Chapter 177: Ren Hui's Outburst
"I'll give you one last chance. If you don't leave, I won't care about you anymore."
I want her to save me, but I don't dare say it out loud. How can she want both of them?
By saying nothing, she assumed she was staying voluntarily.
Why should she be forced to help unconditionally when she can barely stand on her own?
"Li Cui, you need to think it over carefully. If you leave this box today, we will no longer be friends."
Their dormitory is clearly divided into zones; if she ignores Li Cui, she'll be left alone and helpless in the dorm in the future. Moreover, Li Cui usually reaps many benefits from her, and Ren Hui doesn't believe that Li Cui would willingly forgo those benefits.
Yun Zijin didn't give Li Cui much time to consider. He said one last word and soon planned to leave with Qin Sitong and Lingyi.
As Lingyi and the others were about to close the door of the box, Li Cui finally weighed the pros and cons and stood up from her seat.
"Etcetera!" she muttered.
But the man sitting next to her also stood up when she did and blocked Li Cui's way.
Yun Zijin heard Li Cui's voice through the nearly closing box door.
"Go and bring her out," he ordered.
This Four Seasons Restaurant always brought back unpleasant memories for Yun Zijin whenever he attended a party there.
Lingyi immediately responded to Yun Zijin's order, turned around, and walked back into the box. Everyone remembered clearly how Lingyi had kicked the door just moments before, so none dared to act rashly toward him.
However, Lingyi paid them no heed; he pushed the man blocking Li Cui aside and then looked at Li Cui.
Not hesitating, Li Cui bolted toward the door of the box. Yet, as she passed by the man who had just been shoved aside, someone grabbed her wrist.
"Brother, isn't it a bit unfair for you to do this? It seems that you and that girl don't get along well. There's no need to ruin our good thing, right?" someone jeered.
They had waited a long time for today's game, and now it was already half ruined because of Yun Zijin's presence. If Li Cui were taken away too, their day would have been for nothing. The benefits they offered were substantial; if they got nothing, they'd be complete losers.
Lingyi didn't care about being kind or not; he knew this was a task assigned by the lady. He strode up to the man, grabbed his wrist, and twisted it. As the man screamed, Li Cui's grip broke free.
Without a second thought, Li Cui turned and ran for the door of the box.
"Li Cui, if you dare leave today, you'll definitely regret it!" shouted someone.
Ren Hui then sprang up and chased after Li Cui, trying to restrain her.
But Li Cui paid little heed; she didn't fully catch Ren Hui's shouts about her identity. She simply ran toward the box door.
The moment Li Cui broke free, Lingyi straightened his recently dislocated bones, and another man screamed as well.
"Stop him! I'm going to sue him for intentional injury!" someone yelled.
The other people in the box rushed forward, but these good-for-nothings couldn't stop Lingyi.
Not long after, Li Cui managed to escape the box under Lingyi's escort.
At that point, Ren Hui also burst out of the box and viciously grabbed Li Cui's wrist. Li Cui's wrist ended up slightly bruised from the force.
"Li Cui, you can't leave!" Ren Hui insisted.
Yun Zijin had bodyguards to protect him, and Qin Sitong was under Yun Zijin's protection; he could forgo both, but why on earth could Li Cui leave so easily and then bear the consequences? Ren Hui could almost imagine the predicament she'd face if Li Cui got away.
This whole ordeal was meant to be a game to boost Ren Hui's bargaining power, but it had turned into her personal hell! How could Ren Hui tolerate this?
"Why can't I leave? You only told me that your boyfriend was going to treat us, but you never mentioned that so many men with ill intent would show up! If I had known you were thinking this way, I wouldn't have come today! If Yun Zijin hadn't brought bodyguards, I wouldn't even need to say what I'd have encountered today! Ren Hui, do you know what you're doing? I always flatter you to get benefits, and you treat me like a dog—but now you actually… actually want to send me to the beds of those men. I'm not a fool!" Li Cui shouted.
Originally, Li Cui hadn't dared to speak so plainly because of Ren Hui's family background, but Ren Hui's behavior left her disheartened.
Perhaps because one of Yun Zijin's bodyguards was standing next to her, Li Cui suddenly found the courage to confront Ren Hui head-on. Without Ren Hui, she could manage on her own—she just had no one to talk to in the dormitory. It wasn't that she couldn't live without Ren Hui, but Li Cui would never sacrifice her innocence for him.
Yun Zijin was somewhat taken aback by Li Cui's sudden outburst. After all, he had always been very tolerant of Ren Hui. He never expected that today's events would completely shatter their relationship.
"Stop talking nonsense. I haven't had dinner yet. I'm starving. Let's go," Yun Zijin declared.
He didn't want to waste any more time here—he was hungry and in a foul mood.
"No! What will I do if you leave?" Ren Hui protested, not wanting to face the questioning of everyone alone. Although Sun Zi was her boyfriend, she knew all too well what kind of person he was. If left alone, she'd surely have a nightmare tonight.
Yun Zijin hesitated.
"How about you come with us?" he suggested.
Although Ren Hui harbored some malicious intent, Yun Zijin couldn't just stand by and watch, knowing what hardships Ren Hui might face if she stayed. Of course, if Ren Hui hadn't been so insistent, Yun Zijin might not have cared.
"No, if I leave, my boyfriend's family won't invest in my family, and my dad will break my legs." Ren Hui retorted.
Yun Zijin was a bit speechless. "Do you want me to invest in your father's company? That's a nice thought."
"Are you sure that your grandson has the money to invest in your company?" Ren Hui pressed further.
Yun Zijin recalled that according to the information Lingyi had given him, Sun Zi was just a bartender in a bar, and his claim to be a rich second-generation was entirely fabricated. Relying on that self-proclaimed status, he had deceived many naive girls. Today's incident was just another scheme for Sun Zi to make extra money.
I really don't know how Ren Hui got into Teikyo University. She can't even see through this scam.
"What do you mean?" Ren Hui demanded.
"It means your boyfriend's identity as a rich second-generation is fake," Yun Zijin stated bluntly.
Qin Sitong, less tactful than Yun Zijin, directly echoed his sentiment. "Miss Qin, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't just say whatever you want."
At that moment, Sun Zi appeared at the door of the box.
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