"Miss Wang, you're joking. Did I ask you to deliberately put the jade pendant in my bag to frame me?"
"You did this on purpose! Why didn't you show me the video sooner?! Did you have to make such a big fuss and embarrass me like this?!" At this point, Wang Jingxian seemed a little frantic.
Jiang Ran maintained her nonchalant demeanor, but the curve of her lips held a mocking smile: "So what if I deliberately made a scene? Are you allowed to slander me as a thief, but not me to fight back?"
The others echoed this sentiment.
"Exactly! Who does Wang Jingxian think she is? If she hadn't been so malicious as to frame someone as a thief, who would bother to retaliate against her?"
"That's right! She herself clearly wanted to make a big scene and ruin Miss Jiang's reputation, but now that she's just trying to prove her innocence to more people, she can't stand it?"
"How could she have the nerve to question someone like that? She's so shameless."
"This is what they call trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice instead. They wanted to smear someone as a thief and ruin their reputation, but they didn't expect that they themselves would be the ones who suffer the most. Now they even have the nerve to question whether the other person did it on purpose."
"So what if she did it on purpose? To deal with such a vicious woman, we should make a bigger scene and teach her a lesson!"
"She was just inciting us onlookers. She's morally corrupt and wants to drag us down with her. Who would be so foolish as to associate with her?"
Seeing that everyone was criticizing, the other young ladies who had stood up with Wang Jingxian to talk about Jiang Ran also stood up and quickly distanced themselves from the situation.
"We were forced into it by Wang Jingxian... She used her status to pressure us, leaving us no choice but to do what she did..."
"Yes! She's always been arrogant. If she doesn't like someone, she'll have them fight her to the death. We only agreed to help her because we were afraid she'd take her anger out on us. That's not what we really wanted..."
Seeing this, Wang Jingxian was so angry she almost vomited blood. She grabbed her bag and threw it at the person.
"What nonsense are you spouting? Who threatened you? You're the ones who came here to curry favor with me!"
Seeing how rude she was, and how she dared to throw things at people in front of so many people, everyone became even more convinced that the others had been forced by her.
"That's outrageous! Just because they don't like someone, they're using their family background to target them!"
"She dared to throw things at so many people; who knows how she bullies others in private."
"And this is the daughter of the Wang family? I don't know how she was raised to be so ill-mannered. If my daughter were raised like this, I would be furious."
Given the situation, even the two police officers who called the police were speechless.
What a show!
Wang Jingxian could no longer bear the accusations; this was the first time in her life she had ever felt so wronged.
What right do these onlookers have to criticize me?
It wasn't her who told them to talk about Jiang Ran. They were clearly malicious themselves, and now they're blaming everything on her.
They are the truly wicked ones!
And Jiang Ran! She's so scheming!
They had arranged for someone to film the video well in advance, just waiting for me to fall into their trap.
She will never forget the humiliation she suffered today, and one day she will definitely get her revenge!
Just then, more guests began to arrive.
Jiang Ran spotted Huo Siyan immediately. He stood out from the crowd, conversing with people with ease.
"President Huo has arrived."
"I didn't expect Mr. Huo to come too..."
The crowd surged toward him, and Jiang Ran retreated to the side of the crowd, where he saw Wang Jingxian staring longingly in that direction.
Those who were just watching the commotion also noticed Wang Jingxian, and some couldn't help but laugh: "Hahaha, if I remember correctly, this Miss Wang has been pursuing President Huo for many years, hasn't she?"
"So what? President Huo doesn't even give her a second glance."
"Even if Mr. Huo has terrible taste, he wouldn't like a spoiled and willful young lady like her."
"What's the point of chasing after him for so many years? I have a rumor that President Huo is getting engaged soon. She's probably furious."
"What? Mr. Huo is getting engaged? To whom? I didn't hear a thing."
"I only heard this from others. I don't know who she's actually engaged to, but it certainly isn't this Ms. Wang Jingxian."
"Haha, after chasing her for so many years, she's about to get engaged to someone else. No wonder she's been so crazy lately."
"What's the use of going crazy? No matter how crazy she goes, she'll still get engaged to someone else."
Hearing this, even more hatred flashed in Wang Jingxian's eyes.
She gritted her teeth and glared at Jiang Ran in the crowd, her hands trembling with anger as they hung at her sides.
Jiang Ran...
It's all because of her!
She stole Brother Si Yan away! I will never let her have her way!
Jiang Ran retreated into the crowd with her face half-lowered, trying not to attract too much attention, but unexpectedly, Huo Siyan walked towards her.
Shiny leather shoes caught her eye, above which were long, straight legs encased in fabric, and above that, a perfectly proportioned inverted triangle figure with broad shoulders and a narrow waist.
Jiang Ran was slightly taken aback. She looked up and met a pair of deep, dark eyes, as dark as an ancient pool, and felt her breath catch in her throat.
As Huo Siyan approached step by step, everyone around him was drawn to his presence.
What's going on?
A moment later, Huo Siyan was already standing beside her, his strong arm bent, his smiling gaze fixed on her face.
Jiang Ran understood what he meant; he wanted to use this banquet to announce his engagement.
She was somewhat reluctant, but she had actually thought about it before.
The title of Huo Siyan's fiancée was a heavy burden for her. She could already imagine how she would be ridiculed when she broke off the relationship with Huo Siyan three years later.
Fortunately, she didn't care about any of that. She was just repaying a favor to him, and she had a clear conscience.
Jiang Ran gently pursed her lips and reached out to take his arm.
Everyone was stunned.
What... what's going on?
"Didn't you just say that President Huo is about to get engaged? Could it be that his fiancée is this Miss Jiang?"
"It must be! I've never seen Mr. Huo so close to any woman in all these years. I suppose Miss Jiang must be Mr. Huo's fiancée."
Everyone understood now.
"No wonder Wang Jingxian tried to frame Miss Jiang earlier! She must have known about President Huo's engagement for a long time, and she must have known that Miss Jiang was the one he was going to marry, so she deliberately targeted her!"
"No wonder! It's because of jealousy! Does jealousy give you the right to frame others? How insidious!"
"She was inciting us onlookers with what she did just now. Luckily, she didn't say anything harsh, or she would have offended Miss Jiang."
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