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Proofread by Yu Bing

“Death Anniversary…”Su Ni murmurs.

In her memory, it seems that her wedding anniversary with Gu Zechen will be coming soon. It really is… Her head swimming, Su Ni feels giddy now and instinctively she bends down her body slightly. She remembers Gu Zechen’s comments when she tried on this dress at home the other day. Now she knows what it means. Tears roll down from Su Ni’s face, now she finds herself completely squatting on the ground. There is no guilt in ESHINE’s eyes, instead there is a bit of hatred and resentment with all the disguise and pretense removed. All the emotions are shown clearly on her face now.

“If Wan’er had not been dead, do you think you would have had this chance? The person Gu Zechen loves is Xu Wan’er, and Mr. Gu will only be hers.” ESHINE raises her voice and glares at Su Ni, wishing she could tear her into pieces or eat her alive.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

“It’s all your fault. You caused Wan’er’s death!” She shouts loudly and begins to kick Su Ni.

Su Ni grabs her by her ankle with both hands, her nails sticking deeply into ESHINE’s skin, which causes her frown because of pain. She wants to shake them loose but fails. Su NI doesn’t move.

“Thank you for reminding me that today. It finally clears up a lot of doubts on my mind. Mysteries solved.” Su Ni says, standing up slowly. When ESHINE struggles to free her foot, Su Ni suddenly lets go of it. This time, the panic has been replaced by calmness and confidence.

She feels it in her bones that ESHINE will deliver the dress first, and then finally make her directorial debut like this at Gu’s dinner party in the same style of dress. All is clear now: Everything is not a coincidence, On the contrary, it is out of her design, deliberately for this reason: to humiliate and embarrass her in front of everyone, and to remind Gu Zechen not to forget about Xu Wan’er.

A cold smile crosses Su Ni’s face. She says. “It seems that Gu Zechen and I have been too high-profile recently. Therefore you can’t wait, right?”

“What are you talking about?” ESHINE’s eyes, naked of all pretense, begin to stare viciously at Su Ni.

Su Ni smiles indifferently, pulling the dress to remove wrinkles. “What a drama! This dress is your design. But it’s on me now. And it was given to me as a gift by Gu Zechen, and he said that I look beautiful in this dress, that is a different kind of beauty.”

“You’re lying! This dress isn’t even given to you and you are just a substitute for Xu Wan’er. You are nothing but a cheap replacement. Do you think that Gu Zechen really will fall in love with you?” ESHINE is irritated by Su Ni’s words and begins to lose control of her emotions. She raises her voice again and her eyes become hysterical.

Su Ni smiles contemptuously and finally says. “Don’t forget that Xu Wan’er is dead already, and I, Su Ni, am his wife now and with time passing by, he will get over her and moves on.”

Snap!

She slaps Su Ni in the face.

Su Ni’s lips close lightly and she tastes a sudden rush of blood in her throat. She squeezes a smile and suddenly raises her head and then she slaps back. With a scream, ESHINE staggers backward, her hair sleek and straight down by her shoulders now messed up completely as if blown by a gust of wind, many of which stick on her face now.

Su Ni slowly approaches, slightly lowering her head to examine every expression on ESHINE’s face. Her voice is soft and elegant. “Now if Gu Zechen knows that you’ve beaten me, do you think he will personally take revenge for me?”

“Yuck!”

ESHINE’s cheeks are red and swollen, which makes her look very upset. She stares at Su Ni mockingly. “Who do you think you are? Look yourself in the mirror! Do you think that Gu Zechen will like you? Don’t dream about it. You know what, Xu Wan’er is a thousand times better than you.”

“But a dead man is a dead man.” Su Ni knows how disrespectful it is to the dead to say that, but it’s ESHINE who started it first. Su Ni knows her weakness.

Seeing that ESHINE is about to slap her again, Su Ni takes advantage of her position and suddenly opens the lounge door. Suddenly ESHINE loses her balance, before realizing what happens, she finds herself rushing directly to the outside. Her sudden appearance immediately catches the eyes of guests. Everyone looks back at her.

ESHINE is now in a very awkward situation and she finds her image totally shattered, her back bending like a hunchback and the haughty look and exalted style gone. Everyone seems to be shocked at what they see. As for Su Ni, who has already tidied up herself, walks gracefully towards ESHINE.

The sharp contrast between Su Ni and ESHINE immediately causes a stir in the crowd, especially those women who praised ESHINE before, and now they can’t help but shake their heads, as if feeling pity for her.

“Mrs. Gu is so elegant. Though ESHINE is a designer, she still can’t show the style of her dress.”

“That’s right. I think it’s better for ESHINE not to wear a dress out of her own design. If she is caught showing up in a dress of her own design like this, I’m afraid that nobody will buy the dress she designs.” Another woman utters an even more vicious remark.

“She can count on Mrs. Gu. Apparently she makes the dress look better. I do think that Mrs. Gu is not only good looking, but also she can fully display the aesthetic value of this dress. She is sort of a walking advertisement for ESHINE.” After the words, everyone begins to giggle. Su Ni cracks a smile. She is in a better mood now, overhearing what they gossip lights her face up. Unfortunately, it is a different story for ESHINE now. She comes here to create a disturbance, but she can never imagine that things can come out this way, totally out of her control, which makes her look like a fool and become a laughing stock. Is there a proverb that best describes her situation? She lifts the stone only to have it dropped on her own feet.

Su Ni looks at ESHINE in her eyes, feeling pity for her. Finally she has the chance to return the pity and sympathy she showered upon her a few minutes ago. She tries very hard to hold back her smile, kindly reminding her, “If you want to preserve your image in the upper class and don’t want your company to be ruined, you’d better stand up now and manage your facial expressions.”

“I hate to tell you that you look really bad in this dress with that fierce and vicious look on your face. It doesn’t affect me at all, but if other ladies see you like this, you will bring a disaster to your company.” Su Ni’s eyes shining, there is smile creeping on her mouth. She notices that Gu Zechen is slowly walking in this direction.

“Su Ni, I won’t let you get away with that.” ESHINE clenches her teeth and whispers. But soon, just like what Su Ni said, she also fixes her hair and returns to her usual noble and cold appearance.

Su Ni laughs gently and politely. “I don’t know why I offended you, any way you are such a famous designer! ESHINE, what you said really scares me.”

“You don’t need to affect such a manner in front of me. The more one lacks something the more likely he will show it off. You look just like a clown now.” ESHINE counters, staring at Su Ni. Su Ni shrugs. She doesn’t care what ESHINE says.

Soon, Su Ni walks a few steps up towards Gu Zechen and holds him by the arm in the middle of envious look cast upon her. She says coquettishly. “You come just in time~”

As soon as the words come out, ESHINE quickly looks at Su Ni with a fierce look in her gloomy eye, as if warning her to mind her word. The guests who gather around her look curious and they stick up their ears. After all, it is very strange and rare to see ESHINE appear in public view in such a mess, and her relationship with Gu Zechen is ambiguous. God knows what happened.

“What’s wrong?” Su Ni notices that there is impatience in Gu Zechen’s tone. When he looks at ESHINE, he begins frowning.