Although Su Jiaobai no longer deliberately targeted Lu Leyao like she used to, she absolutely couldn’t be close sisters with her.
However, since they ran into each other, it was necessary to greet her and maintain a superficial politeness.
Lu Leyao naturally saw Su Jiaobai as well. A hint of awkwardness appeared on her beautiful and delicate face.
But she didn’t retreat or evade. Instead, she boldly walked over proactively.
“Leyao.” As she approached, Su Jiaobai maintained a perfectly appropriate smile and greeted her, then shifted her gaze to Qi Mingxuan beside Lu Leyao. “Second Young Master Qi.” This Qi Mingxuan was Lu Leyao’s fiancé, and they were considered a golden couple in their circle.
The two had known each other since childhood and had deep affection.
At the family reunion banquet Lu’s family held for her, Lu Ting had specifically introduced Qi Mingxuan to her, so she recognized him.
She and Qi Mingxuan had only met once, just a nod of acquaintance. But now, it seemed this Second Young Master Qi looked extremely annoyed with her?
As expected, he spoke sarcastically, “Miss Lu Er is of noble status. I, Qi Mingxuan, cannot bear to be called ‘Second Young Master Qi’ by you.”
“Alright Mingxuan, stop talking,” Lu Leyao interjected.
Seeing that the Second Young Master Qi was speaking with veiled barbs, Wu Yichun, as an elder, naturally stepped forward to speak for Su Jiaobai.
“Mingxuan, Jiaobai is greeting you properly, why are you speaking to her like this?”
Wu Yichun, as Madam Lu, had never been well-accepted by Lu Leyao. As Lu Leyao’s fiancé, Qi Mingxuan naturally stood entirely with his fiancée. He also looked down on Wu Yichun.
However, no one expected that the identity of the Lu family’s daughter would suddenly change. Lu Leyao’s confidence in targeting Wu Yichun was no longer as strong. This naturally caused Wu Yichun to stand taller in front of the two of them.
Although Qi Mingxuan was of the same mind as his fiancée, he possessed the upbringing of a scion of a wealthy family and would not be overtly disrespectful to an elder like Wu Yichun.
Moreover, he had to consider the feelings of others. He might not think highly of Wu Yichun, but he would definitely consider Lu Ting’s feelings.
“Aunt Wu, you don’t need to take her side. I speak to her this way for a reason. She is malicious, she…”
“Alright Mingxuan! Stop talking,” Lu Leyao immediately stopped him.
Then, she hurriedly bid farewell to Wu Yichun and Su Jiaobai: “We are also here to eat. We’ve reserved a table over there. You eat your meal, we won’t disturb you, we’ll go over.” With that, she forcibly pulled away Qi Mingxuan, who still seemed to have unfinished grievances.
Because the commotion here was quite loud, it attracted the attention of many diners in the restaurant. They whispered to each other, pointing this way, seemingly saying something in hushed tones.
Su Jiaobai was completely bewildered, finding it utterly inexplicable.
Although her temper had been tempered after her awakening, and her hatred for Lu Leyao had somewhat diminished, she wouldn’t cause trouble like in the book. But this didn’t mean she was weak and easily bullied.
This Second Young Master Qi, inexplicably showing such great hostility towards her without regard for the occasion, could she tolerate it?
Even if Lu Ting and the Lu family didn’t value her, she was now Gu Xingmo’s wife. To be bullied like this without fighting back or speaking up would be a disgrace to Gu Xingmo and the Gu Corporation.
Although the Qi family was an old noble family in Shanghai, they were not quite the same as the Lu family. The Qi family had many descendants and severe internal strife. Years of internal conflict had severely depleted the Qi family’s vitality and foundation, leading to their decline. They were no longer in their prime from over a decade ago.
Although Gu Xingmo was a self-made man, a man of humble origins, his wealth in Shanghai now far surpassed not only this Second Young Master Qi, but even the current head of the Qi family, the eldest young master Qi, would have to show him some respect.
With this backing, could she suffer such a loss in silence?
“Stop!” After weighing her current status, Su Jiaobai, full of imposing presence, shouted at Qi Mingxuan, who had already been pulled far away by Lu Leyao. “Second Young Master Qi seems to have a lot of grievances? But I just don’t understand, I have no past or recent enmity with you, why are you treating me with such an attitude? Are you looking down on my father? Or are you looking down on my husband?”
She didn’t believe that bringing up Lu Ting and Gu Xingmo, two mountains, wouldn’t crush him.
But Qi Mingxuan only hesitated for a second before looking at her with twice the disgust as before: “President Gu marrying you is truly a case of a beautiful flower being stuck in cow dung.” His eyes were bloodshot. “He originally had someone he loved deeply. If it weren’t for you, he would have married the woman he loved long ago. Miss Lu Er, you are a thief. You couldn’t steal me, so you stole Gu Xingmo… You, you are truly despicable and shameless!”
“You’re talking nonsense!” One sentence completely enraged Su Jiaobai.
She aggressively left her seat and rushed in front of Qi Mingxuan.
“I stole you? Ugh~” She made a gagging expression and then continued to curse with full fighting spirit, “Please get a mirror and look at yourself. Your face is as white as if you’ve applied powder. You wear platform leather shoes, and you’re not even 1.8 meters tall, right? Tsk tsk tsk, you look so frail, like a chick… I would steal you?”
Of course, Qi Mingxuan wasn’t as bad as she described. In the circle of the wealthy, his appearance was acceptable. Otherwise, no matter how close they were since childhood, Lu Leyao wouldn’t have fallen for him.
Su Jiaobai’s belittling of him was merely an intentional exaggeration of his flaws to vent her anger.
It was evident that Qi Mingxuan’s attitude and his previous remarks had indeed provoked her.
And Qi Mingxuan, who already found this Miss Lu Er extremely annoying, now saw her throwing a tantrum. He no longer cared about appearances.
“Miss Lu Er, what did you say to me before, and what did you do? Don’t you have any idea? Do I have to present evidence before you’ll admit everything you’ve done?”
Su Jiaobai had indeed targeted Lu Leyao before, but at most, she had given her a cold shoulder and spoken harshly.
The “malicious acts” she was accused of in the book, according to the timeline, had not yet happened.
She had hostility towards Lu Leyao, but she hadn’t done anything too excessive.
If Qi Mingxuan was going to stand up for Lu Leyao for those matters today, then don’t blame her for spilling the beans and revealing the situation of the real and fake daughters of the Lu family one by one.
When Lu Ting calculates it later, it wouldn’t be her who started the trouble, so she wouldn’t be blamed.
After thinking this through, Su Jiaobai became even more confident and provocatively challenged Qi Mingxuan: “Second Young Master Qi, you’d better make things clear today. Otherwise, even if you are the Second Young Master Qi and Lu Leyao’s fiancé, I still won’t let you off.”
Qi Mingxuan narrowed his eyes, a hint of coldness flashing in them. “You’re in public right now, are you sure you want to embarrass yourself like this?”
Lu Leyao saw that the situation seemed to be escalating uncontrollably and immediately pulled Qi Mingxuan. “Mingxuan! Let’s go! Let’s just let this matter go.”
Qi Mingxuan was quite obedient to Lu Leyao. Seeing her face darken, he also decided to de-escalate and stop pursuing the matter.
After all, he was a person of status, and making a spectacle of himself in public was not a good thing.
But Su Jiaobai was unwilling to end it like this. She felt Qi Mingxuan was being inexplicable. If this matter ended like this today, he would look down on her even more in the future and think she was even easier to bully.
“Second Young Master Qi, are you going to be a turtle hiding in its shell now?” She couldn’t understand what Lu Leyao and Qi Mingxuan were up to. Who knew if this was a deliberate act they had staged?
They spoke ambiguously, casting aspersions on her, and then left潇洒地.
Su Jiaobai was open and honest. She felt she hadn’t done anything too excessive and shouldn’t have been treated like this by Qi Mingxuan.
And Qi Mingxuan was clearly completely enraged by Su Jiaobai’s words. He no longer cared about appearances, forcefully pulled his arm away from Lu Leyao’s grasp, and rushed in front of Su Jiaobai.
“Do I have to show you the video before you’ll admit it?” Qi Mingxuan said resentfully, and at the same time, he took out his phone from his pocket and quickly opened a video that was tens of seconds long.
In the video, Su Jiaobai and Qi Mingxuan were alone, and Su Jiaobai’s voice was very clear.
“What’s so great about Lu Leyao? She’s just taking advantage of the identity of ‘Lu’s daughter.’ If I hadn’t been taken away and raised elsewhere back then, Mingxuan Gege and I would have grown up together since childhood. Mingxuan Gege, don’t you think I’m pitiful? Clearly, I am the Lu’s…” Qi Mingxuan cut it off in time, as releasing just this much was enough.
Clearly, this was a video of Su Jiaobai speaking ill of Lu Leyao behind her back. Strictly speaking, it was more than just speaking ill; it already had the intention of poaching.
And this video, it seemed, was secretly filmed by Qi Mingxuan during their confrontation. His filming angle was very good, capturing Su Jiaobai’s face.
But Su Jiaobai could swear to the heavens that she had never done such a thing.
Therefore, even though the so-called evidence was right in front of her, Su Jiaobai could still stand her ground.
“Hmph, piecing together such a video and calling it evidence of defaming me? You, Second Young Master Qi, a scion of a wealthy family, with deep pockets, what kind of video can’t you make with money?” Before, she was indifferent to Qi Mingxuan, but now, she was utterly disgusted with him.
“Also, I’ll say it again, with your effeminate appearance, even if all the men in the world died, I wouldn’t look at you. ” After speaking, she looked at Lu Leyao beside him. “There are countless young masters in Shanghai’s wealthy circle, why did you fall for this pretty boy? Where is he, from head to toe, that is worthy of you?”