After the call ended with Susu, the more Lily thought about it the angrier she felt. She started mumbling, "Seriously! Just how vicious can a bitch get? My Susu never did shit to her and she dares to make such a bold move? Taking other people's report and purposely dumping it out. If I hadn't picked it up by chance, Susu might end up...."
"And that Tian Yuo! What the heck did she feed him? Crocodile shit? He actually loved that Karen? That scheming bitch? Arghhh, thank god they are married or else I would crack his head open to see what it's made of." She cursed over and over as red lights kept interrupting her route to the mall.
When she stopped at the third red light, her cell phone rang. Without looking at the caller, she picked it up, "Who is it?"
"Yo! Lily. It's me."
"Nice timing, Tian Yuo. I was about to look for you too, but since you called me first I'll let you go first." Even though she was angry, she tried to suppress her emotions because she didn't want to release her anger on someone unrelated to the incident.
"I have a favor that I wanted to ask you. I have a friend who is about to open her own fashion boutique, and I was wondering if you could be her model. Also, could you ask your father to sponsor her brand for the following season? I know you guys are considering which brand to work with right now." The desperation in his voice raised Lily's suspicion for whom this request was for.
"Brand name and designer." Her voice went five degrees colder.
"Eros by Karen." He felt slightly uncomfortable with exposing Karen's name to her, so he only mentioned her first name.
Lily parked her car in the mall's parking lot at and hurriedly went inside the mall as she ridiculed this stupid man on the phone, "Does she not have a surname? This is not the first day you've worked in the business field. How could you introduce someone with just her first name? Anyone on the street with the name Karen could be the designer then."
"Karen... Yin." It took him a few seconds of hesitation before responding.
"Oh~ So it's that woman you fancy. Nice favor you're asking me, but this miss is in a terrible mood. Don't let me run into you, or I'll whack you in the face and kick you in the nuts. You horrible monster." She scolded him over the phone and instantly hung up, cutting him off.
"Arghh!! I'm so freaking mad!!! How does a husband not know that his wife is fucking sick and might be dying? How does a husband have the audacity to go behind the wife's back and help the CRUSH that he had feelings for by asking the wife's best friend to be the sponsor? Ridiculous psychopaths!!! One kick and I'll knock the swimmers out of your pouch, ending your family line in one go!"
As she stomped her way in and out of the elevator, she saw Susu from a distance. Susu was resting on a nearby bench in front of the Mashushi restaurant, looking a little worn out. Lily held onto the straps of her Crossbody bag tightly as she walked towards her.
A crowd of teenagers blocked Lily's way in the middle, making her roll her eyes while waiting for the annoying kids to pass. They were playing Pokemon Go on their devices and literally stopped midway for no reason.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the mall, Karen was hugging Tian Yuo's arm and leaning her head against him, "Brother Yuo, what did your friend say? She agreed?" The greed in her eyes increased as she thought of the pile of money that she will earn if Lily Jiang agreed. Since she was a popular model and had a huge fan base, even if the pieces of clothing are crap, fans would still buy it.
"Umm... that, I will try to talk to her later. We caught her in a bad timing." He didn't want to disappoint Karen, so he didn't let her know what happened over the phone. Karen was a bit shocked when she heard his response because she knew that Lily and Tian Yuo were pretty close friends.
"Ohh... okay..Ah! Brother Yuo, I think I left my shopping bag from the candle store on the first floor. Without the scented candles, I wouldn't be able to rest at night. Can you help me go to get it?"
"Sure. Wait for me here." He smiled, turned around, and walked back to the first floor. Karen walked quickly towards the benches in front of Mashushi restaurant where she saw Susu sitting. 'Why would I let him see you and give him a chance to reconsider the marriage?'
Stopping in front of Susu, who was resting her eyes, she mocked, "Aiyo, well isn't it Yin Susu, the eldest daughter who just recently got a divorce with Tian Yuo? What a coincidence to find you here? What? Did you know that Tian Yuo and I would be coming here so you purposely waited for us? Hah, did you think that you could win him back just by doing this?"
Susu's brows knit together, "If you're that scared of your man running off with another woman, then put a leash on him. Also, where's your owner? I thought I already told him to lock you up in a cellar or tighten a collar around you so you won't bark at innocent people randomly."
Karen's smile froze at Susu's sharp words, "What did you just call me? A dog?"
Susu stood up and shot her a merciless glare, "Oh, right. Sorry, calling you a dog is demeaning the poor dogs. You could only be the used sand from a cat's litter box, but even then, you'd be the poorly produced products out there."
"Y..You!" She raised her rough arms striking at Susu's face.
Slap!
"Ahhhhh!"