Chapter 230: Dogs biting dogs

You Liqing was furious and suddenly raised her hand to point at Xia Weiwei, aiming the spearhead at her: "Especially you, Xia Weiwei. You claim to be Shen Ci's best friend from high school, yet you deliberately told me the news of her return. You knew for sure that I would contact her. The one who wanted to watch Shen Ci's drama the most wasn't me, it was you!"

Xia Weiwei's big eyes widened, looking terrified: "What are you talking nonsense about? I was completely unintentional!"

"Hmph! Unintentional?" You Liqing snorted coldly: "You were exposed on the spot by Shen Ci just now, and you still won't admit it? I knew from the beginning that you were doing it on purpose!"

"I know people like you too well. You used to be friends with Shen Ci because you won her in everything. You studied better than her, and scored eight points higher in the college entrance exam. Your family conditions were better than hers, and your food and clothing were more luxurious than hers. Even when Ma Hexu chased her back then, you weren't jealous because you were dating Wang Chuang from the class next door, and Wang Chuang's conditions weren't worse than Ma Hexu's!"

"But now Shen Ci is different. We all saw it. She is more beautiful than two years ago, has money, looks, and a boyfriend, and has everything that makes you envious and jealous. So you felt unbalanced in your heart, and in your words, you were constantly setting the rhythm, guiding others to guess that everything Shen Ci has now was obtained improperly. Xia Weiwei, you are the most disgusting person. Everything today was instigated by you!"

You Liqing's sharp words hit Xia Weiwei's vital point, making others present also realize it belatedly.

Yeah, if Xia Weiwei hadn't revealed the news to You Liqing, You Liqing wouldn't have known Shen Ci had returned at all.

"You, you are slandering!" Xia Weiwei's dark side was ruthlessly exposed by You Liqing, and she was both anxious and angry: "You have been living in Shen Ci's shadow and can't walk out, otherwise you wouldn't have stubbornly pushed Ma Hexu out in this kind of occasion to disgust Shen Ci. You know clearly in your heart what you want to prove. You don't believe in the relationship between you and Ma Hexu at all, because you know you are inferior to Shen Ci in everything, and you think Ma Hexu has never let go of Shen Ci in his heart!"

"You're full of it!"

"Whoever is anxious knows it!"

Dogs began to bite dogs in the private room. Seeing this, others didn't even have the desire to mediate, and left one after another with their coats, letting Xia Weiwei and You Liqing expose each other's old bottom.

However, after this experience, they didn't dare to treat Shen Ci lightly anymore. Seeing is believing. No matter what Shen Ci did in Longcheng, she could now talk and laugh with Huang Yongqiang, which was indeed a level they could hardly reach no matter how hard they tried.

Shen Ci hadn't exaggerated!

And at this time, Shen Ci was dining alone in another private room upstairs.

Huang Yongqiang had arranged a series of signature dishes from "Red Candle Restaurant" for her, and in order to let Shen Ci taste the food quietly, he specifically instructed the staff not to have any extra disturbances other than serving dishes.

Even he himself didn't take this opportunity to accompany Shen Ci to eat, but left the space for her alone.

And since stepping out of the private room of the gathering just now, Shen Ci had already thrown those people she might never see again to the back of her mind. The delicious food and wine in front of her were colorful and fragrant, and she suddenly felt hungry, eating without distractions.

Before the fifteenth day, Shen Li was already preparing to head to the film crew.

Although Shen Jingjing had long known that A-Li would leave home early, she still couldn't help but complain when the day came: "Why only rest for a few days? This film crew is really something, starting filming so anxiously before the first month is even out?"

Shen Li looked at her mother packing her luggage while being reluctant to let her go, and felt very uncomfortable in her heart. She stepped forward and hugged her gently: "Mom, there's a script reading meeting before filming starts. The cast this time is all seniors, so as a newcomer, I definitely have to arrive early."

"Mom knows, Mom just can't bear to let you go." Shen Jingjing patted her daughter's hand, then closed the suitcase: "Pay attention to safety when filming outside. If anything happens, remember to tell your sister, you know?"

"I know."

Seeing this, Xingxing couldn't help but ask curiously: "Sis, are you still a supporting role this time?"

"Yes, this is a movie with a 'human trafficking' theme. I play the child who was trafficked after growing up. The female lead is Teacher Yao Dan, who plays the mother who lost her child, which is my biological mother."

Xingxing's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Sis, this theme is good. Realistic themes are easy to win awards."

Shen Li smiled slightly, nodded without denying it: "This script is adapted from real events, and the theme is indeed more favored by mainstream awards. I chose this script for this reason too, but mainly because the script is good and the character is relatively three-dimensional."

Shen Jingjing held her daughter's hand and encouraged: "Perform well. Such movies have social significance. Mom will let the people around her go watch it."

Xingxing sighed: "I have to go back to school after the fifteenth. I don't know how long Big Sister can stay at home."

Speaking of Shen Ci, Shen Jingjing couldn't help but look at the time and muttered: "Your sister has been gone for a long time too, why hasn't she come back yet?"

Shen Ci had gone to her aunt Shen Yingying's house.

In previous years, her aunt's family accompanied her uncle back home for the New Year and returned around the fifth or sixth day. This year, they didn't return until almost the fifteenth.

As soon as they returned, Shen Ci quickly carried the sweet rice balls and some cooked food her mother had prepared in advance to their door.

But when she returned, she ran into someone downstairs.

It was Ma Hexu.

He had chased Shen Ci for two years and knew where Shen Ci lived, and it was clear he had come specifically to find Shen Ci.

"You blocked me on WeChat, so I came directly."

Ma Hexu walked up. The sky hadn't completely darkened, and Shen Ci could clearly see his appearance.

Shen Ci hadn't paid much attention to Ma Hexu's changes during the gathering, but now that she was close, she discovered that his appearance had changed a lot. She felt he had a sense of youth in high school, but now that greenness had faded, and the whole person was no longer vivid.

It might also be because she had seen too much of Li Xiao and Tang Song, so looking at Ma Hexu now, she only felt he was very ordinary.

"I blocked everyone, so you don't need to come find me."

Shen Ci's tone was indifferent and distant, clearly having no extra feelings for Ma Hexu.

"I broke up with You Liqing."

Shen Ci looked at him and nodded: "Congratulations!"

"I wasn't with her because I liked her, just because she went to the same university as me for my sake. I was just moved by her, I didn't..."

Ma Hexu was anxious to explain, but Shen Ci didn't want to listen.

She interrupted directly: "I'm not interested in your business with her."

"Shen Ci, I like you. I've always liked you."

"Stop!" Shen Ci sneered at Ma Hexu's affection: "You just broke up with someone else and are telling me this, it only makes me feel disgusted."

"You are sensitive and inferior in your bones. You were like that in front of You Liqing, let alone in front of me now?"

"And I have a boyfriend. Even if I didn't, you're still far from being enough."

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