Qin Sheng saw them, but didn't even glance at them. She grabbed Gu Yueming, who wanted to stop, and walked straight ahead.
This...this doesn't fit the script!
Seeing that someone was about to step on the hem of her long dress, Chu Yingran was startled and instinctively took a few quick steps to avoid it.
In a moment of panic, she tripped over her right foot with her left. After finally regaining her balance, her right foot landed right on the hem of the long skirt in front of her.
Then there was a tearing sound, and the world fell silent.
"ah!!"
A scream echoed through the courtyard. Chu Yingran frantically grabbed her long dress, which was torn at the waist, trying to cover her exposed skin while hiding behind the girl she was with.
The girl traveling with him was completely taken aback by the sudden turn of events. She stood there for a good four or five seconds, and when she came to her senses, she immediately ran to the nearest security guard from the Fu family who was in charge of maintaining order and asked him for his suit jacket.
The security guard glanced at Chu Yingran, hesitated for two seconds, and finally took off his coat.
The security guard on one side was reluctant to put it on, while Chu Yingran on the other side was unwilling to do so either.
Her face was ashen, one hand clutching her long dress, which was torn in half, and the other pushing away the coat that her companion was trying to drape over her.
She said irritably, "What kind of occasion is this? You want me to dress like a servant? How am I supposed to face anyone after this?!"
The girl accompanying him said, "...Don't bother turning around. You're too ashamed to face anyone right now."
Chu Yingran: "!!!"
She didn't bother arguing with the girl in her group anymore. Her eyes quickly scanned the surroundings and finally landed on Qin Sheng and his group, who had stopped because their path was blocked by the crowd of onlookers.
His eyes lit up.
Although it was early January, all the indoor areas in Tiandu were heated, especially the Fu family compound, which had spent a lot of money to install heating equipment even in the courtyard.
Therefore, although the weather was cold, it wasn't very cold.
In addition, since everyone is here to attend a banquet, which is also a matchmaking event, the girls will naturally dress up in whatever way looks good, so uniform evening dresses and jackets are out of the question.
Only the men were still wearing suit jackets.
But if Chu Yingran were to wear another man's coat in front of everyone, she would be in deep trouble and would never be able to clear her name. Of course, she was unwilling to do so.
So she set her sights on Qin Zhao, the youngest person in the room, who looked like he was still in junior high school.
Chu Yingran pointed at Qin Zhao with her slender finger and commanded, "You, take off your coat and let me borrow it!"
Qin Zhao glanced at her indifferently: "Are you out of your mind?"
Chu Yingran: "You!"
As more and more people gathered, and this was already the last door leading into the banquet hall, with commotion coming from the direction of the banquet hall, Chu Yingran became anxious.
Seeing that Qin Zhao remained unmoved, she could only look at Qin Zheng and Gu Yueming, who were clearly parents, on the other side, and finally her gaze settled on Qin Zheng.
With slightly red eyes, she said, "Sir, if your daughter and wife hadn't almost bumped into me just now, I wouldn't have panicked and stepped on my own skirt while trying to avoid them. Now that this has happened, aren't you going to take any responsibility?"
She sniffed, her eyes reddening even more: "I don't want your apology or compensation. There are so many people watching. I'm just a girl, and my dress is torn. I just wanted to borrow your son's jacket to cover it up. Please help me."
Chu Yingran felt that she had already put her words to this point, using both a firm and a gentle approach, and that the other party, if they had any sense, would not refuse.
Before she could finish speaking, Qin Zheng smiled slightly and said, "However, it seemed to me that you, Miss, were the one who tried to block my daughter and madam's way first, and only made a mistake in your haste when you saw that they weren't stopping?"
"As for my son's coat," Qin Zheng glanced at Qin Zhao and smiled slightly, "my son has been in poor health since he was a child and can't stand the cold, so I can't lend you this coat."
Chu Yingran stared wide-eyed at Qin Zheng in disbelief.
Qin Zheng maintained his smile, but the expression in his eyes was exactly the same as Qin Zhao's – indifferent.
Given their appearance, no one would believe they aren't father and son.
Qin Sheng glanced at her father and younger brother, a slight smile flashing in her eyes. She then turned to the suit jacket in the hand of the girl accompanying her and raised her chin: "It's been handed to you, why aren't you wearing it? You're just eyeing my brother's clothes. What, you think my brother is good-looking and want to find an excuse to cling to him?"
Chu Yingran: "!!!"
Who wants your brother? Who's going to blame your brother?
Is something wrong with you?!
Chu Yingran raised her chin high: "What kind of status do I have? How could I possibly wear the clothes of a servant!"
servants and security guards: "..."
He quickly ran forward, snatched his coat back from the girl's hand, put it back on, and then ran back to his spot.
He didn't say a word from beginning to end, but his actions told Chu Yingran: Who's begging you to wear this?
Chu Yingran was so angry that her face turned as black as a rock.
Their attention shifted back to Qin Sheng and his group: "In short, are you going to give it to them or not?!"
Qin Sheng couldn't understand it. In this situation, they could either find an empty room to stay in and have someone bring them clothes to change into, or hide in one of these artificial hills and pavilions. If that didn't work, they could just wear the security guard's uniform instead of wasting time arguing with them.
So you think that since you're not showing too much skin, it's not a big problem?
She wouldn't mind helping her out.
An invisible spiritual force swept through the air, and with another tearing sound, the stitches on the girl's lower back also split open.
That is, the entire upper body and lower body are completely separated.
Those present couldn't see Qin Sheng's subtle movements; they only saw Chu Yingran clutching her skirt, when suddenly the back half of it tore.
What does that tell us?
This means she must have torn it herself.
The way people looked at her changed instantly.
Chu Yingran's face turned completely pale.
Just then, the people who had been forming a circle suddenly dispersed, making way for a narrow path that only allowed one person to pass at a time.
Fu Jingheng and Fu Xian walked in from outside the crowd one after the other.
Fu Xian heard from the servants that something had happened here, so she rushed over immediately. To her surprise, Fu Jingheng also came over and even ran ahead of her.
Fu Xian had initially found it strange, but now, looking at the girl at the other end of the crowd, she understood.
Well, only their little sister Sheng Sheng could make her little brother do something out of line.
She smiled, pursed her lips, and didn't rush forward, letting Fu Jingheng handle the matter.
When Chu Yingran saw the man coming towards her, she paused abruptly. Then, as if struck by a sudden thought, a glint flashed in her eyes.
She quickly lowered her eyes, revealing a look of impending tears: "Young Master Fu..."
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