Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 223 - 215: Despised

Chapter 223: Chapter 215: Despised

With a gold-embossed birthday invitation exuding a faint jasmine fragrance in hand, Feng Sijia and Wu Xiuyu both exclaimed in surprise, "So your eighteenth birthday is on December 3rd?"

Lu Yun smiled, "Yes, since the venue for the birthday party is a bit remote, there will be a car waiting at the school gate from 4 to 4:30 in the afternoon. If you’re willing to go, you can arrive at that time to take the car together, and there will also be a car to take you back afterward."

This year, December 3rd falls on a Thursday, and there’s only one class that ends before 3:30 in the afternoon.

Lu Yun glanced at the stack of invitations in her hand and said to Wu Xiuyu, "These invitations are for the other classmates in our class--"

"You mean for me to help give them out, right? OK, no problem, leave it to me," Wu Xiuyu promptly interrupted Lu Yun, laughing as she took the stack of invitations from her hand, "You can count on me. I’ll make sure each and everyone gets an invitation and the message. Any place where I can eat and drink for free, I am definitely there; I’m not going to miss out on that easily."

"Me too, I’ve never seen what a rich family’s banquet is like, so I definitely have to go." Feng Sijia also shouted from the side, "I also want to take a photo with Lu Yun, so when I go back and show off, it’ll be more convincing, won’t it?"

"You guys really are--"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yun couldn’t help but shake her head and give a wry smile.

Then she straightened up and sincerely thanked Wu Xiuyu, "Thank you, I really appreciate your help."

"No need to thank me for such a small favor," Wu Xiuyu waved her hand dismissively, then suddenly, as if remembering something, she asked, "Lu Yun, about that motion sickness medicine you mentioned last time, is it really as effective as you said? Lately, I feel like I don’t get motion sickness anymore when I ride in a vehicle?"

"It’s true," Lu Yun laughed as she looked at Wu Xiuyu, taking a step back in anticipation of her potentially making another ’hands-on’ move.

"Wow... no wonder? How can your family’s medicine be so miraculously effective?" Indeed, Wu Xiuyu pounced forward but ended up lunging into empty air and nearly falling to the ground. Lu Yun and Feng Sijia on either side caught her just in time.

Feng Sijia casually patted Wu Xiuyu, chuckling, "You really need to fix that habit of lunging at people; you’re too enthusiastic, we really can’t handle it. In the future, save that for your significant other; they’d probably appreciate it more."

Wu Xiuyu first glared at her and then at Lu Yun, turning her head away with a "Hmph."

Both Feng Sijia and Lu Yun burst into laughter at her reaction.

Lu Yun said to them, "I’ll be taking the afternoon off that day, and I’ll be waiting for the pleasure of your company in the evening."

"Sure, we’ll definitely be there," Feng Sijia replied with a smile.

"I don’t think there will be many who would not want to go," Wu Xiuyu also started smiling, "With a week’s time, I can distribute the invitations to everyone by tomorrow at the latest."

Lu Yun nodded and bid farewell to the two before leaving.

As Lu Yun walked away, Feng Sijia asked Wu Xiuyu, "The invitation says there’s no need for birthday gifts, but surely we can’t really go empty-handed, can we?"

"Of course not. We can’t afford anything expensive, but as long as we bring our sincerity, Lu Yun won’t mind; she’s not that kind of person. But choosing a gift is really tough, what should we give her?" Wu Xiuyu said, frowning in deep thought.

"Lu Yun really doesn’t act like some people who get all haughty just because their family has a bit of money," Feng Sijia nodded in agreement, then frowned as well, "I really can’t think of anything, how about we go shopping together to find something?"

"Okay, but I have to finish delivering Lu Yun’s invitations to everyone first," Wu Xiuyu suddenly jumped up and ran off in a hurry.

Meanwhile.

Today, after class, Lu Yun didn’t head straight back home but asked Xu Liang to drop her near Wangfujing. After arranging a pick-up time with Xu Liang, Lu Yun slowly walked towards Wangfujing.

She didn’t have any concrete plans for visiting today, just that she’d been cooped up at home for too long and wanted to casually shop around to relax. Plus, she was quite satisfied with the snacks she had tried last time she came here with Shitou.

She planned to pick a few specialty items to buy in bulk to take back home, considering in the next few days her aunts, uncles, second uncle, both aunts, and the family from her grand-uncle’s house, as well as a few male and female cousins from Capital City, were due to arrive.

According to her father, turning eighteen meant becoming an adult; therefore, he took it very seriously and personally called each relative, urging those who could make it to spare some time.

Seeing how seriously her father took it, no one wanted to let him down.

Over the years, everyone also realized that as a stepdaughter, her position in her father’s heart was not any less than Lu Jinsheng’s, so everyone agreed to come, including the younger ones still in school.

Anyway, missing a few days of school wasn’t a big deal; those who were good students could catch up with some tutoring later, and their grades wouldn’t suffer. Those who weren’t good at school would still perform the same even if they went every day.

Speaking of the Lu family’s relatives nowadays, none of them lacked money. Riding on the coattails of Lu Aiguo’s success, even the least wealthy had an annual income of six figures, living quite comfortably.

Lu Yun wandered aimlessly, and even though she lacked nothing, she would still buy any delicate little thing she saw in the shops along the street. She mostly bought various types of cloisonné trinkets like hairpins, bracelets, pendants, and small jewelry boxes.

She bought things happily; she would keep a few for herself and give away the rest to her female cousins, letting them wear them for fun or give them to friends and classmates as gifts.

"Lu Yun."

A greeting suddenly rang in her ear.

The voice was familiar; Lu Yun stopped fiddling with the cloisonné bracelet on her wrist, looked up in the direction of the voice, and realized it was Duan Muhong.

Since that day she had met him with Shitou, she hadn’t "accidentally" seen him again on B University’s campus. Considering his sense of propriety, Lu Yun didn’t skimp on giving him a friendly expression, "Oh, it’s you."

She glanced at the woman beside Duan Muhong, who appeared several years older than him, and nodded with a polite smile.

"So, you’re Lu Yun? You don’t seem that pretty," the woman ignored her smile, instead sneering and sizing Lu Yun up with glaring disdain that even a blind person could feel.

"Isn’t it said that your family is in business and has some money? How come you even take interest in such cheap jewelry? Your stepfather isn’t so stingy that he won’t even give you a little pocket money to buy jewelry, is he?

But these things do suit you, after all, you’re just a stepdaughter and a burden, aren’t you? There’s really no need for your stepfather to spend on you. It’s understandable if your stepfather doesn’t want to spend money on you, but how come your fiancé doesn’t seem to care about spoiling you either?"