Chapter 339: Take Her For A Walk And Make Her Look Foolish!
Jiang Lan’s eyes darted around, and she suddenly pulled over a young woman nearby, saying: “She’s my cousin. How about you two play for a bit?”
Cao Lanzhu saw it was Du Lin and immediately widened her eyes in surprise. Just as she was about to speak, Jiang Lan took the initiative: “She’s from the national team and has participated in many competitions. Comrade Lu, wouldn’t it be a good thing for you to practice with her?”
In her view, it wasn’t just a good thing—it was very fortunate.
Then she looked at Lu Qiaoge: “Are you unwilling, or afraid of playing poorly? No worries, we’re just playing casually.”
It was rare to have such a leisurely time, so Lu Qiaoge didn’t pay attention to the little thoughts of the young women.
Du Lin was across from her?
Not familiar, seemed like she hadn’t heard the name before, but regardless, these athletes were all impressive.
Lu Qiaoge was not stingy with showing goodwill to the other.
She just said: “Okay.”
Du Lin frowned; actually, she didn’t want to play with these people who only knew how to swing the racket a few times.
It was just like playing house with kids.
Moreover, she didn’t want to get involved in such meaningless little schemes.
But her cousin had already spoken, so it wasn’t good to publicly contradict her.
She could only smile at Lu Qiaoge.
The young women went to the table tennis table by the window.
Cao Lanzhu handed her own racket to Lu Qiaoge.
Jiang Lan leaned close to Du Lin’s ear and said: “Lin Lin, toy with her, make her run around catching the ball. If you succeed, I’ll give you my woolen coat.”
They were all young women, and though Du Lin had always been training, she had the day off today, so she came to her second aunt’s house to play. The woolen coat Jiang Lan mentioned was yellow, bought from a Hong Kong businessman’s counter, said to be custom-made. Of course she liked it after seeing it.
But she looked at Jiang Lan suspiciously: “You’re willing to part with this? Forget it.”
Jiang Lan lowered her voice: “I’m a little dog if I’m lying. As long as you make Lu Qiaoge look bad, make her run around catching the ball and fail to do so, I’ll give you that woolen coat.”
Du Lin wasn’t a fool and shook her head in refusal: “I’m an athlete; we have regulations. I can’t do something like that.”
Then she looked at Lu Qiaoge across from her, who was smiling, and said reassuringly: “We’re just playing casually. Sister Lu, you serve first.”
Lu Qiaoge naturally heard Jiang Lan’s words.
She didn’t take it to heart.
But she didn’t insist either, just saying: “Then I’ll serve first.”
Lu Qiaoge swung casually, and the small table tennis ball landed on the table. Du Lin hadn’t taken it seriously at first, but after a few back-and-forths, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.
This Lu Qiaoge was not just playing casually.
If they really competed, she might not even win.
So, competitive spirit arose, and her gaze sharpened.
Lu Qiaoge remained laid-back. Really, with her skills, playing table tennis against a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old young woman was a bit bullying.
Even if the other specialized in it.
Even if she herself hadn’t played much.
So no need to keep score.
Just keep rallying.
A few minutes passed, and the ball hadn’t landed yet.
The crowd’s attention was immediately drawn.
Du Lin—everyone here knew her.
No one could beat her.
She rarely came, and when she did, it was just casual play.
But why did she look so serious? Sweat was beading on her forehead?
As the crowd watched, they couldn’t help but applaud and cheer.
Someone asked: “This young woman has some skills. Who is she? She looks unfamiliar.”
Another lowered their voice: “You don’t know yet? She just arrived in Beidu today. She’s Qin Hengzhi’s partner. He brought her back to meet the family elder.”
“Oh wow, I heard Qin Hengzhi was dating, but I didn’t expect such a pretty young woman.”
“Not just pretty—she’s great at table tennis too.”
Lu Qiaoge didn’t want to continue.
She was now multitasking.
Xiao Cangcang had circled the compound and flown back, telling Lu Qiaoge it wanted to try finding Peng Gong.
Because it had left a bit of its own scent on him—this was the first time, and it wanted to test if it could succeed.
Lu Qiaoge had never really managed the little animals’ preferences or insisted on using them for anything.
So this was Xiao Cangcang taking initiative.
But since it had thought of it, Lu Qiaoge told it to go ahead and try.
Remember the route, don’t fly too fast.
Of course, even if it got lost, she could find it.
This was the conversation between Lu Qiaoge and Xiao Cangcang.
Then came the crowd’s whispers.
And across from her, Jiang Lan, whose expression fluctuated, wanting to see her make a fool of herself.
Cao Lanzhu stood beside her, full of surprise and admiration.
And most people were seriously watching her and Du Lin play.
Then Qin Hengzhi talking with Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng told Qin Hengzhi that Sun Ziliang was now working in Jiangcheng and treating Elder Gu and a Hong Kong businessman, and that his father and younger brother had found out.
They also knew it was him who had made the connection.
Zhou Zheng puzzledly said to Qin Hengzhi: “I checked quietly, and I’m wondering too—how did the Sun Family find out?”
Zhou Zheng paused and added: “The Sun Family is strange too—they directly asked me why I helped you get Sun Ziliang to Jiangcheng.”
“Old Master Sun is advanced in age, so I didn’t dare push back and just fobbed him off saying we two were entrusted by someone, that the authorities had us do it.”
“Old Master Sun didn’t believe it and angrily scolded me for meddling.”
Qin Hengzhi just told Zhou Zheng three words: “Don’t mind him.”
Zhou Zheng nodded.
And let it go.
Actually, he knew the inside story on this matter—it wasn’t complicated, very simple.
Sun Ziliang was born to Old Master Sun and his original wife.
Sun Ziliang and his younger brother were half-brothers.
Then Old Master Sun wanted to pass down his lifelong knowledge and the entire family business to his youngest son.
Emphasizing lineage inheritance.
Said to be an ancestral regulation.
Not allowing his eldest son to work in medicine and pharmaceuticals.
But this was no longer up to Old Master Sun.
After finishing the matter, Qin Hengzhi walked over to Lu Qiaoge.
He stood outside the crowd, after all, it was all young women here.
Lu Qiaoge smiled at him.
She swung casually, returning the table tennis ball Du Lin hit, landing it on the table. But it wasn’t caught by the focused Du Lin; instead, it bounced up and directly hit Jiang Lan, who was standing nearby, on the forehead.
Jiang Lan jumped in fright, eyes wide, shocked as she watched the table tennis ball on her forehead bounce once and then fall to the ground…
Everyone was stunned by this change.
Qin Hengzhi’s mouth corners curved up slightly.
Lu Qiaoge handed the racket to Cao Lanzhu standing nearby: “Thanks for your racket.”
Then she said to Du Lin: “Thanks for playing with me.”
Du Lin was a bit dazed at this point.
She hadn’t caught the ball, but it hadn’t directly hit the ground—instead, it first landed on her cousin’s forehead?
So what did that count as?
Before she could figure it out, Qin Hengzhi had already taken Lu Qiaoge and left the activity room.
Only after they left did Jiang Lan react.
She touched her forehead, stamping her feet in anger. It didn’t hurt, but for some reason, it just felt off.
However, not a single person in the activity room thought the ball had deliberately hit Jiang Lan on the forehead.
