Not in the city but still in control.

Ming Zhiyan was the head of the association, and the award she received gave her a straight ticket to the best university in the S city, what was more with her achievements and awards, she will also get a recommendation slot in the association. Lu Biya knew that she had hit a lottery which was why she pretended to be very sensible and kind, though she was used to smoking cigars at every single hour, she resisted her urge when she was at the association and did not dare to take even a whiff.

Because she created a personality which was steady, sensible and polite the leaders of the association liked her a lot what was more, her family was the Lu family of the S city, not only were they polite but they also treated her very well but among these leaders, Ming Zhiyan was an exception. He never talked with her and when she took the initiative to talk with him, he did not say a whole sentence to her and simply hummed before taking his leave.

It both distressed and angered her, at the same time she could not help but get confused, it was highly impossible for Xua Ying Yue to step out of the M city much less meet with someone like Ming Zhiyan especially not without her father's people finding out. Which means that Ming Zhiyan does not know about the existence of Xua Ying Yue at all, so why was his attitude so cold towards her?

" Yo, look at that, our celebrity!" Just as she was lost in her thoughts, a voice joined her thoughts and she turned to look at Tan Jing who was slightly tipsy her cheeks were flushed red even though she looked like a beauty queen while dressed in her black wide pants and glitter top, there was no mistaking the rosy blush on her cheeks. Behind her, Su Meirong was supporting Tan Jing trying to keep up with the idiot who came to such an important ceremony drunk.

Sure enough, when Lu Biya saw Tan Jing close to passing out because of intoxication, she pulled her aside after taking a look around and dragged her backstage.

" What are you doing?" She hissed while clutching Lu Biya's arm. " This is not a place where you can just barge in while being drunk out of your mind." Lu Biya very much wanted to scream at Tan Jing but the latter was so drunk that she did not even understand what she was saying, instead she let out a bark of laughter and denied the accusations,

" Who told you I am drunk? I am not drunk, all right? I just had a small …a very small dinner with my stepfather —— who by the way tried to take liberties with me," Tan Jing hiccuped and then rolled her eyes, her footing was not stable and she almost fell on her bottom if not for Su Meirong holding her still.

" Sowwiee~," said Tan Jing apologetically as she raised her hand and looked at the invisible crowd. " Anyways, I banged the bottle of wine on top of his head, the good news is he bled real bad, bad news is he is my mother's current sugar daddy, so she got real mad at me and I got mad at her, we got mad at each other so …this and that led to this."

Lu Biya did not care what Tan Jing was going through, all she cared about was that her reputation was on the line. She wished she could hit Tan Jing for her stupidity but this girl's mother was a popular actress and what was more the army of her sugar daddies was not something which could be trifled with either which was why instead of raising her hand and slapping Tan Jing, she slapped Su Meirong.

The sound of a crisp slap rang in the backstage room as Su Meirong clutched her cheek while Tan Jing clapped her hands like she was watching a show.

" What were you thinking? Why did you bring her here?" Lu Biya questioned harshly as Su Meirong's eyes flickered as she looked at Lu Biya and then said in a soft voice, " I did not bring her, I found her passed out in the middle of the street when I was coming here. I could not leave her alone which was why I brought her with me, I was thinking of asking my driver to leave her at her home but she insisted on coming, you know her temper, when I refused she made a fuss and started hitting me."

As she spoke Su Meirong spoke, she rolled her sleeves and showed the marks on the back of her arms which were red and glaring looking especially harsh against the dim light.

Lu Biya was not the only one who was left with a note Su Meirong received a note from Xua Ying Yue as well but unlike Lu Biya who was called out—— Xua Ying Yue was rather polite with Su Meirong, she asked her how long will she stay on the sidelines while trying to suck up to Tan Jing.

Since the latter had nothing to do with the business field it was better for Su Meirong to latch on to Lu Biya whose father was a tycoon rather than holding Tan Jing's thighs when her own mother was latching on to the thighs of the old men for her survival.

Su Meirong was not an idiot, she knew that Xua Ying Yue was trying to goad her. At first, she did not want to listen to her advice at all but as Tan Jing's atrocities continued to grow bigger and bigger, the seed which was sown by Xua Ying Yue started to grow bigger as well.

As Su Meirong looked at Tan Jing who was like a fool but acted like she was someone powerful, she was disgusted and annoyed secretly in her heart. Tan Jing who had no idea what was going on in her head continued to hit and scold her like she was her servant and Tan Jing was her boss.

Bit by bit, Su Meirong could not help but start thinking —— why can't I be the one beside Lu Biya? Which was why she deliberately brought Tan Jing when the latter was piss drunk, at this moment, Tan Jing did not even remember her name how will she remember what she did to her? That she brought her here deliberately by pulling and pushing her from the bar?

With that thought in her head, Su Meirong smiled widely and then tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear and then dropped her arm before saying, " I told her that you will be angry but she——"

" What?" Suspicion clouded in Lu Biya's eyes and she asked heavily. " What did she say?"

" She said that you did not deserve to be here either but if you can stand on the stage why can't she attend the ceremony?"