Gu Xiaoer completely ignored Yang Xue and continued walking on her own. She couldn't care less about whatever pleasantries someone aligned with Lin Kexin could possibly say.
But Yang Xue wasn't planning on letting her go so easily. Her high heels clacked on the ground as she followed behind, calling out as she walked.
"I'm talking to you, Gu Xiaoer. You're not actually planning to attend the banquet, are you? Hahaha..." Yang Xue covered her mouth with her hands, her heavily made-up eyebrows and eyes brimming with smugness: "With Kexin and Lu Tianze, the talented man and beautiful woman, what are you doing joining the hustle? Even if you do go, at least try to look decent. Dressed as poor as you are, I'd advise you to not embarrass yourself!"
Gu Xiaoer, who was just digging in her ears, found the noise irritating and sped up her pace. Hadn't she washed her hair? Wasn't that neat enough?
Seeing herself ignored once again, Yang Xue hurried to catch up, taunting, "Gu Xiaoer, don't tell me you still plan to cling to Lu Tianze like you did before? It seems I need to give Kexin a call to warn her. Some people, once they lose all shame, can become quite frightening!"
Gu Xiaoer stopped in her tracks, spun around fiercely, making Yang Xue startle, nearly stumbling in her high heels.
"Being frightening presumes one to be human. And a tagalong dog, always trailing behind someone else, knows fear?" Lin Kexin's family might be rich, but that's no reason to grovel so much.
"Gu Xiaoer, you!" Being accused indirectly of being a fawning dog struck a nerve with Yang Xue. She was so livid that she gritted her teeth but couldn't come up with a retort.
Seizing the moment, several people had already reached the side of the residential area's road.
"Miss Gu, this way, please. Mr. Han sent me to pick you up." The man in the black suit pointed to a black Bugatti, saying respectfully.
"Han Luoli, is it? It has to be Han Luoli." Among the people she knew, only Han Luoli had that surname.
The man in the black suit didn't dare to call the Boss by his first name so casually and just nodded in acknowledgment. He found it odd that this girl seemed to have a relationship with the Boss that allowed her to call him by his name so freely.
Gu Xiaoer, wanting nothing more than to get away from Yang Xue, didn't think twice before getting into the car.
Yang Xue, left standing there, felt her nose twist in anger, especially seeing the bodyguard's respectful demeanor and that low-key luxury car. Just because they lived in the same ordinary neighborhood, what made Gu Xiaoer think she could put on such airs!
With a hardened heart, Yang Xue blocked the Bugatti that was about to drive away.
"Gu Xiaoer, quite the big spender, aren't we? This must be rented, right? How much is the rent? I'll pay for it! You're going to the banquet, aren't you? I won't mind bringing you along!"
Pulling out a stack of Renminbi, Yang Xue strutted like a proud rooster, opening the door and trying to get inside.
Yet, before her foot could step in, a dark shadow appeared beside her. Followed by a forceful pull, the man in the black suit jerked Yang Xue to the side, staggering her back onto the roadside.
Her thin high heel landed on a pebble, and she toppled to the ground with a thud.
"Without permission, nobody can sit in the gentleman's car!"
With those formulaically cold words, the man in the black suit drove off with Gu Xiaoer, leaving a trail of dust behind.
Even after driving a hundred meters, they could still hear Yang Xue's screeching voice: Gu Xiaoer, what a pretender, flaunting yourself around after being dumped!
Gu Xiaoer shrugged her shoulders, keeping silent in the face of those filthy words.
Yang Xue was right; she had once pursued Lu Tianze, starting from the first time she saw him. Fetching water for him, saving seats, buying him lunch... After a year of chasing him, they naturally ended up together.
But she had never expected the always aloof Lu Tianze to become so uninhibited with Lin Kexin...