The Sight of Big Brother Made Her Liver Tremble with Fear

This was a blatant trap. Jiang Lean was most likely lying, and no normal person would have fallen for it.

But Chu Tianqing was afraid—afraid that there was a one-in-ten-thousand chance Jiang Lean was telling the truth and that her fragile life would be hurt again.

"Jiang Lean, I owe you an apology," Chu Tianqing said, taking a deep breath. She stated solemnly, "But I'm not a fool with no bottom line. This is the last time, do you understand?"

There was silence on the other end of the line for two seconds, and then Jiang Lean hung up.

Chu Tianqing shook her head helplessly. Soon, she received a location: a highly private club in Jincheng. Shen Xixi had once been a regular there too.

She got up to change. After some thought, she decided against wearing one of her designer outfits and chose a new street-stall outfit instead—the kind that cost less than two hundred yuan from head to toe.

Since they had called her over to humiliate her, there was no need for her to go to the trouble of dressing up.

And so Chu Tianqing went out in baggy casual clothes, her long hair loose and her face bare of makeup.

She took a taxi to the club. As a lifetime member, she could get in simply by showing her face.

However, the manager on duty was visibly startled when he saw her. "Oh! Miss Sh-Shen, haha, hello, hello."

Chu Tianqing waved a hand dismissively. "Hello to you too. Where are Yan Ruyu and the others?"

The manager nodded and bowed. "They're in banquet hall seven. I'll take you there."

"No need. I know the way. Go on with your work."

Chu Tianqing crossed the lobby, turned left, and followed the corridor to the end, arriving at banquet hall seven.

Two servers stood at the entrance. When they saw someone approaching, they pulled the doors open. Music and the sound of laughter and conversation spilled out as Chu Tianqing strode in with her head held high.

The people in the hall turned at the sound. When they saw it was Shen Xixi, they stopped talking and laughing, and called their companions over to look.

Soon, everyone knew Shen Xixi had arrived, including Yan Ruyu.

Wearing a sparkling evening gown and holding a glass of champagne, Yan Ruyu sauntered out. She looked Shen Xixi up and down without the slightest courtesy, then snickered. "Shen Xixi, you've really decided to let a broken pot shatter, haven't you? Look at that outfit. Anyone who didn't know better would think you were a beggar!"

"That's about right," Chu Tianqing said with a faint smile, raising her voice. "I'm guessing everyone has heard the rumors. There's no time like the present, so I'll take this opportunity to make an official announcement. The rumors are true. I'm not the Shen family's biological daughter. From now on, there's no more eldest miss of the Shen family, only the ordinary Shen Xixi. You're all welcome to continue being friends with me."

A buzz went through the crowd as everyone began whispering among themselves. They hadn't expected something so melodramatic to happen, much less that Shen Xixi would admit it so openly.

Yan Ruyu looked around and saw that Shen Xixi was starting to take control of the room with just a few words. At once, she jumped in agitation and shouted, "Shen Xixi, you devious, cunning villain! Don't think I'll let you off just because you got ahead of me by playing the victim. I'm still going to get my revenge!"

With that, she set down her champagne and snapped her fingers, grinning sinisterly. "Shen Xixi, I've prepared a big gift for you. Someone, bring it over to her!"

Chu Tianqing stood where she was, unable to imagine what Yan Ruyu would do to her, mainly because this part hadn't been in the original story.

While she was still in a daze, someone pushed over a serving cart with a large stainless-steel bucket on it.

Before she could react, Yan Ruyu shouted, sounding a little deranged, "Pour it! Hurry up and pour it on her! Let her get a taste of humiliation!"

As soon as she finished speaking, two Yan Family bodyguards came over, raised the large stainless-steel bucket, and tipped it over Shen Xixi. She was thoroughly drenched from head to toe.

The onlookers cried out and hurriedly backed away, at the same time whipping out their phones to record.

Chu Tianqing belatedly realized it was a whole bucket of vegetable oil! All of it had been poured over her!

Heavens, what a shameful waste! It's all over the floor too. The club's cleaners will be crying their eyes out!

And with her whole body sticky and slippery, Chu Tianqing wanted to cry her eyes out too. It felt awful!

She closed her eyes and stood motionless. Only when most of the vegetable oil had run off did she wipe her face, sweep her greasy long hair behind her head, and open her eyes helplessly.

She found that everyone had their phones up, recording her and snickering in distaste and disgust.

Chu Tianqing collected herself and walked forward with her chin raised. Yan Ruyu hurriedly dodged out of her way, and the others quickly cleared a path.

She walked straight onto the stage, stood in front of the microphone, and said sincerely, "Yan Ruyu, I know I hurt you. I'm offering you a formal apology here and now. Someone has to be the first to call a halt to this childish fight. I'm willing to bow my head and back down."

As she spoke, she reached inside her T-shirt and took off her bra in front of everyone. Holding it up, she said, "Yan Ruyu, I'm sorry. Back then, I caused your censored photos to spread everywhere. This time, I've taken off my bra in front of everyone. An eye for an eye—we're even now, all right?"

The band onstage had stopped playing long ago. The entire banquet hall was silent.

Suddenly, a man shouted, "Badass!"

Someone else chimed in, "Bravo!"

An inexplicably bizarre, tragic, and comical atmosphere filled the room.

Yan Ruyu's smile froze on her face. She realized that Shen Xixi had taken control of the room again and gotten the better of her once more.

With Shen Xixi apologizing like this, Yan Ruyu would earn a reputation for being petty if she refused to forgive her.

But why should Shen Xixi get to decide?

Humiliated and furious, Yan Ruyu lifted her skirt and climbed onto the stage, growling angrily, "Shen Xixi, I'll fight you to the bitter end!"

Chu Tianqing tried to run, but her foot slipped, and she fell straight to the floor. Yan Ruyu pounced on her and clamped her hands around her throat.

Chu Tianqing couldn't breathe. To save herself, she grabbed Yan Ruyu by the hair. Neither of them cared about losing face anymore as they grappled on the stage.

Chu Tianqing's mind was in complete turmoil at the time. She hadn't given any thought to how this would end.

So when she felt someone pull her up, it was as though she had grasped a life-saving straw.

She was just about to say thank you when she turned around and saw Shen Heng's face and his gloomy gaze.

Without the slightest exaggeration, Chu Tianqing's liver trembled with fear.

"B-Brother, when did you get here?" Chu Tianqing asked shakily.

Shen Heng pulled her up and shot her a glare of frustration at her failure to live up to his expectations. He briskly took off his suit jacket, threw it directly over her head, and wrapped her tightly in it.

Everything went dark before Chu Tianqing's eyes. She heard Shen Heng's deep, icy voice. "Since you took off your bra."

Chu Tianqing's knees went weak, and she wanted to fall to her knees before her big brother. Shen Heng grabbed her by the shoulders and half dragged, half pulled her away.

Her entire upper body was wrapped in the suit jacket, so she couldn't see what was happening outside. All she knew was that she followed her big brother into an elevator and then into a room.

Shen Heng shoved her inside and ordered coldly, "Take a shower. Get yourself clean."