As they spoke, the car had already arrived at the venue.
Fu Sichen straightened his suit and offered his arm to Yu Haitang as they stepped out of the vehicle.
"Oh? Who's that?"
"It's Fu Sichen and Yu Haitang!"
The reporters spotted the pair first and instantly perged up, raising their cameras to snap rapid-fire pictures.
This was bound to be a good show now that all four of them were gathered here.
The moment Yu Lizhi saw Fu Sichen, she would definitely come crawling back to him like a desperate puppy.
Let's see how she was going to salvage her little stunt with Bo Yanchi from earlier.
Fu Sichen and Yu Haitang walked the red carpet together in a display of intimacy.
Their online shippers went wild.
[Ahhhh! Sichen and Haitang are the absolute best! So sweet, so sweet!]
[What a picture-perfect match! I hope that thirsty leech Yu Lizhi stops making a fool of herself! Can't she tell how much Bao despises her?]
[Exactly! Anyone trying to break up my OTP will meet their end! Clinging on like that is just pathetic. Have some dignity, woman!]
The two recently starred in a hit drama called Fatal Lover as the main lead couple, featuring a massive amount of intimate scenes and kisses.
They had reeled in a huge horde of shippers who constantly chanted for Yu Lizhi to get lost and stop harassing Fu Sichen.
When Yu Lizhi saw those comments, she completely snapped and had a vicious fight with Fu Sichen.
They had been in a cold war for days.
Seeing Yu Lizhi here on the red carpet, Fu Sichen wore a freezing expression and refused to even spare her a glance.
He was waiting for Yu Lizhi to come and apologize to him first.
Yu Lizhi's attention was entirely focused on Bo Yanchi anyway, so she had no mood to deal with Fu Sichen. Her mind was still wandering as she dreamily replayed that fleeting kiss from earlier, and she instinctively licked the corner of her lips.
Mm!
She wanted so badly...
She wanted to kiss him again.
She hadn't gotten enough of it just now.
Yu Haitang smiled sweetly as she looped her arm through Fu Sichen's, her eyes flashing with provocation as they passed by Yu Lizhi.
Seeing that Yu Lizhi was putting on an act of utter indifference, Yu Haitang's eyes rolled as she deliberately twisted her ankle in her high heels, let out a dramatic gasp, and tumbled directly into Fu Sichen's arms.
Fu Sichen instantly wrapped an arm around her waist, gazing down at Yu Haitang with a deliberately gentle tone: "Haitang, are you alright?"
By acting so intimate with Yu Haitang right in front of Yu Lizhi, he wanted to spite her.
She shouldn't think she was the only one who could play this game.
If she wanted to use Bo Yanchi to grab his attention, he would use Yu Haitang to knock her down a peg.
"Honey~ Hold me."
Yu Lizhi decisively locked her arms around Bo Yanchi's waist, burying herself against his chest with a sweet smile on her lips as she greedily breathed in his scent.
Mm.
She still had the chance to hold Bo Yanchi like this and listen to his steady, powerful heartbeat.
It was wonderful.
Bo Yanchi felt not a shred of joy at her sudden embrace. In his eyes, the only reason Yu Lizhi was doing this was to spite Fu Sichen.
He was just a tool to her.
Just another pawn in their little game.
A wave of sour bitterness welled up in his chest. Bo Yanchi raised a hand, his slender fingertips poking Yu Lizhi's cheek in an attempt to push her away. With his thin lips pressed tightly together and a cold tone laced with faint mockery, he said, "Fu Sichen is here. Don't hug the wrong guy."
"I didn't hug the wrong guy. I want to hug you."
Yu Lizhi buried her cheek deeper into his warm chest, shaking her head vigorously like a bobblehead. "Who the hell is Fu Sichen? Never heard of him, we're not close."
Bo Yanchi: "..."
Did Yu Lizhi even realize what she was saying?
Was she not afraid of making Fu Sichen furious?
She called him a nobody?
Never heard of him?
Hearing this, veins bulged on Fu Sichen's forehead. He had originally planned to give Yu Lizhi the cold shoulder, but that instant fury snapped his control as he roared, "Yu Lizhi, you've got a death wish. Since you're going to pretend you don't know me, you'd better not come crawling back on your knees begging for my forgiveness later!"
"Ah!"
As if deeply startled, Yu Lizhi clutched her little chest and plastered herself to Bo Yanchi's waist like a koala, whining aggrievedly.
"Oh dear. Honey, I'm scared. Honey, he's so terrifying. Did you hear that dog barking? I'm so scared he's going to bite me."
Fu Sichen was nearly driven to madness by her. Beyond the point of restraint, he strode over and roughly tried to yank her away. "Yu Lizhi, how dare you insult me? Get over here and apologize to me right now, or I will never forgive you."
To think she would mock him as a dog in front of so many people!
He was going to teach her a harsh lesson today whether she liked it or not!
"Are you going over there?"
His throat bobbing, Bo Yanchi stared down at Yu Lizhi with dark, brooding eyes. His hands were clenched into tight fists, his knuckles turning pale, and he had to take several deep breaths just to suppress the overwhelming urge to pull her tightly against him and keep Fu Sichen from taking her away.
He desperately wanted to keep Yu Lizhi from going back to Fu Sichen to be humiliated. He had actually acted on that impulse once before when he couldn't bear watching her get manipulated by his psychological games.
Yet, after the two of them made up, Yu Lizhi had instead blamed him for meddling like a busybody sticking his nose where it didn't belong.
So this time, he chose to respect her own wishes.
Though god knows why her brain was broken and her eyes were blind for falling for such a piece of trash.
"No—"
Yu Lizhi replied with absolute firmness, holding onto Bo Yanchi with a death grip and refusing to let go. "Honey, I only want you! I'm not going over there!"
The moment the words left her mouth, she was still rudely yanked off Bo Yanchi's body by Fu Sichen, who commanded her with the arrogant tone of someone tossing out a scrap of charity.
"Yu Lizhi, apologize to me, and I'll forgive you."
"Are you out of your damn mind? I'll apologize to your mother!"
Pushed past her breaking point, Yu Lizhi ripped the high heel off her foot and hurled it straight at Fu Sichen, her teeth grinding in sheer hatred.
"Apologize! Apologize! You want me to apologize so bad? I'll smash your face in! What kind of god-forsaken garbage do you think you are? Did I give you permission to act so high and mighty? Do I look like I need your forgiveness? Even gold prospectors couldn't dig up a mental case like you! You're ruining the mood between me and my husband! Get lost!"
Living this life all over again, she didn't care about being polite anymore. That piece of trash had ruined her in her past life, and in this one, she was going to run him straight into the grave!
Caught completely off guard, Fu Sichen took a heavy blow to the forehead and stumbled back a step, letting out a sharp gasp of pain as he glared at her in a mix of shock and fury. "Yu Lizhi, have you lost your mind?"
"That's right, I've lost my mind—driven completely insane by trash like you." Yu Lizhi sneered.
"Ah!"
Yu Haitang let out a startled cry, rushing over to support Fu Sichen with a look of agonizing heartache. "Brother Sichen, are you alright?"
Then, she shot a reproachful glare at Yu Lizhi.
"Sister. How could you hit Brother Sichen? Stop making such a scene with him. There's nothing going on between him and me, it's strictly a professional collaboration. You're going way too far!"
That sickeningly fake green-tea tone nearly made Yu Lizhi laugh out loud. She flashed a sweet smile and called out, "Oh, Yu Haitang."
"Sister, hurry up and apologize to Brother Sichen. He'll forgive you." Yu Haitang kept up her act of persuasion, though her eyes flickered with hidden provocation.
"You can get lost too! Eat my other shoe with your big fake face!"
Yu Lizhi kicked off her remaining high heel and hurled it forward with full force, hitting Yu Haitang square in the forehead.
"Ah."
Clutching her face, Yu Haitang let out a cry of pain, her eyes widening in disbelief. "Sister, you..."
Barefoot, Yu Lizhi walked over to retrieve her shoes, pausing only to spit forcefully right in Yu Haitang's face.
"Ptoo, ptoo, ptoo. Don't call me sister, looking at your green-tea act makes me want to vomit. Why don't you and this scumbag Fu Sichen pack up and get lost together. If I ever see you again, next time it won't just be spit—I'm shoving an automatic umbrella straight up your ass and opening it."
Stripped of her hypocritical mask, Yu Haitang let out a piercing shriek: "Yu Lizhi, you absolute lunatic..."