chapter 63

Quite a few people were paying attention to what was going on on Qin Shu’s side, especially those young ladies from famous families. They were eager to know who Qin Shu was and what relationship she had with Ling Mohan.

After hearing Tang Anru’s complaints that were mixed with tears and grievance, many people believed that Qin Shu was a vain person. She not only seduced Qi Mingran privately, but also used some shameful methods to hook up with Ling Mohan, which was also why she could get invited into this high-class banquet.

Unexpectedly, though, Su Xiaoya suddenly stood up for Qin Shu when the conversation between Tang Anru and Qin Shu was ongoing. Su Xiaoya was the daughter of the Mu family and Mu Qian’s younger sister in law. Why would she do her best to stand up for Qin Shu?

Could it be that Qin Shu’s background wasn’t simple?

For a moment, no one spoke and they were all secretly looking Qin Shu up and down.

Su Xiaoya looked at Tang Anru’s pale face and mocked her impolitely, “Why don’t you say anything when it comes to confronting her with evidence? Are you lacking in self-confidence now?”

Tang Anru shook her head. She lowered her eyes slightly and bit her pink lips lightly. Her two beautiful eyebrows knitted together. There were even sparkling tears hanging on her pitiful face. She seemed to be trying her best to endure her grievances.

This made Su Xiaoya seem aggressive, and caused the surrounding people to quietly discuss. The things they talked were roughly about that Miss Su was not the biological daughter of the Mu family, and no wonder she was so barbaric and uneducated.

Qin Shu sneered in her heart, staring at Tang Anru with her eyes narrowed.

It seemed that she had underestimated how crafty her bosom friend was!

In the past, she had endured and endured again, not exposing Tang Anru. Because to a certain degree, she was still remembering their childhood friendship and the times between the Qin and Tang families.

However, her forbearance not only did not bring peace, but also made Tang Anru’s bad intentions become aggravated. Because of her tolerance, Su Xiaoya, who stood up for her, was even put into trouble!

Qin Shu didn’t care about her own reputation, but she could not let Su Xiaoya be wronged.

Thinking of this, she pulled Su Xiaoya to her side and stared at Tang Anru fixedly. She calmly said, “Since you firmly believe that I’m seducing Qi Mingran secretly, then don’t just say it and slander me with words. If you refuse to provide evidence, I’m very willing to provide you with a record of my chat with Qi Mingran!”

Hearing that, Tang Anru’s face turned paler and her thin shoulders trembled slightly. When she raised her eyes again, her eyes were already filled with tears. The tears were constantly spinning in her beautiful eyes, but she held them back and tried hard not to let them fall.

The way Tang Anru looked was so lovingly pitiful!

“Qin Shu, don’t push me like this.” Tang Anru’s weak voice sounded like crying, and she grasped the suit jacket on her very tightly. “You misunderstood. I didn’t say that you seduced Mingran. I just couldn’t help but feel a little jealous when I saw you and Mingran chatting so happily on WeChat. Sorry, I wasn’t magnanimous enough. I’ve made you and Mingran become the laughingstocks …”

She tried her best to hold back her tears, with her pale face becoming even more delicate and moving. What she said sounded like she was protecting Qin Shu and the Qi family’s reputation.

What she said also deeply touched many wives from wealthy families.

They were married into their husbands’ houses properly, but they had to always be on guard against those mistresses who would steal their men at all costs. Sometimes, in order to save the family’s reputation, they had to conceal the fact that their husbands kept lovers. They even had to pretend to love and be loved by their husbands in front of outsiders.

Now that Tang Anru said those words, a lot of ladies present were sympathetic and angry. They wished they could immediately chase Qin Shu out.

Everyone believed that Qin Shu was the mistress who destroyed other’s romantic relationship. Tang Anru had no choice but to say that it was a misunderstanding in order to save her reputation, and she even criticized herself for not being magnanimous enough. Tang Anru was truly so pitiful!

Qin Shu did not sympathize with Tang Anru at all. She would no longer give away because of her sympathy again. Instead, she approached Tang Anru and said, “Since that’s the case, in order to avoid misunderstanding, you have to show the chat record, or it will ruin your boyfriend’s reputation, don’t you think?”

Tang Anru bit her lower lip tightly and sobbed softly, refusing to say a word.

One of the ladies in the crowd finally couldn’t help but step forward and harshly scolded Qin Shu, “Shameless woman. You don’t know what shame is, but Miss Tang and the Qi family still know! Do you have to make a scene about this kind of thing and make everyone laugh? Miss Tang is generous enough not to argue with you, but you are rather aggressive. If you want to be famous, you don’t use this kind of despicable method! Security, come quickly and drive this Miss Qin out. We don’t welcome such a woman at our banquet! ”

The two security guards immediately stepped forward and prepared to pull Qin Shu out.

“Don’t you dare touch her!” a cold voice cut in abruptly.

Along with the frightening coldness, the crowd automatically separated. Ling Mohan strode over to Qin Shu’s side, and his handsome face was covered with a layer of cold frost. He stared at the two security guards coldly.

The security guards instantly felt a bone-piercing cold rise from the soles of their feet, rushing along their backs to the top of their heads, forcing them not to dare to look directly at the man in front of them, let alone driving Qin Shu out.

The lady’s expression also changed. Her originally stern expression instantly became cautious at this moment.

The others didn’t expect Ling Mohan to actually stand up for Qin Shu, and he even said such arrogant words as “don’t you dare”. In fact, who would dare to refute a single sentence of him?

This man was an important figure in the military. He was already a colonel at such a young age, and was also the captain of the special forces of City Lin. Facing such a powerful and influential person, even the rich families had to lower their heads humbly!

“What’s going on?” Ling Mohan swept his cold gaze over the people around him. His cold gaze forced those people to look away, they didn’t dare to look at him.

Finally, his gaze landed on the pitiful Tang Anru. His gaze turned colder without showing the slightest bit of pity.

Tang Anru tensed up in her heart. She subconsciously tightened her grip on the suit jacket and raised her head to smile softly. “Commander, it’s actually just a small misunderstanding between Qin Shu and me …”

“It’s not your turn to speak now!” Ling Mohan interrupted Tang Anru’s explanation sternly. His pair of black eyes seemed to be able to see through people’s minds. He could see other people’s thoughts clearly.

Tang Anru immediately pursed her pink lips and lowered her head slightly, revealing her fair neck. She looked weak and obedient, harmless to every living being.

Ling Mohan stretched out his hand and tried to hug Qin Shu’s waist. But Qin Shu tilted slightly to avoid his hand, looking at him with warning eyes.

She didn’t want to expose their relationship in public.

Ling Mohan’s expression grew unhappy, but he did not take further actions. Instead, he asked her in a deep voice, “Who bullied you?”

This sentence shocked everyone present, including Tang Anru!

What did he mean? It clearly meant that no matter who was right or wrong, as long as Qin Shu told him that someone had bullied her, that person would definitely come to a miserable end!

Ling Mohan doted on Qin Shu too much!

What exactly was their relationship?

Without waiting for Qin Shu to speak, that lady couldn’t hold back her anger any longer. She forced herself to ask Ling Mohan with fear, “Colonel, I’m meaning no offense, but may I ask what your relationship is with Miss Qin? Do you know her? Everyone knows what happened today. Let’s put aside the fact that Miss Tang was the most pitiful victim first, I’m just wondering, what is Miss Qin’s identity and why could she get invited to come to this banquet?”

“Looks like you have quite a lot of problems with my secretary.” Ling Mohan stared coldly at the lady.

The lady was stunned, and the others were also shocked. A strange expression flashed across Tang Anru’s eyes.

“Miss Qin is … is your secretary?” the lady asked in surprise with a disbelieving expression. “But I heard from the staff of the military industry group that she has been fired.”

Ling Mohan asked coldly, “Who started the rumor?”

The lady hesitated for a moment and said, “I heard from the assistant of the deputy secretary in the Secretary Department.”

Ling Mohan snorted coldly and swept his black eyes around. “Where’s the assistant? Step out!”

“Colonel, I’m sorry, I was wrong!” The deputy secretary’s assistant stepped out in fear, showing no disdainful expression against Qin Shu as before.

She then looked at Qin Shu, asking for help, “Qin Shu, I talked nonsense without knowing the facts. Considering that we’re colleagues, please don’t be angry. Forgive me for making a mistake this time.”

Qin Shu’s red lips curled into a mocking smile. “I’m sorry, I’m just an insignificant secretary. Whether or not you can be forgiven will depend on the military commander’s decision.”

Ling Mohan said coldly, “The military industry group does not need employees who start rumors!”

The assistant’s face instantly turned dramatically pale. She never expected to be kicked out of the military industry group in the blink of an eye even though she was talking over laughter with everyone half an hour ago!

“Take her out.” Ling Mohan glanced at the security guards unhappily.

The security guards shivered, and without saying anything else, they pulled the deputy secretary’s assistant outside.

This change happened too quickly. Everyone was intimidated by Ling Mohan’s swift and fierce style of doing things!

It turned out that the rumors were true that the legendary leader of the military industry group was cold-blooded and heartless … Those employees who had spoken ill of Qin Shu felt their hearts turn cold at this moment. They were both shocked and terrified, afraid that they would be unmasked.

Qin Shu knew that Ling Mohan was punishing the assistant as a warning to others, so that those people would know who she was and wouldn’t dare to bully her in the future.

An indescribable emotion suddenly surged into her heart. It was sour and sweet.

Qin Shu couldn’t help but curl up the corners of her mouth slightly, and her beautiful eyes also bloomed with a rippling smile.

Glancing at her beautiful smile, Ling Mohan felt like there was a soft hand that was scratching his heart gently. He wished he could immediately press this attractive little goblin beneath him.

Humph, he would deal with Little Qin Shu after they went back home!

Ling Mohan forcefully suppressed the evil fire of desire in his heart. Just as he was about to handle the others, the lady said again, “Colonel, even if Miss Qin is your secretary, everyone saw what happened between her and Miss Tang. I hope that as a soldier, you can uphold the principle of justice.”

Ling Mohan suddenly narrowed his eyes. “Are you questioning me?”

The frightening and icy aura of hostility kept emanating from him to spread to the surroundings, with him being in the center, and it was putting pressure on everyone present!

The lady immediately shut up!

There was really no need for her to offend the Ling family just because she wanted to give a hand to the Qi family. If she not only couldn’t help the Qi family by then, she even got dealt with by the Ling family, it wouldn’t be worth the trouble.

Su Xiaoya chuckled and took Qin Shu’s arm. She said, “Colonel, you weren’t here just now, you just missed a good show of street walker acting!”

She paused for a moment, then looked at Tang Anru with disdain. “Here, this is a drama queen. She acted so innocently. At first, she said that darling Qin Shu seduced that scum surnamed Qi and won everyone’s sympathy. Then when I asked her to give evidence, she changed her words and said it was a misunderstanding. Humph, I don’t think it was a slip of the tongue, she was clearly scared due to guilty conscience!”

“No, it’s not like that.” Tang Anru hurriedly shook her head and bit her pink lips, her eyes revealing a trace of grievance.

She suddenly grabbed Qin Shu’s wrist and choked with sobs, “Qin Shu, you really misunderstood me. I have never blamed you, nor suspected you and Mingran. We were so close when we were kids, but we’ve been apart ever since Dad had a car accident. Then we finally met again in college. I tried my best to be a good bosom friend to you as before, but how did we end up like this now? ”

As she spoke, Tang Anru shed tears again, which dripped down on the back of Qin Shu’s hand one by one.

“Qin Shu, even if my Dad was hit and killed by Uncle Qin, I didn’t blame you. Now, why would I slander you because of a man?”

Qin Shu’s smile froze on her face, and the surrounding people also instantly quieted down.

Su Xiaoya widened her eyes. She never thought that Tang Anru would talk about the car accident in public!

Was she … was she making Qin Shu embarrassed?

Tang Anru’s schemes were too terrifying!