There was a voice in Su Yunbai's heart that was screaming wildly: "Don't listen! Stop her! This woman has bad intentions, and her words must be false! She is trying to provoke you! She is jealous... She is talking nonsense!"
This voice was so brutal that it roared and shook Su Yunbai's consciousness. It used up all its energy, constantly warning her to escape the scene.
But at the same time, Su Yunbai had another self in her heart, a calmer, more rational, and more sober self. This self told her that she was getting closer to the truth.
A truth that might be ugly, but she had always been worried about it.
Su Yunbai took a deep breath and almost used up all her strength to stop shaking.
Then, she gave Qu Qingyin a fearless smile, "What else?"
She was too calm, even arrogant, almost provocative.
Qu Qingyin was indeed provoked.
At this moment, the look she gave Su Yunbai was like she could spit fire. She
paused for a word: "You! Lie!" She said, "You don't even know about the Fang family..."
Fang family?
Su Yunbai had indeed never heard of the Fang family.
But at this moment, she was surprisingly sharp.
Su Yunbai said: "You mean the one who was once madly infatuated with Qinian and tried to use the power of the family to force him to submit... You mean this Fang family?"
Qu Qingyin's face changed slightly.
Su Yunbai knew that he had made the right bet, and his expression was deliberately meaningful: "I not only know this Fang family. I also know that Qinian has been giving you some face because of your favor on this matter.
"But now it seems that he seems to have given you too much face."
Su Yunbai said, with the corners of his mouth slightly curled down, and then quickly retracted.
Just this one action perfectly blended contempt and sarcasm.
- Su Yunbai was used to seeing this expression on Huo Manying, and knew the lethality of this expression.
Sure enough, she didn't even need to provoke her anymore, Qu Qingyin was so angry that she almost lost her mind: "What are you proud of? What do you know? You are the poor person who should be sympathized! "
At this moment, Qu Qingyin's expression even seemed a little proud: "Do you know that it was Qi Nian who arranged for me to go abroad, and he even found the school for me.
"I majored in broadcasting and hosting in college, and because of his arrangement, I later transferred to law...
"On the first day of school, he personally accompanied me there. He carefully arranged housing for me and bought a car with me...
"Even the Filipino maids in my house were hired and taken care of by him personally.
"With just a phone call from me, he would put aside the affairs of such a large company and come to see me...
"I wasn't doing well in studying law, so he would pick any employee in the legal department of his company who I liked as a private tutor, and he would give me overtime compensation...
"On my birthday, I would receive flowers and cakes that he ordered for me...
"For so many years, people close to me thought that I had a boyfriend who was waiting for me to return to China to marry...
"If you call this 'face-saving', then I'm willing to accept it! " No matter how
well Su Yunbai could whitewash the situation, he couldn't help but change his expression at this moment.
This time, the person with the corners of his mouth turned down and showing disdain and contempt was Qu Qingyin.
She was completely immersed in happiness, high and mighty, complacent: "Do you think that he accompanies you through an operation on your tail, that means he loves you, is considerate of you, and is willing to change his mind?
"How self-indulgent! You haven't seen what he looks like when he is really thoughtful and considerate...
" "But I have seen it, I have felt it!
" "I have been through a lot... How can I be willing to accept this?!"
Su Yunbai was almost out of breath for a moment.
But the more this happened, the calmer she became.
She even thought the storm was not severe enough: "In that case, since you love each other so much, why do I exist?
"People who love each other marry someone else, is this your love? ”
“What do you know! He is protecting me!” Qu Qingyin’s rebuttal was so righteous that it almost made a sound. Obviously, this is what she thought: “The Fang family is powerful, more powerful than the Huo family... But also, with your background, how can you know what it’s like to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth...
“The Fang family is not only powerful, but also the top boss of the Huo family in City B. Miss Fang is the only girl in the Fang family of this generation. It’s not an exaggeration to say that she is a princess.
“Whatever the princess wants, she will naturally have. She wants Qi Nian, and the Fang family will not allow Qi Nian to refuse.”
“Qi Nian was hindered by the future of the Huo family in City B. At first, he didn’t dare to refuse her too harshly, so he had a meal with Miss Fang.
“Do you know how crazy that Miss Fang is? Qinian smiled twice at the waiter while eating - just polite smiles.
"As a result, the waiter got into a car accident the next day and was almost paralyzed.
"That's a life!"
"The Fang family is all-powerful, and they can easily deal with such a matter of life and death. They even used this incident as a lesson, killing a chicken to scare the monkey, hoping to make Qinian submissive and obediently become the princess's husband..."
Qu Qingyin sneered, "But Qinian doesn't have such a good temper? He was already very impatient with Miss Fang, and after this incident, he never saw Miss Fang again.
"Miss Fang began to frequently harass the people around Qinian. In particular, as long as Qinian showed even a little kindness to any eligible woman, that person would be in trouble. The best case would only suffer some minor injuries and lose money to deal with the disaster; the worst case, like the waiter, might even be in danger of their life.
"The news was reported back to City A.
"You may not know that Qinian was once the most popular man in the entire City A. Before the incident with Miss Fang, he could pick any family in City A as long as he spread the news that he wanted to marry.
"No one can refuse Qinian.
"But once this happens, even if the girls themselves are willing, their families will not agree." Qu Qingyin said this with a bitter look on her face, "Big families also have their own difficulties. Miss Fang is so crazy, no family dares to take the risk.
"First, he is really afraid of being targeted - after all, you can't reason with a powerful madman. Second,
he also has to save face, afraid that people will say behind their backs that they sold their daughter for power. "Qinian is such a proud man, he won't drag others down at this time. Besides, these people in City A know him inside and out. If he still wants to gain a foothold in City A, he can't cheat people like this.
"But the young lady of the Fang family is too annoying. Qinian really wants to get rid of her..."
Qu Qingyin said this, looking at Su Yunbai, her tone was actually a little sour: "It just so happened that you showed up at that time. You are actually... very suitable."
Very suitable?
Su Yunbai found it extremely ironic.
All along, everyone thought that she was marrying up to Huo Qinian. She had never thought that one day she would hear someone say "suitable".
And the person who said this was Qu Qingyin.
The world is so absurd.
Qu Qingyin reluctantly admitted: "Your personal conditions are actually very good, but you don't have a good family background. And it just so happened that the last thing I needed at that time was a family background."
So that's it.
It turned out to be like this!
Su Yunbai thought it was ridiculous.
She had never thought that her marriage, when traced back to the end, was just such a simple word "suitable".
Isn't it suitable?
Young Master Huo is such a proud person, how could he just settle for some internet celebrity, star or young model? - With Young Master Huo's background and the Huo family's self-proclaimed status as a wealthy family, he would probably think that these people are losing face.
But she is different. Highly educated, good-looking, excellent personal qualities, studied abroad, associate professor... everything is very respectable.
Even better, she has an elderly grandmother at home. She has no family burden and no worries - which means that Mr. Huo does not need to worry about his wife's family sucking the Huo family's blood.
This is not just suitable, this is simply perfect! A match made
in heaven!
As for Miss Fang's revenge... How could it be? City A is Huo Qinian's base camp, can't he protect his wife?
No wonder, before they got married, when Huo Qinian was in love with her - can it still be called in love, right? - he was almost meticulous and caring for her everywhere. He had to send a car to pick her up wherever she went, and sometimes even arranged for bodyguards to accompany her.
She thought this was care, this was love.
Isn't it necessary to "love" with heart? Without Su Yunbai, where can we find a shield that is so suitable in all aspects?
The one you truly love must be carefully cared for, so you send him/her away; the one you don't love but is just suitable for you stays in the "battlefield" to make the best use of him/her.
How simple is that?
No wonder. No wonder Huo Manying disliked her in every way, but never thought of encouraging Huo Qinian to divorce.
No wonder Huo Qinian was so affectionate and caring to her.
Then why did he stop carefully maintaining this marriage later?
Su Yunbai felt that she admired herself. She could still think so calmly at this moment: "The Fang family was defeated? When did it happen?"
Qu Qingyin's eyes were very complicated, both superior and sympathetic, as if she was regretting that a useful tool was about to be retired: "Last year. If you check the news, you might be able to find it. The 'striking tigers and swatting flies' operation... you know.
"If the Fang family was still there, Qi Nian would not come to City B. In fact, he hasn't been here for several years."
Su Yunbai chuckled when he heard this, and murmured: "So that's the case. "
Qu Qingyin was stimulated by this smile and finally realized that something was wrong.
Su Yunbai was too calm!
How could she be so calm? Why wasn't she hysterical? Why wasn't she collapsed?
How could anyone be so calm after hearing such an almost subversive thing?
Qu Qingyin subconsciously looked at Su Yunbai.
She was just sitting there, leaning slightly on the bench, thin but at peace, the emotions in her eyes seemed particularly quiet, and seemed particularly deep.
Just like an ancient well, at a glance, there was no ripple at all. When
Qu Qingyin was looked at with such eyes, she felt as if a basin of cold water was poured on her head, and she sobered up all of a sudden.
"No, you are bluffing... you are deceiving me! "
At this moment, Qu Qingyin understood everything.
She even hissed with a chill in her heart: "You actually know everything... You had doubts a long time ago, right?
"You actually decided to leave him a long time ago. You just... can't give up."
Qu Qingyin didn't even know what her mood was at the moment.
She now believed in Su Yunbai's love - how much does one have to love someone to deceive oneself, to love to the point of being unable to control oneself, and to risk one's life, so that one can only use such a decisive way to force oneself to wake up and force oneself to withdraw?
Qu Qingyin couldn't help but shudder when she thought of what she said in the meantime.
Su Yunbai... Doesn't she feel any pain?
Qu Qingyin's expression was complicated: "Su Yunbai, you are really the cruelest person to yourself that I have ever seen."
She even admired him a little.
Su Yunbai was indifferent: "It's not necessary. What kind of skill is this? Only those without an umbrella need to run desperately. Only those who have nothing can only rely on themselves.
"You are luckier than me, you always have someone to rely on."
Qu Qingyin fell silent.
"One last thing," Su Yunbai looked at Qu Qingyin, "Why did you come today? "
It doesn't make sense.
She believed that Qu Qingyin knew very well that she and Huo Qinian were about to divorce. In other words, she, Su Yunbai, was no longer a threat.
But why did Qu Qingyin come all the way here to "wake her up"?
It couldn't be because Huo Qinian suddenly fell in love with her, right?
Although this possibility was very small and extremely absurd, this time, she wanted to die clearly.
She didn't want to leave herself any way out.