From Runaway Bride to Global Queen
Chapter 213: Plan Goes Awry

Chapter 213: Chapter 213: Plan Goes Awry

Calling Qiao Xin a persistent annoyance would be a compliment—just seeing her face is giving Qiao Yi a headache.

She really wants to get rid of her!

"Spit it out if you have something to say, fart if you need to!"

Qiao Xin was taken aback for a moment, then Qiao Yi rolled her eyes, pushed past her, and continued to walk ahead.

"Isn’t there something you want to discuss with me alone, sister?"

"There’s probably nothing between us worth discussing, and even if there were, I wouldn’t want to talk to you about it."

In front of Qiao Xin, Qiao Yi never hid her disgust.

This attitude nearly made Qiao Xin grind her teeth to bits, but remembering Lin Ke’s plan, she managed to suppress her rage and blocked Qiao Yi’s path again.

"If you don’t listen, I guarantee you’ll regret it."

"Oh."

With indifferent disdain breaking the usual pattern, Qiao Yi snorted through her nose, completely ignoring Qiao Xin as she bulldozed right through.

Qiao Xin didn’t stand a chance against Qiao Yi’s strength and staggered backward, nearly falling over.

Seeing Qiao Yi’s attitude suggested that if she kept pestering her, Qiao Yi might actually get physical.

She didn’t know if Lin Ke had made her move, but she had done her best.

At that moment, Lin Ke, who Qiao Xin was counting on, was grinding her teeth with hatred—not over anything else, but over the glass of wine Ning Yuze was holding in his hand.

That was the drink Lin Ke had prepared for Lu Yanchuan, and before the waiter could return it to him, Ning Yuze had snatched it first!

Lin Ke didn’t recognize Ning Yuze and saw him as just some rich young master. Despite her teeth-clenching rage, Lin Ke couldn’t cause a scene.

After all, if someone discovered she planned to drug Lu Yanchuan, she certainly wouldn’t get off easy.

"How did it go?"

Qiao Xin appeared behind Lin Ke without a sound, and Lin Ke turned around with a look of helplessness and anger.

"A lunatic drank the wine, the plan’s a bust!"

She had envisioned countless failure scenarios, even being publicly exposed by Lu Yanchuan, but she never anticipated her drugged wine being intercepted by someone.

Qiao Xin was utterly baffled.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean it literally! The waiter you arranged didn’t even get close to Lu Yanchuan before a lunatic stopped him and drank the wine!"

This outcome left Qiao Xin stunned.

Wouldn’t it just be fate? Perhaps even destiny didn’t want Lin Ke to succeed, hence this farcical mix-up.

Amid the crowd, Lu Yanchuan was easy to spot, and Qiao Yi had no trouble finding him.

"What’s wrong? You don’t look very happy."

"I just got stopped by Qiao Xin; she said a bunch of inexplicable stuff."

Annoyed at the thought of Qiao Xin, Lu Yanchuan listened to Qiao Yi’s complaints and joined her in reviling Qiao Xin to make her feel better.

The two people standing on the second floor looked down at Lu Yanchuan and Qiao Yi, hand in hand, with eyes filled with hate and jealousy.

They absolutely couldn’t allow those two to stay this smug!

Qiao Xin turned and walked away; Lin Ke stood there for a while before she too turned to leave.

Today’s plan had failed; there was no point in staying and causing more trouble. It was better to leave early.

As for the lunatic who drank the spiked wine, let him face his own consequences! Serves him right!

Lin Ke descended the stairs and headed towards the back door. As she turned a corner, a large hand covered her mouth and dragged her into a corner.

"Ummmph!"

Who is it! Who has the audacity to start a fight at the Lu Family banquet!

Lin Ke’s heart trembled mightily as she struggled to break free.

But the man holding her was too strong, she, a delicate and frail flower, stood no chance against him and could only be forcefully dragged away into the corridor.

The dim corridor regained its silence, Qiao Xin was still shaking with fright and amidst her fear, she started to scheme.

Lu Ming was in the hall entertaining guests when suddenly a waiter whispered a few words to him.

"Are you sure it is Miss Lin? What does she look like?"

With the waiter’s description, Lu Ming confirmed that the person looking for him was Lin Ke.

Why was Lin Ke looking for him at this time, didn’t she know today was the old master’s birthday celebration!

Feeling a bit impatient with Lin Ke, Lu Ming hesitated but then decided to go see Lin Ke together with the waiter.

"Miss Lin is inside."

The waiter bowed slightly and quietly withdrew.

Why was Lin Ke meeting him so secretly?

Lu Ming, filled with suspicion, pushed open the door in front of him.

But as soon as he opened a crack, the ambiguous moans from inside made Lu Ming’s face turn ashen.

Lu Ming kicked the door open with a bang, stormed in angrily, and the scene before his eyes made him want to kill!

He saw Lin Ke and Ning Yuze entwined passionately, so engrossed that they didn’t even hear the door open.

With Ning Yuze’s low growl, both of them convulsed a few times, then let out long breaths like exhausted fish.

"What are you doing!"

Lu Ming’s roar was accompanied by his frenzied beating.

Lu Ming didn’t care what he grabbed, he just picked up a weapon and started hitting Ning Yuze.

Ning Yuze and Lin Ke, still lost in pleasure, couldn’t react and were completely defenseless against the unexpected onslaught.

"Ah!!!!"

"Ah!!!!!!"

The man’s furious roars and the woman’s screams mixed together, and within a few minutes, Ning Yuze was on the ground with a bloodied head, uncertain between life and death.

"Stop hitting! Stop, he’s going to die!"

Lin Ke’s screams stopped Lu Ming’s movements, and Lu Ming looked at Lin Ke with pent-up fury, leaving her speechless under his gaze.

"Ming..."

Lin Ke frantically searched her mind for ways to explain the situation.

She didn’t even know how things got to this point, only remembering being dragged into a room and then being forced to drink a glass of wine...

The wine! It was the wine she had drugged!

"Ming, listen to my explanation! It was him, he forced me to drink a glass of wine, it wasn’t me, not me!"

Lin Ke’s cries were pitiful, but paired with her freshly indulged appearance, Lu Ming found no sympathy.

"Not you? Was it me, then? I saw it with my own eyes; how would you argue against that!"

A few days ago, Qiao Yi caught Lin Ke seducing Lu Yanchuan, and he didn’t believe it at the time; now, it seemed Qiao Yi was right, he was just too foolish! Lin Ke played him like a fool!

Lin Ke was so anxious she wanted to explode, with no time to ponder why Lu Ming would arrive so coincidentally, or why Ning Yuze had targeted her specifically, all she could think about was how to make Lu Ming believe her!

"Ming, I was forced, I have evidence, there’s something wrong with the wine he gave me! You must believe me!"

Lin Ke reached out to grab Lu Ming as she spoke, but he moved aside, evading her touch, and seeing this, Lin Ke cried even more heartbrokenly.

"Don’t you want to believe me at all? If I really wanted to betray you, why would I come to the hotel where the old master is hosting a banquet!"