Chen Ruanruan's eyes suddenly reddened.
"Liuyue, I never thought about competing with you for anything."
"I know you are the biological daughter of the Chen family, so when you wanted my room, I gave it up. When you wanted Mom and Dad's affection, I endured it."
"But why... must you make me lose face in front of everyone, lose my friends, before you're happy?"
As soon as these words were spoken,
it made Chen Liuyue seem like a malicious supporting character bullying the kind-hearted female lead.
Not far away, a tall man in a blue suit, who had just taken a glass of champagne from a waiter, subtly pivoted on his heel, initially intending to pass by that area.
Unintentionally, he had stumbled upon the conversation between the two sisters.
He stopped his steps, maintaining a distance of three or four meters.
He did not approach.
Chen Liuyue curved the corners of her lips, revealing the small dimple by her mouth.
She smiled with an innocent and guileless air, but her words were piercingly sharp.
"Sister, you're actually quite ugly when you cry."
"You..." Chen Ruanruan was about to speak.
Chen Liuyue interrupted again:
"Besides, why would I target you? Don't you know the reason in your own heart?"
"If you had any sense of shame, you should have obediently left after I returned to the Chen family, letting everything return to its proper course."
"Failing that, you should at least have changed your surname."
"If the person standing before me today were Tao Ruanruan, I would treat her with some courtesy."
"Unfortunately, the person standing before me now is Chen Ruanruan."
"I think I have reason to bully her." As she spoke, she even arrogantly raised an eyebrow.
She perfectly embodied the image of an arrogant, domineering, and nasty young lady.
Chen Ruanruan's face paled a few shades, and she bit her lower lip.
She had been hit where it hurt.
Who would willingly go back to being an obscure Tao Ruanruan when she could be the proud Chen Ruanruan?
The glory the Chen family brought her was simply incomparable to that of the small, insignificant Tao family.
But she couldn't admit it.
Chen Ruanruan pretended to be strong, silently shedding tears.
Her eyes scanned the room for Qin Xuanye. Perhaps by coincidence, Qin Xuanye had just finished talking with the elders and was walking towards them.
Looking at the fragile and seemingly bullied Chen Ruanruan, then at the arrogantly defiant Chen Liuyue,
He felt a headache coming on.
He quickened his pace to approach.
Chen Ruanruan said with a sob in her voice, "Xuanye."
Chen Liuyue deliberately tilted her head cutely and waved her hand.
"Hi, brother-in-law."
What a 'Hi, brother-in-law'.
Qin Xuanye nearly stumbled.
Chen Ruanruan glanced at him, then at Chen Liuyue.
Her sobs gradually grew a little louder.
"What, what's going on here?" Qin Xuanye asked.
Chen Liuyue blinked her eyes with an innocent look, pointing at Chen Ruanruan:
"No idea. I was just chatting with sister and she started crying."
"Oh, maybe she just really likes to cry."
"Actually, I didn't even say anything touching. Sister's tear ducts are really too sensitive."
"Brother-in-law, hurry and wipe her tears. With so many people at the party watching, it's quite embarrassing, right?" As she spoke, she even wrinkled her nose slightly.
Her eyes were full of sincerity, putting on a perfect 'I'm really doing this for your own good' act.
Chen Ruanruan was stunned!
How could someone be so shameless.
"Pfft—" A man's laughter came from not far away.
Chen Ruanruan immediately remembered, right, there was someone nearby when they were talking earlier.
He must have heard the whole thing.
So she quickly stepped forward. When she finally got a clear look at the man's face, she was slightly taken aback.
For no other reason.
The man before her was the heir of the Wei Group, the Chen enterprise's biggest competitor.
Wei Miao.
Also the person her brother Chen Haotian hated the most.
Despite being a few years younger than Chen Haotian and still a junior in college, he had already been involved in the family business and had a certain say in matters.
Qin Xuanye also followed her gaze and saw the newcomer.
He called out, "Brother Wei."
Wei Miao gave a faint 'hmm', his narrow phoenix eyes sweeping over Chen Liuyue, one of the parties involved in the earlier incident.
A flicker of interest passed through those indifferent eyes.
Chen Ruanruan, regardless of the fact that this person was at odds with Chen Haotian, immediately followed up:
"Brother Wei, you heard what Chen Liuyue said just now too, right?"
"I know she dislikes me, but what she said just now was really too much!"
Qin Xuanye caught on and asked, "What did Liuyue say just now?"
Chen Liuyue's face didn't flush, her heart didn't race.
Not the least bit flustered.
She lifted her porcelain-like little face, nodded her head with a clueless expression.
Echoing,
"Yeah, what did I say just now?"
After saying that, she even shot Wei Miao an innocent look, blinking her clear eyes.
She looked exactly like a harmless little bunny.
"Brother Wei, you can't wrong me."
Her crisp, sweet voice seemed to carry little hooks, burrowing into one's heart.
Even the phrase 'Brother Wei' sounded different coming from her lips.
If she decided to play the 'green tea' act, what chance would Chen Ruanruan even have?
Chen Ruanruan truly hadn't expected that, right in front of so many people, and most importantly, right in front of her ex-boyfriend Qin Xuanye, Chen Liuyue would still dare to flirt with Wei Miao with her eyes.
Did she think everyone else was blind and deaf?
Most crucially, she had heard that Wei Miao was a smiling executioner. Would he speak well of Chen Liuyue? A joke!
But the next second,
Chen Ruanruan really felt she had become the joke.
Because Wei Miao slowly opened his mouth and said,
"That's right, the two Chen sisters were chatting very happily."
"And then Chen Ruanruan started crying."
"Perhaps she just really likes to cry?"
His words were almost a verbatim repeat of what Chen Liuyue had just said.
Chen Ruanruan had been furious earlier!
And could still retort.
But facing Wei Miao, she dared to be angry but not speak, and was infuriated all over again.
She looked at Qin Xuanye with grievance.
Only to find Qin Xuanye's gaze firmly locked on Wei Miao. A subtle sense of confrontation began to brew between the two men.
As for why they were confronting each other,
Of course, it was because after hearing Chen Liuyue sweetly call out that 'Brother Wei', Qin Xuanye found this man before him incredibly irritating.
Weren't the Wei and Chen families supposed to be at odds?
What was he doing coming to this party today?
Maybe he should mention to Uncle Chen next time not to let any questionable people in.
"Xuanye." Chen Ruanruan called out with a sob.
Only then did Qin Xuanye retract his gaze.
He looked at Chen Liuyue and asked, word by word, "You're not lying to me, are you?"
Chen Liuyue tilted her head.
As if thinking, after a moment, she asked:
"Brother-in-law, which matter are you asking about?"
Was it the content of her conversation with Chen Ruanruan just now.
Or the matters from when they were dating before.
Or something else.
Anyway, Chen Liuyue had lied to him about many things, so she wasn't sure which one he meant at the moment.
Qin Xuanye was also angered by this attitude.
"Weren't you bullying Ruanruan just now?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Liuyue put on a very surprised expression.
Then she intimately stepped forward to link arms with Chen Ruanruan, putting on the act of affectionate, close sisters.
She said with great seriousness:
"Brother-in-law, how could you think that?"
"Sister and I have such a good relationship, just like real sisters. Not to mention bullying, I wouldn't dare say a single harsh word to her."
"It really is just that sister is too sensitive, but I can understand."
"If I had a sister as adorable, lively, and considerate as me, I'd be moved to tears too."
