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Chapter 94: Defeating Everyone Without Raising a Voice or Color

Chapter 94: Chapter 94: Defeating Everyone Without Raising a Voice or Color

Fu Yichen immediately seemed a bit disgusted, and spoke with disdain, "Then you really aren’t worthy of our Mr. Pei. Both Mr. Pei and Xiangxiang graduated from prestigious universities as top students."

Qiao Rui nodded. "Mr. Fu is right. A person like Mr. Pei should look for that kind of proud peacock princess, I’m definitely not on his level."

Fu Yichen hadn’t expected Qiao Rui to self-deprecate, speaking as if she didn’t care at all.

He originally wanted to provoke this country girl, but she didn’t seem to care.

Fu Yichen was left dumbfounded and found it difficult to respond.

He Zheng glanced at Qiao Xiang, who was wearing a dress that indeed resembled a princess gown.

Uh!

He Zheng turned his head to look away, his lips twitching even more fiercely.

Pei Liyan glanced at him and kicked his leather shoe with his foot.

He Zheng immediately came to his senses and looked at Qiao Rui with a solemn expression, "Sister-in-law, don’t be so modest. You are more than worthy of Liyan."

Qiao Rui couldn’t help but look at He Zheng, "It’s not modesty, Mr. He, I actually know myself well. Look at me – no talent, no beauty, just lucky."

Fu Yichen looked quite displeased.

The expression on Qiao Xiang’s face was not good either.

Gu Chengxu chimed in, "After all is said and done, you still haven’t said where you graduated from."

"I stopped going at eighteen, dropped out, didn’t make it into college," Fu Yichen was just as impolite, speaking to Qiao Rui with the same sharp tone.

Qiao Rui was indifferent.

At this moment, Qiao Xiang seemed to be taken aback, then sighed, "Don’t ask anymore. My sixth sister grew up in the countryside, life was tough, it’s normal for her not to have attended school."

With her saying this, everyone cast admiring glances at Qiao Xiang.

Qiao Xiang was kind, even trying to help Qiao Rui out of her predicament.

Qiao Rui also smiled and said, "That’s right, elder sister. Grandpa was so poor, he couldn’t afford to educate me. I never expected our Qiao Family to be that poor!"

Her words immediately placed Qiao Xiang in an awkward situation.

Being the Qiao Family’s eldest miss and being told her family was poor was a huge embarrassment.

This bumpkin really was bad luck; if it weren’t for Pei Liyan, she really wouldn’t have invited her to the housewarming party.

This was truly adding to her troubles.

Everyone listening to Qiao Rui’s words were taken aback, and Qiao Xiang also had a bad look on her face.

Fu Yichen immediately said, "The Qiao Family isn’t poor, you are poor."

"Yichen!" He Zheng glanced at Fu Yichen and interjected at the right moment, "It’s a blessing for the Pei Family to have such a humble and low-key sister-in-law."

As soon as he said this, Qiao Xiang’s expression changed again.

She couldn’t help but look at He Zheng.

He Zheng continued, "Liyan likes to keep things low-key."

Qiao Rui lowered her eyes, neither humble nor arrogant, "Mr. He is too kind. I don’t have any particular style, and I don’t understand those things. My elder sister is Mr. Pei’s secretary; you’ll be able to support Mr. Pei well in the future. I wish elder sister a future as splendid as brocade, dreams come true, Mr. Pei wealth rolling in, and happiness in remarriage."

As soon as she finished speaking, He Zheng chuckled.

There was always a strange feeling, as if Qiao Rui’s words were cursing, yet she looked so serious that it seemed incredibly sincere.

This odd feeling made He Zheng unable to help but glance at Pei Liyan.

The man also frowned, giving Qiao Rui a meaningful look.

She was actually wishing him happiness in remarriage.

She was implying she wanted a divorce herself.

Indeed, she had never wanted to marry him at first.

But hearing these words from her, especially in front of everyone, made Pei Liyan feel very uncomfortable.

He displeasedly looked at Qiao Rui, "Happiness in remarriage?"

Qiao Rui said, "Yes, Mr. Pei. It seems like your brothers really wish for us to divorce. Why don’t you just let me go? I can’t afford to provoke you and your brothers."

Her straightforwardness immediately caused a bit of an awkward silence among the group.

Qiao Rui was too direct.

So direct that it made it difficult for Fu Yichen and Gu Chengxu to respond.

The two of them were upset tonight for Pei Liyan’s sake and felt injustice for Qiao Xiang.

By then, Qiao Rui had taken the initiative to say she had no interest in Pei Liyan at all.

All this implied that the choice was Pei Liyan’s own doing, and what did it have to do with her?

This infuriated Fu Yichen even more, and he huffed lightly. "Are we here to warm up, or to listen to your storytelling?"

Qiao Rui’s smile remained light, "Of course we’re here to warm up. I thought Mr. Fu had forgotten."

Fu Yichen paused, apparently trying to control his anger.

With just a casually uttered sentence from the country bumpkin, he instantly felt mocked, and the aggravating part was that this bumpkin looked completely innocent.

He Zheng laughed, glancing at Fu Yichen; it was apparent he was no match for Qiao Rui.

He Zheng was surprised anew by how formidable Qiao Rui was.

On the evening the bride selection had just ended, Qiao Rui was able to escape unscathed amidst the siege of her cousins without batting an eye, silently.

If that day was a coincidence, today was not.

She truly had the ability to defeat everyone coolly and calmly, armed only with her eloquence.

Indeed remarkable.

Pei Liyan seemed to have seen it all before.

He Zheng sighed internally and shot Fu Yichen a look, but Fu Yichen seemed utterly unreceptive to it.

All of this did not escape Qiao Rui’s notice.

At that moment, Qiao Rui’s phone rang.

Everyone startled, turning their eyes to her, seemingly curious that she even had a phone.

Qiao Rui smiled slightly and said, "Someone from my village is calling, excuse me, I need to take this call."

She looked at everyone, nodded slightly, and stood up to take the call outside.

Jiang Jinfeng’s voice came through: "Ancestress, is it convenient?"

"No!" Qiao Rui replied.

"Then just listen to me, okay?"

"Hmm," Qiao Rui moved farther outside. "Okay."

"Robbin insists on talking to you, it’s urgent," Jiang Jinfeng said anxiously, "about the studio."

Qiao Rui had already reached the doorway. "Let him speak to me then."

Soon, Robbin’s American English was heard on the other end of the phone.

Robbin was a foreigner and spoke only in English.

In the end, Qiao Rui could only manage a simple sentence in English, but it was enough for several people inside the room to hear.

Her pronunciation was pure American, fluent and concise.

Qiao Xiang was taken aback, involuntarily looking at Qiao Rui.

She had already hung up the phone.

Qiao Xiang looked at Qiao Rui suspiciously, as she did not come back.

Gu Chengxu heard her and picked up on that, calling out loudly, "Sister-in-law, were you speaking English just now?"

Qiao Rui was startled; she had already tried to keep her voice low, yet she was still overheard.

She laughed and said, "Nope, I was speaking in dialect. Maybe you misheard?"

"So that dialect of yours is from the United States, huh?" Fu Yichen mocked.

Qiao Rui laughed, adopting an attitude of ’say what you like, I’m not stooping to your level.’

Fu Yichen instantly felt disinterested, holding his breath with annoyance, unable to vent it out.

Pei Liyan gave Qiao Rui a meaningful glance, took out a cigarette, and said to He Zheng, "Shall we go out for a smoke?"

"Let’s go!"

Qiao Rui was still at the door when Pei Liyan approached her, his penetrating gaze landing on her.

Suddenly, Pei Liyan said in English, "You look guilty."

Qiao Rui raised an eyebrow. Guilty?

Not her.

Her expression was composed, calm, as if she hadn’t heard a thing, walking past Pei Liyan.