When Li Si withdrew her gaze from Su ng, she asked Xu Er, "Where’s your Shasha?"
She hadn’t seen Shasha since she arrived. Logically, at such an event, Shasha, as the Xu Family’s daughter-in-law, should be assisting her mother-in-law in receiving guests.
However, she had only seen Shasha’s mother-in-law at the entrance earlier, and Shasha herself was nowhere to be found.
Xu Er curled his lips helplessly. "Don’t even ntion it. That brat Yin Rui brought his girlfriend over. Sohow, red wine got spilled on her skirt, so Shasha took her to change..."
Speaking of this, Xu Er was full of grievances.
Yin Rui showing up with his girlfriend He Zixi after so many years was supposed to be a pleasant surprise.
His girlfriend He Zixi was decent-looking and had a nice figure, but perhaps due to the environnt she grew up in, her speech carried a constant affected delicacy.
Such a person had, monts ago, caused a commotion.
She and Su ng—no one knew what exactly had happened—sohow ended up with red wine spilling on He Zixi’s white dress, leaving Su ng appearing flustered and at a loss.
"That sister of his didn’t co, right?"
Xu Er shook his head. "No, she didn’t!"
Li Si’s tightly furrowed brows slightly relaxed. Even though Yin Peiwen hadn’t shown up, she still felt an inexplicable dislike for Yin Rui and his girlfriend.
Perhaps it was the lingering impression from her encounter with Yin Peiwen a few days ago.
They say love for soone extends to their house; in her case, it seed like dislike for soone extended to their house as well.
"You handle your thing; we’ll go sit over there!"
Xu Er nodded and said softly, "Alright then! You two go over and try to talk so sense into Long Wu. He seems off tonight!"
He had noticed the issue earlier. Normally, if anyone dared to put Su ng in such a situation, Long Wu would have intervened long ago.
Yet tonight, he hadn’t even moved a muscle, nor had he co forward to stand up for Su ng or resolve the situation.
"Got it! You go take care of the other guests!"
Li Si agreed, then linked arms with Leng Mochen as they walked over to Long Wu’s table.
Long Wu was sitting there with a somber expression, downing glass after glass of red wine, as if completely indifferent to everything happening around him.
Su ng occasionally glanced at Long Wu, a hesitant expression in her eyes.
When she saw Li Si and Leng Mochen approach, Su ng stood up. "Sisi, co sit next to !"
At this mont, Long Wu also raised his head and forced a smile, his lips tugging slightly. "You’re here!"
Li Si smiled as she sat down, noticing a damp sensation under her foot. She instinctively slid her high heel back and forth.
"Oh! The floor here feels a bit slippery, doesn’t it?"
Moreover, there seed to be a lingering scent of red wine in the air.
Su ng lowered her gaze, sighed, and said softly, "Yin Rui’s girlfriend was sitting here earlier. She spilled red wine on her white dress through her own clumsiness, but then rushed to claim it wasn’t my fault!"
Just thinking about the scene from earlier made Su ng feel sick to her stomach.
She had clearly been watching Long Wu and Yin Rui talk and hadn’t paid any attention to the girl beside her.
But as soon as it happened, He Zixi let out a startled cry, drawing everyone’s eyes toward them.
It was as if she had done sothing wrong.
Li Si sneered coldly. "Shaless! Is that girl out of her mind? You two don’t even know each other! Why go out of her way to fra you at first eting?"
Li Si had already held a bad opinion of the Yin family after eting Yin Peiwen the other day. Hearing Su ng’s account only deepened her disdain.
Su ng, too, couldn’t figure it out. She had never seen He Zixi before.
Yet why would this girl fra her so publicly?
"Who knows! I can’t figure it out either. Forget it; I’ll just avoid her from now on!"
Su ng thought it would be best to keep the peace, especially since this was Xu Er’s father’s birthday banquet.
Causing a scene over this matter would indeed be improper.
Besides, she hadn’t reacted quickly enough at the ti, missing the opportunity to handle it first.
Li Si was not as forgiving. Why had this woman tried to fra Su ng for no reason? She had to get to the bottom of it.
She looked at Su ng with concern. "You don’t look so good!"
Su ng unconsciously touched her face, leaning closer to Li Si and speaking in a hushed tone. "Before we left, my mom and he had a pretty unpleasant argunt regarding Hu Li.
I said sothing wrong at the ti, and I think it hurt him."
On the way here, Long Wu had been silent the entire ti. Each ti she tried to speak to him, his indifferent expression stopped her.
"Was it really Hu Li who leaked the photos?" Li Si had long suspected Hu Li had sothing to do with it, and now it turned out to be true.
Back when Peanut’s one-month celebration was held, she and Bai Shasha had already noticed Hu Li’s intentions.
But Mrs. Su had always been soft-hearted, constrained by relations. A few pitiful words from Hu Li, and she’d feel bad enough to forgive her for anything.
That’s how Hu Li had gotten an opening to act, making it all too easy to pull off sothing like this.
Su ng nodded, leaning in closer to Li Si and whispering helplessly, "Yes! He wanted to deal with her harshly, but my mom wouldn’t allow it. They ended up snapping at each other.
My mom’s heart hasn’t been well lately, so I wanted to calm her down, afraid she’d get agitated and worsen her condition. So I said sothing not so agreeable, and Long Wu took it to heart! Sigh, I really feel stuck in the middle!
You know how things are at ho. Peanut entirely depends on my mom now. If she falls sick, my mother-in-law will definitely use it as an excuse to co over.
After how unpleasant things were the last ti, just thinking about facing her again makes feel like I can’t even breathe!"
Li Si was at a loss for words, unsure how to respond. All she could do was offer comfort, saying, "Don’t feel too bad. You know Brother Wu’s temperant better than anyone. He’ll probably be fine after a night’s sleep!"
However, glancing at Long Wu, Li Si felt uncertain. His behavior tonight was truly out of character. Even after listening to their quiet discussion for so long, he hadn’t so much as glanced in their direction. It really wasn’t like him.
Su ng also looked at Long Wu but then lowered her head with a bitter smile. "Maybe."
But she could clearly feel it—this ti, it was different.
She had sensed it earlier when Long Wu didn’t defend her or say a word during the incident. At that mont, she had felt an icy chill in her heart.
Still, these feelings couldn’t be shared with Li Si, not here, not now.
Their attention on Long Wu seed unnoticed by him as he continued to pour and drink in silence. Leng Mochen, however, watched him closely for a while.
Finally, unable to withstand Leng Mochen’s gaze, Long Wu forced a bitter smile and said, "Leng Er, I’m so damn tired of this life!"
"Why so tired?" Leng Mochen asked calmly.
"Tired in my heart!" Long Wu took a large gulp of wine, a streak of red trailing from the corner of his mouth. He wiped it off ssily with his hand.
Seeing his coarse action, Leng Mochen knew Long Wu was genuinely drunk.
If Long Wu was saying such things, Leng Mochen was certain it had everything to do with Su ng.
Letting out a small burp, Long Wu exhaled heavily before continuing, "Leng Er, I..."
At that mont, Bai Shasha returned to the table with a young woman, followed by an expression full of amusent from Yin Rui.
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