Rebirth: CEO's Sweetheart Reaches the Life Pinnacle!-Chapter 721 - 638 Where is your Shasha?

When Li Si withdrew her gaze from Su Meng, she asked Xu Er, "Where’s your Shasha?"

She hadn’t seen Shasha since she arrived. Logically, at such an event, Shasha, as the Xu Family’s daughter-in-law, should be assisting her mother-in-law in receiving guests.

However, she had only seen Shasha’s mother-in-law at the entrance earlier, and Shasha herself was nowhere to be found.

Xu Er curled his lips helplessly. "Don’t even mention it. That brat Yin Rui brought his girlfriend over. Somehow, red wine got spilled on her skirt, so Shasha took her to change..."

Speaking of this, Xu Er was full of grievances.

Yin Rui showing up with his girlfriend He Zixi after so many years was supposed to be a pleasant surprise.

His girlfriend He Zixi was decent-looking and had a nice figure, but perhaps due to the environment she grew up in, her speech carried a constant affected delicacy.

Such a person had, moments ago, caused a commotion.

She and Su Meng—no one knew what exactly had happened—somehow ended up with red wine spilling on He Zixi’s white dress, leaving Su Meng appearing flustered and at a loss.

"That sister of his didn’t come, right?"

Xu Er shook his head. "No, she didn’t!"

Li Si’s tightly furrowed brows slightly relaxed. Even though Yin Peiwen hadn’t shown up, she still felt an inexplicable dislike for Yin Rui and his girlfriend.

Perhaps it was the lingering impression from her encounter with Yin Peiwen a few days ago.

They say love for someone extends to their house; in her case, it seemed like dislike for someone extended to their house as well.

"You handle your thing; we’ll go sit over there!"

Xu Er nodded and said softly, "Alright then! You two go over and try to talk some sense into Long Wu. He seems off tonight!"

He had noticed the issue earlier. Normally, if anyone dared to put Su Meng in such a situation, Long Wu would have intervened long ago.

Yet tonight, he hadn’t even moved a muscle, nor had he come forward to stand up for Su Meng or resolve the situation.

"Got it! You go take care of the other guests!"

Li Si agreed, then linked arms with Leng Mochen as they walked over to Long Wu’s table.

Long Wu was sitting there with a somber expression, downing glass after glass of red wine, as if completely indifferent to everything happening around him.

Su Meng occasionally glanced at Long Wu, a hesitant expression in her eyes.

When she saw Li Si and Leng Mochen approach, Su Meng stood up. "Sisi, come sit next to me!"

At this moment, Long Wu also raised his head and forced a smile, his lips tugging slightly. "You’re here!"

Li Si smiled as she sat down, noticing a damp sensation under her foot. She instinctively slid her high heel back and forth.

"Oh! The floor here feels a bit slippery, doesn’t it?"

Moreover, there seemed to be a lingering scent of red wine in the air.

Su Meng lowered her gaze, sighed, and said softly, "Yin Rui’s girlfriend was sitting here earlier. She spilled red wine on her white dress through her own clumsiness, but then rushed to claim it wasn’t my fault!"

Just thinking about the scene from earlier made Su Meng feel sick to her stomach.

She had clearly been watching Long Wu and Yin Rui talk and hadn’t paid any attention to the girl beside her.

But as soon as it happened, He Zixi let out a startled cry, drawing everyone’s eyes toward them.

It was as if she had done something wrong.

Li Si sneered coldly. "Shameless! Is that girl out of her mind? You two don’t even know each other! Why go out of her way to frame you at first meeting?"

Li Si had already held a bad opinion of the Yin family after meeting Yin Peiwen the other day. Hearing Su Meng’s account only deepened her disdain.

Su Meng, too, couldn’t figure it out. She had never seen He Zixi before.

Yet why would this girl frame her so publicly?

"Who knows! I can’t figure it out either. Forget it; I’ll just avoid her from now on!"

Su Meng thought it would be best to keep the peace, especially since this was Xu Er’s father’s birthday banquet.

Causing a scene over this matter would indeed be improper.

Besides, she hadn’t reacted quickly enough at the time, missing the opportunity to handle it first.

Li Si was not as forgiving. Why had this woman tried to frame Su Meng for no reason? She had to get to the bottom of it.

She looked at Su Meng with concern. "You don’t look so good!"

Su Meng unconsciously touched her face, leaning closer to Li Si and speaking in a hushed tone. "Before we left, my mom and he had a pretty unpleasant argument regarding Hu Li.

I said something wrong at the time, and I think it hurt him."

On the way here, Long Wu had been silent the entire time. Each time she tried to speak to him, his indifferent expression stopped her.

"Was it really Hu Li who leaked the photos?" Li Si had long suspected Hu Li had something to do with it, and now it turned out to be true.

Back when Peanut’s one-month celebration was held, she and Bai Shasha had already noticed Hu Li’s intentions.

But Mrs. Su had always been soft-hearted, constrained by relations. A few pitiful words from Hu Li, and she’d feel bad enough to forgive her for anything.

That’s how Hu Li had gotten an opening to act, making it all too easy to pull off something like this.

Su Meng nodded, leaning in closer to Li Si and whispering helplessly, "Yes! He wanted to deal with her harshly, but my mom wouldn’t allow it. They ended up snapping at each other.

My mom’s heart hasn’t been well lately, so I wanted to calm her down, afraid she’d get agitated and worsen her condition. So I said something not so agreeable, and Long Wu took it to heart! Sigh, I really feel stuck in the middle!

You know how things are at home. Peanut entirely depends on my mom now. If she falls sick, my mother-in-law will definitely use it as an excuse to come over.

After how unpleasant things were the last time, just thinking about facing her again makes me feel like I can’t even breathe!"

Li Si was at a loss for words, unsure how to respond. All she could do was offer comfort, saying, "Don’t feel too bad. You know Brother Wu’s temperament better than anyone. He’ll probably be fine after a night’s sleep!"

However, glancing at Long Wu, Li Si felt uncertain. His behavior tonight was truly out of character. Even after listening to their quiet discussion for so long, he hadn’t so much as glanced in their direction. It really wasn’t like him.

Su Meng also looked at Long Wu but then lowered her head with a bitter smile. "Maybe."

But she could clearly feel it—this time, it was different.

She had sensed it earlier when Long Wu didn’t defend her or say a word during the incident. At that moment, she had felt an icy chill in her heart.

Still, these feelings couldn’t be shared with Li Si, not here, not now.

Their attention on Long Wu seemed unnoticed by him as he continued to pour and drink in silence. Leng Mochen, however, watched him closely for a while.

Finally, unable to withstand Leng Mochen’s gaze, Long Wu forced a bitter smile and said, "Leng Er, I’m so damn tired of this life!"

"Why so tired?" Leng Mochen asked calmly.

"Tired in my heart!" Long Wu took a large gulp of wine, a streak of red trailing from the corner of his mouth. He wiped it off messily with his hand.

Seeing his coarse action, Leng Mochen knew Long Wu was genuinely drunk.

If Long Wu was saying such things, Leng Mochen was certain it had everything to do with Su Meng.

Letting out a small burp, Long Wu exhaled heavily before continuing, "Leng Er, I..."

At that moment, Bai Shasha returned to the table with a young woman, followed by an expression full of amusement from Yin Rui.