After Black Moonlight revealed her true feelings, everyone panicked.

Xia Youyou felt a little aggrieved, "But I genuinely consider Sijian a good friend."

Shen Baolin: "Hehe, good friends should be like me and A-Jian, loudly telling everyone, do you dare?"

Lu Sijian: "..."

Why did these two suddenly start battling each other?

No, isn't Xia Youyou and I in a mutually beneficial relationship?

Shen Baolin couldn't help but feel a little smug. "See? You don't dare tell anyone. Who knows what your intentions are?"

[What's Shen Baolin so smug about? Wasn't she just trying to elevate Mu Liangyue while putting me down? Now she's claiming we're good friends. What's her true intention?]

Shen Baolin: "..."

What else could his intentions be? Of course, he didn't want her to be deceived by Xia Youyou!

"Sijian, it's not that I don't want to tell Manman, but I need more time. After all, Manman has helped me a lot, and she has a deep prejudice against you... But you are so good, I believe that as long as the prejudice is removed, Manman will definitely like you!"

Lu Sijian maintained her smile: "Okay, I believe you."

Shen Baolin rolled her eyes: "I advise you not to believe it. It's impossible for you and Lian Buman to become friends."

Lu Sijian probably doesn't know that Lian Buman almost got engaged to Lou Xiao, right?

At that time, not only did Lian Buman secretly fall in love with Lou, but the Lian family even took the initiative to find a matchmaker to go to the Lou family, intending to finalize the marriage agreement first.

At that time, Lou Xiao could not be said to be completely unmoved; at least he did not oppose the marriage alliance. It was only after he fell in love with Lu Sijian that his attitude turned completely indifferent.

If it weren't for Lu Sijian's interference, Lian Buman would have been Lou Xiao's fiancée long ago.

This incident will always be a thorn in their side, making it impossible for them to ever become friends.

Xia Youyou knew exactly what she was referring to and gave her a warning glare.

Shen Baolin glared back defiantly, and their eyes met as if sparks were flying.

Lu Sijian stood up abruptly: "Excuse me, I need to go to the restroom."

Xia Youyou quickly got up and followed, saying, "I'm going to the restroom too."

Shen Baolin sneered. She wouldn't go with them. Xia Youyou was always sneaking around when they met, so how could she dare to walk out openly with Lu Sijian?

As she expected, Lu Sijian returned shortly afterward, but Xia Youyou was nowhere to be found.

"Jian, it sounds like there's dancing downstairs, let's go down," Shen Baolin suggested.

A scream suddenly came from downstairs.

Shen Baolin recognized the voice and peeked over, her expression immediately changing.

She turned around abruptly and looked at Lu Sijian beside her.

Lu Sijian was also looking downstairs.

[I knew something was missing today's plot: the female lead gets bullied, but someone quickly stands up for her and retaliates—it may be late, but it's finally happening.]

Downstairs, Lian Buman bumped into Mu Liangyue for some reason.

Lian Buman glanced at the hem of her clothes, then sneered, took the red wine from the waiter's tray, and splashed it directly onto Mu Liangyue's face.

The scream came from Mu Liangyue. She hadn't reacted yet and was a little dazed from being splashed.

"Miss Lian, how could you do this?" Mu Liangyue was so angry that she almost cried, looking at the hem of the skirt. This skirt was borrowed from someone else.

Now that it's dirty, what will she offer as compensation?

Lian Buman said impatiently, "I'm being lenient by not slapping you. Who told you to get my skirt dirty?"

"But you were the one blocking the way, preventing anyone from passing, which is why Liangyue accidentally spilled the wine on you," a man next to Mu Liangyue whispered.

Lian Buman is simply abusing her power to bully others!

"This isn't her home, what's the point of deliberately blocking other people's way?"

"They're definitely picking a fight on purpose; it's going too far."

"She's always been like this; she enjoys bullying people from families less well-off than her."

Xia Youyou: "You're talking nonsense! Our Manman isn't that kind of person. Besides, she was the one who peeked at Song Xiuran first!"

Mu Liangyue paused, her eyes widening in disbelief: "Can't I even take a look?"

"No way! He's mine. What do you mean by staring at him like that? Are you trying to poach him?" Lian Buman said irritably.

Mu Liangyue's face flushed with anger: "I wasn't staring at him the whole time. He looked at me first, and then I looked at him. Besides, I only glanced at him because he looked familiar."

Lian Buman: "Hehe, that's such a cliché excuse. You think he looks familiar? Do you also think he looks like your first love?"

"Really!" Mu Liangyue exclaimed anxiously, "I just think his profile looks a bit like Mr. Lou's."

The room fell silent after those words were spoken.

Lu Sijian and Shen Baolin arrived at this time.

Lian Buman paused for a moment before realizing who Mr. Lou she was referring to.

She glanced at Lu Sijian, her face extremely ugly. "I'm warning you, you can take medicine however you want, but you can't say whatever you want! Our Xiu Ran doesn't resemble anyone else. You're spreading rumors, do you understand?"

Shen Baolin: "You know perfectly well whether she's spreading rumors or not. You're allowed to find a body double, but others aren't allowed to say anything?"

Lian Buman rolled her eyes: "I don't understand what you're saying, how boring. Xiu Ran, let's go!"

She was about to turn around with her boyfriend when she saw Lou Xiao and Lou Changling walking towards them.

[The infamous "battle royale" scene is here! It's over, Lian Buman is about to get a slap in the face.]

Lu Sijian looked at Lian Buman with some sympathy.

Shen Baolin glanced at her expression and was speechless. Why do you care about Lian Buman?

Right now, the person Lian Buman hates the most is you. Do you have the right to sympathize with her?

"What happened?" Lou Changling asked first.

Lu Sijian volunteered: "The incident should be like this: Mr. Song glanced at Liang Yue a few times, and Liang Yue also felt that his profile looked familiar, so she looked at him a few more times. Miss Lian probably felt that she had misunderstood, so she stood there and didn't leave, which caused Liang Yue to accidentally bump into him and spill wine on her dress; Miss Lian thought that she did it on purpose, so she also spilled the wine in her hand back."

Shen Baolin was speechless; she'd never seen anyone so wishy-washy. "So you mean, nobody's wrong?"

"Of course! It was just a misunderstanding. We can still be friends after talking it out." Lu Sijian said matter-of-factly.

Shen Baolin sneered; it would be strange if Lian Buman could accept this explanation.

Among this group of women, who is as obsessed with love as Lian Buman?

She usually cherishes her boyfriend, and last time she secretly glanced at him, she got scolded. Now that Lu Sijian is blaming her boyfriend for the whole thing, how could Lian Buman not be furious?

Xia Youyou also glanced at Lian Buman with some concern, wondering how she should put out the fire later.

Lu Sijian's words seemed fair, but in fact they directed the criticism at Song Xiuran.

Song Xiuran is the kind of person who would report anyone who even glanced at him, so how could he possibly be willing to take the blame?

"I didn't look at her first!" Sure enough, Song Xiuran was eager to distance himself from the situation.

Lian Buman remained calm: "Perhaps you accidentally glanced at her first."

Xia Youyou was surprised that she accepted this statement so easily.

Shen Baolin quickly realized that the stand-in was less important because Lou Xiao, the main character, was present.