Outsmarting a scumbag

He is a scumbag Maria was already 40 minutes late when she rushed into the KTV room. Her hair was messy from running, her forehead was full of fine hair, and the gift bag was hanging crookedly on her wrist. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! The company had to make a temporary change to the design, and I..." Her apology came to an abrupt end, as she discovered that in addition to her best friend Suli and a few friends, there was also a man she had never seen before in the box. The man stood up, about 1.8 meters tall, wearing a simple but textured dark blue shirt. There was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes looked particularly deep under the dim light of the KTV. "Maria, you're finally here!" Su Li grabbed her and said, "Come, let me introduce you. This is my cousin's friend Jerry, who has just been transferred from the capital to our branch." Maria awkwardly held out her hand, "Hello, I'm Maria." At the moment when Jarry held her hand, Maria's other hand holding the red wine swung out of the rim of the glass because of the large amplitude of the movement, and spilled right on Jarry's shirt The crimson liquid quickly spread on the blue cloth like a strange flower. "Oh! Sorry!" Maria hurriedly grabbed the tissue. The room fell silent instantly, and everyone held their breath. Maria looked as if she was about to faint. Unexpectedly, Jarry smiled. Not a polite smile, but a laugh from the heart. "It seems that this glass of wine is more anxious to get to know each other than we are." He took the tissue from Maria's hand and wiped it casually, "It's okay, this shirt happens to be a little tight on me, now I have a reason to change it." Suli let out a sigh of relief, and the others laughed too. Maria secretly looked at Jarry and found that the way he handled the embarrassing situation was refreshing. The party lasted until late at night. Maria had planned to come earlier, but she stayed until the end.She and Jarry got along surprisingly well - they both liked the same movies and even joined the same unpopular club in college. "Let me take you home." When the show was over, Jaryy took the initiative to suggest: "You've been drinking, you can't drive." The night breeze was cool, and the two decided to take a walk along the river to sober up. The lights of the city were reflected on the river, like a handful of broken diamonds. "So, what exactly does a financial investment advisor do?" Maria asked, her cheeks slightly hot from the alcohol. Jarry did not answer directly, but stopped and looked at her seriously: "You know? When I first saw you, I felt that you were different from others." "Because I'm the only one who spilled wine on you tonight?" Maria quipped. "Because there are stars in your eyes." Jarry's voice was low and sincere, "Just like the dots of light on the river now." Is it the person on you? " Maria's heart skipped a beat. Such clichéd love words sounded particularly touching coming from his mouth. After that night, Jarry started to pursue her fiercely. He delivered coffee on time every morning, warm midnight snacks when she worked overtime, and remembered every little preference she mentioned. One month later, on a rainy night, when Jarry showed up at her door soaking wet, just because she posted on WeChat Moments that she wanted to eat cheesecake from the west of the city, Maria was completely captivated. The relationship lasted for three months, until that ordinary Tuesday afternoon. Maria was rushing to deliver the design to the client's company. When she took a shortcut through the shopping mall, she suddenly stopped in her tracks when she saw a familiar figure. Jarry? Didn't he say he was going out of town to meet a client today? What made her blood freeze was that Jarry had a strange woman in his arms, and the two of them were close to each other as they walked into a jewelry store. Maria's legs reacted before her brain did. She followed him, hiding behind a pillar outside the store. Through the glass window, she saw Jarry trying on a necklace for the woman and then kissing her on the cheek. Her hands began to shake unconsciously, and the phone fell to the ground. When she bent down to pick it up, she noticed that the diamond ring on the woman's ring finger was shining under the light. Married? Maria's world is spinning. She always thought she and Jarry were in a serious relationship, but she never expected that she was the third party? The subsequent follow-up investigation was like a nightmare. The name on the woman's shopping bag, Jarry's intimate gesture of sending her home, the familiar voice of the community guard... all the evidence pointed to a cruel fact: Jarry was not only married, but his wife was at least six months pregnant. Maria stood outside a strange neighborhood, tears blurring her vision. She took out her phone and took a photo of Jarry and his wife hugging each other. In the photo, the man who once said to her, "You are the only one I want to spend the rest of my life with," was gently caressing another woman's pregnant belly. Maria had been crouching behind the bush for two hours, her legs numb as if being bitten by millions of ants. She adjusted the focus of her phone and took a photo of Jarry having lunch with a third different woman. This was the seventh day of her follow-up investigation, and she confirmed that Jarry was considering at least five women at the same time. "Perverted collector..." She gritted her teeth as she deleted the sweet photo she took with Jarry last week, when suddenly a cup of iced coffee was pressed against the back of her neck. "Ah!" She jumped in surprise and turned to meet a pair of eyes with delicate eyeliner. "The tracking technology is too poor. The bushes are shaking like an earthquake." The red-haired girl held the straw in her mouth and handed her another cup of coffee. "Avril, an online anchor, is also one of the victims of that scumbag." Maria's coffee choked in her throat. Avril? The anchor who became famous on the live streaming platform as a "sweetheart with sharp tongue"? The title of her live streaming room is often "36 Strategies to Tear Down a Scumbag".