Chapter 118 Using a veiled insult to criticize
Then I noticed that he and Jiang Ran were facing each other, as if they were talking about something.
After walking up to him, she looked puzzled and asked, "Do you two know each other?"
Jiang Ran remained silent, giving Lu Ziyi a meaningful look. Lu Ziyi's gaze turned slightly cold, but his expression softened when facing An Li, and he replied softly, "I don't know her."
Ji Xia sensed something was off about the atmosphere around her and quietly walked to Jiang Ran's side.
"Is she your friend?" Lu Ziyi asked An Li, looking down at her.
When An Li saw that he was referring to Jiang Ran, she slowly shook her head and denied it, saying, "This is the first time we've met today."
"Hmm." A hint of displeasure flashed across Lu Ziyi's face as he deliberately said, "That's good. You must be careful in making friends in the future. Not just anyone can be your friend."
He was unaware of the inside story, so he assumed that Jiang Ran had deliberately set up this situation to curry favor with An Li.
Everyone present could hear the sarcasm in Lu Ziyi's words, but Jiang Ran didn't seem to care at all.
This scumbag really thinks he's something, little does he know that in her eyes, his current behavior is just like that of a clown.
An Li listened, her brows furrowing slightly, finding Lu Ziyi's attitude somewhat strange.
Ji Xia realized he was subtly mocking Jiang Ran, and her expression changed. She coldly retorted, "What nonsense!"
Suddenly, the smoke of battle began to fill the air.
Jiang Ran's eyes flashed with gratitude when she saw Ji Xia intervene.
Then, as if speaking casually, she said, "Xiaxia, do you know what kind of man you should never touch?"
Ji Xia looked up at her and echoed, "I don't know."
Jiang Ran tilted her head slightly, looked at Lu Ziyi seriously, and said sarcastically, "A man from a humble background is the least desirable."
As he spoke, his eyes were full of provocation.
Is this a case of using a veiled insult to criticize someone else?
Anyone can do that!
When Ji Xia saw Jiang Ran officially start criticizing him, she looked at Lu Ziyi with undisguised disgust.
From her conversation with Anli, she had a vague feeling that her boyfriend was not a good person.
What do you mean by being submissive? It's just being blinded by love.
Looking up at Anli, he saw that she also looked surprised and couldn't help but warn her, "Anli, as a friend, let me remind you, it's best to stay away from this kind of man."
Upon hearing this, An Li's brows furrowed with displeasure, and she replied coldly, "Ji Xia, don't get involved in this matter."
"But I'd like to ask you, what's wrong with your friend? She's getting entangled with my boyfriend, she's really shameless!"
Although she was looking at Ji Xia, her words were meant for Jiang Ran.
She was unaware of the cause and effect, but she misunderstood the argument between her and Lu Ziyi. From her perspective, she naturally thought that Jiang Ran was being persistent and trying to make her presence known.
Having said that, he ignored Jiang Ran's expression and turned to leave.
Jiang Ran watched them leave with a cold eye. Before she could speak, Ji Xia spoke up first: "Ranran, don't pay attention to them, they're really bad luck!"
"Only Anli was blinded by this kind of man and couldn't see his true character."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ran nodded slightly and softly replied, "Mm."
Ji Xia, standing nearby, followed up by asking, "But how did you come to know someone like that?"
Jiang Ran pursed her lips and replied in a low voice, "This person tried to make money off me before, deliberately flirting with me. After I rejected him, he became angry and embarrassed."
She briefly described their relationship, speaking ambiguously, even after Ji Xia heard from someone with ulterior motives that her relationship with Lu Ziyi was unclear.
You could also gloss over it by saying he was deliberately playing hard to get.
Otherwise, you can't just tell her directly that Lu Ziyi's true identity is actually that he has a secret affair with the original owner, right?
After all, she is now impersonating the original character, so saying this does create a slightly awkward situation.
"I see..." Hearing Jiang Ran's explanation, Ji Xia slowly nodded, indicating that she understood.
Then, with a disdainful look, she sneered, "I didn't like him the first time I saw him. He looked like a gigolo, and I was right."
“I just heard Anli say that a while ago a woman was harassing him on the street, but he was driven away by her sarcastic remarks.”
"Looks like he's been living off several women..."
Ji Xia kept accusing Lu Ziyi, and seeing that Jiang Ran was expressionless, she didn't stop her. She got more and more excited as she talked.
Jiang Ran listened with her eyes down, knowing that she was referring to the matter of Song Yuqing. She sighed inwardly, thankful that An Li hadn't named her directly.
Otherwise, just based on Song Yuqing's rambling and exaggerated statements in front of Ji Xia's mother-in-law, Ji Xia could have taken her anger out on Lu Ziyi and given him a beating.
"More than that?" Jiang Ran finished her thoughts and sneered, "He's incredibly audacious. He even kidnapped Si Zuochen before. If it hadn't been discovered in time, he probably would have succeeded by now."
"What?!" Upon hearing this, Ji Xia's pupils dilated, and her face showed shock.
She had a close relationship with Jiang Ran, so she naturally knew who Si Zuochen was.
He dares to touch the Si family?!
Perhaps they think they're living too comfortably?
Jiang Ran nodded slowly, then said, "After he went in, he shamelessly tried to get me to bail him out. Isn't that ridiculous?"
As he spoke, there was a hint of sarcasm in his words.
Ji Xia frowned, her prejudice against Lu Ziyi shifting even further.
He then looked surprised and asked, "But shouldn't he be in prison right now?"
“Yes,” Jiang Ran replied, then spread her hands, looking quite helpless: “But somehow, he just came out like that.”
Listening to Jiang Ran's words, Ji Xia already had her own thoughts.
From Jiang Ran's words, we can conclude that he is just a "phoenix man" (a man from a poor background who achieves success), so where does he get any connections?
He's inseparable from Anli now, deliberately trying to please her; he's probably relying on her.
Thinking of this, and after learning about his character, Ji Xia frowned even more, a cold glint flashing across her face.
He quickly said, "Anli doesn't know the inside story yet. I have to tell her what kind of social scum this is!"
After saying that, she turned to chase after him towards the door, but Jiang Ran quickly reached out to stop her.
He looked at her with a serious expression and slowly shook his head: "No, it's too late for us to get involved in this matter."
"Hmm?" Ji Xia looked puzzled, raised her eyes to look at Jiang Ran, and a hint of doubt flashed across her face.
Jiang Ran lowered her eyes slightly and replied in a low voice, "She's currently being completely charmed by Lu Ziyi's sweet words, and she won't listen to anything you say right now."
"Then I have to tell her too!" Ji Xia hurriedly said.
Seeing that Ji Xia was determined to make her decision, Jiang Ran sighed helplessly, "It's too late, she's already pregnant."
"What?!" Ji Xia was stunned upon hearing this. "But...but..."
Jiang Ran pursed her lips slightly and slowly said, "I could tell from the first moment I saw her that she was less than a month pregnant."
Ji Xia's face flashed with shock, and she asked in surprise, "But you've never had any contact with her, how could you tell just by looking at her?"
She knew that Jiang Ran was proficient in metaphysics and the like, and that she could draw conclusions about things that couldn't be explained by science.
But little did they know that she could even see through something like this?
Isn't this even more miraculous than a hospital?
Jiang Ran didn't know how to explain that from the moment she entered the room, she saw a cloud of mist hovering over her abdomen, which was a sign of pregnancy.
I could only nod casually.
Ji Xia was still skeptical, but then she remembered that when she first met Jiang Ran, she had also calculated it all by herself.
The shock in his heart deepened, and he had no choice but to believe what Jiang Ran said.
Shocked, she quickly asked, "So they had a child out of wedlock? How can that be?"
"Isn't a shotgun wedding exactly what they want?"
Thinking of this, Ji Xia frowned, her expression becoming increasingly unfriendly.
Hearing Ji Xia's words, Jiang Ran's expression faltered slightly, her eyes filled with confusion, and she asked in surprise, "Is this what you're struggling with?"
"Otherwise what?" Ji Xia retorted.
Jiang Ran suddenly chuckled: "I thought you were worried about An Li, after all, it doesn't sound good if word gets out that you had a child out of wedlock."
To everyone's surprise, Ji Xia waved her hand dismissively and replied casually, "Shotgun marriages are nothing unusual in this circle. There are plenty of people who do this kind of thing for the sake of a marriage alliance."
"Besides, An Li is the kind of person who won't turn back until she hits a wall, and I just think it's such a pity."
"That scumbag got off easy! An Li is the only daughter of the An Group. Doesn't that mean everything will fall into his hands?"
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