Chapter 1: Encounter at the Bar

  The sky was gloomy, as if it was about to rain. Ye Xuan said she had to go to work. Xiaonaiwa specially put an umbrella in her car. Having a considerate son like this is already enough, isn't it?

  As for love, she had vowed not to try again, but why did seeing Ou Mu Xuan with someone else make her heart ache so much, and that person was her good sister!

  She didn't always want them to be together? Didn't she always want to bless them?

  The car was very stuffy, Ye Xuanmo walked aimlessly on the road alone, but soon after leaving, it started raining heavily. Indeed, when one is in a bad mood, everything they do is unlucky.

  The cold rain poured down on her body, Ye Xiang didn't mind, and only by getting wet like this would she feel a little better.

  Men, indeed, are unreliable animals. Last night, he was still recklessly protecting her, and even this morning, he was still expressing his love to her. But as soon as he sent her back home, he couldn't wait to go find another new lover.

  Ye Xuanmo sat on the long bench by the side of the road, wryly smiling to herself. Why did she have to fall in love? Why did she have to let some inexplicable scumbag hurt her?

  She has Jia Liang as her good sister, Xiao Ze as her considerate and lovely son, she also has a career, dreams, and enemies in front of her that need to be defeated. What is she doing now?

  Is it for a man to grieve? To be decadent?

  No! She is no longer the Ye Xuanmo who would throw away her dignity and pride for love six years ago. Now, she is Starry Sky, a world-renowned top female fashion designer, and she no longer needs to live for someone else.

  Wiping away the rainwater on her face, she was about to stand up when she felt the rain on her head suddenly stop. Ye Xuan's body stiffened for a moment, and for an instant, she thought it was Ou MuXuan, but when she turned her head...

  It's actually Lin Xue?!

  At this time, Lin Xue was sitting in a wheelchair, holding a black umbrella in her hand, stretching out the umbrella to cover her face, while her thin body was exposed outside, her decent clothes were already soaked through, and she seemed to have no sensation, her beautiful face still calm as if nothing had happened.

  Seeing this person, Ye Xuan Mo immediately became highly alert and prepared to respond.

  "What's wrong with you?" Ye Xuan received the umbrella and stood up, walking closer to Lin Xue, covering him under the umbrella as well.

  "Who do you want to be?" Lin Xue withdrew her hand and elegantly tilted her head slightly, looking at Ye Xuanmo, "Ou MuXuan?"

  At the mention of this name, Ye Xuan's heart still couldn't help but ache a little, however she would absolutely not show her weakness to her opponent.

  "Xingou is about to open soon, aren't you worried that I'll surpass you? You actually have the nerve to be out here in the rain, is this also one of your tactics? If business is poor when Xingou opens and you get sick, then you'll have a good excuse." Lin Xue said calmly.

  Ye Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly as she sat down in the chair beside him, "Are you worried about me?"

  "Of course," Lin Xue readily admitted, "we're in a competition, I couldn't just watch you die at the starting line."

  Lin Xue was discussing something with someone in a coffee shop when she inadvertently turned her head and saw Ye Xuanfen standing alone in the rain, looking disheveled and self-abasing, obviously because of a man.

  He was delighted to see her abandoned by the man, and seeing her heartbroken made him even happier. However, he couldn't resist taking an umbrella and walking out, telling himself that it would be more enjoyable to admire her misery up close, even pouring salt on her wounds, than watching from a distance through the window.

  "Are you here to add insult to injury?" Ye Xuanmo sneered, "Speak up, how do you plan on attacking me?"

  "Does your husband know that you have a son?" Lin Xue said it lightly, but the corners of her mouth curled up in a sinister smile. "And does he also know that you almost lost your virginity to me, and that you used to be a dancer at a bar?"

  Ye Xuanmo looked at Lin Xue with a proud face, her dark eyes shining brightly. "My son is intelligent and talented, absolutely lovable by everyone, he has always been my greatest pride. And although I used to be a dancer, apart from dancing, I haven't done anything excessive. As for us..."

  Ye Xuan's smile was tinged with disdain, and her eyes, filled with contempt, glanced at a certain place on someone without any reserve. "You were kicked by me with great force, the pain of which you still remember vividly, don't you?" After saying this, as if not satisfied, she leaned in close to Lin Xue, her tone intentionally ambiguous, "If we weren't rivals, I wouldn't mind being sisters with you."

  The implication is that Lin Xue can no longer be considered a man, and judging from his appearance and demeanor, to be honest, since the first time she saw him, she never thought of him as a man, too feminine, even if he was a man, he must have been a pseudo-woman. Two years ago, when he molested her, she kicked him with high heels, I guess it's already inhumane.

  "You..."

  "Come to think of it, you've always been against me. Could it be that you actually like me too?" Ye Xuan's irresponsible guess was, "It's just that you're no longer a man, so you start hating because of love and want me to suffer and feel embarrassed everywhere?"

  "Yes, I do like you," Lin Xue suppressed the anger in her heart and leaned in close to her. "I like you so much that I hate how beautiful you are, I like watching you wander around in hell struggling, I like watching your desperate and helpless look."

  "In a low, deliberately wicked tone, like some deep and abiding curse brought by the malevolent spirits of hell, 'So, I'll keep tormenting you nonstop, that way I can turn you back into my favorite form, and it will last forever.'"

  "Oh?" Ye Xuan didn't fear his provocation, "Then I'm afraid you'll really be disappointed."

  "We'll be waiting with bated breath." With that, Lin Xue withdrew his body, shaking the wheelchair, and turned to walk into the rain. He seemed to have forgotten to take back his own umbrella, leaving quietly like that.

  Ye Xuan threw away the umbrella in her hand, looked up at the sky, she absolutely could not be discouraged, apart from love, there were more things in life worth cherishing.

  In a few more days, it will be the day of Xing Ou's grand opening. Lin Xue and Mo Hanxin won't just sit back and watch her win like this, but for now, all they can do is make an issue out of her past.

  Destroying her image, taking away the people she cares about most, has always been Lin Xue's usual tactic. This time, she won't just passively take a beating like two years ago, and won't counterattack.