Ling Zhenfei knew Li Ru must have seen the news online, that's why she called him.

Ling Zhenfei said, "Yes, sis, I'm in Capital City now."

Li Ru laughed, "Naughty, you arrived in the capital and didn't call me. Where are you now?"

Ling Zhenfei said, "I was just about to call you, sis. Didn't expect you'd call me first."

Li Ru said, "You're such a sweet-talker. If you really missed me, you wouldn't wait for me to call you first. I'm not mad at you. Tell me where you are and come over to me immediately."

Ling Zhenfei felt there might be something more, and asked, "Sis, is there anything else?"

Li Ru said, "You'll find out when you get here. Hurry up, it's about to start."

Not knowing what Li Ru had planned, Ling Zhenfei hurriedly said, "Alright, I'll be there right away."

Li Ru gave Ling Zhenfei the address, and he took a cab to Li Ru's place.

Soon, Ling Zhenfei arrived at the venue where Li Ru was waiting for him.

Seeing Li Ru after a long time, their eyes sparkled, but since there were many people around, they kept their actions discreet.

Yet the feelings in their eyes were understood by only the two of them.

Ling Zhenfei asked, "Sis, what is this place?"

Li Ru said, "It's nothing, really. I'm attending a party and need a male partner, so I thought of you."

Ling Zhenfei laughed, "I wondered why sis was so eager to see me; turns out you needed me for something."

Li Ru said, "What, are you upset about it?"

Ling Zhenfei quickly said, "I'm more than willing! Even if it's a mountain of knives and sea of flames, I'd still go."

Li Ru cheerfully said, "How did you become such a sweet-talker? Trying to make sis happy, huh?"

Li Ru looked at Ling Zhenfei's clothes, which were quite decent, and said, "Let's go inside, they might be here already."

While chatting, they walked inside. As they walked, Ling Zhenfei asked, "Sis, what kind of event is this? Do I need to do anything?"

Li Ru said, "It's nothing serious, just a gathering with people from our circle. A friend recently got a boyfriend, so she organized this event for everyone to meet him."

They mentioned it would be a ball with dancing, so everyone was supposed to bring a partner, boyfriend or something like that. She's doing it on purpose, showing off her boyfriend to us singles, so I thought of you."

Ling Zhenfei chuckled, "That person is quite interesting, finding a boyfriend just to tease you all."

Li Ru said, "You don't understand, this woman is actually a second-generation rich. Her father left all his money to her. Despite being wealthy, she's quite mediocre in investments and such. Now she's found a way to shame me, and she's not going to miss this chance."

Though Li Ru said this, Ling Zhenfei sensed there might be more to it, but since he knew nothing yet, he didn't say anything.

Ling Zhenfei asked, "They won't recognize me, right?"

Li Ru said, "Inside, just say you're my brother. They will think whatever they want. If they think you're my boyfriend, that's their business, doesn't matter to me."

Ling Zhenfei said, "Is that okay?"

Li Ru said, "They invited me without saying to bring a boyfriend, only a dance partner. I'll pretend I didn't know and brought you as my dance partner."

Though Li Ru said this, Ling Zhenfei knew it wouldn't be that simple. If it were a straightforward ball, Li Ru wouldn't make such a big deal about it.

Following Li Ru upstairs, they arrived at a star-rated hotel with a large hall at the top, which had been rented out for the event. Walking up, they saw quite a lot of people.

People at the entrance were checking their identities. After showing her ID, Li Ru was allowed in.

Ling Zhenfei then saw many people inside, both male and female, mostly handsome men and beautiful women, wearing expensive attire.

Many knew Li Ru, so upon her arrival, two women dressed flamboyantly approached her.

The two women looked about the same age as Li Ru, in their thirties, not yet forty, but wore heavy makeup. Without Ling Zhenfei's discerning eyes, it was difficult to tell their actual age.

The lighting inside was somewhat dim, but their fake smiles were clearly visible to Ling Zhenfei.

"Ah, isn't this Li Ru? Your outfit is truly beautiful!"

"CEO Li, who is this young man beside you?"

The two greeted Li Ru, while their eyes were naturally drawn to Ling Zhenfei.

Li Ru laughed and said, "Didn't you tell me it would be a ball today? So I brought a dance partner."

One of them looked Ling Zhenfei over and chuckled, "Really a dance partner? CEO Li, you sure have unique taste, choosing someone young and handsome."

The other one said to Ling Zhenfei, "Young man, serve CEO Li well. Though she's been divorced for years, she's beautiful and wealthy. Serve her well, and you'll be rewarded."

Ling Zhenfei was momentarily stunned, clearly these two women didn't recognize him and mistook him for a young man with a wealthy older woman, but that was fine for Ling Zhenfei, it spared him much trouble.

Then Li Ru, displeased, said, "What are you two talking about? He's just my brother, stop your nonsense."

The two sneered, one said, "Oh, still denying it, huh? Fine, we'll stop, as long as you know it yourself."

The other said, "What's to be embarrassed about at this age."

After speaking, they sashayed off with their wine glasses.

Li Ru turned to Ling Zhenfei and said, "Did you see that? These people are like that, you can't ignore them, but dealing with them doesn't work either."

Ling Zhenfei said, "Forget them, we'll enjoy ourselves, eat and drink well. Free dinner, might as well enjoy it."

Li Ru laughed, "You're quite carefree."

The two of them walked to the dining area, where there was an array of food and drinks. Each picked up a glass of wine. Li Ru went to greet acquaintances while Ling Zhenfei wandered around with his wine.

The scale of this event was indeed large, filled with upper-class people, mostly socialites and rich women, but where there are women, there are men.

It's unsurprising those two mistook Ling Zhenfei for a young man with a wealthy woman, as there were many young men here, most in their twenties, and not many even reached thirty.

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