Night Fire Lingering

Chapter 254 Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu are truly in love!

After he finished speaking, there was a deathly silence all around.

The guests stared at Jiang Xing in shock, as if they were looking at a monster.

"Miss Jiang, why aren't you saying anything?" Gu Qingqing was very satisfied with Jiang Xing's reaction, and her words carried a hint of smugness.

Wen Yan's face turned completely cold in an instant.

She turned to look at Jiang Xing.

Jiang Xing appeared calm, but her fingers holding the handbag unconsciously clenched, and she stared coldly at Gu Qingqing, trying her best to control her emotions.

Jiang Xing wanted to slap Gu Qingqing across the face, but physical action and verbal sparring were two different things, and she couldn't cause trouble for Wen Yan.

However, Wen Yan is not afraid of causing trouble.

"Wow!"

Wen Yan decisively splashed the champagne in her hand onto Gu Qingqing's face, instantly turning the woman's delicate features into a disheveled mess, her bright red dress stained with patches of dark and light hues.

"Wow!" Luo Beiqing exclaimed softly, clapping her hands appropriately. The crisp sound was particularly refreshing in the eerie silence.

At this moment, Wen Yan felt that Gu Yanci's worries were justified—she and Luo Beiqing were indeed not good people to be trifled with!

There's nothing we can do about it, it's already grown like this!

"Miss Wen, what are you doing!" Gu Qingqing's face darkened, and she looked extremely aggrieved. "I didn't provoke you, did I? Are you just bullying me because you're the young mistress of the Gu family?"

"So what if I bullied you?" a deep, mellow male voice asked.

Luo Beiqing stood to Wen Yan's right, while Gu Yanci stood to Wen Yan's left, coldly looking at Gu Qingqing. Although there was a hint of a smile on his lips, he gave off a strong sense of pressure.

Gu Yanci's words were blatant: My people are openly bullying you.

"Why did Young Master Gu come here? Are you worried that Mrs. Gu will be bullied?"

"Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu are so loving!"

Several older ladies teased Gu Yanci, and the phrase "afraid that Mrs. Gu will be bullied" made everyone laugh and cry.

What a joke! Who would dare to bully Wen Yan?

Wen Yan glared at Gu Yanci reproachfully, then glanced at Gu Qingqing and said, "How can you accuse me of bullying people? I'm doing this for your employee's sake. It's Senior Jiang's overtime work time. If she's being slandered and attacked during overtime, shouldn't you, as her boss, protect her?"

Gu Yanci nodded, his face showing an expression that said, "You're right."

"Everything I said is true!" Gu Qingqing declared confidently. "If you don't believe me, just ask around and you'll see!"

“It’s Miss Gu who has gone to great lengths for her sister,” Jiang Xing finally spoke up. “However, your words will only be useful if they reach Lou Qi’s ears.”

No matter what Jiang Xing says or explains now, gossipy people will only want to hear what they want to hear.

If Jiang Xing had deliberately explained, everyone would have believed Gu Qingqing more. However, Jiang Xing's nonchalant attitude only made everyone doubt the veracity of Gu Qingqing's words. Besides, wasn't Gu Qingqing targeting Jiang Xing precisely because of Gu Yueyue?

As for how it reached Lou Qi's ears?

Which sentence or word did Lou Qi not personally participate in?

"You—Young Master He!" Gu Qingqing exclaimed as if she had found a lifeline. "My aunt asked me to come find you, but I didn't see you before..."

Gu Qingqing deliberately brought up Zhong Xue as her trump card, trying to prove that she was the daughter-in-law recognized by her future mother-in-law.

He Tingchuan and Lou Qilai followed Gu Yanci a few steps behind and walked over together.

When Luo Beiqing saw He Tingchuan, the smile on his face visibly faded.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" He Tingchuan noticed Luo Beiqing's unpleasant expression immediately and completely ignored Gu Qingqing.

Gu Qingqing stood awkwardly to the side, so angry she wanted to stomp her feet, but she held back.

The guests looked at each other in bewilderment: Wait, how come these two are even closer now that they're divorced than before?

Luo Beiqing asked He Tingchuan, "I heard that Miss Gu Qingqing's sister has a high school diploma. I wonder what Miss Gu Qingqing's educational background is?"

He Tingchuan hadn't cared: "I don't know."

Gu Qingqing eagerly struck up a conversation with He Tingchuan: "Young Master He, I studied at a university in England, as your aunt mentioned."

Luo Beiqing sized up Gu Qingqing, his gaze even more critical than when Gu Qingqing had looked at Jiang Xing: "She didn't say which school in England, so it seems to be some low-ranked university that's not even in the top 100 of the QS rankings. Young Master He, I'm worried that a woman like this will negatively impact my son's education if she becomes his stepmother."

This circle is very hypocritical. Their own daughters can be good at studying and go to a diploma mill, but they can't find a good daughter-in-law—low IQ affects genes, and poor academic performance affects education. Gu Qingqing also has a younger sister who dropped out of university, which shows that the family doesn't value education.

The ladies around Gu Qingqing immediately looked at her with disdain.

Lou Qi nodded without hesitation: "Yes, you're right."