Love You Till the End-Chapter 877 - 875: Just Here for the Food?

Shi Aoju had been paying attention to Su Jiuyi for a long time.

He leaned against the window opposite her, recognizing her as soon as she entered the venue in her gown.

He furrowed his brow, examining her, surprised to see a girl working at Ciaos in such a place.

He watched her with interest, wanting to see what secrets she might be hiding.

He stood there by the window, watching Su Jiuyi standing confused in the center of the hall, then running to a dark corner, curling up like a kitten while eating the desserts on the table.

Cream smeared her lips, but she didn’t seem to mind at all, grabbing a napkin to wipe casually, before reaching for another dessert.

She seemed to enjoy eating, her eyes filled with a satisfied smile.

Is she just here for the free food?

Shi Aoju watched intently, not even noticing when people around him greeted him.

Qin Shaobai, with a voluptuous beauty in his arms, walked past him and found his focused gaze strange, so he followed his gaze to the corner.

"Not bad looking and with a good figure, whose daughter is she? Why haven’t I seen her before?" he laughed and waved a hand in front of Shi Aoju, blocking his view.

Shi Aoju glanced up at him, a cold, sharp look making Qin Shaobai suddenly feel a chill around him.

Feeling a bit bored, Qin Shaobai rolled his eyes at Shi Aoju and then swaggered away with the beauty clasped to him.

Shi Aoju’s gaze fell back on Su Jiuyi, who was looking at the stage in the hall, with an indescribable expression in her bright, dark eyes.

She suddenly tilted her head back and swallowed all the red wine in her glass, her gaze empty, like a porcelain doll with just an empty shell.

Clad in a black evening gown, it made her already smooth skin look even paler and more translucent, like a fallen angel in the dark night.

Though simple, she exuded a kind of seductive beauty, distinct from all the ordinary women around her, her demeanor sincere and perfectly poised.

She drank glass after glass of red wine, her gaze dim and dark as though she was silently crying, yet no tears fell.

The sorrowful expression on her face seemed to tell a painful story, making even the surrounding air feel tinged with an unbearable suffocating atmosphere.

What kind of story would such a woman have?

Shi Aoju had to admit, she piqued his interest.

Su Jiuyi downed glass after glass of red wine, suddenly feeling a block in her heart, standing in this luxurious place, she felt like she was a clown in her own performance.

As the banquet was drawing to an end, Su Jiuyi felt stifled by the heat in the hall, swaying as she got up, appearing drunk, and holding a bottle as she walked out, not knowing how many people she bumped into along the way.

The people she bumped into exclaimed and looked at her in annoyance, cursing, "What kind of madman is this?"

She staggered to the restroom, turned on the faucet and splashed water on her face, the droplets trickling down her cheeks to her neck, soaking through her clothes.

Perhaps she drank too much, suddenly recalling scenes from her childhood, being punished by her stepmother again and again.

She bit her lip hard, until it bleed, without making a sound of sobbing.

Su Jiuyi’s childhood was a fortress built of darkness, with only monotonous gray, surrounded by thick walls.

She looked up at the ceiling with a bitter smile, the glaring lights making her eyes ache, yet she refused to close them.