Chapter 258: Chapter 221 Steal Home_2
“What are you doing?” Hai Lan asked, puzzled.

Yue Linger had finally managed to snatch a seat next to Jiang Cheng, right in front of her.

Now she was giving it up voluntarily?

Why?

Yue Linger smiled and said, “Just watch the entrance later.”

The entrance?

Hai Lan didn’t understand what Yue Linger wanted her to watch for.

Could there be someone else coming?

The “sister” she had mentioned in the carriage?

Was Yue Linger afraid of her “sister”?

Talk about pathetic, so cowardly.

Hai Lan considered herself worldly.

She had even seen Consort Li, who outshone all others in the harem.

How much prettier could Yue Linger’s sister be than Consort Li?

But then, a woman cultivator wearing a light cyan body-hugging qipao and a loose, embroidered overcoat walked through the shop’s door.

Shen Menghan from the Miaodan Workshop followed closely behind the woman cultivator.

Shen Menghan, who easily qualified as a great beauty, seemed like nothing more than a little maid carrying the bags for the lady of the house under the aura of the woman cultivator.

As soon as this woman cultivator appeared in the barbecue shop, it felt as if the lights had been turned off, leaving only one shining upon her.

Hai Lan’s eyes were wide, her mouth half-open, staring at Liu Qing as she walked towards her in shock.

But to Liu Qing, Hai Lan seemed like nothing, not even deserving of a place in her field of vision.

She walked straight up to Jiang Cheng, settled herself down effortlessly by his side, exuding an overwhelming presence, and didn’t bother to say a word with her cold demeanor.

Shen Menghan quietly slipped up to Yue Linger and said, “How’s the effect of the clothes I picked out?”

Yue Linger glanced at Hai Lan and gave Shen Menghan a thumbs-up.

Liu Qing’s entrance had quite the dramatic effect.

Hai Lan was so completely immersed in shock that she couldn’t recover for a long while.

“Move over, Hai, I’m going to sit next to my senior sister,” Yue Linger said with a triumphant smile.

“Oh, oh.”

Hai Lan stood up to let Yue Linger sit down.

After Liu Qing’s appearance, she felt that her previous querrels with Yue Linger were as childish as playing house.

What was the point of fighting Yue Linger tooth and nail?

How could she possibly surmount the mountain that sat next to Jiang Cheng?

“Jiang Cheng, aren’t you going to introduce Hai to your friend?” Yue Linger seized the opportunity to fan the flames.

Jiang Cheng then realized and smiled, “Hai, this is Liu Qing, an employee from our studio. Liu Qing, this is Hai Lan, the sister of Daoist Liang Hong.”

Hai Lan forced a smile and extended a pale hand towards Liu Qing.

“Hello.”

Liu Qing glanced at Hai Lan and had no desire to exchange pleasantries with her.

This woman cultivator smelled bad, which she found very displeasing.

Seeing this, Jiang Cheng quickly served Liu Qing some meat he had just grilled.

“Let’s eat, eat up. What else would you like? I’ll grill it for you.”

Liu Qing looked at the largest piece of meat on the table.

Jiang Cheng didn’t hesitate and got to work immediately.

Feeding a snake is not demeaning.

At this moment, Yue Linger was extremely proud of herself.

She had insisted on having this meal with Hai Lan just to witness this very scene.

Seeing Hai Lan make no move to pick up her chopsticks, Yue Linger proactively grabbed a scallop and placed it in front of Hai Lan.

“Hai, don’t just stand there. Eat up!”

Hai Lan, thinking back on how Yue Linger had catered to Jiang Cheng and now seeing Jiang Cheng catering to Liu Qing, seemed to have an epiphany.

It wasn’t a big deal that Liu Qing had a higher status.

But Liu Qing’s beauty, poise, and figure made the usually proud Hai Lan feel a sense of self-destructive inferiority, feeling like a real loser.

Liu Qing was like a mountain weighing on Hai Lan’s heart.

For the first time in her life, she experienced a strong sense of inferiority.

Yue Linger, seeing the ugly look on Hai Lan’s face, couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Pine after Jiang Cheng?

You think you’re worthy?

Hai, with your qualifications, you’re not even fit to be my sister.

At that moment, Hai Lan finally understood why Yue Linger had insisted on having this meal with her.

Yue Linger had wrapped up this bitter lesson just for her!

She whispered in a low voice, “What are you so proud of? I might not compare to her, but do you?”

Yue Linger was in a very good mood.

The first reason was that she had gotten used to being around Liu Qing; too much pressure was like having none at all.

The second was that no matter what, she was still considered Jiang Cheng’s daughter, prepared for attack or defense, and completely fearless.

“I’m not trying to compete, but why should I? I have no need,” Yue Linger said to Hai Lan before turning to Liu Qing and complimenting, “Sister, you’re really beautiful today.”

Liu Qing paused, sniffed, then picked up a piece of meat with her chopsticks that Jiang Cheng has just passed to her.

“Here, have some meat.”

“Thank you, sister.”

Hai Lan, witnessing this scene, was filled with disbelief.

She challenged, “You’re content with calling her sister?”

Yue Linger responded with surprise, “Hai, what does it have to do with you, an outsider?”

“I…”

Hai Lan was lost for words, unable to respond to Yue Linger’s retort.

Yue Linger had every right to share in the meat, while Hai Lan didn’t even have the privilege to partake.

“So what makes him deserve it?” Hai Lan asked.

Yue Linger laughed and said, “Let me tell you why.”

After finishing the meat on her plate, Yue Linger spoke to Jiang Cheng, “Jiang Cheng, did the Lu you mentioned you’d help get out of prison get released?”

“Yes. I’ve already asked President Li to take care of her,” Jiang Cheng replied.

Hai Lan asked with confusion, “President Li? Which President Li?”

Yue Linger explained, “Li Qingge, the President of the Talisman Master Association of the Taixu Sect.”

Hai Lan’s lips twitched uncontrollably.

She had underestimated Jiang Cheng after all.

She hadn’t expected his connections to extend to the higher ranks of the Immortal Sect.

To think that even her father, the Assistant Minister of Rites, couldn’t connect with those at the top of the Immortal Sect. Could it be that the collaboration between Jiang Cheng and Liang Hong was not Liang Hong extending an opportunity to Jiang Cheng, but Jiang Cheng giving an opportunity to Liang Hong?

After coming to this realization, Hai Lan stiffened.

She thought back on her initial attitude towards Jiang Cheng and wished she could crawl into a hole and hide.