This was clearly no reunion of close girlfriends. Lin Yixin knew this perfectly well.
So, her expression only shifted slightly before she replied with a charming smile, "Ziqing, you can drink coffee as you please, but you can't just say whatever you want."
Lin Yixin's voice was sweet and increasingly flirtatious.
"If you insist on saying someone killed them, then it's you who killed them!"
"Look at you, you were already banished from the Imperial City for over a year, yet you still wanted to control us and use us to do your bidding. Of course, you had been kind to us, so we did what you asked."
"But you insisted on making us do those dangerous things. One wrong move, and we could have lost our lives..."
"The five great families are your enemies, but they are not ours!"
Li Ziqing sneered, "So that's why you betrayed them? If you didn't want to work for me, you could have just left. When I left the Imperial City, I told all of you, including you, that you were all staying voluntarily."
"If you felt I was using you, you could have left, and I would have had nothing to say. But you betrayed the other sisters, and you used our trust to gain your own wealth and glory!"
Hearing this, Chen Xiao understood what was going on.
The matter was not complicated at all. After Li Ziqing left the Imperial City, she had left over a dozen sisters in the Imperial City as her secret agents, continuing to work for her. 138 Reading Network
Since this was the case, they would inevitably have to interact with people from the five great families.
Therefore, as Lin Yixin had said, the matter did carry a certain degree of danger.
As a result, Lin Yixin betrayed Li Ziqing, sold out those dozen sisters, and caused their deaths.
Given Lin Yixin's flirtatious demeanor, committing such an act was not surprising.
And with Li Ziqing's vengeful nature, she naturally wouldn't let her off easily.
Lin Yixin did not deny Li Ziqing's accusations.
She even seemed proud of it, saying with a hint of smugness, "Man does not live for himself, and heaven and earth will destroy him... Li Ziqing, you taught me this. I am merely applying what I learned, and you should praise me for surpassing my teacher!"
"Alas..."
Li Ziqing sighed, "Lin Yixin, I can't believe that even now, you still show no remorse. I truly don't know what benefits you gained to make you do such a thing."
"Don't forget, if it weren't for me, you might be tending to the stove right now, a haggard old woman with a few children!"
"Of course, I haven't forgotten."
Lin Yixin smiled sweetly, "My achievements today are almost entirely thanks to you. But precisely because of this, surpassing you and stepping on you is the greatest aspiration of my life!"
Most of the girls in Li Ziqing's organization had tragic fates. Li Ziqing brought them out, and although they were working for her, from another perspective, she had completely changed their impoverished lives, essentially defying fate.
Lin Yixin, in particular, grew up in a remote village.
Before she was sixteen, the farthest she had ever been was the town where her village belonged.
The first time Li Ziqing saw her, she was still called Lin Erya. At that time, her family had already arranged a marriage for her.
The groom was a forty-something bachelor, and to marry Lin Erya, he had given Lin's father fifty thousand yuan.
So, when Li Ziqing said she wanted to take her away, she agreed without hesitation.
Li Ziqing was less than half a year older than Lin Yixin.
However, Li Ziqing had grown up under the influence of revenge, making her more mature than most and far more experienced than her peers.
Li Ziqing believed that she was both a mentor and a friend to Lin Yixin.
Little did she know that Lin Yixin had always regarded her as a rival, an object she must surpass in this life.
Hearing Lin Yixin's words, Li Ziqing couldn't help but laugh wryly, "So you think you have surpassed me and have stepped on me?"
"What do you think?"
Lin Yixin shrugged, "Isn't it true?"
"I have already established myself in the Imperial City, while you are nothing more than a rat that everyone wants to kill."
"I really don't know where you get the courage to come to my shop and cause trouble. Aren't you afraid of dying?"
As she spoke the last sentence, Lin Yixin's intentions became somewhat transparent.
"Heh, coincidentally, that's exactly what I wanted to ask you. You betrayed me, and you still dare to see me. Aren't you afraid of dying?"
Li Ziqing asked with a cold smile.
"Li Ziqing, you are not the person you used to be, and neither am I. I dare to see you, so naturally, I have my confidence!"
"You want to know what benefits I gained from betraying you? Don't rush, I'll let you know now!"
Lin Yixin's smile turned cold. As she spoke, she took out her phone and dialed a number.
"You can bring people over. It's confirmed, it's Li Ziqing."
"She came alone... Oh, and she brought a man."
Lin Yixin reported the information to the other side brazenly in front of Li Ziqing.
The 'man' she referred to was naturally Chen Xiao.
And from her tone, it was clear that she didn't take Chen Xiao seriously at all.
Before Lin Yixin's call ended, a group of people stormed into the coffee shop.
Leading them was a young man with a small mustache, his hair slicked back and gleaming, wearing a meticulously tailored three-piece suit, exuding an air of elegance and refinement.
"Heh, Li Ziqing, I truly never imagined we would meet again in our lifetimes. I even less expected you to have the audacity to return to the Imperial City alone!"
The young man strode in with purpose.
As soon as he entered, his gaze locked onto Li Ziqing, his eyes filled with a complex mix of emotions: anger tinged with regret, regret mixed with unwillingness, and unwillingness layered with a hint of lingering affection.
Chen Xiao instantly had an idea. This man must have had some romantic entanglement with Li Ziqing, someone from the five great families.
Of course, to be precise, it should have been Su Su who had the romantic entanglement with him.
"Brother Ming~"
Before the man could get close, Lin Yixin went to meet him, her voice dripping with sweetness.
However, the man ignored her as if she were invisible, his eyes fixed solely on Li Ziqing, as if she didn't exist.
Lin Yixin frowned, her expression changing slightly. She deliberately moved closer to the man, leaning against him like a delicate bird.
The man slightly shifted his body, maintaining a distance from her.
Seeing this, Li Ziqing's gaze turned icy, and she let out a disdainful laugh, "Lin Yixin, is this your reliance?"