Only Bar, third floor women's restroom
Song Xingwan hunched over and half-squatted in the corner of the toilet stall, helplessly wiping away her tears.
Two days ago, Ling Mo had warned her very seriously that there is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, and never to trust the promises of strangers.
Unfortunately, she didn't take Ling Mo's warning to heart at all. She just thought Ling Mo was unlucky to have run into the Ling family's monstrous members, which was why he was so paranoid.
If she had known that people in society disliked her as much as the Ling family, she would never have dared to come to the appointment alone.
In the adjacent cubicle, Ling Tian was leisurely touching up her makeup in front of a small vanity mirror.
In the evening, she asked Liang Feifan if he wanted to come with her to Wu Xinyi's birthday party.
At first, Liang Feifan only said that he was a little tired and couldn't come. But not long after, he suddenly called and said that he was worried about her. After asking where she was, he drove over in a hurry.
Thinking about how much Liang Feifan cared for her, a smug smile appeared on Ling Tian's delicate face.
After touching up her makeup, she deliberately lowered her neckline and fussed around for a while before finally reaching out to open the cubicle door.
Song Xingwan vaguely heard the sound of a door opening in the next cubicle. As if grasping at a last straw, she rushed out, tightly gripped the person's arm, and whispered, choking back tears:
"Help! Could you please call the bar's security? It's an emergency! Someone outside the restroom is trying to harm me."
"Song Xingwan?"
Ling Tian carefully examined Song Xingwan, whose face was streaked with tears and whose hair was disheveled, and casually asked, "What are you doing here?"
Upon hearing the sound, Song Xingwan suddenly raised her misty, tearful eyes.
After recognizing the newcomer, Song Xingwan mechanically released Ling Tian's arm. "Ling Tian! What...what a coincidence?"
"You just said that someone wants to harm you?"
Ling Tian looked at the flustered Song Xingwan with great interest and asked with feigned concern.
Song Xingwan knew long ago that Ling Tian was narrow-minded and not a kind person, but because the matter was urgent, after careful consideration, she finally revealed the truth to Ling Tian:
"The man in VIP room number four attempted to assault me. Could you please call the bar's security personnel for me?"
"sure."
Ling Tian nodded slightly, then hurriedly left the women's restroom and headed straight for the bar on the first floor.
The reason I left in such a hurry was not to help Song Xingwan.
Rather, it was to personally instruct the bartenders not to disturb the VIPs in room number four unless there were special circumstances.
After doing all this, Ling Tian turned around gracefully, her smile growing even brighter.
Seven years ago, when the Song family was still a wealthy and powerful family in Linjiang City, she was often overshadowed by Song Xingwan.
Back then, she even dreamed of dragging Song Xingwan, who was known as one of the "Two Most Beautiful Women in Linjiang City" alongside Ling Mo, down from her pedestal.
"Sweetie, where did you go just now?"
Liang Feifan spotted Ling Tian, who stood out in the crowd, from afar and hurriedly ran towards her.
"I heard that there's a really popular cocktail at Only Bar, and everyone who's tried it has found their soulmate in no time. So I thought I'd sneak behind the bar and mix you a drink." Ling Tian lowered her eyes shyly, looking charming and alluring.
"Bars are a mixed bag, so it's best to be careful."
Liang Feifan gazed intently at the petite and adorable Ling Tian. Seeing her blinking her round, innocent eyes at him, his heart softened, and he relented, saying with a face full of doting affection:
"Come on. I'll go with you to mix drinks."
"Yes. Feifan is the best."
Ling Tian covered her mouth and smiled, then gently took Liang Feifan's arm and walked happily toward the bar.
On the other side, Song Xingwan was yelled at by the bodyguards outside the restroom, and had no choice but to reluctantly walk out of the restroom.
"Are you dawdling like that, giving birth in the toilet?"
"Exactly! You think you can hide forever, even if you can hide for a while?"
The bodyguards had been waiting impatiently. When Song Xingwan popped her head out of the women's restroom, they grabbed her by the collar and tried to carry her back to the private room.
"No! Let me go! Please, have mercy and let me go!"
Song Xingwan screamed and struggled wildly.
But after a few struggles, her limbs went limp, and even her voice was different from before, becoming charming and alluring.
Realizing that the red wine Liu Xiu had forced her to drink had taken effect, Song Xingwan felt even more desperate and burst into hysterical sobs.
Huo Yunting, who was standing in front of the sink washing his hands, originally didn't intend to meddle in other people's business. However, he inadvertently glanced at Song Xingwan's pale face, his gaze faltered, and his heart almost skipped a beat.
The next instant, he snapped the tap shut, rolled up his shirt sleeves, and strode confidently to the side of the group of tall, burly bodyguards, coldly stating:
"Let her go."
"Brother, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business."
The lead bodyguard gripped Song Xingwan's collar tightly, his breath coming in ragged gasps, clearly not taking the refined and scholarly Huo Yunting seriously.
"Yun Ting, what happened?"
Hearing the commotion outside, Qin Beiming hurriedly walked out of the men's restroom.
Seeing that Huo Yunting's beloved was surrounded by five burly men, he bluntly pulled a pistol from his pocket, pressed it against the head of the lead bodyguard, and coldly uttered two words:
Release them.
"How...how do you have a gun?"
Realizing that Qin Beiming had already pulled the hammer, the four bodyguards were so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe and released their grip on Song Xingwan's body.
Gu Nanfeng and Lu Jinjiu, who were following closely behind Qin Beiming out of the men's restroom, quickly retreated behind Qin Beiming upon seeing this commotion, whispering a reminder:
"Third Brother, there's no need to pull out weapons if we can handle this with our fists."
"It would be easier to just shoot him."
Qin Beiming was not one to meddle in other people's business.
However, when it comes to his brother's woman, he naturally protects her unconditionally.
At the same time, Huo Yunting pulled out a pistol and pressed it against the forehead of one of the bodyguards. "Tell me, who sent you?"
"Gentlemen, please spare us! We were ordered to do all this by General Manager Liu, and we were just following orders."
Realizing they had messed with the wrong person, the bodyguards raised their hands and begged for mercy.
"Which Mr. Liu is this? State your name."
The thought that his beloved was almost ruined by a scumbag made Huo Yunting furious, and he kicked the bodyguard kneeling at his feet, trembling with fear.
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