The dim, hazy lights cast soft glows on the skin, as if spreading halos of radiance across people’s bodies.
Everyone entering the bar, under the reflection of the lights, carried an indescribable, ambiguous allure, filled with desire—except for one person.
In a secluded small seat, a beautiful long-haired woman seemed out of place in this bar.
She sat lazily, her slender neck wrapped in a black coat, her skin cold and delicate.
Her hair was naturally black, cascading down and resting casually on her shoulders and bent elbows.
The slightly curled ends, like soft fluff, seemed to brush against the hearts of nearby women, causing a faint itch.
The woman’s beauty was too striking.
Even without deliberate care, even in the dimmest corner, she was like a blooming rose, stealing everyone’s gaze.
Everyone was curious about the newcomer to the bar.
The woman drank alone, her eyes fixed on her glass from start to finish.
Her thoughts lingered in her mind, and only the strong liquor in her hand could ease her inner turmoil.
She had encountered the most frustrating thing in the world, and if she didn’t handle it well, her life would end here.
Jiang Lai didn’t know that her arrival had drawn the entire bar’s attention.
Many wanted to approach and learn her name.
But seeing her drinking sullenly since arriving, she looked like someone who had just been heartbroken, in unbearable pain.
Jiang Lai didn’t notice what others thought of her.
Even if she did, she didn’t care.
Her mind was entirely on how to face her daughter and make her understand what had happened to her.
If it hadn’t happened to her, even she wouldn’t believe it.
Such a stunningly perfect beauty, radiant like a rose, was not long ago a feared boss at the company and a dependable father at home.
If her daughter hadn’t come home, making it impossible to drink there, Jiang Lai would never have come to the bar to drown her sorrows.
Not only was it expensive, but there were also vague, piercing stares fixed on her.
If Jiang Lai hadn’t noticed that the bar was filled only with women, she wouldn’t have come here.
The usually prim Jiang Lai didn’t know this was a lesbian bar, and in her current state, she was like a lamb walking into a tiger’s den.
Perhaps due to her conservative mindset, Jiang Lai naturally rejected places like bars.
In raising her daughter, she always told her, no matter how old she was, to never go to such shady places.
But now, even she has gone against her own words.
Jiang Lai didn’t know how to face the people around her.
When she learned her daughter was coming home for winter break, her first instinct wasn’t to explain but to escape.
The pressure from work and family over the past days had overwhelmed her.
She just wanted to come to the bar to relax.
She was terrified her daughter would see her in this improper state, and her fatherly authority would completely vanish.
Since becoming a woman, everything wonderful in her life had been utterly destroyed.
Jiang Lai had taken a five-day leave from the company.
During the weekend, she could stay home for seven days.
But once Monday came, that was her deadline.
If Jiang Lai kept taking leave, the CEO would surely call to ask why.
Losing wages and bonuses was minor; if she lost this job that supported her family, she wouldn’t know where to go.
Right now, she couldn’t face any of this.
Turning into a woman was absurd.
If she didn’t clarify her identity, the career she had built for over a decade would be for nothing, and she couldn’t even use her old identity.
But if she fully clarified that a healthy man had suddenly become a woman overnight, Jiang Lai was terrified she’d be taken by some crazy research institute for experiments.
As she grew older, Jiang Lai realized she preferred routine and wasn’t good at handling change.
Faced with such a major crisis, since she couldn’t make a choice, she decided to make herself less miserable.
Getting drunk meant she wouldn’t have to think about it.
In self-abandonment, Jiang Lai looked at the high-proof vodka before her.
She didn’t even want to pour it into a glass, just lifted the bottle to down it.
Before she could drink, a hand entered her view.
Slender fingers with distinct knuckles gently pressed the bottle back, stopping her from ruining herself.
Jiang Lai looked at the bottle being taken away, stunned, and raised her head.
Her mind, dulled by alcohol, made her gaze slightly hazy.
Instinctively, Jiang Lai tried to grab the bottle back, but in her tipsy state, she missed and stumbled.
If not for the person beside her quickly grabbing her arm, Jiang Lai would have fallen to the floor.
“Drinking alone is so boring”
The woman drew out her words, leaning closer, her voice soft, like cotton candy falling gently.
She instinctively looked down at Jiang Lai’s delicate hand on her arm.
Her fingers were long, knuckles distinct, nails slightly long, shimmering with a faint pink like pearls.
This was unexpected; she hadn’t thought this woman would be the submissive one.
The woman had noticed Jiang Lai, drinking alone, early on.
Her enigmatic eyes carried a mix of intoxication and melancholy.
She had been prepared to take a forceful approach, but now it seemed things would go smoother than expected.
The ambiguity in her tone bubbled over like champagne, becoming uncontainable.
“Can I buy you a drink?”
Perhaps it was the dim bar lighting, or maybe her tipsy mind playing tricks, Jiang Lai’s gaze fell on the woman.
Her long lashes blinked.
Since it was a woman… Jiang Lai had no guard against women.
After all, the most important people in her life were three women.
One was her late wife, another was her beloved daughter she raised single-handedly, and the last was her wife’s sister, her sister-in-law, whom she owed the most.
Jiang Lai found this bar odd.
No male customers were fine, but even the bartenders were all women.
Still, that was good; at least nothing messy would happen, and she could let loose.
Having crossed that mental barrier, Jiang Lai, almost as if possessed, nodded at the stranger.
She didn’t know that this nod was the first step toward falling into an abyss, betraying her wife.
She just straight up laid her life down before them lesbians 😭 She’s getting eaten…