"I'll take the dress." Ignoring Hu Yining's unreasonable and spoiled temper was the best approach. Mo Jing took out her bank card from her wallet and handed it directly to the shop assistant.

His dark eyes never once glanced at the man beside Hu Yining, even though he was so conspicuous in the crowd, as if he existed deliberately to attract attention.

"You!" Hu Yining stomped her foot angrily, her heel hitting the ground hard. Her face flushed red, and just as she was about to explode, she remembered the man beside her. She immediately changed to a pitiful look, as if she was about to cry, and looked at him. "Wenlei, look at her!"

Han Wenlei's expression showed slight displeasure, but he still maintained his hypocritical demeanor and said politely with a smile, "Jingjing, we meet again."

"Yes, we meet again." Mo Jing's tightly pursed lips curved into a faint smile, her tone as flippant and sarcastic as ever.

Han Wenlei, seemingly ignored, gave an awkward, dry laugh: "Jingjing, you really do try to take everything from me."

"Jingjing?" Hu Yining blinked a few times with wide eyes, then suddenly realized, "Wenlei, she's Mo Jing?"

Han Wenlei's ex-fiancée, whose wedding caused a huge uproar in the city, was known to everyone as the mayor's daughter. However, since Han Wenlei was her current boyfriend, she always deliberately avoided talking about this woman. Little did she expect that they would meet again.

"Take it from you?" Mo Jing scoffed, as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world, her contempt and disgust magnified infinitely. "Han Wenlei, what do you think you have that's worth me taking?"

Han Wenlei smiled calmly, his fists clenched tightly, veins bulging. Hu Yining's palms felt warm; they were covered in Han Wenlei's cold sweat.

Han Wenlei's face regained a slight smile. With so many people here, arguing with a woman wasn't his style, but just because he couldn't did not mean Hu Yining couldn't.

Women can often argue and fight, but men don't like to get involved. Looking at Hu Yining with a regretful expression, he said, "Never mind, Yining, since Jingjing has already paid, let her have it."

Han Wenlei's words only fueled Hu Yining's competitive spirit. She was already extremely displeased after learning Mo Jing's identity, and seeing Mo Jing handing her card to the shop assistant to swipe it, she angrily said, "I've got my eye on this dress. Are you trying to take it from me?" From childhood to adulthood, anything she set her sights on, whether it was clothes or a man, she never failed to get.

Arrogant and conceited.

There are always some people who prove these four words true through their actions, and Han Wenlei is one of them. It's unexpected that the women he chooses are all so perfectly suited to him. Relying on his father being the mayor, he thinks he has a powerful backer and is incredibly important. Little does he know that in Mo Jing's eyes, his arrogant and disdainful behavior is nothing more than a display of cowardice and lack of strategy.

No matter how powerful a backer is, they will eventually collapse; even if they stand firm, there will come a day when they no longer provide protection. Rather than relying on a vague and unstable backer, it's better to strive to become your own backer.

Only what you hold in your own hands is a true support, and only then do you have the right to be arrogant and boastful.

Mo Jing thought disdainfully to herself, "Sure enough, I still have to rely on myself." But since Hu Yining was willing to humiliate herself in front of her, she wouldn't mind condescending to humiliate her in return.

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To be continued!