Chapter 550: Beware of Cheating
Chapter 550: Chapter 531: Beware of Cheating
Gu’er looked at Zhang Lili. Zhang Lili wasn’t in a hurry. The ball was in her court now, so she could watch Gu’er panic, watch her helplessness, while she herself could just sit back and enjoy the show.
“Honestly, if you’re not worried, then what do we have to worry about?”
Gu’er said this, then relaxed her body and leaned back against the chair. She continued, “You’re a woman, and a celebrity at that. If you cause a scene, you’re the one who will look bad. So what if you say something? The worst that could happen is people find out you dated Li Zhi. But he never touched you, so you can’t say he abandoned you. Li Zhi did nothing to wrong you. On the contrary, for a great beauty like you, the fact that Li Zhi wasn’t even interested… what does that say? It says there’s something wrong with *you*.”
Gu’er paused here, looking at Zhang Lili, whose expression had started to change. Gu’er paid it no mind and went on, “Are you trying to embarrass the Li Family? But what’s there to be embarrassed about? If people find out you and Li Zhi used to date, they’ll just say Li Zhi has character, that he’s a hero for being able to resist the temptation of a beauty like you. They won’t say a single bad word about him. Or maybe you want to make the bride angry and put her in an awkward position? You’re mistaken there. I can tell you for a fact, she won’t be. She may be younger than you and not as good of an actress, but you can’t shake her resolve. Since she’s committed to Li Zhi, she won’t be swayed by you. When the time comes, the one who’ll be embarrassed and angry won’t be her, but you. So why should I be in any hurry?”
After speaking, Gu’er looked at Zhang Lili mockingly. ‘Zhang Lili wants to intimidate me? No way!’ Previously, she had been worried Zhang Lili would cause a scene and say something outrageous, but now she wasn’t afraid. Just as she had said, the one who would end up embarrassed was Zhang Lili.
Zhang Lili’s earlier relaxed demeanor and smile vanished. She had come today to cause trouble. In the years she’d been away, she had become a star, made some money, and gained some powerful backers. This return was her homecoming in glory, and she intended to crush everyone who had looked down on her, offended her, or treated her poorly under her heel.
She had already arranged for people to deal with her stepfather. Seeing him covered in wounds, kneeling before her and begging for mercy, was the only thing that made her feel vindicated.
As for her family, they had never been close to her. Now, they were both afraid of her and drawn to her—afraid she would deal with them next, and drawn to the money she had. She couldn’t care less about any of them.
Then there was Lan Hua, who had embarrassed her before. When Lan Hua saw her this time, she was disgustingly sycophantic, constantly trying to curry favor. But Zhang Lili didn’t let her off the hook. She knew that all the nasty rumors about her that had suddenly spread through the streets back then were started by Lan Hua. So, she played a little trick that made Lan Hua’s husband turn on her and give her a beating. Seeing Lan Hua run to her, her face bruised and swollen, was truly satisfying. She wanted them all to live miserable lives.
Then she thought of Li Zhi. How dare he reject her back then? She would make him regret it. But the Li Family’s connections in this city were too deep-rooted for her to shake. Trying to take down Li Zhi in this city was impossible. At this thought, Zhang Lili felt a bit deflated.
However, she had just heard that Li Zhi was getting married to some girl from a village with no background to speak of. This made Zhang Lili even more resentful. ‘In what way am I inferior to her?’ She refused to accept it. She was here today to make a scene. She wanted to make Li Zhi see for himself who was more beautiful: her, or the wife he was about to marry. She would outshine his bride, make everyone see that Li Zhi was blind, and then she would hold her head high and look down on them all.
Beyond that, she wanted to embarrass the Li Family and ruin the relationship between Li Zhi and his new wife. ‘If the new bride knows that Li Zhi once had a beauty like me, it will always be a thorn in her side. She’ll inevitably cause trouble, and over time, Li Zhi’s life will surely become difficult. The couple will constantly fight.’ That was exactly what she wanted. ‘If I can’t take you down, I’ll make your life miserable. I’ll make sure you never have another good day.’
So, she came. But before she could even see Li Zhi, she was intercepted by Gu’er. And now, Gu’er’s words were making her extremely uncomfortable.
“You must be joking, sister. I have no such intentions.”
Zhang Lili suppressed her anger and forced a smile back onto her face. She hadn’t even met the man of the hour yet. She couldn’t let herself be defeated by Gu’er.
“Whether you do or not, you know in your heart. I just hope you think this through. You’ve made a career for yourself now. If you focus on developing it, your future is limitless. Don’t ruin your own path. Or… are you planning to use today’s events to generate publicity for yourself? Trying to get in the news? I’m afraid negative press wouldn’t be very good for your image, though.”
Gu’er had completely calmed down by now. She felt that the one who should be afraid was Zhang Lili, not them.
Zhang Lili bit her lip. ‘This Gu’er is infuriating. She was the one who embarrassed me last time. She’s even more detestable than Li Zhi and his bride. I can’t let her stay so smug.’ But she also knew she couldn’t touch Gu’er. She’d had someone look into it—Gu’er was Lin Shan’s wife, putting her in a completely different league. Still, just looking at Gu’er’s face made her blood boil. ‘Why does she get to live such a good life? What if I ruined it for her?’
Zhang Lili looked Gu’er up and down. To be fair, Gu’er was quite good-looking, but she still wasn’t as beautiful as Zhang Lili herself. However, Zhang Lili’s gaze lingered on Gu’er’s chest—she was more well-endowed.
“Sister, I heard you have a child now, don’t you?” Zhang Lili said to Gu’er, her tone suddenly shifting. “A woman’s energy is focused on her child… you should be careful your man doesn’t start messing around on the side.”
Gu’er looked at Zhang Lili and suddenly smiled. “Messing around? How so? Are you talking about a woman like you trying to seduce him?”
Zhang Lili didn’t blush or get angry at Gu’er’s words. In the years she’d spent making a name for herself and getting into acting, what had she relied on? Her pretty face and her body. Plenty of women had been jealous of her and insulted her. If she got angry at every little thing, she would have died of rage long ago.
“A woman like me might not be ‘good,’ but some men just happen to like it. Sister, what do you think? Would your husband ever stray?”
As she finished, she put on a smile that was a mixture of innocence, beauty, and seduction.
‘I’d love to just slap her across the face,’ Gu’er thought. ‘This woman is getting more and more shameless.’
“I know my husband. He wouldn’t be interested in a woman like you. Even if he were drunk, even if you were lying there naked waiting for him, he wouldn’t touch you. Because he’d find you filthy.”
Gu’er said coldly. Since Zhang Lili had served herself up for humiliation, she shouldn’t complain about the harshness of the words.
Sure enough, Zhang Lili’s expression changed. Gu’er’s words were truly vicious. She could ignore people saying she seduced someone, but to suggest that a man wouldn’t want her even if she were lying there naked—that was a humiliation, a blow she couldn’t accept. She had always been confident in her looks, believing that any normal man would be captivated by her and fall at her feet.
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