If he hadn't been splashed with tea by a new female employee today, he wouldn't have changed his clothes again, and he wouldn't have worn this cheap burgundy tie, which is the same tie he's wearing with Xie Yunzhou.

Oh right, he doesn't like this tie.

Hua Xuan straightened his back.

Let the drinks come on even stronger!

Hearing the commotion at the banquet, Hua Xuan frowned slightly and walked towards the source of the disturbance.

Even at the banquets hosted by Hua Xuanhe, some people dare to cause trouble.

On their way to see what was going on, a waitress bumped into Hua Xuan.

Hua Xuanhe immediately looked down to check his clothes.

Fortunately, no alcohol was spilled on my clothes.

When he looked up, the waitress who had bumped into him was gone.

At the same time, Hua Xuan heard the crowd's discussion:

"Nanwan's ring is missing; it seems it was stolen."

"Huh? It's just a ring, who would steal it?"

"Judging from Nan Wan's words, she thinks Shi Xi stole it."

Hua Xuan almost couldn't catch his breath.

He had warned Nan Wan both openly and subtly, but Nan Wan simply wouldn't listen.

They all grew up in large families, yet they resort to such low-class tricks.

Hua Xuan walked into the center of the bustling scene, or rather, the center of the storm, with a cold face.

At this moment, Shi Xi and Nan Wan were surrounded in the very center.

"If you like my ring, I can lend it to you, but you can't steal it!" Nan Wan's eyes welled up with tears, making her look like a pitiful victim. "That was the first ring I bought with my own money. It wasn't expensive, but it was my favorite piece of jewelry. Can you give it back to me?"

Hearing Nan Wan's nonsensical words, Shi Xi asked in confusion, "I didn't steal anything from you, so what do you want me to return?"

Upon hearing this, the short-haired woman next to Nan Wan stepped forward and said, "Nan Wan only spoke to you! She even ran into you in the restroom. If you didn't steal it, who did?"

Shi Xi, don't think that just because this is Yanjing, nobody knows you. You've lived a good life in Fengcheng, impersonating the real daughter of the Shi family, and now you're even usurping her place!

You thief, you even steal other people's lives—"

"Enough!"

A sharp shout interrupted the short-haired woman's duties.

Hua Xuan walked forward with a cold face, but when he got to Shi Xi's side, his expression softened and he said, "I'm sorry, Miss Shi, it was my poor hospitality that made you feel wronged."

Nan Wan's face turned pale. "Cousin, she stole my things!"

Nan Wan was the one who should have been wronged, so why did her cousin go and apologize to Shi Xi?!

Hua Xuan glanced at her coldly, "Nan Wan, are you determined to cause trouble at the banquet?"

Nan Wan clenched her fists.

Why?

Why does Xie Yunzhou like Shi Xi, and why is his cousin also on Shi Xi's side?

No one ever cared about her.

“I didn’t cause any trouble.” Nan Wan calmed down and said, “Shi Xi stole my ring. Just search her and we’ll know if what I’m saying is true.”

If anything is found on Shi Xi, it will prove that what she said is true.

She was determined to ruin Shi Xi's reputation in Beijing's social circles.

Never be able to hold your head up high!

"You think you can just search me like that?" Hua Xuan's eyes were icy as he suppressed his anger and said, "What evidence do you have to prove that Shi Xi stole your things?"

Nan Wan bit her lip.

She couldn't very well say that she put the ring in Shi Xi's bag herself, could she?

“I only spoke to Shi Xi just now, and then I went to the restroom and ran into her there,” Nan Wan said. “After that, my ring disappeared! If she didn’t steal it, who else could it be?!”

"You just spoke to me." Xie Yunzhou appeared, his gaze sweeping over Hua Xuanhe again, and added, "And Hua Xuanhe."

Shi Xi's eyes crinkled into a smile. "It seems that the three of us are all criminal suspects!"

Then why does Miss Nan only believe that I stole your things?