Tang Jingming hadn't expected to hear such explosive news.
But he couldn't help doubting its authenticity.
After all, if Shi Mei was able to marry Shi Lingyan, her family's conditions surely couldn't be too bad.
No matter what, it couldn't be possible that they were so poor they couldn't even afford high school tuition, right?
Seeing Tang Jingming silent, Xie Fangfang added, "Everyone in our school knows about this, Mr. Tang. She's quite wild, but... alas, now she seems to be different from before."
At this moment, Shi Mei's clothes were smeared with cake. Although much of it had been wiped away, the stains and smell still lingered.
Shi Mei pursed her lips, her voice delicate, "I need to pee."
Tang Jingming: "... Uh." That was something he definitely couldn't accompany her to.
Xie Fangfang looked intently at Shi Mei's tender, rosy cheeks, which were so soft they seemed almost pinchable. Beneath the table, her hand silently clenched, "I'll take her."
Shi Mei had been to this hotel more than once.
The first floor housed a café, and the second and third floors were restaurants, each level equipped with restrooms.
But Xie Fangfang led her to the third floor.
When they reached the bathroom, Xie Fangfang deliberately walked slowly before suddenly turning around and shouting, "Lin Hang!"
Shi Mei was caught off guard and startled, instinctively stepping backward.
However, the name "Lin Hang" seemed to penetrate her heart, causing a sharp pang of pain.
Pushing down this strange emotion, Shi Mei lifted her head, clutching her little stomach, and pouting. Her eyes welled with tears as she looked at Xie Fangfang as if she had been greatly wronged, too angry to speak.
Xie Fangfang stared at her intensely, trying to find any hint of pretense on her face.
Not the slightest trace.
Even the reaction she should have had upon hearing that name did not manifest in the slightest.
Xie Fangfang's doubts instantly dissipated, and she let out a smug laugh, stepping closer, "Shi Mei, you've finally met your day."
Shi Mei stood on her tiptoes, stomping her foot slightly, her voice filled with grievance, "Shi Mei needs to pee, Auntie, help me take off my pants."
Hearing the word 'auntie' again, Xie Fangfang's face turned dark with anger, "Who the fuck is your auntie, you wretched bitch! I really don't get what they all see in you; now with your brain not even working properly, you still managed to snag a big fish like Tang Jingming!"
Shi Mei seemed not to understand what she said at all, whimpering and holding her stomach, her gaze continuously shifting inside.
Xie Fangfang's face showed obvious pleasure, "You finally got what's coming to you, thought you were so high and mighty, huh?"
Her voice was filled with malice as she pulled out her phone, "Come on, let the camera see you, I'll let all our old classmates see what you've turned into now."
It was as though Shi Mei couldn't hold back anymore; the moment Xie Fangfang took out her phone, she charged at her.
Xie Fangfang had just started recording a video when she was knocked off balance.
Her hand loosened, and her phone clattered into a corner.
Xie Fangfang, pained by the loss, screeched, "That's my brand new phone, I've had it for less than two days!" As she yelled, she dragged Shi Mei back, "Bitch, pick it up for me now!"
Suddenly, Shi Mei let out a low chuckle.
Xie Fangfang was startled and before she could recover, she was flung out.
A sensation of weightlessness followed.
Xie Fangfang screamed in terror, "Ah!"
Xie Fangfang's head burst through the slightly ajar door of the toilet stall and she landed on the toilet, the intense pain momentarily dazing her.
Before she could recover, her head was pinned down by a foot, and a cold voice came from above, "You've been quite high and mighty lately, haven't you, 'auntie'?"