NOVPUBYue Ran's eyes were shining. She was truly appreciating the embarrassed state of the female protagonist in front of everyone.
This was a masterpiece.
"Yes, Ms. Rui, why don't you apologize?" Jiang Yi said aloud.
Although he thought that just apologizing was such a light sentence for Rui Qin, he would still choose to back up Yue Ran's words.
"Yeah, why don't you apologize?" Yang Chi raised a brow at Rui Qin with a poisonous glare.
His thoughts were consistent with Jiang Yi's.
"No!" Jin Yao shouted.
"No?" Yue Ran repeated the man's words and turned her indifferent eyes toward him.
Jin Yao swallowed nervously and dodged Yue Ran's gaze, his heart drowning in guilt.
His exclamation was more of an unconditioned reflex.
He couldn't imagine how a proud person like Rui Qin could bear bowing her head and apologizing to someone else. Moreover, he didn't understand why his Sister Qin would want to frame Yue Ran.
And he just couldn't understand why Rui Qin would want to risk her own personal safety to deal with Yue Ran at all.
There was just no logic in this!
It has to be said that Jin Yao thoroughly underestimated Rui Qin's jealousy and possessiveness. Furthermore, Yue Ran had quickly blackened this female protagonist.
Furthermore, Rui Qin has the intuition that if she doesn't act against Yue Ran, then Yue Ran will take everything that rightfully belongs to her away from herself!
And Rui Qin would not allow that to happen!
Speaking of Rui Qin, this female protagonist was such a great help in completing the plot nodes that Yue Ran needed to check out to maintain the general direction of the plot. To be considered a mission completion, the plot deviation should be less than 50% out of a hundred.
If not, then the Lord God would have a good excuse to get rid of Yue Ran. And thus, Yue Ran still needed to maintain her mission's success.
But how long will she be able to find an opportunity to escape the Lord God's control and run free in the future worlds she visits?
Everything would be perfect if she could just get enough power to wring Lord God alive.
"You're taking her side over mine?" Yue Ran asked, her face expressionless.
Not a single person could read her thoughts at this moment.
Yang Chi immediately jumped in and took action when he heard Yue Ran's words.
"Yeah, Jin Yao, are you taking Rui Qin's side?" Yang Chi smirked at the man mentioned.
He was adding oil to the fire.
Yang Chi did not expect that Rui Qin, whom he had long regarded as generous and gentle, could be so vicious on the inside. Not to mention that he had never heard of Yue Ran offending Rui Qin at all, so it was strange for this to happen.
Unfortunately, he didn't know of the hospital scene that Yue Ran had embarrassed Rui Qin in since he was pushed out of the room by his own mother at the beginning.
Even if he did stay, he would still find it strange. Would such a few words offend Rui Qin so badly that she wanted to get rid of Yue Ran by framing her?
"Ms. Rui, you should apologize," Jiang Yi said again, repeating his point.
Rui Qin gritted her teeth.
Jiang Yi had kept on repeating "Ms. Rui" over and over again after knowing truth from falsehood. His attitude toward her had shifted dramatically since the beginning!
If it were as usual, he would've called her "A Qin" instead of "Ms. Rui."
Rui Qin's mood became even more gloomy.
She lowered her head to hide the cruelty in her eyes. 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
If her eyes could kill, Yue Ran would've already been six feet under.
She'll definitely repay the shame she endured today a thousand times!
When Rui Qin looked up again, a smile slowly appeared on her face.
"It's my fault," she started. "I was humiliated when I was talking with little sister Yue Ran before, so I got so angry that I wanted little sister Yue Ran to apologize to me." She looked embarrassed. "I was wrong about this; I'm sorry!"
She bowed deeply and spoke with all the sincerity she could muster.
Ruan Ruan: Shameless! Really shameless!
"Master, please help Ruan Ruan slap this female protagonist to death!" Ruan Ruan exclaimed in Yue Ran's mind.
Yue Ran also thought the same.
Yue Ran: If I don't slap you to death with one paw, I won't be called Yue Ran!
"What are you talking about?"
Yue Ran walked away from the round table, her heels clacking on the floor as she stepped closer to the female protagonist.
"The evidence is solid, and you have successfully tainted my reputation."
Yue Ran stared into Rui Qin's eyes. Her eyes were so cold, it sent shivers down Rui Qin's spine.
"Tell me, how did I humiliate you?"
She slowly grabbed Rui Qin's face with her outstretched hand.
"You should clearly explain the reason why to clear up all the misunderstandings, don't you think so, Rui Qin?"
Her cold hands slowly traced Rui Qin's jawbone. Her fingers felt like ice against Rui Qin's skin, like death itself sinking her claws into her face.
Rui Qin gulped. She had never felt this much fear before.
"And should I remind you, Rui Qin, again that you should not call me little sister, for you would only sully the Yue family's name by so desperately attaching yourself to my family?"
She lightly patted her hand on Rui Qin's cheek.
Rui Qin gritted her teeth in hatred. She felt as if she was being slapped. Several times. With just those few taps on her face.
"Calling me little sister would not make your level any higher, you know."
Yue Ran's smile was particularly sweet.
"After all, someone like you only looks good with their head down."
She then patted the female protagonist's head, as if patting a dog's head.
Rui Qin felt humiliated.
"So keep it up; you look better this way."
Yue Ran chuckled.
"Like I said before, it's a compliment."
Rui Qin clenched her teeth and pinched her thigh, forcing herself to squeeze out a few drops of crocodile tears after Yue Ran finished speaking.
"You said that I wasn't born well and that even if my company struggles for hundreds of years, it will still be worth less than your Yue family's company."
A memory flashed in Yue Ran's mind.
Now she understood Rui Qin's words. This was an old account from the past. The original body had said these words in a gathering long before Yue Ran came into the picture. And for some reason, these words had somehow reached Rui Qin's ears.
However, in Jin Yao's ears, these words turned into the ones that had bullied and humiliated his Sister Qin, and so he suddenly gained the confidence to go against Yue Ran.
"Yue Ran, otherwise, for my sake, there is no need for you to pursue this matter any more," Jin Yao said. "You used to be sorry for Sister Qin, and now the debt has been paid."
Yue Ran was silent. She only stared at Jin Yao.
