422 Special Secret Weapon (1/2)
At around the same time in other places, Long Tengfei's past women also saw the recent photos of Wei Lan and Jiang Ying Yue online.
Sun Jingfei was an owner of a small bookstore that also sold basic school and office supplies. It doubled as a gift shop as well. She was Long Jinjing's mother.
She was working at her bookstore when her best friend who was also her employee showed her the photos.
”Look! That biggest bitch in the whole wide world is back! Wei Lan had been gone from the country for so long that I almost forgot her existence! I wish she never returned! Ah, now that she's back, I guess she's going to make lots of trouble again! I'll never forget how she bullied you before! And how her daughter tormented our sweet Little Jinjing! That little demoness is exactly like her mother! Bitches!”
Sun Jingfei only sighed and shook her head gently. ”Calm down. That was so long ago. Wei Lan was Long Tengfei's wife. Of course, she wouldn't like me, a mistress.”
”Hmph! You were already in Long Tengfei's life before he even met her!”
”Even so. I was just a mistress. Let's put history behind us where it belongs, in the past. Besides, both Jinjing and Xiao Fei are now friends with Long Xiulan. They're even working together at the same company which Long Xiulan owns. Jinjing already told us that her sister has changed and is now very kind to her. I think this is good that they're finally treating each other like sisters as they should. All of them are friends now, including this young lady here.” Sun Jingfei pointed at Jiang Ying Yue in the photos.
Her best friend still felt skeptical about Iris' good relationship with Long Jinjing.
Sun Jingfei didn't pay too much attention to her best friend's complaints. She just looked at all the photos of Wei Lan looking gorgeous as ever with Jiang Ying Yue and an entourage of similarly well-dressed people.
”Why should we continue treating each other as enemies? Both of us are that man's past now. We shouldn't let him influence our current lives so much anymore,” she murmured.
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A very different scene was playing at Zhu Ning's house. Many of her friends sent her the link to the popular street fashion blog. She went momentarily crazy when she saw the photos online. She and Wei Lan were the ones among Long Tengfei's women who fought each other the most. Their fights weren't catfights. They were violent brawls.
There were many instances that they beat each other up so badly that they had to be hospitalized. Of course, they also sued each other many times. They even experienced being slapped by restraining orders by each other.
The two hated each other to the core. It didn't help that both of them easily lost their tempers. They treated each other like mortal enemies.
Needless to say, the house was wrecked after Zhu Ning saw Wei Lan's recent photos showing that she had finally returned to the country. Fortunately, Long Jian was at work. The maids immediately cleaned up the place, so that he wouldn't discover that his mother had wrecked almost everything in their house…again.
Seeing Wei Lan looking as gorgeous, sexy and youthful as ever in the photos, Zhu Ning was boiling with envy and hatred. She immediately decided to make another appointment with her dermatologist—and maybe her plastic surgeon, as well.
”If I see ever see that bitch, I'll pull all of her hair out and scratch her fake face off!”
Then she finally noticed Jiang Ying Yue beside Wei Lan and sneered.
”What a cunning ho. Now that her man is losing power in the Long clan, she's ingratiating herself with that little slut Xiulan. Dream on! There's no way that little slut would be able to inherit the Long clan and Long Industries! I'll never let Wei Lan's daughter triumph! And neither will I let that swine Long Hui succeed! The one who'll get everything of the Longs is my son, Long Jian!”
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The Long elders and various relatives also learned that Wei Lan was back. Those supporting Iris suddenly hesitated and started second-guessing their decision. They treated Wei Lan as a liability in Iris' chances of becoming the successor. Long Jufang quickly calmed them down, though.
As for Long Hui's supporters within the clan, they were extremely unhappy seeing Jiang Ying Yue and her son together with Wei Lan. Long Meng redoubled her efforts in persuading Long Hui to leave Jiang Ying Yue and marry someone else.
Wei Lan's reappearance made everyone involved in the Long clan's battle for succession restless.
Iris' supporters were hoping that Wei Lan wouldn't ruin her daughter's chances, while Long Hui and the other candidates' supporters were already thinking of various ways of using Wei Lan to kick Iris out of the battle of succession once and for all.