"Why are you all looking at me like that?" Xi Fu didn't think there was anything wrong with her actions.
If someone was going to make Lei Xirui retreat, she was more suitable than Xia Qingyu.
Lei Xirui quietly picked up her teacup and continued to drink tea. She knew nothing.
Xia Qingyu shifted her gaze. Anyway, it had nothing to do with her from beginning to end, and she was too lazy to bother.
Picking up her teacup, Xia Qingyu continued to drink her own tea.
"Xi Fu, you're not a child anymore. Don't act like this anymore," Tarik said directly. "I don't want Qingyu to misunderstand."
"Ahem..." Suddenly being called out, Xia Qingyu couldn't help but cough lightly. What did this have to do with her?
Hearing Tarik say that, Xi Fu lost face. Her gaze flickered as she found an excuse to back down: "What does it matter? Qingyu is already used to it, isn't she? She won't mind."
Lei Xirui lowered her head, her hand holding the teacup trembling slightly. Wow... this was so stimulating?
"Even if Qingyu minded, she wouldn't say it," Tarik said, then handed his handkerchief to Xia Qingyu. "Qingyu, don't overthink it. She and I have never been that kind of relationship."
"I didn't... overthink it either." Xia Qingyu put down her teacup, didn't take Tarik's handkerchief, but instead took a tissue prepared by the small round table, wiped the corner of her mouth, and said, "I don't want to get involved in your affairs."
Anyone with eyes could see that Xi Fu liked Tarik.
Couldn't Tarik find Xi Fu directly if he wanted someone to act?
Why go through the trouble of embarrassing her?
She didn't want to be involved in this matter in the first place. Since that was the case, she would find an excuse to successfully withdraw from this grand drama.
After all, she didn't want to act.
"Tarik, Xi Fu is also very good," Xia Qingyu looked at Tarik and winked suggestively. Why not just choose Xi Fu? Since Xi Fu was eager to participate, she could directly withdraw.
"No matter how good Xi Fu is, it has nothing to do with me. My heart belongs only to you!" Seeing Xia Qingyu trying to slip away, Tarik raised an eyebrow. "Don't give up on our vows, my little pearl!"
Did she not want her pearl anymore by slipping away now?
"!" Xia Qingyu gasped upon hearing the threat in Tarik's words.
What a joke!
Didn't he have Xi Fu to act? Why was he dragging her along now?!
Lei Xirui had now switched to vibrate mode.
Oh my god... he called her Little Pearl...
What kind of sweet romance drama was this setting?
Was this something she could listen to for free?
"Tarik!" Xi Fu clearly cared about Tarik's address to Xia Qingyu: "Are you really going to betray me for her?"
"Xi Fu, I have never had that kind of feeling for you, and we can never be that kind of relationship." Tarik looked at Xi Fu and said. They had grown up together since childhood. The affection he had for Xi Fu was never love, nor could it be love.
"Tarik..." Xi Fu's eyes reddened upon hearing Tarik's rejection.
Lei Xirui swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Oh my god... so stimulating.
On the entire table, she seemed to be the only one who felt redundant.
It seemed... she shouldn't be here, she should be under the table...
"Xirui, let's go talk in my room." Xia Qingyu, unable to bear it any longer, stood up.
Seeing Tarik also stand up, Xia Qingyu glared at him coldly and said, "Tarik, deal with Xi Fu properly before you come over, understand?"
Seriously, what kind of melodramatic show had this turned into?
Hearing this, Tarik didn't protest and just sat back in his chair.
Indeed, he needed to settle things with Xi Fu.
Hearing Xia Qingyu's words, Lei Xirui couldn't bother to watch the drama anymore and immediately put down her teacup and stood up: "Tarik, Miss Xi Fu, please excuse me."
Although the current scene was very awkward, the necessary etiquette still had to be observed.
Xi Fu did not reply. She just kept staring at Tarik, seemingly unable to believe Tarik's coldness towards her.
Just as Lei Xirui was about to leave Xi Fu's side, a gust of wind blew past, Xi Fu's nostrils twitched, and the expression on her face became subtle.
Her gaze fell on Lei Xirui.
The scent she smelled from Lei Xirui was exactly the same as the scent remaining on a pearl she had found in Tarik's room yesterday!
That hollow pearl was given by Lei Xirui to Xia Qingyu, and finally fell into Tarik's hands!
Realizing this, Xi Fu's expression became heavy.
As expected!
Xia Qingyu had ulterior motives. She was passing information through Lei Xirui, and this information might be unfavorable to her adoptive father!
Thinking of this, Xi Fu's gaze immediately fell on the flowers by the table. Seeing Lei Xirui about to take that bunch of flowers, Xi Fu preemptively splashed tea onto the flowers, saying, "Oh no! I'm sorry!"
As she said that, she messed up the wrapped flowers.
Seeing the whole bunch of flowers she had wrapped being ruined like this, even Xia Qingyu's expression turned cold, and Lei Xirui's eyes widened.
The whole bunch of flowers was unwrapped, but no problem was found. Xi Fu frowned, and when she looked up, she showed a wry smile: "I'm really sorry, I didn't do it on purpose."
"You know whether you did it on purpose or not, Xi Fu. Don't forget that I have something on you. If you dare to cross the line again, you'll bear the consequences!" Xia Qingyu didn't give Xi Fu any pleasantries. She left this threatening sentence, then picked up the messy bunch of flowers, and turned away angrily.
Lei Xirui quickly followed.
Hearing that Xia Qingyu dared to threaten her so directly, Xi Fu's expression also turned unpleasant.
Tarik, who had originally intended to have a good talk with Xi Fu, lost his patience after witnessing the mess Xi Fu had made, his brow furrowed.
"Qingyu is really something, she can't even take a joke. I didn't do it on purpose..." Xi Fu sat down and still observed Tarik's expression.
Her secret couldn't be discovered by Tarik yet.
"Tarik, don't you think she's making a mountain out of a molehill?" Xi Fu looked at Tarik with a wronged expression and said, "It's just a bunch of flowers. I brought so many back to her room yesterday!"
"Xi Fu." Tarik looked at Xi Fu, his tone colder than his gaze: "If you dare to cross the line again, not only Xia Qingyu, but I won't let you off either."
Hearing Tarik's words, Xi Fu felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. She looked at Tarik in disbelief, wanting to say something, but when her eyes met Tarik's cold gaze, Xi Fu felt choked, unable to utter a single word.