“I think its time that we give her a little trouble,” Lily said as she fixed her makeup. She chose another loose dress that could easily hide her stomach and paired it with comfortable sandals. She then looked at Zhou Jingren. “I am tired of waiting.” She uttered.
“I don’t want to wait for Chen Shi to schemed against me. So I want you to bother her as much as possible.” Lily sat next to Zhou Jingren, who was having his tea. “Art of war. In laying plans. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest.” She smiled.
“So you wanted me to give random minor attacks to keep her on edge and tense?” he eyed Lily. The goal of this particular part of the art of war is to make the enemy weaker by not letting them rest. After all, being on edge and always defensive is tiresome. This will only suck their energies and therefore they won’t have the time to scheme against Lily anymore as they will focus their energy on defense.
“You sure that’s a good idea?” he asked. “If she will know it was you… she might attack us.” He eyed her stomach. “I don’t think that is best for now.”
“She won’t have the time to do that,” Lily said. What Zhou Jingren did to Tony Zhang the reason why Lily developed this plan. Zhou Jingren started this. It is only fair that she finished it with a bang. “A person who did a lot of wrong things over the years is naturally paranoid. This is basic human psychology. The fear of uncertainty. The fear of our past coming in to bite us.”
“Then… I will arrange that.” He nodded, understanding flashing in his eyes as he stared at Lily for a few seconds. Her plan is excellent. Once Chen Shi’s attention is divided by small, random attacks, she won’t have the time to think about Lily for a short while. This will give Lily enough time to talk to Thomas and plan a counter-attack before Chen Shi could start her scheming.
At this point, it was obvious that Chen Shi wanted to know Demi’s location. She might want to get her daughter on her side before she started scheming against them.
“You are going to the tea party?” he raised an eyebrow.
“Hmmm. It will start at two.”
“It’s already two.”
“Let them wait,” Lily beamed. “It’s too hot outside.”
“If you don’t want to go, then don’t go. Why force yourself to be with people that you don’t like?”
Lily instantly beamed at his words. “If I won’t show myself, they will only come in here for various reasons and invite me over and over again. Wouldn’t it be nice for them to just avoid me after this party?”
“Good point. Then… come… I will take you there.”
“It’s just the next mansion. No need to…”
“It’s hot. You need an umbrella and a driver.”
A smile instantly blossomed on Lily’s lips as she thought of his words. She then nodded and followed him out of their room.
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“She’s already ten minutes late.” One woman whispered to the other, her eyes towards Jiang Ruo. “Are you sure… she will come?”
“Of course, she will. Even Madam Liu confirmed it.”
“Then that is good.” The woman took a sip of her tea. “It is pretty hot today.” She eyed her knee-length Versace dress and immediately regretted not wearing the silk dress that she just bought, because it was much cheaper than this one.
“I know! Even if we are inside the house… it’s still very hot. This makes me wonder when are we going to visit Madam Liu’s closet.”
“She’s here!”
“Lily is here!”
“Where!? Is that her husband?”
“How lucky… this makes me want to go back to being young.”
“Just give them a few years. That sweetness won’t last long.”
“Hahahaha… But he is very sweet. Right?”
“What is so sweet about it? I think they only wanted to show off to older women like us.”
Everyone had various opinions about Zhou Jingren personally sending Lily to the party. However, when Lily walked inside the house, everyone had their best-smiling face plastered all over their faces.
The introduction soon followed and to be honest, Lily barely remembered any of the women’s names. Not that she is being mean… it’s just that, she really thought that this interaction is pointless. She was not really planning on staying here for too long.
Moreover, the only reason why she is here is that she doesn’t want to be invited to this kind of event again. Of course, this would still depend upon the benefits that she will get from this community.
To Lily, benefits are everything. If these people will only give her negativity and stress then she would definitely abandon them. However… if they have some profits to offer, then… who knows? Lily chuckled inwardly at her thoughts.
“This dress is really nice,” As expected the conversation really started with her dress. “Isn’t this from Holly Fulton?” Lily’s dress was a white trapeze one that she chose mainly because it was very comfortable in this type of weather.
When it comes to clothes Lily would always choose something comfortable compared to skimpy and expensive ones that are very hard to walk into. Way back when she was in Europe, Lily always chose a trapeze dress because she is always in a hurry and wearing it won’t even take a minute of her time.
Moreover, it was fashionable and she very easy to remove, especially after a tiring night where she would just wash her face and sleep. If she remembered it correctly, she had this dress for more than a year now.
Sure, she loves shopping and buying new clothes as well as shoes. But this does not mean that she would chose them over her old comfortable clothing, especially in this kind of weather. Moreover, she would never wear something like that just to impress people she doesn’t like.
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