The Billionaire's New Wife in Chief-Chapter 783 - 232 Being Discussed Behind One’s Back

Chapter 783: Chapter 232 Being Discussed Behind One’s Back

Song Qiao couldn’t help but burst out laughing directly, she didn’t plan to continue teasing her and openly said, "I went to choose a ring with your brother."

Upon hearing this, Lu An’an was stunned for a moment, then realized and joyfully responded, "Does this mean the thing about you getting married on the 15th of next month is true?"

Song Qiao paused for a second, but still nodded her head.

Lu An’an immediately laughed and then said to Song Qiao, "Remember to give me, your little sister-in-law, a big red envelope at that time."

Song Qiao, "..." An’an, talking about money hurts feelings.

"I need to go to the restroom first, I’ll talk to you in a bit," Song Qiao stood up directly, as she’d had quite a bit of food and drinks back in the restaurant and now she really needed to go.

Lu An’an always had a sly smile on her face, it was unclear what she was scheming as she waved her hand at Song Qiao, "Go ahead, go ahead."

Song Qiao has always known that Lu An’an is not only intelligent but also very cunning and shrewd; anyway, as long as Lu An’an is not plotting against her, it’s fine.

Restrooms have always been a very suitable place for eavesdropping on gossip, and those at their office were no exception.

Just as Song Qiao walked into a stall and closed the door, someone entered the restroom, and they were talking while walking. The voice sounded familiar; it seemed they were from the same office.

One of the women went into the stall next to hers, but the restroom wasn’t quiet. The woman spoke to her companion, "Lili, you wouldn’t know, just at lunch I saw Lu An’an having lunch with President Lin, and I don’t know if Lu An’an has climbed up to our President Lin..."

Song Qiao froze for a moment without responding immediately, thinking deeply about the woman’s words, her eyes flickering with thought.

Could it be that Lu An’an and Lin Musen are having an affair?

Did something unexpected happen this month while I was on leave?

The woman freshening up her makeup outside overheard her companion and coldly snorted with laughter, "Who knows, President Lin is always traveling for business, rarely eats out with clients, but ended up meeting with that Lu An’an, probably because she has ways to seduce President Lin..."

"Tsk tsk, right, maybe she’s good in bed. Although President Lin is fickle, changing girlfriends frequently, not many women manage to be with him for long; who knows which number Lu An’an is."

"You said it, President Lin changes girlfriends quickly; maybe Lu An’an won’t get much from him and will be dumped soon?"

"That’s right, my sister used to be jealous of Lu An’an dining with President Lin, thinking about it now, she probably won’t be envious anymore."

"Envious? She’s got her own tricks. If you had the skills, you could try to climb into President Lin’s bed too, and if you could bear President Lin’s child, maybe you could become the young mistress of the Lin Family."

The woman flushed the toilet and left the stall, saying, "That won’t do for me, I fancy President Shen. As for a playboy like President Lin, I simply can’t reach him."

...

Song Qiao was startled by the rumors she overheard just by using the restroom; it was indeed a perfect place for eavesdropping, especially when it came to gossip about Lu An’an.

Women are always very gossipy. Although she didn’t like discussing others, she used to think here and there, occasionally gossiping with Lu An’an. However, she hadn’t expected that Lu An’an had now become the subject of gossip.

But considering these women’s words, Song Qiao felt like scoffing; with Lu An’an’s status, it was not her climbing up to Lin Musen, but rather Lin Musen climbing up to Lu An’an.

In An City, probably no missy from any family has a nobler identity and worth than Lu An’an.

Behind Lu An’an stands the entire Lu Family, and during her last visit to meet Lu Jingchen’s parents, it seemed from his mother’s words that they liked Lu An’an very much.

Although Lu An’an is not their biological child, even their house has a bedroom specifically for Lu An’an, showing her high status in the Lu Family.

Song Qiao was about to leave when the women outside didn’t seem to leave yet. As she was about to open the stall door, she stopped abruptly upon hearing the two women gossiping about her, Song Qiao.

"Oh, do you know? Just as I was preparing to go out for dinner after work, I saw Song Qiao."

"Seeing her, what’s the big deal? Don’t we see her at the office every day?"

"No, I mean when I was downstairs at the office, I saw a luxury car waiting for her, and the driver even got out to open the door for her. It was a Bentley Mulsanne, worth millions."

The woman who was just preparing to touch up her makeup stopped mid-action and turned towards her companion incredulously, "A Bentley Mulsanne? And the driver got out to open the door for her?"

"Yes, it seemed like there was also a man sitting in the back of the car, but he was too far away for me to see clearly who it was."

Hearing this, the woman snickered immediately and said darkly, "Let me tell you, there have always been rumors within the company that Song Qiao became some company president’s mistress, which is why she was able to get the newcomers under her to take on movies from the Huayi Media Group. Probably her skills in bed impressed the financier enough to help her out, huh?"

"Isn’t she usually so aloof and high-minded?"

"Pretending to be aloof and high-minded, who can’t do that? If I had that kind of ability, I’d act aloof and high-minded too. All you need to do is smile in front of the financier and nobody else would bother with us."

"She shouldn’t be that kind of person though." The woman who first spoke hesitated, "Even though she usually seems aloof, she’s still a decent person." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

After hearing this, the woman snorted again, put her makeup back into her purse, and replied, "Women like her are the scariest. Haven’t you noticed? Now everyone in the office sides with her. Li Xin resigned because of her too."

Picking up her purse, she looked at the still puzzled woman and continued to warn in a seemingly kind tone, "I’m telling you, you better be careful, or you’ll regret it if you’re the next one to be pushed out."

The sound of high heels on the floor slowly faded as the two women confirmed that they had left the restroom. Only then did Song Qiao come out from the stall, walked to the sink with a calm expression, and turned on the faucet to wash her hands. Only when she looked up into the mirror did she notice her expression was unusually gloomy.

In the office, she sincerely treated everyone who didn’t oppose her and even proactively shared her experience of guiding newcomers sometimes."

Yet she never expected herself to be spoken of so poorly by others.

Looking at the ring on her ring finger, Song Qiao felt strangely uncomfortable.

Sponsor? Financier? Mistress?

These were what Song Qiao detested the most in her life.

When she returned to the office, Song Qiao resumed her calm demeanor, though her face was colder than before.

If people say she’s pretending to be high and mighty, then she doesn’t need to plaster a smile just to mingle with those hypocrites. She wants to stay high and mighty, so what?

When Lu An’an saw Song Qiao come back, she noticed something was off about her and wheeled her chair over to her, asking with concern, "Qiaoqiao, what’s wrong? You seem off after coming back from the restroom?"

Song Qiao looked at Lu An’an in front of her, who genuinely was the nicest person in the office to her. Sometimes Lu An’an would even bring some snacks and coffee back for everyone’s afternoon tea, but those two women spoke ill of Lu An’an too.

This made Song Qiao feel uncomfortable looking at Lu An’an now.

After some thought, Song Qiao felt she should let Lu An’an know the truth, as some things can’t always be kept hidden. If Lu An’an happens to overhear others talking about her in the restroom someday, she might feel worse than knowing about it now.

Song Qiao glanced around the office at the other people, who appeared normal as usual. But who knows who is actually wearing a mask, maybe secretly ready to stab you in the back one day?

"Let’s go to the pantry, I have something to tell you." This isn’t a suitable place to talk, in case Lu An’an gets emotional later and can’t be calmed down.

Lu An’an looked at Song Qiao, knowing she really had something to say, and nodded, "Okay."

Song Qiao entered the pantry first, as everyone had already come to drink water before the work session, so the pantry was unlikely to have anyone coming in at this moment. Moreover, the pantry offered a broad view with the door directly facing the office, making it easy to see if anyone was coming.

She took her own cup, and also Lu An’an’s cup, poured some hot cocoa mix, and when Lu An’an came in, Song Qiao handed the cups to Lu An’an with a playful smile, saying, "I want to drink hot cocoa, I don’t know how to make it, you do it."

Song Qiao never knew that making a cup of hot cocoa required controlling the water temperature, which she learned from Lu An’an. A well-temperature-controlled hot cocoa always tastes better than one that’s just randomly made with boiling water.

Lu An’an was taken aback but still took the cups and said, "Qiaoqiao, what did you really call me here for?"