Chapter 111 - An ingenious plot

Mei drove over early to the Moshi Mansion. She was smiling to herself. She had been texting Shu all week, and they were planning another date.

Lina had decided not to tell her who he really was - Shu Yi, heir to Yinan Industries. It was up to him to tell her about it. Lina didn't want to interfere, but she could see her little assistant falling for him. 

She just hoped he told her before it was too late to retain Mei's trust. Girls didn't like secrets kept for too long. 

Nor did men. Lina wanted to bring down the wall of secrets between her and Shen quickly too. That's why today's plan must be executed to investigate why Magnolia Holdings was so familiar to her. 

"Good morning boss!" Mei said cutely as she strolled into the living room to meet Lina, her arms full of clothing bags. 

The butler and housekeeper looked at her suspiciously. 

Lina smiled at them. 

"Butler Min, housekeeper Tan, Mei and I will be working here now! Thank you for waiting on us!"

Lina quickly pushed them out and closed the doors. She couldn't have them reporting what she was up to back to her husband. After all, she was doing this for him even if she had to carry out her plans behind his back. 

Once the doors were closed, she sat together with Mei to discuss their plans.

"Boss, I brought all the undercover clothes! I brought a wig and spectacles for you, just in case Lila remembers your face." 

As Lina rummaged through the clothes, she smiled. They were going undercover! It all seemed very natural and exciting to her. She and Mei had been planning all week. 

They had kept up with all of Lila's public appearances, tracked the places she liked to shop and the brands she liked to buy, types of tea she liked to drink and jewels she loved. 

Lina finally decided that they would go undercover as saleswomen for June's brand to select high class customers and approach Lila that way. 

"Meimei, we know she socialises at the riding club on Saturday afternoons. We will wait for her outside the club with all these dresses, and ask her to invite us back to her house so she can try out all our merchandise." 

Lina had given Mei free reign of her credit card to buy a whole load of dresses from June to carry with them. There was no better quality in dresses to entice a high class woman like June's handmade dresses. 

"Yes boss! Here, I've printed out these business cards for us with fake names. They're so impressive, once we show them to Miss Lim, she will definitely invite us back to where she lives to personally shop from her living room." 

Personal shoppers were a big deal for high class ladies. Salespeople from high class brands would bring their best designs to customers' houses so they didn't have to shop like plebeians with the rest of the crowd.

Lina smiled to herself. 

"Lila won't be able to turn down such an exclusive offer. June has never sent her dresses to a customer's house, so Lila will definitely want to brag about this." 

From everything Mana had told her about Lila and from all her returned memories of Mana, she could piece together some memory of Lila.

The girl was extremely arrogant and entitled, and would never miss an opportunity to put herself above everyone else, as if she walked on air. 

Once they were in the Lim household, Lina had decided to covertly investigate whether or not they really were in charge of Magnolia Holdings and were indeed the main branch of the legendary Lim clan. 

"Ok, boss, the next part is getting you out of the house here without young master finding out through the servants." Mei continued to plot with Lina. 

"Don't worry Mei, I have the perfect plan. Leave the clothes here and head back to our office. I will meet you there at 2 pm." 

Lina seemed confident, giving Mei the courage to defy Shen's will and help Lina escape the mansion. Putting up a brave face and giving her boss a thumbs up, she left. 

As she left, butler Min and housekeeper Tan entered the living room with a tea tray and her medical supplements. 

Lina knew that they were hanging around there to report any suspicious activity to Shen. She didn't trust them right now. 

The housekeeper placed the tray in front of her and smiled kindly. 

"Madam, have some tea and the supplements. Young master has made sure to look after you even in his absence!" the housekeeper said this on purpose. The entire house was on edge since they had quarelled. 

The devil of a master they served had a bad temper, and without his wife's affection, it was getting worse. 

Lina faked a smile, and sweetly nodded, gulping down the tea and supplements. 

Immediately after, she put up a hand on her head and sighed, feigning a look of pain. 

Housekeeper Tan immediately worried about her. If anything happened to Madam under their watch, who knew what their fate would be. 

"Madam, are you ok? Shall we call the doctor?" she asked worriedly. 

Butler Min immediately began walking towards the home phone. But Lina stopped them. 

"No, no wait! Don't worry! I just feel a little fatigued and dizzy. Please help me up to the bedroom to get some sleep!"

They looked at Lina suspiciously, but didn't argue. They just helped her up to the bedroom as she asked and watched her lay down on the bed and close her eyes to rest. 

Then they quietly closed the doors and left. 

As soon as she heard them leave, Lina jumped up and began throwing on her disguise. 

She first put on a cute frilly white top and a black skirt, with buckled sandals. Then she carefully put on a black-haired wig. The wig sported short hair with bangs. It was very artsy. 

Then she put on some make up that made her eyes look different to how she normally looked and bright pink lipstick - a shade she never wore. 

Finally, she put on the red-rimmed glasses, transforming her completely. 

As she looked in the mirror, with pride at her handiwork, she was assured that nobody would recognize her. Maybe even Shen wouldn't! 

She almost laughed to herself at that thought. What if she welcomed him home like this! He would have the shock of his life. 

Then her mood dampened slightly, remembering that they were currently still at odds.

She sighed and put the thought aside. Right now, there was work to do! 

She waited around in her room a little longer, until it was noon. 

Now, it was time to sneak out!