The Wife Is a Superstar 2

Chapter 355 - Impromptu Play

"You don't look so good, Miss Wu," Jisoo asked in a 'concerned' voice. "Are you okay? Do you feel sick? Wait here, I'll get you something to drink."

She took a glass of red wine from a waiter passing by. She was about to give it to Eunchaw when she "tripped". The red wine splashed all over Eunchae, staining her ruby-beaded peach dress.

Eunchae shrieked in horror at her expensive designer dress which was now ruined by several big and ugly stains.

Her shriek caused a few people to look at them. When they saw the state of Eunchae's dress, they instantly felt sorry for her.

"Oh no! I'm so sorry!" Jisoo apologized, her expression contrite.

"You—" Eunchae was about to slap Jisoo before she realized that people were looking at them. She forcefully controlled herself.

At first, the people thought that there was a fight between Eunchae and Jennie's group, but seeing Jisoo's apologetic expression, they concluded that it was just an accident. They didn't doubt Jisoo's angelic appearance. She didn't look like someone who would maliciously splash a drink onto another person on purpose.

"Jisoo, what have you done? You're so careless!" Alice 'scolded' Jisoo.

Then Alice grabbed a cloth serviette from a nearby serving table. Then she started patting the stain on Eunchae's dress. However, it only worsened the red wine stains on the dress, making them spread even further.

"Stop!" Eunchae slapped Alice's hands away, but Alice insisted on being 'helpful' and continued her actions.

"What the? It's only getting worse. Wait, let me wipe harder." Alice rubbed the serviette even harder. The force of her wiping tore some of the ruby beads off the dress.

"What are you doing?! Stop it! My dress!! Do you have any idea how much I paid for this?!!!"

Eunchae had now completely lost her composure. Her expression turned ugly, and she pushed Alice roughly away.

"Ah!" Alice 'fell' hard to the floor, making sure to roll twice before stopping. "Ouch! It hurts!"

"Alice!" Jennie ran to her.

Both Jennie and Chaeng helped Alice from the floor.

"Miss Wu, I know that you're upset about your dress but you didn't have to push her so hard," Jennie told Eunchae in an accusing tone. "Alice was just trying to help you. Please don't take your anger out on her."

By this time, the commotion attracted the attention of more people. They murmured to each other, throwing disapproving looks at Eunchae's behaviour. They thought that her barbaric retaliation was low-class and didn't reflect her respectable status. The ones who felt sorry for her before because of her ruined dress now sided with Alice and the rest of Jennie's group.

Eunchae became self-conscious and quickly fixed her furious expression into an understanding one. Inside, however, she was boiling in anger. She didn't even push the bitch that hard.

"Miss Alice, I'm terribly sorry for pushing you. I didn't mean it. It was done out of reflex," Eunchae apologized to Alice before turning to Donghwi. "I really didn't mean it, Hwi. I was just too shocked and my body moved on its own. Please believe me." Then she moved to touch his arm again.

Hoyeon tugged on Donghwi's sleeve, silently warning him. To his credit, he stepped away before Eunchae could touch him.

Fury flashed in Eunchae's eyes. She glared at Hoyeon for a second before changing her expression once again into a more pleasant one.

"This is all my fault. If I wasn't so clumsy and didn't trip on my own feet, I wouldn't have spilled the wine and ruined Miss Wu's beautiful dress." Jisoo's expression became even more pitiful.

Jennie left Alice to Chaeng and went to Jisoo's side instead. "What are you saying, Big Sister? It's not your fault. It was an accident." Then she turned to Eunchae. "Miss Wu, do you blame my sister?"

The murmurings of the crowd grew louder, making Eunchae even more self-conscious. Of course Eunchae blamed Jisoo and everyone in Jennie's group. She knew that they were doing all of these on purpose to humiliate her, but she couldn't just publicly blame them without ruining her own image to the people.

"You misunderstand, Miss Ruby. Of course I don't blame Miss Jisoo," Eunchae quickly said. She turned to Hwi again and pleaded with him. "Hwi, please believe me. All of this is just a big misunderstanding."

Donghwi had no idea that Jennie and the others were just acting out an impromptu play to torment Eunchae and cast her in a bad light to the people attending the party. At first, he sided with his sisters, especially after Eunchae pushed Alice to the floor. However, he was starting to feel sorry for Eunchae. She had already apologized many times, yet his sisters seemed to continue pushing the blame on her.

"Let's not turn this into something bigger. It was just an accident. Apologies have already been given. How about we act like adults and move on? Alright?" he suggested.

"Thank you, Hwi. Yes, I agree. Let's be adults and move on," Eunchae was the first one to reply. Her smile looked a little smug, thinking that Donghwi was taking her side.

Of course, Hoyeon also thought the same way. Her eyes darkened with great disappointment. She released her hold on Donghwi's sleeve and stepped away from him.

Jennie, Chaeng and Alice also felt dismayed inside. They wanted bang his and Eunchae's heads together.

Then Jennie saw that Jihoon and Jia were making their way to them. It seemed that the commotion finally reached their ears. She quickly whispered to Jisoo, "Big sister, do us a favour and cry. Go."

"W-what?" Jisoo got confused.

Jennie felt annoyed at her slow reaction. She whispered to Chaeng instead. "Our father is coming. Make my sister cry. Hurry."

Chaeng immediately understood Jennie's purpose. She positioned herself close beside Jisoo and covertly pinched her best friend hard on the side of her waist.

"Ah!" Jisoo cried out in pain.

Chaeng held the pinch and even brutally twisted it.

Poor Jisoo had no choice but to cry. Huge tears fell down from her pitiful eyes. She threw a heartbroken look at Chaeng, Jennie and Alice. She bit her lips and whimpered. She looked so much like a crying angel that it pinched the hearts of the people around them. They felt sorry for her.

"Oh no, Big Sister. Please don't cry. I know that Miss Wu was very harsh earlier but she already apologized," Jennie 'consoled' Jisoo in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear. "Yes, she yelled at you for accidentally spilling that wine on her dress and even pushed Alice hard to the floor for trying to help her, but she already said sorry. Are you worried that she's still angry at you?" Jennie turned to Eunchae. "Miss Wu, I'm begging you. Please don't be mad at my sister anymore."

"Yes, Miss Wu. Let's be mature here and not hold grudges," Chaeng added. "Look, Jisoo is crying so hard. Don't you feel sorry for her?"

"Miss Wu, let it go. It's just a dress. I know a good dry cleaner. They can take off any stains. It's unbecoming for a lady to hold grudges for such a trivial thing," a madam from another affluent family spoke out.

After her, others also started speaking out. They all defended Jisoo.

Eunchae felt mortified. She wanted to scratch the faces off of everyone from Jennie's group. But the one person among them that she hated the most was Hoyeon, even though the bodyguard didn't participate in humiliating her. She knew from her intuition that Jennie and the others were only tormenting her because of Hoyeon. After all, it had already been reported that Jennie and Hoyeon were friends.

The useless spoiled brat. The bodyguard who stole her man. The illegitimate daughter of a mistress. The orphaned niece of Jihoon's third wife. And the illegitimate daughter's best friend.

Eunchae looked down on everyone in this group. They were all inferior in her eyes. It was infuriating to act courteous to them when they were obviously making trouble for her. If only they weren't surrounded by a lot of important people, she would've already shown these low-class bitches not to mess with her.

"What's going on here?" Jihoon's deep voice asked. When he saw his first daughter in tears, his eyes turned cold.