261 Lu Xinyi Meet Lei Xinyi
She twirls in her turquoise taffeta dress with glee. Above the Emperor belt, it was embedded with emeralds and imported precious rhinestones. To contrast with it, she chose strappy heels and left her honey-gold hair in waves. She never felt this confident in her skin as she felt today.
Her happiness was oozing off her in waves, she felt like if she fluttered she could soar up to the highest cloud on the sky today. It's been weeks since she left Yu Youhan's Manor. He didn't call and she had had enough so she quit trying to mend things too.
She liked him, a lot but he was too brooding and controlling, things always needed to go his way! Like right now he doesn't want to talk so he shut her out instead of talking it out.
But...there was a covertly evident understanding that it was hard to see him as a friend after his confession and she didn't want to enter in something she wasn't aware of. Not that he would have waited. Li Yaun did say he kept mistresses...
She shook her head to get rid of his thoughts. After a hectic week with nothing but writing, erasing, and rewriting the script, she was like an old lady who was about to adopt a hundred cats to aid boredom when she got a call from Su Qing for a meet-up. Su Qing wasn't her favorite person but she wasn't bad either.
After her suicide attempt, she realized the woman had a very deep-rooted connection with her doppelganger and looking at her didn't make her particularly fuzzy with excitement. She just bore her and held her tongue at her because she saved her life once by default but whenever they would go out together she would avoid looking at her and ignore her existence.
Knowing where she wasn't wanted she would decline their invitations but today Su Qing had invited another friend and she wasn't busy so she thought to give it a shot.
She told her 'close' friend was joining them too and she couldn't go higher and agreed on this basis. If she acted cool and confident then she will be able to make some friends! Then she will not have to spend her weekends watching movies or rereading classics!
She giggled and hobbled all the way to the elevator. If they liked her she could have night outs, sleepovers, dress up, and slumber parties! They could even have their own cool routine handshake!
She was excited to the point her feet had a bounce to it, she got in the car and her driver drove to the destination. It was a high-end Italian Restaurant.
It was owned by her ex-fiancé but as a matter of fact, she knew that the place was so closed-off and exclusive to the point that reservations were made years prior. Su Qing told her that her friend knew the owner, not that she would know of.
She was just happy, she was going to get her first-ever girlfriends! They could really do the sorority thing! Drinking fests where they can have 'talks' about boy problems! Oh, she needed to get a boyfriend ASAP, so she can contribute to the discussion!
Her body was buzzing with excitement; finally, she will be included in a squad of her own. Maybe she could even invite Shen Chen, she tried to contact her before but her mother replied that she was busy. She will pay her a visit soon and then they could be the four Musketeers together!
She had seen how Su Qing is closed off to her. She just tolerated her, that's why she didn't try to be close to her. But it was understandable, her friend who was a carbon copy of her was dead, her face must remind her of her dead friend.
And today's invitation was a surprise. In her heart, she wasn't very fond of Su Qing too. Her step-mother was always going places with her and when they would invite her they would both be talking among them making her feel like a third wheel. She was her step-mother! HER! Even if they weren't the most harmonious duo!
But it could all change! Maybe her friend could click with her!
She went to the reception when she entered to see a very acquisitively dressed woman in brands she would never, she was boldly dressed with the deep cleavage she was spotting along with the long neck with hairs up and sitting with her one leg over the other.
The receptionist gave her a once over and squinted her eyes, analyzing her or maybe trying to recognize her.
Lu Xinyi gave her a smile, "I am here for a reservation in the name of Miss Su Qing."
The receptionist sharp brows reached her forehead, almost touching her hairline, and a fake boot-licking smile spread on her face.
The room was the only private room that was exclusive to the owner and nobody except him was allowed but today he had ordered the manager to open it for a certain woman who had registered in the actress Su Qing's name instead of her own.
She stood up and gave her an inspective look again but this time careful of her evaluation, "Of course Ms…"
"Lu Xinyi."
She pointed to the server and he came rushing there, "Please show Ms. Lu to the VVIP private 'room'."
The server looked shocked but was professional enough to cover it with a business-like smile and guided her upward to more private areas.
As she took a step after steps in the lovely yet pristine place, she felt her heart beat loudly; she felt a knot in her stomach. She wasn't too enthusiastic about this anymore. It had Li Yuan written on it, either the woman was a close acquaintance with him or it was Su Qing who was close to him.
And she wasn't interested in being the amusement of a jealous woman who wanted to show her 'her place'. She has had that for years now by the socialites who would do anything to show her how she was gum under their expensive custom-made stilettos and unworthy of their ideal husband, Li Yuan.
The server knocked on the Mahogany nut brown door to the private room that was distinctive from others at first glance. She exhaled and decided to give it a chance anyway now that she was here.
She walked into the room to see Su Qing sitting across a very gorgeous woman who projected glamour and confidence as a second skin. She felt her breath hitch, the woman sat with the charisma that she owned the place; like she was a phoenix among all other peasants.
After the instant awe struck-ness, assaulted the wave of insecurity then envy. She felt self-conscious. The woman was wearing goggles so her face wasn't visible but her swag and aura were identity enough. She was undeniably beautiful and her body voluptuous.
They both turned to her and they passed her welcoming nods but none eased her heart. Su Qing stood from her place, walked to her, held her by the elbow dragging her inside.
"Meet her, Lu Xinyi! She is one of the sweetest socialites I know. She is that sweet that I think she is nothing but an illusion!" Su Qing introduced her to the woman in an enthuse that had her looking at her again.
Su Qing was always poised; she was never this…stimulated.
The woman looked at her with a penetrating gaze as if assessing her by the depth of her souls and when she was done a smile broke out on her face. She stood up to greet her.
Lu Xinyi extended her hand hesitantly. The woman looked at her hand funnily and then pulled her in a hug. She gasped at the sudden contact though it felt unnaturally…familiar. She wrapped her arms around her too.
The warmth was something very inviting, her embrace familiar but she could swear she had never seen her before.
Lei Xinyi was herself surprised by her action but she didn't regret her hug at the sudden emotions that burst into her. It felt like she was with a very old friend. A one who shared more than stories with you but something more, deeper, intense. A connection.
The woman pulled away and smiled at her still with her half face covered, "I feel like I have known you all my life." Words stumble out of her mouth before her eyes widened in embarrassment.
Lei Xinyi rolled her eyes playfully and chuckled, "Well…you feel like a kindred soul to me too. My name is Yin Lin."
Su Qing looked at her surprised but Lei Xinyi ignored her look but pulled Lu Xinyi on her side to sit. She just felt she needed this closeness with her.
She knew the cause of Su Qing's shock, she never gave her original name to anyone. She herself had stumbled on it by a coincident but Lei Xinyi felt she needed to tell the complete stranger, who she had lived as for almost a year. Maybe that is why she feels familiar because she had lived her life as her.
Lei Xinyi turned to Lu Xinyi and smiled in the most inconspicuous, saccharine way, "So Lu Xinyi, tell us all about yourself."
Her happiness was oozing off her in waves, she felt like if she fluttered she could soar up to the highest cloud on the sky today. It's been weeks since she left Yu Youhan's Manor. He didn't call and she had had enough so she quit trying to mend things too.
She liked him, a lot but he was too brooding and controlling, things always needed to go his way! Like right now he doesn't want to talk so he shut her out instead of talking it out.
But...there was a covertly evident understanding that it was hard to see him as a friend after his confession and she didn't want to enter in something she wasn't aware of. Not that he would have waited. Li Yaun did say he kept mistresses...
She shook her head to get rid of his thoughts. After a hectic week with nothing but writing, erasing, and rewriting the script, she was like an old lady who was about to adopt a hundred cats to aid boredom when she got a call from Su Qing for a meet-up. Su Qing wasn't her favorite person but she wasn't bad either.
After her suicide attempt, she realized the woman had a very deep-rooted connection with her doppelganger and looking at her didn't make her particularly fuzzy with excitement. She just bore her and held her tongue at her because she saved her life once by default but whenever they would go out together she would avoid looking at her and ignore her existence.
Knowing where she wasn't wanted she would decline their invitations but today Su Qing had invited another friend and she wasn't busy so she thought to give it a shot.
She told her 'close' friend was joining them too and she couldn't go higher and agreed on this basis. If she acted cool and confident then she will be able to make some friends! Then she will not have to spend her weekends watching movies or rereading classics!
She giggled and hobbled all the way to the elevator. If they liked her she could have night outs, sleepovers, dress up, and slumber parties! They could even have their own cool routine handshake!
She was excited to the point her feet had a bounce to it, she got in the car and her driver drove to the destination. It was a high-end Italian Restaurant.
It was owned by her ex-fiancé but as a matter of fact, she knew that the place was so closed-off and exclusive to the point that reservations were made years prior. Su Qing told her that her friend knew the owner, not that she would know of.
She was just happy, she was going to get her first-ever girlfriends! They could really do the sorority thing! Drinking fests where they can have 'talks' about boy problems! Oh, she needed to get a boyfriend ASAP, so she can contribute to the discussion!
Her body was buzzing with excitement; finally, she will be included in a squad of her own. Maybe she could even invite Shen Chen, she tried to contact her before but her mother replied that she was busy. She will pay her a visit soon and then they could be the four Musketeers together!
She had seen how Su Qing is closed off to her. She just tolerated her, that's why she didn't try to be close to her. But it was understandable, her friend who was a carbon copy of her was dead, her face must remind her of her dead friend.
And today's invitation was a surprise. In her heart, she wasn't very fond of Su Qing too. Her step-mother was always going places with her and when they would invite her they would both be talking among them making her feel like a third wheel. She was her step-mother! HER! Even if they weren't the most harmonious duo!
But it could all change! Maybe her friend could click with her!
She went to the reception when she entered to see a very acquisitively dressed woman in brands she would never, she was boldly dressed with the deep cleavage she was spotting along with the long neck with hairs up and sitting with her one leg over the other.
The receptionist gave her a once over and squinted her eyes, analyzing her or maybe trying to recognize her.
Lu Xinyi gave her a smile, "I am here for a reservation in the name of Miss Su Qing."
The receptionist sharp brows reached her forehead, almost touching her hairline, and a fake boot-licking smile spread on her face.
The room was the only private room that was exclusive to the owner and nobody except him was allowed but today he had ordered the manager to open it for a certain woman who had registered in the actress Su Qing's name instead of her own.
She stood up and gave her an inspective look again but this time careful of her evaluation, "Of course Ms…"
"Lu Xinyi."
She pointed to the server and he came rushing there, "Please show Ms. Lu to the VVIP private 'room'."
The server looked shocked but was professional enough to cover it with a business-like smile and guided her upward to more private areas.
As she took a step after steps in the lovely yet pristine place, she felt her heart beat loudly; she felt a knot in her stomach. She wasn't too enthusiastic about this anymore. It had Li Yuan written on it, either the woman was a close acquaintance with him or it was Su Qing who was close to him.
And she wasn't interested in being the amusement of a jealous woman who wanted to show her 'her place'. She has had that for years now by the socialites who would do anything to show her how she was gum under their expensive custom-made stilettos and unworthy of their ideal husband, Li Yuan.
The server knocked on the Mahogany nut brown door to the private room that was distinctive from others at first glance. She exhaled and decided to give it a chance anyway now that she was here.
She walked into the room to see Su Qing sitting across a very gorgeous woman who projected glamour and confidence as a second skin. She felt her breath hitch, the woman sat with the charisma that she owned the place; like she was a phoenix among all other peasants.
After the instant awe struck-ness, assaulted the wave of insecurity then envy. She felt self-conscious. The woman was wearing goggles so her face wasn't visible but her swag and aura were identity enough. She was undeniably beautiful and her body voluptuous.
They both turned to her and they passed her welcoming nods but none eased her heart. Su Qing stood from her place, walked to her, held her by the elbow dragging her inside.
"Meet her, Lu Xinyi! She is one of the sweetest socialites I know. She is that sweet that I think she is nothing but an illusion!" Su Qing introduced her to the woman in an enthuse that had her looking at her again.
Su Qing was always poised; she was never this…stimulated.
The woman looked at her with a penetrating gaze as if assessing her by the depth of her souls and when she was done a smile broke out on her face. She stood up to greet her.
Lu Xinyi extended her hand hesitantly. The woman looked at her hand funnily and then pulled her in a hug. She gasped at the sudden contact though it felt unnaturally…familiar. She wrapped her arms around her too.
The warmth was something very inviting, her embrace familiar but she could swear she had never seen her before.
Lei Xinyi was herself surprised by her action but she didn't regret her hug at the sudden emotions that burst into her. It felt like she was with a very old friend. A one who shared more than stories with you but something more, deeper, intense. A connection.
The woman pulled away and smiled at her still with her half face covered, "I feel like I have known you all my life." Words stumble out of her mouth before her eyes widened in embarrassment.
Lei Xinyi rolled her eyes playfully and chuckled, "Well…you feel like a kindred soul to me too. My name is Yin Lin."
Su Qing looked at her surprised but Lei Xinyi ignored her look but pulled Lu Xinyi on her side to sit. She just felt she needed this closeness with her.
She knew the cause of Su Qing's shock, she never gave her original name to anyone. She herself had stumbled on it by a coincident but Lei Xinyi felt she needed to tell the complete stranger, who she had lived as for almost a year. Maybe that is why she feels familiar because she had lived her life as her.
Lei Xinyi turned to Lu Xinyi and smiled in the most inconspicuous, saccharine way, "So Lu Xinyi, tell us all about yourself."