After a short silence, everyone turned their attention to Qi Yuan.
They finally got to see her real face.
Even the black ashes of the fire could not hide her soul-stirring beauty. Her pale and gentle beauty, her cold and noble sense of being broken, made people feel that whatever she said was right.
"This… this is the adopted daughter of the Qi family?"
"Didn't they say that she was ugly? Why is she so beautiful? No wonder the Qi family dared to marry their adopted daughter to Second Young Master Shen."
"So Eldest Young Master is here to save his sister-in-law."
"That's not the point. The point is that the adopted daughter is suing the Qi family for abuse and murder!"
The discussion died.
Xu Ling was already dumbfounded. She shouted, "Qi Yuan, what nonsense are you talking about? You have to think carefully about the consequences of saying these words!"
Xu Ling's words were faintly threatening.
She seethed inwardly, but couldn't bring herself to lash out in public. Was this bitch insane? Wasn't she most afraid of severing ties?
Qi Yuan usually didn't even dare to speak loudly in front of her. How could she dare to say such things in public?
Qi Yuan's eyes seemed to flicker with fire. She raised her voice and said, "Am I spouting nonsense? Then who injured me? Who locked me in my room? There are surveillance cameras in the hall and fingerprints on the door. We'll know who the murderer is once we check!"
Qi Yuan's skin was so fair that a slight bump would cause bruises.
Previously, she had argued with Song Ziqian and bumped into him a few times in the fire. Now, she looked like she was covered in injuries. No one would believe that she was not abused.
As Qi Yuan spoke, she glanced at the terrified Mother Wang.
Mother Wang immediately fell to the ground. "It wasn't me, it wasn't me. Madam asked me to lock the door."
Xu Ling was shocked and glared at Mother Wang angrily.
Mother Wang pretended not to see Xu Ling's gaze. She could usually help the Qi family beat and scold Qi Yuan as those were all trivial matters. But now, no matter how stupid she was, she knew that intentional murder was illegal and she would have to go to jail. It was impossible for her to take responsibility for this.
Qi Yuan sneered in her heart. As she had expected, Mother Wang was timid and selfish. She panicked when she was frightened.
The Qi family was really lively today. Due to the marriage between the Qi family and the Shen family, they were able to invite plenty of guests for this art exhibition.
At this moment, these guests looked at Xu Ling in shock.
Xu Ling panicked. She had lost her backbone. Her man was not around today and had gone to the Imperial Garden to visit. She wanted to see if she could find a way to get close to Eldest Young Master Shen after marrying Qi Yuan to their family. Who would have thought that Young Master Shen would suddenly appear in the Qi family, only to save this b*tch?
Her daughter, Yanran, had gone somewhere too.
At this moment, Qi Yanran, who was too impatient to deal with the guests at the art exhibition, was lying leisurely upstairs, waiting for Song Ziqian to bring Qi Yuan to apologize to her.
After Xu Ling panicked, she said without thinking, "Qi Yuan, it must be because you don't want to marry Second Young Master Shen. You are framing me because you're dissatisfied with this matter. As an adopted daughter, it's already a blessing for you to marry into the Shen family. Even if Second Young Master Shen is a cripple, what right do you have to despise him!"
Saying this in front of Shen Yutang was indeed brainless because not only would Eldest Young Master hate Qi Yuan, but he would also hate the Qi family.
The guests all looked at Shen Yutang silently and looked at each other.
Shen Yutang did not react.
However, Qi Yuan spoke first. "Second Young Master is indeed not very good."
Everyone was shocked. What was this woman talking about!
Saying that Second Young Master was bad in front of Eldest Young Master? Did she not know how to spell the word 'death'?
While everyone was in a daze, Qi Yuan said coquettishly, "Second Young Master is just too clingy. I'm not used to it."
Xu Ling was speechless.
The guests: "???"
Shen Yutang's cold eyes glanced at Qi Yuan.
'Clingy?'