Inside the banquet hall.
The moment Yu Haitang and Fu Sichen appeared, they drew everyone's attention.
Some outsiders, unaware of the situation, held red wine glasses and eagerly walked over to greet him. "Brother Sichen, congratulations on winning the Golden Snake Award Best Actor."
"Indeed. Congratulations, congratulations."
"That's right! Brother Sichen totally deserved it!"
Fu Sichen's face darkened, and he clenched his fists.
Was Yu Lizhi holding this celebration banquet to congratulate him, or to humiliate him?
An insider who knew the truth hurried over to interrupt them. "Keep it down."
Who knew what was going on in Yu Lizhi's head? Fu Sichen hadn't even won yesterday, yet she still hadn't canceled this celebration banquet.
Let's see how she plans to clean up this mess now.
She'd probably end up kneeling, hugging Fu Sichen's thighs, and begging for forgiveness like a humble dog.
Irritated and humiliated, Fu Sichen picked up his red wine glass and took a gulp.
Damn Yu Lizhi.
No matter how she plans to make it up to me today, I will never forgive you.
At that moment, the doors of the banquet hall swung open. Yu Lizhi made a glamorous, dazzling entrance in full attire and smiled as she walked over to greet everyone. "Hi, everyone! Thank you for honoring me with your presence at tonight's celebration banquet."
Her appearance instantly captured everyone's gaze.
Fu Sichen also glared at her with a gloomy look in his eyes.
Yu Haitang deliberately hooked her arm through his in an intimate gesture, her eyes full of mockery.
Hmph.
So what if she dressed up prettily?
Later on, she'd still be begging Brother Sichen for forgiveness like a dog.
Yu Lizhi walked straight toward the two of them.
Fu Sichen waited for her to burst into tears and apologize so he could seize the chance to humiliate her. Instead, Yu Lizhi walked right past him, completely ignoring him, and calmly picked up a glass of red wine, swirling it.
Unable to sit still any longer, Fu Sichen turned around, grabbed her wrist, and asked coldly, "Yu Lizhi. Don't you have an explanation for what happened yesterday?"
"An explanation for what?" Yu Lizhi raised an eyebrow, aggressively jerked her arm free, and chuckled softly. "What do I have to explain?"
"The award yesterday should have been mine..." Fu Sichen was still brooding over the matter.
The award he had anticipated for so long had just slipped away like that, and he was filled with resentment.
"Huh?" Yu Lizhi blinked in feigned confusion.
"Why are you so sure it was yours? Did your name get written on the trophy? That trashy television drama you and Yu Haitang starred in—disguised as a suspense thriller while secretly just being a romance—what makes you think you deserve the Golden Snake Best Actor award? Your lousy acting skills?"
"You..." Fu Sichen choked.
"Fu Sichen, let me tell you something." Yu Lizhi started mocking him sarcastically.
"The Golden Snake Award for Best Actor belongs to Bo Yanchi in the first place, and he earned it fair and square. His acting leaves yours in the dust, so stop daydreaming about things that don't belong to you. You don't deserve it!"
"Yu Lizhi!" Fu Sichen gritted his teeth in hatred. "Then how do you explain the celebration banquet you booked in advance for me?"
"Who said this celebration banquet was held for you?" Yu Lizhi's lips curved into a faint, mocking smile.
"Then who was it for? Don't tell me it was for Bo Yanchi?" Fu Sichen sneered.
"Stop putting on a tough front. Everyone here was invited by you. Who doesn't know how hopelessly in love with me you are?"
"That was just me being blind before..."
Before Yu Lizhi could retort, she saw a waiter walking over carrying a large box and shouting, "Excuse me, who is Mr. Fu Sichen?"
"Me." Fu Sichen walked over.
The crowd curiously crowded around to watch.
"What is this?"
"Open it up and see."
"This is a gift Ms. Yu Lizhi prepared for you a month ago," the waiter replied, opening the box.
When they saw what was inside, everyone was stunned, blinded by the sheer luxury and consumed by intense envy.
Neatly arranged inside the box were piles of gifts.
There were luxury car keys worth millions, property deeds to luxury villas in prime locations worth hundreds of millions, high-end watches, jewelry, and countless gold bars.
Extravagant beyond human comprehension.
"Yu Lizhi, and you still claim you don't love me?" Seeing this, Fu Sichen grew smug. He pulled out a bouquet of flowers from the box, which had a note attached written in delicate handwriting.
"*A-Chen. I want to congratulate you in advance on winning your award. This is a gift I bought for you. Do you like it? Let's stop fighting and make up. Your forever-loving Zhizhi. \*^O^\*"*
Yu Lizhi's face drained of color, and she wished she could strangle her past self.
Damn it!
She completely forgot!
In her past life, because Fu Sichen and Yu Haitang were over-hyping their romantic pairing, she got jealous and started a cold war with him by fighting.
Regretting it afterward, she had prepared these gifts in advance to make up with him, planning to give them to him at the celebration banquet after he won the award.
He would surely be happy and forgive her.
"Look at what this is," Fu Sichen taunted, waving the note in front of Yu Lizhi.
Ha. And she claimed she didn't care about him?
She clearly loved him to pieces.
Seeing this, Yu Haitang snatched the note and also sneered, "Sister, you really are deeply devoted to Brother Sichen. How touching."
"Yu Haitang, give that back to me!" Yu Lizhi lunged forward to grab the note, desperate to destroy the evidence.
Yu Haitang held the note high up, raising an eyebrow. "Oh my. Sister, what are you blushing for? I am so moved by this deep affection you have for Brother Sichen. How thoughtful."
"Go to hell!"
In a fit of anger and humiliation, Yu Lizhi prepared to splash her red wine onto Yu Haitang, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Bo Yanchi walking in.
With a quick turn of her eyes, she grabbed Yu Haitang's hand and splashed the red wine onto her own face, collapsing weakly to the floor with a dainty cry, "Ah! So cold! So cold!"
Yu Haitang was left dumbfounded by her bizarre antics.
As soon as Bo Yanchi walked through the door, he saw the scene of Yu Lizhi being bullied.
Yu Lizhi hurriedly messed up her hair, pinched her thigh hard to squeeze out a few tears, and lifted her gaze toward Bo Yanchi with a pitiful, delicate expression.
Bo Yanchi's handsome face darkened as he strode over and helped Yu Lizhi to her feet.
"Wuwuwu. A-Yan, I got bullied." Yu Lizhi smoothly hooked her arms around Bo Yanchi's neck, burying herself aggrievedly in his chest as she choked out those words.
In her past life, the more miserable she looked, the more A-Yan's heart ached for her.
Therefore, whenever she could act weak, she acted weak.
Seeing her in such a pathetic state would make him forgive her once again.
"I... I didn't do anything," Yu Haitang defended herself.
Since when did Yu Lizhi become such a toxic green tea?
Bo Yanchi wrapped an arm around Yu Lizhi and cast a cold glance at Yu Haitang. "No matter what, she is still your nominal older sister. She has only moved out; the Yu family hasn't disowned her. If your parents found out about this, guess what would happen?"
"I..." Yu Haitang choked.
Although she was their biological daughter, her emotional bond with her parents still fell far short of the deep connection Yu Lizhi had built growing up in the Yu family.
She could also tell that her parents still hadn't let go of Yu Lizhi.
Having only recently returned to the Yu family, she was still in the stage of cultivating relationships with her parents, and her status as the young heiress was not entirely secure.
Therefore, offending Yu Lizhi right now truly brought her no benefits whatsoever.