355 Impromptu Play (1/2)

”You don't look so good, Miss Wu,” Long Jinjing asked in a 'concerned' voice. ”Are you okay? Do you feel sick? Wait here, I'll get you something to drink.”

She took a glass of red wine from a waiter passing by. She was about to give it to Wu Qianxi when she ”tripped”. The red wine splashed all over Wu Qianxi, staining her ruby-beaded peach dress.

Wu Qianxi shrieked in horror at her expensive designer dress which was now ruined by several big and ugly stains.

Her shriek caused a few people to look at them. When they saw the state of Wu Qianxi's dress, they instantly felt sorry for her.

”Oh no! I'm so sorry!” Long Jinjing apologized, her expression contrite.

”You—” Wu Qianxi was about to slap Long Jinjing before she realized that people were looking at them. She forcefully controlled herself.

At first, the people thought that there was a fight between Wu Qianxi and Iris' group, but seeing Long Jinjing's apologetic expression, they concluded that it was just an accident. They didn't doubt Long Jinjing's angelic appearance. She didn't look like someone who would maliciously splash a drink onto another person on purpose.

”Long Jinjing, what have you done? You're so careless!” Meimei 'scolded' Long Jinjing.

Then Meimei grabbed a cloth serviette from a nearby serving table. Then she started patting the stain on Wu Qianxi's dress. However, it only worsened the red wine stains on the dress, making them spread even further.

”Stop!” Wu Qianxi slapped Meimei's hands away, but Meimei insisted on being 'helpful' and continued her actions.

”What the? It's only getting worse. Wait, let me wipe harder.” Meimei rubbed the serviette even harder. The force of her wiping tore some of the ruby beads off the dress.

”What are you doing?! Stop it! My dress!! Do you have any idea how much I paid for this?!!!”

Wu Qianxi had now completely lost her composure. Her expression turned ugly, and she pushed Meimei roughly away.

”Ah!” Meimei 'fell' hard to the floor, making sure to roll twice before stopping. ”Ouch! It hurts!”

”Meimei!” Iris ran to her.

Both Iris and Chen Fei helped Meimei from the floor.

”Miss Wu, I know that you're upset about your dress but you didn't have to push her so hard,” Iris told Wu Qianxi in an accusing tone. ”Meimei was just trying to help you. Please don't take your anger out on her.”

By this time, the commotion attracted the attention of more people. They murmured to each other, throwing disapproving looks at Wu Qianxi's behaviour. They thought that her barbaric retaliation was low-class and didn't reflect her respectable status. The ones who felt sorry for her before because of her ruined dress now sided with Meimei and the rest of Iris' group.

Wu Qianxi became self-conscious and quickly fixed her furious expression into an understanding one. Inside, however, she was boiling in anger. She didn't even push the bitch that hard.

”Miss Yang Mei, I'm terribly sorry for pushing you. I didn't mean it. It was done out of reflex,” Wu Qianxi apologized to Meimei before turning to Long Hui. ”I really didn't mean it, Hui. I was just too shocked and my body moved on its own. Please believe me.” Then she moved to touch his arm again.

Jiang Ying Yue tugged on Long Hui's sleeve, silently warning him. To his credit, he stepped away before Wu Qianxi could touch him.

Fury flashed in Wu Qianxi's eyes. She glared at Jiang Ying Yue for a second before changing her expression once again into a more pleasant one.

”This is all my fault. If I wasn't so clumsy and didn't trip on my own feet, I wouldn't have spilled the wine and ruined Miss Wu's beautiful dress.” Long Jinjing's expression became even more pitiful.