Chapter 422 It's Not Your Fault
Ding Xueyan's pupils contracted sharply.
She subconsciously looked in the direction where Yu Zhiyi had appeared, only to find that she could clearly see Yu Zhiyi's little movements from that spot, and her face immediately turned pale.
Zhong Zhehao asked with some concern, "Yan'er, what's wrong?"
Yu Zhiyi chuckled: "Of course I feel guilty."
Lin Qingxi guessed something, and her eyes lit up: "Miss Jiang, you really recorded it?"
Yu Zhiyi nodded: "Yes, I'll show you right now."
As he spoke, he was about to release the contents of the recording stone.
"don't want!"
Ding Xueyan screamed and lunged at Yu Zhiyi.
Before they could even get within two meters of Yu Zhiyi, they were blasted away by an invisible barrier.
Yu Zhiyi's eyes were cold: "I dare not let you get close, lest you say I hurt you, just like you wronged Miss Lin."
Even if Zhong Zhehao was stupid or deluded himself, he understood something from Ding Xueyan's reaction: "Yan'er, you..."
Ding Xueyan struggled to her feet, grabbing his clothes and pleading, "Brother Hao, I just wanted to stay by your side so badly that's why I resorted to this. I... I really didn't mean any harm!"
Even though Yu Zhiyi was already quite well-mannered, she couldn't help but roll her eyes upon hearing this.
Lin Qingxi stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "Not only have you framed me multiple times, but you also shifted the blame by throwing the wolf cub's corpse at Zhong Zhehao. Is that what you call no malice?"
Zhong Zhehao pursed his lips.
Ding Xueyan has already explained the matter of shifting blame, and Zhong Zhehao said that he can understand the subconscious behavior of someone who is too afraid.
But when she framed Lin Qingxi just now, there was no danger around!
Even if he were blind and delusional, he couldn't help but look at Ding Xueyan with suspicion.
"Brother Hao, I really didn't mean any harm. You know I'm not that kind of person. I'm just... just too afraid of losing you."
"You know, I'm an orphan, and all I've ever felt growing up is malice. No one has ever been this kind to me except you. I really don't want to lose you!"
“Sister Xi is very powerful. Even if you misunderstand her a few times, she won’t be in any danger. She won’t die if she leaves you. But if I leave you, I will have nothing.”
She cried with tears streaming down her face, looking pitiful.
Zhong Zhehao couldn't help but soften his heart.
Lin Qingxi found it absurd: "Just because I'm better than you, does that mean I deserve to be framed by you, hurt by you, and have my fiancé stolen by you?"
Ding Xueyan remained silent, but Zhong Zhehao spoke up: "Yan'er is right. You are very strong, so being framed a few times won't hurt you. But her, she has nothing left after leaving me."
Lin Qingxi: "!"
She closed her eyes, completely losing the desire to argue.
She found that she couldn't understand the logic of these two people at all, and gave up trying to understand it.
"Fine, if one of you will die if you leave the other, and the other will die if they can't bear to see the other leave, then you two can be locked together."
Her gaze calmed: "Zhong Zhehao, give me the map. From now on, we'll go our separate ways."
Before Zhong Zhehao could say anything more, Lin Qingxi suddenly turned the hairpin in her hair.
A clear image suddenly appeared, showing Ding Xueyan explaining that she framed Zhong Zhehao because she didn't want to lose him, and Zhong Zhehao accepting her absurd statement.
The two people opposite him changed their expressions drastically.
Lin Qingxi said coldly, "If you insist on not giving it to me, then this image will appear in every corner of Wanyuan City. At that time, everyone in Wanyuan City will know what kind of people you are."
Zhong Zhehao was furious.
Ding Xueyan's expression also changed drastically, and her eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Sensing the killing intent, Yu Zhiyi glanced at her indifferently: "Guess why we were able to escape from the jaws of the Hurricane Wolf? Was it because the Hurricane Wolf took pity on us and let us go?"
Ding Xueyan's face stiffened; the murderous intent in her heart hadn't even materialized before it became a joke.
The Hurricane Wolf possesses peak first-tier strength, comparable to the early Foundation Establishment stage of a human.
The fact that these two women were able to escape alive shows that they possess the means to withstand experts at the early stages of the Foundation Establishment realm.
Ding Xueyan was extremely jealous.
It wasn't that she thought the stranger had any special abilities; after all, the woman looked weak and had no imposing presence whatsoever—she was clearly just an ordinary person.
Lin Qingxi's father was once a famous top expert in Wanyuan City. Although he has been dead for many years, he must have left behind many trump cards.
Zhong Zhehao had also thought of this. He looked at Lin Qingxi, whose attitude was resolute, his eyes filled with complex emotions: "Do you really have to be so heartless?"
Lin Qingxi was too lazy to argue with her: "Three."
"two."
"one."
She turned to leave.
"Wait a minute!" Zhong Zhehao compromised: "I'll keep the picture, you take a photo!"
Lin Qingxi felt a deep sadness in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face.
That map is worth a thousand spirit stones.
That's it, she didn't want to get entangled with these two anymore, so she decided to leave it at that.
Before long, the map was backed up.
Lin Qingxi walked to Yu Zhiyi's side: "Miss Jiang, let's go."
Yu Zhiyi nodded and turned to leave without hesitation.
She had already made up her mind that Zhong Zhehao was about to have great "good fortune," and this good fortune was given by the dodder vine that had left him and had no one else to rely on.
However, they will not die.
Too lazy to intervene, she and Lin Qingxi quickly left the suffocating scene between the man and woman.
It wasn't until they had walked quite a distance that Lin Qingxi calmed down: "Miss Jiang, thank you for clearing my name. If you hadn't used the recording stone to capture the scene of Ding Xueyan framing me, I would definitely be in a difficult situation again."
Yu Zhiyi chuckled: "I didn't take any photos."
After all, she didn't have a photo stone.
So he said it was just to trick Ding Xueyan.
As it turned out, the woman was indeed easily fooled; she had the desire to cause trouble but lacked the courage and intelligence to do so.
It's only because Zhong Zhehao is clueless that her methods are completely ineffective.
Lin Qingxi was stunned.
After a long silence, she smiled bitterly: "I can't even beat someone like this."
Yu Zhiyi: "You haven't done anything wrong. Being honest and kind isn't a flaw. There's no need to worry about it."
Lin Qingxi was not comforted.
If it's not a flaw, why does Zhong Zhehao dislike her more and more?
She didn't still have expectations for Zhong Zhehao; she was just worried that another "Ding Xueyan" would appear next time, and that the other person wouldn't want to take away Zhong Zhehao, but someone else around her, like Miss Jiang.
She has no means or ability. What if Miss Jiang also sides with that "Ding Xueyan"?
Seeing that she was stuck in a rut, Yu Zhiyi thought for a moment and comforted her, "Even if you meet the next 'Ding Xueyan,' the person next to you may not be the next 'Zhong Zhehao.'"
"If, unfortunately, the other person also blindly sides with 'Ding Xueyan' like Zhong Zhehao, it only means that the other person is not suitable for you, whether as a friend or a lover. A true friend understands your character, trusts your personality, and will not be blinded by the slightest ridiculous trick. If they can be easily deceived, it only means that the other person has never truly understood you, or that you are someone who is dispensable to them."
"People like that aren't worth the internal strife."
Lin Qingxi felt that her worldview had been greatly impacted.
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