Upon hearing Gu Chenan's words, a flash of anger crossed Liu Wan's face. Including the time during their blind date, this was the second time Gu Chenan had called her a "narcissistic woman."
However, given the current situation, Liu Wan didn't lash out. She merely snorted dismissively and said, "It seems latching onto Miss Su has given you a lot of confidence, huh?"
"Latching onto?" Gu Chenan raised an eyebrow, immediately understanding Liu Wan's implication.
To be fair, Gu Chenan hadn't actively tried to hide his identity. When people asked him earlier what he did for a living, he had simply told the truth.
However, judging by Liu Wan's tone, she seemed to genuinely believe that he was a boy toy who had latched onto Su Qianmo, a rich woman.
Damn it, do you think I'm Hello Kitty just because I'm not showing my claws?
Gu Chenan let out a cold laugh and said, "You really amuse me."
Liu Wan not only failed to realize where Gu Chenan's confidence came from but became even more convinced that he was so smug because of Su Qianmo.
She snorted and said, "Isn't that the case? I bet the clothes you're wearing today were bought by Miss Su, right?"
Then, feigning shock, she added, "Or perhaps everything you're wearing, inside and out, was bought by Miss Su?!"
Bang!
Gu Chenan slammed his glass down on the table and narrowed his eyes. "Well, that's going to disappoint you. Let me tell you, while Su Qianmo is the CEO of Caiying, I am the owner."
"Is there a problem with me buying Caiying and letting my fiancée be the CEO?" Gu Chenan raised an eyebrow.
Upon hearing this, Liu Wan's eyebrows shot up, her eyes widened, and her expression froze for a few seconds.
Then...
"Hahaha, are you kidding me, Gu Chenan? How can you say such nonsense without blushing?"
Liu Wan burst into laughter, holding her stomach. "Others might not know about your family background, but I do. Your parents have been running a small shop all their lives. How could you possibly afford to buy Caiying?"
Gu Chenan had thought revealing his identity would shut Liu Wan up, but he hadn't expected her to completely disbelieve him.
This wasn't Liu Wan pretending not to believe; she genuinely didn't.
Liu Wan knew about Gu Chenan's family background. Plus, Gu Chenan had spent two years playing video games after graduation. Now he was claiming to have bought Caiying. Unless Liu Wan was brain-dead, there was no way she could believe it.
Gu Chenan was at a loss for words. For a moment, he didn't know how to prove it.
However, seeing Gu Chenan struggling to speak, Liu Wan thought she had rendered him speechless. Emboldened by the alcohol, she became even more unrestrained.
She swirled the wine glass in her hand and said with a smirk, "Who would have thought, Gu Chenan? You're more capable than your parents. They just stuck to that little shop, but you, a college graduate, actually managed to climb the social ladder by latching onto a rich woman."
With that, Liu Wan gave Gu Chenan a disdainful look and turned to leave.
But this time, Gu Chenan had finally had enough.
No matter how much Liu Wan had despised him during their blind date or how much she looked down on him now, Gu Chenan could have dismissed her as an idiot and not bothered to argue.
But there was one thing she absolutely couldn't say – anything about his parents. That was the bottom line.
"Stop right there!" Gu Chenan stood up, fuming with anger.
"Something else?" Liu Wan turned back, looking indifferent.
Gu Chenan didn't waste words. He swung his arm and slapped her hard across the face.
"Slap!"
The crisp sound of the slap instantly echoed throughout the banquet hall, drawing everyone's attention.
The group of people who were chatting with Su Qianmo immediately turned their heads.
Under everyone's gaze, Gu Chenan swung his arm again. "Slap!"
"Didn't your parents teach you to respect your elders? Huh?!"
After delivering two slaps, Gu Chenan grabbed his half-finished cocktail from the table and threw it in Liu Wan's face.
Liu Wan was completely stunned by Gu Chenan's two slaps. It wasn't until the cold liquid dripped onto her evening gown that she felt the burning pain on both her cheeks.
"You... you dare to hit me!"
Liu Wan covered her cheeks and let out a piercing scream.
"Go on, keep talking. I'll slap you for every word you say." Gu Chenan, completely disregarding the onlookers, pointed a finger at Liu Wan, as if ready to give her another slap the moment she opened her mouth.
"Mr. Gu, if there's an issue, we can talk it out."
"Calm down, both of you, please calm down."
At this point, the banquet hall's security and several people who had been chatting with Su Qianmo earlier rushed forward to separate the two.
"Let go of me! Gu Chenan, you dare to hit me! You actually dare to hit me! I'll have my father deal with you!" Liu Wan struggled in the arms of several security guards like a crazed cat.
Gu Chenan remained very calm, showing no extreme reaction. He just coldly and disdainfully said, "Those two slaps are a warning. If you insult me again, I'll make sure you pay the price."
"Make me pay the price? A loser who holed up in a rented apartment playing video games for two years and then latched onto a rich woman is pretending to have a powerful background?!"
Gu Chenan's two slaps had completely unhinged Liu Wan, this "little princess" who had never been hit before. She kept lashing out, and it took three security guards using all their strength to keep her firmly in place.
Though her body was restrained, her mouth kept hurling insults.
Words like "loser," "boy toy," "gold digger," "broke," "crappy little shop," and so on kept pouring out of her mouth, leaving everyone in the banquet hall dumbfounded.
Earlier, people had suspected that Gu Chenan might be Su Qianmo's boyfriend, but that was just speculation at most. Now, Liu Wan's words had exposed every aspect of Gu Chenan's background.
Not only did people now know that Gu Chenan was indeed Su Qianmo's boyfriend, but they also learned that his family only owned a small shop.
Inevitably, everyone felt awkward, not for Gu Chenan, but for Su Qianmo.
The mighty CEO of Caiying, in her first public appearance, had her fiancé's background exposed like this. How could Su Qianmo ever show her face in public again?
Listening to the stream of profanities from Liu Wan's mouth, Gu Chenan felt his blood rush to his head.
For a moment, he even thought about unleashing his Primordial One Qi Exercise, breaking free from the security guards, and ending Liu Wan's life right there.
"Slap!"
Just as Gu Chenan was entertaining this thought, another crisp slap echoed through the banquet hall.
Everyone turned to look and saw a shocking scene.
Su Qianmo was standing in front of Liu Wan, her expression icy cold. She stared at Liu Wan with indifferent eyes and said coldly, "Say one more word, and I'll make sure you can never speak again tomorrow!"
Clearly, that slap had come from Su Qianmo herself!
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
[Dao Companion Rental System]. By renting himself out as a temporary dao companion to daughters of destiny, Qin Hao could obtain generous rewards. His service philosophy was simple: play the role of the devoted lover, resolve their troubles, depart without a trace once the matter was settled, and absolutely avoid entangling karma. However, those daughters of destiny didn't see it that way. That night, all the major powers across the Three Realms and Nine Heavens jointly besieged the Qin Clan, plunging it into an unprecedented crisis. "It's Su Qingyue! The peerless sword immortal who attained the Dao and became an Immortal Emperor in a thousand years, the one who severed the River of Time with a single sword strike! When... when did our Qin Clan make an enemy of her?" Qin Hao stepped forward, clearing his throat lightly: "Ahem, Ancestors, don't panic. She's here for me. To be honest... she's my ex-girlfriend." From another direction, the newly ascended Empress of the Demon Realm arrived with ten thousand demons pressing on the border: "Qin Hao! Today, the entire Qin Clan shall be buried with you!" Hearing this, the Qin Clan ancestors all turned their eyes sharply towards Qin Hao. Qin Hao scratched his head somewhat sheepishly: "The Demon Empress... she's also my ex-girlfriend." Before the Qin ancestors could process this, an aloof figure traversed the River of Time: "The Qin Clan deserves annihilation!" Recognizing the newcomer, the Qin ancestors paled in terror: "It's her! Liu Ruyan, the Extinction Empress who ventured alone into the alien realm and suppressed it for an entire epoch! Didn't she vanish into the River of Time long ago? Why would she cross it just to target our clan?" Qin Hao scratched his head again, looking even more embarrassed: "My fault, my fault. She's an ex-girlfriend too." Watching countless celestial maidens descend, the Qin Clan ancestors were utterly astounded: "You scoundrel! Just... just how many women have you gotten involved with over the years?"
host is extracting the Celestial Bone of the Destiny's Female Lead! The Destiny's Great Villain System has successfully bound!] Mo Tianxiao: "Destiny's Great Villain? Me?" Looking at the radiant Celestial Bone in his hand and the beautiful woman lying on the bed, Mo Tianxiao felt somewhat confused. How could he, a law-abiding citizen, become a villain? Mo Tianxiao: "Fine, villain it is then. With the system here, even a Chosen One isn't unbeatable." [Ding! Detected 18,653 Chosen Ones in this world. Please seize the destiny of all protagonists to become the true Destiny's Great Villain!] Mo Tianxiao: "Seize how many?! What kind of lousy great villain is this? I'm a perfectly good citizen!"
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
