Xue Lin sent Ge Chen to their ho and then drove to the place where Puja asked her to co. She was feeling sowhat relieved for not having to face her husband right now. When she arrived at the destination, she noticed that it was a bar. It was a little far from her house and the street was a bit dark and quiet.
Xue Lin looked around before parking the car. She got out and locked the door. Two security guards were standing on the doorway. They saw her ID card and let her go inside. She cautiously went into the bar and her eyes were blinded for a mont. Inside the bar, it was completely different from the outside.
Once her eyes adjusted to the light inside, she could finally take it all in. The bar was extravagantly luxurious. It was quite a spacious room. There was a red carpet on the floor and the wall was deep red. The pillars were of golden color and the chandeliers were glittering from the ceiling. The wall decorations included the oil paintings of so famous artists. There were sculptures as the floor decoration. Xue Lin recognized a few of them since they were imitations.
The whole place was divided into two sides. The left side was for drinking and the right side was for dancing and singing. Highly professional perforrs were hired. One of them was showing magic to entertain the mbers. Only high-class mbers could afford to be in a place like this.
Suddenly Xue Lin saw soone raising a hand and waving at her. She instantly recognized the person and walked closer. "You almost made nervous. Why are you here?"
Puja was wearing an elegant red rmaid gown. She smiled and replied, "I owe this bar. Sit here. I’ll order sothing for you."
"Thank you but give sothing that has less alcohol. I’ll have to drive." Xue Lin sat down and looked at the performance on stage. "Is this your idea? This place is exceptional. I’ve never seen a bar like this."
Puja chuckled. "I wonder how many bars you know."
"I have only been to one bar in Paris and usually I go to pubs with colleagues and classmates." Xue Lin didn’t ntion that her husband took her to the bars sotis.
Puja sipped her drink and licked her lips. She said, "You have never shared anything about your husband. What kind of person is he? Is he handso and caring?"
’Did she call to interrogate about my husband?’ Xue Lin pondered. She simply replied, "He is soone I needed in my life." She glanced at her schoolmate and asked, "Why did you call for? I thought it’s urgent."
Puja looked at her while a smile, "What? Can’t I call my friend if it’s not urgent?"
Xue Lin shrugged. "You could have said, I’m lonely, so give so company." She got her drink and thanked the bartender.
"But you would have still co to either way. Xiao Lin, you are a good person." Puja smiled and shook her head. She hung her head and played with her fingers.
’She is getting drunk.’ Xue Lin thought. She took a glance at Puja and softly asked, "Did sothing happen Puja?"
Puja raised her head and looked at her in surprise. "What do you an?"
Xue Lin comnted, "You don’t look well."
Puja tilted her head and said, "I’m fine. Just accompany for a bit."
Xue Lin observed her. "You look nervous and tired. You haven’t slept well for a while. Are you having insomnia? What are you scared of?"
"Wha- Xiao Lin, how did you guess that I couldn’t sleep?" Puja panicked and checked her makeup on the cell phone cara function.
Xue Lin shook her head slightly. "It’s not your makeup. It’s your eyes. You cannot put makeup on your eyeballs, can you? They were red and puffy. You cried."
Puja looked at her in awe. "Xiao Lin... you are scary."
Xue Lin didn’t miss the uneasiness in her eyes. She looked away. "Observing people is my occupation."
"I’m not going to pay you when you aren’t counseling ." Puja shrugged. She ordered another drink for herself. The handso bartender gave her another drink.
"Counseling... let’s not talk about that. Since I ca, why don’t you tell what’s troubling you? It’ll ease your pain if you share your burden." Xue Lin sipped her drink and tasted a sweet-sour flavor. She wasn’t fond of sour but it didn’t taste bad.
Puja suddenly turned to face her and spoke in a serious manner, "Xiao Lin, let ask you sothing."
Xue Lin nodded. "Okay."
Puja asked, "Why are you being so nice to ? We don’t know each other very well. We weren’t exactly on friendly terms in the school."
Xue Lin didn’t think Puja would think like that after dragging her to the shopping mall and the reunion. She paused for a mont before replying, "It’s not that we were enemies either. Also, you gave a beautiful dress. This is the least I can do for you."
Puja questioned her in a low voice, "Are you feeling obligated because of the dress I gave you?"
"Not really. Although I do appreciate the beautiful dress u gave . It’s you who offered to give a present. I didn’t ask you to do anything for ." Xue Lin thinks that she has no reason to feel she owes Puja anything in the first place. She didn’t tell her to buy the dress of her or treat her. She didn’t approach Puja. It was Puja who approached her and wanted to do sothing to show off her wealth.
Puja slowly nodded her head. "You are right. You didn’t force . It’s my choice. I called out to you, I took you to the café, I bought you a dress, I told you to join the reunion. It’s on . It’s all my fault. You did nothing wrong."
"Now you are scaring . Did sothing happen?" Xue Lin asked again.
"Lin Tinfeng. He died." Puja dropped the bomb
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