Chapter 9 Qian Yirong's silence did not change...
Qian Yirong's silence afterwards did not change the fact that the Qian family held a banquet a few days later to announce Xu Baiqing's identity. Moreover, because of Qian Yirong's opposition just now, other people in the Qian family who were originally inclined to recognize Xu Baiqing without affecting Qian Yirong's identity, now planned to announce to the public that Qian Yirong was an adopted daughter.
After all, if Qian Yirong's role is just to arrange marriage, the identity of an adopted daughter is enough. It can also let her see her own identity clearly and not compete with Xu Baiqing.
Qian Yirong noticed that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly weird. The other members of the Qian family at the table were looking at her with cold scrutiny. Thinking of the wealthy families she had heard and seen who looked glamorous on the outside but were dirty and filthy on the inside, Qian Yirong's eyes turned cold.
Qian Yirong looked down on the Qian family more and more because of her family situation. Her parents grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and their relationship was very close, from school uniforms to wedding dresses. As their only child, she grew up in love and could tell the difference between true and false feelings.
The Qian family members may not have the same true feelings for her as Xu Baiqing. Regardless of whether Xu Baiqing's true feelings are out of curiosity or something like that, Qian Yirong prefers to interact with Xu Baiqing more than other people in the Qian family.
After dinner, Qian Yirong left the table without saying a word. The other members of the Qian family were more or less dissatisfied with Qian Yirong's behavior. Xu Baiqing observed this and looked thoughtful.
Ever since she was taken back to the Qian family, perhaps out of a compensatory mentality, except for Qian Yirong, the other people in the Qian family basically responded to her requests. In other words, she didn't even need to ask, as long as she had the intention, what she wanted would appear before her.
But due to personal character reasons, Xu Baiqing's habit of coming to a new environment is to first understand the environment he is in. Compared with the servants who just work here, the people of the Qian family are Xu Baiqing's main objects of observation.
Not to mention Qian Yirong, who had undergone subtle changes, the relationship between Qian's father and mother, who were the authorities of this family, was not as good as they appeared to be. This was what Xu Baiqing discovered first.
Or perhaps these two seemingly affectionate couples were actually just behaving like a loving couple should. Xu Baiqing even caught them arguing once. At that time, she was hiding in a corner and was not discovered by them, but she heard some interesting things.
For example, Qian's father and mother actually have lovers outside, but the couple tacitly agree not to have other children outside. However, her adopted brother who looks like an elite doesn't seem to have noticed these things.
Or maybe his stepbrother is pretending not to see it because it won't affect his status. The three members of the Qian family are all wearing masks. It can only be said that growing up in this family, Qian Yirong can still become the one who can be seen through at a glance. Maybe it's because she doesn't have the blood of the Qian family. At least Xu Baiqing feels that he who is good at disguise is exactly the same as the Qian family.
But perhaps it was because people of the same kind repel each other, Xu Baiqing didn't like the Qian family. If it wasn't beneficial for her to stay in the Qian family, Xu Baiqing didn't want to live in such a family. Fortunately, Qian Yirong existed, and she could enjoy some other fun.
Since it has been confirmed that Xu Baiqing's identity will be announced, the Qian family naturally began to prepare. Some familiar wealthy families sent invitations in advance. Although it was not a major matter, a lot of preparations were still required to avoid being rude.
So the next day at school, several people who were familiar with Qian Yirong came to inquire about the news. After all, it was just a simple party, so what was it about? It wouldn't be written on the invitation first, so some people wanted to get some information from Qian Yirong first.
However, Qian Yirong did not reveal it, but sent these people away. It can be said that this banquet was the source of Qian Yirong's complete madness. At the beginning, the resentful Qian Yirong wanted to ruin this banquet.
But it was stopped, so the banquet that was originally intended to announce Xu Baiqing's identity to the outside world turned into a banquet that also announced to the outside world that Qian Yirong was just an adopted daughter. Although they knew what Qian Yirong would encounter after such an announcement, they still did it as a warning or punishment.
Although Qian Yirong's situation did not deteriorate drastically afterwards, the gossip and vague ridicule made her hate Xu Baiqing, the "culprit" she thought she was. After all, if Xu Baiqing had not appeared, Qian Yirong would still be the only daughter of the Qian family instead of becoming an adopted daughter. So she wanted Xu Baiqing to disappear more and more, so that the Qian family would completely stop caring about her. In the end, she disappeared, and her life or death was unknown.
In Qian Yirong's opinion, the reason why things turned out the way they did was that the other members of the Qian family were more responsible. Apart from anything else, they had no idea about Qian Yirong's background before, but they still let her develop an arrogant and domineering character who didn't know her place.
This was completely unbelievable for Qian Yirong, who had received an elite education. After all, it would have been easy for the Qian family to educate Qian Yirong well. However, Qian Chengshu was a fairly qualified heir to a wealthy family, while Qian Yirong was uneducated and had not been trained in the right way at all.
If we are a bit more conspiratorial, perhaps the Qian family originally intended to raise Qian Yirong as a useless child. Could it be that they were preventing a power struggle between brothers and sisters in the future? However, Qian Yirong saw that the Qian family had no such thoughts at all, but they just didn't care about Qian Yirong. It can only be said that the Qian family favored boys over girls, so they neglected to discipline Qian Yirong.
Before the major plot point of the Qian family's banquet, the book did not require Qian Yirong to do anything. Most of the time, she either asked Xu Baiqing to run errands or do small things like doing homework for her.
Thinking of the punishment of skin hunger, Qian Yirong did not refuse, but she didn't know if it was her illusion, she always felt that every time she ordered Xu Baiqing around, she seemed to enjoy it.
Such ordinary days passed quickly, and Qian Yirong couldn't help but be on high alert. After all, the book seemed to have discovered that she was a little passive and slacking, and no longer allowed her to see the plot in advance, but only pushed the plot in front of her when it was close, to prevent her from finding ways to skip the plot that should be passed.
The Qian family's banquet was held in a hotel in the city center. In the dressing room, Qian's mother prepared dresses for Qian Yirong and Xu Baiqing. Judging from the price and style, Qian's mother treated the two equally.
However, compared with the jewelry worth tens of millions given to Xu Baiqing, Qian Yirong's jewelry seemed to pale in comparison. After dressing up the two of them, Qian's mother left the dressing room and went outside to greet guests with Qian's father.
Qian Yirong looked at Xu Baiqing's refreshed figure in the makeup mirror, and couldn't help but be amazed. She knew that Xu Baiqing was good-looking before, but wearing such a gorgeous dress made her look like an exquisite jewel that had the dust on its surface wiped off, making it particularly sparkling.
When she first opened her eyes and saw Xu Baiqing, Qian Yirong thought he was using his beauty to seduce her. After all, Xu Baiqing really suited Qian Yirong's aesthetic taste and it was easy for Qian Yirong to be moved.
Xu Baiqing soon discovered Qian Yirong's peeking and gave her a smile through the mirror. Qian Yirong shifted her gaze uncomfortably, coughed lightly, and the tips of her ears hidden under her hair turned red.
Now it was Xu Baiqing's turn to stare at her through the mirror. Qian Yirong's reaction made Xu Baiqing very satisfied. There was no one else in the dressing room at this time. Xu Baiqing stood up and came behind Qian Yirong.
Xu Baiqing's dress was silver. When she walked, the fabric of the dress gave the illusion of flowing stars under the light, making people feel like she was wearing the Milky Way on her body.
But at this time, Xu Baiqing bent down slightly and leaned close to Qian Yirong's ear. She looked at Qian Yirong in the mirror with a focused and serious look. Qian Yirong was wearing a red dress, and most people could not resist such a bright color.
However, Qian Yirong's bright and elegant appearance supports such a bright color very well, making her look like a delicate red rose, eye-catching and making people want to pick it.
"Sister, do you think we are the same now?" Xu Baiqing asked softly.
Xu Baiqing still remembered what those people had warned her about, that she was only fit to stay in the mud and was not even worth a hair of Qian Yirong. Now she could stay in the same dressing room with Qian Yirong, and even the diamond necklace on her neck was more expensive than the one on Qian Yirong. Moreover, she had received some news before the banquet started, and she was very curious whether her dear sister would really do this.
Qian Yirong listened to Xu Baiqing's words and subconsciously looked towards the mirror in front of her, and then met Xu Baiqing's eyes. Her eyes were very beautiful, as clear as if immersed in a pool of spring water, but Xu Baiqing's eyes were deep, as if buried with an unclear secret, which attracted people to explore and seemed to devour the thoughts of those who looked at these eyes.
Qian Yirong seemed to be attracted by Xu Baiqing's eyes, and looked at her through the mirror. A smile seemed to flash in those dark eyes, but when Qian Yirong looked more closely, she could only see the calm black.
"Why aren't you talking, sister? Don't you want to pay attention to me?" Xu Baiqing said, and his hand on Qian Yirong's shoulder slowly moved upwards, brushing across her neck, landing on her ear, and resting on the pair of ruby earrings on Qian Yirong's ears.
"What do you want to do?" Qian Yirong asked uncomfortably, her throat sliding.
"I just want to say that this pair of earrings doesn't suit you." Xu Baiqing said, and started to take off Qian Yirong's earrings. Her cold hands pinched the earlobe and gently took it off.
The cold touch made Qian Yirong uncomfortable and she wanted to struggle, but Xu Baiqing held her down with a scolding look until she took off Qian Yirong's earrings. Then Qian Yirong felt Xu Baiqing's hand touching her earlobe again.
"Okay." Xu Baiqing's cheerful voice made Qian Yirong reflexively look up at the mirror. The emerald and dazzling diamond, this pair of expensive earrings was just worn on Xu Baiqing's ears.
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