The wealthy military officer spoils his wife excessively

Unbeknownst to her, Su Wen had been squatting to the side, silently observing Xing Manzi for quite some time, having completely forgotten about the mysterious gift she was going to give Lu Zheng.

As the waiter walked by with the tray, I felt parched, so I grabbed a glass that contained some kind of drink that was mixed in rainbow colors.

Just as he was about to drink, he heard a voice interrupt from the side.

"This cocktail is the new 'rainbow' cocktail this year, isn't it?"

Suwen turned around following the sound and saw that Xing Manzi had also seen her and was walking slowly towards her. The hem of her skirt was a fiery red, swaying gently with her steps, passionate and aggressive.

Until she was close enough to him, she gracefully picked up the wine glass by the stem with two fingers. Her ten fingers were slender, as white as newly melted snow, and the nail polish at the tips was the same bright red as the hem of her skirt. Su Wen silently withdrew his rough hands.

Xing Manzi held a glass of cocktail with beautiful rainbow-like layers in the air and examined it for a moment before slowly opening it: "Ainbow cocktails can only maintain their vivid rainbow colors by being chilled. You can't hold the glass with your hands. The temperature of your palms or even your fingertips will ruin the color and taste of this cocktail."

Suwen suddenly looked down at the cocktail, which had become a mess of colors because she had been holding it haphazardly. The rainbow-like beauty in the glass was gone, and it looked like a big blob of paint stuck together.

Xing Manzi took a sip of wine with an elegant posture and revealed a very faint smile.

“You’ve always been inferior to me in every way, do you know why?” She proudly raised her slender neck, not even bothering to spare a glance for me. “There are some things you can never have. No matter how hard you try, you can’t change your lowly birth.”

Clearly, she never considered herself anything that could threaten her. The constant comparisons she'd been made to Nie Suwen over the years were probably beneath her notice. Attacking Nie Suwen had become her greatest pleasure over the years, and her words now carried a tone of watching her opponent crumble with amusement.

Su Wen, as if in a fit of pique, downed the glass of mixed-color wine in one gulp, then glared at her with hatred.

Xing Manzi had already put down the cocktail she'd taken a few sips from, glanced at her, and said to the waiter, "Do you have any Coke? A girl like you is best suited for Coke. In this kind of situation, a polite drink is appropriate. Or, to put it another way, you shouldn't be here in a situation like this in the first place?"

The waiter nodded and went back to get her a Coke.

Suwen trembled with rage. This woman's words were utterly unworthy of her so-called noble birth; they were both ruthless and vicious.

A moment later, the waiter returned with two cans of Coke on a tray. Someone asked him something, and the waiter turned around, placed the tray on the table, and began to explain something to the person.

Suwen suddenly felt this was an opportunity. The banquet was at its climax, with a cacophony of voices and dazzling lights. Suwen pretended to go to the food station to get some food, and casually stood next to the waiter. While he turned his back to speak, she picked up both cans of cola and started shaking them wildly.

She didn't know how the phone would end up in Xing Manzi's hands, but to be on the safe side, she shook both phones first.

The waiter quickly finished exchanging the drinks and turned to get the tray. Suwen hurriedly put down her cola, grabbed her own plate in a flurry, and went to the side to pretend to eat.

A beauty like Xing Manzi easily thrives at such a banquet, and within moments she was already chatting with another gentleman. When the waiter returned, she thanked him without suspicion, took the can of cola, and the waiter turned to Su Wen, handing her another can of cola.

Su Wen toyed with the cola in her hand, her eyes fixed on Xing Manzi. She was just waiting for the cola to splash and spray her all over, tearing off her noble and elegant facade and making her look foolish in public.

However, just as Xing Manzi was about to pull the tab, the man she had been talking to suddenly snatched the can away from her.

"Let me do it. I'd feel bad if I hurt your nails."

Damn gentleman among flowers! And to make matters worse, you flattered me at such an inopportune time!

With a "click," the can was opened, accompanied by a gasp of surprise. Coke gushed out like a fountain, staining the man's hands and large sections of his clothes. Xing Manzi, who was opposite her, jumped away in time, but her skirt was still inevitably affected, and the excess foam flowed onto the carpet.

After the initial shock, Xing Manzi apologized profusely and carefully wiped the cola off the man's clothes with her handkerchief. The man, though embarrassed, was overwhelmed by the kindness of such a beautiful woman and quickly put on a smile, saying, "Not at all, if it weren't for me, you would have been sprayed with cola. It's my honor to help such a beautiful lady."

Suwen stood to the side, stunned, and let out a blank "Ah." This man really knew how to fawn over her.

Some people had already kindly advised the two of them to go downstairs and change their clothes. Xing Manzi had only a few specks of water splashed on her skirt. She still maintained her goddess-like demeanor, and the noble expression on her face remained unchanged from beginning to end.

The scene that Su Wen had been secretly gloating over—Xing Manzi being smeared with cola in her face—did not occur. Su Wen was seething with anger, her temples throbbing; she really needed a drink to cool down!

In a fit of anger, Su Wen opened the can without thinking.

The cola splashed accurately across her face, and for a moment her memory went blank. It all happened so fast, and she was focused entirely on staring at Xing Manzi, so she had no chance to react. All she saw was her face and hair dripping with cola. Xing Manzi had a protector to shield her, but she didn't. What goes around comes around!

This scene was even more intense than the Coke spray that had just happened to Xing Manzi. Probably no one had ever seen anyone so embarrassed as to be sprayed with Coke in the face. The people around her also got a little bit of the spray. By the time Su Wen blankly placed the almost completely sprayed Coke can on the table, the entire banquet hall had fallen silent, and a vacuum slowly formed around her, with no one daring to approach.

All sorts of gazes fell upon her—pity, disdain, curiosity—and with a large puddle of cola quickly spreading at her feet, she had no time to discern what kind of look Xing Manzi was giving her.

"Susu!"

A sharp voice rang out from the crowd. Nie Suwen belatedly raised her wet head and saw Lu Zheng, the protagonist of the night, pushing through the crowd towards her.

Embarrassing...

Besides "awkwardness," there's no other word that comes to mind.

It really was true what they said; he witnessed her at her most disheveled.

She opened her mouth, wanting to call his name, but was too shy to speak. At this moment, should she pretend she didn't know him? To avoid embarrassing him.

Lu Zheng walked all the way to her side before stopping. Seeing her like this, he frowned slightly, but sighed helplessly. He then squatted down, wrapped his arms around her waist, and lifted her up in a princess carry. With Su Wen's exclamation of "Ah!", she was already in his arms.

She once again became the center of attention. Nie Suwen, meanwhile, nervously clutched Lu Zheng's clothes, saying, "Put me down, I'm all dirty..."

Lu Zheng was wearing a full white suit today, and the Coke on her clothes had all gotten onto the pristine white fabric.

But he didn't care at all, only glaring at her and hissing, "Don't move, what else do you want to do?" Then he returned to normal, maintaining the position of holding her, and instructed the people behind him, "There are clean new clothes prepared for everyone in the dressing room. Guests who have soiled their clothes, please go and choose one to change into. I will have your clothes sent to the dry cleaners and delivered to your residences later. I will take my fiancée to change first. Excuse me."

A concise and fluent speech, accompanied by Lu Zheng's figure, disappeared on the steps of the second floor.

The banquet hall remained silent for a long time.

Moments later, it was as if a cannonball had exploded, and everyone present showed expressions of shock and astonishment.

Amidst the stunned expressions of the onlookers, Xing Manzi clenched her fists tightly, her beautiful face contorted in pain. Her fiancée… Had she heard correctly? Impossible! A weed is always a weed; how could it possibly rise to become a phoenix?

The second floor was covered with a thick carpet, which seemed to absorb all the sounds and isolate the noise from the first floor. Su Wen nestled in Lu Zheng's arms, wishing she could curl up into a ball and disappear.

Although Lu Zheng didn't ask her what happened, she had tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice instead, and ended up in such a sorry state that she was too ashamed to face him.

Lu Zheng carried her into a guest room, put her on the bed, and then went into the bathroom. He turned on the shower, adjusted the water temperature, and tossed her a bathrobe: "Go wash up first and change your dirty clothes."

Suwen brushed her already sticky hair aside and stared at him blankly.

"What, do you want me to wash you too?"

She shook her head hesitantly and stepped into the bathroom under Lu Zheng's gaze.

Why is everything so different from what I envisioned? According to the plan, she should find Lu Zheng, secretly bring him away from the banquet, and, like a child fascinated by the thrill of adventure, have him alone with her under the stars to present her with her mysterious gift. In this situation, she could make any request without any reservations.

however--

From the very first step, things were different. She never dreamed she would meet Xing Manzi here, and the resentment in her heart made her lose her composure, leading her to do some silly things.

The steam in the bathroom made her face flushed and her head spin. Wrapped in her bathrobe, she walked to the mirror, wiped away the steam with her fingers, and stammered at her reflection, "I look stupid, don't I?"