"This woman is so arrogant. Clearly, I was the first to appear and should have been the first to have my makeup done, yet she snatched that from me."

"Exactly, so what if she has a sugar daddy? Seen arrogant ones, but never this arrogant, it’s infuriating, can’t we teach her a lesson?" A few of the girls who always love to stir up trouble, a hateful light flashed in their eyes.

"Oh dear, the jealousy stinks!" Feng Aoxue, carrying Ye Lu’s stuff, strides over in her high heels, looking at them in a haughty manner, "Don’t you have your own sugar daddies? Acting all pure, it’s just that your sugar daddies are not as powerful as mine. If you’re capable enough, get your sugar daddies to splash their cash. Stop spewing vitriol here."

The competitors looked awkward, glared at her hatefully and walked away.

Yuan Jiayin, who just stepped into the makeup room, saw this scene, and a wave of hatred surged in her heart as she saw the crowd around Ye Lu at the makeup table.

That day Shang Jingchen was called back home by the old man, once he returned, his face looked terribly grim.

She knew something was wrong, and on asking, found out Shang Jingchen agreed to marriage, which struck her like a bolt from the blue, making her whole body tremble with rage.

All her struggles had resulted in letting another woman marry Shang Jingchen, snatching her rightful place.

How could she resign herself to this, feeling all her resentment about to burst.

But she knew that Shang Jingchen was her last hope, no matter how furious she was, she could not lash out at him, instead she had to make him feel more guilty so she would have the opportunity to turn the tables.

So, she sobbed quietly, said nothing and began to pack her clothes.

Shang Jingchen saw this, immediately became anxious, angrily rushed up to stop her, refusing to let her leave.

He said he was forced, his grandpa pleaded with him and he had to agree. But he swore he didn’t love Ye Lu at all and was only complying to complete the task.

He promised that once he fulfilled his grandpa’s wish, he would soon divorce Ye Lu and marry her.

Yuan Jiayin’s heart filled with more hatred, "It’s that old fool again. He ruined me back then and now again interferes with my plans, I will never let this old man off."

Since Shang Jingchen gave her a leeway, she wouldn’t leave.

Since Shang Jingchen seemed to despise Ye Lu that much, there was still a chance for her and she wouldn’t give it up.

"Ye Lu..." Yuan Jiayin looked at her, laughing coldly to herself, "We’ll see how you ’die’ tonight!"

She turned around to leave, walked into the dressing room, saw those women from earlier trying on clothes and shoes.

She pretended to walk past casually.

"Eh, aren’t these Ye Lu’s shoes? Why haven’t they been taken over?"

The women’s eyes lit up immediately: "Sister Jiayin, let us deliver it, you go busy yourself."

Yuan Jiayin chuckled inside, even if she does something wrong, she’ll make sure to leave no traces. When Ye Lu stumbles conspicuously on stage later, the ones to take the blame will be these women.

***

"Your makeup is all done, Xiao Ye, you’re so beautiful. Is there anything you’re not satisfied with? I can still help you make adjustments." The beautician looked at her flatteringly.

Ye Lu was very embarrassed, she didn’t want to stand out and invite envy. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

But these people insisted on pleasing her, directly sitting her down in the chair, not even allowing her to let others go first.

"I think it’s fine. Everyone is waiting to have their makeup done, Sister Yang, you should go attend to them!" She quickly escaped from the crowd and saw the sarcastic gazes of the surrounding contestants, feeling incredibly awkward.

Why are they glaring at her? She is so innocent, she doesn’t even know which bloody tycoon with too much cash to spend made things so exaggerated. She doesn’t even know if he’s helping or causing more trouble.

About an hour passed and the competition was finally about to begin.

In the VIP seats in front of the stage, there were well-known figures from the city and big shots from the entertainment industry.