NOVEL NEXT Chapter 631: Adding Insult to Injury!
Yes, Jiang Feng was the one who made a sudden stop and got out of the car, and the person striding toward him was indeed Mu Yanluo.
He never expected that the woman he had encountered a few times would actually be working as a car model here.
With her temperament and poise, she didn't seem like the type of woman who would parade herself this way!
Curious, he came over to take a look.
As Mu Yanluo watched Jiang Feng approach, her whole body tensed, and her face turned pale!
For the first time, she felt a sense of grievance that made her want to cry!
God, why do you have to be so cruel? He found me at the most embarrassing moment of my life!
Is this meant to humiliate me to the utmost degree?
Jiang Feng parted the crowd and walked straight to the front of the stage.
Mu Yanluo was on the verge of tears and felt despair in her heart.
"We... meet again." Mu Yanluo forced out a smile, but it was more hideous than crying.
"So you're a professional model?" Jiang Feng asked, looking at her.
"No... no! I'm a teacher! I just lost my job recently, and I had to take on this gig out of desperation, I..." Mu Yanluo stammered.
At that moment, she felt for the first time how honorable and dignified the profession of teaching was, and how shameful being a car model felt!
If she had known Jiang Feng would see her, she'd rather beg in the streets than come here and "sell her body"!
Seeing that the two of them seemed to know each other and were even conversing one-on-one in front of everyone, the people around them instantly became indignant and jealous!
Could it be that this "perfect specimen" had some story with that unremarkable guy?
Just when Mu Yanluo was so embarrassed she wanted to die, a sharp voice suddenly came from afar!
"You shameless woman, Mu Yanluo!"
Hearing this, the already lively audience around the stage immediately turned in unison toward the source of the voice!
They saw a tall girl in a white, lacy, backless outfit striding angrily toward Mu Yanluo.
Behind the girl were several young women with heavy makeup and similarly tall statures, and a man in his thirties, dressed in all-name brands.
"Niu Juan?"
Mu Yanluo, who was endlessly disheartened exchanging looks with Jiang Feng, suddenly furrowed her brows at the sight of this girl, a look of disgust appearing on her face.
It seemed she had some grudge with this girl in the white lacy backless outfit.
Adding insult to injury!
"Haha, Mu Yanluo, you seem so put together, but I never expected you'd have such dirty hands!"
The girl in the white lacy backless outfit walked straight up to Mu Yanluo and sneered, "No wonder you caused a scandal at Binhai Finance University and got kicked out of the teaching staff! People like you still have the gall to be a teacher? You're just a rotten apple!"
Being exposed like that, especially in front of the one she cared about most, Jiang Feng, Mu Yanluo was even more furious, her face clouded with anger as she said, "Niu Juan, what did you say? Say it again!"
She was, after all, Mr. Scar's sister; when she was angry, she indeed possessed a bit of the sharp fierceness typical of a Northeast girl!
"You... you still dare to be fierce with me?"
Niu Juan was intimidated and stepped back, a guilty look appearing on her face, but she quickly began shouting again: "Everyone, judge for yourselves! This Mu Yanluo stole my jade bracelet and still dares to be fierce with me. Isn't she scum? Isn't she garbage?"
Niu Juan held an exquisite jewelry box in her hand.
"Yeah, just now we were with Niu Juan in the dressing room, and we found a jewelry box with a jade bracelet inside in Mu Yanluo's locker. This was a birthday gift from Niu Juan's boyfriend to her, so why was it in Mu Yanluo's locker? Hmph."
One of Niu Juan's friends said sharply.
Now, the people around the stage understood.
This woman, who looked as stunning as a fairy and was enchanting as ever, turned out to be a thief who had stolen someone's jade bracelet!
"What a shame, such a pretty car model is actually a thief."
"Tsk-tsk, you really can't judge a book by its cover."
"Isn't the pay for car models high enough? Just showing a little skin is worth several months of someone else's salary, and yet she had to steal?"
"Maybe it was just opportunistic theft. Nowadays, women will do anything for money; stealing is nothing, as long as they don't steal people..."
...
"Niu Juan, you're framing me!"
Listening to the gossip of the onlookers, Mu Yanluo's face turned livid as she shouted!
Because she didn't fit in, her relationships with most of the other car models at the show were very strained.
Especially with Niu Juan, who had even quarreled with her!
Mu Yanluo hadn't stolen any jade bracelet; this was clearly Niu Juan setting her up.
Niu Juan was narrow-minded and felt that Mu Yanluo staying there would threaten their pretentious model status, so she resorted to devious means to make life hard for Mu Yanluo.
"Jiang Feng, don't believe them, I didn't steal anything, I..."
For some reason, Mu Yanluo wanted to explain to Jiang Feng first, but her words trailed off, and tears began to well up in her eyes.
Yet, Jiang Feng's expression remained calm, and he said nothing.
"Ahem, okay, Juanjuan, don't be so harsh, let me speak."
At this moment, Niu Juan's boyfriend, the well-dressed man in his thirties, stepped forward.
His eyes scanned Mu Yanluo's full and shapely figure, and a greedy, lecherous expression appeared in his eyes as he discreetly swallowed.
"Mu Yanluo, right? Here's the thing, the jade bracelet was something I bought during a business trip to Hong Kong Island as a birthday gift for Juanjuan. It's not expensive, just 280,000. The receipt and everything are still with me. But Juanjuan told me before that the bracelet was missing, and it was found in your locker..."
The man said with a smirking face: "The bracelet isn't worth too much, and I believe you didn't intentionally want to... ahem, steal..."
Saying this, the man took out a car key from his bag, apparently playing with it casually.
Upon seeing it, the onlookers exclaimed: "It's a Bentley car key! Truly a wealthy person! No wonder, a jade bracelet worth 280,000 is considered nothing to them! Only a real moneybags could put on such a high-quality act!"
Niu Juan, at this point, looked like a proud hen, puffing out her chest, casting her gaze around, then shooting a gloating look at Mu Yanluo, her eyes full of self-satisfaction!
The man continued pretending to be a peacemaker: "Mu Yanluo, earlier Juanjuan insisted on calling the police, but luckily I stopped her. I don't want to ruin you; it's not easy to make a living these days. I'm a bit familiar with sentences for theft, hehe, if the amount is extraordinarily large, exceeding 150,000, it's possible to be sentenced to life imprisonment... My bracelet, 280,000, is clearly written on the invoice!"
The man's tone unmistakably carried a hint of threat!