Never Did He Care When She Cried (18)

Ling Chuxia shook her head and smiled, "No need dear. These items are not suitable for me."

Ling Chuxia's dress style conformed to Mrs. Shi's standard. She obeyed Mrs. Shi's teachings at all times and would not defy her.

Ji Xinxin chuckled as she nodded. She was rarely obliging. "Indeed, these clothes do not suit you. Only those conservative old ladies' suits will match you."

Ling Chuxia did not know how to respond to her false smiles. However, it was not the first time that Ji Xinxin had remarked on her taste and style. She chose to stop responding and sipped her tea instead.

Ji Xinxin huffed and puffed and decided to stop her bashing. She took out a magazine from the shelf and flipped through it.

Shortly, a slim and fashionable lady walked in with a long dress. It was cautiously wrapped in a transparent cover.

She approached Ji Xinxin and greeted her with a smile. "Hey, Xinxin, you're here?"

Raising her eyes nonchalantly, Ji Xinxin answered with a smile.

The lady turned to look at Ling Chuxia. Ji Xinxin introduced, "This is my friend, Ling Chuxia. Chuxia, this is the shop owner, Cheng Yuanyuan."

Ling Chuxia put down the teacup. Standing up, she smiled politely at Cheng Yuanyuan and greeted in a warm voice, "Nice to meet you."

"Ms. Ling, my pleasure." Cheng Yuanyuan replied courteously. She gauged Ling Chuxia for a while before she asked hesitatingly, with furrowed brows and narrowed eyes, "Ms. Ling does look familiar. You're the daughter from… which family?"

They were all connected to the same social circle. It was rather common that they might have run into each other previously.

Before her marriage to Shi Che, Mrs. Shi had frequently brought her and her sister to attend functions and balls. She had met numerous ladies from aristocrat families. However, since her marriage to Shi Che, he had not requested for her companionship at functions. Naturally for the past several years, her presence was curtailed. It was little wonder that Cheng Yuanyuan was unable to remember Ling Chuxia.

While Ling Chuxia was contemplating her reply, Ji Xinxin took the initiative, "Oh my goodness, she's already a Young Mistress."

Cheng Yuanyuan was intrigued and she probed further, "Oh? Who's the lucky man?"

Ji Xinxin slanted her eyes to look at Ling Chuxia and answered with disdain, "Who else but the Young Mistress of our Young Master, Mr. Shi."

"Mr. Shi?"

Cheng Yuanyuan, with a glitter in her eyes, shrieked with realization, "Do you mean that Mr. Shi?"

The celebrity Young Master of the Shi family, Shi Che.