How I Became The Devil's Last and Only Love
Chapter 125: Openly Favoring

Chapter 125: Chapter 125: Openly Favoring

Qi Yaya noticed the odd expression on Li Xiaoxiao’s face and awkwardly explained, "I really do like you, but the other autographs are for my classmates. They knew I was coming to this banquet today and asked me for autographs. I couldn’t really say no, so I agreed, haha."

"You, you’re just too kind-hearted, like a steamed bun, easily taken advantage of." Fang Anning couldn’t help but say.

She could almost imagine how those people coerced Qi Yaya into asking for autographs at the banquet.

Qi Yaya said with a sheepish smile, "We’re all classmates, how could I have the heart to refuse them? It’s just a small request, and they wouldn’t refuse me either."

"Yeah, they wouldn’t refuse you because you’re the young lady of the Qi family, not because you’re Qi Yaya," Fang Anning said.

At that moment, Zhao Yuanyuan walked over, gave Qi Yaya a glance, and furrowed her brows, but she didn’t call out to her. Instead, she turned to look for He Min.

Fang Anning could feel Zhao Yuanyuan’s disdain from the corner of her eye and couldn’t help but ask Qi Yaya, "Your mom must not like me much, has she never told you to stop hanging out with me?"

Qi Yaya nodded, "Of course, she’s said it before and scolded me many times."

"Yet you still look for me," said Fang Anning.

Qi Yaya promptly replied with earnest, "I can’t just cut ties with my friends because she scolds me. That’s not right."

Fang Anning found it both funny and sad, and patted her shoulder, saying, "You really are a naïve girl."

"But honestly, I didn’t expect you to become He Tingchen’s wife," Qi Yaya said.

Fang Anning said, "I didn’t expect it myself."

Then she smiled with a tinge of mischief.

Qi Yaya whispered to her, "You must be careful of my little aunt, she has returned this time determined to reclaim everything that belongs to her, which includes He Tingchen."

"Why are you siding with me when she’s your little aunt?"

"Because I don’t think what my little aunt is doing is right. She was the one who gave up He Tingchen and left with someone else. Now that she’s been dumped, she wants to come back for He Tingchen—that’s a homewrecker’s behavior," Qi Yaya earnestly said.

"Your values are really commendable," Fang Anning couldn’t help but give a thumbs up.

Qi Yaya said proudly, "Of course, the one I like is Bai Yunyang—he’s a true gentleman. Naturally, I should learn from him."

"If you like him so much, why not confess to him? Or have your mother make a marriage proposal to his family. You two are a good match," Fang Anning suggested.

Qi Yaya pouted, "My mom would never let me be with him. She favors Liao Hanfeng and wants me to marry into the Liao family."

Fang Anning: "..."

Li Xiaoxiao furrowed her brows, quickly asking, "Your mother wants you to marry Liao Hanfeng?"

"Yes, Liao Hanfeng and I were pledged to each other since we were little, so my mom would never consider approaching the Bai family for a marriage proposal," Qi Yaya said gloomily.

Li Xiaoxiao’s face turned even grimmer, her teeth lightly biting her lip, her fists clenched tightly in secret.

Fang Anning quickly consoled her, "Xiaoxiao, don’t be sad. Look, Yaya doesn’t even like Liao Hanfeng, and he surely doesn’t like her either."

"Right, he likes Bai Yunzhu," Qi Yaya quickly added.

Li Xiaoxiao’s complexion worsened.

Fang Anning quickly nudged Qi Yaya with her finger, motioning her to stop talking.

Qi Yaya frowned and said, "What’s wrong? I didn’t say anything incorrect! Ah, Bai Yunzhu is here, and Bai Yunyang is too."

Qi Yaya excitedly pointed towards the entrance.

Indeed, Bai Yunyang arrived with Bai Yunzhu.

Bai Yunzhu was holding a gift box—the same one she had fought over with Fang Anning before.

Her eyes caught sight of Fang Anning and she raised her eyebrow triumphantly, then walked towards He Min.

But halfway there, she encountered Liao Hanfeng, who was looking for Li Xiaoxiao.

Knowing the relationship between Li Xiaoxiao and Fang Anning, Bai Yunzhu immediately stopped Liao Hanfeng and said, "Ah Feng, accompany me to see my aunt."

"Yunzhu, but I still have something to do," Liao Hanfeng wanted to refuse.

Bai Yunzhu immediately stomped her foot and pouted, saying, "What could you possibly have to do? You’re the host today, is this how you treat your guests?"

"Don’t be mad, alright, alright, I’ll go with you to see my mom." Liao Hanfeng, used to pandering to Bai Yunzhu, immediately panicked when she got angry.

Bai Yunzhu nodded happily, turned her head with a smug look towards Fang Anning and Li Xiaoxiao, and continued walking forward with Liao Hanfeng’s arm in hers.

Liao Hanfeng didn’t even notice Li Xiaoxiao watching him as he left with Bai Yunzhu.

Fang Anning immediately took hold of Li Xiaoxiao’s hand.

Li Xiaoxiao’s hand was somewhat cold.

Fang Anning said, "If you don’t like him, just dump him. It’s not a big deal."

Li Xiaoxiao shook her head, "Why dump him? What I like, I shall firmly keep in my grasp."

Qi Yaya, still not understanding the situation, said to Fang Anning, "See, Liao Hanfeng just likes Bai Yunzhu. Ever since they were kids, he always hangs around her like a puppy."

Li Xiaoxiao bit her lip again, gripping Fang Anning’s hand tightly, struggling to contain her emotions.

It pained Fang Anning to see her in such distress.

She suddenly stood up and said to Li Xiaoxiao and Qi Yaya, "I’m going to greet the birthday boy. Do you want to come along?"

Li Xiaoxiao shook her head; with her status, she had no right to do so.

And since He Min had never liked her, she didn’t want to go out of her way for rejection.

Qi Yaya was happy to say, "Great, I’ll go with you."

She had seen Bai Yunyang went over, so she wanted to go as well.

Fang Anning nodded and signaled Li Xiaoxiao with a look, telling her to sit here properly.

Fang Anning took Qi Yaya with her.

Qi Yaya’s eyes were only for Bai Yunyang, unable to see anyone else.

After Bai Yunzhu brought Liao Hanfeng over, she immediately let go of his arm and greeted He Tingchen with a soft and delicate voice.

"Mr. He."

He Tingchen didn’t even look at her, expressionless.

Bai Yunzhu felt deflated and a bit gloomy, but thankfully He Min was still nice to her, soon asking warmly with a smile, "Yunzhu, what birthday gift have you prepared for me? You’re the most caring, it must be something I like."

"Of course, Aunt, I’ve prepared a set of jewelry for you," Bai Yunzhu immediately said.

"Really? I love jewelry the most," He Min said with a smile.

Bai Yunzhu smiled and opened the box.

He Min’s face changed as soon as she saw it.

Liao Hanfeng whispered immediately: "How could you forget that my mom hates jadeite the most?"

"Ah, but Fang..."

"Ah, Miss Bai, you really did bring this jadeite set to give to auntie. You’re really something, why hold such a grudge?" Fang Anning came over and said.

Bai Yunzhu urgently asked, "Fang Anning, what are you talking about?"

Fang Anning said, "I’m saying Miss Bai is holding such a grudge because auntie didn’t help you win over Tingchen’s favor, you actually sent her the gift she hates the most."

After saying that, Fang Anning looked at He Min and said, "Aunt, you don’t know, when I went to pick out a gift for you yesterday, I happened to run into Miss Bai also choosing a gift for you. She bragged to me that she knew you didn’t like jadeite, but still insisted on giving you jadeite, to teach you a lesson so you’ll remember to help her properly next time, otherwise, you would really turn against her. You’d surely be scared and help her become Mrs. He sooner, so that I’d be kicked out."

"Aunt, I’ve never said such things, don’t listen to her nonsense," Bai Yunzhu said in a hurry.

He Min was so angry her face turned green, and she looked at Bai Yunzhu with a gloomy expression and asked, "Never said? Knowing that I hate jadeite, why would you still gift me a set of jadeite?"

Bai Yunzhu choked up, trying to explain, "Aunt, it was all my fault, I fell for that woman’s trick. Yesterday, it was she who selected the jadeite, claiming she had asked Young Mr. Feng and you loved jadeite the most. I forcefully took it from her, wanting to win your favor. I’m sorry, I forgot you hated jadeite, it’s all my fault."

"Idiot," He Min cursed out loud.

She naturally knew Bai Yunzhu was telling the truth; Fang Anning was deliberately stirring up trouble.

But this made her even angrier.

She had thought Bai Yunzhu was a well-bred lady, beautiful, from a good family, smart, and obedient to her, perfectly suited to be Mrs. He.

But unexpectedly, she turned out to be a vase with nothing but looks.

"Miss Bai, you’ve wrongly accused me. When did I say yesterday that aunt liked jadeite? I did remind you, the thing aunt hates the most is jadeite, but you stubbornly insisted on upsetting her on her birthday," Fang Anning said.

"You wicked woman, you deliberately set me up."

Bai Yunzhu, feeling wronged with nowhere to turn, was so angry she raised her hand to strike Fang Anning.

Of course, she couldn’t hit Fang Anning.

He Tingchen protected Fang Anning behind him.

And Bai Yunyang also caught her wrist, scolding her in a low voice, "Not embarrassed enough?"

"Brother, why are you stopping me, I just want to teach this bad woman a lesson today. She’s bullying me like this, and you’re not helping me, yet you’re stopping me."

"Sorry, my little sister is young and ignorant, we’ve spoiled your fun, I’ll take her away now. Also, I’ve prepared a gift that Mrs. Liao might like." Bai Yunyang let go of Bai Yunzhu’s hand and had someone take care of her.

Then, he personally brought a set of jewelry.

This set was more elegant than the pearl jewelry Fang Anning brought, but He Min wasn’t the least bit happy when she saw it.

How could she be happy today, having been embarrassed to the extreme?

However, she couldn’t afford to impugn Bai Yunyang’s dignity and could only nod for someone to accept it.

After Bai Yunyang gave out the gift, he pulled Bai Yunzhu away.

Qi Yaya watched Bai Yunyang leave with sadness, wanting to greet him but not daring to, she could only stare as he walked away.

"How is it?"

He Tingchen asked Fang Anning.

Fang Anning shook her head with a smile: "It’s nothing."

"I’m afraid you’re scared," He Tingchen said.

Fang Anning found it funny inside, knowing that everyone was aware that she was targeting Bai Yunzhu and had bullied her, yet he said he was afraid she had been scared.

Wasn’t this plainly showing everyone that Fang Anning was under his protection, He Tingchen? Wasn’t this blatant favoritism?

Indeed, there was the favoritism from He Tingchen.

Although He Min nearly detested Fang Anning to death for ruining her mood, she didn’t dare do anything to Fang Anning.

"I’m going to change my clothes," He Min told everyone.

Zhao Yuanyuan accompanied her to leave.