Chapter 68 Chapter 68 Mr. Yu, is Senior Sister angry with me...
As the welcome banquet entered the second half, the atmosphere in the private room was lively with the clinking of glasses.
After being forced to drink a few glasses of wine, Xitong felt a little tipsy, so he stood up and smiled apologetically, indicating that he needed to go to the bathroom.
She walked along the quaint corridor and found the bathroom in a secluded corner of the restaurant.
After taking care of my physiological needs, I splashed cold water on my face and felt a lot more awake.
Xitong straightened her messy hair and collar in front of the mirror, took a deep breath, and prepared to return to the noisy private room.
However, when she opened the bathroom door and walked out, she was caught off guard by a scene that made her blood freeze instantly—
In the dim corridor not far from the bathroom door, Yu Sixie was standing there! And in his arms, he was half hugging a woman!
The woman was wearing a caramel-colored cashmere dress, had a slender figure, and long black curly hair... The profile of her face was surprisingly similar to hers!
Even she herself couldn't help but feel that the person in Yu Sixie's arms was herself!
As her thoughts returned, Xitong immediately realized—it was Xueying?!
Xue Ying was lying softly on Yu Sixie's chest, with one hand resting vaguely on his arm.
One of Yu Sixie's arms was wrapped around Xue Ying's waist, as if he had just supported her and had not had time to let go.
The distance between the two was so close that it was unclear.
From Xitong's perspective, the man lowered his head slightly, looking at the woman in his arms. His expression was not very clear, but that posture was definitely not the aloofness of pushing away a stranger!
Her footsteps suddenly stopped, as if she was nailed by invisible ice nails.
The drunkenness was instantly dispelled, leaving only a biting coldness and a huge sense of absurdity.
My mind went blank and I could only stare at the two people.
Perhaps Xi Tong's gaze was too shocked and direct, Yu Sixie seemed to sense something and suddenly raised his head.
Their eyes met.
There was a flash of obvious surprise and a hint of barely perceptible panic in his eyes.
Almost subconsciously, Yu Sixie immediately loosened his hands around Xue Ying's waist and pushed her away from him.
Xueying seemed to have just realized what was happening. She hurriedly stood up straight, a perfectly flushed face. Her eyes were evasive as she looked at Xitong and explained incoherently, "Xi-Xitong Senior Sister?! You... don't get me wrong! I just came out from the side and the ground was a bit slippery. I almost fell, but Mr. Yu happened to pass by and helped me up..."
To Xi Tong at this moment, her explanation sounded as pale as a piece of paper, and even more like a deliberate cover-up after being exposed.
At the bathroom door? Just passing by? What a coincidence?
Xitong's gaze was fixed on Yu Sixie's hand which had just been withdrawn from Xueying's waist, then she looked at his face which was obviously caught off guard, and finally landed on Xueying's pitiful look, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
My heart felt like it was being gripped by an ice-cold hand, it was so painful and filled with an indescribable nausea and disappointment.
She said nothing.
No questions, no fuss.
But the cheeks, which were originally rosy due to being slightly drunk, instantly lost all their color and turned pale.
Xi Tong looked at Yu Sixie deeply.
Then, she turned around abruptly and instead of returning to the private room, she walked quickly towards the restaurant door, which was opposite to the private room.
His steps seemed a little unsteady due to his excitement.
"Yutong!"
Yu Sixie's face suddenly changed and he immediately wanted to chase after him.
Xue Ying, however, seemed to be unintentional and took another step forward. Her voice was filled with tears and infinite apology, which happened to block him again: "Mr. Yu, is Senior Sister angry with me? It's all my fault..."
Yu Sixie was so anxious at the moment that he didn't care about Xue Ying's tricks. He pushed her away without any hesitation and said in a cold tone: "Get out of the way!"
After saying that, he strode after Xitong.
Xueying was left standing there alone, looking at the man's anxiously chasing figure, and then looking at the direction where the woman disappeared.
The tearful expression on her face slowly faded, and the corners of her mouth curved upwards very quickly and imperceptibly.
Standing in the dim corridor, listening to Yu Sixie's anxious footsteps as he walked away, Xue Ying finally revealed a cold smile on her face.
She took out her phone and sent a cute, adoring thank-you emoticon to the chat box marked "Stupid Cousin".
Thank you, Mr. Yu! Love you, mua~
…
Back to before the welcome banquet began, a carefully planned "chance encounter" had already been laid out in secret.
Xue Ying's goal has always been clear - to get close to Yu Sixie.
But she knew that Yu Sixie had strong defenses and it was difficult to attack him directly, so she turned her attention to his cousin, Yu Ziche, who looked cynical and easily seduced by beauty.
This cousin had been living in W City before, so she didn't have the chance to take action. It was Liu Lianzi, who had been working in a bar, who told her that Yu Ziche had been in Jing City recently.
That night at the "Maze" bar, the maid in extremely revealing black and white clothes that outlined her hot body did not appear by chance.
Xue Ying carefully selected the outfit that could best highlight her figure, and deliberately chose the area near the bar that Yu Ziche often went to and the booth where he usually sat to "hang out".
Her eyes were seductive, and she seemed to be flirting with others, but her peripheral vision was always locked on her target.
Sure enough, Yu Ziche was quickly attracted by her and took the initiative to approach her and strike up a conversation.
Xueying was reluctant to refuse but was actually accepting it, with admiring eyes and asking questions subtly in her words.
"You look so powerful and rich, do you know any important people?"
Under the dual stimulation of alcohol and beauty, Yu Ziche's vanity exploded, and he soon kept talking about his "amazing cousin" Yu Sixie.
Xue Ying perfectly expressed her infinite admiration and curiosity for the name "Yu Sixie", as if she was just an ignorant girl who admired a business legend.
Naturally, she added Yu Ziche's WeChat.
In the days that followed, Xue Ying continuously bombarded Yu Ziche with emotional comments and flattery through WeChat, never mentioning Xi Tong. She simply acted like a "super fangirl" with unrealistic fantasies about Yu Sixie, constantly asking him about everything about Yu Sixie in an admiring tone.
His schedule, his hobbies, the charm of his work... She acted enthusiastically and "innocently", which greatly satisfied Yu Ziche's vanity and a certain twisted desire to show off.
Even if the person being worshipped is not him.
When Xueying "accidentally" learned that Yu Ziche's "cousin-in-law" Xitong was actually a new doctoral student at Peking University and that she would soon have a welcome banquet for her mentors, she expressed "just the right amount" of excitement and "naively" sighed, "Oh my God! President Yu will definitely go to pick her up, right? I really want to have the chance to see my idol from afar!"
Yu Ziche, who was flattered by his "fangirl", revealed the key information without much hesitation: Yu Sixie would definitely go to pick up Xitong, and the time would be around nine o'clock in the evening.
What’s even more “coincidental” is that Yu Ziche’s flashy sports car was just repaired today, and he was worried that he wouldn’t have the chance to drive it out to show off.
So he volunteered and insisted on driving Yu Sixie to the restaurant, under the pretext of "serving his brother."
On the way to the restaurant, Yu Ziche was unusually "attentive".
While driving, he secretly used his cell phone to report the itinerary to Xueying in real time, saying [We've set off], [There's a little traffic jam], and [We'll probably arrive in ten minutes].
At the same time, he was holding an opened bottle of mineral water in his hand, and kept passing it to Yu Sixie in the back seat.
"Brother, drink some water. I see you drank quite a bit of alcohol at the social gathering tonight."
"Brother, drink some more to moisten your throat."
Yu Sixie was already a little tired from the evening social events, and his cousin's noises gave him a headache, so he subconsciously took the water and drank a few sips.
This resulted in him feeling a little urgent when he arrived at the restaurant and needing to go to the bathroom first.
And all of this was taken by Xue Ying, who controlled everything through Yu Ziche.
She calculated that Yu Sixie would most likely look for the restroom first after getting off the bus, so she was one step ahead and waited in the secluded corridor leading to the restroom.
So, there was the subsequent "accidental" collision that was so coincidental that it seemed like a carefully choreographed script.
She also changed into that figure-hugging caramel-colored dress specifically to imitate Xi Tong's style and increase the possibility of instant confusion.
…
Yu Sixie strode out of the restaurant, the cold night wind blowing in his face.
He saw Xitong staggering towards the roadside at a glance. His thin back looked particularly fragile and resolute in the night.
"Yutong!"
The man rushed forward and grabbed her wrist with some force. "Listen to my explanation! Things are not what you think!"
Xitong shook his hand off violently as if she was touched by a poisonous snake, with astonishing strength!
She turned around, her eyes red and filled with tears, but she forced herself to hold them back, leaving only cold anger and disappointment.
"Don't touch me!"
The woman's voice was shrill and trembling with excitement.
The next second, when Yu Sixie tried to approach again to explain—
“Bang!”
A loud and crisp slap landed harshly on Yu Sixie's face! The force was so strong that it tilted his face to one side, and a burning pain spread instantly.
Xi Tong's hands were still hanging in the air, trembling slightly, her chest heaving violently. Every word seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth, with cold despair: "Yu Sixie, you make me feel sick! Get away!"
The man was stunned for a moment after being hit, but he immediately turned his head and touched the numb inside of his mouth with the tip of his tongue. There was no anger in his eyes, only anxiety and a pain of being misunderstood.
Instead of backing away, he took a step forward, his eyes fixed on Xi Tong: "You can hit me or scold me, but you must listen to my explanation! I just helped her up, and she almost fell, right at the bathroom door, for just one or two seconds..."
"Explain? What's there to explain?!"
Xi Tong interrupted Yu Sixie, tears finally falling, but she wiped them away stubbornly, "I saw it with my own eyes! Your hands were around her waist! She was almost pressed against you! Do you think I'm blind?!"
She shook her head and stepped back, as if trying to get away from something dirty. "I believe what I saw! Yu Sixie, there's nothing more to say between us!"
"Because what you see is not all!"
Yu Sixie growled and tried to grab Xitong's shoulders, but she pushed him away again.
He looked at the complete distrust and alienation in her eyes, and his heart felt like it was being cut by a knife, but he still stubbornly stood in front of her.
"Just give me five minutes! No, three minutes! I'll tell you everything that happened! If you still find me disgusting after listening to it, I'll leave immediately and never bother you again!"
He couldn't and didn't dare to allow any more misunderstandings to arise.
The seven years of separation were the best lesson. He felt like he was treading on thin ice. Once he broke the trust he had built with great difficulty, there would be no chance again...
Clenching his fists, the man refused to give in.
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