"Chuxin...shut up." Beitang Qing harshly reprimanded Beitang Chuxin, cutting her off mid-sentence.
There were things that Beitang Qing couldn't say, but Beitang Chuxin could. He could have stopped her at the first word, but he didn't.
He waited until she had said half of it, leaking the main idea, until he finally spoke up.
It was clear he wanted to express their sibling's attitude towards that person to Qi Jiu and others.
He wanted them to know that he, Beitang Qing, was in conflict with that man. So, they shouldn't be too kind to him. Otherwise, they would be crossing lines with him.
Beitang Qing's intention, of course, Qi Jiu understood.
But he was very interested to see the internal discord within the delegation from UC. If they were arguing internally, they would show weaknesses and loopholes in the negotiation.
