Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
There was a swing on the balcony. Qin Zhi’ai let her guard down and stopped pretending she was okay as she walked closer to the swing. She fell hard into the seat.
She grabbed the chains hard and rested her head on the arm. She started to tremble.
Her breathing became heavier because of the pain. She even moaned at the end as she felt her stomach turning, making her want to throw up.
She hadn’t take any painkillers and had drank some cold wine with Gu Yusheng, which made her hurt more for a while before she felt a little better.
Her clothes were wet from her cold sweat. The pain was so bad that it felt like she had just escaped death. She weakly tucked herself into the swing with her eyes closed. She breathed slowly.
There was an unexpected guest after a short while of peace.
Not just one, but a few guests.
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Jiang Qianqian came to that night’s party as well. She was touching up her makeup in the restroom with her friends when Qin Zhi’ai walked into the ballroom with Gu Yusheng. When Jiang Qianqian walked out of the restroom, Qin Zhi’ai had gone to the balcony.
She knew “Liang Doukou” was at the party through a friend. Her friend had told her she saw her cousin, “Liang Doukou,” sitting downstairs when she went to smoke on the balcony in the north wing.
Jiang Qianqian was shocked for a second after she heard this. She ran over to take a look, noticing “Liang Doukou” was sitting there by herself on the balcony as her friend had claimed. She didn’t know what “Liang Doukou” was doing there. She shook her wine glass with a plan in her head, her eyes moving around. She called her friends over. She said something to them after gathering them together. They laughed and walked out of the door to the north, then walked upstairs to the balcony where Qin Zhi’ai was.
As the dressed up women entered, the quiet balcony suddenly became busy and loud.
Qin Zhi’ai frowned and lifted her head from her arm. The moment she saw Jiang Qianqian, she stood up from the swing without any hesitation.
She didn’t feel good at this moment, so it would be wise to stay away from them.
Qin Zhi’ai tried to walk out of the balcony after she saw them coming in. She had tried her best to avoid them. As she walked past them, a young girl moved a few steps closer to her on purpose, knocking into her.
Qin Zhi’ai was weak from menstrual pain. She almost fell on the floor. Luckily, she stepped back in time and fell on the railing.
The young girl who knocked her screamed loudly, “Oops.” She looked annoyed and yelled at Qin Zhi’ai, “What are you doing? Didn’t you see me? Do you even know how to walk?”
Qin Zhi’ai didn’t look up until the young girl stopped her shouting. She slowly took a look at the girl.
If she remembered correctly, this young girl’s name was Yu Shali. She was a good friend of Jiang Qianqian, as close as Xu Wenduan was to her.