A long while later, Mia finally inhaled and let go of Arya.
At the same time, Arya also lifted her hand to slowly take her shades off and put them into her pocket.
“What happened to your hand?”
Mia's sharp eyes noticed that Arya's hand was bandaged. She quickly pulled her hand over to examine it closely. Apparently, there was concern and anxiousness in her eyes.
Arya smiled cheerfully and lightly patted Mia on the shoulder as she laughed gently. 
“No worries. I just got scalded by a little tea. I just got it bandaged at the hospital.”
“Scalded! Is it serious? Why are you so careless!” Mia frowned and shot her an unhappy look, then she examined her hand in detail again. When she saw Arya's slightly pursed lips, she slowly let go and could not help but nag her once more.
“Let’s go back and have some food first. I’ve already made reservations for dinner. You’ve had such a long flight. I’m sure you’re hungry.”
Arya pretended that she did not see Mia's glowering gaze. The corner of her mouth curved as she bent down to pick up the luggage that Mia had thrown on the floor. Then, she handed the little backpack to Mia.
Mia nodded and took the backpack from Arya's hand. 
“If you hadn’t mentioned it, I really wouldn’t feel anything, but now that you have, I’m starving. The fast food on the plane is inedible. Traveling with a group is boring! Luckily, I ran off alone halfway and toured France and all the other nearby countries by myself. A lot of pretty interesting things happened too. I got to know a few handsome, blonde-haired, blue-eyed guys. I’ll tell you more later, and at the same, introduce them to you. I’ve specially chosen them for you and arranged them into a thick file!”
As Mia said this, she took a thick notebook out of her backpack. 
“I’m telling you I’ve arranged it very diligently. If you dare to trample on my good intentions again this time, I’ll stop being your friend. Do you hear me?”
Arya turned over and casually looked at the thick notebook in Mia's hand. She could not help but feel her headache. 
She said helplessly, “Don’t tell me that in this period of time that you were away, you’ve been preparing all these things?”
Mia shrugged matter-of-factly. She hugged the notebook as if it were her baby. 
“Of course, this is related to your future happiness. I must always keep it to heart. This is my heart’s blood. If you dare to disrespect the fruits of my labor, you’d better watch out!”
Arya could not help but bury her head in her hands. 
“Mia, did you know that Benjamin Miller was about to go mad from trying to look for you? He keeps calling me more than five times a day to ask about you, but you... I really don’t know what to say to you.”
As if in sync with Arya, the instant she said that, the phone in her pocket immediately buzzed. She took it out and unlocked it, then she showed it to Mia. Her brows were raised as she said to Mia, “You tell him yourself.”
Mia pouted, then she took the phone. She had a look before hanging up and tossing the phone back to Arya with a grin. 
“Forget about him. Just let him be all anxious himself. Tonight, I have a date. I’m not answering anyone’s calls!”
Then, she picked her backpack up and walked ahead.
Arya could only shake her head as she collected her luggage and followed her.
They had just stepped out of the airport when a cold breeze harshly ruffled their clothes. Arya thrust out a hand to hail a cab, then she put the luggage into the car. When she was about to get in, Mia suddenly tugged her from behind and said softly, 
“Arya, look over there!”
“What’s wrong?”
Arya turned over to look at Mia, yet she realized that her clear face had become pale and she was staring blankly ahead. When she noticed Arya watching her, she turned to Arya and concern flashed in her eyes.
Arya was confused, then she looked up and her nonchalant gaze swept towards the direction that Mia was focused on, past the cold rain.
At that instant, the world seemed to have suddenly fallen into a gloomy silence.
Mia quickly gripped Arya. Her face had also darkened as she turned to look over. Just ahead of them, less than ten meters away, beside a luxurious Rolls-Royce, a tall and lofty man had stopped to talk on the phone beside the car.
The man had a stern face. Under his sharp brows were profound eyes, a pointed nose, and thin lips. He wore an elegant, silver-gray, branded suit. His every move showed off his extraordinary nobility.
Beside him stood a girl wearing Chanel’s latest white spring outfit.
Her beautiful light blonde and slightly curly, long hair fell on her shoulders. Her bright and animated little face held a hint of tenderness. Those long, shapely eyebrows and her eyes that flashed with hints of soft light complemented her thin lips that curved up ever so slightly, adding to her composed and elegant aura. At this moment, her hand gently pulled on the man’s sleeve while the man gently gazed at her before he continued to speak on the phone.
They made a very outstanding couple, and many people were already showering them with envious gazes from the side.
“Ethan, my mother’s already made reservations at Emperor. Uncle and Aunty Martinez should be there already, so we can just go straight there since it’s already very late.”
Victoria Johns lightly clung to Ethan Martinez's arm. Her gentle voice was just like water flowing gracefully under the bridge, slowly entering one’s ears.
Ethan put his phone away and turned to look at Victoria. Then, his handsome face revealed tenderness before he nodded slightly. 
“Let Mr.Lopez take the luggage back to the villa. We’ll go straight over.”
Victoria smiled cheerfully. “Mmm, but we had such a long flight and I am quite tired. After dinner tonight, let’s go home earlier to rest. Seeing you so exhausted, you know that I’d worry.”
Ethan laughed softly as he reached out to hold Victoria by her slim waist and pulled her into his embrace. Victoria's face flashed with a flirtatious smile and she lightly tiptoed to swiftly plant a kiss on Ethan's lips.
“Sluts just love being pretentious!”
The sound of a cold and sneer of disdain interrupted this rare romantic scene.
It was a very familiar voice!
Victoria was stunned. She quickly turned her head towards the source of the voice. What entered her sight was Mia's willowy figure with her hands crossed while her clean and fair face was filled with contempt. The mockery in her eyes was dense. She was nonchalantly watching them with a gaze as if she was watching a clown put on a performance.
“Mia, it’s you!”
Victoria's gentle face was infected with a surprised expression. She was about to walk up when Mia's mocking expression stopped her in her footsteps. She could only look up at a loss and appear a little hurt by Ethan, who had stayed silent.
While Ethan's eyes had also locked onto Mia's cynicism-filled face, his hands around Victoria's hand tightened slightly.
“Mia, was that you on the plane earlier? I thought I recognized it wrongly. We haven’t seen each other in so long! How are you?”
Victoria sucked it up, the bright smile on her face filled with a hint of darkness.
Mia sneered with contempt. “I’m good. Of course, I’m good. Without a certain disgusting fly flying around by my side, I'd undoubtedly be good.”
“Mia, I...” Victoria could not help but lower her head sadly.
“Enough!”
On the side, Ethan Martinez, who had been silent, finally spoke up coldly. He pushed Victoria behind him to protect her and then angrily glared at Mia. 
“Mia, you can come to me if you’re mad about anything. There’s no need to attack Victoria with such malicious talk.”
When she heard him, Mia could not help but laugh out loud with pity in her eyes. 
“Attack her with malicious talk? Ethan, I never would’ve thought that you were actually such a heartless scumbag! How are you two treating Arya fairly by doing this?”
Arya...
When she heard the name, Victoria was stunned. Her body involuntarily stiffened.
“The thing between Arya and I has nothing to do with Victoria. There’s no need for you to target her.”
Something gloomy flashed across Ethan's eyes. His low voice passed through the hazy drizzle, and when one heard it, it sounded particularly bitter and heartless.
Victoria sniffed as she bit her lip and looked like she was steadfast in enduring the insult. It made me sympathize with her as she held out her hand and pulled Ethan's sleeve. She shook her head gently. 
“Ethan, that’s enough. She’s right to criticize me. It’s all my fault. I’ve always felt very guilty...”
“Victoria, this has nothing to do with you. There’s no need for you to blame yourself!”
Mia sneered again with anguish. Her eyes could not hold back the tears welling up in them. She slowly lifted her hand and pointed to Victoria, who was behind Ethan, and choked on her tears. 
“Enough! You don’t need to pretend anymore. What for?! Arya was blind back then to have met two heartless scumbags. You’ve stolen everything that belongs to Arya. Do you feel happy? I, Su Nan, have lived for close to 30 years, yet I’ve never seen such a shameless and disgusting woman like you! All day, you pretend to be Virgin Mary like a pure-white lotus when you’re actually filled with evil tricks. Whoever fancies you is blind. A slut deserves a cheating man!”
Mia's foul words kept firing like a machine gun. She wished that her stern gaze could sentence the two people before her to an endless cycle of death.
“Watch your manners, Mia!”
Ethan's handsome brows furrowed into a knot. With such horrible words entering his ears, even if he were usually apathetic, he still felt the sting of them.
“The matter between Arya and I can’t be explained in just a few words. Besides, that’s something between her and me. I hope you won’t intervene!”
“Manners? Do I need to care about manners when it comes to horrible people like you? Do you think my words are hard to swallow? Wild chicken! She’s a wild chicken! No matter how she dresses up, she can’t become a real phoenix! Ethan, you’ll definitely regret this!”
Mia was furious and her little face was beetroot at this point.