing responded to Li Yue, put the phone aside, her forehead twitched and hurt, but she just couldn't sleep, and as soon as she closed her eyes, it was Li Ce's face.
When Li Yue was lying in the hospital, Li Xing hated Li Ce, but at that time, Li Ce had already run away, and she was just a flash of hatred, and she turned her head to find someone who could save Li Yue.
Therefore, hatred doesn't seem to be hated for long, and when Li Yue was discharged from the hospital after surgery, she didn't think of Li Ce anymore, but a person who had lost the news for so long suddenly appeared, and when he saw her, he hid like a ghost, and Li Xing couldn't tell what he felt in his heart.
Anyway, it was also her father, although the other party did not fulfill his obligation to be a father, and he did not do as much as the housekeeper in this manor did for her.
Li Xing subconsciously turned over, and accidentally turned the cat on his belly over, the cat was awakened, barked, raised his paws and scratched Li Xing's stomach, and then shouted at Li Xing several times with a dissatisfied face, before jumping to the pillow and lying down and continuing to sleep.
Li Xing looked at the cat next to her expressionlessly, and then looked at her belly, fortunately she was wearing pajamas, she sighed, continued to lie on her stomach, put the pillow on the back of her head, and forced herself to sleep with her eyes closed.
No matter what the relationship between Li Ce and Miss Ross is, it has nothing to do with her anyway, Li Ce has avoided her like that, is it possible that she is still licking her face and coming up?
Li Xing sneered.
She's not cheap enough yet.
Li Xing slept until ten o'clock in the morning the next day, and when she woke up, the cat stepped on her face, and the pillow didn't know where to go, and the cat was still looking down at her, and when she opened her eyes, she barked.
The curtains were opened, the weather outside was gloomy, and Li Xing felt that today was colder than yesterday.
Li Xing stretched out her hand to pull the cat away, turned over and sat up, stunned for a while before remembering that she had met Li Ce last night, she picked up her mobile phone and called He Chaorong.
"Brother Chaorong. The phone was connected, and Li Xing shouted in a hoarse voice.
He Chaorong heard that her voice was wrong, and asked, "Did something happen?"
"It's fine. Li Xing pinched his throat before continuing: "I just woke up, Brother Chao Rong, I want to ask you something." ”
"You say. ”
"That's it, Brother Chaorong, you know...... Hmm, is my dad also in country M?" Li Xing scratched his hair, still feeling a little strange about calling Li Ce his father.
He Chaorong was silent for a moment before asking, "Have you seen him?"
Hearing this rhetorical question, Li Xing probably knew that He Chaorong knew that Li Ce was in country M, she breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, and replied in a low voice: "Well, I met him last night, and he didn't seem to be very happy to see me." ”
"You don't care about him, anyway, he didn't care about you and Ah Yue for more than ten years before, when Ah Yue was seriously ill and almost died, he didn't care about you, what do you care about him now?" He Chaorong said in a serious voice.
Li Xing replied vaguely, He Chaorong continued to talk at the other end, and when he was almost done, Li Xing said again: "When I saw him last night, he was with Miss Rose. ”
"The woman who has been hanging Ranson?" He Chaorong's voice was surprised.
Li Xing nodded, and He Chaorong couldn't see it, so he responded: "It's her, I'm just curious about what the relationship between him and Miss Ross is." ”
He Chaorong pondered for a while before giving Li Xing a reply, "I'll let someone investigate this matter, but don't worry about it, even if he provokes Lan Sen because of a woman, it has nothing to do with you, understand?"
"I know. Li Xing lowered his eyes and answered softly.
He Chaorong knew that she was not a virgin, and she didn't talk too much, and after a few words with her, she hung up the phone, and before hanging up the phone, he asked if He Yu was here in Lixing, and from this morning to now, He Yu didn't go to him, and he couldn't even get through on the phone.
Li Xing said no, He Chaorong said that he asked people to find it, so he hung up the phone.
After last night's incident, Li Xing was not as idle as before, he was called out by An Yi and the people he knew at the party, and occasionally participated in some small parties, but he met a lot of people.
And He Yu, not long after Li Xing and He Chaorong made a phone call that day, ran to her, ran upstairs to sleep without saying anything, slept until the night took a shower, and ran downstairs in pajamas.
"What happened to you last night?" Li Xing asked with an eyebrow when he remembered He Yu's irritable tone when he answered the phone last night, and then thought of her state today.
He Yu lay on the sofa, asked the maid to bring him sweets, and took a sip of milk while biting the bread, and when he heard Li Xing's words, his body stiffened and said vaguely: "It's okay." ”
Li Xing lowered his head and stroked the cat, he didn't notice the abnormality of He Yu at that moment, and he didn't ask more when he heard her say that it was okay, after all, He Yu in the past was not a person who would hide things.
"Have you contacted Brother Chao Rong? He asked me about your whereabouts before. ”
"Well, I'll call my brother later, I'll sleep with you tonight. He Yu was very hungry, and quickly finished eating a brioche bread, and when he saw the maid bringing the meal to the table, he ran over in his slippers.
Compared with Western food, even He Yu, who grew up in country M, prefers to eat Chinese food, and she has similar tastes to Li Xing, and likes spicy food.
The two solved dinner, sat in the living room and watched cartoons, during which He Yu called He Chaorong and hung up after explaining his whereabouts, when Li Xing bent over to serve the water, he saw He Yu's mobile phone and a call coming in, but He Yu just sighed lightly, and turned off the mobile phone impatiently.
Li Xing raised his eyebrows slightly, but didn't ask more.
When the Chinese New Year was approaching, He Yu suddenly brought a stack of materials to Li Xing, and when he handed it to her, he said: "My brother knows that there is a fashion show in the New Year, and he said that you can join the company now, choose the person you want to bring, and see if you can win a place in this fashion show." ”
Originally, He Chaorong asked Li Xing to rejoin the company after the New Year, but now he has advanced the time, obviously considering some opportunities, if he goes to fight for it after the year, it is likely to be too late.
Li Xing knew it, took the information, her contract had already been signed, it was signed in front of He Chaorong, and now He Yu brought her the information of some potential newcomers, as well as some recent fashion shows and magazine photo invitations and endorsements.
Li Xing flipped through the information of the newcomers, and when he saw a familiar information inside, he raised his eyebrows, and then laughed.
"You take it all back. Li Xing handed back the information of the other newcomers to He Yu.
"Just such one?" He Yu was surprised, and when he came over to see the person who was chosen by Li Xing, he suddenly said, "Isn't this the person you showed me that day?" It's a native of country Z, only 17 years old. ”
"Hmm. Li Xing nodded, "Take her first, concentrate on taking her, I can't take care of it if there are too many people." ”
"It's okay, you don't have to be so tired with someone. He Yu nodded, and asked her to choose from those resources.
Li Xing also only picked two, both of which are photos of fashion magazines, second-tier fashion magazines, and they are not cover characters.
"Why don't you pick a good one, there are so many. Although He Yu muttered, he didn't really exchange the two resources that Li Xing picked out.
She knew that Li Xing knew much more about this line of work than herself.
"She's not even a third-tier model now, and if I give her a starting point from the start, it's not necessarily a good thing. Li Xing put away the information and said softly.
"Her current fame, even if it is a second-tier fashion magazine, is a little higher for her. ”
"Hmm. Li Xing nodded, and did not deny He Yu's words, "It's a test, if she can't shoot these two magazines well, it can only be said that I don't have a good eye, and it's too late to replace people in time." ”
Li Xing smiled and winked at He Yu.
He Yu snorted lightly, and said with pride on his face: "If even you can't take her, then she should quit this business as soon as possible." ”
Li Xing did not refute.
She entered this circle, relying on He Chaorong's relationship, those second-line resources, and even some first-line resources, it can be said that as long as she wants, they will be sent to her, as long as the people she brings are not particularly bad.
But if her models really want to become international supermodels, they have to look at their own abilities, after all, those top resources don't look at relationships.
This truth can be understood even by He Yu, an outsider.
He Yu is here to send a piece of information to Li Xing, and by the way, he came to rub a lunch box with sweets.
"Brother Chao Rong even said to me a few times, saying that I connived at you to eat sweets. Li Xing watched He Yu bite down on the cake and said helplessly.
He Yu rolled his eyes, "Brother will just talk about you, and he won't really do anything to you." ”
In the past, He Yu was looking forward to working with He Chaorong, but after really working with He Chaorong, He Yu now just wants to rest and continue to be a salted fish.
Li Xing chuckled and wanted to say something, but He Yu's mobile phone on the sofa rang.
What was displayed on the mobile phone screen was a string of numbers, and there was no remark, He Yu glanced at it, his brows were twisted, and he hung up the phone impatiently, and by the way, he blacked out the number in front of Li Xing.