Chapter 5: No Harm, No Foul (1)

By the time she returned to the apartment, the streetlights had just begun to light up the evening.

For the first time, Ye Feifei felt that the city's night no longer seemed beautiful, and the world seemed to have a malicious intent.

Not knowing how to respond to Xia Yichu's dinner invitation or how to respond to Yu Xiaowan's movie invitation, she had passed what should have been a completely relaxing day in gloominess.

The dinner was still in the style of simplicity, merely a bowl of instant noodles satisfied her.

As night fell, the room was brilliantly lit, but actually, it wasn't much different from countless other boring evenings. She turned on her computer, habitually checked Weibo, and damn, the follower count was truly 250, not one more, not one less. However, Ye Feifei couldn't bear to unfollow her own alternate account and had no choice but to create another new account to follow her main one—251 does look better than 250, after all!

So she aimlessly browsed through Weibo, where we are always keen to intrude on celebrities' lives with a tourist's attitude, whether their beauty is striking or not, as long as they are famous, they can become the center of online passerby's attention. Then, when we morph into Keyboard Warriors, all love and hate, regardless of whether the grudges are greater than the heavens or just unlucky encounters, are poured out unstintingly—this is online textual violence, a type of intense psychological cold violence.

Of course, it's not without benefits, just that in this virtual world our thoughts are always inadvertently let loose.

Such a mundane evening, yet the still somewhat unfamiliar faces leaped into Ye Feifei's mind, blocking her boring and powerless thoughts!

Sirui's handsomeness, Sirui's elegance, Sirui's gentlemanly manner, Sirui's politeness, Sirui's slightly melancholic tone of speech… All of these always teased the nerves of a seemingly aloof woman!

Perhaps today's cocktails were too intoxicating, the fragrant tipsiness seemed to make one feel "Intoxicating as if Ascending to Immortality," and then not knowing where one was.

Although she had eluded Xia Yichu's probing, it must be said that this first impression was truly wonderful, and crucially, it determines the direction of relationships between people!

She was a woman accustomed to being aloof, so she was also accustomed to being reserved. Although she had never been in love, she was always careful.

She searched "Shen Sirui" on Weibo and quickly, a Weibo user named "Shen Sirui refreshing breeze" appeared first with the highest follower count—without a doubt, this must be Shen Sirui's personal Weibo.

Refreshing breeze, meaning cool and fresh air, this might be how Shen Sirui sees himself. But thinking about it, Ye Feifei felt that this phrase aptly described the impression Shen Sirui had given her today—polite and courteous, even when rejected there was no sense of defeat or disdain. This might be the maturity of a person who had weathered great storms, or rather, the calmness of someone who sees through worldly affairs, like the serene moon and gentle breeze, neither rejoicing over objects nor grieving for oneself, always remaining distinct, calmly observing everything.

She casually browsed Shen Sirui's recent Weibo posts, which were not quite what she had expected. There was scarce mention of Shen Corporation, rather most of it was like spiritual advice saying "You don't need to be happy to laugh; try laughing, and you will become happy," almost no selfies, more so business photos with partners, giving off a mature vibe without ostentation or triviality. Consequently, that tall and handsome figure seemed infinitely magnified under the spotlight, truly dazzling. Yet, recalling how she had encountered Bad Luck God this afternoon and was thereby forced to decline his dancing invitation, Ye Feifei went crazy!

Didn't Xiaowan say that men nowadays like proactive women? Not only had she not taken the initiative, but she had also rejected him, leading others to think how prideful she must be! Wasn't she particularly aloof and hard to approach?

So, was she completely game over with the handsome and mature Shen Sirui?

But why was there a dull pain in her heart?

Yi Chu probably wasn't too pleased either, although she hadn't said anything, but the eyes could reveal everything. Thinking of this, Ye Feifei suddenly became very irritable, and in anger, she threw the half-eaten bowl of instant noodles into the trash bin.

Just at that moment, it was really too coincidental, "Hua Yunliang" appeared again on the computer screen, and extremely "maliciously" entered Ye Feifei's field of vision!

——Just in time, today indirectly ruined a skirt and directly ruined the designs; two major accounts are unsettled yet! Still dare to show up yourself?! Truly "utterly fearless"!

Today, Hua Yunliang had "spent quite a chunk" to promote his Weibo post. Therefore, everyone's Weibo homepage displayed his post, which read:

[Husky] I have walked through adversity, [Crab][Crab] those who had knocked me down [Shy][Shy][Shy], lying down feels so comfortable [Haha][Haha][Haha], come lick the screen of my unmatched bare-faced beauty [Waving Finger][Waving Finger][Waving Finger]! Freshly out of the oven, bare-faced, xoxo [Heart][Heart][Heart][Heart][Yearning][Yearning][Yearning]...

It even included a just-woke-up selfie, his eyes half-closed, making a cute scissor-hand gesture and selling his dorky persona. Clearly, there were no beauty filters or photo edits used. That facial value really defied nature!

Yet―Ye Feifei was still grossed out!

A bona fide geek, just relying on "anti-motivational quotes" from the internet to leech off some popularity, while trying to "seduce" some immature fangirls on the side. Beyond that, probably nothing substantial, nothing nutritious at all!

Where is the image?! The elegance?! The gentlemanliness?! The swag?! The integrity?!

―Oh, right, such "profound" words, how could you understand?! Big "Kudos"!

She admitted her hands itched that moment, but she uncontrollably clicked on his Weibo. Not giving it a look wouldn't matter, but one glance and she exploded: his Weibo followers were an incredibly, incredibly "invincible" number―520666!

520666?!

―I love you, super super?!

Someone's nerves were severely triggered!

―Her own Weibo also had 2 and 5 in the follower count, why couldn't she be as impressive as him?!

―Was this aimed to slap her in the face?!

That was not it; clicking on "All", the first Weibo that popped up was:

Today's double encounters with "fate" beauty, a goddess face not even plastic surgery could achieve; like, just too aloof, alas...missed capturing that "fate" beauty's smile [Heartbreak][Heartbreak][Heartbreak][Heartbreak]...Let me tell you in secret, this beauty matches perfectly with the color chocolate! [Sneer][Sneer][Sneer][Sneer][Sneer]…

There was no need to see the pictures below, there were two, both sneak shots focused on Ye Feifei, although just a blurred side profile. But, how could Ye Feifei not recognize herself.

―Excuse me, did you greet me before taking those sneak shots? Did you 'brazenly' put my photos on Weibo with my permission? Have you been educated? Know the law? Heard of portrait rights? Can you, a geek, afford my compensation for mental distress? Also, what exactly did you imply by saying "this beauty matches particularly well with chocolate"? Dare you say my entire day's bad luck had nothing to do with you?! Still having the audacity to flaunt it? Is the chief of the police your dad so you can act so boldly? Also, you destroyed two of my pricey skirts. Have you paid for them? Not paid, yet still so high-profile?!

Wuli Baby's all energies could no longer be held back...