Chapter 14

TangShi was sitting in the black stretched-out Rolls Royce with its tinted-out windows beside Xiaosu’s small and cheerful frame and staring ahead at the cold, tailored woman facing her. When sincerely greeting this assistant on entering but had been met with an icy stone-faced response of dislike. She had tried to be polite. Warm even.

Xiaosu had greeted her with an almost fearful expression. As if this was a woman she already did not like, making it clear this wouldn’t be a pleasant ride. The atmosphere was tense, conversation nonexistent as they awaited Rhea outside her home, so it was clear the women in this car had been forced together.

Lang Je was Aunt RuiZi’s assistant, a sour-faced mature woman in her thirties who wore perfectly fitted and severe business attire at all hours of the day. She was used to running errands all day long for the surprisingly productive Aunt, who ran a successful and famous fashion magazine that employed Rhea as a columnist.

She had