Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 499 - 481 Entanglement (Part One)

Chapter 499: Chapter 481 Entanglement (Part One)

After several unsuccessful attempts to get close to the beautiful Fan Meiren, Zhao Xuan gradually became disheartened. To make matters worse, the oblivious Qi Xinrou kept drumming in her ear, talking about how Fan used her superior family background to look down on others with disdain.

It was then that Zhao Xuan realized Fan’s background was extraordinary. Seeing that Fan had no intention of becoming "besties" with her, and considering the gap in their social status, Zhao Xuan reluctantly stopped trying to approach her.

But she couldn’t help beginning to pay attention to Fan. Through her observations, Zhao Xuan noticed that Fan wasn’t cold just towards her; she was almost this way with everyone, which is why she had earned the nickname "Ice Queen."

Perhaps this time she could take the opportunity to foster a relationship with Fan, and who knew, maybe they could even become true best friends.

Zhao Xuan thought happily, holding the invitation.

She didn’t care at all whether Fan’s sudden friendly gestures were because of the Lu Family; as long as she could use this chance to get closer to her, that’s all that mattered.

"Xuan Xuan."

As Zhao Xuan was basking in her thoughts, she heard a familiar but timid voice calling her.

Zhao Xuan instantly suppressed her joy, put away the invitation with disgust, and looked up at Qi Xinrou with a serious face, "Qi Xinrou, we are no longer friends. Could you please stop calling me ’Xuan Xuan’? If you keep calling me that, I’ll feel so disgusted I won’t be able to eat."

Zhao Xuan’s voice wasn’t quiet at all and most of the students who hadn’t left yet suddenly quietened down. The attention of many was drawn inadvertently her way, and quite a few even stopped their departure to watch the excitement.

Hearing Zhao Xuan’s unreserved words, quite a few people couldn’t help but laugh in muffled tones.

Zhao Xuan had recently become quite infamous. Over the course of three years as classmates, she was silent and unnoticed until her family supposedly faced a crisis, like a financial emergency. Then rumors surfaced that her best friend right in front of her had snatched her boyfriend away, a melodrama of betrayal by both her best friend and boyfriend.

Everyone watched her fall into a slump for several days, and her once inseparable best sister turned into an enemy who ignored each other.

Just when everyone thought the matter was settled, the plot suddenly twisted and whispers emerged, claiming that Zhao’s background was also quite formidable, but she had always been low-key.

Overnight, the winds changed direction; the "princes" and "princesses" of the campus, rumored to have strong backing, began to curry favor with her.

Especially since they had just witnessed the campus Ice Queen personally inviting Zhao Xuan to her birthday party. This unprecedented event seemed to confirm the rumors, and so the way everyone looked at Zhao Xuan changed, now tinged with a hint of awe.

"Xuan Xuan, please forgive me. There must be some misunderstanding between us. Aren’t we always the best of friends? And you really misunderstood my relationship with Baili Chengye. In his heart, it’s always only been you," pleaded Qi Xinrou, her face turning pale and her expression one of hurt, looking pitifully at Zhao Xuan and speaking in a low, humble tone.

This was Qi Xinrou’s usual trick on Zhao Xuan. In the past, whenever she showed such an expression, even if Zhao Xuan was furious inside, she couldn’t help but forgive what Qi Xinrou had done. But this time, Zhao Xuan’s reaction clearly caught her off guard.

Zhao Xuan let out a cold laugh and said with a face full of scorn, "We both know whether there’s been a misunderstanding between us, don’t we? Previously, I was blind to consider you my best friend, and it was my fault for not seeing people for who they truly are. Thankfully, it’s not too late to correct this mistake. From now on, it’s better for us to just treat each other as strangers."

Having said her piece, Zhao Xuan picked up her bag and prepared to leave.

She couldn’t forgive Qi Xinrou and Baili Chengye, but revenge was not what she desired. Her chance encounter with Lu Jinsheng this time made her more willing to believe that providence is fair.

Good and evil will eventually be repaid; she didn’t want to become a person unrecognizable even to herself just for the sake of those unworthy.

Nor did she want to impose any of her emotions on the likes of Qi Xinrou and Baili Chengye anymore. What the Bai Family owed her had already been fully repaid.

In recent days, the chairman of Baili Group, Baili Xiangsong, had been found colluding with the senior executives of Zhao Group, conspiring to undermine the Zhao Family that had once helped them through tough times. A series of ungrateful criminal acts, including poisoning the chairman of the Zhao Family and other calculated harms, had been met with severe legal punishment.

Although Baili Xiangsong took on all the responsibility and did not implicate his family, the need to compensate the Zhao Family for their losses resulted in Baili Group’s collapse virtually overnight, turning into a thing of the past.

Given the court’s strong and rapid enforcement this time, the accounts of Baili Group, Baili Xiangsong, and even his family members, were immediately frozen.

Subsequently, their assets, whether registered in the company’s or personal names, were also promptly banned from sale. All the funds that the Zhao Family had initially assisted Baili Group with were recovered with interest, including Zhao De’an’s medical expenses, compensation for emotional distress, loss of earnings, and so on...

Even the private savings that Zhao Xuan had been tricked out of by Baili Chengye, in order not to tarnish Zhao Xuan’s reputation, were eventually charged to Baili Xiangsong’s account. To avoid implicating Baili Chengye, Baili Xiangsong gritted his teeth and shouldered the responsibility himself.

Because of all these factors, the Bai Family’s fortune evaporated in an instant. Whether Baili Chengye and his mother liked it or not, within just a few days, nearly all of their real estate was auctioned off, and even the apartment bought by Baili Chengye near B University, which he used to indulge in his affairs, did not escape.

According to the latest news Zhao Xuan received, Baili Xiangsong was sentenced to life imprisonment and would likely spend the rest of his days behind bars without a chance of getting out.

As for Baili Chengye, he and his mother were now left with nothing but a humble house under fifty square meters, owned by the Bai Family before their rise to wealth, where the mother and son could take refuge.

It is easy to transition from frugality to luxury, but difficult to return to frugality from luxury. Accustomed to the life of wealth and privilege, suddenly reverting to the conditions before their rise, this must be the greatest punishment for the two of them.

Even though they still possessed quite a few valuable belongings, the mother and son did not seem to know the frugal way of turning those assets into money to invest and try to make a comeback.

Or at the very least, they could have bought another property for investment while renting out the old house to improve their living conditions.

Instead, brought to this state, they couldn’t bear the hardships of daily life, still employing a maid and unable to change their luxurious eating habits. They spent money like water, and seeing how they had no incoming funds, only expenses, it was certain they wouldn’t last long. Their good days were bound to come to an end soon.