Reborn Aristocrat: Return of the Vicious Heiress
chapter-1317

Ning Shuqian sneaked backstage where she headed to the washroom to touch up her makeup. Although Sun Xiaorou did not slap her too forcefully, she still felt a stinging pain on her face. She took a look at herself in the mirror, only to see that her face was indeed a little red. She grabbed her compact powder and applied a layer of powder on her face to conceal the redness.

She gritted her teeth angrily at the sight of her messy and unkempt hair. The scene of Sun Xiaorou yanking her hair was still fresh in her memory and she immediately cursed Sun Xiaorou in her head.

She then recalled Sun Xiaorou openly seducing Wen Haowen and insulting her, after which a menacing expression graced her face.

Sun Xiaorou, you shameless bitch. I won’t let you off!

Ning Shuqian then adjusted her untidy hair and clothing, after which she looked much more presentable, despite being less glamorous than when she first appeared. Suppressing her anger, she opened the door of the washroom and left.

To her surprise, a woman dressed in a dark blue suit happened to walk past the entrance of the washroom and the two of them almost knocked into each other.

Realizing that the lady was an employee of the public relations company, Ning Shuqian flew into a rage and thought to herself, I must be really unlucky toady. I almost knocked into Wen Xinya and ended up getting humiliated by her. Next, I knocked into Sun Xiaorou and even got slapped by her. Now, even an employee is running into me.

She dared not provoke Wen Xinya or incur the wrath of Sun Xiaorou, but she was not afraid of the insignificant employee.

At this moment, the employee recovered from the shock and hurriedly apologized without even taking a look at who she almost run into. “Dear guest, I’m so sorry for almost knocking into you.”

She then looked at the exorbitant set of jewelry on her tray and thought to herself, Fortunately… I managed to dodge in time. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to pay for it even if I sold my life.

Ning Shuqian did not accept her apology at all. The anger within her seemed to have suddenly exploded. Just as she was about to lash out at the employee, the set of jewelry that the employee was holding caught her attention.

It was a set of diamond jewelry.

She had never seen such a shiny set of diamonds before. They glistened so brightly under the light that she almost couldn’t open her eyes at all.

Although she had quite a few pieces of jewelry made of expensive diamonds, none of them could compare to this set. This set of diamonds were clear and colorless, meaning that they were of high clarity.

Clearly, this set of jewelry was made of a rare kind of diamonds that was flawless and of the highest clarity.

The set contained a pair of earrings, a necklace, a bracelet, and a ring.

The design was exquisite and simple, yet graceful. Unable to take her eyes off the jewelry at all, Ning Shuqian asked, “Where did this set of jewelry come from?”

Fortunately, the employee recognized her to be Wen Xinya’s evil stepmother and had obviously noticed the greedy look on Ning Shuqian’s face. With a look of disdain, the employee said, “This is one of the sets of jewelry designed by Madam Mo Yunyao, which were showcased just now. The exhibition for this piece has been completed and I’m preparing to put it inside the vault.”

Since there were too many people at the exhibition, there was a specific employee in charge of keeping each set of jewelry safe.

Ning Shuqian’s eyes glistened before a look of dejection formed on her face.

At this very moment, Wen Haowen strode towards Ning Shuqian and asked, “Qianqian, how did you end up here? I was searching everywhere for you.”

Ning Shuqian witnessed him behaving intimately with Sun Xiaorou, and even went missing afterwards. Hence, Wen Haowen felt the need to give her an explanation. After all… Ning Shuqian had an important role to play in the entertainment city project and he still needed her help, especially since it was the most critical period of the project now. Hence, he couldn’t afford to provoke her.

Upon sight of Wen Haowen, Ning Shuqian hurriedly held onto Wen Haowen’s arm and said, “Haowen, I really like this set of jewelry. Could you gift it to me?”

Ning Shuqian initially thought that she would never get to see that exorbitant set of jewelry again. To her surprise, Wen Haowen appeared and at this moment… she suddenly felt grateful for the fact that Sun Xiaorou had openly flirted with Wen Haowen. Hence, Wen Haowen would definitely try to make it up to her adn she was certain that the set of jewelry would be hers.

The employee wished she could flee as soon as possible, but she could not move her feet away because of Wen Haowen’s menacing gaze.

She thought to herself that things were terrible!

After taking a look at the jewelry on the tray, Wen Haowen said with a slight frown, “Isn’t this an item meant to be displayed during the exhibition?”

Just as the employee was about to answer, Ning Shuqian beat her to it. “I’ve already asked around and this set of jewelry has already been showcased. It’s going to be placed in the vault soon. Haowen… give it to me! I really like it.”

Wen Haowen was rather hesitant because he knew that he would definitely get into trouble when Old Mr. Wen asked about it. “Qianqian, why don’t…”

Ning Shuqian flew into a rage because she did not get the answer that she wanted. Putting on a pitiful expression, she said, “It’s just a set of jewelry. Who are you planning to give it to if not me? Are you planning to give it to that shameless slut Sun Xiaorou?”

She then began sobbing.

Feeling awkward and embarrassed, Wen Haowen frantically said, “Qianqian, what are you talking about? There’s nothing between me and that promiscuous woman. Don’t get me associated with her. And… I just mistook her for you just now. Hence, I didn’t push her away immediately. Since you like this set of jewelry, I’ll give it to you.”

Although the set of jewelry was indeed exorbitant to him, he did not mind it since he wouldn’t have to pay for it out of his pocket. Most importantly, he couldn’t let Ning Shuqian get the wrong idea.

Ning Shuqian finally smiled and said, “Haowen, you’re really nice to me. I even thought that you and Sun…”

Seemingly discovering that she had said something wrong, she hurriedly stopped talking.

Wen Haowen was pleased with Ning Shuqian’s attitude. He looked at the employee and said, “Leave the jewelry here. You may leave now.”

Given my current position in the Wen Corporation, who would dare to stop me from taking a set of jewelry?