"Foreign pastries are sweeter, I'll find a chance to let you try Xiao Xiao's pastries when we get back. Xiao Xiao, she..." Thinking of this, Xia Qingtian suddenly called out as if remembering something, "Oops!"
She had instructed Li Mengxiao not to eat anything anyone gave her, and to wait for her to bring food.
But…
Amiya's situation was too sudden, and she had forgotten to bring food to Li Mengxiao!
Thinking of this, Xia Qingtian only told Mobius that she remembered something else and then hurried away, murmuring in her heart, "Xiao Xiao... I was wrong... I'm coming now!"
Looking at Xia Qingtian's receding back, a doting smile appeared on Mobius's lips.
"Yaoyang?" Yu Linwan's tone was full of disbelief.
Was this person really the Gu Yaoyang she knew best?
How could he embrace Xia Qingtian, and how could he… how could he allow Xia Qingtian to feed him madeleines in broad daylight?
Weren't such intimate actions always disliked by Gu Yaoyang?
When they were almost engaged back then, Gu Yaoyang had never eaten anything she fed him, and had even reprimanded her, calling such behavior too affected and frivolous.
How come?
Such actions were so natural on Xia Qingtian?
He was actually looking at Xia Qingtian's retreating back… smiling?
Was this really the man she had once been madly infatuated with!
Jealousy grew wildly like a thorny vine from her feet, pricking her so much that even breathing brought pain.
"Cousin-in-law." Gu Yaoyang saw Yu Linwan as soon as he turned around. The smile on his lips instantly disappeared, and the distance and coldness in his eyes were the familiar look of Yu Linwan.
Gu Yaoyang's demeanor made Yu Linwan's heart ache even more, making it impossible for her to breathe. She clenched her fists tightly at her side.
That single word, "Cousin-in-law," was like being slowly tortured on her heart.
"Yaoyang, you're here." Yu Linwan suppressed her vulnerability and looked at Gu Yaoyang, pretending to be strong. "Xia Qingtian is a newcomer at your Gu Entertainment. Regardless, you should discipline newcomers more and not indulge her arrogance."
"If you want to mess around with this kind of minor celebrity, fine, but I believe the Gu family will not allow a woman of this status to marry into the family."
"You don't need to worry about my matters with Qingtian, Cousin-in-law," Gu Yaoyang said coldly. "Qingtian is naive and doesn't know how to play those tricks. She's straightforward. She's just a newcomer, you don't need to make things difficult for her."
"I… I'm making things difficult for her!" Yu Linwan's eyes were full of disbelief. "You! You actually said I'm making things difficult for her!"
Heaven knows, she was almost pissed to death by Xia Qingtian, and Gu Yaoyang still said she was making things difficult for Xia Qingtian.
"Yaoyang, am I that worthless in your heart?" Yu Linwan felt her heart was breaking. "It's clearly Xia Qingtian who is aggressive. She lied to me, telling me you weren't coming at all. She mocked my sincere feelings, she…"
"Cousin-in-law, during the three months I was in a coma due to the fire, you had already married my cousin. How can you talk about sincere feelings now?" Gu Yaoyang found it a bit amusing.
His past with Yu Linwan was merely family obligation. If it hadn't been for that fire, he wouldn't have known that this family obligation was so fragile.
Three months. Three months ago, they were preparing for the engagement banquet. Three months later, his intended fiancée became his cousin-in-law. How ridiculous.
What was most ridiculous was that every time they met, Yu Linwan looked at him as if he were the scumbag who betrayed their promises.
The level of absurdity was so high that even Bai Yuqi didn't know how to complain, only saying he was pitiful.
Pitiful?
Gu Yaoyang didn't think he was pitiful. He had simply missed out on a person who wasn't suitable for him in the first place.
It was just that Yu Linwan and Gu Yaoqing probably both hated why he didn't die in that fire.
Unfortunately, this time, he wouldn't die so easily.
"Yaoyang, I had my reasons, I…" Yu Linwan seemed to want to defend herself, but noticing that people were already looking over, Yu Linwan took a deep breath and fell silent.
Only at the very end did she look at Gu Yaoyang with a look as if she was doing it all for his own good, saying, "Yaoyang, that Xia Qingtian is not as innocent and pure as you think. I've seen many women in this circle. She has ambition and she has means, but everything is to climb up. This kind of woman is the dirtiest. I don't want you to be deceived!"
"Oh?" Gu Yaoyang curled his lips and simply looked at Yu Linwan.
Gu Yaoyang's gaze was too direct, as if stripping away all her pretense and exposing all her unseemly thoughts to the sunlight.
Yu Linwan's eyes became flustered, and her heart began to beat erratically.
"Yaoyang, I…" Yu Linwan wanted to say more, but felt that anything she said would be in vain and only make her more embarrassed. So she claimed to feel unwell and fled from Gu Yaoyang.
Cheng Feiran had been watching from a not-too-close distance. Seeing Yu Linwan flee, she immediately followed.
Although she really didn't want to get involved in the dirty affairs of the wealthy family, she was still someone from Wanqing Entertainment and had to live by Yu Linwan's good graces.
She had to stay by Yu Linwan's side at this time and play the role of a close confidante and best friend.
Meanwhile, Xia Qingtian, carrying the packed pastries, snacks, and two bottles of water from the banquet, was about to kneel down and apologize to Li Mengxiao. "Xiao Xiao, I'm so sorry! I really didn't mean to forget you. It's just that there were too many things happening today, and it was too urgent. You must be starving, right?"
"It's fine," Li Mengxiao knew Xia Qingtian was busy and just chuckled, eating the food in front of her. "It's not good for you to run out of the banquet like this. You should go back. I've eaten most of it. Hurry back, work is important."
"Xiao Xiao, you are truly my angel!" Xia Qingtian hugged Li Mengxiao, her heart full of apology and gratitude.
Li Mengxiao grinned. Her own artist, she could only spoil her.
Compared to Xia Qingtian's career path, going hungry for a meal or two was nothing.
After comforting Li Mengxiao a few more times, Xia Qingtian left the room and rushed back to the banquet venue.
Even though it didn't matter if she was there or not, she still had to show the right attitude.
"Qingtian." On the way, a familiar male voice came from behind.
"Rang?" Xia Qingtian turned around and saw Rang Lingore, who had been cleaned up and tidied. "Are you alright now?"
"I'm fine," Rang Lingore said with a smile. "Thank you for taking care of me earlier."
"It's my duty. You should thank Mobius instead. I'm not very good at taking care of people," Xia Qingtian said with a smile.
"You are both my benefactors," Rang Lingore said solemnly. "You are all very important to me."
"Hehe." Xia Qingtian smiled shyly. "Are you going to the banquet venue? Let's go together."
"Okay." Rang Lingore agreed, and the two continued to walk forward, chatting and laughing.
In a corner, Cheng Feiran took several pictures with her phone of Xia Qingtian and Rang Lingore's backs, with ambiguous angles.
Beside her, Yu Linwan's eyes were red and swollen, and she glared at them with resentment and hatred.
This Xia Qingtian, this time, she must be damned to eternal damnation!