Shen Xinrou suddenly felt uneasy in her heart. Her intuition told her that she couldn't give the bag to Qi Rongchen. However, with so many people watching, if she didn't give it to him, it would undoubtedly tell everyone that she was the thief.
"Then trouble you, Mr. Qi." After thinking about it for a while, Shen Xinrou looked at Qi Rongchen with a slight upward tilt of her eyes, smiled generously, and handed him her bag.
Qi Rongchen opened the bag, and his face changed again. Looking at Shen Xinrou's expression, there was something subtle, a bit teasing, and even a bit provocative.
"Miss Shen, carrying this kind of thing with you, isn't it... a bit inappropriate?" Qi Rongchen's words attracted everyone's attention.
They all looked over curiously.
"Mr. Qi, what is it?"
"Could it really be a ring?"
"Mr. Qi, stop keeping us in suspense. Take it out and let us see!"
"Yes, yes, let us see what kind of inappropriate thing it is."
"Hahaha."
Shen Xinrou's uneasiness grew stronger. Was there something in her bag that she couldn't show to others? Except for the lipstick and phone she used for touch-ups, there was nothing else.
But why did Qi Rongchen look at her like that?
Xingkong raised her eyebrows and quietly watched Shen Xinrou.
Shen Xinrou looked up and met her gaze. Her heart sank. Had she fallen into a trap?
Huo Mingzhu looked disappointed.
It would have been better if Shen Xinrou had listened to her and stopped earlier.
"Mr. Qi, just take it out. I believe it's definitely not the ring I lost," said He Yajing confidently.
"Is it not a good idea? It's a bit embarrassing to take it out," Qi Rongchen looked at Shen Xinrou with a troubled expression and asked, "Miss Shen, are you sure you want me to take out what's in the bag for everyone to see?"
Shen Xinrou hesitated for a moment, wondering if Qi Rongchen was deliberately playing mysterious and teasing everyone's curiosity. After all, Shen Xingkong's bag was clearly empty, and he had a surprised and disdainful expression on his face. Yes, he must be playing mysterious.
So she brushed her curly hair and smiled, "In this situation, if we don't take it out, everyone will definitely misunderstand something. Yajing and I are good friends, and we must make things clear to each other. So as not to hurt our friendship."
Qi Rongchen raised an eyebrow, "Then take it out."
"Qi, hurry up. Everyone is eager to see what Miss Shen has in her bag," Xingkong showed a curious expression and said to Qi Rongchen.
Huo Siye, who was standing opposite her, chuckled softly, his eyes full of indulgence.
Qi Rongchen glanced at him and saw that he only had eyes for Shen Xingkong, and couldn't help but click his tongue.
How could he be so calm and not afraid that Shen Xingkong would mess up the act?
"Qi, you can start now," Huo Mingzhu looked at Shen Xinrou and said with a determined expression, as if she had made a big decision.
Shen Xinrou became more and more uneasy, especially when she met Shen Xingkong's calm and waveless eyes, her heart beating wildly.
Did she fall into a trap?
"Qi, I have something to do and I want to leave first. Can you give me the bag?" Shen Xinrou thought for a moment, approached Qi Rongchen, and pleaded in a low voice.
If it were in the past, Qi Rongchen would definitely have lost his principles and been swayed by temptation. But not today. The active volcano was standing right beside him, and he was afraid that one wrong move would set it off. A beautiful woman is precious, but the bond between brothers is even more valuable. If it meant saving his life, he would choose his brother over anything else.
"That might not work, I have to be fair," Qi Rongchen shook his head at Shen Xinrou.
"Qi Rongchen..."
"Qi Rongchen, everyone is waiting, hurry up and bring it out, don't ruin this charity banquet," Xingkong sneered at Shen Xinrou's pitiful expression.
Here she comes again, with her delicate and vulnerable appearance, making everyone in the world bully her. In the previous life, he was probably deceived by her in the same way.
Qi Rongchen sighed helplessly, and under the expectant and curious eyes of everyone, he took out everything from Shen Xinrou's bag and placed it on the table.
The air suddenly became quiet. The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. After Shen Xinrou saw what was in her bag, her phoenix eyes were filled with shock, mixed with indignation. Her body suddenly lost its balance, and she staggered back two steps before stabilizing herself.
He Ya Jing's eyes widened even more. How could these things be in Shen Xinrou's bag?
"Hey, Qi Rongchen, what is this?" Xingkong blinked and picked up the things on the table. "Oh, there's a switch too."
"Don't touch it."
Squeak, squeak, squeak...
Before Qi Rongchen could grab the thing, Xingkong accidentally turned it on, causing it to jump in his palm.
Xingkong looked curious. "Qi Rongchen, this thing can move!"
Qi Rongchen sighed, feeling hopeless. He dared not look at the face of a live volcano.
"What is this?" Xingkong put down the jumping thing and picked up a square box, reading the words on it. "Ultra-thin, high-sensitivity... safe... um..."
The last word got stuck in her throat, and Xingkong looked embarrassed.
The thing in her hand was like a hot potato, neither throwing it away nor keeping it.
Huo Siye's face turned ashen, and he couldn't find words to describe it. His dark eyes suppressed the rolling darkness, exuding a chilling coldness.
Qi Rongchen suddenly felt that he should not have interfered.
Isn't it better to just stay alive?
In the silence, Huo Siye took two steps forward, threw the things in Xingkong's hand and on the table into the trash can, and grabbed her wrist with one hand while taking out a dark-patterned handkerchief from his pocket with the other.
He wiped Xingkong's hand slowly and elegantly, as if she had just touched something dirty.
After wiping it once, he felt it was not clean enough, so he threw away the handkerchief and unceremoniously grabbed Qi Rongchen's handkerchief.
Once again, he carefully wiped it for the second time.
Qi Rongchen, "..."
"Um, if I didn't see it wrong, isn't that a toy egg and a condom?" Suddenly, someone in the crowd came back to their senses and spoke up.
"Uh, I think I saw it too."
"Haha, you all didn't see it wrong, it's true!"
"Oh my god! The Triple Crown winner of the Golden Awards, the Best Actress at an international A-class film festival... actually carries these things with her, what is she planning to do?"
"Maybe she also carries them when she meets the President."
"When she attended the state banquet, did she bring them too?"
Shen Xinrou not only had popularity, reputation, and status, but also invisible competitors.
How many people envied her fame and resources.
When she was in the spotlight, everyone was eager to curry favor with her, flatter her, and please her.
But when she fell into a scandal, everyone would spare no effort to kick her, even rubbing salt in the wound.
Just like now.
Everyone was pointing and talking about Shen Xinrou, but no one stood up to speak for her.
"I didn't expect Miss Shen, who usually looks so pure, to be so promiscuous in private."
"Otherwise, how could she have tamed Young Master Qiao so easily?"
"Oh~ no wonder."
Shen Xinrou was ashamed and angry, "This isn't mine!"
"Sis, why do you have this in your bag...?" Starry looked embarrassed and puzzled as she asked Shen Xinrou, "Sis, this is so embarrassing."
Shen Xinrou, "..."