Two brocade boxes

"Dammit!"Chu Zilan was so angry that she almost wanted to rush over and tear Lin Wu apart."She's just the daughter of a mistress, and she's a mistress herself. What's there for her to be so proud of! Calling herself a heartthrob? I think she's just a pile of shit, pfft!"Rong Ci poured her another glass of water and asked, "Heartthrob?""Lin Wu," Chu Zilan continued, "just like Ren Jifeng's friend, Yao Xinbo, said earlier. All these rich second-generation people with no brains, for some reason, are all completely enchanted by her. Now everyone's calling her a heartthrob, saying she's the type that everyone loves!"Chu Zilan kept muttering, "It's bad enough that those idiots are saying that, but even Feng Ting Shen and Ren Jifeng—"Chu Zilan suddenly stopped herself, realizing that Rong Ci might be upset after hearing all this. She quickly fell silent, "No, Xiao Ci, I just—"Rong Ci shook her head. "I'm fine."Since she was young, with Lin Lihai, Lin Lilan, and even Grandma Lin all turning against her for Lin Wu, to the past two years where Feng Ting Shen fell for her at first sight, and now Feng Jingxin wanting her to be his mother...With all these things, she never really talked about how she felt.She hadn't even cried about it.If she couldn't handle it, any one of these things should have been enough to break her by now.But after all these years, she was still here.Compared to all this, what did Ren Jifeng and the others even matter?After hearing Ren Jifeng and his friend's conversation, she felt no different.Chu Zilan paused, didn't say anything more, and then hugged her, "Xiao Ci..."Rong Ci smiled and said, "It's getting late, let's go home.""Alright, as for your grandmother's birthday gift, I'll go with you to pick it out another day. I don't believe we can't find something that'll satisfy you."Rong Ci smiled, "Okay."She took her hand, and they left together.When they exited the building and were heading to the parking lot, they ran into Feng Ting Shen and Lin Wu, who were also leaving.Feng Ting Shen and Lin Wu looked over, but Rong Ci acted as though she didn't see them and got into the car first.Chu Zilan huffed at Feng Ting Shen and Lin Wu, then opened the passenger door.The car quickly drove off.Lin Wu looked at Feng Ting Shen.Feng Ting Shen said, "Let's go."Lin Wu smiled sweetly, "Okay."As she spoke, she glanced at the direction Rong Ci had left, her smile deepened....After Rong Ci dropped Chu Zilan off at her house and was about to turn around and leave, Feng Jingxin's call came in."Mom, when are you coming home?"Rong Ci connected the call via Bluetooth, started the car, and said, "Mom won't be coming home today. Go to bed early, and I'll come visit you when I'm done with work.""Alright..."From Feng Jingxin's tone, Rong Ci could tell that she was probably just bored.These days, she preferred staying by Lin Wu's side.But tonight, since Lin Wu and Feng Ting Shen were both at the auction, she had no one to hang out with, so she remembered to call her.Rong Ci said, "Good night.""Good night, Mom."The next two days were extremely busy for Rong Ci. She had planned to find a gift for her grandmother's birthday, but she simply didn't have the time.After two full days of work, in order to reward everyone, on the third day at noon, the company invited their team to a big meal.After the meal, Rong Ci went to the restroom.As she came out of the restroom and was heading back to the private room, she suddenly stopped.Not far away, Lin Wu and seven or eight other people were leaving another private room.They quickly entered the elevator, and they hadn't noticed her."Who are they?"Gu Mo Xun, who didn't know when he had come up beside her, looked over.He clearly also saw Lin Lihai, Lin Lilan, and others.Besides them, he also saw a beautiful woman and an elderly lady.The woman and Lin Lihai were standing quite closely, so it was obvious that she was Lin Lihai's current wife.As for the elderly lady, she was being helped by Lin Wu.Rong Ci withdrew her gaze and said, "Lin family."Gu Mo Xun understood.He looked at her and said, "That elderly lady, is she..."That was Grandma Lin."But she has nothing to do with me anymore."Gu Mo Xun hugged her, "Shall we head back to the private room?""Mm."She had long changed her surname and cut off all ties with the Lin family.The Lin family truly had nothing to do with her anymore.She didn't care about them.What mattered to her was something else.Before, Lin Wu's maternal side, the Sun family, had been looking to purchase property in her grandmother's villa area, seemingly planning to settle in the capital. Rong Ci had suspected that the Lin family might also move to the capital.She just hadn't paid much attention to their news.But now seeing how they were all gathered in the capital, this matter seemed to be coming to fruition.She had finished work early that afternoon.After having lunch with Chu Zilan, they agreed to go shopping together.However, after more than an hour of shopping, they still hadn't found anything.When Chu Zilan went inside to try on clothes, Feng Jingxin called again."Mom, when are you coming back?"Rong Ci asked casually, "What's up?""Dad's on a business trip, and I'm so bored."Usually, when Feng Ting Shen was on a business trip, it didn't stop Feng Jingxin from going to hang out with Lin Wu.But since tomorrow was the weekend, and Feng Jingxin called her instead of going to find Lin Wu, it seemed that Lin Wu was unavailable.After all, Grandma Lin and the others had already arrived in the capital.Without Feng Ting Shen around, Lin Wu surely had no time to accompany her."You go ahead and entertain yourself. I'll come back tomorrow.""Okay!" Feng Jingxin cheered up, "Then it's settled, you have to come back tomorrow morning!""Mm."That evening, they still hadn't found a satisfactory gift.Grandma's birthday was fast approaching, and Rong Ci thought about settling for something close enough, but in the end, she didn't buy anything.The next morning,Rong Ci went back to Feng Ting Shen's villa.While Feng Jingxin was eating, she remembered there was something she needed to take upstairs, so she went to the master bedroom.As soon as she entered the master bedroom, she noticed two exquisitely crafted brocade boxes on her vanity.