Chapter 61: Is That All?

Lu Yiqi gave the waiter a look: It's alright, you can go, I'll handle Xie Xu.
The waiter gratefully walked away.
Xie Xu gazed at Lu Yiqi with a quiet intensity.
Feeling uneasy under his stare, Lu Yiqi asked, “What are you doing?”
“I’m really not in a good mood right now,” he replied.
There was nothing she could do about his mood. She glanced down and realized her hand was still gripping Xie Xu’s arm. She quickly let go.
Xie Xu stared at her hand as she released him, feeling even more irritated.
He gritted his teeth and said, “Why did you let him off?”
“He was just trying to keep his job, that’s why he wasn’t paying attention. It’s nothing, really. One must have a generous heart.”
Xie Xu twisted his lips in a sardonic smile.
Generous, indeed.
Before he could say more, a girl walked over carrying a wine glass. She wore a pale lavender tulle dress, the hem puffed out adorably. Her blush was soft and rosy, and she looked about seventeen or eighteen, dressed up like a little princess.

The girl approached Xie Xu and smiled sweetly. “Young Master Xie.”
Xie Xu responded with a cold “Mm,” not bothering to look at her directly.
A trace of embarrassment flickered in the girl’s eyes, but she maintained her graceful smile. “I’m honored to be invited to your birthday party. Happy birthday, Young Master Xie. My name is Cheng Jiajia, daughter of the chairman of Y Group. May I introduce myself?”
Lu Yiqi raised her eyebrows: Ah, it seems this is another heiress here to curry favor with Xie Xu, probably on her parents’ instructions. If they could connect with the Xie family, the benefits would be endless.
Cheng Jiajia finished her introduction, but Xie Xu hadn’t listened to a single word. At last, he lifted his noble head, glanced at her for three seconds, then looked away, offering a curt assessment: “Gaudy.”
Cheng Jiajia was taken aback.
Lu Yiqi couldn’t help but laugh.
And to make matters worse, Xie Xu continued in his biting tone, “You were invited by my father, not by me. Also, please don’t try to force a connection. Do you think the Xie family is interested in your group, or do you think I’d be interested in you?”
Lu Yiqi inhaled sharply. This man was ruthless.
She had thought he was harsh with her, but compared to this, it was nothing at all.
She silently mourned for Cheng Jiajia.
The next moment, Xie Xu tilted his chin toward Lu Yiqi. “The kind of girl I could be interested in—have you seen her?”
Lu Yiqi looked around: Where?
It took her a while to realize Xie Xu was referring to her.

Cheng Jiajia scrutinized Lu Yiqi from head to toe. She was certainly beautiful, but dressed quite plainly.
This?
Young Master Xie prefers this type? She had thought such a cold and aloof figure would like someone cute like herself. Clearly, she had miscalculated.
Unwilling to accept it, she asked, “May I ask who this young lady is?”
Xie Xu replied, “You can tell her yourself who you are.”
Lu Yiqi, who just moments before was wondering why she had to do this, spoke up: “Lu Yiqi. My company is called Lu Group. I wonder if you’ve heard of it—yes, the very Lu Group you imagine. Our headquarters used to be in Z City.”
She merely stated that she was the heiress of Lu Group, but Cheng Jiajia’s expression changed.
Lu Group from Z City—one of the top 100 companies in the country.
Compared to Lu Group, her own family’s company was nowhere near as impressive.
No wonder Xie Xu said the kind of girl he could be interested in was like this...