Chapter 534: The Story Takes a Surprising Turn

Just as Cecilia Vaughn was about to hold her forehead, she saw the stunning beauty staring straight at her, mixing English and Chinese awkwardly.

——How do you say "sao" in English?

Cecilia looked at the strikingly beautiful features of the person in front of her and suddenly felt at a loss for words.

At first, she didn’t understand why this pretty lady was rushing towards her, but now...

...

Cecilia hesitated for a moment. She could see that there was no malice in the other person’s eyes. Even Adrian Law, who always got along well with girls, couldn’t manage to catch the beauty’s attention for even a second; her eyes were instead fixed on Cecilia.

"Are you sure... you want to know?"

Cecilia hesitated while asking in a standard American accent. She glanced at the foreign girl, noticing her radiant blonde hair, devilish figure, angelic face, and how her clothes barely contained her perfect form. The thick aura of femininity was like the most powerful weapon, an exceptional specimen.

But for someone to be judged as dressing like that to attract men and labeled as promiscuous—using a foreign language to insult others—was entirely rude and downright vile.

Cecilia squinted, her gaze unconsciously drifting towards Rosalind White and Fiona Vaughn, who were not far away and still watching. It wasn’t hard to guess that the two of them probably spoke disrespectfully to this blonde beauty.

This behavior just deepened Cecilia’s dislike for the two of them.

What’s wrong with a girl dressing a bit provocatively? Unless there was an ulterior motive, like deliberately attracting public attention or seeking inappropriate benefits, there really was nothing to criticize.

...

Seeing Cecilia look her way, Rosalind instantly panicked. She quickly nudged Fiona.

"Fiona, what do you think she’ll tell that Lilith Judy? She wouldn’t talk bad about us, would she?"

Fiona frowned slightly. Remembering Lilith Judy’s cold and disgusted look from before, she had already figured it out. Even if Cecilia didn’t badmouth them, Lilith Judy probably wouldn’t have a good impression of them.

It was all Rosalind’s impulsiveness, always speaking without a filter, offending such an important person. It wouldn’t have mattered at other times, but the other party likely had the power to vote for the Vesperia-U.S. friendly young ambassador.

Fiona knew that no matter what they said now, it was too late. A useless pawn, any attempt at making amends was unlikely to change Ms. Lilith Judy’s impression of them. Instead of quarreling with Rosalind now, it would be better to consolidate their alliance.

"Rosalind, my sister has always wished the worst for us. It’s inevitable she’ll smear us to Ms. Lilith Judy. Let’s leave here and head to the auditorium directly."

"But..."

Rosalind bit her lip, regretting the vulgar insults she hurled at Ms. Lilith Judy earlier.

Although the cultural atmosphere of the Vesperia and the U.S. is different, slut-shaming is universally condemned.

If her insults were made public, she might be reprimanded relentlessly by those looking for trouble.

"What do you mean but? Regretting now is too late!"

Seeing Rosalind hesitate and even showing signs of wanting to apologize to Ms. Lilith Judy by going to Adrian, Fiona’s heart skipped a beat. She didn’t want to make a fool of herself with such a person.

"Let’s go, let’s go! Even if you went, do you think she would forgive you?"

Seeing how she couldn’t persuade Rosalind, Fiona quickly changed her tactics.

"Rosalind, don’t be foolish. Everyone has bad days, and it just so happened that Lilith Judy crossed paths with you. Besides, it’s not like you were wrong. She’s showing cleavage and her bare back, her legs are all out. It’s no wonder people might get the wrong idea, right?"

"Even flies go for cracks that are open! If Cecilia wants to use this against you, it’s better for us to play well at this Vesperia-U.S. exchange. You play piano, I’ll play violin. We’ll definitely win!"

After listening to Fiona’s reasoning and seeing Ms. Lilith Judy so close to Cecilia and Adrian, especially with Adrian being so tall, likely able to see Ms. Lilith Judy’s ample cleavage with just a glance, Rosalind clenched her fist, convinced that she wasn’t entirely wrong. See, isn’t that just trying to play up to the man she loves?

What’s wrong with calling her shameless and saying she dresses provocatively?

Rosalind took a deep breath and immediately pulled Fiona.

"Alright, let’s go to the auditorium. The performance is about to start. I must show Adrian Law my most beautiful side, to let him see I’m different from those flashy floozies outside!"

"That’s the spirit!"

Seeing Rosalind regain her fighting spirit, Fiona let out a breath of relief.

She still had her worries.

Hopefully, that Ms. Lilith Judy is just a guest here to sing or attend and doesn’t have any voting rights. Or even if she does, the ultimate decision should still be in Mr. Adams’ hands.

Otherwise, all her efforts these past days would be wasted, wouldn’t they?

...

On the other hand, Ms. Lilith Judy noticed Cecilia glancing towards Fiona, who was quickly leaving with Rosalind, and raised her eyebrows.

"Hello, I’m sure I really want to know what those two were saying about me in Chinese. Also, do you have some sort of grudge against them?"

In fact, Fiona initially mentioned they were friends with Cecilia, but Lilith Judy was no fool and not easy to deceive. From the way those two looked at Cecilia and Adrian, she could already sense they didn’t get along.

...

"More than just a grudge!"

Seeing how straightforward Lilith Judy was, Cecilia burst out laughing.

"Okay, since you really want to know, I’ll tell you. Those words in English are also unpleasant terms. If I were to switch them, it’s similar to calling a girl shameless in your language—it’s a strong gender-based slur, implying you dress to please the opposite sex."

Cecilia chose her words carefully, avoiding using the English equivalent of "bitch" to translate Rosalind’s words, providing a more general definition instead.

Lilith Judy was quick to understand Cecilia’s meaning.

"Huh, and they think they can say that about me—"

"They definitely can’t."

Just as Cecilia was sighing, she saw the foreign girl’s eyes light up, unusually excited as she watched her.

"Big sister, are you interested in showing me around?"

Without waiting for Cecilia’s response, Lilith Judy jumped up and darted over the flowerbed, planting a kiss on Cecilia’s cheek.

"Thanks for clearing up the confusion for me."

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