Chapter 1243: This Matter Won't Just End Like This

The implication of Bai Yufei's words was to accuse Xu Xiaoxiao of deliberately embarrassing her!

Xu Xiaoxiao was also annoyed: "When I was speaking just now, I saw Miss Bai staring at me the whole time, so I thought you were very interested in this topic. It seems I misunderstood; perhaps you were just... spacing out."

Xu Xiaoxiao's words drew laughter from the crowd.

Bai Yufei felt even more mortified!

She nearly ground her silver teeth to pieces!

At this moment, Xu Xiaoxiao feigned magnanimity and said: "Forget it, forget it, let's not make things difficult for Miss Bai. Although Miss Bai doesn't know much about this industry, you are still welcome to listen in. For a person, learning more knowledge is never a bad thing."

Xu Xiaoxiao's performance was commendable.

Everyone looked at her with expressions of admiration.

Looking at Bai Yufei again...

She was so petty!

In the end, Bai Yufei could no longer endure it.

She lifted the hem of her dress, turned around, and hurried off the stage!

She walked timidly to Qin Yiyan's side and called out: "Brother..."

"Alright, let's go back first."

After Qin Yiyan finished speaking, he turned and walked away first.

Seeing this, Bai Yufei was almost in tears!

But even though she was sad, she did not forget to glare fiercely at Xu Xiaoxiao before hurrying to keep up with Qin Yiyan's pace.

After walking out of the banquet hall, Bai Yufei blocked Qin Yiyan with teary eyes.

She choked out: "I'm sorry, Brother, it's my fault for making you lose face!"

Looking at Bai Yufei's pitiful appearance, Qin Yiyan sighed.

He said: "What I care about is not losing face, but hoping you can be a bit more mature. Don't lie to me in the future and cause me to make wrong judgments."

"Yes."

"Also, this period of time has been my failure to discipline you. It seems I cannot let you run wild in the future; I must supervise you to study more."

Bai Yufei did not want to learn those useless things.

However, facing Qin Yiyan, Bai Yufei said very sincerely: "Thank you, Brother, for not giving up on me."

"Enough, stop crying."

Bai Yufei sniffled and took a deep breath.

Then, she followed Qin Yiyan into the car.

Bai Yufei secretly observed the expression on Qin Yiyan's face.

Seeing that her brother's expression was very calm, Bai Yufei said timidly: "Brother, do you think that Xu Xiaoxiao did it on purpose to make me look bad!"

Qin Yiyan did not answer this question.

Instead, he said: "In the end, it's because you weren't prepared yourself; otherwise, this would have been an excellent opportunity to perform."

Qin Yiyan spoke with earnest advice.

He hoped that Bai Yufei could learn a lesson, calm her mind, and properly settle herself.

But Bai Yufei did not want to hear these things!

She only wanted Qin Yiyan to stand completely on her side and help her denounce Xu Xiaoxiao!

And her brother's performance shattered her illusions.

Bai Yufei lowered her head.

In the depths of her eyes was disappointment in Qin Yiyan, and... resentment toward Xu Xiaoxiao.

Bai Yufei silently told herself that today's matter would absolutely not end like this!!

The next day, Xu Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to find Jiang Baobao.

She wanted to understand the inside story in detail.

Coincidentally, when Xu Xiaoxiao arrived, Jiang Chenghao and Cai Xiaotang were also there.

Looking at the posture of these few people, it was clear they were sitting together to discuss important matters.

Cai Xiaotang looked back, and seeing it was Xu Xiaoxiao, she curled her lips and smiled: "Baobao said you would definitely come today. I didn't believe it, but I didn't expect her to be right in the end."

Hearing this, Jiang Baobao gave a wry smile.

She thought to herself that this wasn't some kind of precognition, but a reasonable judgment made based on Xu Xiaoxiao's attitude on the phone yesterday.

Xu Xiaoxiao had only considered that the banquet ended too late yesterday; otherwise, she would have stormed over that very day!

Xu Xiaoxiao sat down next to the others.

Then she asked impatiently: "Have you come up with any specific countermeasures?"

Cai Xiaotang shook her head and said: "Not yet, we just arrived too, listening to Baobao talk about her meeting with Xin'ai."

"Then how is Xin'ai's state?"

"She has no energy and is in low spirits."

When Jiang Baobao said this, she secretly glanced at Jiang Chenghao to observe his reaction.

Jiang Chenghao had originally wanted to visit in person on the day Jiang Baobao met with Liu Xin'ai.

But at that time, Jiang Baobao was feeling very depressed because she hadn't been able to help Liu Xin'ai.

She was worried that in that state, she would say something irrational, so she didn't meet with Jiang Chenghao, only using the excuse of being physically exhausted to chat with him briefly over the phone.

Now that Jiang Baobao had invited him to the house for a chat, Jiang Chenghao had rushed over impatiently.

But after hearing Jiang Baobao's description, his heart immediately tightened.

She asked hurriedly: "Did Qin Yiyan hurt her?"

"No, no, after all, Xin'ai is pregnant; it's impossible for Qin Yiyan to lay a hand on her."

"Hmph, emotional abuse is also very torturous."

Regarding this, Cai Xiaotang had a different opinion: "If it really is emotional abuse, then you can rest assured, Xin'ai would be only too happy if Qin Yiyan didn't come to bother her."

That was well said.

Jiang Baobao nodded, then remembered another matter: "Right, Xin'ai also said that she had a video call with her younger brother, and she could see that her younger brother's condition was quite good."

This news was truly surprising.

Cai Xiaotang rubbed her chin and muttered: "I thought Qin Yiyan would keep it completely hidden from Xin'ai. Now that Xin'ai knows this news, she should be able to feel a bit more relieved."

Relieved... she was, to an extent.

But Jiang Baobao felt that Qin Yiyan revealing the news was not to put Xin'ai at ease, but to better control Xin'ai.

And judging from Liu Xin'ai's state at the time...

Qin Yiyan had succeeded!

A look of heartache appeared in the depths of Jiang Baobao's eyes.

But to avoid upsetting everyone, especially Jiang Chenghao, Jiang Baobao did not voice her thoughts.

Amidst the silence, Xu Xiaoxiao suddenly spoke up:

"Liu Qingze is very smart and hot-blooded. If he knew he was being held captive and had become a bargaining chip to threaten his sister, then Liu Qingze would definitely not be so calm."

"You mean..."

"Qin Yiyan is the best at lying and deceiving people; he must have fabricated a lie to deceive Liu Qingze! But what kind of reason would make Liu Qingze willingly stay there without meeting Xin'ai?"

This question made the few of them fall silent once again.

For a moment, no one had any ideas.

When one is completely confused, it is most important to sort out the clues.

In order to sort out the clues, Jiang Chenghao asked Jiang Baobao to describe the details of when she met with Liu Xin'ai again.

Jiang Baobao tried hard to recall.

She actually thought of some content!

She looked up at everyone and recalled:

"When we were chatting, Xin'ai hesitated to speak several times. Xin'ai's explanation at the time was to tell me to be careful of eavesdroppers, but thinking about it afterwards, I feel that what she wanted to express might not be that simple; it's very likely..."

Just as she reached the crucial point, Jiang Baobao suddenly started coughing.

She coughed until her face turned red!

It turned out she was too nervous and had choked on her own saliva.

Cai Xiaotang helped pat her back and said helplessly: "We aren't going to run away, just take it one sentence at a time."