"Splash"
A cup of ice water was splashed on Bo Xinliang's face. Transparent droplets trickled down from her hair tips to her chin, continuously dripping onto her skin. The cold was piercing to the bone.
This was a high-end club, where every minor commotion would be magnified indefinitely. In a moment, it managed to grab the attention of everyone present.
Various unfriendly gazes fell onto Bo Xinliang, so sharp that it felt like they were slicing through skin and bone.
However, even in such a humiliating situation, Bo Xinliang stood firm, unmoving. Her long, curling eyelashes did not so much as flutter, and her eyes remained utterly serene.
Setting the glass aside, Bo Jiaorui, with a challenging smile on her face, sneered, "See for yourself, Bo Xinliang. I'm the one who stole your boyfriend today, but all you can do is stand there and let me bully you. I threw a cup of water on you, and you didn't even fight back!"
Her words were arrogant and offensive. Hearing this, Bo Xinliang's dark pupils twitched, her fair, slender fingers pulling out a tissue from her pocket to patiently wipe the remaining water droplets off.
"If such actions and words can offer the slightest solace to your heart, sister, I don't mind if you'd like to ratchet things up even further."
Does stealing something of hers provide Bo Jiaorui with a sense of achievement? As Bo Xinliang quirked her lips, the sarcasm in her eyes became quite apparent.
Bo Xinliang's reaction infuriated Bo Jiaorui. She wanted to humiliate her, not to see her so at ease! She despised this woman ever since birth!
"Also, sister, correct me if I am wrong, but aren't you the one who is engaged?" Bo Xinliang said, her smile pure and innocent.
The Ling family was a force that the Bo family could not afford to offend. One would wonder where Bo Jiaorui got the guts from, knowing full well that she was betrothed by the Ling family, yet dared to mess around with other men.
"The Ling family wants to marry a daughter from the Bo family, but, remember sister, I'm not the only daughter in our family." Bo Jiaorui's gaze drifted over Bo Xinliang, causing a subtle stiffness in the latter's spine.
"One is a sickly, unattractive girl with a child by her side, the other is an illegitimate daughter who seduced her teacher for grades. She even eloped when she was 19. What a perfect match you two would make."
Bo Jiaorui's voice wasn't loud, but here in the high-end venue, when she sloshed a glass of water over Bo Xinliang, all eyes turned to them.
And now, after her words, people stared at Bo Xinliang with strange gazes, a mix of mocking and disdain.
Pleased with the scenario she set up, Bo Jiaorui gave Bo Xinliang a challenging look before turning her back on her and striding away.
Seeing Bo Jiaorui's haughty figure, Bo Xinliang couldn't help but curve her lips into a smile. Did she think such an act could humiliate her? What Bo Jiaorui really lost was the respect of the Bo family.
"Sister," Bo Xinliang suddenly spoke.
"You again... Ah!"
Before Bo Jiaorui could finish her sentence, a glass of water was splashed on her head, mirroring the scene when she did the same to Bo Xinliang.
"This is payback for the glass of water, no need to thank me," Bo Xinliang said, her smile as bright as ever, as she took one step at a time towards Bo Jiaorui.
"Sister, your nose, which you just got done in Korea, seems to be crooked. Would you like to take a good look at it?"
As an up-and-coming actress enjoying a climb in her career, Bo Jiaorui's obsession with her appearance had reached an obsessive level.
" What did you just say?" Bo Jiaorui covered her nose in horror, "Bo Xinliang, wait for my revenge, I will not let you go!"
With that, Bo Jiaorui quickly left the scene, both hands still protectively covering her newly-done nose.
"So boring." She was so dull that Bo Xinliang didn't even have a sense of accomplishment.
After wiping the droplets off her hair, Bo Xinliang sat at the bar, resting her chin on one hand. Her beautiful eyes glowed, as if the person who had just been shamefully splashed with water was not her at all.
"Give me a Jägerbomb," said Bo Xinliang.
"Oh, sure." The bartender finally seemed to come to his senses, taking his eyes off her and beginning to prepare her drink without daring to glance at her again.
"Are you trying to drown your sorrows?"
A deeply refined voice suddenly appeared next to her. Just a simple four-word sentence, but it sounded more intoxicating than the sound of a piano played by a master.
"No, I'm celebrating," Bo Xinliang said, looking in the direction of the voice, her eyebrows raised slightly.
She couldn't believe what she saw; an incredibly handsome man, with clear and handsome features, eyebrows and eyes wide open, his eyes shrouded in a layer of enchanting mist, making her heart tremble. He was even more refined than a figure from a painting.
A beautiful and exquisitely handsome man, this unknown gentleman, had really shattered her usual perception of men.
Taking her eyes off him, Bo Xinliang drank the cocktail in her glass in a lazy sort of way, the spicy alcohol causing her to frown.
"Celebrating?" The man arched his eyebrow slightly.
"Yes, celebrating."
Finally seeing how little love meant to the man she was involved with, finally getting rid of a lover who was indecisive, wasn't this a cause for celebration?
Hooking up the corner of her mouth, Bo Xinliang tossed her head back, drinking half the alcohol in her glass, revealing her slender and delicate neck. The elegance was captivating and made Ling Hongchu's eyes darken.
This cocktail had a strong aftertaste. Bo Xinliang was already feeling groggy after just one sip.
She couldn't drink anymore. She wasn't some pampered young lady born into luxury. She had no resources to squander.
Pulling a note out of her pocket, Bo Xinliang grimaced.
Everything in this venue was ten times more expensive than it should be. She had just spent three days' worth of living expenses.
Damn that philandering man, he even cost her at the end.
But before she could complete her payment, her delicate wrist was suddenly grabbed, the warm temperature transferred to her skin, inexplicably feeling a bit torrid.