Chapter 104

As soon as these words were spoken.

The others did not dare to breathe loudly.

Lin Qi and Shu Xuan had always been at odds, but they certainly kept up appearances on the surface.

Even though many people in the company knew that Lin Qi had stolen Shu Xuan's thesis, everyone just turned a blind eye.

Now that Lin Qi had come over to directly strike someone, it was truly arrogant and showed no regard for Shu Xuan.

Shu Xuan turned his head and threw a heavy punch at Lin Qi's face.

His expression was as cold as ice.

"You keep saying Xia Xia is your sister, yet this is how you act as a brother? Xia Xia would only marry someone; she would absolutely never let herself be kept!"

Lin Qi was stunned by this punch.

Clutching his face and looking at Shu Xuan, who was single-mindedly defending Shu Xia, he suddenly had an incredible feeling again, as if they had never wanted to acknowledge Shu Xia's excellence from the very beginning, as if the more miserable Shu Xia was and the more outstanding Lin Miao was, the more comfortable they felt.

They would absolutely never unconditionally trust and defend Shu Xia like Shu Xuan did.

"Has your Lin Family ever treated her as a real family member? What does it have to do with her that Lin Miao is sick and needs a blood transfusion? You have repeatedly used moral blackmail to make her donate blood; have you ever cared if her body could handle it? Since you despise her, don't look for her in the future. And you, Lin Qi, having stolen my thesis, you still have the nerve to appear before me now; has your conscience been eaten by a dog?"

Shu Xuan rarely argued with a dark face, and he could not care much about the overt and covert targeting by Lin Qi.

However, Shu Xia was his weakness; she was the sister he had cherished and raised since childhood, and he could not stand others slandering or bullying her.

"What nonsense are you spouting!" Lin Qi was momentarily short of breath.

Regarding the theft of Shu Xuan's thesis, he regretted it even now; how could he have been so possessed at the time?

So much so that he could not stand tall and speak with confidence now.

However, what right did Shu Xuan have to be so arrogant?

It was just a thesis, after all.

Shu Xuan curled his lips in a sneer.

He looked down on Lin Qi.

Shu Xia did not see Qiao Muting for several days afterward.

Zhang Tezhu had sent her a WeChat message a few days ago, saying that Qiao Muting had to go on a business trip for a few days.

During these few days, she took the time to go back and have a meal with her foster mother, Jiang Ye.

Then she went to school to see Shu Hong, who was about to take the college entrance examination and was busy studying every day.

She wanted to visit Shu Chen on set, but Shu Chen said he was afraid the environment at the filming location was too poor and that she would be uncomfortable, so he asked her to visit another time.

Shu Xuan called her and said he wanted her to arrange it, as he wanted to meet the person she had married.

Thinking of Shu Xuan's persistence, Shu Xia had a headache.

She did not know how to tell Qiao Muting about this.

It just so happened that she was a bit busy these few days, so Shu Xia found an excuse to stall, and Shu Xuan did not persist too much.

The last painting for Zhang Dechun was finished today.

Then, according to Zhang Dechun's recommendation, she would go to the auction house for an interview tomorrow.

She was going to accompany Jiang Nannan shopping this afternoon.

Jiang Nannan was going to attend a cocktail party with Huo Jingyan at eight o'clock in the evening.

As soon as the two met, Jiang Nannan complained: "I really don't like attending these cocktail parties, having to socialize with people, but this time the invitation is for Mr. and Mrs. Huo Jingyan, so even if I don't want to go, I have to accompany Huo Jingyan."

"Today's cocktail party is the engagement banquet for the Gu Family's youngest son, Gu Jianzhang. Do you know who will be attending? It's that Qiao Muting we ran into when we were eating hot pot that day; he will also be there today. Qiao Muting and Gu Jianzhang are childhood friends, and my husband was their college classmate; they usually get together too. But I haven't met either of them."

Hearing the name Qiao Muting from Jiang Nannan, Shu Xia was slightly distracted.