"Stop!"
Suddenly, a loud male voice echoed through the banquet hall.
Everyone turned to look, and saw a man in a long suit, wearing rimless glasses. He bore a strong resemblance to Qi Yuanyuan.
Qi Suilin, the eldest young master of the Qi family and the future heir.
The guest who was about to throw something at Qi Yuanyuan immediately froze.
Qi Yuanyuan was on the verge of despair. Seeing her elder brother arrive, she saw a glimmer of hope. "Brother~"
Qi Suilin glanced at the disheveled Qi Yuanyuan on the stage and frowned in disgust.
This was nothing like the demeanor of the Qi family's eldest daughter!
If it weren't for her being his own sister, and for the sake of the Qi family's reputation, he wouldn't have wanted to acknowledge her.
"Are you all truly not putting my Qi family in your eyes!"
Qi Suilin's face darkened, and his gaze swept across the guests. Some of the more opportunistic individuals shivered.
They had been too angry, grabbing things and throwing them, forgetting about the powerful background of the Qi family.
Qi Suilin's gaze finally landed on Yu He. With an imposing stride, he walked over. "Are you the one causing trouble?"
"Qi Yuanyuan deserves it! She was exposed for impersonating someone else, and she still has the nerve to find her family?" Shen Yao scoffed.
He instinctively shielded Yu He behind him, but Yu He stopped him.
"It's over for you now," Yu He said softly to Shen Yao.
Although the Shen family held some status in the capital, it was far from comparable to the Qi family, one of the four great families. There was no need to make an enemy of the Qi family for her sake... though it seemed they were already enemies.
Shen Yao was taken aback. It was the first time he had seen a woman stand up for him.
He licked his lip piercing, realizing he was falling for this woman more and more!
Seeing Yu He step out without flinching, Qi Suilin looked at her with more respect and asked in a deep voice, "Do you know who the head of the Qi family is?"
Yu He: "I do."
"And you still dare to touch her! Believe it or not, I can make you disappear right now?" Qi Suilin threatened.
The Qi family was a century-old medical dynasty, holding a high position in the medical community. The head of the Qi family controlled the lifeblood of all hospitals in the country.
With a single word, he could shut down a top-tier hospital, let alone a mere doctor.
Therefore, many in the medical profession dared not easily offend the Qi family.
"I've met Academician Qi. I just didn't expect her to be Academician Qi's biological daughter," Yu He said calmly.
Qi Suilin frowned, "What do you mean?!"
"Academician Qi is benevolent and her medical skills benefit all living beings. She once risked her own life to test poisons and medicine to save children in impoverished mountainous areas suffering from a strange poisoning, and developed a vaccine. She is a role model in the medical community."
Yu He continued, "Such a benevolent and righteous Academician Qi, how could she have such a despicable and insane daughter? She actually fed drugs to patients. Can the people tolerate this? Can Academician Qi tolerate this? Therefore, I merely taught her a small lesson."
The crowd looked at the miserably beaten Qi Yuanyuan: this was merely a small lesson?
... But it felt so good.
Qi Suilin: "..."
So, should he thank her?
This grand compliment, delivered in public, left Qi Suilin at a loss for how to deal with Yu He.
If he were to do anything to Yu He, wouldn't he be publicly negating the praise for her father?
If that were the case, it wouldn't just be Qi Yuanyuan's problem, but the survival of the entire Qi family's reputation.
Losing the bigger picture for a smaller gain was not worth it. At this point, Qi Yuanyuan could only suffer in silence.
"Haven't you apologized yet!" Qi Suilin turned and berated Qi Yuanyuan.
Qi Yuanyuan was instantly stunned.
She knelt on the stage, covered from head to toe in excrement, wine, and fruit peels, reeking horribly, a truly pathetic sight.
In contrast, Yu He stood among the guests, receiving admiration.
This was the true difference between heaven and earth!
In just one hour, their status and positions had undergone a complete reversal.
Qi Yuanyuan was filled with anger, frustration, and unwillingness.
The stage she had built herself had become a stepping stone for another, turning into her own grave.
Born into a prestigious family and hailed as a genius doctor in the country, she had her pride and dignity.
But today, reduced to the point where even well-mannered socialites couldn't help but throw dog shit, wine, and fruit peels at her, she was a complete failure.
She hated!
Hated Yu He, why didn't she expose her from the beginning, making her so humiliated now.
Hated those who mistook her for the nameless divine doctor, why did they shower her with so much praise, feeding her vanity.
She even hated Yu He for not revealing her identity openly from the start, but instead playing the mysterious nameless divine doctor, causing everyone to be mistaken?
Therefore, all the mistakes originated from Yu He!
Make her apologize?
No, she had done nothing wrong!
It was all Yu He's fault!
If it weren't for Yu He, she wouldn't be in this state today!
"Apologize?" Qi Yuanyuan stood up, a smile forming on her lips, forcing out her usual lady-like smile.
But it was a chilling smile.
She walked down the stage step by step, towards Yu He.
The disgusting stench made people around her shy away in disgust. Even Shen Yao and Qi Suilin took several steps back, covering their noses in disgust.
Only Yu He stood calmly in place.
This composure won the admiration of the guests present.
A divine doctor is a divine doctor, unlike ordinary people!
"Fine, I will apologize to you now!"
Qi Yuanyuan's eyes turned cold. She quickened her pace, and in her hand, a surgical knife appeared from nowhere. She lunged towards Yu He.
Yu He stood there expressionless. A stone flew from behind her and hit Qi Yuanyuan's knee.
"Bang—" Qi Yuanyuan cried out in pain, falling face-first in front of Yu He, the surgical knife landing at her feet.
"This is the correct posture for apologizing."
A low, magnetic male voice came from behind.
Everyone turned to see dozens of bodyguards marching into the banquet hall in perfect formation, then splitting into two rows. They simultaneously sprayed air freshener before welcoming the last man.
Qin Beiting entered with a steady stride, exuding an air of nobility and a chilling aura.
Many women present let out soft gasps of "Lord Qin."
"The second thing you wanted to announce earlier, was it an engagement with the Qin family?"
Yu He looked down at the woman kneeling before her, like looking down at an ant.
"Miss Qi, do you think Lord Qin would be interested in you in your current state? You stink."
Qi Yuanyuan suddenly looked up and saw Qin Beiting. Her face, filled with shame and anger, instantly flushed crimson.
Qin Xinhong hadn't lied to her, Qin Beiting had returned.
He had come, but at the wrong time.
She had worked hard to become excellent, wanting to marry the man she loved at the peak of her life.
Instead, just as her life reached its zenith, she plummeted into an abyss.
And the man she loved stood by, watching her most humiliating moment with cold eyes.
"No matter what she looks like, she's not the one I like. Stay away from her, she reeks."
Qin Beiting stepped forward, pulled Yu He into his embrace, and moved away from Qi Yuanyuan as if she were a virus.