Chapter 561: Chapter 561 Hidden
"Can’t you stay? I want to be with you." Xu Ke rested his head on Ariel’s shoulder, asking softly.
Ariel fell silent; she began to hesitate in the face of Xu Ke’s charms.
Noticing Ariel’s hesitation, Xu Ke was already very happy.
Xu Ke voluntarily let go of Ariel, "Go ahead, remember to come back early. If there’s any danger, contact me immediately. You’ve memorized my phone number, right?" Xu Ke asked, stroking Ariel’s cheek.
"Don’t worry, I have it memorized." Knowing she didn’t have to choose, Ariel breathed a sigh of relief. Her face regained its color, and she looked much better.
Ariel and Xu Ke lingered a while longer, afraid that Wen Xin would grow suspicious, so Xu Ke and Ariel parted temporarily.
"You’ve been gone a long time. If you hadn’t come back, I was about to look for you." Wen Xin, seeing Ariel return, immediately abandoned Miss Ding, who was talking to her, and walked straight toward Ariel, with just the right amount of curiosity and concern on her face.
"I’ve been having some stomach issues lately, so I took a while. After all, the environment and food are very different abroad compared to here. I still need some time." Ariel said a bit embarrassed.
"A noble lady talking about such things publicly, isn’t that shameless? No wonder she broke up with her boyfriend."
Once again sidelined, Miss Ding couldn’t help but speak up.
"Slap!" A crisp slap echoed clearly.
"You better watch your mouth. I’m not a guy; I don’t do chivalry here. If you really can’t speak properly, either shut up or let me teach you how to speak. Choose between the two, there’s no third option," Ariel said coldly.
"Wen Xin, look at her. She dares to treat me this way right in front of you, and you still say there’s a misunderstanding between us? What kind of misunderstanding could there be? From start to finish, it’s just her domineering attitude trying to bully me. You must cut ties with her! Don’t forget, we knew each other first; we’re the ones who are friends," Miss Ding said, pulling Wen Xin’s wrist, trying to pull her to her side.
"Since when does friendship work on a first-come, first-served basis? If you’re not happy, you can hit back. Although, seeing how you have no more than a few pounds of flesh on you, I doubt you can beat me," Ariel said smugly.
"Wen Xin, look at her, look at how arrogant she is. Do you still want to be friends with her? She hit me now, maybe one day she won’t be in a good mood and she’ll hit you too." Miss Ding continued to incite.
Hoping Wen Xin would distance herself from Ariel, but the result was disappointing.
Not only did Wen Xin not distance herself from Ariel, but she stood by her side, "Little Fish, you were wrong. If what you said earlier wasn’t so over the top, she wouldn’t have hit you. But now, it’s one-to-one, evened out. From now on, don’t provoke Ariel, and Ariel, don’t hit you either. Isn’t this good?" Wen Xin tilted her head, speaking with a simple and innocent expression.
Miss Ding was utterly incredulous, her eyes wide at Wen Xin’s suggestion.
The words Wen Xin spoke clearly showed she was siding with Ariel.
Miss Ding hadn’t expected Wen Xin would go so far for Ariel, it was completely out of character with the Wen Xin she thought she knew. Or perhaps, all of Wen Xin’s gentleness was given to this woman named Ariel here.
To be honest, everyone who laid eyes on Ariel said she was beautiful, but Miss Ding never felt Ariel’s beauty. Ariel’s beauty is the type you really like or you feel nothing at all.
It seemed Wen Xin was the type who really liked it.
Miss Ding really wanted to slap Ariel hard across the face, but because Wen Xin was standing nearby, she swallowed her anger in silence.
"I’ll wait for when you’re alone." Miss Ding turned to leave, giving Ariel’s shoulder a hard bump, speaking quietly yet violently.
Recognizing the familiar line, Ariel raised an eyebrow, retorting unapologetically, "The last person who spoke to me like that ended up in the hospital and hasn’t been discharged yet."
Their eyes locked in the air, creating countless sparks.
From the first glance they shared, it was destined they couldn’t be friends.
Miss Ding gave Ariel a fierce glare and left, clicking her high heels.
"I drove her away, is that okay?" Ariel turned her head to ask Wen Xin.
"Little Fish has a good temper. She just can’t reason it out right now. Once she does, she’ll come back on her own, so don’t worry." Wen Xin comforted Ariel.
Ariel’s eye twitched slightly, secretly admiring Wen Xin’s ability to lie through her teeth.
"By the way, do you still want that drink?"
The two hadn’t talked for long before Wen Xin brought up the subject of the drink Ariel wanted but hadn’t had yet.
"Of course, why not? I ended it over this, so I must drink to my heart’s content to make it worthwhile," Ariel said cheerfully.
"You’re right. Since you’ve paid the price for him, now’s the time for you to enjoy the fruits of it," Wen Xin encouraged.
"That’s right, just as you said," Ariel replied, taking the glass of wine Wen Xin handed over.
Ariel looked at the glass filled with wine in her hand, her expression unreadable.
"Why aren’t you drinking? Don’t you like it?" Wen Xin asked when she saw Ariel holding the glass for so long.
"It’s not that. I just thought of my baby," Ariel said, her expression unchanged.
Seeing that Ariel wasn’t suspicious of anything but rather thinking of Xu Ke, Wen Xin discreetly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don’t think about him for now. Tonight, let’s drink until we drop. By the way, when you drink, are you the quiet type or the rowdy type?" Wen Xin asked.
"Why do you ask?"
"If you’re the quiet type when drunk, I won’t stop you from drinking. But if you’re the rowdy type, then you shouldn’t drink. Otherwise, you’ll make a fool of yourself here and people will laugh at you," Wen Xin said, showing a look of lingering fear.
"After all, this is just a small place. Usually, there’s nothing major happening, so if someone makes a fool of themselves, it’ll be talked about for a long time. That’s why if you’re rowdy when drunk, don’t drink to save yourself the embarrassment," Wen Xin explained.
"Don’t worry. When I’m drunk, I’m very well-behaved, so I won’t cause you any trouble," Ariel promised.
"Since you say so, I’ll trust you. Cheers!"
Wen Xin clinked her glass with Ariel’s, stealing a glance as Ariel drank down the entire glass.