The next second, a sharp pain shot through my buttocks.
Yi Tianran kicked him from behind, sending him flying. His forehead slammed against the wall, causing him to grimace in pain, his vision to go black, and his brain to concusse violently. He almost died.
Yi Lianxue snapped out of her daze in anger: "You...you crazy woman! How dare you—"
Before she could finish speaking, Yi Tianran pried open the wine bottle with one hand, stepped forward with a fierce expression, and, taking advantage of her height, poured the entire bottle of wine over her head, soaking her completely and turning her into a drowned rat.
"Ahhhh—" Yi Lianxue screamed in anger, jumping up and down in fury.
Before she could even utter a curse, Yi Tianran preemptively struck: "Miss, you always wear such provocative lingerie, look at this, it's almost showing your nipples. Honestly, have you already sold yourself outside several times? You even know the going rates so well, and you even act as a pimp!"
"You..." Yi Lianxue trembled with rage. Noticing the gazes of the wealthy young men around her fixed on her chest, she covered her chest in shame and indignation. "You slut, how dare you treat me like this? Give me your name if you dare—"
Before she could finish speaking, Yi Tianran slapped her hard across the face, her beautiful eyes sharp. "Watch your mouth! Do you think you're worthy to know my name? If you dare glare at me again, I'll strip you naked right now and take you out for a proper exhibition."
Yi Lianxue choked on her breath, taking several steps back in shock and utter humiliation. "How dare you!"
Yi Tianran stretched her neck, her soft voice revealing a hint of horror: "You'll see if I dare."
Yi Lianxue trembled at the fierce aura emanating from her, fearing that she might strip her naked if she went berserk.
Look at this group of spoiled brats on the scene, their eyes are practically glued to the screen, they're so sleazy and vulgar, how can you expect anything from them?
In the end, all she could do was utter a harsh threat, "You just wait! Once I find out your identity, you're dead."
After saying that, she didn't even glance at her cousin from her third uncle's family, grabbed her coat, wrapped it around herself, and fled.
"Useless." Yi Tianran sneered and turned to walk up to the girl who had been forced to drink.
Under her startled and trembling gaze, he casually draped his coat over her shoulders and asked gently, "Are you alright?"
The girl's nose tingled, and tears of gratitude welled up in her eyes. "Thank you, thank you for saving me..."
She even wanted to kneel down before Yi Tianran, but Yi Tianran stopped her, saying, "Don't do that. People should live with dignity. I have already received your thanks."
She wondered if it was just her imagination, but the girl in front of her seemed somewhat familiar.
"I..." The girl's heart stirred, and she wanted to say something more, but at that moment her pupils suddenly contracted, "Watch out!"
Suddenly, Yi Gui got up from the ground, grabbed a wine bottle, and smashed it against the back of Yi Tianran's head.
Having spent so many years navigating danger, Yi Tianran had long since developed extremely strong reflexes.
She suddenly turned around, and just as the bottle was about to fall, she grabbed Yi Gui's arm, snatched the bottle, and smashed it down on his leg bone.
"Ah—" The heart-wrenching scream shattered people's eardrums.
Fortunately, the door was closed tightly, and the soundproofing was quite good, so it wouldn't disturb people outside.
But all the spoiled brats who were waiting for a good show or wanted to help gasped in shock, their hearts nearly stopping. They took several steps back, hiding in their shells like turtles.
This woman is incredibly powerful.
We can't afford to mess with them!
At the same time, Yi Gui's leg bone broke, and he was in so much pain that he was covered in cold sweat. He was in agony and suddenly knelt down on the ground with a "thud," right in front of the girl who had been forced to drink.
"Why didn't you apologize earlier? Why did you have to get my hands dirty?" Yi Tianran looked helpless, as if she were facing an unruly child.
Everyone: "..."
It took Yi Gui a long time to catch his breath. He endured the excruciating pain, his eyes bloodshot as if they could drip blood. "Do you... do you know who I am? I am Yi Gui, the son of the third master of the Yi family."
He still wanted to maintain his composure and didn't want to lose even the last bit of face.
But the words that came out were hoarse and weak, making him seem so feeble and ridiculous.
Yi Tianran suddenly realized: "The 'turtle' in 'a thousand-year-old tortoise, a ten-thousand-year-old turtle'? Or the 'return' in 'go to the west as soon as possible'?"
The terrified girl standing nearby couldn't help but burst out laughing for the first time.
Even those watching from the sidelines were somewhat gloating.
When have they ever seen Yi Gui so disheveled and miserable? It's like kicking a dog when it's down!
Feeling the blinding gazes from all directions, Yi Gui was so angry her eyes were practically bursting. This damned—
"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore." Yi Tianran leaned against the door, looking rather uninterested. "Isn't the son of Third Master Yi just a good-for-nothing? I've heard Qilin mention you before, and seeing you today, you certainly live up to your reputation!"
Yi Gui's eyes widened instantly, and he even forgot the pain in his leg, roaring angrily, "You know Yi Qilin?!"
From childhood to adulthood, he was always compared to Yi Qilin by his family because they were close in age and were the only two men in their generation, making them naturally superior.
When he was a child, he couldn't feel it, but as he grew older, Yi Qilin became more and more successful, which made him seem even more useless.
In the end, even his parents gave up on raising him.
This fueled his growing hatred for Yi Qilin.
Yi Tianran had anticipated this, so she deliberately bent down and leaned close to his ear, mocking and provoking him: "If he is a genius, then you are just a good-for-nothing. And you don't know, do you? The Yi family recently took on a big real estate project. Once the design drawings are completed and construction begins, they will soon make a fortune, earning tens or hundreds of billions, and completely leaving you behind."
She seemingly unintentionally revealed some details.
"What?!" Yi Gui had never heard of these things before.
The main reason is that the Yi family doesn't want any complications before the project is successfully completed.
It was even less likely that she would tell the jealous Yi Gui.
Yi Tianran raised an eyebrow and said with a half-smile, "Qilin told me long ago that he wanted to get rid of you, his good-for-nothing cousin. It's because of you that the Yi family has been at the bottom all these years. Once he perfects the project and rises to prominence, and enters the pinnacle of high society, he can kick your whole family out."
"That bastard, how dare he look down on me!"
The resentment and jealousy accumulated over the years are beyond what ordinary people can match.
Yi Gui suddenly looked up, seemingly making a connection to something, and angrily said, "You were also sent by him to ambush me! He beat me up like this and humiliated me like this, wasn't that also his doing?"
Yi Tianran straightened up and said mysteriously, "I advise you not to implicate him casually, lest you get a beating if word gets out."
Yi Gui's face contorted with rage: "You even know this? It really was him! He actually slandered me like that behind my back—"
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