“What’s going on?”
The man in the middle wore a flashy red suit, his tie hanging loosely around his neck.
He took a sip of the wine in his hand, raised his brows, repeated the question, and then spoke in a vulgar, greasy tone:
“What else could it be? Adopted brother and sister—you tell me.”
As soon as those words came out, the three of them exchanged knowing glances. At the same time, they revealed smiles that needed no explanation, looking downright lecherous.
“I already felt something was off. It’s not like the Xu family couldn’t afford to raise a daughter. Yet the Zhu family insisted on taking in Miss Xu. Obviously, their intentions weren’t pure.”
“Those women all say President Zhu keeps himself clean. Well, sure—so clean that he’s into ‘raising’ someone… tsk tsk. If you’re going to play, President Zhu really knows how to play.”
“Do you think President Zhu and Miss Xu have already…?”
The man who first asked about Zhu Heqing and Xu Yunshu made a gesture.
Yu Huan didn’t understand it, but paired with the man’s expression—one that made her feel harassed just by looking at it—it was obvious it wasn’t anything decent.
Sure enough.
The next second, the other two wore the same expressions, speaking even more recklessly.
“We’re all men. If you had a beautiful sister at home with no blood relation, what would you do?”
“Don’t be fooled by Miss Xu’s pure and untouchable appearance. Who knows, she might’ve already been played with long ago.”
“Hey, have you ever noticed the way she walks? I—”
Their words grew increasingly obscene.
Yu Huan couldn’t listen anymore.
She set down her plate, walked forward, picked up two glasses of champagne from the tower, and splashed them straight onto the three men’s faces.
“F*ck!”
The man in the red suit cursed out loud, furious. “Are you insane?! Why are you splashing wine around?!”
He was livid—he had just gotten his nose done, and it hadn’t even finished recovering. It couldn’t withstand any disturbance.
He covered his nose, his gaze turning vicious.
Yu Huan let out a cold snort. Her pretty face was filled with frost. “With mouths that filthy, you shouldn’t be going out. Didn’t your parents teach you any manners?”
“Miss, what we say has nothing to do with you.”
Compared to anger, the man on the right of the red-suited man felt panic and regret first.
They held some power in Beijing, but compared to the Zhu family and the Xu family, they were like mayflies trying to shake a tree—utterly insignificant.
He knew they shouldn’t have said such things in public, but he couldn’t control his base instincts.
Zhu Heqing was so outstanding—someone they could never hope to reach.
Xu Yunshu was also a highborn young lady beyond their grasp.
Yet they had put the two together and used the filthiest words to fabricate stories. In their mouths, they stood in the position of gods, while Zhu Heqing and Xu Yunshu became actors to be judged and ridiculed.
That reversal of status made them lose their caution, completely immersed in the script they had made up.
Now that they had come back to their senses, all that remained was deep fear.
If those words reached the ears of the Zhu or Xu families…
The man shuddered.
He didn’t even bother wiping the wine from his face as he hurried to see what the woman who splashed them looked like.
If she had ties to either family, then they were undoubtedly finished today.
When he looked up, an extremely beautiful face came into view.
Privately, they had ranked all the young ladies in Beijing’s elite circles.
This was undoubtedly a face that could take first place—but the number one lady didn’t look like this.
This woman wasn’t from their circle.
The man’s tense heart relaxed.
Fortunately, the one who overheard them today was just a woman with no background.
Probably someone brought along by a rich young man because of her looks.
He wiped his face and signaled the other two to stay calm. His gaze swept over Yu Huan from top to bottom, lingering on her slender, straight legs as it turned dark.
“Miss, I don’t know why you suddenly splashed us with wine. I can let this go. But if you speak carelessly, you won’t be able to take a single step in Beijing.”
“The person who brought you here won’t choose to fall out with our three families because of you. Smart people know how to make choices.”
He was gambling.
Gambling that this woman was an empty-headed social climber, and that whoever was keeping her hadn’t explained Beijing’s hierarchy to her.
“Looking at me with such disgusting eyes—are you tired of having them?”
Yu Huan wasn’t intimidated at all.
No matter how scary he was, he wasn’t as terrifying as the ‘Zhu Heqing’ in her dreams. She wasn’t afraid.
She set down the cup in her hand, picked up another glass of wine, and forcefully splashed it into the man’s eyes.
Her movement was so sudden that he didn’t react in time and got drenched again.
The stinging liquid hit his eyes. He covered them, his barely handsome face twisting, losing all previous composure.
“Don’t push your luck!”
His voice was loud, immediately attracting attention.
“Hey, Zhiheng, isn’t that Sister-in-law over there?” Li Yan nudged He Zhiheng’s arm. “She seems to be in a conflict with someone.”
Those closer to the Xu family were on the second floor.
Zhao Xun and the others were inside playing games. Li Yan and He Zhiheng were bored, leaning over the railing on the second floor for some air.
He Zhiheng followed Li Yan’s gaze downward.
The girl in the pink dress, standing proudly like a little swan—who else could it be but Yu Huan?
Li Yan looked around curiously. “Where’s Brother Zhu? Why isn’t he beside Sister-in-law?”
He Zhiheng knew Zhu Heqing’s obsessive cleanliness. “You know him—he wouldn’t let anyone touch that car. He must be parking it. Let this little ancestor come in first.”
As he spoke, he straightened up and headed downstairs.
“Let’s go see what’s going on. We can’t let the girl get bullied right under our noses.”
Li Yan responded and followed.
“And you still dare to talk about ‘face’.” Yu Huan showed no fear. Hearing that, her eyes widened even more, her voice rising.
“You spread obscene rumors about a girl, and you still dare to say I’m shameless?”
“I think the most shameless people in all of Beijing are you three.”
Yu Huan had sharp eyes—she spotted He Zhiheng and Li Yan the moment they came down.
She raised her hand and called out to them, “You came at the perfect time.”
Her finger pointed straight at the three men. “Help me slap their mouths.”
After thinking for a moment, she added, “Hit them hard. Hit them ruthlessly.”
The three men: “…!!!”
Their faces turned pale with terror.
This woman actually knew He Zhiheng and Li Yan.
Everyone knew that Zhu Heqing only associated closely with a handful of people.
What exactly was this woman’s identity?