Chapter 2019: Rejecting Hong Ling (4)
Hong Ling laughed sincerely, holding Jiaojiao’s hand with a hint of deliberate flattery: "Jiaojiao, you’re really nice."
Hong Ling wasn’t foolish.
During her stay at Yuansu, she clearly realized how favored Jiaojiao was in the Ruan Family, and also knew how much Ruan Hao doted on this younger sister. Although she felt a bit jealous each time she saw Ruan Hao shower Jiaojiao with love, she understood how to restrain such feelings because she knew the most important thing for her now was to win Jiaojiao’s favor.
Only by building a good relationship with Jiaojiao would she have more chances to get close to Ruan Hao and continue to develop her plans.
On the other side, after Ruan Jun sent Hong Ping back to her room, he stayed with her while she ate something, and only went out to greet guests again when Ruan Chi came to call him.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Hong was observing Ruan Hao in the hall; the longer she looked, the more satisfied she became.
After watching for a while, she reluctantly withdrew her gaze, asked a waiter for a bowl of chicken soup, and carried it to Hong Ping’s room.
"Pingping, are you hungry? Mom brought you chicken soup, drink it while it’s hot," Mrs. Hong said as she opened the door and saw Pingping sitting by the table eating, which surprised her: "You ate already?"
Hong Ping’s face didn’t look good. She responded indifferently, "Ajun’s aunt brought it."
"That stepmother of his, really knows how to act nice," Mrs. Hong remarked somewhat dismissively.
Mrs. Hong had already figured out Liu Qingyun’s background, knowing she was just a waitress at the Ruan Family’s hotel and married Ruan Jiandang as his second wife. Not one of Ruan Jiandang’s three children from his second marriage was hers, so Mrs. Hong couldn’t help but look down on this step-relative a bit and didn’t pay much attention.