CHAPTER 841: CHAPTER 752: DISLOCATED LIVES 40

And now, Fang Zhijin has achieved both wealth and status instantly, possessing an amount of money that ordinary people could never earn in several lifetimes, and securing her place in high society.

Having reached the pinnacle of life, what more does she have to strive for? She just needs to enjoy life. She even persevered in getting a college degree just because it would be too embarrassing in this circle not to have one.

Fang Zhijin, naturally, cannot understand the importance of talent to a company. In Fang Zhijin’s mind, any kind of talent is just an employee working for a company. She’s never heard of a boss being afraid of or trying to please an employee. If one leaves, just replace them. Talent is the least scarce resource in this era. The so-called scarcity of talent is nothing but a joke.

So, even though Fang Zhijin dared not continue speaking, she still firmly believed in her heart that the CEO of Chengfeng Wanli Company must have taken a liking to Shuangshuang, which is why Shuangshuang received so many benefits.

In her previous life, she’d seen many bosses like this, who loved young, innocent female students. They thought such girls were naive and pure, and if they could, they would keep them as mistresses. If not, they’d give them benefits to deceive them into romantic relationships, only to discard them once they grew tired.

Fang Zhijin knows that the boss of Chengfeng Wanli Company is her boyfriend Zhu Shihao’s uncle—young and wealthy. It’s not impossible that he took a liking to Shuangshuang, who has a reputation for being a genius. Perhaps he plans on playing around with Shuangshuang.

Thinking with disdain, Fang Zhijin assumed Shuangshuang, having easily taken so much from them, must be just like those superficial girls who have fallen for Zhu Wanpeng.

After all, Zhu Wanpeng is Shuangshuang’s direct superior, young, wealthy, and handsome. She doesn’t believe Wen Jianyun and Liu Yun, who say that Zhu Wanpeng is trying to win over Shuangshuang. With Zhu Wanpeng’s strong background and successful company, he wouldn’t need to please an employee working under him.

Fang Zhijin darkly imagined that once Zhu Wanpeng tired of and discarded Shuangshuang, she would certainly go and shame and ridicule Shuangshuang fiercely, just to vent her anger.

These thoughts swirled inside her mind, yet Fang Zhijin dared not speak them aloud to avoid angering Wen Jianyun and Liu Yun further. Instead, she remained silent, pretending to be ashamed of misspeaking. Anyway, she would never apologize for badmouthing Shuangshuang.

Seeing Fang Zhijin fall silent, Wen Jianyun and Liu Yun calmed their tempers, softened their expressions, and refrained from lecturing Fang Zhijin anymore. The child had just returned and wasn’t close yet, unlike how they would scold Shuangshuang. They didn’t want her to overthink and feel unloved by her biological parents, increasing her psychological burden.

Wen Jianyun and Liu Yun silently planned how to educate Fang Zhijin moving forward. A teacher for etiquette is essential, quality education shouldn’t be neglected, and someone should teach Fang Zhijin the art of language, as speaking is quite an important skill.

It’s not that as parents they care about appearances and fear their daughter will embarrass them, but as their daughter, Fang Zhijin needs to interact with the younger generation in their circle. If she doesn’t even meet basic etiquette standards, she’ll have a hard time fitting in and might become a laughingstock.

In the evening, Shuangshuang was typing on her computer, which displayed audio segments and a few videos. The main subject was always the same, Fang Zhijin. After such a long period of surveillance, Shuangshuang hadn’t gained much, as Fang Zhijin consistently behaved normally—only today she had some breakthrough.

It was a phone call Fang Zhijin made to the Fang Family, mainly asking not about the situation of the Fang family members but rather about her experiences after entering the Fang Family. In the audio, upon learning that she was not at the Fang Family, Fang Zhijin repeatedly questioned intensely and incredulously.

Fang Zhijin also asked Fang Zhan and Bai Xiao several times about her whereabouts, and only after confirming that Fang Zhan and Bai Xiao didn’t know her whereabouts did she angrily blame them before hanging up the phone.

According to her past life’s memory, several months after Fang Zhijin returned to the Wen Family, Wen Jianyun and Liu Yun would loathe her to the point of never wanting to see her again, which is evident of how eager Fang Zhijin is to deal with her.

In this life, having disrupted Fang Zhijin’s plans, she would only become more desperate to target her. Hence, Shuangshuang decided to intensify the surveillance on Fang Zhijin in the coming days, as whatever actions she might take would likely happen soon.

In the following days, Shuangshuang went to school as usual, prepared lunch for Wen Jianyun and Liu Yun, having it delivered by a driver, but didn’t go to the company or send goodies to the people there anymore.

After all, she’s no longer the Wen Family’s biological daughter and has no inheritance rights. Continuing to win over people at the company would easily be misunderstood, which isn’t appropriate. It would create the impression that she was competing with the Wen Family’s biological daughter for the company, so it’s better to avoid suspicion.

About ten days of calm passed before Zhu Wanpeng came to Shuangshuang’s home personally, bringing an invitation card from the Zhu Family inviting her to a birthday party for Mr. Zhu.

Essentially, it was a gathering of people to network, flatter Mr. Zhu, and possibly find CEOs of suitable companies to discuss potential future collaborations.

Such banquets are boring yet essential; the number of attendees and their qualifications reflect the host’s face, as well as the invitee’s.

Of course, the Zhu Family doesn’t need to rely on the number of attendees to maintain face. Mr. Zhu’s identity and status are such that only he bestows prestige on others, not the other way around. Being invited to Mr. Zhu’s banquet is quite a rare honor.

Although Mr. Zhu has retired, he was once a major figure in the military and even now has extensive connections. However, because of Mr. Zhu’s high status, it’s sensitive and cannot be too extravagant to avoid criticism.

Therefore, not many people were invited to Mr. Zhu’s banquet to avoid seeming too lavish, indicating that receiving an invitation is rare and naturally an honor that adds prestige.

Even though Shuangshuang’s achievements today are not insignificant, receiving this invitation is an honor worth boasting about. This was obviously an act of goodwill and an attempt at pulling her closer from Zhu Wanpeng. However, because it was done in a considerate manner, Shuangshuang didn’t mind accepting the favor, as she had no intention of leaving Chengfeng Wanli Company anyway.

Zhu Wanpeng’s approach was as considerate as ever. Upon confirming Shuangshuang’s attendance at the banquet, he directly sent a stylist accompanied by several dresses and accessories, which were prepared by Zhu Wanpeng and would ultimately be gifted to Shuangshuang.

Though these items were quite valuable, compared to the profits Shuangshuang generated for the company, they were nothing, so Zhu Wanpeng was not at all hesitant in giving them.