After Black Moonlight revealed her true feelings, everyone panicked.

Shen Baolin had a premonition that the marriage between the Lou and Lian families would definitely cause a stir at today's banquet.

Today's banquet was organized by Lou Changling, who calls himself a friend of women. His friends are mostly single, wealthy women, and even more socialites and noblewomen.

This group of people, having nothing better to do, like to get together and gossip about other people.

If this matter is not stopped in time, who knows how many rumors and gossip will arise.

However, she didn't intend to interfere. It was time for Lu Sijian to bear the backlash from public opinion for what she had done back then.

He had carried the blame for his discord with Lian Buman for so many years because of her, and now it was time to take that blame off his shoulders.

In the restroom, several people unexpectedly met.

Lian Buman was washing her hands with her head down when Xia Youyou whispered something. She looked up and glared fiercely at Shen Baolin.

Shen Baolin: "..."

She had originally intended to leave on her own, but after thinking about it, she turned around and came back.

Lian Buman looked at her warily: "What do you want to do? Do you want to start a fight?"

"Lian Buman, if you think about it carefully, there's really no deep-seated hatred between us. Even if we can't be friends, we shouldn't be enemies, right?" Shen Baolin tried her best to speak calmly.

Lian Buman frowned slightly: "Why did you suddenly say that? Could it be that you have some kind of conspiracy?"

Shen Baolin also knew that the two had a deep-seated grudge and too many misunderstandings, so it was normal for Bu Man to have a bad attitude.

But she is no longer the naive girl who blindly helps her friends. Even if Bu Man is unfriendly, she is willing to be more generous and try to resolve the conflict.

Shen Baolin: "I just feel that we don't need to continue being hostile. Anyway, whether you believe it or not, I will not take the initiative to target you in the future."

Lian Buman pursed her lips and suddenly asked, "Who told you to say that?"

Shen Baolin was stunned for a moment, then realized that she should be asking about her mother, right?

Although Yao Yao had left long ago, he had attended the banquet, so it was normal for Lian Buman to know.

Lian Buman probably misunderstood that the two families' parents wanted them to mend their relationship, and felt that her words today were entirely out of consideration for the family's interests, and that she didn't want to make enemies everywhere.

“No one made me say this; I just said it because I wanted to,” Shen Baolin said with a smile.

Even Bu Man definitely doesn't want their parents to interfere in their affairs; they're both the same in this respect, otherwise they wouldn't have been fighting each other to the death for so many years.

Shen Baolin: "By the way, here's a piece of advice for you: be careful of the people around you, and don't believe others' attempts to sow discord."

As she spoke, she gave Xia Youyou a deep look.

She suspected that what happened today might have been intentionally orchestrated by Xia Youyou.

Mu Liangyue wasn't the kind of person who lacked discretion. If Song Xiuran hadn't suddenly stared at her, she wouldn't have rashly looked at him.

As far as she knew, Song Xiuran might not be truly honest. At least he had a good relationship with Xia Youyou, that innocent girl. If Xia Youyou deliberately stirred things up, Song Xiuran might fall for it.

Lu Sijian only needs to use Xia Youyou, who has ulterior motives, to easily achieve his goal of sitting on the sidelines and watching the tigers fight.

After saying that, Shen Baolin turned and left gracefully. She had already tried her best to show goodwill, and she believed that as long as Lian Buman wasn't stupid, she wouldn't insist on fighting with her.

After all, the person the other party should really hate is Lu Sijian, not her.

"What does she mean?" Jiang Yuan looked at Xia Youyou suspiciously. "Youyou, you seem to be acting a little strange lately."

Xia Youyou's heart skipped a beat: "What could be so strange about me?"

"No? I think I saw you with Lu Sijian today..."

"You must have seen wrong." Xia Youyou tried to remain calm, but her heart was pounding wildly.

Jiang Yuan actually saw it? When did this happen, and what did she see?

Lian Buman suddenly sneered: "Is Shen Baolin sick in the head? Who wants to shake hands and make peace with her, Shen Jin!"

Xia Youyou was a little worried. Even Shen Baolin's initiative to show goodwill was useless. Just how much psychological trauma did Lu Sijian's act of stealing Lian Buman's love back then cause?

If Lian Buman refuses to reconcile with Lu Sijian, what should I do?

Lian Buman didn't pay attention this time, but if Lian Buman pressed her for details next time, she couldn't guarantee she could keep it a secret.

She really liked Lu Sijian, but it wouldn't be true to say that she only used Lian Buman and had no genuine feelings for her.

After all, only sincerity can win sincerity. If she hadn't been genuinely good to Lian Buman, the other party wouldn't have been her friend for so many years.

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As the banquet drew to a close, many people began to leave.

Lou Changling took Lou Xiao upstairs to drink and talk, while Lu Sijian, unable to find them, sat downstairs and waited.

She was sitting in a very secluded spot; at least the people outside the greenery who were talking badly about her didn't notice her.

"Zhao Ke, do you know something?"

"Why is everyone saying that Lian Buman almost married Xiao Ge?"

"Liangyue won't say anything, but I feel something's wrong. Has she been bullied?"

"He Wenyuan said that Lu Sijian has always been jealous of Liang Yue. At the last jewelry exhibition, she instigated Lian Buman to snatch Liang Yue's necklace. Today, Liang Yue is dressed so beautifully, how could she let it go? The dress incident must be her conspiracy!"

Zhao Ke sighed, "Since you've all guessed it, I won't hide it from you anymore. Actually... Lu Sijian wanted to kill two birds with one stone."

"So it really was Lu Sijian who was behind this? So the rumors that she was a homewrecker and stole someone else's love are true?"

Everyone gasped!

"How old was she back then? Sixteen or seventeen, I guess. When everyone was only thinking about studying and taking the college entrance exam, she was already thinking about seducing someone else's fiancé?"

"Heh, what a reputation as the number one socialite in Yuncheng. It's all just hype. She's just good at charming men."

"Wouldn't Shen Baolin be devastated? She idolizes Lu Sijian, but Lu Sijian is secretly trying to seduce her cousin behind her back."

"Poor Shen Baolin, she doesn't even know that Lian Buman's discord with her is because of Lu Sijian, does she?"

"What nonsense are you spouting!" The sudden female voice startled Lu Sijian, who quickly pushed aside the greenery to look over.

Lian Buman walked over at some point, clearly very angry.

Zhao Ke stubbed out her cigarette, unconcerned. "Lian Buman, you're here. But don't be angry, we didn't say anything bad about you."

The men realized what was happening and echoed each other's sentiments.

"Yes, Lian Buman, we're all standing up for you."

"You're so pitiful. Xiao Ge was such a good marriage prospect, but he was snatched away by a scheming woman."

"Actually, you still can't forget Xiao Ge after all these years, right? Sigh, it's such a pity. If only you were Xiao Ge's fiancée."

Lian Buman frowned: "Idiot, shut up!"

"We're trying to defend you, why are you swearing at us!" Several men immediately became displeased, glaring at Lian Buman with hostility.

You're usually so arrogant, but now you don't even have a single girlfriend. Do you really think we're afraid of you?

Lian Buman: "I didn't swear, I was just stating the facts. You're all a bunch of idiots!"

"Who asked you to stand up for me? Why should I? Just because you can spread rumors and slander?"