They surrounded Xiang Jin, scrutinizing and questioning her. Every word they uttered was like a knife, stabbing deeply into her heart.
"Xiang Jin, are you kidding me?! How did that genius girl from back then end up like this?"
"I heard he's in jail for drunk driving and killing someone."
"Jail? No way, I heard it's a mess inside, with all sorts of promiscuous relationships. Someone like her, I wonder what she's been through in there..."
"Oh dear, how can you say that about Xiangjin? We were classmates after all, it's not like she wanted to go to jail..."
…………
Sweat beaded on Xiang Jin's forehead. She pursed her lips and stared calmly at Lin Miaomiao in front of her.
Lin Miaomiao is smiling.
Her smile was warm and gentle, without a trace of malice or affectation, yet it made Xiang Jin feel cold and disgusted.
She tried to leave, but Lin Miaomiao grabbed her hand and said warmly, "Ajin, you've come all this way, why don't you have a meal with us? Your classmates have missed you a lot."
"Yes, Ah Jin, let's eat before you leave."
Without saying a word, a group of people ushered her into the club.
There were about thirteen or fourteen people at this class reunion. The leaders were Lin Miaomiao and Ke Yuyan, and there was another person—Wen Yibai.
Wen Yibai and Xiang Jin were in the same year. After Xiang Qi took her place at Columbia University, she could only attend Huadu Design Academy with Xiang Qi's admission letter.
While Huadu Design Institute may not be as good as Columbia University, it is still considered excellent in the field of design.
Wen Yibai is the most famous and outstanding talent among all the best.
Back then, Wen Yibai pursued her using a slow and gradual approach. He first became friends with Xiang Jin, then good friends, and when he felt the time was right, he confessed his feelings.
Xiang Jin politely declined his offer. Her reason was simple: she had someone she liked, and she couldn't let go of Murong Xiao at the time.
During that time, Wen Yibai was depressed for a while, and he was not seen at school. Later, Lin Miaomiao told him that he had gone abroad.
He met Xiangqi abroad.
What happened next was even more dramatic. Xiang Qi fell in love with Wen Yibai, and in order to make Wen Yibai give up on her, she forced her to sleep with a strange man before she went to jail, so that Wen Yibai would give up on her. To this day, Xiang Jin still doesn't know who that man is.
It was a bad memory, something she never wanted to talk about, but people kept forcing her to recall it.
Because she saw Wen Yibai.
He sat at the top of the round table, still with a gentle demeanor, fair-skinned, handsome, somewhat aloof and distant, approachable yet unapproachable.
He's back from abroad.
Lin Miaomiao pulled Xiang Jin to Wen Yibai's side, wanting her to sit next to him. Before Xiang Jin could even sit down, Wen Yibai spoke gently, "Excuse me, I don't let unclean women sit next to me."
In an instant, Xiang Jin's face turned pale.
It seems that Xiangqi has already shown him photos and even videos of her with the strange man.
Everyone else heard this and looked at Xiang Jin with strange eyes. Xiang Jin clenched his fists, unsure whether to sit or stand.
She had expected Wen Yibai to dislike her, but she hadn't expected him to dislike her this much.
After all, they were good friends back then.
"How can you talk like that, Wen Caizi? This is Xiang Jin! Have you forgotten how you pursued her back then?" Ke Yuyan said with a light smile. "You can't be so indifferent just because she's not doing so well."
“Yes, everyone knows that Wen, the talented scholar, went abroad because he was heartbroken by A-Jin,” Wang Ya chimed in.
Wen Yibai wiped his hands and smiled distantly: "That's all in the past. Just consider me blind."
With just one sentence, the way everyone looked at Xiang Jin changed again.
How much do they despise her? To humiliate her in front of so many people, tsk tsk.
Seeing the strange looks from everyone, Ke Yuyan was overjoyed. This was exactly the effect she wanted! Who told Xiang Jin, that bitch, to bully her? She was determined to repay her for all the grievances she had suffered today.
"Hey, what are you doing? Xiang Jin, come here!" Jiang Zhiqiang pulled Xiang Jin to sit down next to him without saying a word.
Upon seeing it was him, Xiang Jin became even more resistant. Everyone in Huayuan knew that Jiang Zhiqiang was a lecherous scoundrel, and he was sure he had ulterior motives for dragging her over.
She refused to sit down and took out a notepad, writing, "I have something to do, I'll go back first."
After saying that, he turned to walk outside.
"You just got here, why are you leaving?" Jiang Zhiqiang grabbed Xiang Jin's waist and pulled her to his side. "Xiang Jin, at least have a few drinks before you go."
Xiang Jin refused, looking at her coldly.
Provoked by her gaze, Jiang Zhiqiang sneered, "Ha, she thinks she's some innocent beauty? She's been slept with by countless men in prison. Can't she be touched on a public bus? What's with the attitude?"
"Smack—"
Xiang Jin slapped him across the face.
Everyone present was shocked. Xiang Jin had actually hit someone! Wasn't she the calmest and gentlest person around?!
Jiang Zhiqiang was also stunned. He touched his face and it took him several seconds to react.
"How dare a delivery guy hit me? Ha, you bitch, even if I do you right here, what can you do?" Jiang Zhiqiang was completely enraged. He grabbed Xiang Jin, forced down a glass of red wine, and started pulling down Xiang Jin's pants.
Everyone else was stunned, and for a moment no one stepped in to stop it.
Several others grinned and picked up their phones, ready to record videos.
Xiang Jin struggled, her strength waning and her body temperature rising. She began to realize that there was something wrong with the drink she had just had.
She felt desperate and looked for help at her classmate not far away.
"Jiang, this isn't appropriate. You have to be careful with your jokes." Wen Yibai couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up after some hesitation.
"Wen Yibai himself said he was joking. If Xiang Jin wanted to refuse, she would have broken free long ago. I think she's just half-heartedly going along with him. Zhiqiang is doing quite well, so being with him wouldn't be a bad deal for her." Ke Yuyan smiled and changed the subject from Wen Yibai.
"Yeah, it's just kidding, don't take it seriously," another classmate said.
"Could it be that, Yi Bai, you still like Xiang Jin?" Lin Miaomiao asked tentatively.
"Like? Don't tarnish that word." Wen Yibai gripped his wine glass tightly, downed a glass of wine in one gulp, as if he were trying his best to suppress something.
Amidst the silence of the crowd, Xiang Jin grew increasingly desperate.
Just then, the half-closed door of the private room was suddenly pushed open.
Two bodyguards walked in, and between them, not far away, stood a man in a royal blue suit. His eyes were like a wolf's, sharp and cold, passing through the crowd and landing on Jiang Zhiqiang and Xiang Jin.
“Master Xiao?” Wen Yibai stood up.
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