Even the most captivating and stunning female artists in the entertainment industry paled in comparison when standing next to her.
Su Qi moved slowly, like an elegant black swan. After speaking, she lifted the tip of her lips, her red lips curving into a knowing, subtle smile. She remained composed and unruffled.
Under the gaze of hundreds of people present, she showed no signs of panic.
"Su Qi?!" Xu Ruyun suddenly stood up, her face darkening with a purplish hue. She then waved her arms, directing the security guards beside her.
"What are you waiting for?! Go up there quickly! Arrest her and throw her out!"
"Mom! That's enough!" Xu Linchuan stood up and blocked Xu Ruyun's path. "I won't allow you to hurt Su Qi anymore!"
"You, you, you..." Xu Ruyun trembled with anger, her fingers pointing at Xu Linchuan shaking slightly. Her entire face turned a ghastly pale at Xu Linchuan's words.
"You unfilial son!"
She raised her arm and slapped Xu Linchuan across the face.
She expected Xu Linchuan to dodge, but he stood still, allowing Xu Ruyun to slap him.
"Mom, you can hit me however you want, but Su Qi, you are absolutely forbidden to lay a finger on her again!"
He didn't know what Xu Ruyun had done to Su Qi, but from this day forward, he would not allow Xu Ruyun to touch Su Qi under his watch!
"Linchuan! You're so foolish! My foolish son, why don't you understand that I'm doing all this for you and your sister..."
"Mom, Su Qi has a family too. Her parents are dead, and she's completely an orphan. Why do you still want to trouble her!"
He wasn't foolish.
He could feel Su Qi's hatred towards him.
He dared not think about it too deeply.
But Li Cuiping's death was definitely related to Xu Ruyun!
"Su Qi, what nonsense are you spouting!" Xu Linyun grabbed the microphone, her face ashen. She roared into the microphone, wanting someone to expel Su Qi.
Su Qi raised the marriage certificate in her hand. "Nonsense?! Huo Tingyun is my husband! Him standing here, getting engaged to you, that's bigamy! You're the one spouting nonsense, Xu Linyun. You stole my husband and you're still so self-righteous. You're truly shameless. The father of the child in my belly is Huo Tingyun, and Huo Tingyun and I have been married for a full year!"
The entire venue erupted in an uproar.
Qin Xue stood up abruptly, nearly fainting. Huo Qingrang stood up and supported Qin Xue, preventing her from falling.
She never in a million years would have dared to believe Su Qi would appear today.
Even less so that Su Qi was pregnant?!
And five months along?!
They had clearly divorced half a month ago, so how could they not be divorced now?!
Qin Xue could barely catch her breath. Huo Qingrang handed her a glass of water. Qin Xue took it, holding it in her hand without drinking. She simply looked at Huo Qingrang before her. "Old Master, you already knew?! You knew about Su Qi's pregnancy long ago?!"
Qin Xue had always known that the Old Master and the Master liked Su Qi very much.
But Qin Xue never imagined that the Old Master knew about Su Qi's pregnancy and hadn't told her.
No wonder he had been going out so often recently, just after recovering.
It turned out to be because of Su Qi's pregnancy.
"You're talking nonsense! Where are the security guards? Quickly arrest this unreasonable woman!"
No one was listening to Xu Linyun. All eyes were on Su Qi, partly due to her exceptional beauty, and partly due to her astonishing words.
Even media reporters zoomed in their lenses, focusing on the marriage certificate in Su Qi's hand.
The photos on the marriage certificate were even individual photos of the two, composited into one marriage photo, but it didn't affect its authenticity.
"If you don't believe me, you can call the staff at the Civil Affairs Bureau right now and ask them clearly if Huo Tingyun and I are married!"
Su Qi pulled at her red lips, appreciating the panic and pain on Xu Linyun's face, just as Xu Linyun had bullied Gu Tangxue, just as Xu Linyun had humiliated her, just as Xu Linyun had tormented her. Now that the tables had turned, she wondered how Xu Linyun felt?
It wasn't a pleasant feeling, was it!
She had endured it for a whole year!
How could she not stand it after just one night?
Su Qi sneered, "Mr. Huo, getting engaged to someone else while having a wife, truly a modern Chen Shimei!"
She raised her eyes and looked at the man on stage.
Unexpectedly, she thought the man would be furious, but his chiseled, handsome face showed no anger at all. His gaze was merely fixed on her, as if he had anticipated her appearance.
His eyes seemed to see through everything.
Su Qi frowned, a flicker of annoyance flashing in her eyes, but she still lifted the hem of her skirt and walked onto the stage. She raised her arm and slapped Xu Linyun hard across the face.
"Slap—"
"A mistress is always a mistress. As long as Huo Tingyun and I are not divorced, no matter how much of an award-winning actress you are, Xu Linyun, you will always be just a mistress who is destroying my relationship with Huo Tingyun!"
The slap landed hard on Xu Linyun's face.
Su Qi's palm tingled slightly. She stared at Xu Linyun's small face. Such a pure and harmless face, but unfortunately, it hid a venomous heart.
Thinking of Li Cuiping's death, Su Qi's anger reignited.
She raised her hand again, intending to slap her again.
Her wrist was caught mid-air.
Huo Tingyun stood beside Xu Linyun. When Su Qi's first slap landed, he could have caught it, but for some inexplicable reason, he didn't intervene. It was only when Su Qi raised her second hand that he moved.
Su Qi let out a cold scoff. Even though she had known Huo Tingyun would stop her, her heart still felt half-cold. He didn't understand, he never understood her. That was true, he never loved her. He only loved his white moonlight, his first love, his childhood sweetheart Xu Linyun.
Seeing his white moonlight being slapped, of course, he would feel distressed!
Su Qi gritted her teeth fiercely, her eyes fixed on Xu Linyun.
"This slap is what your mother owes me. Don't worry, I will collect the blood debt your family owes me, bit by bit!"
Su Qi lowered her voice, so low that only the two of them could hear.
Xu Linyun covered her swollen face, her eyes filled with tears, staring at Su Qi in disbelief.
If it were any other time, if someone dared to slap her, she would have slapped back.
But she stood still, not knowing what was happening to her.
Su Qi shook off the hand that was holding her. "Let go of me!"
"Stop this nonsense! Su Qi! Do you know what you're doing?!"
The expression on the man's face remained unchanged, but his voice, suppressing anger, clearly revealed his emotions.
Su Qi sneered, letting out a breath through her nose. "Nonsense? Huo Tingyun, you get upset when I use your tactics against your white moonlight. That's right, after all, she's the woman you love, and I'm just an unknown. But I have to remind you, as long as we're not divorced, you can't give Xu Linyun any status. As long as you want the child in my belly to have the surname Huo, you have to admit that I am your wife!
Huo Tingyun, you're thinking too beautifully."