Coincidentally, Jiang Li was also wearing a silk spaghetti - strap evening dress today. The burgundy color made her fair skin stand out even more, and the smooth fabric perfectly outlined her figure.
Her thick, black hair was styled by a stylist. In her usual style, it was casually let loose on her back, just covering a large part of it.
However, as she moved, her fragrant shoulders were occasionally revealed, showing a hazy beauty like "the girl still holding the pipa half - hidden".
Jiang Li always had the aura of a cold and elegant beauty, while Qin Yaoyao was more suitable for the sweet style of a cute next - door girl.
Qin Yaoyao's forced imitation of Jiang Li wasn't extremely out of place, but it always lacked a certain indescribable charm.
The natural charm and the untouchable coldness deep in one's bones were impossible to learn.
She could only barely be said to "look alike".
After observing for a while, Jiang Li found it really boring. Just then, the phone in Sister Chen's hand vibrated.
Jiang Li quickly snatched the phone from Sister Chen's hand and pretended to be calm.
Surprised by her strong reaction, Sister Chen was stunned for two seconds and couldn't help joking, "Oh, do you have a little secret?"
Jiang Li smiled and gave a perfunctory answer, then looked down at the message.
【Baby, come to the restroom at Exit A right now. Don't make me send someone to fetch you.】
Jiang Li felt as if someone had grabbed her throat. Her breath caught, and it took a while for her body to regain some strength.
Soon, another text message came in.
【Don't worry. I'm not going to harm you. I'm just going to offer you some help.】
She lifted her eyelids and looked at Xiao Yanzhi in the distance.
Qin Yaoyao had disappeared. She couldn't be seen for the time being.
Over there, everything seemed peaceful.
Jiang Li felt dizzy. She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly in small puffs.
After repeating this several times, she gradually calmed down.
"Sister Chen, I'm going to the restroom."
At this time, several brand representatives had come to talk to Jiang Li about new contracts. Sister Chen was extremely busy and didn't notice anything strange about her. She just turned around and nodded at her, saying, "Come back early. Don't wander around."
When Jiang Li reached the restroom door, she was already prepared to negotiate with Yu Guangping. However, the restroom was empty.
Just as she thought she had gone to the wrong place, a female cleaner rushed in and quickly stuffed something into her palm.
"Boss Yu said that later when you go to toast the target, find an opportunity to put this in her glass."
This "target" was, of course, Qin Yaoyao.
The "cleaner" lowered her voice and said, "As long as you do this one thing, you don't have to worry about anything else later, and Boss Yu will let you go."
Jiang Li opened her palm and looked at the white pill in it.
"What is this?"
The woman in the cleaning uniform smiled and said, "What Boss Yu gives must be a good thing."
Having been in the industry for so many years, Jiang Li guessed the purpose of the pill from just this one sentence.
Her face gradually turned pale.
Jiang Li tightly clenched the pill in her palm with her fingertips. The pill pressed so hard that her palm ached.
She said hoarsely and struggled, "What if I can't do it?"
"Boss Yu said that if Miss Jiang can't do it, then please take the pill yourself. Don't force him to feed it to you."
The implication in her words was self - evident.
Jiang Li leaned against the wall and closed her eyes helplessly.
Finally, she heard her own voice reply, "Tell Boss Yu to rest assured. I'll surely satisfy him."
After the two of them left the restroom one after another, the door of the innermost cubicle slowly opened.
The person inside first poked their head out to make sure there was no one outside, then walked out step by step.
It was none other than Qin Yaoyao.
She had heard the entire conversation just now and knew what Jiang Li was going to do next. However, she wasn't afraid at all. Instead, she was somewhat looking forward to what was about to happen.
...
Throughout the entire dinner, Xiao Yanzhi didn't even glance at Jiang Li once, even though she was sitting on a sofa not too far away.
After Qin Yaoyao came out of the restroom, she obediently returned to Xiao Yanzhi's side.
However, there was something unspoken in her eyes.
"A Yan, just now in the restroom..."
Qin Yaoyao tiptoed and whispered something into Xiao Yanzhi's ear.
Xiao Yanzhi listened in silence. The bottom of his eyes gradually darkened, like a surging wave brewing, dark and bottomless.
"She really has some nerve."
Qin Yaoyao whispered again, "A Yan, maybe I heard wrong. Sister Jiang Li isn't that kind of person..."
"Whether she is that kind of person or not can only be known after she acts." Xiao Yanzhi narrowed his eyes and coldly glanced at Jiang Li.
Jiang Li still leaned on the sofa, looking extremely lazy, as if she didn't care about anything and it was hard to tell what she was planning.
But after waiting for a long time, there was still no action from Jiang Li.
Qin Yaoyao couldn't hold her patience any longer. She deliberately pulled Xiao Yanzhi closer to Jiang Li and greeted her with a smiling face.
"Sister Jiang Li, I'm here to toast you."
Her clear voice was particularly loud in the hall. At this moment, some people looked over.
Actually, everyone was looking forward to this drama, hoping to see some sparks fly between Jiang Li and Qin Yaoyao.
But after waiting for so long and seeing that they hadn't even said a single word to each other, people couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.
Now seeing that the two were finally talking, everyone shifted their attention here.
Jiang Li remained unmoved. Her expression didn't change at all as she coldly stared at Qin Yaoyao.
It was as if she was watching Qin Yaoyao act.
Qin Yaoyao was anxious. She was worried that Jiang Li would really do nothing. Then wouldn't what she had told Xiao Yanzhi be just empty talk?
Before coming over, Qin Yaoyao had noticed that there was a glass of liquid that looked like juice in front of Jiang Li. It had been there for a long time and hadn't been touched once.
Qin Yaoyao guessed that there must be something in that glass of juice.
Since she couldn't drink alcohol, Jiang Li had specially prepared the juice just waiting for her to take the bait.
And what she had to do was to drink this glass of juice.
Only in this way could she ruin Jiang Li's reputation and make her leave Xiao Yanzhi's world forever.
Thinking of this, a naive smile appeared on her face. She pointed at the glass of juice and asked, "Sister Jiang Li, can I drink this?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Li paused for a moment and stared at her without moving.
After a long time, she slowly said, "You'll regret it if you drink it."
Her calm words made the whole place fall silent immediately.
Xiao Yanzhi's gaze landed on Jiang Li, almost seeing through her. "Why will she regret it?"
Jiang Li didn't answer him.
"Jiang Li, tell me. Is there something in this glass?"
His voice was like a layer of frost, which turned into countless sharp swords and stabbed directly at Jiang Li.