16 – The more beautiful the woman, the more terrifying
“Miss Guan, is what you said true?”
“That’s a distinguished guest of our auction house, she just purchased six pieces of jewelry. What if something happens…”
Guan Yin had seized the perfect moment, bringing the auction house staff to the restroom.
She had calculated this well in her mind.
After Xie Yurao had been bullied, she would arrive just in time to rescue her from danger, and even earn a favor in the process.
Perhaps Xie Yurao would be so grateful that she would willingly hand over the Venus invitation to her.
“Yes, they had a minor conflict today. I was just worried something might go wrong.”
Just as they reached the restroom entrance.
Without even needing to go inside, they could already hear the piercing curses coming from within.
“Xie Yurao, you shameless bitch—ahhh, I’m going to kill you!!”
Hearing these insults, Guan Yin felt a surge of delight in her heart.
It seemed the situation inside was quite intense.
Suppressing a smile, she quickly pushed open the restroom door and rushed in with a worried expression. “Zhihan, don’t be like this. Yurao didn’t mean to—”
When Guan Yin saw the scene inside, her voice abruptly cut off.
“Miss Xie, we’re here to save—”
The auction house staff followed her in, pausing for two seconds before finishing, “…you.”
The restroom was now in complete disarray, with bodyguards scattered and lying all over the floor.
All the stall doors were wide open, clearly revealing Xie Yurao’s delicate hands gripping a girl’s long hair.
She was pressing the girl’s head into the toilet bowl.
As for the other girls…
Judging by their appearances, they seemed to have already been dunked in.
Hearing the commotion, Xie Yurao looked up, her eyes meeting Guan Yin’s stunned face.
“Well… I really didn’t mean to.”
She blinked innocently, her hands still relentlessly pressing down.
“It’s just that my hands are a bit out of control.”
“Ah—”
Lin Zhihan let out a shrill scream.
Xie Yurao glanced down curiously and asked, “Are you sure you want to open your mouth?”
“Xie! Yu! Rao!” Lin Zhihan roared her name furiously.
“You just wait…”
Before Lin Zhihan could finish her threat, Xie Yurao impatiently shoved her head down hard. “Gurgle, gurgle.”
Lin Zhihan was on the verge of losing her mind.
Even though the restroom was spotlessly clean, and the toilet bowl even had the lemon scent of cleaning detergent, the mere thought that it was a toilet made her nauseous and disgusted.
Just then, Xie Yurao’s lazy, soft voice drifted down from above.
“See? You drank some.”
“I kindly reminded you, so why didn’t you listen?”
“…”
Kindly, my foot!
Lin Zhihan trembled with rage, her desire to kill Xie Yurao burning stronger than ever.
Guan Yin couldn’t just stand by and watch. Even for the sake of her own image, she had to intervene.
“Yurao, this isn’t right…”
“What’s wrong with it?” Xie Yurao retorted.
Her fox-like eyes curved, but the smile in them didn’t reach their depths.
“My hands just wanted to wash her face a little. What harm could there be in that?”
Guan Yin said hesitantly, “Don’t be like this. We’re all sisters here.”
“?”
Xie Yurao almost laughed at that remark.
Guan Yin’s hypocritical act disgusted her. After all, if Tan Shen hadn’t arrived in time, who knew what would have happened to her.
What right did Guan Yin have to play the good person here?
Xie Yurao chuckled, “All sisters, huh? Then why don’t you take her place and take the beating?”
As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Zhihan actually looked up at Guan Yin.
Guan Yin hadn’t expected her to say that and paled, “I…”
Seeing her hesitate, Xie Yurao pressed further, “Aren’t you good sisters? Or is it just a fake friendship?”
Cornered by her relentless questioning, Guan Yin couldn’t hold back and her eyes reddened, her voice pitiful as she said, “I just… don’t want to see you all like this…”
Xie Yurao looked at her and suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
Then she said, “Turn around.”
Guan Yin: “?”
“Take a flight to Sichuan. There’s a Leshan Giant Buddha there.”
Xie Yurao offered the suggestion quite seriously.
“Tell him to get up and let you sit there instead.”
Guan Yin: “…”
Tan Shen: “…”
Before Guan Yin could speak this time, Lin Zhihan couldn’t hold back her anger and snapped, “Enough, Xie Yurao! If you want to do something, come at me! It has nothing to do with Yin Yin. Stop humiliating her!”
Xie Yurao raised an eyebrow, surprised that the fake friendship between these two ran so deep.
She lowered her gaze and flashed Lin Zhihan a sweet, Tiantian-like smile.
“Okay~”
Then, to satisfy her, she forcefully shoved Lin Zhihan’s head into the toilet.
“……”
This time, Lin Zhihan didn’t open her mouth, sealing her lips tightly instead.
The auction staff were utterly dumbfounded, “…”
They had come to rescue Xie Yurao, but ended up watching her single-handedly take charge.
Only when Xie Yurao grew tired from her efforts did she finally stop. Tan Shen, who had been standing quietly to the side the whole time, stepped forward, took her arm, and helped her up.
Looking at the little fox’s slightly flushed face, he said in a low voice, “I told you I’d handle it.”
She was clearly delicate, yet insisted on doing everything herself.
But Xie Yurao shook her head, firm in her stance. “No, things like this are only meaningful when done personally.”
Though she wasn’t skilled at fighting, bullying people was her forte.
Playing the fox with the tiger’s authority suited a pampered, physically weak, and combat-inept young lady like her perfectly.
Tan Shen: “…Fine.”
Xie Yurao turned her gaze to the staff and spoke slowly, “You all…”
“We didn’t see anything, didn’t see anything at all!”
The staff, all shrewd individuals, quickly waved their hands, eager to declare their stance.
Having witnessed the entire scene, they were terrified now.
Wuwuwu, Mom was right after all.
The prettier the woman, the more terrifying she is!
“What are you afraid of? I’m not going to hit you.” Xie Yurao pointed to the floor. “I want you to help me replace those jewelry boxes. They fell on the floor and got dirty.”
“……”
The staff breathed a sigh of relief. “Yes, of course!”
As they picked up the scattered jewelry boxes, Xie Yurao added,
“Besides, even if I wanted to hit you, I couldn’t beat you anyway.”
The staff immediately hesitated, unsure how to respond.
She might not be able to fight them, but the cold, intimidating man beside her certainly could—crushing them would be as easy as snapping a chick’s neck.
Why hadn’t those socialites resisted?
It was all because of that cold man watching over them!
It felt like if they dared to struggle even a little and hurt this young lady, the man would shove them headfirst into the toilet the next second.
Tan Shen: “Let’s go.”
He made as if to take her hand and pull her out, but Xie Yurao dodged him.
Xie Yurao shook her head. “My hands are dirty.”
When she had just pressed down on a few socialites, although she didn’t directly touch the toilet, it still felt like she had been defiled.
At least for a cleanliness-obsessed young lady like her, it was considered dirty.
Tan Shen said, “It’s not dirty.”
Xie Yurao froze for a moment.
Then she felt a warm, calloused palm gently take hold of her hand. The man’s palm was scorching hot, easily enveloping her entire hand.
Tan Shen led her to the sink, turned on the faucet, and began washing her hands for her.
His movements were slow and meticulous, unusually gentle.
Xie Yurao blinked her eyes. “Tan Shen, is this your way of atoning?”
Hearing this, Tan Shen pulled out a tissue and leisurely wiped the water droplets from her hands.
His tone was indifferent as he replied, “No.”
He scoffed softly. “How could this count as atonement?”
If it were any other bodyguard, such negligence would already be grounds for dismissal.
The hand in his palm was fair, tender, and smooth. After drying the water droplets, it looked like a beautiful and precious work of art. Tan Shen released her.
He tossed the tissue into the trash can and, adhering to protocol, said calmly, “Go back and decide how you want to deal with this. It’s up to you.”