Chapter 18

Tang Ruochu didn't know that she had earned the bitter enmity of Gu Ruoruo. Even if she had known, she wouldn't have been too concerned because she hated Gu Ruoruo even more than Gu Ruoruo hated her.

She didn't linger after she stepped out of the ballroom and immediately headed outside to hail a taxi to head back to Lu Shijin's home.

The first person she thought of after she was on the receiving end of ridicule and contempt that night was Lu Shijin.

That man was so aloof and unapproachable, but he always managed to help her forget about her disappointment and distress. He made her feel warm and safe at all times.

She was so focused on trying to get to his house that she didn't notice the person who stood nearby.

"Honey," a man called out softly, and his voice was like a refreshing breath of air in the dark night.

Tang Ruochu couldn't help turning to look in the direction of his voice.

She saw a man standing under a street lamp, not too far from where she was. He wore a formal bl