novelraw Chapter 626 - 124 No matter how pretty I am, I’m not as pretty as Wanwan
Chapter 626 - 124 No matter how pretty I am, I’m not as pretty as Wanwan
As if her clandestine actions were exposed, Ning Yan’er awkwardly withdrew her gaze, reaching to fiddle with her long, curly hair in a somewhat unnatural manner. Her pose carried an indescribable allure, "I just thought Miss Song hadn’t been seen in a long while and has become even more beautiful, so I couldn’t help but take a few extra glances."
Lu Jingchen’s skill in cutting steak was impressive, each piece looked uniformly sized and pleasing to the eye, which involuntarily whetted the appetite even more.
In fact, she could cut them that way too, but she didn’t like the feeling of knife and fork clinking together. Biting into a piece of steak and chewing it finely, Song Qiao then looked up at Ning Yan’er across from her and spoke with a smile, "No matter how pretty I become, I’m still not as beautiful as Wanwan."
Ning Wan...
The familiar name emerged in her mind, causing Ning Yan’er’s meticulously maintained expression to change slightly in the next instant, her hand at her side unconsciously tightening.
Even Xi Mohan beside her, who always appeared exceedingly indifferent, now had a darkened gaze. His eyes narrowed dangerously as he looked towards Song Qiao, his lips pressed tightly shut without uttering a word.
Ning Yan’er turned her gaze to Lu Jingchen next to Song Qiao and was startled by just a glance.
She actually saw what was called tenderness on this man, Lu Jingchen’s, face, and it was directed towards the woman beside him.
Clasping her hand on the table tightly, Ning Yan’er took quite a while before speaking up, "Miss Song seems to have quite an unfavorable opinion of me?"
She naturally knew where Song Qiao’s hostility towards her came from.
It was entirely thanks to that little wretch, Ning Wan, who let Ning Wan be Song Qiao’s best friend and the most enviable national sweetheart?
Just like she and Zuo Yuqing were best friends, now seeing Lu Jingchen’s different treatment towards Song Qiao, and especially when Lu Jingchen was cutting steak for Song Qiao, she felt increasingly intolerant towards Song Qiao. It was as if Song Qiao had stolen the man of her dear sister.
The reason she said this was entirely because she wanted to give Song Qiao face, not wanting to pierce that veil.
After all, the way Lu Jingchen looked at Song Qiao now was certainly beyond expectation.
"Is it strange?" Song Qiao quirked her lips into a light smile, her eyes brimming with a chilly mirth layer upon layer as if to mock the woman opposite to her. She reached for a napkin to wipe her mouth, leaving no room for Ning Yan’er as she bluntly stated, "As for Miss Ning Yan’er, I really can’t bring myself to like you, and I believe you know the reasons why, don’t you?"
After speaking, she turned her gaze directly towards Lu Jingchen beside her, but met his pair of eyes, devoid of any smile. However, right now, she didn’t show the slightest fear or retreat, straightforwardly saying, "I need to use the restroom."
She hadn’t eaten much of the steak in front of her, at most just a few bites. Even though the neatly cut and evenly sized steak was there, Song Qiao had already lost all appetite to continue eating.
The man looked steadily at the face close at hand, especially perceiving her perfectly composed smile, suddenly feeling a bit unreal, as if he had never truly understood her from the beginning, with the echoes of her words and tone lingering in his mind.
After a long pause, when impatience started surfacing in Song Qiao’s eyes, Lu Jingchen finally uttered a light "hmm."
Song Qiao asked a waiter and then found the restroom.
She wasn’t actually going to use the restroom; it was because Xi Mohan and Ning Yan’er were there that her good appetite was spoiled. Although she wouldn’t say she hated them—after all, they had hurt Ning Wan, not her—it was probably because she was Ning Wan’s close friend that she found it hard to look at Xi Mohan and Ning Yan’er without displeasure.
That morning she had taken the time to apply a delicate makeup look, likely due to the work culture that rarely anyone goes to work barefaced.
But perhaps because of her naturally good skin and delicate features, she looked quite attractive even without makeup.
In her mind, images of Lu Jingchen and Zuo Yuqing together unexpectedly surfaced, an unanticipated thought that made her involuntarily clench her fist on the wash basin edge.