ITAGBFIVD Chapter 38.2

She didn’t expect that when she was heartbroken, Bai Shuijin would feel heartbroken too, and she was touched.

She sat down obediently and stopped crying. She felt comforted. She was the protagonist tonight. The birthday banquet was about to begin, and she still had to go out and shine.

The makeup artist reapplied her makeup, and at eight o’clock, she walked down from the second floor in her beautiful evening gown.

Seeing that Wang Zhenzhu wasn’t wearing a tiara, He Xiaoxiao let out a sigh of relief. “Good thing she didn’t wear it.”

Her friend Mei Yunjia felt indignant. “So what if she did? Even if she wore it, you’d still look better. Wearing the same thing isn’t a big deal, whoever’s uglier is the one who’s embarrassed.”

He Xiaoxiao: “That doesn’t sound nice. It’s her birthday today.”

“What’s the big deal? She’s always chatting with Lu Ming. I’ve been angry on your behalf more than once. That rich girl has no awareness at all. Can’t she tell that you and Lu Ming like each other?”

“Stop talking nonsense. I don’t like Lu Ming.”

“Hehe, if you don’t like him, why are you blushing?”

He Xiaoxiao was flustered and angry. “Say one more word and I’ll pull your ear.”

“I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare…hahaha!”

He Xiaoxiao looked toward Wang Zhenzhu. Actually, when the two of them had worn the same tiara earlier, she had thought about taking hers off. But Mei Yunjia said the tiara was custom-made for her by Lu Ming, and the yellow diamond on it was even a family heirloom. Since he went to such lengths to please her, she’d reluctantly wear it. It wasn’t because she liked Lu Ming or anything.

Many people had come to attend Wang Zhenzhu’s birthday banquet. Bai Shuijin looked around the crowd and quickly spotted a familiar figure.

He made his way through the sea of people to Wang Huanxiu’s side. “Laogong-ge!”

Wang Huanxiu was chatting with someone, a businessman in his thirties. When he heard someone calling him, he said a few words to the man and turned around to look at Bai Shuijin.

“Laogong-ge, when did you get here?”

“Just now.”

Wang Huanxiu glanced at his little mouth and asked, “Have you eaten?”

He remembered there was king crab in the buffet area. No matter what, Bai Shuijin would never let his mouth suffer.

He would probably like it.

Bai Shuijin’s eyes sparkled with a smile. “I did. Little Uncle peeled the king crab for me.”

Wang Huanxiu: “…”

Wang Muguang, who was in the crowd waiting to witness his little sister’s grand entrance, suddenly sneezed and touched the back of his neck. It was spring, but he still felt a chill there.

After Wang Zhenzhu gave her birthday speech, it was time to blow out the candles and cut the cake.

The cake was pushed out by a waiter on a cart covered with a white cloth. Seeing the nine-layered cake, Bai Shuijin’s heart soared and he silently moved forward, his little finger still hooked onto his laogong-ge’s.

Afraid Wang Huanxiu would fall behind.

Make way, make way, the cake’s first-in-line heir has arrived.

But before the cake reached Wang Zhenzhu, there was a burst of exclamations from the crowd. The towering cake collapsed with a loud bang, and sweet cake and cream shattered all over the floor like hail.

“Oh my God! It fell!”

“What happened!”

“Is everyone okay? The cake…”

“Xiaoxiao!”

In the crowd, He Xiaoxiao had fallen on the ground, looking panicked, unable to recover. She had been playing around with Mei Yunjia and didn’t realize there was someone behind her. As they messed around, she lost her balance and crashed into the waiter pushing the cake. The waiter staggered, and the two of them fell into the cake. The beautiful and delicious cake was instantly smashed into a mess.

He Xiaoxiao quickly stood up. “Sorry! Classmate Zhenzhu, I’m really sorry!”

For a moment, Wang Zhenzhu’s smile suddenly looked more pitiful than crying. But at such a formal occasion, a young lady like her had to remain composed and graceful.

That’s how their circle worked. Even if the sky collapsed, you mustn’t lose your composure. That was considered good upbringing.

He Xiaoxiao was panicking. She hadn’t meant to ruin things.

“I’m sorry, I really didn’t expect this to happen. I truly am sorry.”

This kind of cake must’ve cost the Wang family a fortune. Even though He Xiaoxiao’s family had become wealthy recently, they’d never be willing to spend tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan on a cake.

Not to mention, her mother had reminded her before coming to maintain good relationships with her classmates. After getting into the international school through her excellent grades, their family business had indeed improved a lot thanks to the connections she made.

She hadn’t talked much with Wang Zhenzhu because she could tell the other party liked Lu Ming. She felt resistant and didn’t want to interact with her.

But even if she didn’t like Wang Zhenzhu, she never meant to ruin her birthday cake.

“Zhenzhu, I really am sorry. Don’t be angry. I didn’t do it on purpose.”

Many people around looked at Wang Zhenzhu’s expression, only to see that the smile on her face was uglier than crying.

No matter how graceful she tried to be, today was her eighteenth birthday, her coming-of-age ceremony.

Seeing He Xiaoxiao’s servile appearance, Mei Yunjia couldn’t take it anymore and stepped forward. “It was because I was messing around with Xiaoxiao that she accidentally bumped into the cake. It’s my fault. I take full responsibility. Zhenzhu, don’t blame Xiaoxiao. If you’re angry, come at me instead.”

Their sisterly bond touched people. If Wang Zhenzhu really got angry and blamed He Xiaoxiao, she’d seem petty and overly calculating.

At this moment, Lu Ming finally squeezed his way through the crowd. He had tried to come over the moment the cake fell, but it was too packed.

He stood in front of He Xiaoxiao protectively, and his first concern wasn’t the cake, but whether she’d fallen. “Are you okay?”

He Xiaoxiao was moved. “Lu Ming…”

Lu Ming looked serious. “Xiaoxiao didn’t do it on purpose.”

The three of them stood there, united.

Wang Zhenzhu’s lips trembled. She wanted to laugh it off and move on. After all, she didn’t want to lose her composure in front of so many people.

But the words “it’s okay” just wouldn’t come out.

Just as she was about to let it go, a thunderous roar ripped through the air above the Rose Pavilion.

“Your mother…you’re all faking!!!!!!!”

A figure burst out from the crowd like a mad dog. Bai Shuijin shoved through people, his hair all messed up. Looking at the three people playing the sympathy card over there, his eyes became red with fury.

‘A bunch of hypocrites!’

His sudden appearance shocked everyone. The crude cursing made all the young masters and ladies around him go wide-eyed. At such a grand occasion, it was obviously not in accordance with etiquette for the other party to say such words.

Lu Ming frowned at him. “Why do you have to talk so nastily?”

Bai Shuijin threw his head back and howled, “I have even nastier things to say!!!”

He summoned all his strength and rushed at Lu Ming, shoving him hard. Caught off guard, Lu Ming fell directly onto the smashed cake, and his suit was soaked in cream and cake. The moment he stood up, everyone would get a good look at his creamy butt.

Lu Ming roared, “You!!!”

Mei Yunjia had never seen Bai Shuijin before and had no idea where he came from. “What are you doing? Can’t you talk things out properly?”

“You go down too!”

Bai Shuijin reached out and grabbed Mei Yunjia. Out of the last shred of gentlemanly restraint, he didn’t shove her, but he still firmly pushed her to the floor. Her pink puffball dress was immediately smeared with cream.

“Ahhhh! My mother bought this dress just for me! What’s wrong with you!”

“What’s wrong with you!!”

Bai Shuijin covered his ears from her yelling, but it only helped him unleash even more fury. “What’s wrong!!! Can’t you see what’s wrong!!! Why are you even asking!!!”

He was about to explode. This was Wang Zhenzhu’s birthday, his big cake, everything was perfect…and then these crazy lovebirds and their messed-up friend had to ruin it. They didn’t even apologize and still had the audacity to act pitiful.

Damn it! They were even better at pretending than his Little Uncle Wang Muguang! They were more pretentious!!!

He Xiaoxiao looked at the disheveled Lu Ming and Mei Yunjia. “Don’t treat them like this. I did it, I’ll take the responsibility.”

Bai Shuijin looked at her and spat out two words, “Green tea.”

He Xiaoxiao looked embarrassed. “I..! You!”

Lu Ming couldn’t sit still anymore. “What gives you the right to say that about her!”

Bai Shuijin fired indiscriminately, “Shacha!”

**Shacha is a mixed seasoning/condiment 😆.

“…”

He Xiaoxiao was afraid that the other party would get angry and throw her to the ground as well.

Bai Shuijin watched He Xiaoxiao take a half-step back and said, “Didn’t you say you’d take full responsibility?”

“Of course.”

“Fine, then pay up. Compensate our Zhenzhu’s eighteenth birthday, and compensate our Zhenzhu’s birthday cake!”

“But I just accidentally ruined a birthday cake.”

“Just a birthday cake? On the birthday, the most important things are the birthday girl and the birthday cake. Zhenzhu hadn’t even put the candles on yet, hadn’t made a wish or blown them out, and you think it’s just a birthday cake.”

As soon as he said that, the crowd started whispering among themselves.

What Bai Shuijin said made everyone come to their senses. Yes, today was Wang Zhenzhu’s birthday, He Xiaoxiao ruined the cake without offering any compensation, and Lu Ming and Mei Yunjia even jumped out to defend her. The fact that Wang Zhenzhu didn’t completely go crazy was already admirable. If it had been anyone else here, they probably would’ve gone berserk.

Who knew these three were still putting on an act of “you protect me, I protect you”.

The looks of the classmates and the people attending the banquet changed when they looked at the three of them.

He Xiaoxiao completely panicked. What to do, what to do? If they included the cake and venue cleaning fees, it wouldn’t be less than five hundred thousand yuan. Where was she supposed to get that kind of money?

Even Lu Ming had no way to protect her now. Seeing Bai Shuijin’s outburst and total disregard for anyone else, He Xiaoxiao knew he wasn’t afraid of Lu Ming’s family background at all.

What should she do?

At this moment, she saw her savior in the crowd, Wang Muguang, the second young master of the Wang family.

In fact, she has had a special ability since childhood. Only she knew about this special skill: any man who came within twenty centimeters of her would develop feelings for her. Ever since she was little, she had always been a crowd favorite wherever she went.

No matter how much someone liked someone else, if they got close to her, they would subconsciously like her more.

She panicked, stumbling toward the edge of the crowd, looking like she couldn’t stand the humiliation and wanted to leave. In the end, she “accidentally” fell into Wang Muguang’s arms.

If Wang Zhenzhu’s family spoke up for her, Wang Zhenzhu wouldn’t have anything to say.

The young master also caught her.

He Xiaoxiao looked up with a pitiful look on her face. “I’m sorry, I really didn’t mean it, I didn’t mean to ruin Classmate Zhenzhu’s birthday.”

No matter who this young master liked before, after meeting her, the one he liked most should naturally be her.

Sure enough, the next second Wang Muguang smiled. “It’s okay.”

He Xiaoxiao saw a ray of hope. “Really?”

Wang Muguang smiled brightly. “Of course. Five million yuan will do. I studied law before, so this is quite reasonable.”