Ye Qing glanced at Xu Ying, who was standing in the coffee shop in a daze, and saw not only Xu Ying's daze, but also the uncontrollable gloom in Xu Ying's eyes.
Heh, Ye Qing sneered inwardly. She thought to herself, "How could Xu Ying change so much?!"
Of course, her goodness is far inferior to that of others, and her so-called goodness is relative to Xu Ying herself.
However, the gloomy expression she inadvertently revealed now also proved one thing: Xu Ying was still the same Xu Ying, perhaps a little better than before, but it was negligible.
Watching Ye Qing walk away triumphantly, Xu Ying angrily stomped her foot, then stormed off.
Ye Qing had thought that Xu Ying might be innocent after hearing what she said before, but now it seems that she is not. So he needs to discuss a countermeasure with Liu Yuliang.
Xu Xiaoyue brought Ye Qing here and didn't leave afterwards. She parked her car next to the road and waited for Ye Qing. When she saw Ye Qing return, Xu Xiaoyue asked, "What did you say?"
Taking a deep breath, Ye Qing thought for a moment and said, "Is Liu Yuliang still in the store? Let's go and discuss it with him first. We should prepare something in advance. Xu Ying obviously came prepared. Even if she didn't prepare anything herself, Liang Youjie will definitely have something prepared."
"Liang Youjie?" Xu Xiaoyue asked in confusion.
Ye Qing briefly explained the situation to Xu Xiaoyue, who was shocked: "Really... I trusted him so much before."
Ye Qing remained silent about Xu Xiaoyue's sentiments and anger, pondering in her heart what to do next.
On the way back, Ye Qing called Liu Yuliang and asked if he was still at the store. Liu Yuliang replied that he was.
Knowing that Ye Qing and Liu Yuliang still had things to discuss, Xu Xiaoyue drove a little faster when the road conditions allowed.
When Ye Qing arrived, he was surprised to find Liang Youjie there as well.
Seeing that Xu Xiaoyue was about to confront Liang Youjie in anger, Ye Qing glanced at Liu Yuliang and gestured for him to pull Xu Xiaoyue away. Although Liu Yuliang didn't know what was wrong with Liang Youjie that made Xu Xiaoyue so angry, he still followed Ye Qing's instructions and pulled Xu Xiaoyue away.
After Xu Xiaoyue and Liu Yuliang left, Ye Qing looked at Liang Youjie. The bruises on his face were very obvious; they were from when Xi Quan hit him at noon.
However, it seemed that Liang Youjie hadn't received any medical treatment. Although it wasn't serious, the bloodstains on his face didn't seem to have been wiped clean. Ye Qing felt that this was too much and couldn't help but say, "Xi Quan hit you, but you don't need to run around with this face full of injuries. If someone sees this, given your current fame, it will definitely be big news."
Liang Youjie blinked, took a tissue from the box on the table in front of him, and wiped the bloodstains on his face. But because it had been a long time, the bloodstains had dried and could not be wiped off. He would have to use water or alcohol to wipe them off.
So Liang Youjie's actions were more like a gesture to express himself. He knew what he was really thinking, and Ye Qing understood that too. Ye Qing chuckled and asked, "If you really cared, you would have wiped it off long ago. You might not have been seen on the street, but you've been carrying this injury on your face for so long. Have all the photos been taken already? Will we see the famous singer Liang Youjie being beaten by Xi Quan tomorrow or the day after?"
After a long silence, Liang Youjie asked, "Ye Qing, do you have to be so aggressive? It's a fact that Xi Quan hit someone, isn't it?"
"It's true, but what you're doing is too despicable!" Ye Qing didn't back down at all: "You two fought at noon, and now? It's almost dark, and you're still sporting a face full of injuries. I really feel sorry for you. You're really going all out to frame Xi Quan!"
"Frame him? Ye Qing, you've always said I've helped you a lot and you're very grateful. Is this how you express your gratitude—in such an aggressive way?"
After only a few words, Liang Youjie had already used the word "aggressive" for the second time. Ye Qing originally didn't want to say anything too harsh, but now... every word Liang Youjie said was challenging Ye Qing's bottom line of understanding.
She sneered, "So, according to you, if you frame Xi Quan or me, we have to obediently accept it and can't put up any resistance, right?"
“I didn’t frame you,” Liang Youjie said.
If he had said that before, Ye Qing might have believed him, but now she didn't. She said, "You didn't frame me, which sounds true, but let me ask you, why did Xi Quan hit you? Wasn't it because you once thought about doing something to Ranran and Xinxin, and you admitted it? Are you going to deny it now?"
Liang Youjie knew Ye Qing had overheard him. Hearing Ye Qing ask the question actually relieved him; he felt it would have been more worrying if Ye Qing hadn't said anything. "I was indeed a little blinded by greed back then, but in the end I didn't do anything, and even..."
Ye Qing nodded, but her words did not agree with Liang Youjie: "You did nothing, but that doesn't cover up what you wanted to do. I even thought you were a good person, but you just slapped me and then gave me a sweet treat. Before today, I probably wouldn't have thought much about the truth of many things, but now I think I may have misunderstood many things. You are not as innocent as you seem."
"You..." Liang Youjie wanted to ask after hearing Ye Qing's words, but he was afraid that if he asked, Ye Qing would sense something. After hesitating for a while, he couldn't help but ask, "What did your cousin Xu Ying say to you?"
After asking the question, Liang Youjie belatedly realized that he had asked a really bad question, not to mention Ye Qing's ambiguous smile.
"How did you know I met Xu Ying?" Ye Qing asked.
The more he said, the more mistakes he would make, so Liang Youjie simply decided to keep quiet.
But now that things had come to this point, it wasn't as simple as him remaining silent to make Ye Qing understand. Ye Qing didn't care whether Liang Youjie answered or not; she continued along her own train of thought, "You know I met with Xu Ying, so you actually hired the people outside the coffee shop to take pictures? In this situation, how can you expect me to believe you? Xu Ying and I do have conflicts, but we are also cousins. Do we need to hire reporters to take pictures when we meet in private? So stop saying you didn't do anything."
“Even if you did something, it’s no use now. You’ve already exposed the film.” Since silence wouldn’t solve the problem, Liang Youjie thought he might as well just say it directly. Maybe Ye Qing would understand him.
Now Ye Qing was even more certain that Liang Youjie and Xu Ying were in cahoots. After staring at Liang Youjie for a long time, Ye Qing asked, "The film I exposed didn't also have pictures of the injuries on your face, did it? They were all exposed together, which is why you came to me in such a huff?"
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