The engagement was with the younger brother, but I've fallen for the older brother.

After the auction, there will be a free social session.

The crowd dispersed, gathering in twos and threes to chat.

Waiters moved through the crowd, the clinking of champagne glasses like a soft patter of rain.

Si Yimian pulled herself away from the crowd.

He Sichen was held up by several business partners. She glanced at him, and he was listening to someone talking with his eyes down.

She looked away, lifted her skirt, and turned out of the side door of the banquet hall.

The swimming pool is deep in the courtyard, and the night breeze sweeps across the water.

The poolside lights cast long shadows of the two figures.

Si Ningyou sat in the rattan chair, swirling the glass of red wine in her hand, but didn't drink it.

"I didn't want it to be like this either..."

Si Ningyou's voice drifted over on the wind, her tone filled with weariness and resentment.

"But the Si family's tradition is just like the Legend of Zhen Huan."

"If I can't be An Lingrong, I'll be Xia Dongchun."

"I don't want to only live for three episodes."

Qin Enyu scoffed, "Your analogy makes you sound too pathetic, doesn't it?"

"Isn't it tragic?"

She swirled the red wine in her glass; the liquid clung to the sides, its color as dark as blood.

"My biological parents are gone, and I'm living under someone else's roof. How many years can He Nanxian's guilt last?"

"Ruan Qiutang may say she feels sorry for me, but in her heart she will always only care about her own children."

"Si Yimian doesn't need to do anything; she can take half of it just by virtue of blood ties."

"I have to act, I have to yield, I have to proceed cautiously step by step."

"Tell me, if I'm not An Lingrong, then what am I?"

Qin Enyu chimed in, "Your younger sister used to be so quiet, how come she's got such a sharp tongue now?"

"And that Huo Siyue, spending 70 million on a bracelet, is she out of her mind?"

Si Ningyou sneered: "She's rich, stupid, and loves to be taken advantage of."

"That's all Si Yimian is good for; all she can do is hide behind others and wag her tail."

"Without Huo Siyue, she is nothing."

Si Yimian stood in the shade of the trees, took out her phone and sent a voice message to Huo Siyue.

"Yueyue, they're in the pool."

"Delete all the surveillance footage here."

Huo Siyue replied instantly: "Are you going to make a move?"

"Okay, just follow the plan."

Si Yimian touched the Canglan bracelet on her wrist.

"The bracelet, bought for a whopping 70 million, has been put to good use."

She put away her phone and walked out in her high heels.

Upon hearing footsteps, Si Ningyou and Qin Enyu turned their heads at the same time.

Upon seeing that it was her, the two of them looked as if they had swallowed flies.

Si Yimian walked to the edge of the pool and stood in front of them.

She raised her hand and rotated her wrist in front of the light source.

"Is it pretty?"

She tilted her head and smiled sweetly.

"Why didn't you congratulate me, sister?"

"Didn't you say tonight that this bracelet has special meaning for you?"

"Now the meaning is on my shoulders, are you happy?"

Si Ningyou's expression changed drastically.

"Si Yimian, are you here to cause trouble tonight?"

Si Yimian raised an eyebrow slightly: "Isn't it obvious?"

"I thought I'd made it pretty obvious."

Qin Enyu exploded first: "Si Yimian, what are you so smug about?"

"What's the difference between relying on your best friend's charity and begging?"

"beg?"

Si Yimian took a step forward.

"Miss Qin knows so much, you must have a lot of practical experience, right?"

Qin Enyu stood up, all the pent-up frustration from the entire night surging up inside her.

"You're just lucky; you were born into a good family."

"Without the Si family, what are you?"

Si Yimian raised her eyes and looked at her slowly.

"Being lucky is a skill in itself."

"If you two have any objections, perhaps you should run faster when you're reincarnated next time?"

Qin Enyu was so angry that she trembled all over.

She has been holding back all night.

From being publicly humiliated by He Sichen to being kicked out of her seat by Huo Siyue, and then having her bracelet stolen, every single event was like a bomb going off in her heart.

Now that Si Yimian has come to her, she doesn't want to put up with it anymore.

"Si Yimian, you're asking for it!"

"Huo Siyue has been backing you up for years, have you forgotten where you came from?"

"Would you like me to help you remember how you spent your first year of high school?"

She grabbed a glass of red wine from the bar and splashed it all over his face.

The dark red wine was poured all over Si Yimian's head and face.

It flowed down her chin, staining the collar of her dress red.

On the light green dress, wine stains looked like ugly scars.

Si Yimian looked down at herself, then looked up at Qin Enyu, and suddenly smiled.

"Oh, not pretending to be a weak victim anymore?"

"You cried like your father had died on variety shows, but now you have such a strong voice?"

"You and I accused me of bullying you, is it just because there were no security cameras, and it's all based on your own words?"

Qin Enyu slammed the empty cup on the table and crossed her arms arrogantly.

"If you're so capable, then produce the evidence."

"Without surveillance cameras, it's all based on talk."

"If I say you're bullying me, then you are bullying me."

"Don't you have any idea who netizens believe?"

Si Yimian didn't say anything, but bent down to take off her high heels and stepped barefoot on the stone slab.

There are no security cameras here.

"What happened next was entirely up to me."

She moved her wrists and tilted her neck, her knuckles cracking twice.

That posture looked like a Sanda athlete warming up before going into the ring.

Qin Enyu looked at her and suddenly felt something was wrong.

She walked over in a few steps, swung her arm, and slapped him across the face.

Snapped.

The first slap landed on Qin Enyu's left cheek, making a crisp sound.

Qin Enyu's face turned to the side after being hit, and she was completely stunned.

Before she could recover from the dizziness, a second slap followed.

Snapped.

The right cheek is now symmetrical.

Qin Enyu staggered backward, her heel hitting the edge of the pool, and she was on the verge of falling.

"You...you dare hit me?!"

She covered her face, her eyes wide as if she had seen a ghost.

Si Yimian flicked her wrist, her tone indifferent.

"Can you change your lines? Your best friend asked the same thing last time."

Qin Enyu screamed and pounced on her, scratching her face with her fingernails.

Si Yimian dodged to the side and slapped him again with her backhand.

Qin Enyu was so shocked by the blow that she saw stars and stumbled towards the swimming pool.

Si Yimian didn't give her a chance to breathe, and stepped forward to grab her wrist.

In her struggle, Qin Enyu touched the bracelet on her wrist and instinctively tugged at it.

Si Yimian loosened her grip, and the bracelet, as if coated with oil, slid down with a whoosh.

Ding.

Broken.

It was split into three sections, completely and cleanly.

Si Yimian looked down at the broken bracelet on the ground, and her expression suddenly changed.

Like a gambler seeing their last card.

"Miss Qin, you broke my bracelet."

Her voice suddenly turned cold.

"Can you afford to pay for it?"

Qin Enyu was stunned and looked down at her hands.

She didn't use any force at all, so how did it fall?

"I...I'm not me..."

Si Ningyou stood to the side and saw the whole process clearly, then sneered.

"Eun-yu, let go."

"Since there's no CCTV footage, she didn't put the bracelet on properly herself, it has nothing to do with you, I'll vouch for you."

Si Yimian looked at her and suddenly smiled.

"My sister is so smart; she knows she can say whatever she wants when there are no security cameras."

"Then I'm relieved."

She flexed her wrist and beckoned to Si Ningyou with her finger.

"Come on, sister, let's do it together."

Before Si Ningyou could react, Si Yimian had already grabbed her wrist and dragged the two of them together.

"Si Yimian! You're insane!"

Si Ningyou struggled for a moment, but found that she couldn't break free at all.

"Let me go!"

Qin Enyu tried to run away, but Si Yimian grabbed her by the back of her collar and pulled her back.

Si Yimian gave them both a hard shove, and the two stumbled and fell into the pool.

Water splashed, and Si Yimian jumped in after her.

She grabbed their hair and pushed them into the water, her knees against the edge of the pool, working from both sides.

Qin Enyu struggled to lift her head, choking on a mouthful of water.

"Si Yimian! You have no martial ethics!"

"If you hit her, you can't hit me anymore!"

Si Yimian pressed her head down again.

"I'm going to fight anyway."

"I hate it when people frame me and say I bullied you, right?"

"If we don't bully them enough today, it would be a disservice to the trending topics you bought."