[This time, Tang's family suddenly had an emergency that required money to resolve. When her parents had no other options, they turned to Tang for help. Tang instinctively tried to borrow money from others, but unfortunately couldn't get any loans. With no other choice, she had to ask Luo Zhou. She thought that if Luo Zhou would tell the truth this time and help her, she would consider forgiving his deception.]
[But Luo Zhou's attitude changed immediately. He said he had no money and accused her of making up stories, telling her to just be honest. Tang didn't expect Luo Zhou to react this way. She insisted she wasn't lying, but Luo Zhou stormed off angrily.]
The Qin family was stunned and couldn't believe it. What was there not to believe?
He was the one deceiving others, how dare he accuse someone else of lying?
Do the most guilty people like to deflect blame onto others?
[I knew Luo Zhou was being stupid - so this was Xuan Yi's scheme!]
Qin family: What? What did she do?
[During the first setup, Xuan Yi thought Tang would make a scene and have a falling out with Luo Zhou right at the class reunion. But unexpectedly, not only was there no drama at the reunion, everything remained quiet afterward. When the upcoming banquet was mentioned, Luo Zhou even told his family he might bring his girlfriend. This made Xuan Yi uneasy. She wasn't sure if Tang knew the truth or not, but after doing some basic investigation, she discovered that Tang was trying to borrow money everywhere. So she told Luo Zhou...]
The Qin family listened anxiously.
What did she say?!
[She told him his test was meaningless since Luo Zhou's identity wasn't really a secret - if Tang wanted to investigate, she could easily find out. Maybe Tang had known his identity all along and was just pretending not to mind his poverty, trying to deceive him emotionally to become his wife.]
Qin family: Those words were clearly meant to sow discord.
[At first, Luo Zhou didn't believe it, but Xuan Yi hinted that he should judge for himself whether Tang would deliberately act like she needed money in front of him and then find an opportunity to ask him for money. Damn... what a perfectly laid trap!]
The Qin family was dumbfounded. They never expected that such an elegant socialite could be so scheming behind the scenes.
Although Qin Xian and Xuan Yi used to be classmates, his impression of her was now completely overturned.
However, he couldn't understand - even if Xuan Yi had set a trap, didn't Luo Zhou say he truly loved Tang? How could he misunderstand Tang so easily?
Everyone continued eavesdropping on the gossip.
Ji Fei also saw the crucial part.
[Since Tang initially tried to borrow money from others, when Luo Zhou found out, he felt it matched what Xuan Yi had said. Of course, he didn't believe it right away, so after asking Tang about the reason, he secretly investigated but found no trace of the Tang Family borrowing money anywhere.]
The Qin family was confused by this twist - was it fake? Had Tang been deceived by her family?
[He deserves to be single! If it were Qin Xian, he would have investigated thoroughly. But this fool only scratched the surface, not knowing that the Tang Family had actually committed some violations and couldn't let others know about it. That's why they could only ask Tang, who was far away, to secretly raise money to help them through the crisis. Otherwise, if someone reported them, their family would be in trouble.]
Professional gossip-loving Qin family: So that's what happened.
Gap-finding sweet-tooth Qin Xian: It seems she's complimenting me...
[So he only discovered that the Tang Family hadn't borrowed money from others and concluded Tang was lying. When Tang had no choice but to ask him for help, he assumed she already knew his identity and was putting on an act to get money from him. He even became dramatically heartbroken and wanted to break up right there... Well, if you're so capable, why don't you actually break up? Why run away and give the cold shoulder? How impressive!]
After catching up on a week's worth of gossip, Ji Fei finally couldn't hold back anymore.
Although everything seemed to be a misunderstanding, that guy Luo Zhou... was so infuriating!
The Qin family listened with their heads buzzing. They couldn't imagine how devastating this must have been for Tang.
The most tragic part was that even if Tang told him now that she knew everything, Luo Zhou would still suspect she was after his money.
But wasn't this entirely Luo Zhou's fault? He was the one who built their relationship on deception from the start.
[Keep jumping around, you'll soon realize you're just a clown on the beam. Because of your rejection, Tang had no choice but to accept Xuan Yi's employment offer to become a makeup artist and wedding stylist for your mother and sister-in-law.]
The Qin family couldn't help but criticize - this Xuan Yi really couldn't stay quiet, could she?!
Was she afraid they hadn't hurt each other enough, so she had to expose everything in person?
Besides, the boyfriend is the young master of the house, while the girlfriend works as their makeup artist. Although there's no hierarchy in different jobs, from Xuan Yi's perspective, wasn't this deliberate humiliation?
[I want to see how Luo Zhou will react when he sees Tang.]
After finishing the gossip, Ji Fei looked at the invitation in Qin Xian's hand and asked, "So... are you going?"
Since it was a wine tasting party, Ji Fei had seen Qin Xian refuse similar invitations before, so she was worried he wouldn't go. If he didn't go, it wouldn't be appropriate for her to attend either.
"It's your friend's event, you should go."
Seeing Ji Fei's hopeful expression made Qin Xian's heart melt.
Looking at Ji Fei with an indulgent smile, even though he normally wouldn't attend such events, he would naturally accompany his wife if she wanted to go.
"Yes, we two..." Before Qin Xian could finish.
"The invitation is for our whole family, right?" Qin's Mom suddenly said.
Qin's Father said, "It's been a while since we attended a wine tasting. Old Luo should welcome us."
"I happen to be free," Qin Yan immediately added.
Qin Zhao coughed, "I want to buy some gifts to take abroad, and Luo family's wine is quite good."
"I... I... I actually wanted to learn about wine recently," Qin Rong finally found an excuse.
"Oh really! Then let's all go together!"
[Great, I don't have to face Qin Xian alone, hurray!]
Qin Xian: ...
His gaze swept across everyone present.
Everyone lowered their heads.
Sorry, although they wanted to help Qin Xian and Ji Fei's relationship, they couldn't waste such juicy gossip for their mere one percent chance of progress.
At this moment, gossip lovers, gossip souls, gossip was everything.
Perhaps because Qin Xian's gaze was too resentful, the whole family felt even more guilty.
Come on, once they get there, they'll just try not to move around with them, why be so petty.
Although Qin Xian was a hundred percent unwilling, on the day of the Luo family's wine tasting, the whole family still went together.
And they arrived earlier than all other guests.
Why? Obviously for the gossip!
Makeup artists usually arrive early.
What if the big drama explodes early?
Wouldn't it be a waste if they missed it?
But for families of the Qin family's status, having one representative would have been enough. Moreover, the relationship between the Luo and Qin families was really just between Luo Zhou and Qin Xian.
So when the whole family showed up together, the Luo family members who got the news were quite flattered and all came out to welcome them.
They gave them a warm welcome, wondering if they were planning to deepen their business cooperation.
They didn't notice.
After this family arrived, although they exchanged polite greetings, their eyes kept wandering around Luo Zhou and Xuan Yi, though the honest older brother also received some attention.
