Chapter 23 You Can''t Leave
Chapter 23 You Can''t Leave
"Erin."
nche nervously looked at Erin''s swollen face and turned to re at Zach. She itched to rush over
and punch the douche bag in the face. Unfortunately, she was outnumbered.
"Drink up, miss," Zach slurred, reeking of alcohol.
After a few seconds of silence, nche looked up.
"Fine. I''ll drink."
"No, you can''t drink that much. I''ll lick his boots. It won''t kill me anyway." Erin stopped her. So much
alcohol would surely harm nche, and this thing arose from her at the end of the day.
nche patted the back of her hand and spoke softly.
"Don''t worry. I have a n."
"If you''re brave enough, take off your mask and drink. Stop pretending and show me your face."
nche nced at the wine on the table and the leering men in the room before she made a
request.
"But first, I need to use the bathroom."
Someone protested. "You''re so demanding."
"Let her go. We''ll show her mercy. She can''t escape anyway." Zach nodded unexpectedly.
nche entered the bathroom and stood in front of the mirror. She took a deep breath and thought
of those drunkards outside before fishing a pen from her bag and starting to draw on her face.
Outside, somethingughed.
"Did you see the big news today? Louis isn''t disabled at all! After that car ident, I thought he was
lucky to survive with broken legs. But it turns out he''s fine. Crazy world, isn''t it?"
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"Yeah. He''s not crippled, and he got married. Ha-ha, I think his brain is damaged, or else he
wouldn''t have married that ugly woman named nche. She is so ugly that she has to wear a mask
every day."
"Hahaha! It cracks me up. The CEO of the Herbart Group fell for an ugly girl."
"Hahaha..."
Sarcasticughter erupted outside.
In the bathroom, nche heard theirughter. As she continued to draw on her face, her heart was
pounding. To her surprise, these men were so gossipy.
Three minutester, she emerged from the bathroom.
The men stoppedughing and turned to look at her.
"Now you can take off your mask and drink, right?"
Their voracious eyes were fixed on her. They seemed to be expecting to see a pretty face revealed.
People are always like this, full of anticipation for the unknown.
nche unhurriedly nodded before picking up a ss of wine and sending it to her mouth.
She stroked the ss and surreptitiously studied the lighting in the room. Every fifteen seconds, a
bright light would sh by. She was waiting for that moment.
As soon as the light appeared, she didn''t hesitate to rip off her mask.
"Watch this, everyone. I''m drinking it right now," she said, throwing her head back and downing the
wine in one gulp.
In an instant, the bright light illuminated her strange face, and the atmosphere in the room shifted.
Someone spoke in a trembling voice. "What did I just see?"
"Did you guys see that?"
The crowd looked stunned.
When the light had shone on nche''s face, they had all opened their eyes wide, eager to see her
beauty. But what they saw was something else entirely. It was an unsightly face smeared with red
and ck, like a bloody spiderweb. Her huge ck lips were parted to reveal a bloody mouth. She
looked like a ferocious ghost.
How could someone look so horrible?
"Was that a ghost or a person?" someone asked.
No one answered. They all seemed to be in shock.
Zach wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was kind of sober and spoke seriously.
"Shut up! Of course, it''s a person. How could there be a ghost? This woman is just ugly."
nche picked up another ss of wine and approached Zach.
"Mr. Churchill is right. There are no ghosts in this world. I am human, but I was disfigured when I
was little. I may look scary, bute on. It''s not fun for me to drink alone. Mr. Churchill, let me toast
you."
She leaned closer to him, her terrifying face loomingrger as she bared her teeth. Zach''s eyes
widened in horror, and his stomach churned.
Unable to hold back, he threw up.
This was the ugliest woman he had ever seen.
"Get out of here, you ugly thing."
The others were also filled with wine, and the unpleasant scene made their stomachs churn. It was
sickening.
"Barf." They covered their stomachs and retched.
nche deliberately stayed near Zach, trying to disgust him. When he recovered, he immediately
pushed her away.
"Get lost. Put your mask back on and leave. You''re so damn ugly and terrifying. This is fucking
crazy."
The alcohol started to go to her head. nche tried to fight off the dizziness while Erin came over to
help her.
nche put her hand on her forehead, trying to hold on.
"Is this a request, Mr. Churchill?"
"Get out of here."
nche waspletely unable to handle her alcohol. She put her mask back on while Erin looked
at her guiltily.
"I''m sorry I made you drink, nche."
"It''s okay. Let''s go." nche shook her head. This ce was too dangerous for them to linger in.
Erin hurriedly helped nche to head out.
Zach shouted, "Damn it! I''m going to throw up my guts. What bad luck! How can there be such an
ugly woman? Call an ambnce. I need to go to the hospital."
But among them, a thin man tottered to his feet and stared at the retreating figure. His turbid eyes
swiveled as something urred to him.
"Wait! Don''t let her go! I know who she is! That ugly woman is nche, the notorious Mrs. Herbart."
"What? She''s nche?"
"Yes, I can''t be mistaken."
"This ugly woman took off her mask on purpose to scare us. She scared me so much that I threw up
my guts. We can''t let her go. Call over that kid Louis. I saw him ying cards in the next room when
I came in. Make him pay for our mental damages."
The man was obviously drunk and spoke in a flippant tone.