Chapter 1081

"This is simply too absurd!"

Qiu Chu finally couldn't bear it anymore. The anger accumulated in his chest erupted, and a roar made the air in the banquet hall seem to tremble.

"Your Li family is simply bullying people too much! What do you take our Qiu family, what do you take my Qiu Chu's daughter for!?"

Qiu Chu had always been introverted and self-restrained. Having been in a high position for a long time, he had already practiced the calmness of not showing his joy or anger. But at this moment, the aura around him was as cold as ice, the veins on his forehead were jumping, and suppressed anger surged in his eyes—every word he just heard was absurdly ridiculous, clearly treating their Qiu family as fools to be fooled.

His gaze was like a knife, landing straight on Li Wanchang. The kindness and politeness of the past disappeared without a trace, his tone was quenched with coldness, and he scolded in a low voice: "Li, your son got another woman pregnant and actually let her hold the child and run here to humiliate my daughter in public!"

"Your wife knew all this but didn't mention a word from beginning to end. Your Li family is simply a pile of stinking filth! Want Keying to marry your son? Absolutely impossible!"

"I used to think Li Xiao was a steady, reliable, and trustworthy person. Now it seems that I, Qiu Chu, was blind! Clean up your own mess in the Li family. Sorry, our Qiu family will not accompany you!"

In his rage, the air pressure around Qiu Chu was so low that it was suffocating. But when he turned to look at his daughter beside him, the anger in his eyes instantly faded, and clear tenderness and pity spread between his brows.

"Keying, come home with Dad and Mom."

Qiu Keying's body shuddered suddenly, as if all her strength had been drained by this sudden change. She slowly raised her tear-filled eyes. Tears had already blurred her vision, revealing an indescribable confusion and heartbreak.

But Lin Biqi didn't intend to stop there. Seeing the Qiu family about to turn and leave, she hurriedly stepped forward, pretending to be innocent and fanning the flames, her voice soft and weak, but every word pierced people's hearts: "I'm really sorry. A good engagement ceremony seems to have been ruined by me."

She blinked her watery apricot eyes, first looked at Li Wanchang and his wife, who were pale with anger, her tone carrying a bit of grievance: "Uncle, Auntie, you must not be angry. I really did a bad thing with good intentions. I never expected that you would be so resistant to seeing this child."

Saying that, she turned to look at Qiu Chu: "Uncle Qiu, please don't be angry either. Brother Li Xiao and I just had a child, we have never been married. If you really mind, the child and I will never appear again, and we will never disturb Miss Qiu and Brother Li Xiao."

After speaking, she cast her gaze at Qiu Keying: "Miss Qiu, I sincerely wish you happiness. Look, I was even willing to give you this beautiful necklace, right?"

"Enough!"

A cold shout sounded suddenly. Mrs. Qiu, who had always been dignified, elegant, and gentle, couldn't suppress the anger in her heart at this moment. She walked up quickly, hugged her trembling daughter tightly, glared at the Li family with eyes like torches, her voice full of grief and indignation: "Your Li family is simply disgusting!"

"Mrs. Qiu, it's not like that, listen to my explanation!"

Mrs. Li panicked. If this matter couldn't be explained clearly today, not only would her son's marriage be ruined, but she would also become a sinner in the family.

She turned her head to look at Lin Biqi suddenly, her voice trembling with rage: "Didn't you say you had an abortion? You even showed me the report. You said you had an abortion!"

Lin Biqi blinked innocently: "Ah? Auntie, you must have remembered wrong. I didn't say such a thing!"

Of course she wouldn't admit it.

Besides, what she said didn't matter at all. The result at this moment was the most important thing.

"So you admit that Li Xiao and this woman have a child?" Qiu Chu asked coldly.

The banquet hall instantly fell into dead silence, and all the guests were silent like cicadas in winter.

In Longcheng's upper-class society, gossip and rumors were never lacking, but those things were mostly topics for everyone to talk about after tea and dinner in private, and they stopped at the point.

But a shameful scene like today, where everyone knew about it and lost face, almost no different from stripping naked and running in public, was unprecedented.

And seeing that the front was a mess, Shen Ci had to take a few sips while it was chaotic, squeezed into the crowd, stretched her neck, and watched with relish.

No one knew that besides Mrs. Li, Shen Ci could also testify for Lin Biqi.

When Lin Biqi finished her examination at the hospital, the first person she met was her. In order to show off that she was pregnant with Li Xiao's child, Lin Biqi couldn't wait to tell Shen Ci the news.

And now that things had come to this, Li Xiao realized that he wanted to escape or deny it was already useless.

After a moment of silence, he finally nodded: "I'm sorry, Uncle, Auntie, I'm sorry Keying."

He took a heavy breath, as if he had made up his mind, and said in a low voice: "Two years ago, I drank too much and made a mistake. I didn't expect it to cause today's situation. I'm really very sorry."

With Li Xiao's admission, the guests at the scene couldn't help but show different expressions.

However, everyone was a person with status and background, and out of face for the Li and Qiu families, no one took the initiative to secretly discuss it, just watching the fun.

"But before today, I really didn't know about the existence of this child. Please believe me."

Li Xiao performed very sincerely, looking like he was confessing to be lenient and admitting his mistakes.

But Qiu Chu didn't buy it, and only snorted coldly: "Whether I believe you or not is no longer important, because I won't let Keying marry into a family like yours."

"Keying, let's go."

Mrs. Qiu patted her daughter, not wanting to let her daughter stay in this suffocating place anymore.

Qiu Keying's consciousness had been detached, because she subconsciously hoped that all this was a dream, until her mother pushed her forward gently did she come back to her senses.

She stopped her steps and turned her head to look at Li Xiao, who was standing there with a dejected look and lowered eyes. The beautiful expectation for the future in her heart shattered in this instant.

The next second, she saw her pull off the insulting necklace around her neck and the ring on her finger, and threw them at Li Xiao angrily.

The broken necklace carried sharp force and hit Li Xiao's face heavily, but he didn't move, not even lifting his eyelids.

And in his heart, a raging fire had already ignited—this fire had nothing to do with the regret of not being able to marry Qiu Keying, and nothing to do with the guilt toward the Qiu family, but only stemmed from his weak and fragile self-esteem.

In such an occasion under the gaze of everyone, under the gaze of all the upper-class people in Longcheng, he lost all face and became a laughingstock for everyone—this was what he cared about most and couldn't tolerate most.

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? It's a mess, babies, take a few sips while it's chaotic.