CHAPTER 44: 044: PERHAPS... IS IT JEALOUSY OF MY TALENT?

"Alright, stop pretending. Everyone here knows the kind of person you are, who are you putting on an act for! We all know you’ve married a rich husband, are you here today to get our congratulations?" Lu Shishu leaned back in his chair, took a small sip of wine, seemingly completely disregarding her, chuckled lightly, and spoke slowly.

Being spoken to so bluntly by Lu Shishu, Liu Yu Ying felt embarrassed, but quickly hid her awkwardness, smiled, and continued, "Shi Shu, don’t say that! I know you envy me for getting married, but I thought you’d be the first among us to tie the knot! But... things are hard to predict, oh well!"

Liu Yu Ying deliberately brought up the past, Lu Shishu’s expression instantly darkened, and her gaze toward her became sharper.

"Liu Yu Ying, what do you mean?" Yu Feici and Cen Jin exchanged a glance, their anger flared up, and slammed the table heavily, "If you can’t speak, then shut up, no one takes you for a mute. And what’s wrong with being single? Did being single eat your family’s rice or drink your family’s soup? Or are you sick? Open your mouth and attack people, how come your rich husband hasn’t bought you a muzzle? Kindly leave now, you’re not welcome here."

Yu Feici was always sharp-tongued, and showed no mercy towards Liu Yu Ying. Everyone present felt satisfied and quietly gave her a thumbs up.

"You..." Liu Yu Ying was rendered speechless by her retort, stood up angrily, and huffed, "Hmph, indeed, I’m not on the same level as you. Coming here today was me giving you face, but you don’t appreciate it, forget it."

"Get lost, as far as possible." One of the ladies called out in displeasure.

"Kindly get out of our world; we don’t ever want to see you again."

Several people stood up to voice their agreement. Liu Yu Ying had originally intended to show off and embarrass Yu Feici, Lu Shishu, and Cen Jin but ended up achieving nothing and had to leave reluctantly.

While going downstairs, Liu Yu Ying suddenly stopped, turned to look at Cen Jin, and chuckled lightly, "Cen Jin, you’re so naïve. I’d advise you not to get too close to Lu Shishu and Yu Feici, or you’ll suffer."

"No need to worry." Cen Jin responded to her words, glanced over, revealed a faint smile, and replied with four gentle words.

Liu Yu Ying felt even more blocked, as if she had punched cotton, utterly powerless.

"Bai Zhou, I..." Liu Yu Ying’s gaze landed on Jiang Baizhou’s profile, softly calling out.

But Jiang Baizhou didn’t look over, instead gazed calmly ahead, leisurely picked up his water cup and took a sip, completely ignoring Liu Yu Ying.

Yu Feici was absolutely on point, knowing Jiang Baizhou’s always cold and arrogant personality, aware that Liu Yu Ying would certainly gain nothing in front of him, deliberately said, "Jiang Baizhou, Liu Yu Ying is calling you!"

"Not acquainted." Indeed, Jiang Baizhou did not disappoint them, uttered two simple words, and casually speared a piece of Hami melon with his fork and offered it to Cen Jin, "Want some? It’s pretty sweet."

Cen Jin blankly took it, nodded slightly, "Oh, okay..."

Liu Yu Ying’s plan fell through, she could only leave dejectedly. After she left, someone asked, "Cen Jin, Shi Shu, Feici, Liu Yu Ying obviously came today just to embarrass you, why is she targeting you three?"

Upon hearing this, Cen Jin ate that piece of Hami melon and started to ponder, the knife and fork in her hand were taken back by Jiang Baizhou, who speared another piece and placed it in her hand again. Cen Jin instinctively turned that piece of Hami melon, raised her eyebrow, and smiled while asking back, "Perhaps... she’s jealous of my talent?"