The CEO's wife is reborn and vows to pay for her crimes in blood.

Chapter 40 Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." Chu Xinglan appeared wearing a fiery red fishtail dress. Her tall figure and fair skin, which looked as if they could be broken with a flick of a finger, were stunningly beautiful. Even Xue Bai, who had seen many beautiful women, was stunned by her beauty.

"Ahem!" Gu Ye coughed lightly twice.

Xue Bai then realized what was happening and exclaimed in admiration, "It's true that clothes make the man and the Buddha. I never imagined that Xinglan would look like a fairy descended to earth when she's dressed like this."

"Wasn't I pretty before?" Chu Xinglan raised an eyebrow, dissatisfied.

"No, no, you were indeed beautiful before, I don't deny it, but now that you're dressed up like this, you're absolutely stunning." Xue Bai praised Chu Xinglan without reservation.

No wonder such a stunning beauty could captivate the heart of Gu Ye, a man of exceptional talent.

"It's almost time!" Gu Ye said. He knew how beautiful Chu Xinglan was, and seeing the person he liked shining made him feel gratified from the bottom of his heart.

Xue Bai drove them to their destination, while he sat in the car.

"Aren't you coming with us?" Chu Xinglan asked curiously.

"I won't go and join the fun." Xue Bai smiled. Although no one would say anything if he went to the banquet, he had to sacrifice himself to give the boss and Chu Xinglan a chance to be alone.

"This time it will really take a long time." Chu Xinglan looked at Xue Bai. It was nighttime, and he was waiting here alone. Even if Gu Ye didn't say anything, she would still feel a little embarrassed.

"It's alright, just go with the boss. I'll stay here and watch some shows and play some games."

As he spoke, Xue Bai had already taken out his phone to play games.

"Let's go." Gu Ye took Chu Xinglan's hand and prepared to leave.

If Gu Ye didn't know that their relationship was simply that of colleagues, he would have been jealous just because of how much Chu Xinglan cared for Xue Bai.

"Hey, boss..." Chu Xinglan, who was being pulled away by Gu Ye, looked back at Xue Bai and saw that Xue Bai was already engrossed in the game, so she had no choice but to leave with Gu Ye.

"Looks like I really became their third wheel." Xue Bai watched their departing figures, chuckled inexplicably, then put his legs on the steering wheel and looked down at his game again.

Not long after Gu Ye and the others left, a woman passed by and spotted Xue Bai at a glance.

"You brat, I didn't expect we'd meet so soon."

The woman was about to wave to Xue Bai as she spoke.

Xue Bai reacted quickly, grabbing the other person and throwing him away violently.

Who are you?

The woman was thrown off balance and nearly fell.

"What a small world! I'll never let you get away with this!" the woman said angrily.

Xue Bai, who got out of the car, finally saw the person clearly. Wasn't this the arrogant and domineering Miss Zhou they had met at the jewelry store?

"What bad luck!" Xue Bai couldn't help but mutter.

"Who are you calling unlucky? You're just a poor kid, how dare you be so arrogant."

Hearing Xue Bai's whisper, Miss Zhou was even more furious. She glanced at the limited-edition luxury car behind Xue Bai, which was worth hundreds of millions, and smiled disdainfully: "I thought you were someone with some status, but you're just a driver. A poor driver dares to be arrogant in front of me."

"Me, a poor driver?" Xue Bai pointed at himself and said with a laugh. He was a poor driver, yet he earned tens of millions a year. Are there any drivers in the world who are that valuable?

"Calling you a poor driver is already being polite. You've humiliated me today, and I'll definitely get my revenge. Don't worry, your accomplice won't escape either."

Miss Zhou sneered as she spoke, and then ordered her men to attack Xue Bai.

"Fine, let's see how you get your revenge." Xue Bai was no pushover either. He was a ninth-dan Taekwondo practitioner, and apart from Gu Ye, he had no rivals. Today, he was going to show this arrogant Miss Zhou what he, a poor driver, was capable of.

"Who are you trying to fool? Even if you were really capable, you couldn't handle so many of us." Miss Zhou was startled when she saw Xue Bai get into a fighting stance.

Just as things were about to escalate, a man in a suit leaned close to Miss Zhou's ear and whispered, "Miss, the young master's banquet has already begun. He said that Mr. Gu will also be there."

"Really? Mr. Gu is here?" Miss Zhou's face lit up instantly.

"How could Young Master's words be false?"

Miss Zhou's smile widened, and then she glared fiercely at Xue Bai, saying, "I have something to do, so I'll let you go for now."

Miss Zhou ran forward excitedly as she spoke.

Xue Bai overheard their conversation.

She thought to herself: a banquet, Mr. Gu? Could it be that she and Shen Dingyang have something going on? If so, wouldn't she run into Chu Xinglan? Oh no, this Miss Zhou is after the boss, which will be troublesome for Chu Xinglan. But with the boss protecting her, she should be fine.

With that thought in mind, Xue Bai continued playing the game in the car.

"Cousin, cousin's wife!"

Zhou Ran arrived at the banquet and went straight to a young couple. The woman was holding a one-month-old baby girl in her arms. This was Shen Dingyang and his wife, Li Qing.

"Ranran is here." Shen Dingyang liked his cousin more and more as he looked at her. In Shen Dingyang's eyes, Zhou Ran was a well-behaved and sensible girl with a gentle personality and good manners.

However, all of this was just a facade that Zhou Ran put on in front of him.

Zhou Ran's obedient appearance not only fooled Shen Dingyang, but also his wife Li Qing.

Besides celebrating their daughter's one-month birthday, the couple also wanted to introduce their cousin to Gu Ye, hoping to strengthen their family ties.

"Sister-in-law, let me see my adorable niece." Zhou Ran took the baby girl from Li Qing's arms.

“My niece is just as beautiful as my cousin-in-law,” Zhou Ran said with a sweet smile, gently stroking the baby girl’s delicate face with her fingers.

Li Qing blushed slightly at the compliment.

Suddenly, Zhou Ran noticed the gold lock around the baby girl's neck, and her smile vanished instantly.

"Where did this gold lock come from?"

"This golden lock is..." Li Qing was about to speak when she saw Zhou Ran suddenly rush to a girl at the banquet, grab her, and slap her across the face.

"Fine, so I knew you were a poor, stingy girl. How could you afford such an expensive gift? So you were planning to use it to curry favor with my cousin and his wife? Don't you know what kind of lowly thing you are? How dare you even come to this place?"

The scene instantly descended into chaos, leaving everyone present astonished. Even Shen Dingyang and Li Qing were stunned, and they hurriedly pulled Zhou Ran back from her attempt to attack.

"Ranran, what are you doing?" Shen Dingyang could hardly believe it. Was this still his well-behaved and sensible cousin?

"Ranran, you've really gotten yourself into trouble this time." Li Qing's face turned grim.