Jiang Duoduo bumped into Qin Jue's face steadily, her lips brushing against his cheek.
She never imagined that Qin Jue was still so close, practically touching her face.
Realizing what had happened, she was so shocked that she immediately tried to stand up.
However, Qin Jue acted faster, placing his hands on her shoulders to freeze her in place, his dark eyes looking down at her, "So proactive?"
Jiang Duoduo turned her head back in a panic, "I didn't! I didn't!"
Just then, Qin Jue's cell phone rang in his desk drawer, interrupting him.
Jiang Duoduo heard her phone ringing, "My phone..."
Qin Jue frowned, clearly impatient.
Then, he realized with suspicion that it must be Ji Yue calling... He let go of her and got up.
Qin Jue took his phone out of the drawer and saw that the caller ID was Ye Nian. He narrowed his eyes, turned his head to look at the little woman who had been sneaking up behind him, and saw her stop and stare at him nervously. He said, "Ye Nian."
Jiang Duoduo immediately sprinted to Qin Jue's side. Just as she was about to snatch the phone back, Qin Jue pressed the answer button.
As soon as the call connected, Ye Nian's tearful voice came through: "Duo Duo, you know what happened online, right... Don't be angry, it was all those reporters who set me up, deliberately trying to frame me... I never intended to slander you. Waaah~"
"Duoduo, your second round of elimination matches is over today, you should be able to come out, right?"
"If you can come out, come to the Kailai Hotel at five o'clock, and I'll explain everything to you properly..."
"Duoduo? Are you listening?"
Ye Nian initially agreed to Lin Man's request to ruthlessly crush Jiang Duoduo because she believed that neither Qin Xue nor Qin Jue would help Jiang Duoduo.
After all, it was the Qin family that caused their family to go bankrupt. Who knows what kind of rift existed between Jiang Duoduo and Qin Xue that made her so bold as to cooperate with Lin Man.
But now, Qin Jue is actually helping Jiang Duoduo... leaving her completely baffled as to what's going on.
At this moment, Jiang Duoduo stood next to Qin Jue, looked up at Qin Jue's raised hand, and answered Ye Nian's question, "I'm listening, okay. I'll be right there!"
Ye Nian: "Okay! I'll hang up now and wait for you to come."
As soon as she hung up the phone, Jiang Duoduo let out a heavy sigh of relief. Then, with a look of grievance in her eyes, she looked at Qin Jue again, and finally, she looked down at the phone in her hand.
Ultimately, all she could do was use Qin Jue's phone to search on Weibo for the defamatory remarks Ye Nian had made.
Soon, she found the trending topic #Ye Nian Jiang Duoduo# on the 20th and clicked on it.
In an interview, the reporter asked Ye Nian about the Jiang family's bankruptcy, and then mentioned her, Jiang Duoduo.
The reporter asked, "Ms. Ye, could you please answer why Jiang Duoduo wasn't allowed to return to the Ye family after the Jiang family contacted you?"
Ye Nian's eyes darted away, and she covered her arm as she replied, "This... is because I treat Duo Duo like a real sister and don't want her to leave. It's not that Duo Duo doesn't want to leave and keeps trying to keep her; it's that I... I can't bear to let her leave the Jiang family."
Ye Nian's reaction caught the reporter's attention. "Ms. Ye, what happened to your arm? Why are you wearing long sleeves in the middle of summer?"
"No, nothing!"
Under intense questioning from reporters, Ye Nian stammered, "My house was burgled. They stole my jewelry. When I got home, I ran into the thief. Later... later, the thief scratched my hand."
After watching the entire interview, Jiang Duoduo was completely convinced.
Ye Nian's performance was obvious; she deliberately led the reporters to ask follow-up questions. This was a reporter interviewing Ye Nian about her own situation, so everyone assumed the thief was her, which, combined with Ye Nian's previous responses, led them to believe she was the thief.
Based on the context, it was concluded that she was staying at the Jiang family home and was unwilling to leave.
As Jiang Duoduo opened the comments, Qin Jue whispered in her ear:
"You're still speaking up for Ye Nian now?" He still had that same tone, as if no one knew better than him how badly Ye Nian had treated Duo Duo.
Jiang Duoduo was at a loss for words. She felt that the more she explained, the less clear things became, so she could only say, "You can't just bankrupt my family."
Qin Jue said seriously, without a trace of joking, "I can't bear to see you being bullied by Ye Nian."
Jiang Duoduo: "..."
*
Kailai Hotel.
Jiang Duoduo went to the hotel to meet Ye Nian. She never expected that the man who brought her there would tell her in the parking lot that he had important business tonight and wouldn't be with her, but would actually follow her in.
So much so that she had just sat down in the hall when she caught a glimpse of Qin Jue entering through the main entrance from afar.
Startled, she trembled as she picked up the tea, spilling it all over the table.
Ye Nian, holding the menu, paused, then asked, "Duo Duo, what's wrong?"
She used a tissue to wipe up the spilled water, "No..."
"During today's interview, the reporter deliberately misunderstood me. Duoduo, you shouldn't take it to heart, right?"
No, it won't.
"I know you're still blaming me. I'm so bad at talking. I should have known better than to agree to the interview." Ye Nian said, wiping away imaginary tears from the corners of her eyes, making it sound like she was really telling the truth.
Jiang Duoduo had no time to brush her off. Instead, she took Qin Jue's phone, looked down, and sent him a WeChat message.
Jiang Duoduo: [Didn't you say you had something to do tonight? Why did you come in with me?]
Jiang Duoduo: [Liar!!!]
Jiang Duoduo was all prepared to expose her relationship with Qin Jue in front of Ye Nian.
After leaving the company, Qin Jue didn't take his own phone back.
On the way there, Qin Jue still refused to return her phone.
In a fit of anger, she told Qin Jue that she wouldn't return his phone either.
She was stunned when she heard Qin Jue say "okay".
Qin Jue didn't seem to be joking, so she had no choice but to use Qin Jue's phone to log out of his WeChat account and log in to her own.
She looked up and waited for Qin Jue to get closer.
Until, just as Qin Jue walked straight into the elevator...
"Duoduo, what are you thinking about? Are you even listening to me?" Ye Nian poked Jiang Duoduo's arm.
"...I wasn't thinking about anything, I was listening." Jiang Duoduo breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Qin Jue was going upstairs.
She asked Ye Nian, "When did a thief break into the house?"
Just last night.
"Okay, you didn't mention my name at all. It was just those netizens making things up. It's alright. The innocent will clear themselves."
Ye Nian was prepared to put on a good show in front of Jiang Duoduo, but she never expected that these words would come out.
What's going on with Jiang Duoduo?
He was just standing there blankly, like a mute, not saying a word, and when I spoke, she didn't know how to respond...
Suddenly, Ye Nian noticed, "Duo Duo, you changed your phone?"
Jiang Duoduo remained expressionless and replied, "Mm."
"Your phone... seems to be the same model and color as President Qin's."
"Is that so?"
Ye Nian didn't think too much about it and said, "By the way, I really didn't expect that after today's interview, someone would actually smear you as being kept by a sugar daddy and being a mistress... Luckily, President Qin helped you."
"I am indeed very grateful to President Qin, but as you know, Xuexue cares about me, so I am very grateful to Xuexue."
"Yes. I already guessed that Sister Xue was helping you."
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