From Runaway Bride to Global Queen

Chapter 151: Chapter 151: Rivals Meet

As evening approached quitting time, Qiao Yi was informed that the person in charge from Lu Group would be returning to the office tomorrow morning to work on project handover, and she absolutely must not be late.

Okay, Qiao Yi admits she isn’t really the punctual type, but she surely wouldn’t let herself slip up on such an important occasion!

With this on her mind, Qiao Yi leapt out of bed early the next morning under the surprised gaze of Lu Yanchuan, and rushed into the bathroom to start washing up.

“Are you wearing makeup today?”

When Lu Yanchuan got up to wash, Qiao Yi was in front of the mirror applying eyeshadow.

Seeing her sweeping a little brush back and forth over her eyes, Lu Yanchuan was worried she might poke herself in the eyeball.

“Um…”

Qiao Yi hummed meaninglessly in response—it’s known that men should not disturb a woman when she’s putting on makeup!

By the time Lu Yanchuan finished washing up and came out of the bathroom, Qiao Yi was still drawing her eyes in front of the mirror, but this time with a fine, long pencil.

This tool made Lu Yanchuan even more worried she might poke herself.

Qiao Yi finally finished drawing her eyes, and just as she started applying lipstick, she noticed Lu Yanchuan had been watching her the whole time.

“Why are you still watching me? Is there something wrong with my face?”

“No, it’s just I haven’t seen you wear makeup much before.”

It was more than just not seeing her wear makeup often; ever since they met, Qiao Yi’s makeup was either done by a makeup artist, or it was just a simple touch-up. Never had she spent so much time on makeup as she did today.

Qiao Yi offered no comment, picked up a bottle of perfume from the table, thought about it, and put it back. Instead, she ran to Lu Yanchuan’s drawers, picked out a bottle of perfume, and sprayed herself satisfiedly.

Lu Yanchuan was completely baffled by Qiao Yi’s actions. Normally, Qiao Yi never touched his perfume; she barely even used women’s perfume. Why was she acting so out of the ordinary today?

Of course, Qiao Yi wouldn’t tell Lu Yanchuan that today she isn’t just meeting a project partner, but also a romantic rival!

Although Xiao Ting hadn’t shown any hostility towards her yet, the mere fact that Xiao Ting held Lu Yanchuan in her thoughts compelled Qiao Yi to remain vigilant.

Unable to grasp the strange competitive desires of girls, and with no explanations received, Lu Yanchuan left the house first.

Seeing that Qiao Yi might still be fussing for a while, he decided it was best to go ahead.

Qiao Yi arrived at the office right on time, and immediately upon entering, the passing staff were stunned by her splendid attire.

Not to mention the undoubtedly valuable jewelry on her head, hands, and neck, let alone the compelling makeup on her face, or even the tailored designer professional attire.

But that distinct cold men’s perfume alone that shouted “keep your distance” was enough to turn all heads.

Oh my! Is this still the same beautiful paratrooper? She was nothing less than a high-profile queen!

Also stunned by Qiao Yi was Qiao Qiao, who followed her into the office.

Qiao Qiao was frozen in his spot after just one glance.

The last time he saw his older sister so fiercely prominent was when she had arranged a fight during her school days.

Was his sister going to fight someone today?

Qiao Qiao really wanted to run over and ask if Qiao Yi could avoid fighting, but he didn’t have the courage to do so.

Didn’t he see she didn’t even give him a glance? Her own brother was completely ignored!

Qiao Yi made her way to the project-specific meeting room, and as she pushed open the door of the meeting room, Qiao Yi smiled.

Xiao Ting was sitting in the conference room, and beside her sat another person Qiao Yi did not expect.

“Qiao Xin? What’s going on, the Lu Group now needs you for running errands?”

Wearing high heels, Qiao Yi entered the room with an imposing gait.

Qiao Xin’s pupils shrank abruptly upon seeing Qiao Yi like this — beautiful, elegant, glamorous, like a bright proud rose blooming under the sunlight, enticing people to draw closer yet also concealing danger.

She’s just a seductress!

Qiao Yi was quite pleased with her appearance today when she saw Qiao Xin.

Seeing Qiao Xin’s unnatural expression, Qiao Yi felt extremely gratified.

What could be more delightful than making a romantic rival feel jealous and angry?

Compared to Qiao Xin, Xiao Ting kept her composure better, stood up, shook hands with Qiao Yi, and the two sat down together.

Xiao Ting smelled the perfume on Qiao Yi, and even though she was well aware of her intimate relationship with Lu Yanchuan, her heart still ached momentarily.

This perfume was custom-made by the chief perfumer of Divine Company for Lu Yanchuan’s twenty-fifth birthday; there’s only one bottle in the world, and it will never be produced again.

But now, this scent was on Qiao Yi…

“Can we start now?”

Having successfully intimidated her love rivals, Qiao Yi smiled warmly and took out some documents from her bag and pushed them towards Xiao Ting.

It’s a routine for Qiao Family and Lu Family to cooperate to minimize the chances of mishaps, thus they select easy projects for collaboration.

What matters between them is the process of collaboration, not the quality of the project.

Switching to work mode, Xiao Ting did not let personal feelings interfere with her job and quickly began discussing with Qiao Yi.

Previously, Qiao Yi and Xiao Ting had cooperated on a project for Dianrui Group, and now discussing another project, they surprisingly found themselves in sync.

Compared to them, Qiao Xin, sitting on the side, seemed like an extraneous person, cluelessly unsure about what to do.

“All the important aspects are covered like this, I will go for a site visit tomorrow, shall we meet then?”

“Yes, see you tomorrow.”

Two similarly slender and delicate hands touched lightly, and although they separated quickly, it still seemed as if invisible sparks flew between them.

Qiao Yi left the conference room with a pile of documents, and Xiao Ting was also tidying up the documents on the table to take back to the company for further revision, only Qiao Xin sat in her chair, still lost in thought, unsure what she was pondering.

“Hey! Where are you going?”

“Miss Qiao, if this is your attitude towards the project, I will request Mr. Lu to revoke your participation rights.”

Xiao Ting frowned in disgust.

Both daughters of the Qiao Family, even blood sisters, yet why is Qiao Xin so different from Qiao Yi!

This wasn’t the first time Qiao Xin was scorned by Xiao Ting; she was used to Xiao Ting’s disdainful attitude towards her and she even slightly nodded to Xiao Ting arrogantly.

“How I handle it is none of your business. You go back first, I still have work at the Qiao Family.”

This woman must be out of her mind!

Xiao Ting concluded about Qiao Xin and decided that she must talk to Lu Yanchuan after returning. Qiao Xin should not be allowed to participate in the project as she’s clearly a freeloader!