CHAPTER 272: CHAPTER 269: YOU MUST DRESS UP CAREFULLY FOR A GIRLS’ DATE

Today’s Mao County is a place of turmoil and bloodshed, with the entire County Government mobilized, surrounding an unnamed mountain range in the Wanghai countryside.

Some people are bewildered, some are at a loss.

What is this Xiao Family brat up to again?!

At the third quarter of the noon hour, while Yu Family was hosting a banquet, a group of ruffians suddenly barged in, directly trying to take away the family’s womenfolk—the primary wife of the Yu Family’s eldest son, Madam Wang.

Madam Wang’s parental family was just completely taken down by Xiao Chong during the New Year. What is going on now, are even the married daughters to be implicated?

The Yu Family, amidst a scene of festivities, instantly erupted into chaos with the ruffians giving face to no one.

If Madam Wang were to be truly dragged out with chains from the Yu Family’s main gate by the ruffians today, surviving would be as good as being dead.

No matter how open-minded Great Tang seemed, singing and dancing at a feast is an everyday occurrence.

But even in early Tang era, noblewomen still had to wear veils or hats when going out, and outings still required curtains to shield from the curious eyes of commoners.

If Madam Wang were to be dragged out, bare-faced, like this, where would any dignity remain?

Not to mention Madam Wang, even the Yu Family would be utterly disgraced, especially the Yu Family sons. How could the legitimate sons maintain any dignity with their own mother being so insulted?

"This brat has gone too far!" Old Lord Yu slammed the table furiously, eyes blazing with anger, "I would risk my life to file a complaint!"

The Yu Family residing in Mao County wasn’t very influential, but their main branch—the Yu Family of Yu Yao in Yuezhou—had a prominent figure, Yu Shinan, who was currently serving as a Hongwen Academy Scholar, a direct lineage of Prince Qin Mansion, and a favored official of Emperor Taizong.

As the saying goes, if not for the monk’s sake, then for the Buddha’s sake, such actions by Xiao Chong were indeed quite abnormal, even when dealing with the Wang Family before, it was never like this.

During the New Year, when Xiao Chong dealt with the Wang Family, the womenfolk weren’t hauled into court. But now, he was ostentatiously capturing the married women of the Wang Family, baffling the onlookers.

This Xiao Family brat’s behavior was completely unpredictable and difficult to grasp.

Those well-informed had long already figured it out, merely watching from the sidelines to see how this drama would play out.

There was significant commotion in Mao County of the Great Tang, with onlookers spreading the news, following behind the ruffians dragging Madam Wang, creating a spectacle, causing Madam Wang immense shame and anger.

Meanwhile, in the modern day, Lin Wanwan had completely forgotten about last night’s close call and was enthusiastically preparing for a meal date with her girlfriends.

If a Huaxia girl starts washing her face, applying a face mask, carefully selecting her outfit, and doing her makeup and hair, then she must be going to a girlfriend’s date!

Usually, men don’t have the allure to make girls go to such lengths.

Lin Wanwan, after finishing her makeup, chose a wine-red halter tank top, paired with washed denim jeans, wore an oversized beige cashmere knit cardigan, slipped on some simple small white shoes, and grabbed a canvas bag, took her car keys, and headed out.

The bright lights of Yongcheng gleamed under the night sky.

Lin Wanwan drove her car cautiously navigating through the bustling streets.

The place where Gu Jingyu arranged to meet her was at Times Square in the Eastern New City Center, a twenty-minute drive from Lin Wanwan’s house if there’s no traffic in the tunnel.

Upon arriving at Times Square, just after parking her car in the underground garage, a call from Gu Jingyu came through.

"Wanwan, have you arrived?"

"I’m here, just parked in the underground garage, where are you?"

"I’m right at the entrance of the Chanel store on the first floor of the square, it’s quite prominent, you should be able to see me instantly once you get up here."

"Okay, I’m on my way."

After ending the call, Lin Wanwan grabbed her canvas bag, put on a white mask, and went up from the elevator entrance.

Gu Jingyu was Lin Wanwan’s desk mate and friend from the third year of middle school when they both attended the rocket class! In the third year, apart from studying, it was all about studies; the entire class had no entertainment atmosphere, with things like star-chasing and trends having nothing to do with the rocket class people.

Their only goal was to strive for the best high school in the district, which was their own school’s high school section.

Later, Lin Wanwan successfully got in, but Gu Jingyu, who always had comparable grades, somehow underperformed and only went to a regular high school.

After that, their contact gradually diminished, but friends made in youth, regardless of class and interests, are the least utilitarian.

Therefore, even if they had fewer topics in common over time, Lin Wanwan always considered her as a good friend.

This dinner was more than a year since they last met, during the class reunion at New Year’s, Lin Wanwan didn’t attend, missing an opportunity to meet Gu Jingyu, so she was quite happy to meet her today.

This could be seen from her meticulously done no-makeup makeup look.

When they met, it was clear that Gu Jingyu had also dressed up carefully.

They were once the two belles of their class, and now as adults, after learning to dress up, they naturally looked even more beautiful and eye-catching, attracting countless glances as they walked toward the restaurant.

Once in the restaurant, they took off their masks, exchanged a glance, and Gu Jingyu exclaimed, "Oh my, Wanwan, how did you become so youthful? You seem like you’re back to our third-year self."

Lin Wanwan laughed, "Xiaoyu, you really have a sweet talker!"

"Really, this isn’t just idle talk." Gu Jingyu quickly opened her phone, scrolled down to her QQ space, found an old photo of the two, and showed it to Lin Wanwan, "See for yourself, I just reminisced over it yesterday, that photo we took during our third-year spring outing. Seeing you now feels like time has turned back."

Lin Wanwan took the phone to look; the photo showed them in their youthful days, standing side by side in school uniforms on the rocks by the sea, faces full of collagen.

She couldn’t help but touch her face, "Back then, it was all baby fat; it shouldn’t be there anymore, right?"

Without a word, Gu Jingyu pulled out a cushion compact from her bag, opened it, and pushed the small mirror inside towards Lin Wanwan.

Lin Wanwan looked at her reflection in the mirror, then at the photo.

Wow! They really were identical!

If this reverse aging continues, will she turn into a little schoolgirl?!

Although she looked at herself in the mirror daily, she paid no mind.

No, she needed to quickly bring some modern endangered species from the Great Tang and upgrade the Space-Time Gate.

Thinking this inwardly, she outwardly showed nothing.

After closing the cushion compact, Lin Wanwan casually returned it with the phone to Gu Jingyu, lightly smiling, "Maybe I’ve gained weight recently, and with weight gain comes more collagen."

Gu Jingyu laughed, "You have curves; I’m the one who’s plumped up."

After some mutual compliments, Gu Jingyu took out a gold-stamped wedding invitation from her bag, revealing her true purpose for inviting Lin Wanwan to dinner today, "Wanwan, I’m getting married at the end of next month. You must keep that day free, I’d like you to be my bridesmaid."

"You’re getting married?" Lin Wanwan took the invitation, surprised.

Truthfully, she had thought Gu Jingyu was going to break up with her boyfriend because she often saw her complaints on WeChat about her boyfriend’s family’s lack of etiquette.