Chapter 412: Cannot Watch Her Being Bullied

Liu Xin'ai looked at the girl in front of her a few extra times with some surprise, and immediately saw her looking back, making no effort to hide the intense hostility in her eyes.

Liu Xin'ai frowned slightly, and just as she was about to speak, she saw the girl suddenly put on a smiling face and say sweetly, "This must be my sister-in-law, you are so beautiful!"

Qin Yiyan smiled upon hearing this, and immediately pulled his hand away with some helplessness: "That's right, this is your future sister-in-law. Remember to greet her when you see her outside in the future."

His tone was doting, as if Liu Xin'ai were truly a very important presence in his heart.

Liu Xin'ai sighed helplessly in her heart, having already grown accustomed to this tone he used when speaking to her in front of outsiders.

Immediately after, she heard him introduce: "This is Zheng Sisi, the daughter of one of my uncles."

"Hello."

Liu Xin'ai snapped back to reality and greeted the other person in a poised and graceful manner.

Zheng Sisi also smiled, hooked her arm around Qin Yiyan's again, held it even tighter, and said coquettishly: "Brother Qin, have you been very busy lately? I haven't seen you for a long time..."

Qin Yiyan once again pulled his hand away without a trace, and the next second, he directly wrapped his arm around Liu Xin'ai's shoulder, saying sweetly yet helplessly: "I've been busy accompanying your sister-in-law on our honeymoon abroad recently. We just got engaged, so of course we have to go enjoy some time as a couple..."

He deliberately made his tone sound very sweet, while calmly observing Zheng Sisi beside him.

Sure enough, as soon as these words were spoken, Zheng Sisi immediately pouted in dissatisfaction.

Liu Xin'ai, meanwhile, endured the discomfort of him holding her, and could only manage a forced smile without saying a word.

Zheng Sisi was about to say something more, but not far away, someone walked over with a wine glass to speak to Qin Yiyan.

Liu Xin'ai did not like such occasions, so she hurriedly said: "You two go ahead and chat, I'm going to walk around."

She knew that Qin Yiyan would not make things difficult for her in front of so many people.

Sure enough, he did not say anything more, but nodded faintly and continued to speak to the person from before with his usual expression.

Liu Xin'ai turned and left.

It was not until she had walked some distance away that she let out a sigh of relief.

She picked up a glass of wine, intending to find a quiet place to stay by herself for a while.

But—

"I heard you're a Doctor? Then you must be very dirty from touching those patients in the Hospital every day, right? I really don't know what Brother Qin likes about you..."

The woman's sharp and contemptuous voice rang out behind Liu Xin'ai; it was none other than Zheng Sisi.

Liu Xin'ai was slightly startled and immediately sighed helplessly in her heart.

She hadn't guessed wrong after all...

This Zheng Sisi liked Qin Yiyan.

"If you want to know what he likes about me, you might as well ask him yourself."

Liu Xin'ai couldn't be bothered to care, and after dropping that sentence, a bitter smile couldn't help but surface on her face.

Like?

How could that man possibly have any sincerity?

It was nothing more than superb acting.

Liu Xin'ai was about to leave with her wine glass.

But Zheng Sisi took her previous words as a provocation and turned to block her path!

"What do you have to be proud of? It's just an engagement, not a marriage. Do you think Brother Qin is already yours?"

Zheng Sisi looked at Liu Xin'ai with displeasure and continued to mock her: "Do you know that Brother Qin knows many women outside? Every one of them is younger and prettier than you. Even if you really marry him, you'll just be left alone in an empty room every day!"

"Is that so?"

Liu Xin'ai finally had some reaction; she raised her eyes to look at her with a half-smile and said unhurriedly: "If I were to be left alone in an empty room every day, I would actually look forward to that."

"You!"

Zheng Sisi did not expect her to be so indifferent to this matter; it felt like punching a cotton ball, and she felt quite frustrated herself.

Liu Xin'ai, however, could no longer be bothered to speak and turned to leave.

A flash of malice instantly crossed Zheng Sisi's eyes. Seeing the floor-length hem of the dress sweep past her, she raised her foot and stepped on it without hesitation!

The next second—

"Crash!"

A loud noise erupted in the Main Hall!

Liu Xin'ai, as expected, fell to the ground in a sorry state, taking down a large champagne tower in front of her as she went.

Almost everyone looked in her direction.

Liu Xin'ai sat on the ground, feeling a sharp pain in her ankle.

"What happened?"

Qin Yiyan appeared by Liu Xin'ai's side almost immediately, wanting to help her up, but saw that her face had turned pale.

"Qin Yiyan, don't move... my foot..."

Liu Xin'ai said intermittently; because of the pain, she had to pause every two words.

Only then did Qin Yiyan hurriedly lift her hem a little, and immediately saw that her slender, fair right ankle was already highly swollen.

His brows tightened, and he suddenly looked up at Zheng Sisi's feet.

Her heel was stepping on a piece of the gauze from the hem of the dress.

Zheng Sisi was shocked in her heart and hurriedly pretended to be pitiful as she apologized: "I'm sorry, Brother Qin. I didn't see it when I was walking and accidentally stepped on sister-in-law's hem..."

"Accidentally?"

Qin Yiyan snorted coldly, carefully helped Liu Xin'ai stand up, and said in a deep voice: "Do you want me to have someone get the surveillance footage to see how you stepped on Xin'ai's hem just now?"

He had been walking this way just now and had happened to see the whole scene of Zheng Sisi raising her foot!

Upon hearing this, Zheng Sisi's face turned pale instantly, and she dared not say another word.

Qin Yiyan continued coldly: "I will tell Zheng Bo about today's incident."

He was somewhat worried about Liu Xin'ai's foot injury, and not bothering to say anything more, he dropped a single sentence and directly scooped Liu Xin'ai up into his arms, turning and striding away.

"What are you doing!"

Liu Xin'ai let out a small exclamation, her hands subconsciously wrapping around his neck.

In the time it took to say a single sentence, the two of them had nearly reached the exit, leaving all the clamor behind them.

Qin Yiyan did not speak the entire way, directly carrying Liu Xin'ai into the car.

Yet in his mind, he was still thinking about what had just happened.

This was not the first time Zheng Sisi had done such a thing.

Every time a woman appeared by his side, she would always rely on his indulgence toward her to issue a warning or two to them.

Yet he had always been too lazy to care.

But today, he did not know why, but seeing Liu Xin'ai fall in such a disheveled state just now, he had felt extremely displeased in an instant.

His fiancée was not someone for an outsider to bully!

"Let me see your foot."

Qin Yiyan carefully lifted Liu Xin'ai's leg and placed it on the car seat.

Immediately after, he heard her say in a flat tone: "It's nothing major, just a sprain."

"You call this 'just'?"

Qin Yiyan looked at her swollen ankle, his expression dissatisfied.

Liu Xin'ai, however, had already pulled her leg back, her face still wearing that same expressionless look, and she said: "Thank you for just now, you can go back and continue attending the banquet; just have the driver take me home."