As dusk fell and the lights began to gleam, countless celebrities fluttered around the grandest hotel lobby in city B.

Gu Wanqing held a glass of champagne, her gaze seemed lost and her beautiful eyebrows were slightly furrowed.

Having attended countless parties of this sort before, she was already weary. However, she still had to maintain an amicable demeanor. After all, she was a well-known socialite in the entirety of city B, who, despite being of humble origins, managed to gain a footing in high society.

"Wanqing?" Qi Yu turned his head slightly towards her, asking with concern, "Are you tired? Do you want to take a break upstairs?"

Gu Wanqing nodded, "Okay, then call me when the party's over."

Qi Yu was her current boyfriend, they had been dating for just 3 months. Among her exes, he had one of the longest relationships with her.

The hotel provided rooms for the guests attending the banquet to rest. Gu Wanqing asked a waitress, then crossed the lobby to go upstairs.

In the restroom on the 66th floor of the hotel, two women were gossiping as if no one else was present.

"Did you see that 'National's Sweetheart' just now?"

"Who?"

"Gu Wanqing!" A woman was fixing her smudged lipstick, not stopping the gossip, "You know, the one who has dated countless guys, none lasting more than six months, and all of them seriously rich! I swear, how does she do it?"

The other woman scoffed, "I thought you were talking about someone extraordinary, a 'National's Sweetheart'? Isn't she just a gold-digger? Now she seems to be with Qi Yu, I have no idea what he sees in her, to be with a woman like that!"

"Well, you may say so, but despite her notorious love life, all her ex-boyfriends seem to speak highly of her, not a single one with a complaint!"

"Bullcrap, they've all spent money on her, it would be embarrassing for them to say anything bad. Plus, none of them are marrying her, would you badmouth a call girl?"

At this point, Gu Wanqing pushed open the door of her stall. Hearing the sound, the two women turned their heads to look and seeing her, they immediately fell silent, their faces turning awkward.

Gu Wanqing walked straight to the washbasin, completely ignoring them. She washed her hands, dried them, as if the object of their discussion wasn't her at all.

The two women seemed to have been put on pause, stared fixedly at her, and no one spoke for a moment.

Before leaving, Gu Wanqing seemed to suddenly become aware of their presence. She smiled and said, "Whether I take money or not has nothing to do with you."

She paused a moment, then added, "Besides, if it were you, you'd probably pay to sleep with them, right?"

Without waiting for their response, she walked off on her long legs. Her high heels stepped on the marble floor, making a crisp sound, as if she was stepping on the faces of those women.

Before leaving, she heard one of the women snidely say, "Just a hooker being so arrogant, speaking so rudely. That's why they say she's from a poor background, she has no manners!"

Gu Wanqing paid no heed, a faint smile on her lips, as if it was sarcasm, or self-mockery.

Taking her room card, she arrived at room 6608 and inserted it into the sensor. Unexpectedly, the green light didn't turn on.

Huh?

Was the sensor broken?

Or did she take the wrong card?

Gu Wanqing's hand was on the doorknob, and the door opened with a sound.

The door was unlocked?

A doubt sprang up in her heart, and Gu Wanqing pushed open the door forcefully. It was pitch dark inside.

The suppressed panting of a man rang in her ears, getting closer and closer in her direction.

Gu Wanqing froze, a sense of unease quickly rising in her heart. She was about to turn and leave, but she was a step too slow. Her wrist was forcibly grabbed by a pair of hands and pulled into the room.

"Who are you!" Gu Wanqing was pinned to the door by the person, her back slammed against the door, the pain altering the tone of her voice.

She couldn't see the man's face, could only hear his low growl: "Are you seeking death?"

"Are you sick?" Gu Wanqing struggled fiercely, but the man only pressed harder, the heat from his body coursed through her wrist, along with the warm breath from his exhalations.

Having grown up in a bar from a young age, she quickly realized something was off with the man. She asked in surprise, "Did someone drug you?"

"What are you pretending for, Zhang Ruoting, isn't this your goal?" The man questioned her maliciously.

Gu Wanqing rolled her eyes abruptly, "Sir, you got the wrong person!"

At this moment, the man had completely lost his sanity. The alcohol, mixed with the effects of the drug, incited an unbearable lust within him. He reached out and touched Gu Wanqing's face, the smooth and delicate touch was irresistible.

"Let go of me!" Gu Wanqing screamed, attempting to bring him back to his senses, but in the next second, she was fiercely kissed by the man.