"Damn it..."

An unexpected turn of events made Xia Xiaodie silently curse.

Chen Bi already held a respectable position in the hearts of Shanghai's people, and if she were to side with Zhou Zidong and say something tarnishing the jewelry industry, it would inevitably be detrimental to me!

When that time came, just Xu Fan and mine's words wouldn't be enough to turn the situation around.

Completely unlike the arrogance she exhibited during our previous meeting at the hotel, Chen Bi now had a face full of distress.

She swept a glance over everyone and sighed, "Actually, I shouldn't be getting involved in this sort of thing."

"But since I'm a Shanghai native, I have no reason to let the people who've always supported me get cheated by some unscrupulous merchants."

"Indeed, as Mr. Zhou said, this store did approach me, wanting me to become their endorser."

"I've always been supportive of young entrepreneurs; I really admire these young people with dreams. However, there are some things I just can't accept."

No matter how you put it, Chen Bi was a celebrity with some fame, and now, she spoke with a compelling influence.

Seeing that the crowd was taking in her words, she sighed and turned to Xu Fan, "When we discussed the contract, this gentleman offered me an endorsement fee of 150 million for one year."

"It's undoubtedly a tempting price, to be honest, I'm well aware that I'm not worth that much, and besides, I had a question."

"Chen Bi, what... what kind of question?"

"Hurry... tell us, we don't want to be deceived."

Seeing the crowd anxious to hear her response, Chen Bi shook her head with a bitter smile, "Doing business, how can you be so reckless? Unless, of course, this 150 million has some other purpose."

"This? Another purpose?"

"Miss Chen Bi, this... this couldn't be an attempt at the casting couch, could it!"

As Chen Bi's face took on a slightly aggrieved expression, the faces of the people around began to sour.

Even considering the incident where Xu Fan had just physically assaulted someone, it greatly tarnished their impression of Xu Fan as well as the store!

One was a star well-known by everyone in Shanghai, and the other a clueless upstart who popped up out of nowhere. Who would they believe?

"These past few days, I've given this matter careful thought. The only reason he could offer such a high price is likely that he could make even more money off this deal," she said.

"Indeed, the jewelry business is profitable, but not to such an extent, unless his jewelry..."

At this point, Chen Bi stopped abruptly, leaving everyone to imagine the rest, then fearfully glanced at Xu Fan.

"And... and the way he looked at me, his eyes leering, luckily my bodyguard was there. He's still in the hospital because he was there to protect me."

"What! This!"

"Kid! You've got some nerve!"

After Chen Bi finished, she broke down in tears, her vulnerable demeanor nearly inciting the uninformed crowd to rush at Xu Fan and beat him up!

Xia Xiaodie watched from the side, frantic!

Things weren't like this at all!

This guy, he's just too good at making stuff up!

Seeing the eager journalists around her surging forward and continuously pressing the shutters on their cameras, she was stomping her feet in anxiety!

If these false scandals got out, let alone personal designs from Gelangqiao or if Heavenly God descended, nothing could save this jewelry store!

"Everyone listen to me explain! That's not how it...

Trying to stay strong, Xia Xiaodie wanted to explain to the angry crowd, but how could her voice alone cover the vast sea of people around her?

"Xu Fan, what do we do..."

The customers who had come out of the store just moments ago had already left in droves, and even now, many were taking out their phones to take photos of Xu Fan and me.

Clearly, they wanted to expose the incident online, letting even more people know!

The facts simply aren't like this at all!

It's clearly this woman who is framing!

These days, Xia Xiaodie had been dreaming about making the jewelry store that Xu Fan delegated to her flourish, but now, just after its opening, it was already showing signs of premature demise!

"Zhou Zidong, you're really despicable!"

With her eyes misting over, Xia Xiaodie gritted her teeth and glared at Zhou Zidong!

Chen Bi alone would never dare to make such outrageously inverted claims!

Clearly, Zhou Zidong and Ke Longxiang and their gang were backing her up.

"Xia Xiaodie, I told you long ago, you would regret this."

Victory came so easily, absurdly easily, a simple reversal of black and white was enough to put the jewelry store that had just opened into the crisis of closure!

That's the power of the Zhou Family in Shanghai!

At this moment, Zhou Zidong looked at Xia Xiaodie with an incredibly smug expression, a triumphant smile curling up at the corner of his mouth!

I heard that this Xu Fan is the boss of Lingyan Pavilion?

Laughable! Isn't he still being manipulated effortlessly by me?

"Cough cough! I hope the media friends here would report this incident properly. Don't let more ignorant masses fall victim to deceit by certain unscrupulous businesses!"

Zhou Zidong coughed twice, then planned to make the media following him add more fuel to the fire against Xu Fan.

"Hm?"

The relentless shutter sounds continued, but Zhou Zidong furrowed his brow in confusion.

Because he noticed that some journalists weren't aiming their cameras at Xu Fan's store.

But instead, they were focusing towards the end of the road?

"Young Master Ke, what's happening?"

Not understanding what was going on, Zhou Zidong looked over at Ke Longxiang, puzzled.

Ke Longxiang nonchalantly waved his hand and said, "No big deal. Who cares about them? Maybe they've just spotted some other news material."

Ke Longxiang was utterly delighted with today's drama.

To witness Xu Fan's defeat with his own eyes, what else in the world could be more joyous than this?

At this moment, he squinted his eyes, looking at Xu Fan with cold disdain, thinking, 'Someday, I'll finish you off!'

"Quick! Look! Li… Li Qinghe's car! It's Li Qinghe's car!"

Just then, among the photographers who were snapping away, someone shouted loudly.

Subconsciously, everyone turned to look!

They saw a shiny silver Jaguar slowly approaching from their side.

As seasoned journalists, they naturally recognized to whom the license plate on the car belonged.

Exposing a disreputable jewelry store couldn't compare to the click rate of big star Li Qinghe.

At that moment, the crowd of journalists one after another quickly turned their cameras in the other direction and snapped away!

Even the customers, who had just been consumed with anger, upon hearing the three words "Li Qinghe," screamed and surged forward with their phones ready to catch a glimpse.

"This…"

The smile on Ke Longxiang's face froze instantly. What the hell was going on?

Li Qinghe, why has she come here?

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