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Ye Wenyu was the last hostess to walk into the hotel restaurant, and also the most beautiful one. Her beauty was like a candlelight, and as soon as she entered the restaurant, she immediately attracted the attention of all the men. Not only was she young and beautiful, but most importantly, she also had a refined and otherworldly temperament. This kind of scholarly air was rarely seen in hostesses. The men were amazed by her and then wondered why such a girl would come out to accompany guests for drinks.
Feeling like she was surrounded by wolves, Ye Wenyu lowered her head in fear, her heart filled with a sense of powerless humiliation and indignation. The hotel manager beside her said, "What are you doing with your head down! Look up and look around! Go to whichever table has no one to drink with!"
The manager even pushed her in his haste.
Ye Wenyu stumbled forward a step and had no choice but to raise her head. What she saw was alarming; she saw Lin Tingfeng sitting at the main table!
It felt as if a landmine had rolled past her feet. After more than a month apart, they were finally reunited. She stared blankly at Lin Tingfeng, who was still wearing a black suit, impeccably tailored and of superior quality. Because of his tall and robust physique, delicate and handsome features, and straight back like a plumb bob, he stood out even more among a group of bald, pot-bellied, and obese middle-aged and elderly businessmen.
She never expected that after he disappeared for more than a month, and she missed him every day, she would meet him for the third time in such a setting!
When she couldn't find him, she felt the world was as vast as the ocean; now that she has seen him again, she marvels at how small the world is.
Embarrassment and embarrassment made her face flush red. While the eyes of all the other men in the restaurant were on her, he seemed not to see her at all. He remained seated, talking to a middle-aged man sitting to his left, probably about business, because he seemed very focused.
His face was expressionless, giving him a very aloof appearance. But perhaps the hotel's air conditioning was a bit too strong, and he was probably hot, so he casually took off his black suit jacket, revealing a white shirt underneath. He slowly loosened his tie and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt. The white shirt made him look like a gentleman, refined and extraordinary.
Ye Wenyu's heart was pounding with nervousness. She had originally wanted to sit at his table, but she thought that since she didn't drink alcohol, he knew her, was an acquaintance, and had paid her tuition for four years of university. Perhaps, when other guests urged her to drink, he, being a generous and kind person, would take care of her.
But there were already two hostesses at his table, and he didn't seem to recognize her. Why should she bother? So, Ye Wenyu forced herself to look away from Lin Tingfeng, quickly scanned the room, found a table without hostesses, and like a little mouse, scurried along the wall to the table and sat down quietly.
As she sat down, a slight bitterness lingered in her heart. A hostess? Reuniting with him in this capacity felt humiliating. She was a top student, a freshman at Q University, yet the harsh realities of life forced her to lower herself—
Her arrival excited the previously bored men, their faces beaming with smiles and their eyes shining like stars in the sky.
Ye Wenyu was at her wit's end. Wine glasses were being handed to her one after another like a flowing stream. She blushed and refused, saying, "I, I don't drink."
It was only then that she realized how naive she had been; the hotel manager had lied to her! Her beauty acted like a stimulant, making the men at that table even more excited. She had the nerve to refuse, but the men were even more brazen to offer her drinks. Her beauty, like moonlight, further fueled their drinking spirits, and even men who hadn't originally planned to drink were now considering having a few more.
Surrounded by wolves.
"It's okay if you can't drink, beautiful lady, come on, let me teach you." A large glass of wine was handed to her, and a fat, greasy man's face was stretched in front of her, less than ten centimeters away from her face. The smell of alcohol and bad breath from his mouth sprayed directly onto her face, making her feel like vomiting.
"I, I really, no, I don't drink." She refused softly, waving her hands frantically, her thin and frail body leaning back.
At this moment, her heart was filled with sorrow. She felt humiliated and degraded, and wanted to cry out loud. She realized how pitiful it was to be penniless. She was now no different from those women who sold their smiles; if she didn't change her ways and continued to suffer like this, she might not be far from selling herself! All the women who sold their smiles were initially forced into it, but who could say what would happen in the end?
She wanted to escape, to cry out loud; her heart felt like it was being pierced by a thousand arrows. But the manager's words echoed in her ears like thunder: "If you don't go today, then you don't need to come to work at the restaurant tomorrow! If you don't go, then you won't get the five hundred yuan you owe today!"
The cruel reality was like a series of sharp whips, relentlessly lashing at her. She could only force a smile, grit her teeth, pick up the wine, tilt her head back, and drink it all in one gulp. Instantly, her face flushed red, and a burning sensation ran from her throat all the way to her stomach. At the same time, double vision appeared in her eyes, and the men around her swayed. She saw everyone and everything as if looking through frosted glass.
The fat man who was pouring her drinks laughed and said, "You said you couldn't drink, but you can really hold your liquor! Little sister, you have a huge capacity for alcohol. Come on, have another drink with your brother!"
The other men excitedly picked up the bottles and poured wine into their glasses, vying to say to Ye Wenyu, "Little beauty, you've had a drink with President Zhang, so you must have a drink with me too, come on—" Their lecherous drool was already flowing like a waterfall.
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