After Black Moonlight revealed her true feelings, everyone panicked.

The men's faces flushed red and then turned pale; even Bu Man was being incredibly disrespectful to them.

Zhao Ke, unable to contain herself any longer, said, "Lian Buman, don't take your anger out on us just because you were dumped by Xiao Ge back then! The truth will come out eventually. Everyone's talking about this tonight, it's not just us!"

Lian Buman was even angrier: "You still say you didn't spread rumors? When did Lou Xiao dump me?"

Zhao Ke: "What are you afraid to admit? Lu Sijian knows that you and Xiao Ge almost got engaged. She sees you as a thorn in her side and is trying to get you to go after Liang Yue."

Lian Buman's expression froze for a moment. "You mean Lu Sijian sees me as a thorn in her side?"

"Otherwise what? You're rivals for her affections, do you think she'd still be friends with you?"

Lu Sijian: "..."

I inexplicably felt like I'd been shot in the knee.

[He's right. Xia Youyou and I can still work together for mutual benefit, but there's absolutely no way we could work together with Lian Buman.]

[Leaving aside past grievances, our personalities are simply incompatible.]

Suddenly hearing a sound coming from behind the green plants, Lian Buman was startled.

"Who's there?" she asked instinctively, then realized the voice sounded so familiar...

When Zhao Ke and the others heard Lian Buman's questioning voice, they realized that there seemed to be someone behind the green plants.

Some people have bad tempers and immediately exploded, yelling, "Get out here!"

Lian Buman suddenly realized whose voice it was and hurriedly spread her arms to block it: "Wait a minute!"

Just then, someone grabbed an ashtray from the table and smashed it over someone's head.

[Oh no, Lian Buman is going to get hit!]

Here it comes again! She heard that voice again! Lian Buman looked completely bewildered.

Lu Sijian was truly speechless. How could someone see an ashtray coming at them and not dodge? She hurriedly pulled Lian Buman aside.

Lian Buman seemed to suddenly realize something, abruptly breaking free from her hand and pushing her aside.

Lu Sijian fell to the ground with the green plants, her palm landing on the broken pieces of the flowerpot. A sharp pain shot through her; she knew without looking that she had cut herself several times.

Zhao Ke looked at her with a complicated expression: "So you were hiding here eavesdropping."

Lu Sijian felt a bit of pain from the boomerang, and she tried to explain, "I didn't eavesdrop. I was here first. You guys suddenly came over here to talk, and I couldn't just run out and interrupt you."

Zhao Ke glanced behind the greenery and realized that they had indeed blocked the exit, so Lu Sijian couldn't leave even if she wanted to.

"Lian Buman, why did you deliberately push her down?" Zhang Liang asked with a gloating expression, hiding in the crowd.

Although he regretted that the ashtray hadn't hit Lian Buman, it was still good that Lu Sijian was unlucky.

He had disliked Lian Buman for a long time. What right did this woman have to be so arrogant? What kind of eldest daughter of the Lian family was she? She didn't act like a proper young lady at all.

He even called him an idiot just now; this is intolerable!

Now that Lian Buman has pushed Lu Sijian down, this is going to be a good show. It would be best if the two of them started fighting right now, the kind where they're all bloodied and battered.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Lian Buman was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly went forward to help Lu Sijian up.

Lu Sijian was just about to get up on her own when she bumped into Lian Buman's nose. Lian Buman's nose stung, and tears welled up in her eyes.

The crowd that rushed over after hearing the commotion looked at Lu Sijian and Lian Buman in shock.

"Did those two have a fight?" someone exclaimed in surprise.

Sheng Lan felt that given the situation on the ground, a fight was definitely inevitable!

Good heavens, the two female protagonists who have been gossiping all night are now having a hair-tearing match here!

The fight was quite intense. One of them was probably slapped and was covering his face with tears in his eyes; the other didn't get away with it either, being pushed to the ground and his palm was cut and bleeding.

She was happy to watch the spectacle and went up to him feigning concern, asking, "Are you alright?"

Lian Buman looked like she was about to cry, and didn't say anything.

She then turned her gaze to Lu Sijian, "Do you want me to help you up?"

After saying that, she silently gave herself a thumbs up in her heart. She was really too clever. That way, she could observe the expressions of the two parties involved in the first instance and get first-hand information!

At the recent gatherings of wealthy socialites, she's guaranteed to be the center of attention!

"Step aside."

Sheng Lan was stunned. Move aside? She actually wanted her to move aside? That's too much! Doesn't she have any manners?!

Lu Sijian had no time to pay attention to Sheng Lan; she was burning with anger inside.

When Zhang Liang saw her approaching, he lowered his head and whispered to the person next to him, "What's wrong with her?"

"Are you crazy? Are you crazy?" Lu Sijian asked.

Zhang Liang dared not speak. He glanced behind him, wondering if he would miss the show if he slipped away now... Suddenly, his neck tightened, and he was pulled out of the crowd.

Lu Sijian grabbed the other person's collar: "Who told you to smash the ashtray? Do you know that you intentionally hurt someone?"

Zhang Liang looked panicked. "Let me go! I didn't know you were hiding here!"

Lu Sijian laughed in exasperation: "So if it were someone else, you could smash an ashtray, right?"

She had just noticed the person's lip movements and heard them say, "What a pity, they didn't hit it."

Even earlier, when he stepped forward, the other party hadn't even picked up the ashtray yet. It was only when he saw Lian Buman blocking him with her back turned that he deliberately smashed the ashtray.

Zhang Liang looked a little guilty: "I don't know what you're talking about. I didn't mean to."

Zhao Ke assumed she was angry at him, since he was still Lou Xiao's fiancée and he wouldn't be able to explain himself to Lou Xiao if he hurt her.

"He really didn't mean it. I'll apologize on his behalf, okay?"

Lu Sijian let go of her hand, and Zhao Ke breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that she listened to the advice; after all, she didn't want to make things difficult for Xiao Ge.

The next second, Lu Sijian swung her arm and slapped him across the face.

With a loud "smack," everyone was stunned.

"You dare hit me?" Zhang Liang instantly lost his temper, his eyes reddening as he tried to lunge forward, but Zhao Ke quickly stopped him.

"Lu Sijian, don't go too far!" Zhao Ke couldn't help but get angry. What man could stand being slapped in public by a woman?

This is incredibly insulting. Even someone as domineering as Lian Buman wouldn't do something like this.

Lu Sijian shook her hand, her gaze slowly sweeping over everyone. "Remember this, this is what happens when you offend me."

His tone was even more arrogant, haughty, and rude than Lian Buman's.

The men were all furious, but they were in the wrong. They had been overheard talking badly about someone behind their back, and even if they complained to Lou Xiao, they wouldn't be in the right.

Zhao Ke was angry but helpless, so she turned to Lian Buman and asked with concern, "Are you alright? We're sorry that today's events involved you. We didn't mean to target you."

He has always been mild-mannered and dislikes conflict with others, often playing the role of mediator among his friends.

Everyone gave him face, and as long as he tried to reconcile them, they wouldn't hold a grudge anymore.

He had a very bad impression of Lu Sijian, not only because she was not good enough for Lou Xiao, but also because she was malicious and secretly bullied Liang Yue.

Lian Buman glanced at him, then suddenly stepped forward and slapped Zhang Liang across the face.

"Were you trying to smash me just now? Never mind, whether you were or not, you deserve to be hit."