I didn't expect the other person to start hitting as soon as they came over. I was left stunned from the beating. I have always been frail and sickly, and I couldn't take this slap at all.
I could barely stand.
"No, you can't just hit people!"
The salon staff wanted to stop them, but Hu Xinxin's brother pointed at the person and said, "None of you mind other people's business. We are here to catch the mistress. If anything happens, my brother-in-law will sort it out."
"If you want to cause trouble, do it outside. Don't affect our business."
"How much do you make in a day? I'll pay it all, clear the place!"
Hu Xinxin's brother was very generous; money really does make the world go around.
The salon staff didn't dare say anything more.
Hu Xinxin still wouldn't relent, grabbing my hair and forcing my face towards the phone camera, so everyone could see clearly.
Tears began streaming down my face from the pain.
"I am not the mistress you're talking about. You've got the wrong person. I'm Luo Mingcheng's sister!"
I thought explaining myself would make Hu Xinxin let me go.
Who knew she'd just laugh loudly, "Sister, right, god-sister! The kind that sleeps around, right? I knew you shameless bitches love pretending to be siblings just to whore around. Why don't you say she's his godfather then! I think you'd be more fit as his goddaughter!"
Hu Xinxin's words deeply pierced me.
"I really am his sister, I'm not the mistress."
"Ha, now you don't dare to admit it, right? Too late! My brother saw with his own eyes how you and Luo Mingcheng were inseparable, saw with his own eyes how he picked you up and took you home. He's never picked me up like that! And you say you're not a seductress!"
My brother is very fond of me and given my frail health, has always been hands-on. What's wrong with him being good to me?
They didn't give me a chance to explain, slapped me twice more. I felt a sweet taste on my lips already oozing blood.
It's the first time in my life I've ever been beaten like this.
"So young and already being a mistress. Today I will educate you for your parents!!"
"Exactly, on Xinxin's wedding day, you came to cause trouble! Sisters! Don't let her off!"
The bridesmaids seemed eager to please Hu Xinxin, displaying their loyalty and hurling abuse at me.
Like a gang of street hooligans.
It's hard to imagine a refined lady having such a group of vulgar and uncouth friends.
"Still trying to argue? I think you won't cry until you see the coffin! Daring to bully my sister!"
"I really am not..."
Someone else kicked me to the ground. Meanwhile, Hu Xinxin pulled out another phone and searched through my brother's social media.
It showed my brother holding me affectionately, giving me flowers, even captioning it saying I was his most precious treasure.
That was when my brother flew overseas to celebrate my nineteenth birthday.
"Haha, I remember clearly, that day I had a cold. No matter how many times I called, I couldn't get through to my husband. Turns out he was with you, you little vixen! What else do you have to say!"
I didn't think my brother's love would cause such a misunderstanding with my future sister-in-law.
"I really am Luo Mingcheng's sister. You can call him!"
"Haha, he'll cover for you with a call! I've never heard him mention having a sister! I'm marrying him because he's without family, alone!"
Hu Xinxin actually thought this way.
"I know what vixens like you want; my husband is the richest in Cloud City. Don't you just want money? You don't deserve it, you know that? Luo Mingcheng is not someone you can touch, got it?"
She then turned towards the camera, grinning viciously, telling the people watching the live stream, "Today I'm making an example of you, to warn everyone that Luo Mingcheng is mine, no one else can touch him. The fate of seducing my husband is like this!"
Then she slapped me twice again, kicked me hard, and yanked my hair, dragging me out of the salon.