Lu Dingning's refusal left Zong Jize quite satisfied.
As for the topic of Li Kexin, it came to an end here.
Picking up the two pieces of calligraphy handed to him by Lu Dingning, Zong Jize examined them while casually asking, "How do you plan to spend this weekend?"
"Weekend? I plan to go out and have some crayfish. If I don't eat crayfish on the weekend, life is no different from being a salted fish..." The rest of her words, Lu Dingning had seen online before coming to Z Country.
This weekend, Lu Guohua hadn't assigned any tasks to her, so Lu Dingning planned to find out what crayfish really tasted like. After all, she had spent many years in F Country and hadn't had much chance to eat such things.
"What else?" Suddenly, Zong Jize furrowed his brows, either because of her mention of crayfish, or because her calligraphy was truly terrible.
"Nothing else." She wasn't familiar with Z Country yet, even if she wanted to have fun, she would have to wait until she found her brother and RM Group's situation improved a bit.
"Your life seems to lack ambition!" Zong Jize commented, quite candidly, as he put down the three pieces of calligraphy.
"Well, it's slightly better than being a salted fish!" Lu Dingning put on a serious face.
"Since you have a bit more ambition than a salted fish, this weekend, in addition to the three pieces of calligraphy every day, you'll also have to memorise four poems from this book every day! I'll check on Monday!" Zong Jize took out a book called "Selected Four-line Poems" from a pile of documents and handed it to Lu Dingning.
Looking at the densely packed characters, Lu Dingning smiled dryly, "Actually, I still think being a salted fish is not bad!" As long as she didn't have to memorize these incomprehensible poems!
However, Zong Jize didn't even look up from the documents and continued to flip through them, saying, "If you choose to be a salted fish, then you'll have to memorize eight poems!"
"In that case, I'd rather not be a salted fish!" Under Lu Dingning's calm and elegant smile, she kept lamenting in her heart, "What did salted fish do wrong? It's almost spoiled!"
Time flew by, and it was the weekend.
On this day, Lu Dingning first handled some documents at home, which she had been doing in place of her brother. Then, she completed the calligraphy assignments set by Zong Jize and started memorizing the book "Selected Four-line Poems."
However, after memorizing for most of the day, Lu Dingning didn't remember much.
Just as Lu Dingning was pondering whether to order some crayfish takeout to stimulate her divergent thinking, her phone suddenly rang.
It was a new message on WeChat.
Lu Dingning opened it and found that it was a voice message from Zong Jize: "There's a dinner gathering. Are you coming?"
Dylan Ning: [Okay, send me the address!]
Memorizing those poems was giving Lu Dingning a headache, and she thought it would be better to go out for a change. This way, she could quickly familiarize herself with the surroundings and people in the Imperial City and facilitate her search for her brother.
After Zong Jize replied with the address, Lu Dingning changed into a loose black hoodie and immediately took a taxi to leave.
Zong Jize's dinner gathering was held at the Xi Yue Hotel.
When Lu Dingning arrived, it was already dinner time.
At the entrance of the hotel, many luxury cars were queuing up to enter the parking lot.
Lu Dingning decided to have the taxi pull over. On one hand, this would save her waiting time, and on the other hand...
As soon as she got out of the car and paid the fare, she quickly took a shortcut towards the hotel entrance.
However, just a few steps away from the hotel entrance, instead of going straight in, she took out her phone and snapped a side view photo of several people walking into the Xi Yue Hotel.
Then, she sent this photo to Ruan Xiyuan on WeChat.
Dylan Ning: [Image]
Dylan Ning: [If I remember correctly, this person should be my rumoured stepmother!]
Ruan Xiyuan quickly replied.
Ruan: [Confirmed, she is your stepmother. One false, penalize ten!]
Dylan Ning: [Dealing with one is already giving me a headache. You can keep the other nine!]
Though Ruan Xiyuan's chat style was a bit eccentric, he understood what Lu Dingning needed.
After obtaining the information she needed, Lu Dingning zoomed in on the photo she had just taken for a closer look.
Her so-called stepmother did indeed look quite beautiful. She was over fifty years old, but due to proper maintenance, she looked no different from a woman in her thirties.
But what intrigued Lu Dingning more was that, in the photo she had taken, accompanying her stepmother into the Xi Yue Hotel were her second uncle, Lu Guoyao, and her younger uncle, Lu Guocan.
The way these three people were together seemed peculiar no matter how you looked at it.
Lu Dingning wasn't naive; the way these three people interacted didn't resemble typical relationships between relatives.
It seemed they were eager to sell RM.
In that case, certain matters had to be moved up on her agenda.
Staring at the backs of the three people as they disappeared into the hotel entrance, a fleeting hint of cold determination passed through Lu Dingning's lowered eyes...
Lu Dingning arrived at Zong Jize's private room as scheduled, half an hour after he had sent her the message.
As she entered the private room and took her seat at the head of the table, she exuded an air of natural superiority, making her appear noble and unapproachable. Zong Jize, who had already arrived, couldn't help but complain with a hint of irritation, "Why did you take so long to arrive? It's as if you're a woman!"
"Traffic jam at the entrance..." Lu Dingning replied with a smile, seemingly unconcerned but as beautiful as ever.
She was seated in the only available seat at the dining table, to Zong Jize's left.
On Zong Jize's right was Ludin Ning's acquaintance, Geng Qing. While Lu Dingning looked at him, Geng Qing was also busy sizing her up.
Geng Qing was assessing Lu Dingning because today's dinner gathering wasn't exactly formal. However, considering that these three software entrepreneurs had met several times and were now close to securing a contract for computer installations, Geng Qing felt that Lu Dingning's presence was somewhat unexpected.
But this young Lu Dingning...
It seemed that her involvement in the matter was still unclear.
However, judging by Zong Jize's current demeanour, it appeared that he intended to introduce Lu Dingning into the mix alongside these people.
Though Geng Qing had many questions in his mind, when Lu Dingning looked at him, he nodded in acknowledgment.
After sizing up Geng Qing, Lu Dingning turned her gaze to the other three people in the private room.
These three men appeared much older than Zong Jize. They either had receding hairlines or beer bellies.
As Lu Dingning contemplated the nature of this dinner gathering, Zong Jize began to introduce her, "This is Mr. Chen, the CEO of Search Cat Music."
[tn: original is 搜猫音乐, soumao yinyue, sou and mao meaning search and cat respectively while yinyue refers to music]
Following Zong Jize's gesture, Lu Dingning looked at the balding man. Search Cat Music? Wasn't that the rapidly rising music app recently?
"And this is Mr. Wang, the chairman of Yuexue Group, and Mr. Liu, the CEO of Frog Video!" With Zong Jize's introductions, Lu Dingning shifted her attention to the two beer-bellied, well-fed men.
[tn: original is 青蛙视频, qingwa shipin, qingwa meaning frog while shipin means video]
Yuexue Group? It should be the online literature company that Ruan Xiyuan mentioned, currently enjoying great success in Z Country.
Frog Video seemed to be a pioneer in the field of online video in Z Country.
But why had Zong Jize invited her to meet with these people?
Lu Dingning was pondering this question when Zong Jize introduced her, "Lu Yining, my brother!"
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