“What’s the situation?”
The man in the middle was wearing an eye-catching red suit, his tie hanging loosely around his neck.
He took a sip from the glass in his hand, raised an eyebrow, and repeated the question before speaking in a sleazy, greasy tone.
“What else could it be? They’re adopted siblings. You know what I mean.”
The moment he said that, the three men exchanged knowing looks and simultaneously broke into suggestive, lecherous smiles.
“I’ve always thought something was off. It’s not like the Xu family can’t afford to raise another daughter. Yet the Zhu family insisted on raising Miss Xu. Their intentions were obviously anything but innocent.”
“Those women all say President Zhu is a decent man who keeps himself clean. Of course he does. He keeps himself so clean that he went as far as raising his own little beauty from childhood… Tsk, tsk. If you want to play, President Zhu really knows how to do it.”
“What do you think? Do you think President Zhu and Miss Xu have ever…?”
The man who had first asked about Zhu Heqing and Xu Yunshu made a suggestive gesture.
Yu Huan didn’t understand what the gesture meant, but judging by the man’s lecherous expression, she could tell with half a brain that it wasn’t anything decent.
Sure enough, the other two men immediately wore similar expressions, becoming even more shameless with their words.
“We’re all men here. If you had a beautiful younger sister who wasn’t related to you by blood, what would you do?”
“Don’t let Miss Xu’s pure and innocent appearance fool you. Maybe she’s already been played with behind closed doors.”
“Hey, have you ever paid attention to the way she walks? I…”
Their vulgar comments became more and more disgusting.
Yu Huan couldn’t listen anymore.
She put down her plate, walked over to the champagne tower, picked up two glasses of champagne, and splashed them straight into the three men’s faces.
“Fuck!”
The man in the red suit immediately cursed.
“Are you fucking crazy? Why are you throwing wine at us?”
He was furious.
He had just gotten his nose done, and it hadn’t even finished healing yet. It couldn’t handle any impact.
Covering his nose, he glared at Yu Huan viciously.
Yu Huan snorted coldly, her pretty face filled with contempt.
“If your mouths stink that badly, you should stay home instead of going out. Didn’t your parents ever teach you any manners?”
“Miss, what we say has nothing to do with you.”
Compared with the anger of his companion, the man standing to the right of the one in red felt more panic and regret.
They had some influence in Beijing, but compared with the Zhu and Xu families, they were like an insect trying to shake a tree.
He knew they shouldn’t have said those things in public, but he simply couldn’t control his ugly side.
Zhu Heqing was someone they could only look up to.
Xu Yunshu was an heiress far beyond their reach.
Yet they had put the two of them together and used the most disgusting words imaginable to gossip about them.
In their little fantasy, they had placed themselves above everyone else, turning Zhu Heqing and Xu Yunshu into mere characters they could judge and ridicule.
That reversal of status had caused them to lose all sense of caution, completely immersed in the story they had invented.
Now that reality had returned, all they felt was deep fear.
If those words reached the ears of the Zhu or Xu families…
The man shuddered.
He couldn’t even bother wiping the alcohol from his face. He hurriedly looked up to see exactly who the woman was.
If she had any connection to either the Xu or Zhu family, they were undoubtedly finished.
He looked up.
An extraordinarily beautiful face came into view.
Among themselves, these men had ranked all the young heiresses in Beijing’s wealthy circles.
This woman unquestionably had the looks to take first place.
But the number-one heiress didn’t look like her.
She wasn’t someone from their circle.
The tension in the man’s chest finally eased.
Fortunately, the only person who had overheard them was a woman with no background.
She was probably just a pretty girl brought to the banquet by some rich young man.
He wiped his face and gave the other two men a reassuring look.
Then his eyes traveled slowly from head to toe, lingering on Yu Huan’s slender, straight legs.
His gaze suddenly darkened.
“Miss, I don’t know why you suddenly threw wine at us. I can let it go this time. But if you keep running your mouth, you’ll find it difficult to get around Beijing.”
“The person who brought you here won’t choose to fall out with three families just because of you. Smart people know how to make the right choice.”
He was gambling.
He was betting that this woman was just a pretty, empty-headed girl desperate to climb the social ladder.
He was also betting that whoever was keeping her hadn’t bothered explaining the hierarchy of Beijing’s elite circles to her.
“You’re looking at me with such a disgusting expression. Do you not want your eyes anymore?”
Yu Huan wasn’t intimidated in the slightest.
No matter how frightening these men were, they were nowhere near as scary as the Zhu Heqing from her nightmares.
She wasn’t afraid of them.
Yu Huan put down the glass in her hand, picked up another one, and deliberately splashed it straight into the man’s eyes.
Her movement was so unexpected that he didn’t have time to react.
Once again, he was hit full in the face.
The alcohol stung his eyes.
The man covered them immediately, his barely handsome face twisting in pain and rage, completely losing the composure he had shown moments earlier.
“Don’t push your luck!”
His voice was loud enough to attract the attention of everyone nearby.
“Hey, Zhiheng, isn’t that your sister-in-law over there?”
Li Yan nudged He Zhiheng’s arm and pointed toward the commotion.
“Looks like she’s gotten into a fight with someone.”
Those who were close to the Xu family were gathered on the second floor.
Zhao Xun and the others were inside playing games, while Li Yan and He Zhiheng had gotten bored and were leaning against the second-floor railing for some fresh air.
He Zhiheng followed Li Yan’s gaze downstairs.
The woman in the pink evening dress, standing proudly like a little swan, was none other than Yu Huan.
Li Yan looked around curiously.
“Where’s Brother Zhu? Why isn’t he with sister-in-law?”
He Zhiheng knew Zhu Heqing’s obsessive cleanliness all too well.
“You don’t know him? He doesn’t even let other people touch his car. He must’ve gone to park it himself and sent this little princess inside first.”
As he spoke, he straightened up and headed downstairs.
“Let’s see what happened. We can’t let some girl get bullied right under our noses.”
Li Yan nodded and followed.
“You guys actually have the nerve to talk about face?”
Yu Huan wasn’t intimidated at all.
Her eyes widened as her voice grew louder.
“You spread disgusting rumors about a woman and still have the nerve to say I don’t know when to stop?”
“I think you three are the most shameless people in all of Beijing!”
Yu Huan had sharp eyes.
The moment He Zhiheng and Li Yan came downstairs, she spotted them.
She raised her hand and pointed at them.
“Perfect timing. Come here.”
Then she pointed directly at the three men.
“Help me slap these three across the face.”
After thinking about it, she added seriously,
“Hard. Really hard.”
The three men:
“……”
Their faces filled with horror.
This woman actually knew He Zhiheng and Li Yan.
Everyone knew that Zhu Heqing only had a handful of close friends.
So who exactly was this woman?