It was obvious.
This way of drinking was clearly a sign of heartbreak.
So why was a heartbroken person climbing through her window in the middle of the night to bother her?
Ming Zheng took a deep breath again.
She tried to stay calm.
And didn't push the person away.
Chi Sanyue, perhaps finally finding someone to vent to, unleashed the sorrow that had been suppressed deep within her heart without reservation.
"I... I took a liking to a man, for many, many years..."
Ming Zheng: "..."
Why couldn't she just use the word "like"? "Took a liking to" sounded like a scoundrel.
Chi Sanyue sobbed, "That man settled abroad and rarely returned to Xia Guo. I had very, very few chances to see him..."
Ming Zheng: "..."
If you barely saw him, how could you like him for so many years? Besides, what was the difference between this and Chi Xian, who had only met his lifelong "white moonlight" once, but it lasted for ten years?
Chi Sanyue continued to cry, "Recently... recently... I heard he was coming to Xia Guo. I was overjoyed and decided that this time, I had to seize the opportunity to confess to him."
"But, but..."
Ming Zheng narrowed her eyes. "He already likes someone else?"
"Waa—"
Hearing Ming Zheng's words, Chi Sanyue burst into even louder tears.
Ming Zheng: "..."
Good, she guessed correctly.
Chi Sanyue wailed, "Yes! He's returning to Xia Guo this time for a woman! A woman who is extremely, extremely important to him!"
"It was the first time I saw such a tender expression on his face! As if he wanted to place the entire world before that woman."
Chi Sanyue's tears and snot were all smearing onto Ming Zheng.
Ming Zheng was never good at comforting people, and after much deliberation, she could only manage, "Since he likes someone else, then don't like him anymore."
"I wish I could!" If you truly like someone, how can you just stop liking them?
Chi Sanyue cried with immense sadness, "My first love, my secret crush, it ended before it even began!"
Ming Zheng: "..."
She had a face that could cause downfall.
And she was the eldest daughter of the Chi family.
She had looks, a good figure, and family background.
And it was her first love?
It seemed first loves were indeed profoundly unforgettable for a girl.
So, was Chi Xian's ten-year "white moonlight" also profoundly unforgettable?
Ming Zheng's eyebrows subtly darkened under the dazzling lights.
How could she be thinking about Chi Xian at a time like this?
Why was she thinking about him?
Ming Zheng refocused her attention on Chi Sanyue, awkwardly patting her back. "Once one relationship ends, start a new one. There are plenty of men with two legs to go around."
As soon as Ming Zheng finished speaking.
A greasy voice came from not far away—
"Yeah, there are tons of men with two legs. Why are you crying, beautiful?"
A young man dressed in a flashy style, with a cigarette in his mouth and holding two glasses of wine, walked over.
Behind him followed a group of similarly flashy young men.
And several burly men with tattoos of dragons and tigers, who clearly were not to be trifled with.
The young man had dyed his hair a garish pink. His eyes greedily scanned Ming Zheng and Chi Sanyue.
Under the hazy, colorful lights.
The young man swayed left and right with the music.
Seeing the two of them look up at him.
The young man winked at them.
Ming Zheng: "...Ugh."
Chi Sanyue: "..." Suddenly sobered up.
A group of about ten people surrounded Ming Zheng and Chi Sanyue.
The young man, dancing energetically, moved closer to them. "Beautiful ladies, how about me?"
He placed the wine on the bar. "Don't you want a drink? Come, big brother will treat you."
As he spoke, he reached out his hands towards Ming Zheng and Chi Sanyue.
"Get lost!"
Chi Sanyue waved her hand, trying to push the young man away.
But although her senses were clearer, she was still drunk.
With this wave and this effort.
She failed to push the young man away.
Instead, she swayed precariously, almost collapsing to the ground.
The hazy lights shone on Chi Sanyue's hot and shapely figure, making the young man's blood boil.
"Are you in such a hurry to throw yourself into my arms? Oh my, come here brother, let brother hug you."
The young man spat the cigarette from his mouth onto the ground.
He licked his lips.
Smiling lewdly.
He reached out to pull Chi Sanyue into his embrace.
Chi Sanyue tried to dodge.
But unfortunately, she was too drunk.
Swaying uncontrollably, she couldn't muster any strength.
Just as the young man's hand was about to touch Chi Sanyue.
Chi Sanyue's body felt lighter.
She was pulled back by a force.
She stumbled back into Ming Zheng's arms.
After pulling Chi Sanyue into her embrace, Ming Zheng raised her eyebrows, her cold eyes dark. "Scram."
Her noble, mature voice was particularly alluring in the disorienting nightclub.
"Hahaha, you're telling me to scram?" The young man looked at Ming Zheng's cold and stunningly beautiful face and burst into laughter. "Do you know who I am? Beautiful ladies, I'm giving you a chance to climb into the ranks of the four great families."
These two women, one charming and the other cold and noble.
The more he looked at them, the drier his mouth became.
The young man's gaze was extremely brazen.
As if he wished he could strip the two of them on the spot.
He even gestured for the dozen or so people around him to close in.
Clearly, it was a posture of "forcing virtue into vice."
Ming Zheng: "..."
Her mood was already bad.
These scoundrels had run into her at the worst possible time.
Ming Zheng's expression was blank as she hooked her arm around Chi Sanyue's slender waist.
Then, she abruptly lifted her foot and kicked the young man squarely in the stomach.
"Bang!"
The young man, without any warning, was kicked into the people surrounding him.
Along with three or four others, they were sent flying backward and fell heavily to the ground.
This commotion, even amidst the pulsating music, was significant.
Especially with several people crashing out.
It instantly drew the attention of those around them.
"Isn't that the young master of the Wang family?"
"Someone actually dared to lay hands on the young master of the Wang family?"
That garish pink hair was too distinctive.
Someone in the crowd recognized the young man.
They were all astonished.
The young man, who was the young master of the Wang family, had never been so embarrassed in a nightclub before.
He was in so much pain that his entire face contorted.
His body twitched uncontrollably on the ground.
This was the young master of the Wang family.
The manager of Jinzun Mingjue, scared, immediately rushed over to help the young master of the Wang family up.
The young master of the Wang family stood up unsteadily, his face twitching from the intense pain in his abdomen.
His gaze towards Ming Zheng was filled with ferocity.
"Bitch! You refuse the toast and insist on the fine, don't you? Someone, grab that bitch for me!"
At the same time.
On the second-floor corridor of Jinzun Mingjue, accessible only to VIPs.
Several tall and slender figures stood by the railing, their gaze falling in the direction of the conflict between Ming Zheng and the young master of the Wang family...