Ji Wei struggled to help her friend up. The floor was cold, and there was some water spilled earlier. She couldn’t just let her stay there.
When Xia Duoduo heard the familiar voice, she tried hard to open her bleary eyes. "Little Wei, it’s you... Where... where am I now?"
She looked around in confusion, as if unable to remember where she was.
"You’re drunk. Let me help you out first," Ji Wei said gently and patiently. As she noticed a bump swelling on Xia Duoduo’s temple—likely Jin Xuan’er’s handiwork—her gaze turned ice-cold. She turned sharply to glare at Jin Xuan’er.
"How dare you bully Duoduo! I’ll settle this score with you sooner or later!" Ji Wei said sternly.
"Ha!" Jin Xuan’er sneered dismissively. "You two? Thinking you can go against me? Aren’t you overestimating yourselves?"
Ji Wei had no intention of wasting words with Jin Xuan’er. The most important thing now was to get Xia Duoduo out of here. Who knew if she had other bruises on her body...
Seeing Ji Wei so brazenly taking Xia Duoduo away, Jin Xuan’er stomped her foot in frustration. "You’re not allowed to leave! I haven’t finished talking!"
Saying this, Jin Xuan’er chased after them in her high heels.
As Jin Xuan’er reached out to grab Ji Wei’s arm forcefully, her hand froze mid-air.
She saw, just a few meters away, a man standing outside the restroom. His face was devilishly handsome yet emanated an otherworldly coldness. Upon noticing him, Jin Xuan’er quickly withdrew her hand and hid it behind her back, instinctively raising her other hand to fix her wet hair clinging to her cheek.
Jin Xuan’er called out, her voice suddenly soft and full of affection, her eyes brimming with tenderness.
However, Ye Cheng didn’t even spare her a glance. With utter indifference, he walked straight over to Ji Wei and took Xia Duoduo from her arms.
Seeing Xia Duoduo in her half-drunk, half-unconscious state, his sharp brows barely perceptibly furrowed.
"Duoduo’s drunk, and it seems she also has some bruises. Mr. Ye, it’s best you take her to the hospital for a check-up," Ji Wei advised.
Ye Cheng responded blandly, then supported Xia Duoduo as they disappeared down the corridor.
"Ye Cheng! Ye Cheng! Look at me! Why are you ignoring me?"
Seeing this, Jin Xuan’er anxiously tried to chase after them. She had only taken two steps when Ji Wei forcefully grabbed her wrist.
Jin Xuan’er turned back and shouted angrily, "What are you doing? Let go of me!"
Ji Wei held Jin Xuan’er’s wrist tightly, and the pain twisted Jin Xuan’er’s face grotesquely. "You bullied Duoduo in the restroom just now. Do you really think you can just walk away without facing the consequences?"
"Let me go! Did you hear me?!"
Jin Xuan’er furiously tried to yank Ji Wei’s hand away. Just as she used all her strength to struggle, Ji Wei abruptly released her grip. Before Jin Xuan’er could stumble backward, Ji Wei raised her hand and delivered a resounding slap across her face.
The force of the slap left Jin Xuan’er dazed, collapsing to the ground.
"That slap was for what you did to Duoduo earlier!" Ji Wei said coldly, staring at the woman on the ground.
Clutching the reddened, swollen side of her face, Jin Xuan’er’s eyes burned with fury, as though she wanted to incinerate Ji Wei into ashes.
Through gritted teeth, she slowly got up from the floor, her voice trembling with rage. "Ji Wei, just you wait! I will make you pay for this!"
"Whatever dirty tricks you have, bring them on. You think I’d be afraid?" Ji Wei scoffed coldly.
Suddenly, Jin Xuan’er raised her voice and screamed, "Ji Wei, you’re utterly unworthy of being called a socialite of Rongcheng! You’re even more undeserving of Mr. Gu’s attention! Everyone, take a look at this woman! She might have a pretty, innocent face, but she’s filthy inside. She even recorded obscene videos of herself. God knows how many men have seen her disgraceful body—absolutely disgusting!"