Chapter 11 The huge crystal chandelier in the banquet hall...
The light from the huge crystal chandelier on the ceiling of the banquet hall illuminated the entire banquet hall as bright as day. Men and women in formal attire in the banquet hall were holding wine glasses and talking quietly. In the corner where some people were watching, Qian Yirong's cheeks turned red because of Xu Baiqing's actions.
"You..." Qian Yirong forcefully pulled back her hand that was held by Xu Baiqing. She couldn't believe that she was being teased by Xu Baiqing.
"What's wrong with me?" Xu Baiqing chuckled. She said, "I just wanted my sister to tell me the details so I can cooperate."
"...Since you agreed, just wait and see what I say." Qian Yirong could only say this and temporarily leave Xu Baiqing, who had been becoming more and more unbridled towards her recently.
Xu Baiqing, who was left there, did not pester her. He just looked at her fleeing back with a slightly mysterious smile, thinking that Qian Yirong was really cute. She had a calm and generous personality, but she deliberately acted like an ignorant and arrogant person.
Moreover, he was so naive in terms of emotions that he would shy away after just a few words of teasing. He was not as adept as someone as experienced as her. This was why Xu Baiqing was increasingly keen on teasing Qian Yirong.
But Xu Baiqing's smile froze on a girl who suddenly took Qian Yirong's hand. She looked at Qian Yirong and saw that she did not shake the girl off, but talked happily with her. Her eyes darkened.
"Sister Rongrong, long time no see." Qu Xueer took Qian Yirong's hand and leaned against her affectionately and said.
"It's Xue'er, you're back from traveling." Qian Yirong thought for a moment, remembered Qu Xue'er's identity, and replied with a smile.
"Well, Country F isn't fun at all, but I bought you a gift and will give it to you sometime," Qu Xueer said. However, when she heard the news after she came back, she couldn't help but worry about Qian Yirong. She asked with concern, "Is your family really..."
Qu Xueer hesitated to speak, but Qian Yirong knew what she wanted to ask, so she deliberately frowned. This made Qu Xueer understand that because of Qian Yirong, she couldn't help but feel some resentment towards Xu Baiqing.
Qian Yirong looks at your Qu Xueer. The Qu family and the Mu family are similar. Qu Xueer’s brother Qu Qingyu is the same age as Mu Zeyu, but compared to the relatively simple relationship between the Mu family, the Qu family is not that simple.
In addition to Qu Xueer, his half-sister, Qu Qingyu's father has many illegitimate children outside, who don't like Qu Qingyu very much. Based on the plot that mentioned Qu Qingyu, Qian Yirong judged that he was dormant at this time, so his performance was somewhat mediocre.
Although the Qian family can barely be compared with the other families, its foundation is far inferior. Therefore, Qian Yirong usually doesn't like to stay with Mu Zeyu and others and feels a little uncomfortable.
But Qu Xueer is different. She has a naive and simple personality and really likes Qian Yirong. When Xu Baiqing enrolled in school, Qu Xueer went to Country F, so Xu Baiqing didn't know Qu Xueer. After all, if Qu Xueer was in Shengde, she would go to play with Qian Yirong from time to time.
So Xu Baiqing saw that the girl who was extremely intimate with Qian Yirong glared at him fiercely after chatting with Qian Yirong for a few words, as if she was in the same group as Qian Yirong, which made Xu Baiqing feel very annoying.
Although Qian Yirong was not used to being so close to others, Qu Xueer's indignant look of wanting to support her made her like her uncle's little cousin prevented her from saying harsh words to her and she could only soothe her emotions in a low voice.
In Xu Baiqing's eyes, all this was Qian Yirong's kindness and pampering towards the girl who suddenly appeared, revealing an expression that she had never shown in front of him before. Xu Baiqing couldn't help but exert force on his hand, and the cup in his hand was shaken, and the non-alcoholic drink in the cup seemed like it would spill out of the cup at any time.
"Qingqing, Qingqing..." Just when Xu Baiqing was becoming more and more unstable, someone called her name.
"Brother." Xu Baiqing came to his senses and found that Qian Chengshu had been standing beside him at some point. He held his shaking cup and looked at him worriedly.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" Qian Chengshu asked worriedly.
"No, I'm fine." Xu Baiqing lowered her eyes, as if she was lost, and said meaningfully, "Sister is always very popular."
Upon hearing this, Qian Chengshu looked at Qian Yirong who was being entangled by Bei Quxue'er, and a look of understanding appeared in his eyes. In his opinion, Xu Baiqing was sad because Qian Yirong was always surrounded by people, while no one cared about her.
"That's Qu Xueer from the Qu family. She has liked Rongrong since a long time ago. As for the others, once your identity is announced, you will be as popular as Rongrong." Qian Chengshu comforted.
After all, in Qian Chengshu's view, Qian Yirong will be pampered because she is a child of the Qian family. When Xu Baiqing returns to his ancestral home, he will naturally receive the same treatment from Qian Yirong.
After Xu Baiqing learned Qu Xueer's identity from Qianchengshu, she ignored the rest of his words. Xu Baiqing was not trying to be popular, she just wanted to know who the girl who was treated so tenderly by Qian Yirong was.
However, from Qian Chengshu's words, Xu Baiqing felt that Qu Xueer was difficult to deal with, because Qu Xueer was not close to Qian Yirong because of her identity as a member of the Qian family. Unlike Yan Youqi and others, they would stay away from her because Qian Yirong's identity was exposed.
Later, because Qian Cheng felt that Xu Baiqing was in a low mood, he introduced a lot of people to her, hoping to make Xu Baiqing happier. Xu Baiqing cheered up and followed Qian Chengshu to deal with the people he introduced.
After seeing this, Qu Xue'er couldn't help but chatter with Qian Yirong, "Tsk, as expected, that woman has bad intentions and is pestering Brother Cheng Shu. Sister Rongrong, why don't we go over too?"
Qu Xueer was eager to go over and steal the limelight, but was stopped by Qian Yirong. She had no intention of getting to know any of the Qian family's partners, nor did she want to seize the Qian family's inheritance rights. In addition, her identity was a bit embarrassing now, so there was no point in going over.
"I'm not interested in those. Let's go over and have something to eat." Qian Yirong advised.
"Okay, I'll listen to Sister Rongrong." Qu Xueer felt sorry for Qian Yirong's concession and listened to her advice.
Banquets in upper-class society are usually used to discuss things, so the food prepared is mostly cold dishes. Although the taste is not bad due to the ingredients and the chef, Qian Yirong still prefers warm food.
In addition, no one at the banquet was paying attention to the food at all, so for a moment, there were only her and Qu Xueer at the table. Unlike Qu Xueer who was picking up the food with great interest, Qian Yirong was not interested and just stuffed some tasty food into her mouth.
Just as she was casually looking around, she saw a nervous-looking girl in a corner pouring a powdery substance into a wine glass. Qian Yirong's wandering gaze stopped involuntarily.
She had stumbled upon a drugging scene. Qian Yirong thought of Mu Zexuan's glass of drugged wine, and her mind turned slightly. It was really a shameful thing for the Qian family to have such a thing happen at the Qian family's banquet.
And it also involves Mu Zexuan, the heir of the Mu family, which makes things even more troublesome. If Xu Baiqing hadn't saved Mu Zexuan, the Qian family would probably have lost face, and the Mu family might even make things difficult for the Qian family.
Then Xu Baiqing also gained the favor of Mu Zexuan's parents. Qian's father, Qian's mother and Qian Chengshu also regarded Xu Baiqing as a lucky star, so Qian Yirong's targeting of Xu Baiqing made them even more displeased.
"Sister Rongrong, what are you looking at?" Qu Xueer came up to Qian Yirong and asked, holding a plate of cute, delicate pastries.
"I didn't see anything." Qian Yirong glanced at the corner where the person had disappeared and said to Qu Xueer.
Just when Qu Xueer was about to say something, Qian's father and mother stood on the stage. They leaned close to each other, like a very loving couple, with smiles on their faces, looking at the other people in the banquet.
"Everyone," Qianfu said loudly. The banquet hall gradually quieted down. Looking at Qianfu and Qianmu on the stage, seeing that everyone's attention was on him, Qianfu continued, "Thank you for your honor to attend my humble banquet..."
Qian's father was chattering on the stage, and Qian Yirong just felt bored. It would be better to watch some good shows. She didn't see the person who put drugs in the wine glass, but she could find where Mu Zexuan was.
Moving her eyes across the banquet hall, Qian Yirong soon spotted where Mu Zexuan was. After all, with his family background, there were many people who wanted to curry favor with him, so she could quickly find Mu Zexuan's whereabouts by simply looking for the center of the crowd.
Qian Yirong's lips curled up slightly. Of course, Mu Zexuan's show was more interesting than listening to those boring words. Qian Yirong took advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was on Qian's father who was speaking, and her eyes fell on Mu Zexuan without any concealment.
Xu Baiqing, who had been paying close attention to her, soon noticed this. When Qian Yirong's gaze did not move for a long time, she followed Qian Yirong's gaze.
When Xu Baiqing found out that the person Qian Yirong was looking at was Mu Zexuan, she couldn't help but be stunned. Based on her observations during this period, Qian Yirong had always kept her distance from Mu Zexuan, the kind of person who stayed away from him because she was afraid of trouble.
Now that she suddenly paid so much attention to Mu Zexuan, Xu Baiqing couldn't help but feel a little strange. Although he couldn't see clearly because of the distance, Xu Baiqing still noticed some gloating in Qian Yirong's eyes.
Xu Baiqing was wondering what made Qian Yirong look like that, but with Qian's father's words, she suddenly became the focus of the crowd. Xu Baiqing frowned slightly, but quickly returned to her gentle and weak appearance.
"...This is my daughter Qingqing." Father Qian said, greeting Xu Baiqing with a kind smile on his face.
"Let's go, brother will take you there." Qian Chengshu bent his arm and motioned Xu Baiqing to hold her arm. Xu Baiqing hesitated for a moment, but still took Qian Chengshu's hand and went on stage with him.
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