The Billionaire's Hidden Affection-Chapter 423 - 420: Beat Some More, Thousands of Yuan 2_1

"How would I know? A guilty conscience needs no accuser. Maybe the police have been watching her for a long time. Why don’t you ask her what on earth she’s done? The gathering I arranged went haywire because of her, yet I’m the one being wronged! Besides, of all the things she could do, why did she have to become the other woman? Is being the other woman something to sympathize with?"

Xu Xiaoya trembled with anger.

The other woman! Damn that ’other woman’! And if a toad happens to bite you, does that make *you* the ’other woman’ too?

Xu Xiaoya suddenly pointed a finger at her. "Zhou Xiaoxuan, you know exactly what you did! Do you think we came here today for no reason? You said your husband hit you, and we came because we were worried you were in danger. But look at you! From this day forward, you’re no classmate of ours! We’ll have no contact for the rest of our lives!"

"Xiaoya, I really didn’t mean to..."

Xu Xiaoya sneered. "You think Xixi is easy to bully, don’t you? Zhou Xiaoxuan, I’ve put up with you for a long time. Just you wait and see."

Zhou Xiaoxuan stepped back, her face turning deathly pale.

Xu Xiaoya had already left. Zhou Xiaoxuan looked around, only to see her classmates looking at her strangely. She said awkwardly, "I really didn’t do it... I don’t know why this happened..."

The classmates didn’t know how to respond and, one by one, made excuses to leave.

Just then, her husband rushed over, grabbed her arm, and asked in a low, urgent voice, "Did you see clearly just now? Was that really the Third Young Master?"

Zhou Xiaoxuan was agitated. "Yes, it was definitely the Third Young Master! What’s wrong?"

"Oh my God! What are we going to do? Didn’t you say the Third Young Master beat up Yan Xixi and had already discarded her?"

"How would I know? By the way, dear, why were you so insistent on me inviting Yan Xixi today? What exactly was your intention? And who told you to do it?"

"We’re doomed, doomed! If we’ve offended the Third Young Master, what on earth are we going to do?"

Zhou Xiaoxuan’s face was ashen. "Did we really offend the Third Young Master? Will he... will he retaliate against us?"

"Will Zhou Ting even help us? With her father as our backer, isn’t he more powerful than the Third Young Master?"

In the eyes of most people, Old Zhou was still an incredibly influential figure, seemingly untouchable. How could they know about the turbulent undercurrents brewing beneath the surface?

He gritted his teeth. "Forget it! The Wan Family’s assets have all been transferred out anyway. It seems their domestic influence isn’t that great anymore. What’s there to be afraid of him for?"

The car turned onto a tree-lined avenue, and its speed finally slowed.

Yan Xixi couldn’t hold it in any longer. She suddenly covered her face with her hands, tears streaming down like rain.

Wan Donglin said nothing, merely pulling out two tissues and handing them to her. After a good while, when her sobbing subsided, he finally spoke, his tone light, "Didn’t I tell you last time? From now on, don’t attend any gatherings that Huang Xiaojue is at."

She kept her face covered.

"Yan Xixi, don’t bother thanking me for this either..." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

She took a fresh tissue. Who’s thanking you?

"The Wang Xiaohao matter was just a pretext; they were clearly using you as bait. But don’t worry, I’ll handle this promptly. They won’t dare to harass you again."

She couldn’t help but ask, "Who used me as bait?"

"Fool, haven’t you figured it out yet? Tonight’s gathering was clearly a trap. Zhou Xiaoxuan must have been instructed by someone. The plan was to ruin your reputation and to make Huang Xiaojue lose face completely among his acquaintances. That way, there would be no possibility of you two getting together in the future."

She was stunned. This person, so scheming... doesn’t it sound like him? Otherwise, how could he have arrived so coincidentally, as if he could predict the future?