Chapter 374: Exposing His True Colors at the Engagement Party

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Yan Xiu naturally did not like to interact with people.

“Alright, I’ll wait for you.” His brows relaxed a little.

Coincidentally, he also needed some time to conceptualize his inspiration.

Murong Qiao replied briskly and parted ways with her Fourth Brother to look in Ruan Ying’s direction.

She definitely had to greet her, but the so-called greeting was not as simple as she had said to Fourth Brother.

She calmly looked past the crowd and quietly stared at Ruan Ying, who was leaning against Huo Xiuyuan with a sweet smile. She did not avoid the other party’s gaze.

Ruan Ying was stunned for a moment, as if she did not expect Murong Qiao to be like this. She peeped openly and didn’t retreat even when the other party looked back at her.

“Yingying?” Huo Xiuyuan called out to her in confusion.

Ruan Ying suddenly came back to her senses. “Huh?”

She had been too focused on Murong Qiao just now, so she didn’t hear what the person beside her said.

Huo Xiuyuan thought that she was shy, so he repeated what he had just said.

“I’m going to the Huo Family’s side to say h.e.l.lo.” His tone was unprecedentedly patient.

Success was right in front of him. Huo Xiuyuan supported Ruan Ying more than anyone else. Therefore, even if he felt Ruan Ying’s parents’ indifferent att.i.tude towards him, Huo Xiuyuan could still welcome them with a smile.

Ruan Ying had no intention of following him. “Alright, see you later?”

Ruan Ying had noticed Huo Hong since he first arrived.

It was more like Huo Hong’s gaze had lingered on her for too long, making Ruan Ying very uncomfortable, so she subconsciously resisted approaching him.

She clearly didn’t want to go, causing Huo Xiuyuan’s face to stiffen, but he couldn’t flare up.

“Alright, take good care of yourself.” He left reluctantly after instructing her.

Ruan Ying nodded and watched as Huo Xiuyuan gradually walked away. Then, her attention inevitably drifted to the girl she had just seen.

Ruan Ying clearly didn’t know her, but Ruan Ying felt that the other party was paying attention to her.

“Young Miss Ruan?” As soon as Murong Qiao approached, she saw Ruan Ying’s puzzled and inexplicable expression.

Ruan Ying looked at her. “…Murong Qiao?”

She called out Murong Qiao’s name directly. It was not until she was close that she recognized this person as the Young Lady of the Murong Family who had been in the limelight recently.

“That’s me,” Murong Qiao admitted. “I have something to tell you. Why don’t we change to a more convenient place to chat?”

Although she and Ruan Ying didn’t have much interaction, Murong Qiao still decided to help the other party wake up.

She couldn’t let Huo Xiuyuan get the help of the Ruan Family and become even more arrogant.

Murong Qiao recalled the scene when Huo Hong entered the venue just now. A large group of people were fawning over him and talking to him. She frowned subtly and made up her mind not to let Huo Xiuyuan have his way.

Ruan Ying didn’t understand what Murong Qiao meant. “Let’s go to the small balcony at the side?”

She pointed at the second floor. There were very few people on it, and most of them were waiters. The balcony was quite hidden.

Murong Qiao nodded indifferently and changed places to talk to Ruan Ying.

At this moment, it was dusk outside. The clouds were still glowing with golden light. Coupled with the gentle breeze and the scenery of the greenhouse, it looked especially beautiful.

“Huo Xiuyuan is lying to you,” Murong Qiao said directly.

Fourth Brother was still waiting for her, so Murong Qiao didn’t want to leave him alone.

She took out her phone and casually opened the hot post on the forum about Huo Xiuyuan chasing her some time ago. Then, she handed it to Ruan Ying.

Ruan Ying subconsciously retorted, “He won’t lie to me.”

Although he was not the perfect prince in a fairytale, the days she had spent with Huo Xiuyuan matched Ruan Ying’s fantasy of love.

The other party was gentle and considerate, and his eyes were filled with only her. Ruan Ying instinctively sided with Huo Xiuyuan and felt disgusted with Murong Qiao.

“You’ll know when you see it.” Murong Qiao didn’t say anything else.

At this moment, she was extremely grateful for the gossipy hearts of those students. If not for this, she wouldn’t have been able to record Huo Xiuyuan’s actions of pursuing her wantonly. Instead, it had become ironclad evidence at this moment.

Ruan Ying’s eyes were skeptical. Seeing that Murong Qiao really only wanted her to look at the cell phone, she hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take it.

Immediately, the image of Huo Xiuyuan holding the roses and looking at Murong Qiao lovingly at the entrance of the school building came into her eyes.

There were also a few photos of Huo Xiuyuan waiting for her at the school gate and all kinds of methods blocking Murong Qiao’s path…

There were countless such things.

The disdain and disgust on Ruan Ying’s face gradually changed as she read on.

“…” Her silence was a little abnormal.

Her fingertips kept sliding across the screen, swiping from one post and clicking on another, trying to find something different.

However, Ruan Ying was very familiar with the look of deep love in Huo Xiuyuan’s eyes. It was indeed for Murong Qiao.

Murong Qiao waited for her to finish reading before saying slowly, “You saw all of this.”

“In addition, some time ago, Huo Xiuyuan was also one of the main characters in Jiang Wenxu’s matter. If you haven’t heard of it, you can ask someone else if I’m lying to you.” Murong Qiao smiled.

What she showed Ruan Ying could be traced. There was no possibility of it being fake.

Ruan Ying also understood this, so her expression became much more ugly.

She took a deep breath and returned the phone to Murong Qiao.

“I know about that.” She looked away.

Ruan Ying couldn’t bring herself to be happy at all. “But he explained to me that it was only an accident that he was involved…”

She bit her lip. At this moment, she was unprecedentedly clear-headed and gradually realized that something was wrong.

“No wonder he didn’t let me see you at the hotel last time…” Ruan Ying’s gaze landed on Murong Qiao.

To think that she had been deceived by Huo Xiuyuan’s sweet words at that time. Now that she thought about it, he must have felt guilty when he saw Murong Qiao and didn’t dare to let her meet her at all.

When Murong Qiao heard her words, she couldn’t help but smile when she recalled the scene at that time. “Probably because he has a guilty conscience?”

She said it casually, but her words stirred Ruan Ying’s heart.

“Don’t be so naive. Why don’t you think about it carefully? Does he like you or the Ruan Family you represent?” Murong Qiao put the finishing touches.

She pointed out the pros and cons. “He’s not the heir of the Huo Family.”

Ruan Ying was not stupid. Although she had been doted on since she was young, she did not forget anything she needed to learn.

When Murong Qiao’s words landed in her ears, she only needed to think slightly to understand what Huo Xiuyuan was thinking.

If he was engaged to her, with the Ruan Family’s help in the future, Huo Hong would definitely value him more. Everything would happen naturally.

But she was stubborn. “I want to ask him myself.”

Ruan Ying’s eyes were a little red. In Murong Qiao’s eyes, this action seemed to be her last struggle.

However, this was the first time she had fallen in love, and Huo Xiuyuan’s “beautiful” image was already deeply rooted in Ruan Ying’s heart. It was not so easy to remove.

Being able to not show any grievance or anger in front of Murong Qiao was already the most she could do.

In the end, she still wanted to hear Huo Xiuyuan’s explanation.

“Go ahead.” Murong Qiao made way for her.

Perhaps only the truth she saw with her own eyes could convince her.

Ruan Ying walked over almost the moment she moved aside. She walked downstairs in a hurry to find out the answer.

Murong Qiao casually took a gla.s.s of wine and stared at Ruan Ying’s back as she walked downstairs. Her gaze randomly shifted to Huo Xiuyuan on the other end. When she saw another familiar and delicate figure, her eyes suddenly lit up.

There was probably a good show to watch..