How I Became The Devil's Last and Only Love
Chapter 40: The Embarrassed Young Lady

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: The Embarrassed Young Lady

"You dare to humiliate me?" Bai Yunzhu’s eyes widened with anger.

Fang Anning shrugged: "You figured that out? Seems like you’re not too dumb, there might be hope for you yet."

"You’re just an illegitimate child, how dare you humiliate me?"

Bai Yunzhu, furious, raised her hand to strike Fang Anning’s face.

Fang Anning’s eyes turned cold, she grabbed Bai Yunzhu’s wrist, and said icily, "Such a pretty half-blood, yet with such a venomous heart. How dare you try to hit someone’s face?"

"Let go of me, what if I hit you? You dare to humiliate me; do you know who I am?" Bai Yunzhu struggled and asked angrily.

Fang Anning said, "I know who you are, Bai Yunzhu, the precious daughter of the Bai Group. But so what? I am still the first lady of the He Group, Mrs. He Tingchen."

"Mr. He won’t like you, it won’t be long before you’re thrown out, no, before you die," Bai Yunzhu cursed her.

Fang Anning snorted with a laugh, glanced at the cake nearby, and forcefully pushed Bai Yunzhu towards it.

Indeed, the delicate and pretty mixed-race beauty plunged headfirst into the cake.

"Ah, ah, ah."

She was on the verge of breaking down, getting up from the cake disheveled. She screamed wildly while pulling the cream from her hair.

Fang Anning quickly stepped back, keeping her distance.

With her covered in cream, what if she lunged at me and got me all messy? How dreadful would that be?

"Yunzhu, what happened?"

A middle-aged man with glasses came over and comforted her by holding her shoulders with concern.

Bai Yunzhu burst into tears with a "waah", crying on the man’s shoulder: "Dad, I’m too embarrassed to show my face."

"Don’t be afraid, Yunzhu." Liao Hanfeng appeared from nowhere, took off his jacket, and draped it over Bai Yunzhu.

After Bai Yunzhu made such a scene, many people looked over, whispering and pointing.

He Tingchen naturally noticed the situation and walked over with a cold look in his eyes.

But before He Tingchen could get close to Fang Anning, Bai Yunzhu rose from Bai Zhengnan’s shoulder, pointing at Fang Anning and complaining: "Dad, it’s this woman who made me so miserable; you must stand up for me."

Liao Hanfeng looked up at Fang Anning, feeling both anxious and angry, and said: "Fang Anning, why is it you again?"

"I was about to say the same to you. Like a bee, always flying where there’s a flower." Fang Anning retorted sarcastically.

"Fang Anning, apologize to Yunzhu," Liao Hanfeng demanded.

Fang Anning curled her lip, scoffing: "Liao Hanfeng, are you insane? Apologize to her? She tried to hit me first; I simply dodged a bit, and it’s her own fault for not standing steady and falling onto the cake. Is that my fault? Be reasonable."

"Your esteemed name, miss? My daughter has always been well-behaved and sensible; she would never randomly get into a dispute with anyone," Bai Zhengnan said sternly.

Fang Anning scoffed: "Well-behaved and sensible? Sure, most parents see their own children as well-behaved and sensible. So it’s very normal for you to be blind to the truth."

"Who exactly brought you in here? So brazen and impudent?" Bai Zhengnan’s face turned blue with anger, shocked that someone dared to be so rude to him.

"I brought her in."

He Tingchen arrived beside Fang Anning, wrapped an arm around her waist, and responded expressionlessly to Bai Zhengnan.

Bai Zhengnan: "..."

He stood there as if struck by lightning, silent and still.

After a while, he stammered: "Mr... Mr. He?"

"What’s the matter?"

He Tingchen ignored Bai Zhengnan and turned to ask Fang Anning with a cold face.

Fang Anning pursed her lips and quickly recounted the incident: "It wasn’t intentional; she wanted to hit me, and I just dodged and flicked her away, who knew she would fall onto the cake."

"Dad, you have to stand up for me," Bai Yunzhu cried harder.

However, she didn’t dare to lift her head, not daring to let He Tingchen see her in such a disheveled state.

Bai Zhengnan did not want to confront He Tingchen; though the Bai family was not lacking, they were still slightly weaker compared to the He family.

The most critical point was that He Tingchen was a madman.

Confronting a madman, there was no advantage to be gained.

But with so many people watching, his precious daughter had been wronged; if he truly said nothing, that would be too cowardly.

Hence, after weighing it up in his mind, Bai Zhengnan still spoke in a steady voice to He Tingchen: "Mr. He, your esteemed wife has caused such an embarrassment to my daughter. May I ask how you plan to settle this matter?"

He Tingchen glanced at Bai Yunzhu and said indifferently, "We will compensate for the dress at its full price."

"Just compensate for a dress?" Bai Zhengnan, pushing his luck, asked dissatisfied.

He Tingchen’s gaze deepened as he said, "Of course, it’s not just about compensating for a dress; there’s also the matter of your darling daughter needing to apologize to my wife. I will pursue this as well."

"Apologize? Mr. He, you wouldn’t be... " Crazy, right!

Bai Zhengnan’s face paled with anger.

"Cousin, Yunzhu is already so pitiful, please don’t be hard on her." Liao Hanfeng couldn’t stand by and watch, rushing to plead in a low voice.

Fang Anning raised an eyebrow.

Cousin?

So Liao Hanfeng was He Tingchen’s cousin. No wonder he was always appearing in the He family’s events and no one interfered; there was a family connection.

"I don’t want to apologize. Why should I apologize to her?" Bai Yunzhu began to cry again, feeling wronged.

But He Tingchen didn’t say a word, his silence indicating there was no room for negotiation.

Many people, watching his profound gaze and expressionless face, wanted to come over to mediate but decided against it.

Bai Zhengnan clenched his fists tightly, staring down He Tingchen in a standoff.

But in the end, he relaxed his grip and pulled on his still crying daughter, saying softly, "Apologize to Mrs. He."

"Daddy," Bai Yunzhu raised her face in grievance, not caring about her disheveled appearance.

"Apologize," Bai Zhengnan commanded.

Bai Yunzhu trembled with fright; she had been treated like a treasure by her entire family since she was a child.

When had her father ever been so stern with her?

She was unwilling, but she dared not disobey.

Reluctantly bowing her head, she whispered an apology, "Sorry."

"Never mind, I forgive you," Fang Anning quickly said.

She actually felt a bit awkward. She had only intended to give Bai Yunzhu a small lesson, to take down her arrogance a notch. She did not expect things to go this far. Seeing how everyone held their breath, as if watching a lunatic while looking at He Tingchen, she actually regretted it.

However, she couldn’t voice it, lest it would directly undermine the man’s pride.

Now that Bai Yunzhu had apologized, she immediately stepped down, hoping to quickly put an end to the incident.

"Mr. He, are you satisfied?" Bai Zhengnan asked with a stern face.

He Tingchen responded indifferently, "It’s fine."

Having said that, he took her away from the place back to where they were earlier to continue chatting with others.

Fang Anning stole glances at him. He was chatting and laughing with the others as if he were a normal person.

But clearly, everyone was afraid of him, being very careful when talking to him, fearing any word might offend him.

Especially after what had just happened, many were uneasy, but it seemed like only he was acting as if nothing had happened, everything as usual.

Indeed, psychologically disturbed people are different, too powerful!

Fang Anning couldn’t help but swear to herself that she would be even more careful in the future and strive to make it to the end of the agreement.