Meeting you in autumn

"Oh... I see. But who is this person standing next to him? I've never seen her before! She's very beautiful!"

The socialite who had asked the question earlier turned her gaze to Guan Yu beside Jing Yi again. She saw that Guan Yu had a graceful figure, a beautiful face, and exquisite features that looked as if they had been sculpted. She couldn't help but admire her.

"Hmph, so what if she's pretty? She's just a pretty face, who knows, maybe one day Young Master Jing will get tired of her and throw her away like trash."

At this moment, a heavily made-up woman next to them interjected sourly, her tone full of disdain and jealousy.

"That's right. What good is a pretty face? You can't make a living off your looks, and you can't keep Young Master Jing's heart forever."

In my opinion, she's just a mistress that Young Master Jing picked up for a bit of fun on a whim.

Others chimed in, accompanied by a scornful laugh.

"Hey, you guys better keep quiet. If Young Master Jing overhears us, we'll be in big trouble!"

Another girl, who had been quietly listening to the discussion, finally couldn't help but speak up and offer some advice. Her body even trembled slightly with nervousness as she spoke.

"What are you afraid of? We're just stating the facts! Who knows what kind of person that woman is? She might have already been played with by many men! Maybe..."

However, before the outspoken woman could finish speaking, she suddenly felt a burning pain on her face—she had been slapped hard across the face.

"Who the hell are you?! Are you out of your mind?!"

A furious roar was heard, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound. They saw the woman tightly covering her right cheek, which had just been slapped, with her hand. Her originally delicate face was now distorted with extreme anger.

The woman stared wide-eyed at the person in front of her, still shouting relentlessly, "Do you know who I am?! How dare you hit me?!"

Faced with the woman's arrogant and domineering questioning, Guan Yu, standing opposite her, simply flicked the right hand that had just hit her.

Her face was full of disdain as she coldly retorted, "I don't care who you are! A woman like you who doesn't know her place and is just being unreasonable, I'll beat you up."

Before Guan Yu could finish speaking, the woman seemed to be completely enraged, her emotions instantly spiraling out of control as she screamed hysterically, "Ah!! I'm going to kill you!!"

As she spoke, she lunged at Guan Yu with bared teeth and claws, looking as if she was determined to fight him to the death.

However, before she could get close to Guan Yu, Lin Qi, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, suddenly moved.

He flashed forward and kicked the woman hard with lightning speed.

The socialite had no time to react before she was sent flying backward, crashing straight into the table behind her where wine glasses were placed.

With a loud crash, the table toppled over, shattering the wine glasses on it, sending wine and glass shards flying everywhere.

The surroundings fell silent instantly, and everyone looked over in astonishment. The girls who had just slandered Guan Yu also panicked.

Jing Yi frowned, stepped forward to shield Guan Yu behind him, and coldly swept his gaze over the group of socialites. "Those who said anything, step forward yourselves!!"

The socialites were immediately terrified, their faces turning pale, and they didn't dare to breathe.

The woman who had just been beaten stood up, trembling, her eyes filled with malice as she pointed at Guan Yu and said, "You have no background or connections, so why do you have Young Master Jing's support? If you mess with me, I'll make you regret it!!"

Just as Jing Yi was about to start cursing, Guan Yu tugged at him, signaling for her to come over.

Guan Yu, wearing those exquisite and expensive haute couture high heels, walked slowly towards her with an air of superiority, like a proud peacock.

At this moment, Guan Yu no longer possessed the shy and demure demeanor she had when she was with Jing Yi. Instead, she exuded a demonic aura that seemed to come from the depths of hell, inspiring fear in all who beheld her.

"Ha~ Overestimating yourself!"

When Lin Qi saw the dark, almost gloomy expression on his young mistress's face, he knew immediately that this arrogant woman was about to face a terrible disaster.

"Oh! Not having a good time?? Heh~! You're not even worthy to carry my shoes!!"

Guan Yu's face was as cold as ice, a contemptuous sneer playing on his lips as he mercilessly mocked her.

"Hmph! I am Lu Xin, the eldest daughter of the Lu family! How dare you offend me like this today? You are openly opposing the entire Lu family!!"

Lu Xin straightened his back, raised his chin, and shouted arrogantly.

However, when faced with Lu Xin's threat, Guan Yu merely frowned slightly, seemingly completely unconcerned about the so-called Lu family.

Could the mere Lu family possibly instill fear in her? The answer is clearly no.

Seeing Guan Yu remain silent, Lu Xin mistakenly assumed that the other party was intimidated by his imposing manner, and thus became even more arrogant, adopting an attitude that no one could mess with him, and continued to taunt, "How about that? Now you know fear, huh?!"

Just then, Lin Qi, who was standing to the side, finally couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing.

He quickly waved his hand and explained, "Oh dear, I'm so sorry, I really didn't mean to, I just couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing!"

"Afraid?? I, Guan Yu, am not afraid!!"

Just then, Shen Jia, Chen Fang, Xin Rong, and Ling Lin followed the noise from the surrounding area and came looking for them.

As soon as Lu Xin saw Xin Rong appear, she rushed forward to greet her and immediately began to complain: "Waaaaah X﹏X, cousin, how dare someone bully me!!"

Seeing her cousin's aggrieved look, Xin Rong frowned slightly and asked softly, "Who on earth is so bold as to provoke our little princess?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xin felt even more confident and became increasingly arrogant.

She raised her chin, pointed at Guan Yu not far away, and shouted indignantly, "That's the woman! Not only did she slap me hard across the face, but she also called a group of people to drag and pull me around, and even humiliated me in every way. Humph, that's just too much!"

After saying that, he didn't forget to glare fiercely in the direction where Guan Yu was.

Upon hearing this, Xin Rong looked in the direction Lu Xin pointed.

When he realized that the person was Guan Yu, a look of surprise instantly appeared on his face.

However, at the same time, Shen Jia, who was standing to the side, rushed to Guan Yu's side without saying a word and hugged her tightly.

Just then, Shen Jia also heard what Lu Xin had just said, and in an instant, her face turned extremely gloomy.

Immediately, Shen Jia turned around abruptly and questioned Lu Xin, "What do you mean??"

At that moment, Jing Yi had lost patience to continue entangled with these people. Without saying a word, he stepped forward and tightly embraced Guan Yu beside him.

Immediately afterwards, he raised his head, his eyes flashing with a piercing light, and roared in an extremely domineering tone: "The Lu family, is that it? From this day forward, you are the enemies of the Xingyi Group!!"

His words resounded through the air, sending a shiver down the spines of everyone present.

"Lu Chuan! Immediately throw out all those people who were spouting nonsense and slandering Arabic, as well as this reckless bastard standing in front of us!!"

Jing Yi's voice was cold and resolute, and the anger it contained made people afraid to look him in the eye.