Chapter 140 - 140 Pheasant
140 Pheasant
Yin Hao briefly introduced his younger sister to everyone and arranged for Yin Tao to sit down for dinner. As this was not the first time they had met, Yin Tao wasn’t too reserved. Other than Jin Chen who had been asking about her well-being, Yin Tao didn’t interact much with the others.
Although Yin Tao appeared to be busy chatting with Jin Chen, her attention was actually focused on Liang Yi. Yin Tao couldn’t understand why Liang Yi, who was definitely related to the black market, would know the male lead in the novel, Xi Feng.
“Little sister Xiaotao, has Feng Jing been very busy recently? He hasn’t been joining in our activities.” Zhuo Jin, who was seated beside Yin Hao, asked Yin Tao.
Yin Tao observed that Liang Yi glanced over when Feng Jing’s name was mentioned. Yin Tao was a little nervous, but on second thought, it was only a matter of time before Liang Yi met Feng Jing.
“I’m not sure. You should find an opportunity to ask him.” Yin Tao was worried that Zhuo Jin would casually reveal Feng Jing’s identity and thus didn’t directly answer his question. She immediately changed the topic by asking casually, “Brother Lin Jia has been quite busy recently. I just called him and he seems to be busy with work.”
Hearing Yin Tao’s words, not only Zhuo Jin, but Yin Hao and Jin Chen were also surprised.
Zhuo Jin sized up the little girl in front of him again. She looked like a student, and yet she is able to work with Feng Jing and have private contact with Lin Jia, she surely wasn’t as simple as she seemed.
“Little sister Xiaotao, you and Lin Jia are really close. I could tell at Old Master Li’s birthday banquet that Brother Lin Jia treats you differently.” Jin Chen could tell that Lin Jia seemed to be interested in Yin Tao and wanted to confirm with Yin Tao lest she accidentally provoked Yin Tao and made Lin Jia unhappy.
Although Yin Tao didn’t like to give the wrong impression, it was a good thing that Feng Jing wasn’t mentioned in front of Liang Yi.
“Brother Lin Jia is a good person.” Yin Tao looked at Jin Chen’s thoughtful expression and felt sorry for Lin Jia, who had been used as a shield.
“By the way, Xiaotao, why did you call me just now?”
Yin Hao felt that it was necessary to find an opportunity to chat with Lin Jia. After all, Yin Tao was still young, and Yin Hao didn’t want his sister to suffer. With Lin Jia’s family background, Yin Tao might not be well accepted. Yin Hao wanted to find an opportunity to ask Lin Jia what his thoughts are about this.
“Nothing much. I just wanted to ask if you know Zhang Rui?” Yin Tao had been trying her best to change the topic, thinking that Yin Hao and the others would not know Zhang Rui. However, she heard Jin Chen ask, “Zhang Rui? The daughter of the boss of Fengyuan Real Estate, Zhang Wei?”
Although Yin Tao didn’t know Zhang Rui’s father’s name, she had heard that Zhang Rui’s father was indeed in the real estate business.
“I think so. Her father seems to be in the real estate business.”
After Yin Tao finished speaking, she saw Jin Chen reveal a slightly disdainful expression. He asked, “Little sister Xiaotao, how did you get to know Zhang Rui? She’s a crazy girl dressed like a demon. Little sister Xiaotao, you’d better stay away from her so as to avoid her bad influence.”
Yin Tao didn’t think that there was anything wrong with Zhang Rui’s style. Other than her sexy outfits, there was nothing wrong about her.
“Why would you say that about her?” Yin Tao looked at Jin Chen in confusion. In her opinion, Zhang Rui should be the type that Jin Chen would like.
Jin Chen was in a dilemma. After a moment of silence, he decided to say, “She’s the blind date that my father set me up with previously. I had no choice but to meet her.”
Jin Chen seemed to have recalled a very bad memory. He frowned and continued, “Zhang Rui came dressed like a colorful pheasant. She even had bright red eye shadow. It took all my courage to stand beside her.”
“Everyone in the restaurant was looking at our table. Later, I took the opportunity to go to the washroom and ran away after paying the bill.” After saying that, Jin Chen took out his cell phone from his pocket. “At that time, in order to answer to my father, I even secretly took a photo of her.”
Yin Tao looked at Jin Chen’s phone. In the photo, the girl’s hair was dyed in various colors, and the makeup on her face was extremely exaggerated. If she didn’t take a closer look, Yin Tao wouldn’t be able to recognize Zhang Rui.
“Damn!” Zhuo Jin was also shocked by the woman in the photo. He said to Jin Chen in admiration, “If it were me, I would have run away the moment I saw her. Brother, you’re really brave.”
“I had no choice. How am I supposed to answer to my father if I don’t meet her?” Jin Chen was very aggrieved at the mention of Zhang Rui. He was so traumatized that he had a phobia of blind dates.