Chapter 6: A Slap as an Appetizer

The red-dressed lady who had been acting weird just now now had a guilty look on her face. What could be more embarrassing than talking about someone behind their back and being caught and questioned on the spot?

Her expression changed quickly, as if she was turning the pages of a book, and she smiled like a sister: "Victoria, it's been a long time. You haven't been back for so long, we all miss you very much."

Victoria's eyes were soft and clear, but when she looked at them, she revealed a coldness: "If you miss me so much, why don't you send me a message? Don't you have my number?"

The other party covered up awkwardly: "I thought you changed your number."

" If you really sent it, you would know that I didn't change it." Victoria stared at her with cold eyes, obviously not going to let them go easily, "You haven't finished what you just said, why don't you continue?"

The red-dressed lady looked embarrassed: "I just heard it from others..."

Before she could finish her words, Victoria took a step forward and slapped her in the face.

Snap—a crisp and loud sound.

The woman never expected Victoria to do that. She screamed and covered her face, then hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I said too much. I won't listen to other people's nonsense anymore! Victoria, don't be angry..."

Victoria looked at the woman in blue, who was pale and said timidly, "I didn't say that, she said it just now." Victoria said coldly, "Crosstalk also requires the support of the jokes. Weren't you very enthusiastic about supporting her jokes just now? Why do you want to break up now?"

She raised her hand again, causing both of them to shrink back in fear.

Then, Victoria brought a double-layer cream cake from the table next to them and placed it heavily in front of them.

"It's my brother's birthday today, and I don't want to ruin his mood. Otherwise, it will be more than just a slap in the face. If you can't control your mouth, then shut it up."

Her tone was neither light nor heavy, but her aura was cold and intimidating. "When you finish eating this cake, you can leave."

After saying that, Victoria walked straight through them.

The two looked at the huge cake with stiff faces, not even daring to breathe. Victoria had just taken a few steps when she suddenly felt a gaze.

She looked up and saw a person leaning on the railing of the wooden stairs.

Theodore looked like he had just woken up, with the buttons of his grey silk shirt loosely buttoned, and a sleepy laziness on his well-defined face, which made his both good and evil temperament more vivid.

His eyes were full of amusement, as if he had seen all the excitement that had just happened.

Victoria paused.

"How scary." Theodore looked like he was just here to watch the fun. "Isn't he going to be silenced?"

Victoria didn't think she was wrong to hit someone. Instead, she felt that the slap was too light.

But it's not good to be seen by others, as if she is arrogant and bullying others, and people will think that Edward didn't teach her well.

" I just treated them to a cake."

Theodore put his hands in his trouser pockets and walked down the stairs lazily.

"Before eating cake, I have to get a slap in the face to whet my appetite? Is this the rule in your house?"

He was really tall, and when he passed by, he cast a deep shadow on Victoria.

Victoria thought about it, then turned around and called him.

"Brother Theodore."

Theodore turned sideways, raised his eyebrows slightly, and motioned for her to continue.

Now Feixue has been forced into a dilemma by Chenxing.

Cooperating with Cloud Shield is tantamount to handing over all your hard work to others and losing everything.

But if they don’t cooperate, it means giving up the opportunity to Chenxing, and their efforts will also go to waste.

Grace started Feixue from scratch, so its scale is naturally not comparable to that of well-funded old companies like Chenxing Technology. Grace has invested almost all her money in the research and development of liquid hydrogen drones.

It's giving it away for free either way, and no matter who you give it to, there is a risk of bankruptcy.

Now that I've met Theodore, I have to try harder.

Victoria said: "I know that Chenxing's offer is very low, but a low price does not mean it is a good deal. Feixue can promise to share the subsequent technical development results with Cloud Shield first. From Reginald's point of view, the cooperation between Cloud Shield and Feixue is more valuable."

" My senior sister is in a really difficult situation now. This cooperation is very important to her. Can you give her a chance?"

Theodore lowered his head slightly, acting like a tall man talking to a short man, and asked calmly, "What if I don't agree?"

His eyes were deep and he looked lazy as if he had not woken up yet, but now he was looking straight into Victoria's eyes, making her feel like she was being stared at by an eagle.

Victoria said: "I..."

Theodore: "Why, you want to buy me cake?"

“…”

Victoria knew that she was of little weight in front of Theodore, so she had no choice but to bring up Edward again.

"You are friends with my brother, can you do me a favor for his sake?"

Theodore stood up straight and regained his casual demeanor: "If you want to use your brother's face, let him come and talk to me."

Victoria pursed her lips.

She had originally planned to ask Edward for help today, but now she didn't want to trouble him for this matter.

The words of the two women just now were still echoing in her ears, and she didn't want anyone to discredit Edward in that tone again.

Of course she knew that as long as she asked, Edward would definitely help her.

She also knew that if Edward came forward, with just one word, this difficult problem that both she and Grace were troubled with could be easily solved.

Edward 's protection as a matter of course , but now that she has grown up, she can't do anything for him, at least she should learn not to rely on him.

In the few seconds she was silent, Theodore had already raised his foot and left.

He walked straight to the table. Someone came up to greet him, but he ignored them, pulled out a chair and sat down. He casually selected a cake from the pile of cakes, dragged it towards him and picked up the fork.

Victoria opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single syllable.

The silver fork, polished to a shine, had already been inserted into her blueberry mousse cake, scooping up a piece and feeding it into Theodore's leisurely, sleep-filled mouth.

Victoria had no choice but to close her mouth again.

She hasn't been seen in public for several years, and many people have taken the opportunity to make friends with her.

Talking behind her back and fawning on her in person are the faces that people in this circle can switch between easily.

No matter what her relationship with Edward is, it's enough that she has a relationship. At worst, she still has a father.

Edward caught a glimpse of her at the card table and beckoned for someone to add a chair next to him.

Just as Victoria was about to sit down, Alexander next to her reached out and pulled the chair towards her: "Little Victoria, come sit here with me! Every time you sit next to your brother, his luck gets better. Come and buff me today."

Edward said: "Even if you are a bad person, Xiaojiu can't save you."

Victoria looked around twice. Alexander had probably been playing mahjong with his feet for the past twenty years. Not to mention her, even if the God of Wealth came, he couldn't save him.

No wonder he always loses money. It's a good loss.

The screen of Edward's phone on the table lit up and a message popped up. Victoria glanced at it and looked away without taking a closer look.

Edward ignored it, and the phone rang after a while.

He then picked up the phone and stood up, his palm falling on Victoria's head: "Come and take my place."

Victoria went over to take over and played a good hand. Just as she turned the upside-down chicken over, she heard the man opposite her ask, "Theodore, play two?"

She looked up and saw Theodore, who had been well-rested and well-fed , coming over and sitting in the seat that the other party had kindly given up.

He took a look at the cards and said with disdain, "What bad luck."

Jack, who was playing in front of Victoria , laughed and said, " With sister Victoria here, how can others have good luck?"

After he said that, he played a bamboo card, and Victoria was about to reach out to touch the cards.

Theodore took two cards from his deck and threw them out: "Pong."

Victoria pulled her hand back.

I don't know if Theodore did it on purpose, either he wanted to touch the cards himself or he was feeding the cards to Alexander. Victoria didn't touch any cards in three rounds.

By the fourth round, she finally had the chance to draw a card.

Her luck couldn't be stopped, and these were exactly the three things she wanted to hear, so she was about to take them back.

"Put it down." Theodore's voice was like a bucket of cold water poured down, "Bang."

Victoria: “…”

"You are a bad person." Alexander could see it all. "Is sister Victoria going to make trouble?"

Victoria silently repeated "Party A is the father" twice in her heart. Grace's father is now her father.

She put the cards back abruptly: "No win."

Theodore's chair was half tilted back, with his hind legs on the ground. He leaned against the back of the chair and rocked slowly, not even glancing at Victoria.