Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Wow! Look over there! That lady isn’t a celebrity, is she? She’s really stunning!”
“Where, where? Where’s she?”
“Right there! Just standing over there! The lady in a red dress! It’s my first time seeing such beauty in real life! Really gorgeous!”
Following where his friend was pointing, the teenager looked in the direction and was stunned.
Indeed, it was just as what his friend had said; that lady was simply stunning.
Even if his friend did not point her out, he would definitely spot her when he turned around.
That lady was like a bright sun, attracting all the attention in the crowd.
Her face was just as what his friend had described: gorgeous; in fact, she was the most beautiful woman he had ever met in reality.
No! It was not just in reality. Even those artists on TV, anime characters and his female fantasy when he was much younger was not as beautiful as her.
This lady’s fair face exuded an inviolable pureness under the golden sunbeams.
Those lips and cheeks painted by light makeup were the sexiest and most exquisite. Her watery eyes made this immortal-like woman very alluring.
Conflicting charms were present in this woman on top of her exceptional beauty.
This made others even more smitten with this attractive beauty.
Red was clearly ostentatious and sometimes, even tasteless, but when this lady wore such a dress in that color, probably because of her charisma, it just accentuated her purity and elegance further.
However, the lady’s gorgeous face was currently giving off a deterring vibe. This made her pure and attractive look have a domineering effect.
Sensing the gazes on her from her surroundings, the lady darted her eyes around. Even though they looked chilly, everyone around her was still smitten.
Although several people were around her, she felt neither embarrassment nor anxiety.
She did not even display any emotions on her face as she stood there. Under her deterring aura, she took out her sunglasses and phone from her sling bag.
“Hello. Where’s the car? Why can’t I see anything up till now?”
Her voice was as splendid as her looks.
Although her voice was sweet, her tone sounded cold.
From the moment she spoke, her aura changed from a do-not-approach vibe to that of a mighty, strong woman.
Most of those smitten onlookers quickly regained their senses once the lady spoke.
Despite being overwhelmed by her beauty, they would not dare to have any dirty thoughts about her.
“S-Sorry, boss! I’m stuck in traffic right now! Please give me five more minutes! I’ll surely be there!”
The lady raised a brow at this response, but no impatience flashed past her eyes.
However, when she spoke again, her voice was laced with threat.
“I’ll give you that time allowance, but if you’re still not here by then, don’t appear in front of me again.” The lady hung up immediately after saying this.
She then put on her sunglasses with practiced ease.
Some of her hair at the side of her face fell when she put on her sunglasses.
She lifted her pure, white hands to adjust her hair.
This very action of hers caused the hearts of several onlookers to palpitate again.
Regardless of whether they were married or not, male or female, they only had one thought in their minds at this moment.
That was…
This lady was a walking hormone! She was just too beguiling!
She did not have to speak; just by standing there and making an expression or performing an action could steal people’s hearts.
The lady did not attract less attention despite wearing her sunglasses.
Instead, more people stood to look at her; others who did not know what was going on stopped, too.
As time ticked by, and just as she was getting slightly impatient, her phone rang once more.
It seemed that the caller this time was not anyone else, though.
While her sunglasses were still on, they could still tell from the smile on her red lips that the caller was not a stranger.
“Hello, Xiaoyu…”
The lady picked up the call. Unlike her chilly voice filled with condescension earlier, she sounded very gentle now, and this made those smitten onlookers be reluctant to return to themselves.
“Ge Ge, are you there yet?”
That was right. This great beauty, who was attracting a lot of attention at the airport, was none other than Pei Ge!
The her now and the her from five years ago were poles apart.
Perhaps, even people who were close to her would not recognize her.
The differences were not just because of her weight and face but the charisma that she exuded.
The fearless, fierce, and crafty Little Chili in the past had become a… beautiful yet terrifying poppy flower.
Even her closest friend had never expected her to undergo such a transformation in these five years!
“Not yet. The kids, how are they?”
Hearing her best friend’s question, the woman inadvertently thought of her son and daughter.
She was already missing her babies even though she had just taken a flight and reached China in less than twenty-four hours.
“Ha ha! Let me tell; you may as well bring the little angels with you once you get back since they’re so obedient!”
“…You know that I’m not concerned about that.”
“Don’t tell me that you’re still thinking about Ji—”
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“…You know that I’m not concerned about that.”
Tang Xiaoyu remained silent for a while before responding with a name she had not been spoken about in a long time.
“Don’t tell me that you’re still thinking about Ji—”
Pei Ge interrupted her before she could finish saying the name fully, though.
“I’ve said before; I don’t want to hear his name again.”
“Yes, yes, yes!” replied her best friend. “Still, you don’t really have to worry about that man snatching your children. Plus, he didn’t know that you were pregnant then. Who knows? It’s been five years, so that jerk must be married with kids now!”
Hearing that, her breathing stagnated for a moment. Even though it was for the briefest of moments, it was still captured by the woman on the other end.
As her best friend, how could she not know what the former was thinking?
However, she knew that that man was not a good person. Since he hurt her best friend deeply, she did not want to see them together again.
Although the woman had not mentioned that man all these years, no other guy had managed to capture her heart.
Even an outstanding man like Egger, who was a gentle man well-loved by her children, failed to make her heart beat for him.
She knew that it was because her best friend had not totally let go of Ji Ziming.
Even if she hated him, she still loved him.
Therefore, she did not wish to expose her best friend’s real feelings.
“Anyway, I’m not trying to insult you or anything, but do you think that anyone can recognize you with your appearance now when it’s so different from five years ago!”
At her emotional words, the woman pursed her lips slightly.
That was right. She was completely different now from five years ago…
Pei Ge from five years ago was average in every way; currently, she was…
“You look ready to launch a counterattack now! Tsk, tsk, tsk! You’re even prettier than when you were in middle school! Ha ha! I feel that those in showbiz who are relying on their face value aren’t even as good-looking as you are.”
“Xiaoyu…” She could not help rolling her eyes upon hearing her best friend laugh so happily.
Only when she was with familiar friends like Tang Xiaoyu could she remove her mask of indifference.
“Ha ha! No way; I suddenly recall your attempt at getting a job on Wall Street back then! Ha ha! I feel that your job-hunting escapade is enough for me to laugh for a lifetime…”
The chuckle coming from the other end made her helpless, but this also reminded her of her time working on Wall Street…
A beautiful woman—a foreigner to boot, what happened to her when she worked overseas?
Sighing lightly, she said lightly, “I’ll leave the two kids with you in the meantime. I’ll head back once I’m done with the matters here.”
Although she put it across softly, her words were filled with seriousness.
Seeing how serious she was, her best friend kept her smile despite herself. “Actually, can’t you just hand those matters for Egger to solve? He himself said—”
“You don’t understand.” She took a deep breath and kept her voice low and hoarse. “They brought so much pain to my family. I… want to avenge my parents with my two hands.”
She wanted that family… to experience the pain and suffering her parents had gone through. She wanted them to have a taste of the helplessness that she had felt.
Whatever they had taken from her, she would make them pay with interest!
“Alright. Just be careful.” Tang Xiaoyu sighed at the hatred she perceived in her voice.
She could sympathize with her. After all, the latter’s father was killed by Pei Zhenghui while her mother, who was harmed by Liu Yan, had yet to regain consciousness even to this day.
If she were her best friend, she would likely perish with them long ago.
However, she was advising her best friend otherwise precisely because of her precious godchildren.
“Yes, I will. I’ll settle the matters here at the fastest speed and return to New York immediately,” said Pei Ge as she smiled with confidence.
Those who had known her before would probably not expect her to transform into a business elite in charge of the lives of many.
They would not also not think that she was that terrifying woman hailed as queen with an iron fist in New York’s Wall Street.
“Alright. I’ll let the two kids speak—”
She cut off her best friend.
“No need. The person picking me up is here. I’ll hang up now. If there’s anything, just call later.”
She hung up the call and walked to a 20-something-year-old man in a black suit.
The man hurriedly parked the car and looked around, as if looking for someone, while beads of perspiration formed on his forehead.
He looked just like a puppy who had lost its mother.
Tak, tak, tak!
She raised a brow as she walked to that man in her ten-centimeter high heels.
“Five minutes and eight seconds.” She spoke coldly the minute she reached the young man.
“Huh?”
Looking at the young woman in sunglasses standing before him, the young man was stunned for a moment.
“What five minutes and eight seconds?” The man looked at the woman perplexedly.
Just as he moved to tell this woman that she had gotten the wrong person and to stop hindering him from finding his charge, the latter removed the sunglasses covering her face all of a sudden.
When her beautiful face was exposed to the man, he was stunned.
His eyes were fixed dazedly on her. Other than being stunned, he could not say anything else.
“You’re the new assistant the company arranged for me? You seem rather unqualified…”
