Lady Ning personally stepped forward on behalf of Wen Shuang!

Xia Anran was stunned.

She hurriedly shook her head. “Mrs. Ning, I did not mean to dirty Miss Wen’s gown! It really was an accident just now, please forgive me!”

“I was standing right there a moment ago. I saw Miss Wen finish her dance, and as soon as she came down, you deliberately walked toward her with a glass of wine. Miss Xia, do not take everyone here for fools. I hand-sewed this gown myself over nearly a year. It was worn only today, and all that effort was ruined by you. Of course you must pay compensation!”

Ning Su looked gentle and refined, but her words were merciless.

Many people turned to look.

They all thought Xia Anran was terribly inconsiderate.

Mrs. Xia rushed over at once after hearing the news and began apologizing for Xia Anran.

“If an apology were enough, what would we need the police for?” As soon as Mrs. Ning said that, Ji Shen curved his lips into a smile.

He was delighted that an elder was willing to stand up for Wen Shuang.

“Miss Xia, if you still refuse to pay, then I will have to call the police. With so many people here today, if you are taken away on the spot, I imagine the scene will not look very good.”

Eighty million!

No matter how wealthy the Xia family was, this was not the kind of money that could be spent casually.

Mrs. Xia was reluctant to pay.

At that moment, Xia Hanyan stepped forward and bowed slightly. “I am sorry, Mrs. Ning. My sister is foolish and unintentionally damaged the gown you so carefully designed. The compensation, of course, will be paid by the Xia family.”

Then he apologized to Wen Shuang as well. “Miss Wen, I’m sorry, and I’ve also frightened you. Anran is indeed far too inconsiderate. I will discipline her strictly when we get back.”

Xia Hanyan had arrived late that day. The moment he entered, he saw Wen Shuang dancing with Ji Shen at the center of the ballroom, dazzlingly beautiful.

And the dress she wore today suited her especially well.

It was a pity... that it had been ruined by that heedless Xia Anran.

Xia Anran wanted to explain.

Xia Hanyan coldly ordered her to shut up.

Meeting her brother’s stern gaze, Xia Anran no longer dared to speak. She knew she had indeed caused a huge disaster today.

She had never expected Mrs. Ning to treat Wen Shuang so well.

Ji Shen gave a cold laugh. “Since you’ve apologized, then pay up quickly.”

Xia Hanyan wrote a check on the spot and respectfully handed it to Ning Su.

Ning Su passed it to Wen Shuang. “The gown was my gift to you, so the compensation money is yours as well.”

Wen Shuang’s eyes lit up.

Good heavens, eighty million.

She had only come to a banquet and ended up with eighty million. This was an unbelievable windfall.

She followed Ning Su into the room.

The suitcase Ning Su had brought with her was large.

The gowns she took out were all exquisitely styled, with a unique charm and sense of design.

“You have a lovely figure. All of these suit you very well.”

Ning Su picked out a sky-blue backless evening gown for Wen Shuang. Her shoulders were very slender, with delicate shoulder blades like butterfly wings. Once she wore it, the dress carried a completely different elegance from the red rose gown earlier.

So beautiful it left one speechless.

Like a blue enchantress.

Wen Shuang sat before the mirror while Ning Su skillfully arranged her hair into a new style.

Wen Shuang was deeply grateful.

“You’re called Wen Shuang, right? Then I’ll call you Shuangshuang. Shuangshuang, there’s no need to be so formal with me. I have a daughter about your age.” Ning Su combed through Wen Shuang’s chestnut-colored, slightly wavy long hair. “It’s just that she’s far too busy. I hardly see her more than a few times a year.”

It was likely Jiang Ning she was talking about.

Wen Shuang said, “When children are busy with their careers, parents really do feel hurt in their hearts.”

Ning Su studied Wen Shuang carefully in the mirror.

She felt Wen Shuang looked far too much like herself when she was young. Perhaps she was...

She asked about Wen Shuang’s family circumstances.

Wen Shuang answered honestly.

Ning Su lowered her gaze in disappointment.

She had parents, so she was not an orphan... then it must have been her overthinking things.

Moreover, she noticed that there was no red mole on Wen Shuang’s wrist.

She probably was not the child from back then.

When Wen Shuang came out after changing, she once again stunned the entire room.

Qin You stared without blinking, his eyes full of longing.

Xia Hanyan also kept watching Wen Shuang. Only after he saw Ji Shen reach out and place a hand at her waist did he quietly look away.

“Too beautiful, my princess.”

Ji Shen extended his hand like a gentleman. “Shall we dance a few more?”

Wen Shuang smiled brightly and placed her hand in his palm. “All right, Officer Ji.”

The two of them danced gracefully once again.

Wen Shuang lowered her head and looked at Ji Shen’s toes. “I never expected Officer Ji to be so talented in both singing and dancing, with such good coordination.”

She had thought a man like Ji Shen would not know how to dance at all.

“My parents watched me learn from childhood. If I didn’t learn, I still had to learn. If I made a mistake, the teacher would strike my palm.” For families like theirs, parents trained them from an early age in the manner of raising nobility.

They wanted them to have some ability in every respect.

Ji Shen slowly turned her in a circle.

“Am I not rather good at dancing?”

“Very good indeed.”

“In front of Teacher Wen, though, this is hardly worth showing off.” Ji Shen finally wrapped an arm around her waist and lowered his voice. “You’re too beautiful today. Beautiful enough to make me feel very tempted.”

Wen Shuang shyly pushed him away.

With so many people watching, how could he still be so improper?

From upstairs, Father Ji also looked at the sight of Wen Shuang and Ji Shen dancing, and could not help smiling. “Those two children look so well matched! Arou, why don’t you like her? I think that girl Wen Shuang seems quite agreeable, not the type to stir up trouble. That He Suosuo, though, I don’t care for her. Too much fuss, too much noise.”

“What’s wrong with Suosuo? She may be delicate, but she knows how to behave. Wen Shuang is a little vixen, specially made to seduce men like you!” Mrs. Ji had endured enough cold looks for one night. “Anyway, she will never be acceptable to me. Ah Shen can play around with her, but she can never enter the Ji family!”

“Ah Shen is already so grown. Wouldn’t it be better to let him choose for himself? Back then, when it was him and Jiang Ning, weren’t you also against it? Did he listen to you?” Father Ji sighed. “Sometimes, one really does need to let go a little.”

“No matter what Jiang Ning is like, she is still better than Wen Shuang! At least she has already become an international star, while Wen Shuang is only some dance performer. Just saying it sounds laughable. And Jiang Ning’s family background is better than hers too! Right now, I would much rather have Jiang Ning as my daughter-in-law.”

Father Ji was speechless.

Back then, Mrs. Ji had not held this attitude at all.

She had been urging Ah Shen to break up with Jiang Ning all day long.

He shook his head.

Old Madame Ji, however, was extremely happy, laughing without stop.

“She dances so well! So good! My granddaughter-in-law is just that beautiful. Ah Shen really has picked up a treasure!”

The maid beside her said, “Yes, such a perfect match of talent and beauty, a marriage made in heaven. They are truly too well suited.”

Wen Shuang had given Old Madame Ji a long roll of handwritten Buddhist sutras and a jade pendant that had been blessed.

Extravagant gifts were beyond her means. What she had was only sincerity and heart.

Old Madame Ji could tell at a glance how much effort Wen Shuang had put into them.

She liked Wen Shuang even more for it.

Before leaving, she held Wen Shuang’s hand tightly, telling Ji Shen to take good care of her, and that if he dared bully her, she would be the first to never let him off.

Ji Shen curved his lips. “Grandma, don’t worry.”

After they returned, Wen Shuang gradually fell silent.

She did not speak the entire way home in the car.

Only after they got back, when it was just the two of them, did Wen Shuang lift her head and slowly ask, “Brother Shen, I want to know. Who is Jiang Ning?”

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