A True Heroine Needs No Man - Chapter 10
For several days, I heard nothing.
Until one day, while shopping with Lin Lailei, she suddenly asked, “Fu Fu, did you know Shang Luzhou and Su Wanyin are getting engaged?”
“I know now.”
A model was showing us the clothes we’d picked out.
I pointed to two pieces I didn’t particularly like.
“I’ll take everything except those two.”
“What about you? If you see anything you like, I’ll buy it for you.”
Lin Lailei threw her arms around me in a big hug.
“You’re the best! In that case, I won’t be polite.”
I laughed and hugged her back.
After we left the mall, Lin Lailei’s expression soured.
“What’s wrong? You look upset.”
She handed me her phone.
I looked down. It was open to her social media feed. The first post was:
[Just saw Miss Shen at the mall, crying in her friend’s arms. She looked so pitiful.]
The accompanying photo was of Lin Lailei hugging me moments before. Because my head was down, I looked incredibly dejected.
The comments were a mess.
[Given the timing, you can’t blame me for thinking it’s about Brother Zhou’s engagement.]
[Didn’t Shen Fu already say in the group chat that she’s over it? We shouldn’t worry for her.]
[The truth will come out eventually. We’ll just have to wait and see!]
[You guys are so dramatic. Anyone want to grab a drink? Brother Zhou is here.]
[Let’s talk in the group chat.]
Seeing that I was done reading, Lin Lailei quickly opened the group chat for me to see.
This was a group I wasn’t in, so they were talking even more freely.
[As a fellow ‘green tea,’ I get Shen Fu. She’s just playing hard to get. She’s probably fuming right now.]
[Ugh, I’ve been sick of her for ages. Always acting so above it all, like she’s the only pure one.]
[Don’t be too harsh. Shen Fu is actually a nice person.]
[I agree. Hey, you guys think if I made a move now, while she’s vulnerable, I could win her over? Hehe, she’s seriously beautiful.]
[Good luck with that. Brother Zhou saw your message and his face went black.]
[No way, Brother Zhou is about to get married. Is he trying to have both of them?]
[Shen Fu is gorgeous. Keeping her on the side would be amazing. Su Wanyin would never dare to question it. Our man knows what he’s doing.]
I forced myself to read through the disgusting messages, frowning.
It wasn’t just men saying these things; there were women, too.
It was as if they didn’t realize that such words would eventually be turned back on all women.
Including themselves.
“These people are horrible. I’m going to give them a piece of my mind,” Lin Lailei said, furious.
In this old-school CEO novel, as the rival, my family was naturally well-off, powerful enough to compete with the male lead’s.
It was a necessary setup for the eventual forced-marriage plotline.
For years, my life had been smooth sailing.
No one had ever dared to be so brazenly disrespectful to my face.
“Don’t bother.”
Them whispering behind my back couldn’t hurt me.
Why didn’t they have the guts to confront me directly?
Because they were cowards.
People like that were beneath my notice.
I was about to comfort Lin Lailei when a new image popped up in the chat, making me freeze.
I clicked on it. It was another one of those photos Shang Luzhou had people send me.
But in this set, Su Wanyin’s shirt was pulled open even wider, revealing a chest covered in bite marks.
Under the dazzling lights, the tears in her eyes shimmered.
Her brow was furrowed, her expression a mixture of pain and shame.
The group chat exploded.
[Is this something I can see for free?]
[Sure, why not? Brother Zhou is generous with his brothers.]
[Damn, but this Su Wanyin girl has got something going on.]
[So she slept her way to the top? Must be amazing in bed.]
[Have to say, she looks pretty hot when she cries.]
A knot of anger tightened in my chest.
I changed my mind.
“Actually, let’s go have a look.”
