The crowd had split into two sides at some point, leaving a small path wide enough for one person to pass through.
Qi Yujia and Xie Mingzhu were stunned when they saw the girl coming towards them.
Xie Mingzhu subconsciously called out: "Aunt..."
Xie Xihe glanced at her lightly and then looked away. He stood in front of Zhong Yuxiu, lowered his head slightly and asked, "Are you okay?"
Zhong Yuxiu came back to her senses and shook her head gently: "It's okay."
Thinking of Xie Mingzhu's address just now, he reacted and hesitated, "Do you know these two people?"
Xie Xihe hummed, but made no attempt to introduce himself. His gaze shifted to Qi Yujia, and he asked in a casual voice, "You just said you were willing to pay compensation?"
Qi Yujia came back to her senses and couldn't help but sneer when she heard that.
Without saying anything more, he took out two hundred-yuan bills from his bag, thought for a moment, took out another one, and held it in front of Xie Xihe, saying, "Three hundred, is that enough?"
As he said this, he loosened his grip, letting the bright red banknotes slowly fall.
Xie Xihe watched quietly.
Qi Yujia put her bag back on her shoulder, stretched out her other hand to hold Xie Mingzhu's shoulder, and said with a smile: "No need to give me the extra change. You played the piano well just now. For the sake of our friendship, I'll treat the extra money as a reward."
Without even glancing at Xie Xihe, he turned to Xie Mingzhu and said, "Didn't they say Young Master Sheng is here to pick you up? Let's go?"
Xie Mingzhu looked at Xie Xihe with hesitation, bit her lip, and asked, "Aunt, you probably haven't eaten yet, right? Do you want to come with us? After dinner, we can have Brother Zhihuan take us home."
Qi Yujia's face was not so good-looking, and there was a look of dissatisfaction in her eyes.
However, since it was Xie Mingzhu who spoke first, she didn't say much, so she just pouted and waited.
But the mockery and disdain in his eyes couldn't be more obvious.
Xie Xihe looked at them and chuckled: "You can leave if you want, but first settle the accounts."
Xie Mingzhu frowned, glanced at the three banknotes that fell on the ground, and reminded her, "Yujia didn't do it on purpose, and she's already paid the compensation. What else do you want to settle, aunt?"
Qi Yujia was just worried about finding a reason to pick a fight, but upon hearing this, she perked up immediately and said sarcastically, "Xie Xihe, you're crazy about money, aren't you? You gave up your job as the eldest daughter of the Xie family and came to be a trainee, and now you've already paid you three hundred yuan for just a small cushion. What else do you want?"
"Are you trying to take this opportunity to blackmail me?"
He paused, his eyes showing even more sarcasm. "Besides, the person involved hasn't even spoken yet. Why are you so anxious to intervene? You're not helping your own niece, but are asking for compensation on behalf of an outsider. How can you be so audacious!"
Zhong Yuxiu's usually gentle expression turned unbelievably pale. Upon hearing this, her eyes darkened. This time, she spoke in front of Xie Xihe, saying, "It was you who soiled my cushion."
Qi Yujia said: "So what if it's me?"
Zhong Yuxiu smiled faintly: "So how can she leave her own niece alone and not help outsiders?"
Turning his gaze to Xie Mingzhu, his voice still gentle, he said, "But Miss Xie, you watched your friend humiliate your own aunt, don't you have anything to say?"
Her almond-shaped eyes were bright, her voice was soft, and coupled with her overly slender figure and pale face, she looked innocent and harmless.
As soon as these two simple sentences were spoken, people who were still confused about the situation immediately reacted.
Yes, it was obviously the girl who did the wrong thing first. Not only did he not apologize, but he also took money to humiliate her?
The extra money will be considered as a reward to Xie Xihe?
Oh……
Let’s not talk about how much the mat is worth. Even if there is extra, does Xie Xihe need that little reward?
Didn’t you see that he just won the championship of the Guyun Tiancheng program? The prize money alone is as much as one million, not to mention the wealth that subsequent resources can bring.
Three hundred yuan, I'm afraid it's not even enough to buy one sleeve of someone's performance costume. How dare you talk about giving a tip or not?
The other girl was even more interesting.
She kept calling her aunt and asking if she wanted to have dinner together, but her friends threw money in front of her aunt, and she just turned a blind eye and remained indifferent.
Are you sure she's your niece?
The audience gathered in several circles and couldn't help but talk in low voices. Among them, a few girls who had just become fans of Xie Xihe deliberately raised their voices to discuss. When Xie Mingzhu and Qi Yujia heard them, their faces turned pale and red.
Xie Xihe looked at her, his peach blossom eyes flashing slightly, and he glanced at the little girl beside him with interest.
She now understood some of the things her father had said in praising Zhong Yuxiu.
Zhong Yuxiu didn't notice her gaze. She waited for a while, and when the discussion died down, she spoke again, calling softly, "Zhong Yi."
Zhong Yi had been waiting by the side. Upon hearing this, he immediately took a step forward, stretched out his long arms and picked up the cushions and seat cushions that were still on the seat, and suddenly exerted force with both hands.
After two crisp sounds of cloth tearing, countless soft gray hairs fluttered down, and some of them were soaked in coffee and stuck together and fell on the chair.
Zhong Yi casually tossed the rag aside and said, "This is Icelandic goose and duck down that our master specially sent people to collect from Iceland. Not counting labor and shipping costs, this cushion and seat contains about 8 taels of goose and duck down, worth about 150,000 yuan."
After saying this, he stepped aside and gave his seat to his young lady.
Zhong Yuxiu smiled faintly. "I was thinking that since they're people Sister Xihe knows, we should just let it go. But you two are quite generous and don't look like people who need money. So, let's just pay whatever is due."
Qi Yujia was dumbfounded: "Ice... Icelandic geese and ducks..."
Although she had never used it, Qi Yujia's family was quite well-off since she was able to enter an elite high school, so she had naturally heard of Icelandic goose and duck down.
The annual output is less than 2,000 kilograms, and the price of one kilogram is between 300,000 and 400,000 yuan. It is known as the gem among feathers.
But the question is, who buys Icelandic goose and duck down if not to make quilts? Using this level of down to make seat cushions and even carrying them around with you—are you mentally ill or do you have too much money and don't know where to spend it?!
Qi Yujia didn't believe it and said with her neck stiff, "Who are you kidding? You want to be able to afford Icelandic goose and duck down, but you can't even buy a front-row ticket, and then sit in a place like this?!"
"I……"
"Yujia!" Qi Yujia wanted to say something, but Xie Mingzhu's face suddenly changed and she stopped her.
Qi Yujia was filled with anger and frustration, and her temper flared up. She asked angrily, "Mingzhu, what do you mean by this?"
Xie Mingzhu ignored her.
She looked at Xie Xihe and Zhong Yuxiu for a long time, and finally confirmed it. She said with a pale face: "You...you are the eldest daughter of the Zhong family, Zhong Yuxiu?"
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