**The Sinful Snail Noodles / I Grow Soybeans in a Zombie Apocalypse (Bullet Screen & Revenge Arc)** Shelby glided through the opulent auction hall in a stunning emerald green gown, a perfect, practiced smile gracing her lips. It was a mask she’d perfected over years, meticulously crafted to conceal the rotten core of her marriage. Tonight, her husband would openly parade his mistress, flaunting their illicit affair for all of high society to see. Her only solace had been Austin’s low, resonant whisper over the phone. "Not tonight," she'd demurred, a flicker of tremor in her voice. "I have to play the perfect wife." [BULLET SCREEN: **"OMG, the FL is enduring so much!"**] [BULLET SCREEN: **"Looks like the scum husband and the mistress are about to cause a scene!"**] [BULLET SCREEN: **"Waiting for the payback! Can't wait for Shelby's counterattack!"**] The air in the auction hall reeked of money and power. Shelby watched, a hollow ache in her chest. Her husband was doting on the jewel-encrusted woman beside him. Finally, he effortlessly won a dazzling emerald necklace, personally fastening it around his mistress's neck. [BULLET SCREEN: **"Spending a fortune just for the mistress's smile, disgusting!"**] [BULLET SCREEN: **"He’s definitely doing this on purpose, just to humiliate Shelby."**] When Shelby subtly hinted at wanting the exquisite Egyptian neck adornment coming up next, her husband’s contemptuous scoff felt like a cold needle piercing her heart. "She doesn't deserve it," he declared, deliberately raising his voice as if to ensure everyone heard. "Besides, we're a bit tight on funds lately." The humiliation washed over her, threatening to drown her entirely. She struggled to maintain her smile, her fingernails digging deep into her palms. [BULLET SCREEN: **"That dog of a man! I'm so furious! How *dare* he!"**] [BULLET SCREEN: **"Look at Shelby's expression, she’s definitely about to snap!"**] [BULLET SCREEN: **"Tight on funds? The *next* item is the real showstopper!"**] Just then, a voice, like a clap of thunder, sliced through the hushed tension, brimming with undeniable confidence and arrogance – it was Austin! "Seventy million!" he boomed, his voice resonating with unshakeable authority! [BULLET SCREEN: **"AHHHHH! The CEO/Sugar Daddy makes his grand entrance!"**] [BULLET SCREEN: **"SEVENTY MILLION?! Is he crazy?! For just one necklace?!"**] [BULLET SCREEN: **"No, he’s here for Shelby!"**] A collective gasp swept through the room. He had won the coveted, priceless artifact! Austin's assistant reverently presented the necklace to Shelby. On the silver tray, the ancient, mysterious Egyptian neck adornment gleamed, as if forged specifically as a scepter for her. The mistress’s face instantly contorted, her carefully constructed composure shattering. She shrieked, rushing forward and pointing a trembling finger at Shelby: "She's a married woman! How can she accept gifts from another man?!" [BULLET SCREEN: **"The 'green tea' is starting to throw a tantrum! Love to see it!"**] [BULLET SCREEN: **"Strike back! Strike back! Shelby, don't you dare back down, go for it!"**] [BULLET SCREEN: **"Hahahaha, that's a slap in the face, loud and clear!"**] Shelby's smile slowly, triumphantly bloomed, cold and sharp with the edge of vengeance. She parted her lips, her words cutting through the air like icy blades: "Oh? A married woman can't accept gifts?" She glanced at the mistress's ashen face, then coolly flicked her gaze to her husband, who was now utterly frozen. Her voice was soft, yet each word was a dagger to their hearts, "Then… can a married woman's husband just sleep with any other woman he pleases?" The mistress’s face turned an instant, ghastly white. Her meticulously built world crumbled before Shelby’s perfect, dazzling revenge. Her proud "status" was utterly crushed in that moment. This wasn’t just a necklace; it was Austin’s bold declaration, proof of Shelby’s secret power, and her public reclaiming of dignity, a rebirth. What would her husband do now? And what thrilling new chapter awaited Shelby and Austin? Trapped in a loveless marriage, Shelby thought things couldn't get worse — until her husband Sean refused to touch her, saving himself for his ""one true love,"" Beth.Heartbroken and humiliated, Shelby meets Griffin, a charming man she mistakes for a call boy. Desperate for affection, she lets herself fall.But when Sean comes crawling back, begging for forgiveness after learning the truth about Beth, it's already too late — because the man holding Shelby's heart is actually the heir to the most elite family in Europe.