Wang Yifan drove to the county town and found a flower shop.
“Boss, I’d like a bouquet of roses. How long will it take?”
“That depends on how many roses you want. If you want a large bouquet, it might take a little longer.”
“How long for twenty roses?”
“About twenty minutes.”
He checked the time.
He had left his rural hometown early that morning and driven for an hour and ten minutes to get to the county town.
It was only 10:20 now, and Zhao Lusi still had more than two hours before she arrived at the high-speed railway station, so there was plenty of time.
It would take about an hour and a half to travel from Huixian County to Guisheng North Railway Station.
He could also grab something to eat along the way since he was getting a little hungry.
“Okay, Boss. Please wrap twenty red roses for me. How much will it cost?”
“Seven yuan per rose. Twenty roses come to 140 yuan. With some decorative materials, it’ll be 200 yuan in total.”
“Okay. Please hurry and get them ready. I’ll come back in twenty minutes to pick them up.”
“Sure!”
After settling things with the flower shop owner, Wang Yifan went to get something to eat.
Meanwhile, Zhao Lusi had already pulled her suitcase onto the high-speed train and taken a seat in the business class cabin.
Sitting on the train, she looked out at the scenery rushing past the window.
Buildings seemed to retreat rapidly into the distance, and her heart was filled with both anticipation and nervousness.
She was about to meet Wang Yifan.
She was looking forward to it, but she was also nervous.
She felt that she had never been this nervous before.
Even when she had performed alongside Phoenix Legend in front of tens of thousands of spectators, she had never felt this anxious.
Yet just thinking about meeting Wang Yifan soon made her heart pound.
This was the first time she would meet Wang Yifan in person.
In her mind, she had always interacted with him online.
Even their relationship had been established online.
Now that they were finally going to meet, how could she not be nervous?
Most importantly, she was going back with him to meet his parents.
Whenever she thought about that, her heart beat even faster.
What she had not expected was that her boyfriend was actually a shareholder of Yinfu Tiaodong.
If that was the case, could he help her resolve her contract problems with Xinghe Kuyu?
Her contract with Xinghe Kuyu was still being dealt with, but the company had refused to compromise, and she was almost at her breaking point.
But would asking Wang Yifan for help make her look bad?
Zhao Lusi became conflicted.
After thinking it over, she decided that she should tell Wang Yifan.
Her situation was no secret; there was plenty of information about it online.
She would simply tell him about it.
If he was willing to help, that would be great.
Still, she believed Wang Yifan would definitely help her.
No matter how powerful Xinghe Kuyu was, it couldn’t compare with Yinfu Tiaodong.
Xinghe Kuyu’s market value was only 600 million yuan, while Yinfu Tiaodong’s market value was 1.6 trillion yuan.
How could Xinghe Kuyu possibly compete with Yinfu Tiaodong?
In front of Yinfu Tiaodong, Xinghe Kuyu wasn’t even worth mentioning.
Even if her boyfriend Wang Yifan owned only one percent of Yinfu Tiaodong, resolving her contract dispute with Xinghe Kuyu would still be incredibly easy.
In the past, Xinghe Kuyu’s boss had constantly made things difficult for her because she had no idea about Wang Yifan’s identity.
Now that she knew, she wanted to see whether the boss of Xinghe Kuyu would still dare to give her trouble.
Hmph!
But before anything else, she needed to tell Wang Yifan about it.
She wanted him to help her get revenge!
Just thinking about it made Zhao Lusi happy.
She could almost already imagine the boss of Xinghe Kuyu bowing and scraping as he apologized to her.
She took out her phone and sent Wang Yifan a message.
“Xiaofan, I’m already on the high-speed train. I’ll arrive in a little over two hours!”
It only took a few seconds for his reply to arrive.
“Mm-hmm. I’m on my way to pick you up right now!”
“Hehe, Xiaofan, you have to take me shopping later. I need to buy something for Auntie and the others before I go home with you!”
“Okay. Let’s not talk for now. I’m driving.”
Wang Yifan had sent her a voice message.
Since she happened to be wearing earphones, she played it and listened before replying by text.
As soon as Wang Yifan said he was driving, she quickly replied:
“Then drive carefully. Call me when you get to the station!”
“Okay!”
After that, the two stopped chatting.
At this moment, the man sitting near Zhao Lusi looked over at her.
Zhao Lusi was dressed very beautifully today.
She was wearing a fitted pair of white jeans and a white down jacket.
She had originally wanted to wear high heels to meet him today, but it was rather cold outside, so she decided against it.
However, she had brought the high heels and stockings with her.
Once she got home, she could put them on for him to see.
Just thinking about it made Zhao Lusi feel extremely shy.
Fortunately, she was wearing a mask.
Otherwise, her fans would definitely have recognized her.
Even though it was only the second day of the Lunar New Year, there were still quite a few people on the high-speed train.
The man sitting near Zhao Lusi looked at her curiously, seemingly trying to confirm something. The source of this chapter is g.com.
He even took out his phone and compared her face with something on the screen.
After looking for a long while, he finally worked up the courage to speak.
“Um, hello. Can I ask you something? Are you Zhao Lusi?”
Zhao Lusi turned her head in surprise and looked at the man across the aisle.
“Who are you?”
“You really are Zhao Lusi! Oh my God! I can’t believe I actually met you! I thought I had mistaken you just now!”
Realizing that he had become a little too excited, the man quickly apologized.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. It’s my first time seeing a celebrity in person. I got excited!”
“It’s okay.”
Fortunately, there weren’t many people in the business-class cabin.
Even though the man had called out her name, it didn’t cause any trouble.
“Um, Lusi, are you going somewhere for a trip?”
“Mm.”
“To Guisheng Province?”
“Mm.”
Zhao Lusi didn’t want to say too much.
The main reason was that she was worried someone might find out where she was going.
For a celebrity like her, any movement could easily be picked up by rivals or haters and turned into a topic for gossip.
Although Wang Yifan had the ability to suppress such trending topics, she didn’t want to cause him any trouble.
However, the man showed no intention of giving up.
Instead, he kept trying to get information out of Zhao Lusi, repeatedly trying to figure out exactly where in Guisheng Province she was going.
But how could Zhao Lusi fail to understand what he was doing?
She hadn’t survived in the entertainment industry for nothing.
Her answers were flawless, revealing absolutely nothing useful.
It wasn’t until more than an hour later, when Wang Yifan called her, that the man finally stopped talking.
By the time Wang Yifan called Zhao Lusi, there was only a little over half an hour left before the train arrived at Guisheng North Railway Station.
Zhao Lusi talked with Wang Yifan for more than half an hour, only hanging up when she was about to get off the train.
What Zhao Lusi hadn’t expected was that the man from earlier actually got off the train after her.
Zhao Lusi immediately became a little flustered.
With one hand pulling her suitcase, she took out her phone with the other and called Wang Yifan.
“Hello, Xiaofan, where are you?”
“I’m right at the exit. You’ll see me as soon as you come out. What color are you wearing?”
“I’m wearing white jeans and a white padded jacket. I’m almost at the exit. Wait for me!”
“Okay!”
The man walking behind Zhao Lusi was also extremely curious about who she was talking to.
So he continued following behind her.
(End of Chapter)