Chapter 413 - 394: Helping-I

Miss Qin was very delighted to see Li Lian and it was clear with how wide the her smile was. Li Lian was also in a happy mood to see Miss Qin, "Please don't be stiff, you can call me Guanying if you would like, it's my first name."

"You could also call me without honorifics," Li Lian offered which the woman took the liberty and nod. They both left the entrance, choosing to seat near the large window where they could both view the beautiful scenery outside the restaurant.

Coincidentally next to the restaurant was a large shopping mall with a tv banner which played Xie Hue Lin's music. Li Lian's eyes looked closer toward the name of the shopping mall, knowing that the shopping mall was He Chang Min's.

"It is Miss Xie," commented Guanying who had just dismissed the waiter after choosing foods she recommended to Li Lian, "Do you know her? I was surprised when reading this morning's news."

"I know her a little," Li Lian answered and she looked at Guanying, letting silence to dwell before saying, "It's not a little actually. I know her fairly well."

"Oh, were you friends? If I had known that earlier, I would have agreed to yesterday's meeting suggestion," Guanying said, pulling the straw from her lips.

Li Lian tilted her head, "Meeting suggestion?"

"Yesterday the sales manager of my company proposed an idea of using Miss Xie as our model for the new item which would come for Winter. Although Miss Xie is quite a famous person, I didn't see how she would fit the theme therefore, I rejected the idea," answered Guanying with a solemn expression. She then realized she might have said rude words to Xie Hue Lin whom she thought was a friend of Li Lian's, "I don't mean that Miss Xie is not beautiful or anything, it is just that I have quite a few reason not to agree."

Li Lian shook her head, "It is only right to make the decision, I don't judge you. Also, me and Hue Lin are not friends."

"You are not?" questioned Guanying, but somewhere she sensed that Li Lian was familiar to Xie Hue Lin especially with how Li Lian's gaze burn when seeing Xie Hue Lin's promotional video.

Li Lian smiled without getting the details, "Earlier you told me there was a few reason why you didn't choose Hue Lin, do you mean the reason lies more than because she didn't suit the new Winter items?"

Guanying behaved considerate when she thought Xie Hue Lin was Li Lian's friend, but now that she learned they were not and noticing the way Li Lian had stressed the not in her words, she confessed, "While Miss Xie is known for being a very talented person, I don't see how she shines than the rest. If I had to say it rudely, the only reason for her to raise to fame is due to her family's influence, and most singers like her don't last long."

Guanying spoke as a person who own her own company, seeing people based on how they are which why her words were not sweet, but what she said summarized Xie Hue Lin's characteristic to the spot. Li Lian agreed to Guanying's words and can't help but lightly chuckled as she imagined Xie Hue Lin's expression if she had heard her words. 

Guanying wondered why Li Lian was laughing, and Li Lian said, "That explain her a lot, I mean everything about her."

Curiously Guanying carefully asked, "Can I ask what you think of Miss Xie?" based on how Li Lian spoke about her, it seemed like they were once close or perhaps an acquaintance, but despite the criticism Guanying said, Li Lian didn't seem to be angry but instead laugh and agreed at her words. 

"She is," Li Lian shifted her gaze to the woman across the building, "Someone who I need to destroy." Her words were simple but it weighed more than a bomb, surprising Guanying who didn't expect the words. At the moment, Li Lian had a smile on her lips, but a hint of cruelty was apparent. "Also at the same time, she is my sister, blood-related sister."

Guanying raised her brows, surprised and also shocked settled on her face, "Sister? I don't remember Miss Xie having...no, I remember there were rumors about an older sister."

It seemed Guanying knows about her. Li Lian smiled, "Have you heard about me before? I remember I was quite famous in the past." she was curious of what Guanying had heard about her, and how the rumors come to her ears.

Guanying looked at Li Lian's smile, "It wasn't a good rumors that I heard, I don't think you would like to hear it. And as a friend, I also don't like to tell you about it."

"No worries, I have heard quite a few about myself, but I am curious of what you heard," it was often that rumors floated left and right and on the way the rumors changed, sometimes for the better and more often for the worse. She wondered what rumors she heard.

"There was a few," Guanying spoke carefully, she didn't want to hurt Li Lian. While most people was able to hear false rumors people spoke about them and say they were alright with it, deep down she knows how painful it was to receive words that they don't deserve. Guanying know this based on her experience. "If I have to pick a few it would be rumors that you were said to be a shame of Xie Family, how you often bullied Miss Xie."

Li Lian nodded, thinking that the rumors were indeed false but wasn't too exaggerated or perhaps it was because Guanying had pick the softest rumors she heard out of the worse. "What do you think about it?"

"I think it's false," replied Guanying steadily, "I have seen Miss Xie before and heard the rumors, but she didn't appear like someone who was bullied. About your words earlier," Guanying shifted her eyes to look at the TV where Xie Hue Lin appeared for a full minute before looking at Li Lian, "Is it alright for you to tell me about your hatred to Miss Xie?"

Note: Finally finished my surgeries, next chapter will be updated in the next few minutes. Happy Valentine!