<h4>Chapter 453: Chapter 453: Meeting Again</h4>


    "Arguing with me? Here, I am thew!" The woman got up from the ground. She was still a bitme, which made her movements look somewhatical, but herical actions couldn’t hide the arrogance and conceit in her eyes.


    "Your tone is so arrogant. I didn’t know since when this cruise ship was run by a woman, especially one who looks like a madwoman. I really should ask Zhong Boyu what’s going on here." Xu Ke’s eyes were full of undisguised sarcasm.


    When the woman heard Xu Ke mentioning Zhong Boyu so casually, with no hint of respect in his eyes, her momentum faltered, and her originally sharp gaze took on a hint of avoidance. She didn’t know why, but her heart skipped a beat excessively fast, and for a moment, she wanted to leave this ce. But when she saw the diners in the restaurant putting down their cutlery and casting curious nces at her, she couldn’t bring herself to take a step.


    At this very awkward moment, a somewhat familiar voice sounded, "Mom, how did you end up here? I’ve been looking for you for a long time." The woman’s voice came from afar, and soon a familiar and delicate face appeared within Xu Ke and his group’s sight.


    The delicate-looking woman didn’t notice Xu Ke’s group. With a shy smile, she hugged the woman’s arm and acted coyly, "Do you know how long I’ve been looking for you? Boyu is still waiting for us. Luckily, I found you quickly; otherwise, Boyu would have gotten anxious. Let’s hurry and go."


    Seeing the appearance of the delicate woman, Xu Ke’s face showed aplex expression, and the same was mirrored on the faces of Yu Xia and Lin Mengyao, who stood behind him. The woman who originally wanted to leave shamefully with her daughter inadvertently saw the expressions on the faces of Xu Ke and the others and, for some unknown reason, decided to stay put and not leave with her daughter.


    "Daughter, do you know these three people?" The woman pulled her daughter’s hand, pointing out Xu Ke and his group.


    Unexpectedly encountering Xu Ke and his group here, the delicate woman’s face showed shock and disbelief, "How did you all get on this cruise too? Who let you aboard?" There was a hint of usation in the delicate woman’s tone.


    "None of your business," Xu Ke retorted dismissively.


    Anyone would be upset being rebuked like that, much less someone with a strong sense of pride like her.


    "Do you know each other?" Hearing her daughter’s words, the confident woman began to feel a little uneasy in her heart.


    "Who knows these ruthless and cruel people? Whoever knows them is truly unlucky. Mom, let’s not stand with them to avoid any bad luck rubbing off on us. Let’s find another ce to eat." The delicate woman pouted, ring at Xu Ke and his group resentfully, and hugged her mother’s shoulder as she spoke.


    "But aren’t they friends with Boyu? Saying that about them won’t really matter, will it?" The woman hesitated, whispering in her daughter’s ear.


    "Ha? Who told you they are friends? I know all of Boyu’s friends, and Boyu doesn’t know them at all. Did they tell you they’re friends with Boyu?" The delicate girl looked at Xu Ke, a sneering expression appearing on her face, as if she were looking at a group of frauds.


    Their conversation wasn’t quiet, so many could hear it, and they cast bewildered nces at Xu Ke and his group.


    Denied by her daughter, the woman instantly regained her confidence, puffing up like a proud rooster, and looked arrogantly at Xu Ke and his group, mocking, "So, they’re just a bunch of frauds. I thought what they said was true. I thought you really knew our Boyu. But it turns out you’re just frauds who’ve somehow heard of his name. What a joke. Did you expect to run into Boyu’s family here and have your lies exposed? If I were you, I’d jump off this cruise ship out of shame. No face to continue standing here, utterly shameless."


    As she spoke, the woman didn’t forget to pat her cheek and rolled her eyes at Xu Ke, her entire demeanor signaling a troublesome attitude.


    Yet, the person who should be most embarrassed, Xu Ke, seemed not to hear their words, and he even looked at the delicate woman with a gaze as though he were watching a monkey.


    The delicate woman felt a bit uneasy under Xu Ke’s gaze. "Why are you looking at me? I’m just telling the truth because you lied. If you hadn’t lied, I wouldn’t have exposed you." Her tone was harsh.


    "I’m just feeling sorry for you. You’ve ced yourself too high and too important. Do you really think Zhong Boyu has told you about every friend he knows? You’re so naive." Xu Ke coldly said. He didn’t mock the delicate woman, but she felt as if Xu Ke’s words had pped her hard across the face, his gaze making her ufortable, like she was naked in front of him.


    "Stop trying to sow discord between Boyu and me. It won’t work. I trust Boyu and won’t believe a word you say." The delicate woman replied.


    "If you don’t believe me, you can call Zhong Boyu and see if he knows me and whether he has truly informed you of all his friends. See if he is really as devoted to you as you think." Xu Ke said indifferently.


    Seeing Xu Ke’s assured demeanor, the delicate woman’s hand holding the phone unconsciously tightened. She unexpectedly felt a bit scared, scared that what Xu Ke said might be true. The delicate woman didn’t know why she felt reluctant to make that call, but her mother didn’t notice the change in her emotions. Instead, she urged her, pushing her to make the call.


    "What are you hesitating for? Call Boyu, have Boyue over, and teach this young man a good lesson. Let him know that it’s wrong to lie." The woman looked at Xu Ke with a smug expression, saying, "I’ll have my daughter call my future son-inw right now and let hime here. I’ll make you kneel and beg me."


    Xu Ke said nothing but made a casual gesture.


    Xu Ke didn’t seem to care, but the delicate woman felt as though she had been put on a barbeque spit, turned over and roasted without any chance or reason to refuse.