Chapter 102.
The chaotic and ambiguous time passed, and Xu Baiqing couldn't help but bury her head in the pillow. Until Qian Yirong left her room, she did not make the move she had intended to keep Qian Yirong.
Qian Yirong knew that Xu Baiqing was pretending to be asleep, and she blushed but didn't expose him. Although this time was not as deep as the calligraphy incident, the excitement it brought her was no less. Moreover, this was the first time she had the upper hand in such a thing, and she felt a sense of even greater excitement.
So after she found out that Xu Baiqing was pretending to be asleep, she silently quickened her movements, then put the things back to the bathroom and left Xu Baiqing's room. She didn't know that she could be so bold, but it felt good.
Xu Baiqing in the room heard the door closing sound, and after a while, she was sure that Qian Yirong had completely left the room. Only then did she raise her head from the pillow, her eyes full of tears. She had never expected that her proposal would put her in such a situation.
Obviously, she had the upper hand before, but Qian Yirong had evolved to this level in such a short period of time. Xu Baiqing felt a sense of crisis in her heart. She felt that she must get better quickly so that she could gain the upper hand while Qian Yirong could still be suppressed by her. Otherwise, she might not be able to defeat Qian Yirong later.
Knowing her own business, Xu Baiqing knew that her injury was almost healed. Although the wound still felt a little painful and itchy, it no longer affected her activities.
However, before she was completely recovered, Xu Baiqing knew that Qian Yirong would never let her do overly strenuous "exercise". However, Xu Baiqing knew that Qian Yirong was doing this for her own good, so even though she was a little depressed, she would not deliberately go against Qian Yirong's wishes.
As the relationship between Qian Yirong and Xu Baiqing was getting better, someone was drinking alone. This was an ordinary bar, different from the bar bought by Qu Xueer. The music in the hall was deafening, and colorful lights created the atmosphere.
Mu Zexuan was sitting at the bar on the second floor. He lowered his eyes and looked at the scene in the hall which was almost a scene of chaos. His eyes were indifferent. Someone occasionally looked up and saw Mu Zexuan, wanting to get to know him, but was stopped by bodyguards on the way to the stairs to the second floor. They immediately realized that Mu Zexuan was not someone they could afford to offend, so they left tactfully.
When Li Jingyan arrived at the bar, he saw Mu Zexuan's gloomy face. The bodyguard at the stairs knew Li Jingyan and naturally would not stop him. Li Jingyan went up to the second floor smoothly.
"Why do you look so unhappy?" Li Jingyan said, and asked the trainee next to him to bring him some drinks.
"I haven't seen Bai Qing for a long time..." Mu Zexuan said in a muffled voice.
Originally, he was in the same class as Xu Baiqing and he could always see Xu Baiqing at school, but since Xu Baiqing's car accident, Mu Zexuan has not seen Xu Baiqing again. Moreover, too many things have happened during this period of time. Before he could react, Qian Yirong had become someone who could stand on equal footing with his father.
It was obvious that he had used some means to drive them out of the Qian family before, but now the Qian family has become Qian Yirong's, and Xu Baiqing seems to have fallen into Qian Yirong's hands. Mu Zexuan always feels that Qian Yirong has bad intentions towards Xu Baiqing, and is even more worried that Qian Yirong will torture Xu Baiqing.
He once hoped that his father would come forward to let him meet Xu Baiqing at home, but his father refused without even thinking about it. He was also worried that he had offended Qian Yirong. If his grandfather had not come forward, his father would have asked him to apologize to Qian Yirong.
"I don't think you need to worry about classmate Xu's safety." Compared to Mu Zexuan, who was prejudiced against Qian Yirong, Li Jingyan actually discovered some things, but he would rather not be so sharp.
Ever since Li Jingyan realized that he might have feelings for Xu Baiqing like Mu Zexuan, he was convinced, but he did not give up on Xu Baiqing, he was just waiting for an opportunity.
That's why he could see some things clearly, such as Shen Tianxing's timely withdrawal and the subtle emotional changes between Qian Yirong and Xu Baiqing that Mu Zexuan was completely unaware of.
Perhaps the relationship between Qian Yirong and Xu Baiqing has changed now, but he does not want to accept his fate. After all, Xu Baiqing is the first person he has fallen in love with in all these years, so he still wonders if he still has a chance.
However, as for Mu Zexuan's worry that Qian Yirong would harm Xu Baiqing, he felt that such a thing would never happen. But this was an opportunity. Li Jingyan could use Mu Zexuan to test the current situation of Qian Yirong and Xu Baiqing.
"What do you mean?" Mu Zexuan didn't know why Li Jingyan said that he was on Qian Yirong's side, so he asked immediately.
"Zexuan, you haven't noticed that Qian Yirong treats Xu the same way she treats you, right?" Li Jingyan asked in surprise, as if he had just discovered this situation.
"What?!" Mu Zexuan asked in surprise, as if he didn't understand what Li Jingyan meant.
"You really didn't notice?" Li Jingyan saw Mu Zexuan's reaction and explained kindly, "I've seen Qian Yirong look at Xu classmate a few times with the same eyes you look at Xu classmate."
Mu Zexuan could no longer deceive himself. There was obvious disgust in his eyes. He did not expect Qian Yirong to have such feelings for Xu Baiqing. Although, as Li Jingyan said, there was no need to worry that Qian Yirong would torture Xu Baiqing.
But when he thought of Qian Yirong's feelings for Xu Baiqing, Mu Zexuan became even more worried that Qian Yirong would do something else to her, so he could no longer sit still and stood up and left the bar in a hurry.
Li Jingyan watched his back as he left, picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip. Compared to Mu Zexuan's dullness, he was more sensitive to his love rivals, whether it was Mu Zexuan of the same sex, Qian Yirong of the opposite sex, or even Shen Tianxing who almost got involved.
However, Li Jingyan never exposed his feelings in public. He just wanted to wait for his rival to fight until both were exhausted, and then he would be the final winner, so he continued to lie dormant with great patience.
Mu Zexuan, feeling a sense of crisis, acted quickly. The next day, Qian Yirong received an invitation from the Mu family. Because it was not as grand as Mr. Mu’s birthday party, the venue was in the largest banquet hall of the Mu family hotel.
When Qian Yirong saw the invitation, she felt that the Mu family definitely had bad intentions. However, the invitation was almost a declaration of war to her. If she avoided it, the outside world would think that she was afraid of the Mu family, which would be bad for her reputation. So Qian Yirong decided to attend the banquet.
But when she asked Zhou Rongruan to prepare her dress, Xu Baiqing called. Qian Yirong's eyes softened. She asked Zhou Rongruan to continue preparing, and then answered Xu Baiqing's call.
"What's wrong?" Qian Yirong asked gently.
"Rongrong, Qianchengshu just said that the Mu family has invited me to attend the Mu family's banquet." Xu Baiqing said directly.
Qian Yirong's eyes sharpened when she heard this. If the Mu family was targeting her, Qian Yirong would just counter their moves. But if they set their sights on Xu Baiqing, Qian Yirong would not hold back. Although she was still struggling to deal with the Mu family now, and might even be taken advantage of by other families, Qian Yirong could not bear to see Xu Baiqing get hurt again.
"...Do you want to go?" Qian Yirong asked after hesitating for a moment. She didn't want to interfere with Xu Baiqing's decision. She didn't approach Xu Baiqing to treat him as a canary.
"I... want to go." Xu Baiqing didn't want to lie. It was indeed too boring to recuperate during this period of time. And because of some reasons, she even only went out once to invite Qu Xueer to dinner, so she wanted to attend the Mu family's banquet this time.
Moreover, she was going to take over the Qian family, so she would have to attend such banquets in the future. She also didn't want to be protected by Qian Yirong all the time. She wanted to be someone who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Qian Yirong.
"Okay, I'll ask Secretary Zhou to prepare a dress for you." Since Xu Baiqing has made the decision, Qian Yirong will naturally agree.
"Also? The Mu family also invited you?" Xu Baiqing analyzed this from Qian Yirong's words and asked.
"Yes, so we'll go together then." Qian Yirong replied.
"Then I'm relieved," Xu Baiqing breathed a sigh of relief, but then frowned. She said, "Given your relationship with the Mu family, would they be so kind as to invite you to the banquet?"
"So the people who come to the Mu family's banquet this time may have bad intentions." Qian Yirong did not hide her thoughts. She told Xu Baiqing her guess. After all, if Xu Baiqing really went to the banquet, he would be easily tricked if he was not on guard.
"Then I'd better not go." Xu Baiqing was worried that Qian Yirong would not only have to deal with the Mu family at the banquet, but also have to distract herself to take care of her. She didn't want to become Qian Yirong's weakness, so she spoke hesitantly.
"It's okay, just go ahead and don't worry. No matter what the Mu family thinks, I can protect you." Qian Yirong said confidently.
"Then I'll leave it to you." Xu Baiqing said with a chuckle. She felt a sense of security from the confidence in Qian Yirong's words.
After hanging up the phone, Xu Baiqing's eyes darkened. She thought of the invitation sent to the Qian family, which was specifically addressed to her. Perhaps this time Qian Yirong was not the target of the Mu family, but she was the real target of the Mu family.
However, Xu Baiqing also had a plan in mind. When she guessed that the target was herself, Xu Baiqing also wanted to know what the Mu family planned to do with her. After all, there was nothing worth using about her now.
Qian Yirong planned to give Qian's family to her, but she had not yet made it public. Besides her and Qian Yirong, perhaps only Ruan Rongzhen and Qu Xueer knew about this, and they were not the kind of people who would publicize this matter.
So from the outside, the Qian family has been defeated. She just got back and didn't enjoy it for a few days before she was beaten back to her original form again. So the purpose of finding her must not be for her and the Qian family. It is very likely that they want to use her to deal with Qian Yirong.
The enemy is in the dark while we are in the light. Xu Baiqing wants to find out the Mu family's plan. In this way, no matter what the situation is, she and Qian Yirong can deal with it better instead of dealing with it after it happens.
Xu Baiqing knew that she might still be a little immature now, but just as Ruan Rongzhen often praised her for her rapid progress, she also wanted to grow up as soon as possible to the level where she could help Qian Yirong, so this time, she had to attend the Mu family's banquet.
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