“No, of course we can’t go together.” Gu Lian looked at Su Yan in the mirror. “Not only can we not go together, but we also have to pretend to be disgusted when we see each other.”
"Why?"
"It's a technique. We're both the lead actresses in this show. If there's conflict between the supporting actresses, wouldn't the news effect be better?"
Su Yan sighed, "Gu Lian, I really can't see through you."
"It's not that you can't see through it, it's that you're unwilling to think about it." Gu Lian picked up her bag. "Want to come look at apartments with me?"
Su Yan felt a tightness in her chest and shook her head. "I'll deliver some documents to Yuanxing later. He left a file with me yesterday." Su Yan rummaged through the large backpack she had carried yesterday and pulled out a document.
Just as Gu Lian was about to leave, she spotted the beautiful scenery of Yanshan Renjia on the cover and couldn't help but lean over. "Wow, it's Huayuan's latest development, Yanshan Renjia. I heard a villa there costs tens of millions." Sitting down next to Su Yan, she flipped through the brochure. "Hey, these are interior design plans. Su Yan, is Young Master Chen going to decorate a house for you?"
Su Yan smiled wryly, "What are you thinking again? There's really nothing between him and me..."
"No way? You haven't made any progress yet? Su Yan, are you stupid, or is Young Master Chen sick?" Gu Lian looked at Su Yan as if she were an alien. "My God, I actually have such innocent and lively treasures around me."
"Yeah, you're such a rascal!" Su Yan's words carried a hint of resentment she herself wasn't even aware of. "Let's go, let's go out together."
Along the way, Gu Lian started lecturing Su Yan again, "Su Yan, you absolutely mustn't be so girlish. What do men and women get out of each other? In the end, it's just pleasure in bed. If you don't take the initiative, don't let a top-notch man like Young Master Chen slip away!"
When Su Yan entered the Huayuan Building for the first time, the receptionist on the first floor politely asked her what she needed to see President Chen for. Looking at the smile in her eyes, Su Yan felt a little regretful. She shouldn't have come without calling him. If she had just told him, he would have sent someone to pick it up, right? Su Yan was wearing a loose white sweater, tight jeans, and a small butterfly clip casually in her hair. She looked like a clean and refreshing girl.
"Okay, Mr. Chen!" The receptionist hung up the phone and politely gestured for Su Yan to enter the elevator. "Mr. Chen said you should go directly to the eighteenth floor."
Xiao Qiqi pressed her temples, listening to Chen Yuanxing's incessant, aimless rambling about how the house should be decorated. It seemed the young master hadn't even looked at the blueprints that had been sent over. She stood up, even foregoing a smile, and said, "How about this, Mr. Chen, after you've reviewed the plan, if you have any objections, please mark them down, and then we'll revise it. Is that alright?"
Chen Yuanxing then stopped talking. The secretary knocked on the door politely. "Mr. Chen, a Miss Su said she wants to send you the design proposal for 'Yiran'." Yiran was the name of Chen Yuanxing's "model house".
Chen Yuanxing regained his serious demeanor from work and nodded, "Let her come up."
"You haven't even looked at the plan, why are you wasting my time?" Xiao Qiqi looked out the window with dissatisfaction. The drifting white clouds, the clear sky, the cold and crisp late autumn.
"Ms. Xiao, are you very busy?" Chen Yuanxing held up his slender fingers, examining his nails carefully. "If I remember correctly, communicating with Yiran about their proposal is also part of your job, isn't it?"
“Interior decoration requires a suitable temperature, and winter is coming soon, which is not suitable for construction at all. So Mr. Chen, we have a whole winter to study the plan. There is no rush. You haven’t seen the plan yet, so there’s no need to call me over in such a hurry.”
"Wrong! Didn't Secretary Yuan tell you that I want to see the flowers bloom on the mountain next spring, so the entire project must be completed this year?"
Xiao Qiqi shook her head, "It's too cold in winter..."
"That's your business!" Chen Yuanxing interrupted Xiao Qiqi calmly, shaking a finger with a gentle smile. "Because my girlfriend likes it there, I'm thinking of taking her to move into Yiran next spring."
Xiao Qiqi felt her forehead burning. "President Chen, how come I remember the former secretary saying that Yiran was just a model house in Yanshan Renjia? How did it become President Chen's private residence?"
"The house is mine. Whether it's used for exhibitions, demolished, or for personal enjoyment, it doesn't seem to be within the scope of the contract, does it? And it shouldn't be Yongcheng's business, right?" Chen Yuanxing still had a gentle smile on his face, but his peach blossom eyes were unfathomable. Looking at him, who seemed like a stranger, Xiao Qiqi felt a chill rise in her heart.
"I heard Miss Xiao has a boyfriend now?"
Xiao Qiqi kept her back straight, her fingers clenched tightly under the table, but she raised her face and smiled, "Yes!"
"Although Xia Rui is a bit eccentric, she always speaks her mind. I wonder where Miss Xiao ranks among Young Master Xia's girlfriends!"
Xiao Qiqi said coldly, "President Chen, this is a private matter!" She turned around and leaned against the glass window to smoke. She was so depressed that she was going to suffocate if she didn't smoke. She didn't care if she could smoke here!
"Hehe, by the way, let's not talk about personal matters!" Chen Yuanxing chuckled deeply, his handsome hand tapping the table. A knock sounded at the door, and Su Yan, dressed smartly, entered. She looked somewhat awkwardly at the two people before her: one sitting opposite, the other leaning against the window smoking; one with a strange smile, the other with a cold expression. It was the woman from the party!
When Chen Yuanxing saw Su Yan enter, he got up, walked around the large, long, round conference table, and put his arm around her shoulder naturally, saying affectionately, "Why did you bring it all yourself? You could have just told me and had Xiao Zhang pick it up. So, have you finished looking at it? Do you like it or not?"
"Huh?" Su Yan was surprised. So it was specially left for her to see. How silly of her! "...I forgot."
Chen Yuanxing pulled up a chair for Su Yan to sit down, took the design proposal from her hand, shook his head and frowned but smiled, "Really, where did you go off to play again? You can forget something so important. Come here, let's look at it together, tell me what you like." As he spoke, he spread out the Yiran proposal that Xiao Qiqi had spent ten days redesigning, "Yiran Spring and Autumn has the best scenery. Once it's decorated, we can go there to play next spring."
Su Yan's eyes lit up. "Really?" Her heart pounded uncontrollably. What was he saying? Was this house being renovated for her? Her eyes were filled with dazzling colors. "Wow, what a beautiful house!"
The overall style is simple and elegant, with black and white as the main colors and red, blue, and purple as accents. But Young Master Chen shook his head, "It's too depressing, it's practically a graveyard!"
Su Yan hugged it, saying, "I think it's so beautiful! I love this style the most. It's so beautiful, with the green mountains behind and the clear water in front!" She looked up and saw Xiao Qiqi still leaning against the window, stubbing out her cigarette. The smell of cigarettes was very familiar. She didn't look at them. "Miss Xiao, did you design this?"
Xiao Qiqi secretly adjusted her breathing before turning around and smiling. "Yes, Miss Su, if you're not satisfied with anything, give me a call." As she spoke, she walked over, took out a business card, and handed it to Su Yan with both hands.
"I'm not satisfied with any of it!" Chen Yuanxing slammed the plan shut and threw it in front of Xiao Qiqi. "Let's start over."
Xiao Qiqi suppressed her laughter, "President Chen, this is the fifth proposal. What kind do you actually like? You say it's a disco, it's youthful, it mocks you for just turning a year older; it's serious, it's for old men; it's avant-garde, it's a rabble; it's simple, it's gloomy, a graveyard! Then you come up with your own proposal, and we'll do the construction!" She grabbed the proposal, "If you try to pressure me with the contract again, I'll tell you directly: First, if you design it yourself, Yongcheng won't charge a design fee; second, if Yongcheng breaches the contract, you can sue Yongcheng, what does that have to do with me!"
Su Yan looked at the woman before her with surprise, who resembled an enraged cheetah, a smile playing on her lips but icy coldness in her eyes, staring fearlessly at Chen Yuanxing. Chen Yuanxing shrugged indifferently, "I don't want to choose either of these two options."
"Then shut your mouth! Go somewhere cool and stay there!" Xiao Qiqi had finally had enough. After being tormented by Chen Yuanxing like this every day for two months, she politely and seriously nitpicked, "Just construct according to the plan we provided, just according to your winter, no, start construction immediately!"
Chen Yuanxing shook his head again. Su Yan, somewhat frightened, secretly tugged at Chen Yuanxing's sleeve. Chen Yuanxing, with a smile on his face but icy eyes and a chilling aura emanating from him, made her very uneasy. "Yuanxing!"
Chen Yuanxing ignored her and just stared at Xiao Qiqi, then chuckled, "Miss Xiao, it's just work, there's no need to get so angry! Getting angry hurts your spleen and is bad for your health."
Xiao Qiqi picked up her bag from the table and sighed, "That's enough for today, Mr. Chen. Call me if you need anything. Oh, just call Mr. Wei." Just as Xiao Qiqi opened the door, she heard Chen Yuanxing's voice, "Let's go with this plan. Hmm, if Su Yan likes it, then it's the best."
Xiao Qiqi's heart tightened. She turned around and saw Chen Yuanxing holding Su Yan's hand, touching the butterfly clip in her hair, and praising, "Very beautiful." His handsome features were slightly turned to the side, and his dark eyes held an unknown light, like fallen leaves with a golden brilliance descending to earth. Xiao Qiqi quickly turned her head, straightened her back, and walked out with proper steps.
We drifted apart again and again, brushing past each other, neither of us stopping because of a familiar scent on the other, leaving only a faint sadness in our hearts.
Xiao Qiqi wasn't sure if she and Xia Xuan were now friends. For the past two months, Xia Xuan had been showing up every day at opportune times—eating, shopping, playing, chatting, even watching movies—living a normal life like any couple in love. However, every day Xia Xuan politely saw her to the door without asking her to come in, even though there was hope in his eyes. Xiao Qiqi resisted the urge to speak several times, pretending not to understand. He watched her, and she turned and went upstairs. Just like in their teenage years, they were testing each other, flirting, but neither was willing to break through that thin veil.
The phone rang, and Xiao Qiqi answered it without even looking at it. "What is it?" she asked naturally.
"Qiqi, who do you take me for? Why are you being so gentle?" Li Yue sighed in dissatisfaction. "You woman, you're really heartless. I've been away on a business trip for two months and you haven't even contacted me?"
Xiao Qiqi chuckled. It turned out that Xia Xuan had already permeated every aspect of her life. After chatting casually with Li Yue for a while, Xiao Qiqi hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "Li Yue, I'm with Xia Xuan now."
Li Yue was clearly surprised, "...You two are together? What does that mean?"
"That's what it means, I guess. I don't really know. I just feel uneasy about it."
"...I ran into Xu Chun when I came back from the airport yesterday. She's in Beijing. We had planned to have dinner together in a few days, but it seems you're not going."
Xiao Qiqi couldn't help but cover her forehead. "Li Yue, I don't know."
Li Yue chuckled and said, "Xiao Qiqi, congratulations. You've finally decided to face Xia Xuan directly."
"Don't you think I'm a bad woman? He's already engaged to Xu Chun."
Li Yue remained silent for a long time on the other end of the phone. "Xiao Qiqi, you are still so innocent and kind. You have always been too well protected, so you don't understand what it means to be wicked. I'm just telling you, Xu Chun doesn't need your sympathy. It was true before, and it's even more true now. You just need to fight for what you deserve. Let's meet."
Xiao Qiqi was speechless. This was the first time in all these years that someone had seriously told her, "You are too naive. You don't understand the wickedness of people's hearts." She had always thought that she was very strong, understood human nature, and had seen enough of the world's ways, but she just couldn't see through true feelings.
Li Yue's pointed remarks made Xiao Qiqi very uneasy. Was she going to witness it? Was she really going to have to face it?
18. The Truth
Looking at Yi Ran's proposal, Xiao Qiqi sat in her office, lost in memories. Chen Yuanxing's face, Li Yue's words, and Xia Xuan's tenderness seeped into her heart little by little. Bit by bit, memories, pain, gains and losses flashed before Xiao Qiqi's eyes. Xiao Qiqi painfully opened her eyes, picked up the blueprints, and walked towards President Wei's office.
Xia Xuan was sitting in the study, looking at the new information Bruce had provided about Huayuan. The door was pushed open. Xia Xuan didn't even look up, and said coldly, "I told you not to bother me."
Wearing a white gauze dress, with waist-length black hair, perfect features, and a slender figure, she walked lightly to Xia Xuan's desk, served coffee, and said, "It's late, have a cup of coffee."
Xia Xuan looked up at the stunningly beautiful woman before him, a hint of disgust flashing in his eyes. "Thank you!" he said, lowering his head to continue reading the documents.
Xu Chun walked around the desk to behind Xia Xuan, her soft, nimble hand pressing on Xia Xuan's shoulder. "Xuan, you're tired too, shall I give you a massage?" As she spoke, her hand began to move like a snake, her gentle, smooth fingers slowly tracing the surface of Xia Xuan's shoulder. Xia Xuan's fingers on the desk tightened, and she abruptly pulled her hand away from Xu Chun's, coldly saying, "Enough!"
Xu Chun's face turned pale instantly. She bit her lip, slowly withdrew, and gripped the doorknob. Her pale fingers trembled slightly. She suddenly turned around and asked, "If it were Xiao Qiqi, would you push her away like this?" Her beautiful eyes blazed as she stared at Xia Xuan.
Xia Xuan simply put down the documents, comfortably leaned back in the leather chair, and said indifferently without any emotion in her eyes, "Oh, so this is why you came to BeiX City. I thought you were wronged in Xia Yexin's bed and came to me to cry about it!"
Xu Chun's face was ashen, devoid of any color. She stumbled to Xia Xuan's desk, grabbed the documents, and threw them all away with a "whoosh." "Xia Xuan, that's enough! I've had enough of you! Everyone has the right to mock me, but you, you have no right! I've gotten to where I am today because of you, because of you!"
"Is that so?" Xia Xuan sneered. "How wonderful! You've finally stopped acting like a wronged little wife and started bargaining! Tell me, have I ever forced you to do anything?"
Xu Chun was speechless, her beautifully shaped lips trembling uncontrollably, her voice already trembling with sobs, "Yes! You didn't force me, you didn't force me, it was all my own choice, I'm shameless, I seduced my future father-in-law, right? Right? Isn't that what you've always called me?"
"Tsk tsk, listen to this. This is not the kind of thing a daughter-in-law from a family like ours should say. Xu Chun, you are the future eldest grandson's wife of the Xia family. Remember to be polite and well-mannered."
"Politeness and manners? What use are they to me? I love you so much. To help you gain a foothold in the Xia family, to get Xia Yexin to put you in front of the old man, I didn't hesitate to sell my body. I was Xia Yexin's future daughter-in-law in name, but secretly I was his mistress. Xuan, do you really despise me that much? Don't you think about me at all? Back then, you didn't force me, you didn't force me to appear before Xia Yexin disheveled, you didn't force me to bring him coffee when he was alone in his study, you didn't force me... to sleep with him! But you knew, you knew..."
"So, Xu Chun, don't push your luck. I know perfectly well that you sleep in the same bed as my dad, yet I still agreed to get engaged to you. You should be grateful. So, when you're free, keep a close eye on Xia Yexin and make sure he doesn't show up in front of me."
"No! I'm going to make everything clear tonight!" Xu Chun clenched her fists. "You're right, I'm content. I'm satisfied just to see you from afar, so I'm happy and blessed that you're engaged to me. So any woman is fine with me. You can play around with other women, go out and have fun, I won't complain, as long as I can see you. But I can't stand it, I can't stand you going to see Xiao Qiqi. Because I know, only I know how much you, Xia Xuan, loved that woman back then."
"Don't be silly, Xu Chun. That's my private matter. If you're smart, just do your job as usual." Xia Xuan interlaced her fingers, but a smile played on her lips. "Go back to Hong Kong tomorrow. I heard that Xia Yexin has recently hooked up with a 15-year-old singer. Xu Chun, you'd better keep an eye on him."
"Don't bring up those dirty things!" Xu Chun screamed. "I'm asking you, what exactly happened between you and Xiao Qiqi? Have you forgotten how she deceived you and toyed with your feelings back then?"
Xia Xuan's eyes turned cold again. "I'm warning you one last time, that's my private matter!"
"Private matters? I'm your fiancée, is it not allowed to ask?" Xu Chun's vision was already blurred with tears. "Xia Xuan, others may not know you, but do you think I don't? You're nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing! If Xiao Qiqi knew your true colors, what do you think her expression would be?"
Xia Xuan shook her head. "Xu Chun, how come you're even more naive than Qi Qi? Do you think she'll still believe you? You were the one who schemed to steal me away back then."
"Yes, I schemed to steal you away, but now I truly wish I hadn't made that mistake back then. I wish it were her, Xiao Qiqi, the woman you, Xia Xuan, treasured back then, who is now in this awkward situation!" Xu Chun suddenly laughed strangely. "Xia Xuan, think about it, if it had been Xiao Qiqi who went back to the Xia family with you back then, do you think she would have done all this for you? Would she have seduced her future father-in-law because of your hints, the encouragement and expectation in your eyes?" Xu Chun then shook her head. "If it were her, Xia Xuan, would you have done that? Would you have pushed your fiancée into your father's bed just to gain that family's approval?"
Xia Xuan stood up abruptly, her eyes narrowing. "That's enough. You've gone crazy enough tonight. Don't make me really turn against you. You should understand that angering me won't do you any good."
Xu Chun laughed mockingly, "Yes, Young Master Xia! You are completely different from the Xia Xuan who was abandoned by the Xia family six years ago. With your current status, you can abandon me, despise me, or even kill me, and no one can stop you. Xia Xuan, you are actually very pitiful. You hate Xia Yexin, yet you have to fawn over him; you hate me, yet you have to get engaged to me; you love Xiao Qiqi, yet you want to destroy her because you hate her too."
Xia Xuan took a step forward and grabbed Xu Chun by the neck with both hands. "If you say another word out of line, I'll strangle you!"
“Even if you kill me, I will still tell you!” Xu Xuan pushed Xia Xuan’s hand away, panting a few times. “I’m going to tell Xiao Qiqi how you schemed to let Madam Chen know about Xiao Qiqi’s ‘shameful’ past two years ago, how you let her know that Xiao Qiqi lost her fertility because of promiscuity, and how you threatened Chen Yifan with Hua Tian’s incident in Hong Kong, making the Chen couple do everything they could to break up Xiao Qiqi and Chen Yuanxing.”
Xia Xuan slapped Xu Chun across the face, then looked at her hand with elegance and said leisurely, "Go ahead and say it. It will only make Qi Qi hate you more. Xu Chun, don't forget, it was you, not me, who stirred up all this."
Xu Chun covered her face and looked at Xia Xuan in disbelief, muttering, "So you planned everything. I just don't understand, you're so smart, do you really believe what happened back then? And why didn't you look for Xiao Qiqi two years ago, but waited until now?"
Xia Xuan's eyes twitched, but she quickly regained her composure. "What difference does it make whether you believe me or not? Since you know that I have never forgotten her from beginning to end, don't make a fuss here. It won't do you any good."
"Xia Xuan, maybe you're right. Since you love her so much, then I'll do you a favor and tell you something that will make you love her even more." Xu Chun had stopped shouting and her voice was as calm as a still lake.
Xia Xuan drawled out her words, "Oh?"
"You were the one who caused Xiao Qiqi to abort that child!" Xu Chun laughed, her gentle smile carrying a fox-like coldness. "You killed that child with your own hands and pushed Xiao Qiqi to the brink of ruin, causing her to suffer from alcohol poisoning and high fever after the miscarriage, making her unable to have children for the rest of her life."
"You...you crazy woman, what did you say?" Xia Xuan grabbed Xu Chun's shoulder suddenly, her fingertips seeming to pierce into Xu Chun's flesh and bone. "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I really won't be polite."
"Hehe, Xia Xuan, are you scared now?" Xu Chun pushed Xia Xuan aside and slowly walked to the chair he had just been sitting in, sitting down elegantly. "You've always suspected that Xiao Qiqi and Chen Yuanxing had an affair back then, and that the child wasn't yours. You even suspect that Xiao Qiqi wasn't a virgin with you back then. Xia Xuan, you're wrong, terribly wrong. When Xiao Qiqi was young, she fell off a cow and injured her pelvis, bleeding from her lower body, and her hymen was broken then. You were too proud to ask, so you harbored suspicions. That's why you believed those rumors about Xiao Qiqi having affairs everywhere. You were so foolish, blinded by deception. Do you know where those rumors came from? I orchestrated them all. I knew from the beginning that you loved her, so I deliberately slandered her. You..." You thought Xiao Qiqi kissed Chen Yuanxing and went to a hotel with him? No, actually that night, I told her that we had that kind of relationship, that I couldn't live without her, and I begged her to help me find him and not break up with me. So she was heartbroken and accidentally ran into Chen Yuanxing, whom she had never met before. You don't know Xiao Qiqi at all, and you don't understand her. But I lived with her for four years, and I know everything about her—who she knows, what she's done. Because I secretly read her diary, every single entry, I know all her weaknesses. So I spent four years winning her heart, hoping she could help me at the last moment. Sure enough, she was so foolish, helping me get you as I wished, and she foolishly thought she had done a great deed.
This time, Xia Xuan's face turned pale, his fingertips trembling. "No, what you're saying isn't true." He only knew that Xiao Qiqi, whom he had loved, was an innocent woman. He had reflected on the past and slowly realized that he might have missed something, but it was all too late. He was trapped in the vicious cycle of the Xia family, unable to extricate himself. The entanglements of father and son, brothers, family business, and women quickly surrounded him, leaving him powerless to think about the woman who haunted his dreams. Years passed in a flash. He slowly established himself in the Xia family, possessing wealth, status, and women—everything he needed. But time was like a knife, dulling the emotions in his heart countless times in his dreams. Two years ago, he witnessed her and Chen Yuanxing together, and the slight recovery of trust and heartache plunged him back into despair. It was all a deception after all! So he plotted to break up Chen Yuanxing and Xiao Qiqi, and then left happily. He thought he would finally let go of the figure haunting his dreams, but... why did he have to see her again? Why couldn't he suppress the intertwined feelings of love and hate in his heart? So, he circled back again. He returned to the woman he couldn't distinguish between love and hate, thinking he could regain his self-esteem and emotions. But was the truth still so cruel?
"Really, every word I said is true. Whether you believe it or not, it's the truth. Call me whatever you want, anyway, in your heart I, Xu Chun, am not even worth as much as a whore, so you might as well be completely wicked and live up to that name!" Xu Chun looked at Xia Xuan's pale face with sarcasm. "You love her, don't you? Then make it up to her! But what do you think she would think if she knew the truth, if she knew that you personally killed her child, personally destroyed her right to be a mother? If she knew that you schemed to separate her from Chen Yuanxing and prevent her from finding happiness, what would she think? Would she still let you manipulate her as you always have?"
Xia Xuan stared intently at Xu Chun, his wolf-like eyes blazing with volcanic heat, his hoarse voice like a messenger from hell, "Xu Chun, I'll kill you!" Xia Xuan lunged forward, gripping Xu Chun's neck tightly. This time, no matter how much Xu Chun struggled, it was futile. Xu Chun's breathing grew weaker, her beautiful eyes bulged, and her tongue began to dart out. A single tear slid down, landing on the back of Xia Xuan's hand. Xu Chun finally grabbed a vase and smashed it against Xia Xuan's head with all her might.
Xu Chun coughed violently and collapsed to the ground. "Cough cough... No... You can't kill me!" Xu Chun got up, sneered, and like a victorious general, held his head high. "Because you still need me now! Do you know that I was entrusted by Xia Yexin to bring Xia's funds? If I send a report back now and you don't have these funds, let's see how you acquire Huayuan in the shortest time and how you fulfill the boast you made in front of the old man?"
Xia Xuan looked at Xu Chun, a trail of blood streaming down her head. Her eyes narrowed and relaxed, her years-old coldness slowly returning to its usual composure. She sneered, "So you've learned to bargain with me? You think you can control Xia's funds just because you're Xia Yexin's plaything? Besides, I already have a better way than acquisition. You can keep your funds for Xia Yexin to support his mistresses!" Xia Xuan scoffed again, shook her head, and looked coldly at Xu Chun: "Xu Chun, I did act impulsively tonight. You're right, we still need each other, so let's not say anything hurtful anymore."
Xu Chun also breathed a sigh of relief. She had thought that Xia Xuan would strangle her like a madman, but she did not expect him to become so cold-blooded and regain his senses so quickly. She did not have the right to control Xia's funds; she was just using it as an excuse to prevent him from really killing her if he pounced on her again.
Xu Chun's eyes slowly softened as she retreated step by step towards the door. Watching the blood drip from Xia Xuan's hair onto her face, she couldn't help but ask, "Xia Xuan, do you know who Xiao Qiqi's best friend is? Her name is Jiang Yilan."