"The person who checked into the hotel with Qiao Yi last night was me."
In front of everyone, Lu Ming enunciated each word distinctly and clearly.
What? Him??
How is that possible!?
A reporter from the crowd could not hold back and hurriedly asked, "Young Master Lu, you and Miss Qiao are officially engaged, why would you still sneak into a hotel to check in anonymously in the middle of the night?"
"Who said engaged couples can't have some special quirks?" Lu Ming coldly retorted.
With that remark, the reporter was rendered speechless.
Now that the person concerned has admitted it, naturally no one felt it appropriate to say much.
However, they all felt something was odd.
Not just the reporters.
Even Qiao Yi herself was half in doubt.
Before falling into a deep sleep, she clearly heard a crisp yet very magnetic voice.
That voice... it wasn't Lu Ming's.
But if it wasn't him, why would he admit it?
Qiao Yi couldn't figure it out and simply chose not to think about it anymore.
Scanning the faces with different expressions in front of her, she politely said, "If there's nothing else, please leave. I need to change my clothes."
This issue just passed lightly!?
Mrs. Lu was not satisfied!
"Mingming, are you hiding some kind of unavoidable difficulties?"
"Mom, why don't you go to the wedding venue first to prepare? Yi Yi and I have a few words to say, and then we'll be there."
"But..."
"I'll explain everything to you later in detail, please leave for now."
Lu Ming was adamant, Mrs. Lu could not say much, and left feeling discontent.
Following her, the reporters also left with downcast expressions.
Finally, it was Mr. and Mrs. Qiao Benqing.
After everyone had left, Qiao Xin, who was hiding all this time in the room across, gritted her teeth and closed the door gap, wondering what exactly was up with Lu Ming?
Having a field of green grass as his ceiling was one thing, but he was even hastily taking a green hat to wear.
Was he not awake this morning or did he take the wrong medication?
Meanwhile, in the spacious presidential suite, Qiao Yi, now changed, walked out of the room and sat opposite Lu Ming on the sofa, "The person from last night, was it really you?"
Qiao Yi urgently needed a definite answer.
However, Lu Ming gave her an ambiguous response, "Whether it was or wasn't me, it doesn't matter."
"Early this morning, Keke was in a car accident on her way to Capital City, her kidney severely damaged. I've checked, and the compatibility results between you two are 99%. I hope you will donate your kidney to her."
Donate her kidney?
Qiao Yi almost thought she heard wrong.
Why would she, a perfectly healthy person, go donate her kidney for no reason?
Moreover.
A kidney could fetch millions on the black market.
Although she wasn't lacking money, she wouldn't be foolish enough to give away her organs for free!
"Why should I?"
"Keke had the accident while she was on her way to my wedding. All of this started because of me; I owe her, and I should repay her!"
Ha!
Qiao Yi couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
"Since it's you who owes her, you should be the one to repay her, why come to me?"
Rolling her eyes, she stood up to leave.
But she had only taken a few steps when her wrist was tightly grasped by a pair of strong hands: "Soon you will be Mrs. Lu, you can live a life of luxury in the Lu Family, with everything provided for you.
Even without a kidney, you won't die, but it's different for Keke! If we can't find a suitable kidney for her, she might not even survive a week!"
A week?
Lin Ke should just drop dead right now, that would save me the trouble!
Coldly shaking off the hands of Lu Ming that held her, Qiao Yi's lips curved up slightly, her words full of mockery: "If you're so reluctant to let her go, why not just go with her? I don't mind being a widow for the rest of my life!"
After leaving the hotel, Qiao Yi went directly to the wedding venue.
Of course, she wasn't going there to get married.
From her recent conversation with Lu Ming, she had already gotten the answer she wanted.
Qiao Yi had originally thought that, relying on their childhood friendship, even if Lu Ming didn't like her, he would at least not treat her too badly, but now...
He actually wanted to cruelly take her kidney for another woman?
For this, he even dared to publicly accept such a great humiliation.
What a terrifying man!
...
Outside the Imperial Hotel.
Qiao Yi watched from a distance the constant stream of people at the entrance, her lips curling into a cold arc.
What 'everything provided for her', what 'living in luxury'.
She never cared for these!
At this moment, there were less than ten minutes left until the start of the wedding.
The hotel was filled with guests, but the Qiao and Lu families were anxiously waiting for Qiao Yi and Lu Ming, looking completely flustered.
Two minutes before ten.
They finally saw the belated Qiao Yi. Seeing her, Qiao Benqing walked up to her first, looking behind at Qiao Yi with a worried expression: "Where's Lu Ming? Why didn't he come with you?"
How can the Qiao Family hold their heads up in the future if the groom is absent on the wedding day?
"Dad, don't worry, please take a seat in the guest area," Qiao Yi said with a light smile.
Glancing at the burning gazes around him, Qiao Benqing could only nod silently and finally sat down quietly in the first row of the guest seats.
Qiao Yi followed closely behind him, walking up to the stage.
Looking at the puzzled crowd below, she, like an outsider, took the microphone from the host and said calmly: "Thank you all friends and relatives, and media reporters for taking the time out of your busy schedules to attend mine and Lu Ming's wedding, but..."
"I'm sorry to tell everyone that the wedding between me and Lu Ming is canceled, please return home."
What?
Canceled!?
Most of the guests present were prominent figures from the Capital City, and they had heard some explosive rumors this morning.
How come it was Qiao Yi who was caught cheating, but now she's the one dumping Lu Ming?
Among the crowd, Old Mr. Lu was the first to stand up and step forward to Qiao Yi, smiling kindly as always: "Miss Qiao, you must be joking, right? Or did that rascal Lu Ming treat you badly?
If you feel wronged, tell Grandpa, I'll teach him a lesson for you!"
Old Mr. Lu's fondness for Qiao Yi was largely due to her family background.
This, Qiao Yi knew very well.
"Grandpa Lu, Lu Ming hasn't treated me badly, it's just that I myself don't want to marry him," she politely replied.
She doesn't want to?
How could such a big decision depend on her whims?
Turning to look at Qiao Benqing behind him, who also appeared incredulous, Old Mr. Lu spoke sternly: "In-law, Qiao Yi is still young, she doesn't understand the consequences, aren't you going to stop your daughter from being so willfully reckless?"