"Junxuan." Su Ruoxi, feeling uncomfortable under everyone’s gaze, tugged on Leng Junxuan’s sleeve and asked tentatively, "Did I say sothing wrong again?"
"No, this has nothing to do with you. It’s her prejudice against you." Seeing Leng Junxuan’s admittedly natural response, everyone fell silent, confused at heart. Where was the usually calm and wise Leng Junxuan? How could he so calmly speak such words?
Ye Shuyao is a very proud person. Although sowhat spoiled and capricious, she wouldn’t stoop to lying in such a situation. Combining this with the earlier statents, they could fully imagine what exactly happened that day. Nothing more than an employee who disobeyed orders entered Ye Qiu’s office area and even ended up scalding Ye Qiu with boiling water, resulting in the HR departnt deciding to fire the employee. This would make sense in any company. How could it turn into Ye Shuyao targeting her, just because this employee is Leng Junxuan’s girlfriend?
"Leng Junxuan, I am telling you for the last ti, I don’t like you anymore, whoever your sweetheart is has nothing to do with , don’t throw your dirty water on ," Ye Shuyao sneered, cursing her past self for lacking brains to actually fall for soone like Leng Junxuan who doesn’t distinguish right from wrong.
Leng Junxuan frowned and said solemnly, "It’s better this way."
However, Ye Qiu couldn’t stand to see his sister bullied. His sharp gaze fell on the couple holding hands. Ye Qiu rarely showed a sour face to anyone and always talked with a friendly smile, but when he wasn’t smiling, he indeed intimidated a group of people.
Su Ruoxi was frightened by such a chilling gaze from Ye Qiu and took a step back, half hiding behind Leng Junxuan. She felt sowhat faint-hearted, but thinking of Leng Junxuan standing in front of her, she gathered so courage.
"Young Master Leng." Ye Qiu said coldly, causing Leng Junxuan’s frown to deepen upon hearing this address.
"You should protect your girlfriend, but that shouldn’t extend to blindly accusing Shuyao. How has she targeted your girlfriend? Did your girlfriend do right by barging into my office area during work hours? Was it also right for your girlfriend to splash scalding hot water on my arm? The leaders below were rely acting according to the rules. Given your girlfriend’s position at that ti, I have every reason to believe she was attempting to steal company secrets outside my office. How did it beco about Shuyao targeting her in your and your girlfriend’s narrative?"
Ye Qiu’s words were undeniably sharp. So rich second generation mbers who had business at ho started theorizing conspiracy. Ye Qiu’s company was thriving recently; who knew if Leng Junxuan’s girlfriend had other motives?
"That’s not what I ant," Leng Junxuan explained, furrowing his brows tightly.
Ye Qiu didn’t want to give him any leeway, pressing on, "But what I just heard from you suggests exactly that. Do you think Ye Family’s Eldest Lady can’t get married, that she has to hang onto you? Leng Junxuan, Shuyao did like you in the past, but that was rely a little sister admiring her elder brother she grew up with. Everyone in the compound said you two were a match, which is why she developed that mistaken fondness. But think about it, has she pestered you even once since you got a girlfriend?"
Indeed, Leng Junxuan thought about it; since their gathering after he returned to the country, after he made things clear that night, Ye Shuyao really hadn’t pestered him even once. Could it really be a misunderstanding on his part?
"I’m sorry, I was too arbitrary in this matter, Ye Qiu, Shuyao, please forgive ." Leng Junxuan apologized decisively, his attitude sincere.
Ye Qiu couldn’t be too hard on him. As the male lead, Leng Junxuan himself has many advantages including a powerful family background, outstanding appearance, and he is also very intelligent, capable, and responsible. However, similar to Ye Qiu in his previous life, ever since eting the female lead Su Ruoxi, his mind seed to stop working properly, blindly believing that Su Ruoxi was out to harm him.
Ye Qiu’s expression eased quite a bit: "I hope you won’t wrong Shuyao anymore. She is a girl and she will need to marry soday. Constantly being linked with you in rumors not only harms her reputation but also shows disrespect to your girlfriend."
"I understand." Leng Junxuan nodded, then invited Ye Qiu to go shooting, and Ye Qiu also nodded in agreent.
When these two big shots, each with their girlfriends, left, the group of young n who had been watching heaved a sigh of relief. When they heard Ye Qiu questioning earlier, they had thought these two who had been compared since birth might end their friendship over this, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be nothing serious, leaving them with a needless scare.
"Hello." Leng Junxuan and Ye Qiu went off to shoot, leaving Su Ruoxi and Zhong iying sitting outside in the booth drinking tea. Noticing that Zhong iying had no intention of greeting her, Su Ruoxi gathered her courage and spoke, her heart sowhat uneasy, considering their boyfriends had almost fallen out just monts before. She thought since they were sitting anyway, she might as well apologize again, striving to clear up any misunderstandings about her and Junxuan.
"I’m sorry about earlier, it was all because Junxuan worries about too much," Su Ruoxi said, feeling embarrassed.
Zhong iying maintained a polite smile, her voice calm: "As long as you no longer misunderstand Shuyao, that’s fine. I generally don’t interfere with n’s matters. You don’t need to apologize to ." Her attitude was neither too distant nor too close, making Su Ruoxi feel uneasy but unable to find any fault with herself.
Su Ruoxi’s expression was indeed awkward. Zhong iying was obviously the daughter of a wealthy family, dressed exquisitely and graceful, making Su Ruoxi unconsciously feel inferior. Today she had dressed carefully too, yet she felt short of breath sitting in front of Zhong iying.
Especially with Zhong iying’s casual look when facing her, it made Su Ruoxi feel as if Zhong iying looked down on her. But it wasn’t her fault she wasn’t born into a wealthy family. If she had grown up in an affluent household, she certainly wouldn’t look down on others like they do.
She had always believed that one’s birth doesn’t define everything; a person’s character and perseverance are what really matter. Though her family was poor, it was very warm, and she never gave up on her pursuits. She always believed that one day she would earn the respect of these people through her own efforts.
If Zhong iying knew her thoughts, she might admire her bravery, but wouldn’t think highly of Su Ruoxi’s chances of success. Su Ruoxi had her strengths, like boldness and fearlessness, but her flaws were also quite apparent. From Su Ruoxi and Leng Junxuan’s conversations, Zhong iying could tell that Su Ruoxi couldn’t read situations well or understand people’s hearts, acting impulsively based on her own feelings.
If she hadn’t so bluntly addressed this issue, Leng Junxuan and Ye Qiu wouldn’t have confronted each other directly because of her. Her communication skills clearly had issues. With Leng Junxuan’s family background and capabilities, what he needed was a wise helper to manage relationships, not a lover who only created trouble. No wonder the Leng Family was so opposed.
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