Hidden identities of the AI Heiress

Chapter 306: Chapter 306: Still Hits People! So Violent
 

Shiran heard the noise, casually tossed the barbecue tongs to a buddy next to him, and frowned as he went to check out the situation.

“You guys stay here, I’ll go check it out.”

“What’s happening here, who’s fighting at this time? Is someone trying to wreck the place? Let’s go, let’s check it out.”

His trouble-making friends, true to their melon farmer’s spirit, linked arms and wanted to enjoy the spectacle.

At first, Qiao Yun didn’t pay attention, but she realized that Xia Ling had been gone for a while and hadn’t come back yet.

She was somewhat worried, so she got up to go look for Xia Ling.

Li Miao naturally followed; while everyone else was off to see the excitement, she certainly didn’t want to be left behind as a “stay-at-home child.”

This time at Shiran’s birthday party, Qin Huan had divided several areas.

One was in the lobby, specially set up to entertain acquaintances among wealthy ladies, and the pool area was also arranged for the ladies’ children to play.

At that moment, by the pool area, Jianyan looked at her skirt stained with a sizable splotch from a spilled drink, her expression extremely ugly.

Before she could speak, her girlfriends next to her furiously scolded Xia Ling, who stood opposite them, looking helpless.

“What’s wrong with you, don’t you have eyes when you walk? Such a wide path and you still bump into someone? Are you blind?”

“Do you know how much Jianyan’s skirt costs? It’s worth hundreds of thousands; I’d like to see how you are going to compensate.”

Xia Ling twisted her fingers nervously, quietly protesting in response to their accusations, “No, I didn’t bump into her, she bumped into me…”

She had grabbed a drink intending to return to the barbecue area, but unexpectedly Jianyan bumped into her, causing her to lose her grip and spill the drink on her.

Hearing she might have to pay hundreds of thousands, Xia Ling was nearly frantic.

It was clearly Jianyan who had bumped into her first, so how had it become her fault?

Jianyan frowned, glanced at her girlfriends who were defending her, and seemed somewhat displeased in her eyes.

It was indeed her who had accidentally bumped into Xia Ling, but before she could speak up, her friends had already taken up her defense and now plenty of people were sneakily watching their commotion.

This left her in a position where she couldn’t confess that she was the one at fault first.

Jianyan compromised a bit and said to Xia Ling, “Looks like you can’t afford to compensate me, so just apologize and we’ll call it even.”

Xia Ling opened her mouth and, with her hands clenched tightly at her sides, after a long while, managed to squeeze out, “I’m not at fault.”

Jianyan’s brow furrowed at once; she had given her a way out, but this person was too clueless to take it.

“Class monitor!”

Xia Ling saw Lu Ting in the corner, her eyes lighting up slightly, subconsciously seeking her help.

Lu Ting knew Xia Ling was brought by Qiao Yun, and now that she was called out, she found it difficult not to step forward.

However, for Xia Ling’s sake, offending Miss He was not worth it.

She advised, “Just apologize, making a big deal out of this isn’t good for my sister either. If not for yourself, consider her.”

Xia Ling’s expression was one of astonishment.

The class monitor, who usually liked to help others and had a gentle personality, was asking her to apologize so unreasonably.

Was this really the class monitor she knew, or had it all been an act before?

“Hurry up and apologize.”

“What are you dithering for? It’s obviously your fault, and you still want to argue.”

A group of people shoved Xia Ling about, and Xia Ling stepped back in alarm.

Suddenly, someone grabbed a cup of wine and threw it at Xia Ling.

The incident happened so fast that nobody reacted in time.

Including Jianyan.

She wanted to settle things peacefully, not wanting to escalate the situation since she was indeed the one who had bumped into Xia Ling first.

She just couldn’t bring herself to apologize, so she had asked Xia Ling to do so instead.

Just as the wine was about to be thrown, it was unexpectedly, in mid-air, intercepted by someone grabbing the wrist.

Looking up.

They saw a delicate and beautiful girl standing in front of Xia Ling, her fair fingers clenched around the hand that was about to throw the wine.

Lu Ting’s eyes widened slightly; it was Qiao Yun!

The person felt a sharp pain in their wrist, tried to shake off Qiao Yun’s grip, but found they could not move at all. Looking into Qiao Yun’s calm and indifferent eyes, they felt unnaturally frightened.

They stammered, “What, what are you doing!”

Lu Ting quickly said, “Sis, let her go first, don’t hit anyone! If there’s an issue, we can talk it out, don’t hurt someone.”

The girl was stunned.

What, she might hit someone? Was she that violent?

Jianyan stepped back a few steps, afraid that Qiao Yun, as Lu Ting described, might erupt and strike someone.

Looking deceitfully gentle and lovely, so she could actually be violent; it seems being the city’s top student isn’t necessarily a good thing.

Jianyan suppressed her temper and said to Qiao Yun, “Let go!”

Qiao Yun calmly met her gaze, her brow delicately stern yet cold, and said lightly, “Okay, letting go.”

Then…

She twisted her wrist, and the cup of wine ended up splashing onto the girl’s clothing.

The world went silent.

The girl drenched in wine stared at her soaked clothes in shock.

Jianyan and Lu Ting’s eyes were fixated on Qiao Yun.

Especially Lu Ting, it was as if she never really knew Qiao Yun.

Yet Qiao Yun remained cool and unemotional, stating, “Whatever the cost, I’ll compensate.”