jdhmnovel Chapter 198 It's you again!
Chapter 198 It's you again!
A deathly silence fell over the area around the booth. Gu Yan's knuckles turned white, and the glass made a clattering sound as it sank under the weight.
Bai Xiaoran leisurely took a sip of his drink, enjoying the surging anger in the other person's eyes—watching the other person get humiliated was more intoxicating than any strong liquor mixed by the bartender.
Xie Nuo trembled slightly in his arms, a reaction that pleased him even more. He deliberately stroked the pale cheek of the person in his arms with his long fingers. "Nuo Nuo, why are you trembling like this?"
His deliberately soft voice carried a hint of teasing as his fingertips lingered intimately on the other person's reddened eyes. "So excited to see your old flame that you can't even speak?"
Xie Nuo's eyes were red-rimmed, and her voice was barely audible, "N-nothing..."
His voice trembled slightly as he spoke, revealing a palpable fear and apprehension.
In the first month after Xie Nuo became Bai Xiaoran's lover, the other party indeed treated him like a precious gem, showering him with expensive gifts and tender whispers, which almost gave him the illusion that he was being valued.
But once the novelty wore off, the man's true colors gradually came to light—he was no longer willing to coax or indulge him, and in bed he only cared about his own desires, leaving him bruised and battered every time.
Only then did Xie Nuo truly see the sinister face beneath Bai Xiaoran's gentle exterior.
That makes sense. Someone who could break through the ranks of more than twenty illegitimate children in the Bai family and become the only one whose bloodline was recognized by the Bai family could not possibly be a pushover.
As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison.
Although Gu Yan abandoned him and he had resented her, at least in bed she was always gentle and restrained, unlike Bai Xiaoran, who always drove him half to death because of his special fetish.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but steal a glance at Gu Yan, only to find that the other man's gaze had never fallen on him.
Gu Yan stared intently at Bai Xiaoran, his anger fueled by alcohol, "Bai Xiaoran!"
With a long arm reaching across the glass table in the middle, he grabbed Bai Xiaoran by the collar. "You're just a bastard child. Do you really think I wouldn't dare to touch you?!"
The surface calm was broken. Nie Hua and her companions reacted and quickly pulled Gu Yan's hand away from Bai Xiaoran's collar.
While stopping Gu Yan, Nie Hua apologized on his behalf, "I'm sorry, Second Young Master Bai, Gu Yan had too much to drink. Please don't take what he just said to heart."
Bai Xiaoran maintained his irritating smile, straightening his crooked tie. "It's alright, I understand."
A provocative smile curled at the corner of his lips. "After all, it's understandable that I'm angry because my heir was taken away by the illegitimate son I despise the most."
Gu Yan's eyes turned bloodshot with rage, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked, and just as he was about to throw a punch—
"Wow!"
Suddenly, the sound of a glass shattering came from not far away, causing everyone to instinctively look over.
A waiter stood awkwardly next to the customer, bowing and apologizing, "I'm so sorry, sir..."
The guest who had been splashed with wine remained surprisingly calm, taking a tissue from the person next to him and wiping the wine stains that had seeped onto his khaki trench coat.
A hazy, colorful light swept across that overly delicate face, and the red mole at the corner of her eye was still breathtakingly vibrant—like cinnabar splashed in the snow, or like a red spider lily blooming at midnight.
That's right, the unlucky guy who got splashed with wine was Xie Qing.
His late-night visit to the bar was out of necessity—the international luxury brand Luxura Royale recognized his commercial value and wanted to sign him as a long-term brand ambassador.
These matters have always been handled by the agent, Xiang Yiting. Coincidentally, Xiang Yiting had an emergency at home today and was not available.
Having no other choice, Xie Qing, exhausted after a day of filming, had to drag her tired body to the appointment in person.
The brand clearly has some stereotypes about young people, and deliberately chose to meet in a VIP room at the "Cloud Realm" bar, thinking that such a lively and exciting place would be more to the liking of this young top star.
If it were Xie Qing in her previous life, at twenty-five or twenty-six years old, she would have truly enjoyed such a lively atmosphere.
At that time, he was incredibly famous, and he also went through a period of recklessness. The first phase was characterized by smoking, drinking, clubbing, and squandering his youth amidst deafening electronic music.
Until one day, after waking up from a hangover, he suddenly felt bored and thus entered the second phase of madness.
He's tried everything from skydiving from 10,000 meters high to racing on mountain roads and skiing on snow-capped peaks. He even uses them as a way to relieve stress, living like a reckless daredevil.
But now, inside this youthful body dwells a thirty-one-year-old soul, already past the age of thirty.
I usually avoid film crew gatherings because they're too noisy, and I rarely go to bars either; I can't say I like them at all.
So when the collaboration was finalized, Xie Qing politely declined and backed out when the brand invited her to "play around a little longer."
Who knew that not long after Chu Luo and the waiter left the private room, a male waiter holding a wine glass seemed to have GPS tracking him, managing to splash wine on him from a great distance – it was far too deliberate.
The other person was still apologizing when they pulled a pre-prepared silk handkerchief from their pocket and began wiping Xie Qing's clothes while applying the handkerchief. "I'm sorry, sir, I'll take care of it for you right away..."
The moment he looked up and saw Xie Qing's face, he froze, and Xie Qing froze too.
"It's you again?"
"Why is it you again!"
The two spoke at the same time; Xie Qing was puzzled, while the latter was terrified, as if she had seen a ghost.
After working like a slave for several months, toiling away and still not getting enough to eat, Xi Rui tried to find a sugar daddy for the second time, only to be met with Xie Qing again.
His eyes widened, his lips parted slightly, a mixture of shock and a desire to cry.
She recoiled two steps as if electrocuted, her arm outstretched but not daring to actually touch Xie Qing, only able to tremble her wrist from a distance, "Thank you, Teacher Xie, let me wipe, wipe it clean for you..."
Xie Qing didn't have a good initial impression of Xi Rui, but seeing the genuine shock on his face, she didn't make things difficult for him. "I can do it myself."
Xi Rui felt as if he had been granted a pardon and immediately handed over the silk scarf.
While Xie Qing was wiping away the wine stains, he slipped away as fast as he could, as if a demon was chasing him.
Chu Luo whispered a reminder, "Young Master Xie, the person has escaped."
Xie Qing seemed to have thought of something and smiled, "You managed to slip away pretty quickly."
"Do you need me to find the person?"
Xie Qing finished wiping the clothes and looked up, saying, "It's nothing serious, let's go back first."
But after walking only a few steps, they encountered another obstacle.
The man, dressed in an expensive casual suit, smiled and said, "Mr. Xie."
Xie Qing was certain she had never seen this person before. "Who are you?"
"Bai Xiaoran, the second son of the Bai family."
Bai Xiaoran adopted a very humble attitude and spoke sincerely, "Mr. Xie, I apologize for the mistakes I made before."
Upon hearing the other person's name, Xie Qing immediately knew who it was—Xie Nuo's simp in the original book, who hired a large number of online trolls to smear the original owner in order to avenge the person he liked.