From Runaway Bride to Global Queen
Chapter 291: Don’t Like Him

Chapter 291: Chapter 291: Don’t Like Him

Qiao Yi muttered to Lu Yanchuan as she scrolled through videos.

Suddenly, she received an email alert and when she opened it, she found it was sent anonymously.

Upon opening the email, she saw it contained dozens of compressed photos featuring an unexpected protagonist.

"It’s Song Yiyue..."

All were secretly taken photos of Song Yiyue and Ning Yuze dating, and a few of the last ones were of Lin Xiao having fun with a group of young wealthy men in a bar.

Qiao Yi recalled bumping into Song Yiyue at a restaurant at noon, and had noticed Song Yiyue guiltily glancing at Lin Xiao then, realizing that Song Yiyue was there to track Lin Xiao and Ning Yuze.

She initially thought Song Yiyue would do something, but never expected her to simply take a pile of photos and send them to her?

Why did Song Yiyue do this?

The photos were shot from excellent angles, and from them, Lin Xiao and Ning Yuze’s behavior looked very intimate, like a couple deeply in love.

Qiao Yi didn’t divulge that these were sent by Song Yiyue; instead, she saved all the photos to use later.

The photos indicated that Ning Yuze had indeed fulfilled the tasks she arranged well, taking Lin Xiao shopping in the morning and presenting a perfect lover image in front of her.

In the afternoon, he took Lin Xiao to meet other rich heirs to expose her to a world of lavish indulgence.

Don’t say Qiao Yi’s tactics were underhanded; such tactics only worked on someone eager like Lin Xiao. If Lin Xiao had been a good girl, she wouldn’t have separated from Qiao Yi at the banquet yesterday, wouldn’t have exchanged contact details with Ning Yuze, and she wouldn’t have had the chance to go out with Ning Yuze today.

It was the path Lin Xiao chose; what Qiao Yi did was simply offer her a poor choice.

Like putting two green apples on Lin Xiao’s plate, yet she insisted on eating the red apple on the table, convinced it tasted better.

She just didn’t know that in reality, green apples were a thousand times tastier than the appealing but possibly worm-infested red apple.

"This little girl from the Song family is quite interesting. Rather than Qiao Qiao wasting effort on Lin Xiao, he might as well get together with Song Yiyue. I saw some chemistry between them when I accompanied him on that blind date."

Qiao Yi didn’t realize she now looked like a worried mother, sighing and scolding her disobedient son.

"If you like, you could create some opportunities for them."

Qiao Yi was shocked; she hadn’t expected the usually serious Lu Yanchuan to suggest something like this!

"What’s so surprising? Isn’t that how we got together?"

Lu Yanchuan hinted with a raised eyebrow, and Qiao Yi cursed him as a ’bastard’ under her breath, blushing as she snuggled closer into his embrace and kept silent.

Thinking about it, if not for that incident back then, who knows what their relationship would be like now!

"No, I need to investigate properly. If Song Yiyue really is a good girl, maybe it wouldn’t be bad to match her with Qiao Qiao. I definitely don’t want to just get rid of Lin Xiao only to find myself with another trouble."

Lu Yanchuan seemed indifferent, and Qiao Yi having something to focus on was good, better than being idle and harassed by that rascal, Hound, all day.

Even though he had tasked Hound with protecting Qiao Yi originally, seeing Hound constantly around Qiao Yi while he couldn’t be with her due to work made a certain petty man unhappy.

Qiao Yi was already used to Lu Yanchuan’s pettiness; she reassured him symbolically a couple of times and then stopped bothering with it.

Song Yiyue’s investigation results were delivered into Qiao Yi’s hands within two days, but what surprised Qiao Yi was that Song Yiyue didn’t actually like Qiao Qiao; her crush was on another boy in class.

Since she didn’t like Qiao Qiao, why did she go to all the trouble to uncover Lin Xiao’s weak points and make sure to hand them over to her?

Qiao Yi was utterly baffled, so she arranged to meet Song Yiyue, planning to probe into her thoughts a bit.

"Last time I saw Miss Song at the restaurant, I didn’t get the chance to properly chit-chat before Miss Song left. Today, Miss Song can’t rush off again."

Song Yiyue looked preoccupied. Upon hearing Qiao Yi’s words, she just responded faintly without saying much.

Qiao Yi felt a bit disappointed, judging by her expression, she probably wouldn’t get any answers today.

With this thought, Qiao Yi relaxed, and their meal had a purer purpose, leading their conversation to flow more freely.

"When you were all studying, was Qiao Qiao particularly mischievous at school? I remember I even helped him fight several times!"

"Yes, back then Qiao Qiao was especially troublesome, and not very strong, so he was often cornered and then we had to bail him out."

A hint of nostalgia flashed in Song Yiyue’s eyes, her smile seemed somewhat forced as if recalling something.

"Speaking of, many of Qiao Qiao’s fights were because of Miss Song. He always heard someone wanted to court you, so he would go and get into fights, so foolish."

Qiao Yi and Song Yiyue laughed together.

Their voices might have carried as several tables nearby glanced their way.

Qiao Yi noticed their gazes. She wasn’t particularly concerned, but Song Yiyue glanced casually to the side then froze.

Following her gaze, there at a diagonal in front of them, were Lin Xiao and Ning Yuze!

Just as Qiao Yi looked that way, Lin Xiao and Ning Yuze also turned to look over.

Eyes met, one startled, another panicked.

Qiao Yi casually smiled and said to Song Yiyue, then left her seat and approached Lin Xiao and Ning Yuze, bending slightly to greet them.

"What a coincidence, Miss Lin and Mr. Ning are also here, having a meal, eh?"

Qiao Yi deliberately emphasized the words "having a meal", and while her gaze on Lin Xiao carried a smile, it made Lin Xiao’s face turn bright red.

"Qiao... Miss Qiao... you’re here too?"

"I’m here dining with a friend, and happened to bump into Miss Lin and Mr. Ning on a date, what a coincidence indeed!"

Hearing Qiao Yi mention the word ’date’, Lin Xiao opened her mouth as if wanting to explain something, but noticing that Ning Yuze didn’t refute, she too gave up on refuting and accepted Qiao Yi’s interpretation.

Although she appeared calm on the surface, her mind was already racing to find the perfect counter strategy.

Qiao Qiao did like her, and was indeed quite naive in matters of the heart, but that doesn’t mean Qiao Qiao would be foolish regarding principled matters!

If Qiao Yi tells Qiao Qiao about her dating another man, Qiao Qiao definitely wouldn’t treat her nicely anymore!

If Qiao Yi spoke a bit more, Qiao Qiao might end up completely detesting her!

She hadn’t yet secured what she wanted, and she couldn’t afford to cut off things with Qiao Qiao now!