"She's shameless, everyone knows it. Back in school, she was a slut who would steal other people's things. Not just Zhou Ruyu, but the class heartthrob from the next class too, I heard he hinted at her."
Everyone looked surprised, "Really? How come I never heard about it?"
"She's got skills. She pretends to be quiet around women, and they don't interact with her much, so it's normal you wouldn't know."
"Tsk, so she's that kind of person. No wonder... Why didn't you say so earlier?"
The woman said, "What's the point of saying it? You know, I hate backbiting. If it wasn't for me being so upset for Tiantian this time..."
"There's even more juicy gossip. Let me tell you, she's not her father's biological daughter. I heard she only entered the Pei family when she was seven. Her two brothers could be her father, they're that much older."
"If they could be her father, why didn't they raise her? Why did she have to recognize the old man, who could be her grandfather, as her father? Hmm? I heard the old man dotes on her, he's the only one in the entire Pei family who protects her. Any guesses why?"
The crowd exchanged glances, no one voiced their thoughts, but their eyes said it all.
Fu Duoduo never expected that coming to enjoy some peace and quiet with a drink would lead her to overhear such things.
Pei Kexin was actually being gossiped about by these gossips like this behind her back!
Damn it, they spoke as if they had seen it themselves, utterly shameless!
Furious, she lost all interest in handsome men and was about to charge over to argue with them.
Before she could move, Zhan Jingchen, sitting beside her, spoke first.
"Who were you talking about?"
Hearing a pleasant male voice, the women simultaneously fell silent and looked over.
Their features couldn't be seen clearly. The leading woman said, "And who are you?"
Zhan Jingchen sat in a relaxed posture, but his tone was cold.
"It doesn't matter who I am. I'll ask you again, who were you just talking about?"
Hearing his unfriendly tone, the woman also got annoyed.
"What business is it of yours who I'm talking about? Could you possibly be Pei Kexin's lover? Can't you stand a few words about her?"
Zhan Jingchen turned to look at Fu Duoduo, "Do you know her?"
After not seeing Xia Tiantian for a long time, Fu Duoduo finally recognized her, "Zhou Ruyu's wife."
"Oh."
Zhan Jingchen put on a look of sudden realization.
"The wife of a scumbag, no wonder she spews venom. I say, why aren't you with your husband on your wedding anniversary, gossiping here?"
Xia Tiantian also recognized Fu Duoduo.
With a "swish," she stood up and removed her mask.
"Fu Duoduo? You're here too?"
"You're truly hopeless, just like you were ten years ago, always fawning over Pei Kexin. Have you no self-respect?"
Fu Duoduo, with her fiery temper, was instantly enraged.
She hadn't settled the score for being insulted in front of her, and now they were insulting her too? Don't think I won't fight you just because we're at your place!
She also yanked off her mask and stood up, her eyebrows furrowed as she looked at Xia Tiantian.
"Who has no self-respect? Xia Tiantian, you're not as good-looking as Kexin, not as good at studying as Kexin, not as good in family background as Kexin, and not as charming as Kexin. If you can't compete with her, then your only recourse is to spout nonsense, right?"
"She doesn't even bother with you, yet you still go around spreading rumors, and you call me lacking self-respect? Look at yourself, aren't you degrading yourself!"
As the saying goes, don't hit a man in the face, don't expose his shortcomings.
Fu Duoduo's remark about Xia Tiantian not being acknowledged hit a raw nerve, making her furious.
"Don't think I won't hit you just because there's a man sitting next to you! Fu Duoduo, I've had it with you for a long time!"
"Pei Kexin is no good, and neither are you! She's a green tea who likes to steal things, and you're her lackey! Many of those ideas were yours, don't think I don't know!"
"You pretend not to associate with us on the surface, but you're secretly hooking up with Zhou Ruyu. If it weren't for you two, would we have gotten divorced?"
"You two vixen! All you do is act like pure white lotuses in front of men. If you push me too far, I'll expose everything about you tonight!"
Only now did Fu Duoduo realize how deep Zhou Ruyu's ambition ran.
He had actually divorced Xia Tiantian but used their anniversary as an excuse to the outside world...
"Talking to someone with a mental illness like you is also a sign of my own mental illness. I shouldn't have come tonight!"
"If we can't deal with crazy people, can't we avoid them? Spread whatever rumors you want, Kexin doesn't care, and I can't be bothered with you either. Don't worry, we're leaving."
"But before I go, I want to state this: Xia Tiantian, your garbage husband, besides you cherishing him, no one else wants him! There are thousands of men in the world, you can grab anyone on the street, and they'll be better than him!"
"If you spread rumors again, please don't put me and Kexin's names together with his. Otherwise, if I hear it, you know my temper."
Fu Duoduo's voice was loud, and Xia Tiantian, being rebuked by her, drew countless gazes.
Everyone else wore masks, but she didn't. That shame of being stared at and scrutinized drove her mad.
She grabbed a wine glass and was about to smash it on Fu Duoduo's face but was timely stopped by Zhan Jingchen.
"I've recorded everything you just said, about Pei Kexin being a mistress and destroying relationships."
"Tomorrow, I'll sue you in court for defamation of character. You'd better have enough evidence to support these words, otherwise..."
"Also, if you don't mind adding assault, you can hit me too."
"You!" Xia Tiantian's face flushed and turned pale as she looked at him, "Who the hell are you? Who do you think you are, talking to me like that?"
Zhan Jingchen said coldly.
"Pei Kexin's husband. You dare to slander my wife in front of me, do you think I have no right to intervene?"
"Let alone suing you, I have the right to hit you."
Xia Tiantian hadn't expected Pei Kexin to be married, and judging by her appearance, she seemed pretty, and she knew how to protect her.
This only fueled her jealousy.
"You? Hit me? You must be tired of living! Do you know who my brother is? Such a big tone, dare to touch me! If I don't make you rot in jail, then I, Xia Tiantian, am useless!"
So arrogant. It was a shame that among the respectable people in Nancheng, Zhan Jingchen had never heard of anyone surnamed Xia.
Finding it a bit amusing, he turned to ask Fu Duoduo.
"Such a big tone, who is her brother?"
Fu Duoduo said his name was Xia Huaizheng. She heard that in recent years, he had partnered with Zhan Corporation in the electrical business, making a lot of money, which was why she was so arrogant.
In that case, he was merely a downstream supplier who relied on Zhan Corporation for his livelihood.
To act so bold in front of his own Zhan Sanye, he had no idea of the consequences.
He didn't want to get into a physical altercation with a woman, but since Xia Tiantian had brought her brother into it...
"Splash!"
Zhan Jingchen grabbed a glass of wine from the table and poured it on her face.
"I just did. Go ahead, call your brother to deal with me."
Xia Tiantian was furious. In front of so many people, Pei Kexin's man had actually gotten physical with her, a woman!
She immediately cried and called her brother.
While waiting for him to arrive, Zhan Jingchen leisurely sat down and sent a message to Jiang Jingyu.
"I need to ask you about someone, do you know Xia Huaizheng?"