CHAPTER 282: CHAPTER 282: GIRLFRIEND IS HEAVEN (1)

"Do you have time now?" Upon hearing the word "wedding dress", Ruan Pianran’s spirit immediately lifted, her eyes brightened, and she asked with a hint of excitement.

"Didn’t you say you didn’t want to go out? Why are you asking this?" Mi Jing secretly laughed to herself and asked, pretending to be clueless.

"Stop pretending, don’t you know me well?" Ruan Pianran glared at Mi Jing and said, "Hurry up, if there’s anything you need help with at the store, just say so. Once it’s done, we can go out together."

"Look at how fierce you are, how could I dare to fool you!" Mi Jing grinned, raised her hand, and said, "I’m already done, let’s go!"

Imperial City, the most famous shopping paradise in Jin City, a place where wealthy people indulge while common folk can only look on from a distance.

Upon entering Imperial City, Mi Jing and Ruan Pianran went straight to the eighth floor via the elevator and headed directly to the wedding dress store as per the signage.

Just broke up with An Mingyuan, and now she’s excitedly here to look at wedding dresses? What’s up with that?

In fact, Ruan Pianran is a self-taught wedding dress designer. When she was in college, she wanted to study design, but the financial situation at the time couldn’t afford the high tuition fees, so she chose the English major instead.

However, Ruan Pianran never gave up on her dream. During college, she often attended classes at the design school as an auditor and bought many related books to study on her own. Now, she’s an English teacher with a part-time job as a wedding dress designer.

"Welcome." As soon as they entered the wedding dress store, the sales assistant approached with a professional smile and asked, "What style of wedding dress are you two looking for?"

"We just want to browse. You don’t need to follow us," Mi Jing said to the sales assistant with a smile.

"Alright, take your time." With that, the sales assistant walked away.

Mi Jing and Ruan Pianran came specifically to look at wedding dresses and had no intention of buying. However, most women have a special sentiment towards wedding dresses. Even if the beautiful white dress isn’t on them, just looking at it through the window can inspire a lot of beautiful fantasies in their minds.

In the most suitable age, wearing the most beautiful wedding dress, marrying the most dependable person.

This has always been Ruan Pianran’s wish, but just yesterday, her wish was shattered. From now on, nothing in her life would have anything to do with that person!

"Stop thinking about that bastard An Mingyuan, you deserve better." Seeing the sadness in Ruan Pianran’s eyes, Mi Jing softly comforted her.

"I’m fine." Ruan Pianran smiled faintly, then asked, "When is your wedding?"

"I don’t know. It shouldn’t be any time soon." Shen Lingxing is busy with work, and they haven’t even discussed the wedding yet!

"That’s good too, I can have more time to prepare." Back in college, they had agreed that Mi Jing’s wedding dress would be designed by Ruan Pianran.

"Yes, take your time and make sure to design the perfect wedding dress for me." Mi Jing linked her arm with Ruan Pianran’s, smiling brightly.

The two chatted casually and strolled around the store, admiring the masterful designs, and then left.

"Want to go check out some clothes?" After leaving the wedding dress store, it was still early, so Mi Jing thought about wandering around a bit more with Ruan Pianran.

"No." There wasn’t a single cheap thing here, and anything she liked, she couldn’t afford. So looking would be pointless.

"Come on, we’re already here. Let’s take a look. If you find something you like, I’ll buy it for you."

As she spoke, Mi Jing pulled Ruan Pianran along. Seeing Mi Jing’s determined attitude, Ruan Pianran didn’t oppose and followed her steps.

The spacious corridor bustled with people. Turning a corner, Mi Jing suddenly spotted Ma Huilian and her daughter amidst a small crowd, barging into her line of sight.

Running into them here?

Isn’t Jin City too small?

For Mi Jing, encountering those two was definitely not a happy event. If she could, she would even pretend not to see them!

Last time, after being sternly scolded by Shen Zixian because of Shen Jiajia, Mi Jing felt somewhat uneasy inside and also became more convinced of what Shen Xing’er had warned before—that mother and daughter duo were not as simple and harmless as they appeared!

"Ruanruan, let’s go this way." Mi Jing pulled Ruan Pianran, turned around, and headed in another direction towards an intersection in the corridor.

"What happened?" Noticing Mi Jing’s strange behavior, Ruan Pianran asked, puzzled.

"We ran into Shen Lingxing’s stepmother and stepsister." Mi Jing said lightly as she walked with Ruan Pianran.

Ruan Pianran had heard Mi Jing talk about the Shen family mother-daughter duo before, so she knew a bit about them, "Why avoid them? Just a simple greeting will do, after all, you can’t avoid meeting them in the future."

"We’ll deal with future encounters in the future. Seeing them now just annoys me. I’m not in the mood to put up with their fake faces."

Mi Jing could be quite carefree with her words and actions sometimes. As her best friend, Ruan Pianran was well aware of this, so with her having made her point, Ruan Pianran didn’t say anything more.

Just as Mi Jing was about to turn with Ruan Pianran, Shen Jiajia also spotted Mi Jing in the crowd. She immediately grabbed Ma Huilian’s hand and said, "Mom, Mi Jing is up ahead. She turned and walked off when she saw us."

"Who cares!" Ma Huilian said indifferently.

"How can we not care? After all, Mom, you’re her elder, how can she ignore you!" Shen Jiajia couldn’t stand Mi Jing’s disregard, feeling that she simply didn’t respect them at all.

"Oh, forget it. Her attitude towards us is her own business—we can’t do anything about it." Compared to Shen Jiajia’s pettiness, Ma Huilian was more open-minded about these minutiae.

"Mom, don’t you feel angry? At home, Grandma and the others don’t show us any respect, and now even Mi Jing is making our lives difficult!" Shen Jiajia complained with resentment.

Having been a doormat for over a decade, how could Ma Huilian remain calm and collected? But the old lady was overbearing and astute. No matter how dissatisfied Ma Huilian was, she could only endure it. At Shen Jiajia’s words, the long-suppressed resentment in Ma Huilian’s heart surged, and she gritted her teeth, "Of course I’m angry, and I dream of having a secure position in this family! Your grandmother is getting old, she won’t be a stumbling block forever. So, Jiajia, we must tolerate everything and avoid being impulsive."

"Tolerate? Mom, how long are we supposed to tolerate this? Have you considered that once the rift between Dad and Brother is resolved, even if Grandma is gone, we’ll still have to live under Brother’s thumb."

Upon hearing this, a cold and sinister glint flashed in Ma Huilian’s eyes. Shen Lingxing was the sole heir to the Shen family, destined to be the future head, something Ma Huilian always bore in mind, whether reminded by Shen Jiajia or not.