Shi Jiaojiao had never so generously introduced herself among her friends before, and upon hearing it, Shi Nuan couldn't help but be surprised.
A few guys started to make a fuss, praising Shi Nuan's beauty, saying how the sisters looked alike, and teasing Shi Jiaojiao for hiding such a beautiful sister from them.
Shi Nuan smiled faintly, the smile not reaching her eyes.
"Since we've all been introduced, there's no need to be formal. Nuannuan, come over and sit down!"
Shi Jiaojiao pulled Shi Nuan towards the sofa, but Shi Nuan resisted a bit and said, "Sorry, I have some school stuff to handle, I must leave now!"
Shi Jiaojiao's expression changed slightly, and she held onto Shi Nuan, saying, "Why leave just after arriving? It's late, what could possibly be urgent? Nuannuan, you've traveled all this way to bring me a gift, just letting you go like this would make my friends laugh at me... Stay, just for half an hour, just sit for half an hour, and then I'll let you go, is that okay?"
...
Across the hall, in private room 2301.
The man seated on the sofa leaned back gently, leisurely smoking the cigarette in his hand.
His fingers were long and well-jointed, his skin pale with visible veins, and his nails were neatly trimmed; it was a very beautiful and artistic hand.
The cigarette nestled between his index and middle fingers, the milky white smoke slowly curling around, softening the contours of his handsome face.
His deep black eyes, and the faint sparkle at the corners of his eyes, all were blurred into an illusion by the smoke.
The door to the private room was open, so any sound from the room opposite could certainly be heard.
Not long about ten minutes passed, yet the man on the sofa had already gone through three cigarettes.
The door to the opposite room was finally opened, and people began to trickle out, both men and women.
Chi Rui stood by the door in the shadows, watching the young men and women walk out, arms around each other's shoulders, at ease.
One of the girls was the last in line.
That was Shi Jiaojiao, Chi Rui recognized her, but he wasn't familiar with her.
All he knew was that she was Miss Shi Nuan's half-sister from the same father.
Shi Jiaojiao stood by the door, waved to a young man inside the room, and with a "I'll leave it to you then~," she left, stepping away in her high heels.
The young man watched Shi Jiaojiao's departing figure with a mischievous smile, and as he turned back into the room, the door of the private room closed behind him.
...
Shi Nuan's head ached badly, she felt she was drunk, but thinking again, it seemed impossible.
When she was about seven or eight years old, she stayed at her younger aunt's house abroad for a year or two with her mother, where they had a self-brewed wine cellar. Back then, drinking red wine was like drinking a beverage for her.
Generally speaking, if it's just red wine, unless she had drunk a lot, she wouldn't usually get drunk.
So, what was the cause of her current reaction?
The last sliver of rationality in her was suggesting that she might have been drugged!
And the person who drugged her was her half-sister, Shi Jiaojiao.
Shi Nuan never expected Shi Jiaojiao would dare to do such a thing; just how much did she hate her?
Since she came to the Shi Family, she had almost taken away everything that originally belonged to her: her father, her position as Miss Shi...
Even so, it wasn't enough?
Then, could it be because of Shen Zui?
But Shen Zui had already left!
He had left and wasn't coming back!
However, she was also careless. She never thought Shi Jiaojiao would tamper with the red wine she brought.
Otherwise, given her vigilance, she wouldn't have been so easily fooled!
Shi Nuan lay weakly against the sofa, curled up, her mind growing more and more muddled.
It seemed she heard something, and yet didn't, but the sound of the final closing note reached her clearly.
It was the sound of a door closing.