Jiang Xiaobai felt that she had bad judgment in choosing her company, which resulted in her befriending Fang Tangtang, who had a negative influence over her. She had various different plans in her mind and would speak so straightforwardly that it hurt.
“Oh, come on, Xiaobai! Just accompany me! We are best friends, right? I can only be reassured if you tag along. My crush is so good-looking! If I ask someone else to accompany me, what if he has his eyes on her?”
“Heh.” Jiang Xiaobai snorted coldly as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. “Aren’t you worried that he might be interested in me?”
Upon hearing that, Fang Tangtang could not help rolling her eyes before she spoke mercilessly, “Oh, come on! Look at your baggy trousers and your figure, which I can’t differentiate between the front and back of, do you think that you will catch a man’s eye?”
Jiang Xiaobai replied, “Heh, I just don’t want to doll myself up. And my front is of course very much different from my back!” With that, Jiang Xiaobai thrusted her chest up.
“Oh, stop doing that. I can’t see anything underneath.” Fang Tangtang shot her another ruthless comment.
Ugh!
Jiang Xiaobai felt so hurt by her comments that she almost vomited blood. Feeling exasperated, she clutched her chest. “You are too cruel! It seems like you don’t need my help anymore. Why don’t you enter the pub on your own?”
With that, she waved, pretending that she was about to leave. Fang Tangtang immediately went closer to her to hold her arms before she gently persuaded her, “Oh, Xiaobai, you are the best! Just help me this once, alright? It’s a rare opportunity for me, so can you just help me this once? I can help you with your draft. Please?”
Jiang Xiaobai threw her a spiteful look. “Help me with my draft? You never even passed in writing any essays!”
Fang Tangtang cleared her throat. “Eh-hem! Oh, don’t bother bringing up those old memories. If worst comes to worst, I can help to sweet-talk your editor so that she can give you one more week.”
“Are you the business owner of the website? Why would they even listen to you?”
Upon hearing that, Fang Tangtang suddenly thought of something and smiled. “Although I’m not the business owner, it’s not impossible to turn that into a fact. As soon as you help me out, I will call my dad to buy this website immediately. How about that?”
Jiang Xiaobai was speechless upon hearing that.
F*ck! How ridiculously rich she is!
Indeed, Fang Tangtang was born with a silver spoon, and it was considered effortless for her to buy a website. While Jiang Xiaobai was still in a daze, Fang Tangtang had already pulled her into the pub.
In fact, Jiang Xiaobai seldom frequented such places. It was not that she had an opinion against pubs; it was just that the loud music indeed hurt her ears, and the lights hurt her eyes as well.
It was enough that she had to look at computer screens at home, yet she still had to be blinded by the lights in the pub.
As soon as Fang Tangtang entered the pub, she rushed toward the stage like a wild horse.
“Did you see that? That’s my dream guy! He’s the guitarist and the lead singer of the band! How cool is that?”
Looking at her best friend, Jiang Xiaobai pouted and asked sarcastically, “Do you know which type of character you resemble in my novels?”
All of Fang Tangtang’s attention was on her crush, so she didn’t think too much about the answer. Without thinking about it, she blurted, “The female lead? Haha, I know that I’m quite attractive!”
“Tsk.” Jiang Xiaobai shook her head regretfully. “I’m sorry to tell you that you are wrong.”
Upon hearing that, she couldn’t help glaring at Jiang Xiaobai. “Are you going to say that I’m the sidekick of the female lead character?”
“Wrong again. Look at you right now—you are no different from the nameless girl in the crowd who fangirls over him. Get it?”
At a loss for words, Fang Tangtang glared at her before asking, “What’s wrong with that? Don’t you know that people like that will rise up to be the main character in the end?”
“Is that so?” Jiang Xiaobai crossed her arms in front of her chest as she smiled. “Go on; prove it to me. I shall wait for your results.”
“Just you wait. I’ll definitely make my crush focus on me!”
“Aaaah!”
As soon as Fang Tangtang finished speaking, the lead singer-guitarist on stage, who was wearing a black jacket—also known as Fang Tangtang’s crush—had just finished a song. Then, the girls in the audience seats screamed so loudly that they could even drown out the music of the pub.
Jiang Xiaobai covered her ears exasperatedly with a pitiful look on her face. “Gosh, aren’t you worried about breaking your vocal cord for screaming so loudly? Apart from that, there are so many people here! He won’t know who exactly is screaming. See, Fang Tangtang, to him, you are just nobody in a large group of his fans. Are you sure you are able to claim his attention?”
“Enough! Are you still my best friend or not? Shouldn’t you be encouraging me now? I didn’t ask you to come here to discourage me!”
With that, Fang Tangtang looked to the stage before saying, “I’m going over to cheer for him. Be sure to wait for me here, for I’ll be back later. Bear in mind that if I don’t see you when I’m back, I’ll definitely go to your house later to tear it apart!”
After threatening her, Fang Tangtang ran forward to join the large group of fans in no time.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiaobai pouted. She didn’t really understand Fang Tangtang’s logic of asking for her company in the beginning. She just told me that my unkempt appearance wouldn’t grab his attention. But look at the rest of his fans here; each one of them is prettier than the last. Even though he won’t be attracted to me, it doesn’t mean that he won’t be attracted to another girl.
From this, Jiang Xiaobai was quite sure that the trip to the pub today was meaningless after all. It was just an excuse for Fang Tangtang to find someone to be her wingman.
Jiang Xiaobai sighed internally as she sat down at the bar. Immediately, a good-looking man asked her what drinks she prefered. As Jiang Xiaobai had never been to pubs, she didn’t even know what to order, so she had no answer to that. Apart from that, she was worried to even say her choice for fear of appearing stupid to others. After glancing around, she saw a random girl taking a sip of a brightly-colored drink a few tables away from her.
“Can I have that?” Jiang Xiaobai immediately pointed to the glass in the girl’s hand.
The handsome waiter looked in the direction. After making out the drink that the other woman was drinking, he smiled and asked Jiang Xiaobai, “Is this your first time here?”
Jiang Xiaobai touched her nose in surprise. She had tried her best not to appear stupid, but she was still seen through by him.
Seeing that she didn’t reply to him and touched her nose in embarrassment, the waiter smiled again. “Give me a moment, beautiful lady.”
Beautiful lady? Hmph, it seems that money can buy praises after all. Facing my loose T-shirt and baggy trousers, he can still praise that I’m beautiful. Jiang Xiaobai almost gave him a thumbs-up.
How professional!
In no time, a brightly-colored drink was sent to her. Jiang Xiaobai took a tentative sip and realized that it was quite delicious after all.
Hence, she took another sip as she looked around. However, not far from her, she saw someone familiar to her left.
