All eyes turned to the person who had spoken.
Lu Yanting strode over with a sullen face.
One of the parties involved, the male protagonist, has appeared!
Everyone tacitly made way for him and silently watched the drama unfold.
Guan Qianqian's expression showed a moment of panic, while Shen Xia, who was still crying, suddenly brightened up and looked at him through her teary eyes.
"court……"
Her cries were tender and poignant, yet tinged with suppressed sorrow.
Ren Anran shivered, and Shi Xing shivered as well.
Shi Xing thought to himself: Is this a sound that a human can make?
Lu Yanting was stunned when he saw her, and his gaze swept over the red and swollen five-finger mark on her face, instantly filled with undisguised anger.
What are you doing here? What happened to your face?
Shen Xia glanced timidly at Guan Qianqian, who looked somewhat dejected, and weakly replied, "I work here, and my face... has nothing to do with Miss Guan."
Shi Xing and the others present could understand her meaning, and they looked at Lu Yanting again.
Lu Yanting noticed everyone's gaze. He looked around, and everyone either nodded and smiled in response, or looked away and pretended to look elsewhere.
People always find something to do when they're feeling awkward.
When Lu Yanting met Shi Xing's gaze, he paused for a moment, and Shi Xing politely gave a slight smile.
099, who was quietly watching the drama unfold, said disdainfully, "He must have been attracted by your beauty just now."
"Don't disgust me like that."
Shi Xing didn't have a good impression of him either; what kind of good person is a man who keeps a mistress?
And he didn't even manage his people properly, what kind of nonsense is it to let someone show up at his engagement party with his fiancée?
Lu Yanting walked to Guan Qianqian's side, lowered his head, and asked her emotionlessly, "Why did you hit her?"
Guan Qianqian, who was initially a little guilty, frowned as she looked at his questioning tone with even more anger.
"You just hit her because you wanted to, and why didn't you ask her what she did?"
Lu Yanting looked displeased at her questioning.
"Guan Qianqian, watch your words!"
Guan Qianqian's breath hitched. Remembering her family's instructions and her own feelings for him, she suddenly swallowed her anger.
"Brother Lu, I'm sorry."
Shi Xing was shocked. Just a moment ago he was so aggressive, how come he's acting like a tiger with its teeth pulled out?
Couldn't she have been a little more assertive? But considering the relationship between the Lu and Guan families, she had nothing to say; after all, she wasn't the one being bullied.
A secret joy rose in Shen Xia's heart. Lu Yanting must like her too, otherwise why would he stand up for her?
She stared at Lu Yanting with deep affection in her eyes, then lowered her head when he looked at her.
“Mr. Lu, it was my fault. I shouldn’t have made Miss Guan angry. If you want to be angry, then be angry with me.”
Their lingering gazes were almost dripping with longing.
Lu Yanting's gaze remained fixed on Shen Xia, who was sobbing softly, and he seemed to be thinking about something, but Shi Xing keenly sensed his momentary heartache.
Guan Qianqian saw all of this, and the anger she had finally managed to suppress suddenly flared up again.
He was seducing her fiancé right in front of her?
The string of reason snapped.
She, who already had a bad temper, rushed forward in her high heels and slapped him again.
The slap was delivered with utmost anger, and Shen Xia staggered and fell to the ground.
Her back slammed against the table where the champagne tower was placed.
The table shook a few times, and the rolling bottles of wine crashed onto the champagne tower, scattering all over the floor with a clatter.
The liquor spilled onto the floor, shards of glass flew everywhere, and several women nearby, wearing skirts that exposed their legs, were cut by the flying shards.
Fortunately, the two were far away and were not implicated.
Everyone was startled, and the once quiet scene became noisy.
Guan Qianqian stood there stunned. Suddenly, Shen Xia clutched her stomach in pain and cried out, "My stomach! Ah! My baby! My baby!"
Enraged, Lu Yanting was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned around and slapped Guan Qianqian across the face.
You deserve to die!
Caught off guard, Guan Qianqian was slapped across the face with all her might by an adult man. Her ears rang instantly, and a trace of blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, which had been broken by the teeth.
Guan Qianqian was slapped to the ground with a bang, her mind went blank, and her ears were ringing.
Everyone was stunned by this sudden turn of events and didn't know what to do. Guan Qianqian's friends and those around her rushed to help her.
Meanwhile, Lu Yanting turned away as if it were none of his business, picked up Shen Xia from the ground, and quickly left.
The situation developed so dramatically that everyone heard what Shen Xia shouted.
Everyone had expressions of utter disbelief, while also feeling great sympathy for Guan Qianqian, who was still lying on the ground, not yet recovered.
Lu Yanting really went all out.
Amidst the commotion, the Guan family finally arrived.
As soon as Guan Qianqian saw her mother, tears streamed down her face.
Madam Guan also touched her face anxiously, feeling extremely distressed. "Qianqian, my daughter, what happened to you? Who dared to hit you!"
Guan Qianqian's friends immediately told them the reason for the incident, and Madam Guan was so angry that she was trembling all over.
"Honey, what should we do?"
Guan Jian's face was terribly gloomy, and his chest heaved up and down, clearly indicating that he was furious.
Hotel staff who were watching the scene quickly stepped forward to disperse the crowd, took the injured person to get bandaged, and then took stock of the broken items, realizing they would have to pay for them.
Ren Anran excitedly grabbed Shi Xing, "My God, Lu Yanting is really ruthless, he's such a scoundrel!"
Their gossipy friends also gathered around, chattering incessantly. This time, Lu Yihuan didn't go with them; she went to deal with the problem with her family.
"Lu Yanting's mistress is pregnant! Did you hear that?"
"I heard it! She was talking about her child! Oh my god, I thought I misheard!"
Li Jiajia said angrily, "Lu Yanting is such a scumbag. Guan Qianqian is unlucky, and Shen Xia is also quite pitiful."
They did agree with this view.
"But it's really disgusting that Shen Xia came to ruin someone else's engagement party and did it in such an offensive way."
“I don’t feel sorry for her at all. I think she’s doing it on purpose. 500,000 a month. She’s been with Lu Yanting for four years now. She’s still not satisfied with so much money.”
Ren Anran curled her lip, looking very disdainful.
Li Jiajia chimed in, "I used to think Lu Yanting was a good man, but I never expected him to be such a scumbag. Guan Qianqian's slap looked really bad."
"Some people might even think he's very manly; he has a lot of female fans."
"No way, do we really have someone among us who's so lacking in aesthetic sense that they're practically brain-dead?"
"What do you know? Didn't someone say that he was virtuous and kept himself pure just to wait for his true love?"
Ren Anran rolled her eyes. "Come on, he thinks he's virtuous? What a joke."
Shi Xing frowned. "No way, isn't it common knowledge in the industry that he's keeping Shen Xia as a mistress?"
They giggled and whispered, "Only people in our circle know this, and it was Yihuan who told us."
Lu Yihuan? She actually betrayed her own brother like that?
Ren Anran explained to her, "Don't be fooled by the fact that he brings Shen Xia to banquets; they always act like they don't get along, like he's just a professional who's hired to keep her company. And with his secretary status, he's always maintained a good reputation for being single."
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