1233 Cooperating With Xi Xiâs Acting
Qiao Xi did not panic in the slightest and smiled indifferently. âAssistant Gao, are you angry from embarrassment? Are you panicking just because I told the truth? Assistant Gao, do you think I came here today just to cause trouble and donât have any evidence? Then I must say that youâre looking down on me.â
Assistant Gaoâs lips trembled violently as he stammered, âYou⦠You were sent by our competitor. I know who youâre working for. If you dare to spout nonsense again, Iâll⦠call the police!â
âCall the police? Alright! Assistant Gao, you can ask Miss Xia who I am and who my mother is!â Qiao Xiâs icy-cold gaze landed on Xia Mengyan.
Assistant Gao instantly choked, and his heart trembled. Could it be that her identity was very extraordinary?
âI know! Isnât she Miss Qiao?â Suddenly, someone in the crowd said, âI saw her at the Qiao familyâs banquet previously. Sheâs the daughter of Qiao Zhenguoâs first wife, Xia Yunqiu. In that case, she can be considered a member of the Xia family!â
Xia Yunqiuâs daughter?
If that were the case, Miss Qiao could be considered the daughter of the Xia family. Why did Assistant Gao say that she was sent by a competitor?
Everyone subconsciously looked at Xia Mengyan. If Miss Qiao was Xia Yunqiuâs daughter, Xia Mengyan would definitely have recognized her long ago. Why didnât she say so earlier?
Xia Mengyanâs face was pale, and her forehead was covered in cold sweat. She did not dare to rashly speak and could only roar helplessly in her heart. Qiao Xi was actually here! If it were not for that b*tch, Xia Yunlou, telling Qiao Xi about the collaboration between the Luo and Xia families, Qiao Xi wouldnât have come! Qiao Xi had always hated Xia Yunlou. Wasnât she afraid that Xia Yunlou would scheme against her?
These designs did belong to Xia Yunqiu, but that woman had been dead for so many years. Her things should belong to the Xia family. Now that they were working with the Luo family, it could be considered Xia Yunqiuâs contribution to the Xia family. This was her honor!
What right did Qiao Xi have to cause trouble here? What good would it do her to expose the Xia family?
Xia Mengyan gritted her teeth, and the resentment in her heart was about to overflow. However, no matter how much she hated Qiao Xi, she could not show it in front of everyone.
Under everyoneâs burning gazes, she walked forward and smiled gently. âEveryone, Iâm sorry. I didnât have the time to introduce you. Miss Qiao is my younger cousin. Sheâs Aunt Yunlouâsââ
âIâm Madam Xia Yunqiuâs daughter!â Qiao Xi interrupted her without the slightest hesitation.
The moment the name Xia Yunqiu was uttered, everyone could not help but be stunned. Miss Xia was a beautiful woman! Unfortunately, beautiful women had short lives!
Qiao Xi said coldly, âThese drawings are the blood, sweat, and tears of my mother, Xia Yunqiu. She spent days and nights thinking about how to draw them. Now, theyâve become Xia Jiâs work. Iâm not here today to cause trouble. I just want to ask all of you if itâs reasonable for the Xia family to treat their legitimate deceased daughter like this while giving all the glory to their illegitimate child?â
Xia Mengyanâs body trembled, and the sweat on her forehead slid down her face. Her hair was stuck to her face, making her look a little disheveled. She pretended to be calm and said, âXi Xi, you must have remembered wrongly. Aunt Yunqiu did do some designs, but theyâre not the ones that weâre using to collaborate with the Lu family this time. Back then, my father and Aunt Yunqiu learned to design porcelain together. Itâs just that he wasnât as ambitious about it, so he put it aside all these years. Everyone in the Xia family knows that these designs belong to my father. If you donât have evidence, donât spout nonsense.â
âMiss Xia, why are you so sure that I donât have any evidence?â Qiao Xi smiled coldly.
At this moment, Luo Qing got out of the car and met Gu Zheng at the entrance of Xia Corporationâs building. He greeted indifferently, âPresident Gu.â
Gu Zheng smiled. âYoung Master Luo.â
The two of them stood together, and the surrounding temperature dropped a lot. After a few seconds of silence, Gu Zheng asked, âYoung Master Luo, why are you here today?â
Luo Qing looked up with a glint in his eyes. âTo cooperate with Xi Xiâs acting.â
Gu Zhengâs expression was slightly gloomy. Xi Xiâs other three brothers mostly called Qiao Xi âLittle Sixâ, but only Luo Qing always called her âXi Xiâ.
For some reason, Gu Zhengâs heart ached. No matter what, Luo Qing was a man. He was such a noble and outstanding man too.
âWhy are you here, President Gu here?â Luo Qing asked.
Gu Zheng narrowed his eyes and sneered. âOf course, for the same reason as Young Master Luo.â
Luo Qing looked up, and the two of them sized each other up before leaving without saying anything.
Song Shijing asked curiously, âPresident, Young Master Luo is here to help Young Madam, so why are youâ¦â