Chapter 21: Awkward

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Jian Yan walked out of the hotel.

Outside the hotel, a few familiar figures were chatting at the entrance. Jian Wan and Lu Xue were among them.

Jian Yan didn’t want to talk to them. She didn’t even look at them and chose to walk in another direction.

However, Jian Wan noticed it and became anxious. She said to Lu Xue, “Although it’s cold, it’s a little bright. Xiaoxue, I remember that you’re afraid of the sun. Do you have sunscreen in your bag?”

“Yeah, I do, but I’m texting someone now. I’ll get it for you later.”

“Go ahead with that. I’ll look for it myself.”

Jian Wan took her bag. Her action was slightly offensive, but Lu Xue didn’t mind.

Jian Wan pursed her lips. She had to move fast or Jian Yan would leave.

She put the bottle in her bag and pretended to flip through it for a while before passing it to a woman beside her. “Wang Meng, I can’t find it. Do you remember what brand of sunscreen Xiaoxue uses? Why don’t you take it out?”

“Sure. It’s actually easy to find, but the bottle is in French. You don’t know French. That’s why you didn’t find it.” Wang Meng took the bag and said casually.

Jian Wan pretended not to hear her.

She didn’t like Wang Meng. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have chosen her to be the person to find the bottle.

Jian Yan had gone down the steps and was walking towards the basement, preparing to drive home.

“Sister!” Jian Wan called out to stop her. She ran over anxiously.

“Sister, Daddy wants you to come home. Why don’t you come home with us tonight? We can forget about everything that happened in the past.” She sourly said something that she did not want to say.

Jian Yan ignored her and continued to walk forward. Jian Wan gritted her teeth and reached out to touch Jian Yan. She knew that her elder sister would push her away if she reached out to touch her.

As expected, Jian Yan slapped Jian Wan’s hand away as soon as the latter touched her. Jian Wan fell to the ground and let her knees hit the ground. Her knees were bruised from kneeling for a long time.

“It hurts, Sister. I just wanted to persuade you to go back today. Why did you push me so hard?”

Jian Wan felt wronged.

This commotion naturally attracted the attention of many of her “friends”.

At this moment, many other people who had just finished attending the banquet were walking out.

In an instant, many people surrounded them. Some began to act as envoys of justice.

“Wow, you’re so seriously injured. Miss Jian, how could you treat your sister like this?”

“Your sister is younger than you after all, and she’s not a bad person. She didn’t say anything bad about you. Don’t you feel bad for hitting her so hard?”

“She’s really a bad person with a vicious heart. I heard from the rumors that not long after she left the country, she lost all the money she earned from selling her mother’s shares. After running out of money, she hooked up a man. It’s called a sugar daddy in foreigners’ terms. They just spend time with those fat and ugly old men for the sake of earning money.”

“A person who can do such a thing is naturally not a good person. She will definitely not go easy on her younger sister.”

“Wow, I’ve heard of her fooling around overseas too, but it’s different from what you said. I think she got into drugs…”

All kinds of gossip was hurled at Jian Yan and she stopped in her tracks.

She turned back, her eyes fierce as she scanned the faces of those who had gossiped about her without proof.

Feeling a little guilty, those who knew that they did not really understand the situation immediately shut their mouths after being pierced by her gaze.

However, there were also some people who simply treated the rumors as real. They were in high spirits and continued to gossip.

“What are you looking at? You’re quite pretty, but the things you’ve done are such dirty things. If I were you, I’d definitely stay overseas and not come back. I wouldn’t come back to embarrass myself.”

“Do you know that Second Miss Jian is the fiancée of the man you abandoned? Their relationship is very good and harmonious, unlike you, who has no brain.” The person who spoke was confident.

As Lu Xue listened to all these things she had never heard before, she stopped sending messages to Zhao Peng and took a step forward. She was surprised and touched. “Sister Wan, I didn’t know that your sister was such a person. She’s even more disgusting than what you told me before.”

“You’re too good and kind. She bullied you and did so many bad things, yet you still covered up for her… Don’t be like this in the future. You’ll only be hurt by her.”

Jian Wan adjusted her posture and gently wiped her tears.

She was surprised that there were so many rumors about her sister. However, she quickly understood that it must have been her mother who had started them.

“She’s my sister, after all. Don’t talk about it anymore. Sister, since you’re back in the country, go home. It’s better to stay at home than to work outside and interact with those shady people.”

“Sister Wan, don’t try to persuade her. Don’t you realize that Jian Yan is a promiscuous person?” Lu Xue pointed at Jian Yan and said maliciously..