Chapter 32 A malicious, low-pitched sneer of surprise lingered in my ears. ...
Faced with his sudden outburst of anger, Yu Wu was speechless. "No, what I meant was, should I take you home? Or do you want to come with me?" As he finished speaking, his face grew darker and darker, and Yu Wu's voice became softer and softer.
Cheng Yi gave a ferocious sneer: "Why should I listen to your arrangements?"
Yu Wu was completely baffled and could only lower her eyelashes, purse her lips, and remain silent.
Only the two of them remained in the large private room. Facing a table of leftovers, Yu Wu felt a chill seep into her bones.
I don't understand him.
He was so sharp a while ago, but recently he's inexplicably become a little kinder to her, with various playful and intimate interactions.
He turned hostile just now because she said Ke Yanchen was coming to pick her up.
Does Cheng Yi really like her?
Yuwu was startled by her own thought.
I don't think so...
...
Ke Yanchen was nearby. He arrived quickly, opened the door to the private room, and immediately noticed Cheng Yi's presence; after all, his aura was so powerful that it couldn't be ignored. Ke Yanchen was surprised for a moment, then politely asked Cheng Yi if he wanted to join the party.
Cheng Yi agreed quickly, extinguishing the bloody stain on his fingertip with a forced smile: "Okay."
Ke Yanchen paused for a moment, then said nothing. The group walked towards the door. When they reached the car, Yu Wu instinctively reached for the passenger door, but Cheng Yi pulled her into the back seat.
Ke Yanchen rested his arm on the steering wheel, his gaze distant. He looked at the misty figure in the back seat through the rearview mirror, then at Cheng Yi on the other side. After a moment of silence, he started the car.
In an eerie silence inside the car, we finally arrived at the party, at a high-end private club.
At the party, Cheng Yi's calm and condescending demeanor was so dazzling that it instantly stole everyone's attention.
After all, Cheng Yi never attends noisy gatherings, whether in the past or present. Especially not a party in the south of the city.
In Nanhai City, there has always been a clear hierarchy of contempt: people in the north of the city look down on those in the south, and the old money looks down on the new money.
So when Cheng Yi, who is at the top of the food chain in Nanhai City, condescended to appear here, the atmosphere at the party froze, and the whole room was filled with shock and breathlessness.
Ke Yanchen led Yu Wu and Cheng Yi to the relatively quiet sofa area, and Yu Wu got up and went to the restroom.
The multicolored lights shone on Ke Yanchen's sculpted features. He lowered his eyes, staring at the red liquid in his hand, concealing the sharpness in his eyes, and casually asked, "Is Young Master Cheng interested in Yuwu?"
Cheng Yi gazed at the debauchery in the distance, his face calm, as he drank his wine without answering.
Ke Yanchen leaned back and continued, "She's my blind date, and we're getting to know each other. If all goes well, she should become my wife."
Cheng Yi chuckled softly, turned his head to look at him, and glanced at him from head to toe. That glance was indifferent, like a dragonfly skimming the water, completely nonchalant.
"Wife? Has Yuwu explicitly said she has feelings for you?"
The surrounding noise seemed to freeze for a moment, a stark and direct confrontation.
Alright, now that I understand, my vague suspicion has finally been confirmed. Appearing near Yu Wu once or twice could be accidental, but appearing three or four times must have been intentional. Ke Yanchen put down his wine glass, shook out a cigarette from his pack, bent down and lit it with a click, his fingertips, tinged with crimson, lifting wisps of smoke.
"Did she explicitly express that she was interested in you, Young Master?" Ke Yanchen asked, flicking a speck of dust as he spoke, tilting his head slightly.
The confrontational tone, almost immediately, instantly created a tense atmosphere.
Cheng Yi let out a soft sound, and under Ke Yanchen's scrutinizing gaze, he calmly lit a cigarette, took a drag, exhaled a puff of smoke, and slowly uttered two words from his lips.
"you guess."
Ke Yanchen chuckled, "Young Master is quite interesting."
Cheng Yi flicked a speck of dust, a slight smile playing on his lips, and immediately replied, "Of course it's more interesting than you."
Each word was like a stab to his ears, filled with oppressive hostility and arrogance. Ke Yanchen fell silent. In the past, if anyone dared to covet his woman, he would have punched them long ago. But he was no longer the naive boy he once was. Now, his mind was slightly clearer, and he had more to consider. He thought of the Xique project, the largest piece of land Cheng Yi had ever acquired.
Ke Yanchen leaned to one side, smoking silently, his mind preoccupied.
Cheng Yi lazily changed his sitting posture, displaying the air of a superior, with a relaxed demeanor.
......
When Yu Wu returned to her seat from the restroom, she found herself surrounded by stylish and sophisticated men and women, with Cheng Yi and Ke Yanchen at the center of the sofas. Her appearance drew everyone's attention, and Song Man and Yuan Yin glanced at her with their beautiful eyes, their gazes full of provocation and disdain.
To Yu Wu's surprise, she actually met Jian Mengyu and several of her high school classmates from Class 6.
Cheng Yi leaned back lazily on the sofa, waving to Yu Wu with a carefree air. His slender, bony hands moved in the air like works of art, gesturing for her to come over.
Several pairs of eyes, seemingly chatting casually but actually observing Cheng Yi's movements, immediately turned their gaze to Yu Wu.
Yu Wu glanced at Ke Yanchen beside Cheng Yi. He was smoking silently with his eyes downcast and no expression on his face.
Yu Wu sat down next to Cheng Yi, and the harmonious atmosphere was abruptly broken the moment she sat down.
Jian Mengyu suddenly made a few "Eh" sounds, attracting everyone's attention, and then said loudly, "In this world, people laugh at poverty but not prostitution! I never thought I'd run into fly droppings here."
Someone nearby chimed in, "What fly droppings?"
Jian Mengyu glanced at Yu Wu meaningfully, smiled silently, and slowly spoke after whetting everyone's appetite: "It's that gossip I told you before. A high school classmate of mine worked under me, and she ended up having an affair with a married man in the office! They were being all lovey-dovey in the office! They were practically going to a hotel room right there! I even tried to persuade her not to be a mistress, and guess what she said?"
What did she say?
"Tell me quickly!"
“She said—” Jian Mengyu drew out her words, her eyes fixed on Yu Wu, “She said I’m out of touch with the times, that what’s in someone else’s bowl tastes better! She also said I’m old-fashioned! What’s one man compared to her? She slept with three men in high school!”
"Oh my god, she really said that?"
"Damn it! High school students aren't even adults yet!"
"Awesome! A threesome isn't enough for her?"
"Oh, so it's the one you told me about last time, where you reported her to the company and ended up getting fired instead?"
Jian Mengyu nodded emphatically, "Later I found out that the entire company's top management made their fortunes through illicit relationships! Tsk tsk tsk... You really have to be willing to go to any lengths to climb the ladder..."
A burst of laughter and a murmur of small talk filled the air.
...
Each sentence struck a chord with her.
Yu Wu felt numb all over, her eyelashes drooping, and she remained silent. She put down her wine glass and glanced at Jian Mengyu, who raised an eyebrow triumphantly and provocatively. Her face clearly conveyed, "Tonight, I will definitely ruin your reputation."
After enough foreplay, it was time for the climax. It was time to dig out the name of this slut who had been messing around with men and women since high school and give her a good scolding. Everyone present put in their best effort to guess the name, but Jian Mengyu neither said yes nor no, only smiled mysteriously, which made everyone push and shove and laugh.
The more she coyly concealed herself, the more excited the people around her became, their voices gradually rising as they vowed to dig out the name of this rich heiress's mistress.
Amidst the noise, Song Man nudged Yuan Yin with her arm, signaling that it was her turn to go on stage. Yuan Yin coughed twice and went straight to Yu Wu, saying, "The more I listen, the more I feel like this person is you."
The air grew heavy, so quiet you could hear a pin drop, and all eyes gradually turned to her.
Yu Wu smiled slightly: "I don't understand what you're talking about."
"You were already seducing boys in high school, taking advantage of them, shamelessly showing off, and even Ke Yanchen was entangled with you, wasn't that right?" Yuan Yin's face was adorned with a bright, piercing smile, her gaze fixed on them. The eyes of the onlookers also turned towards them like a tide, their faces filled with curiosity, mockery, and disdain.
Upon hearing his name called, Ke Yanchen, who had been marginalized all night, finally opened his eyes and looked over, his gaze slowly turning towards Yu Wu.
Yu Wu met his gaze in silence. The clamor of the wind rushed into her ears, and a multitude of emotions welled up in her heart. The inexplicable malice of adolescence swept over her again, almost crushing her instantly. But she held on, knowing that, as many times before, she could only rely on herself.
"Where's the evidence?" Yu Wu's heart pounded like thunder, as if it might leap out of her chest at any moment. Her fingertips trembled as she fiddled with the hem of her clothes. Despite the fact that the whole world was slowly and uncontrollably collapsing, her face remained calm.
Jian Mengyu took out her camera from her large LV bag and waved it around. "Are you sure you want to see this? I've saved all the footage of you awkwardly rubbing against Ke Yanchen on the basketball court and being called an idiot by the whole school. If you apologize to me now and admit what you did, I might still give you some face."
The intense clashes in the sofa area attracted even more people to gather around and watch the spectacle.
Yu Wu's mind was buzzing. So much had happened in the past few months, a rollercoaster of emotions, leaving her utterly exhausted each time. She never imagined Jian Mengyu would have videos showing her interactions with Ke Yanchen. If these videos were made public, Ke Yanchen might also believe the rumors.
Moreover, she didn't want to relive that intensely humiliating scene. Every time she thought of it, it felt like being slowly tortured to death.
In a sorry state.
......
She looked at Ke Yanchen, and he was looking at her, each of them holding a thousand unspoken words.
Unfortunately, she couldn't stand out, otherwise she would immediately smash the camera and phone to pieces. Unfortunately, Ke Yanchen disliked girls who were too sharp; unfortunately, Ke Yanchen only liked innocent, harmless girls.
"Enough." Ke Yanchen's words silenced the murmurs and whispers. He gave Jian Mengyu a menacing warning look, then slowly turned to Yuan Yin, his gaze displeased.
Yuan Yin felt uneasy and guilty, trembled slightly, pursed her lips and remained silent, since Yu Wu had already been put on hold.
But Jian Mengyu was not afraid. At this moment, she was only immersed in the pleasure of revenge, and her face was full of fighting spirit.
Song Man spoke up weakly, seemingly out of righteousness: "It's true. I've told you many times, but you never believed me."
Ke Yanchen's eyes were sharp, his brows furrowed, and he was on the verge of exploding with anger. "I've said enough."
Song Man knew he was genuinely angry, so she slowly leaned back in her sofa chair and remained silent.
The atmosphere was oppressive, with undercurrents running deep.
A low, mocking laugh swirled around Yu Wu's ears, while a gaze filled with sticky malice was fixed firmly on her face.
Her soul seemed to have been detached, floating in this viscous, restless, and chaotic circle, where twisted suspicions and jokes almost drowned her.
...
"Looks like you're not going to apologize." Jian Mengyu sneered. "Fine, then I'll send the video to everyone here so they can see how you were clinging to Ke Yanchen in high school, and the photos of you flirting with a married man!" She looked down and swiped her phone, shrugging. "I gave you a chance."
The figures surrounding Yu Wu began whispering again, occasionally letting out grating laughs. This corrupt circle was rife with shady dealings, yet they still acted as righteous crusaders, eager to crush the unstable Yu family once the evidence came to light.
The onlookers all picked up their phones and enabled remote data transfer permissions, the cold light reflecting on their distorted faces filled with malicious voyeurism.
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