Rebirth at the Start: This Fate is Too Explosive!

Chapter 356 Wang Meiyan with a vicious tongue!

Even heavy foundation couldn't conceal the fine lines around her eyes and her slightly sagging skin. Compared to Liu Ruyan's natural elegance and composure, which seemed to have been blessed by time, the difference in their temperament was immediately apparent, revealing a vulgarity and the relentless marks of time.

A barely perceptible hint of surprise flashed across Liu Ruyan's eyes, but she quickly regained her composure, a perfectly timed and flawless social smile playing on her lips: "Meiyan? What a coincidence. You're also in Jinling?"

His tone was flat and calm, without the slightest hint of emotion.

The person who came was Wang Meiyan, Liu Ruyan's college classmate and former roommate.

"That's right!" Wang Meiyan swayed her hips and rushed closer, the strong scent of perfume wafting over.

She seemed to want to take Liu Ruyan's arm in an intimate gesture, but Liu Ruyan avoided it by turning around and adjusting her posture in an extremely natural and subtle way.

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Wang Meiyan's face, but it was quickly covered up by an even more exaggerated smile. Her giggles sounded particularly jarring in the empty exhibition hall: "I've been working in Jinling for two years now! My hometown, Huizhou, is nearby, just a short walk away! But you, Fujian Province is so far away, you've been out of school for almost ten years, haven't you? What brings you to Jinling all of a sudden? A vacation to relax? But the National Day holiday is over!"

She spoke quickly and urgently, her gaze sweeping unabashedly over Liu Ruyan and Ye Fan's face like a searchlight, filled with a curious inquiry and an undisguised, inexplicable sense of superiority and disdain.

Clearly, Ye Fan, dressed simply, had been quickly categorized by her as Liu Ruyan's "poor relative" or "follower".

Wang Meiyan's machine-gun-like "greetings" gave Liu Ruyan no chance to interject.

Her fake smile remained unchanged, and she spoke rapidly, as if wound up like a clockwork toy, continuing her "concern" in that feigned familiarity but actually malicious tone: "Ruyan, stop hiding it! All of us old classmates know, right? I heard you've been single all this time? Like after that scoundrel surnamed Xiao... you gave birth to Yanning, and haven't dated a man since? Is that true?"

She deliberately blurred the bloody word "rape," replacing it with the ambiguous "that thing," which only made her malicious intentions more apparent. It was as if, in full view of everyone, she was using the roughest sandpaper to repeatedly polish the wound in Liu Ruyan's heart that had never healed.

"We lost contact over the years, and I only heard about it from other people, sigh!" She sighed dramatically, but her eyes gleamed with curiosity.

The color drained from Liu Ruyan's face instantly, as if she had been doused with a bucket of ice water.

She felt like all the eyes in the exhibition hall were piercing her back like needles.

After all these years, Wang Meiyan is still the same – she never knows her limits and always rubs salt into other people's wounds!

She took a deep breath, suppressing her surging anger, her nails almost digging into her palms, to maintain a relatively steady voice, and said coldly, "Yes, I'm not married."

Acknowledging this fact, in the current environment, is itself a form of torment.

"Oh dear, no wonder!" Wang Meiyan immediately chimed in, as if she had received some kind of confirmation. Her tone was full of feigned "understanding." "That incident hurt you so much! How old were you back then? A minor, right? It left a shadow in your heart, you're afraid of men now, it's normal that you don't dare to look for someone again, I understand, I understand!"

She nodded solemnly, then, as if remembering some enormous "hidden danger," she suddenly covered her mouth, her eyes widened, and spoke in an exaggeratedly loud "whisper" as if afraid no one would hear her:

"But Ruyan! This can't be taken lightly! Those street thugs are filthy! Who knows how many shady women they've been with? AIDS! Syphilis! I've heard these dirty diseases have very long incubation periods! They can hide for over ten years! Have you gone to a major hospital for a thorough checkup? This concerns your own health, and Yanning's too! As a mother, you have to be responsible for yourself and for your child!"

This was no longer gossip, but a blatant and curse-filled personal insult and attack! Every word was like the fangs of a venomous snake, biting viciously at Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan felt a metallic sweetness rise to her throat, and she was so angry that her vision blurred and her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

An overwhelming rage engulfed her like a tsunami.

She abruptly raised her head, two cold flames igniting in her clear eyes. Her red lips parted slightly, gathering all her strength, ready to tear this vicious woman to shreds with the sharpest words—

"Oh, right!" Wang Meiyan seemed completely oblivious to Liu Ruyan's impending outburst of anger, or perhaps she simply didn't care. The topic abruptly shifted 180 degrees, instantly switching to a boastful mode. Her voice rose again, laced with condescending pity and undisguised superiority: "What kind of work are you doing in Jinling now? Working for someone else? How much do you earn a month? A few thousand yuan at most, right? Is that enough? Yan Ning's in college now, isn't she? Tuition, living expenses, rent, food... tsk tsk, the expenses are enormous! Raising a child alone, how hard must it be!"

As she spoke, she looked Liu Ruyan up and down with a compassionate gaze: "Women, you can't just rely on a fixed salary to make ends meet!"

Before she could finish speaking, she immediately began to demonstrate her "strength".

She proudly swung the heavy gold bracelet on her wrist, making a clinking sound, then deliberately raised her pinky finger and shoved the poorly cut, murky-looking so-called "diamond ring" in front of Liu Ruyan's eyes: "Look, my husband just bought this for me!"

Then, she exaggeratedly tugged at the gold necklace around her neck, its dazzling brilliance almost blinding: "And this too! I have a whole bunch at home! I'm too lazy to wear them! The key for a woman is to find a capable man who will cherish her and be willing to spend money on her—that's what it means to treat yourself well! Understand?"

Wang Meiyan seemed to have found a way to show off, and her mouth was like a machine gun, never stopping, giving Liu Ruyan no chance to speak at all.

"And what's more!" she exclaimed, as if unleashing her final trump card, her voice booming with triumph as she pointed at the salesperson beside her, who was practically begging to disappear. "See? I'm here to pick up my car today! Just signed the contract—a Porsche Macan! Even the entry-level version will cost over 500,000! I'll drive it for grocery shopping and picking up the kids; it'll be so convenient!"

She held her head high, her nostrils pointing to the sky, every muscle on her face screaming "triumphant!"

The jealousy he had harbored for over a decade toward Liu Ruyan, the former school beauty and a favored daughter of heaven, along with the twisted pleasure of thinking he had "turned the tables," erupted like a volcano at this moment!