Chapter 33

“Who’s calling me?”

As soon as Zhao Qingqing finished speaking, a voice came from the back of the crowd.

“Excuse me, everyone, please make way.”

Ye Yao squeezed her broad body through the crowd and stepped forward.

Zhao Qingqing was stunned to see her. She rushed up to Ye Yao, grabbed her arm, and demanded, “Ye Yao, quickly explain to everyone! You were the one planning to elope with Li Yukun—I was just delivering the message for you!”

As long as Ye Yao nodded now, the misunderstanding could be cleared up.

Ye Yao looked at her calmly, her swollen lips and disheveled clothes giving away traces of the recent struggle. A glint of sharpness flashed in her eyes for a brief moment.

Even the heavens were helping her this time—thanks to that scumbag Li Yukun and his shameless audacity.

“Ye Yao, say something!”

Everyone turned their eyes toward them, waiting for Ye Yao’s response.

Ye Yao blinked, her face full of confusion.

“Qingqing-jie, what are you talking about? I don’t understand.”

Zhao Qingqing’s face changed drastically, her pupils contracting violently.

What did she mean by this?!

“Ye Yao, stop playing dumb! It was you who wanted to elope with Li Yukun—”

“Qingqing-jie, how can you say that about me? Even though I haven’t had the best time in the compound, I still know about propriety and morality. I’m engaged to the Li family—how could I ever elope with another man?

“Especially with someone like him? In what way does he compare to Brother Li?”

Ye Yao cast a disdainful glance at Li Yukun as if he were trash.

Li Yukun was completely dumbfounded. He couldn’t process what was happening at all.

As the questioning gazes from the crowd grew sharper, Zhao Qingqing panicked. “No, that’s not it! It was you—everyone knows it! I don’t even know this man!”

“You don’t know him? Then why were you meeting alone in the grove? And why were you hugging and kissing so passionately? Even when everyone showed up, you couldn’t bear to let go.”

Ye Yao clicked her tongue twice, her tone dripping with mockery.

Rage burned in Zhao Qingqing’s eyes. Seeing Ye Yao’s gloating expression and the conveniently gathered onlookers, she suddenly realized the truth.

“You scheming b*tch—you set me up!”

She gritted her teeth, wishing she could tear Ye Yao to pieces.

Ye Yao flinched, took a step back, and put some distance between them. She pouted, looking wronged.

“Qingqing-jie, I know you don’t like me, but you can’t falsely accuse me like this. Everyone saw what happened with their own eyes. Why won’t you admit it and instead try to throw dirt on me?”

Zhao Qingqing was fuming, her breathing ragged. Furious, she raised her hand, about to slap Ye Yao.

This wretched girl—how dare she frame her! She was going to beat her to death!

“Uncle Li, help me!”

Ye Yao screamed and, despite her plump body, moved with surprising agility, quickly dodging behind Li Wenqing.

Li Wenqing had no time to react, and Zhao Qingqing’s slap landed squarely on his face.

Slap!

The crisp sound echoed through the air. Ye Yao, who had just barely escaped, sucked in a breath.

“Uncle Li, are you okay? Qingqing-jie, you hit way too hard!”

A handprint quickly swelled on Li Wenqing’s right cheek. The surrounding onlookers were all stunned.

Li Wenqing was one of the most influential figures in the compound, second only to Li Guoxiong. He was a man of great authority—yet now, he had just been slapped by a junior. Even if it was an accident, it was still incredibly humiliating…