"What?"

Upon hearing Li Qinghe's refusal, Ke Longxiang was completely dumbfounded.

Now that he had told her that she was helping the enemy of both the Li Family and his own Ke Family, she still wouldn't turn back?

Still set on helping that young man, Xu Fan?

Ke Longxiang couldn't believe it and laughed in disbelief, thinking he must have heard wrong.

"Li Qinghe, did I hear wrong, or did you speak wrongly?"

He asked again, but Li Qinghe's attitude remained firm.

"You didn't hear wrong, nor did I speak wrongly. Since the contract has already been signed, I naturally have to fulfill it thoroughly."

"You!"

Ke Longxiang raised his hand, instinctively wanting to slap Li Qinghe!

"Li Qinghe, do you know what you're doing right now?"

This time, he forcefully suppressed the anger in his heart and let his hand drop.

As if mocking Ke Longxiang for the hand he had just raised, a smirk flickered at the corner of Li Qinghe's mouth.

She looked at Ke Longxiang calmly and said, "I certainly know what I am doing."

"If I had known this store was opened by Xu Fan, I certainly wouldn't have accepted, but as things stand now, I can only continue."

"Besides, speaking of breaking the contract, Ke Longxiang, will you compensate for this money?"

"You!"

At Li Qinghe's last words, the contemptuous look almost drove Ke Longxiang to a myocardial infarction.

He had never been despised by a woman like this before!

However, speaking of which, for a star of her caliber, the money for breaking a contract was indeed significant.

Furthermore, he didn't know how much exactly would be needed to break this contract…

Seeing that Ke Longxiang had nothing to say, Li Qinghe couldn't bother to deal with him anymore and directly walked over to Xia Xiaodie.

"Qinghe, it's really great that you could come today!"

Li Qinghe walked over, and Xia Xiaodie breathed a sigh of relief.

If it weren't for her coming to the rescue today, Xia Xiaodie really didn't know how to handle the earlier trouble.

"Silly you, since I am collaborating with you, of course, I should stand up for these things, shouldn't I?"

Li Qinghe casually winked at Xu Fan as she spoke, leaving it unclear whether this statement was intended for Xia Xiaodie or Xu Fan.

"Li Qinghe, could you tell us! The reason you chose to endorse XD!"

"Yes! Qinghe, are XD's jewels really so good that even you couldn't resist buying them?"

Under relentless questioning, Zhou Zidong and Chen Bi fled the scene as if they were rats crossing the street.

With no target to attack, the group of journalists turned around and aimed their microphones at Li Qinghe again.

Li Qinghe had clearly prepared in advance before coming.

Now facing everyone's inquiries, she seamlessly began to explain.

"About XD, everyone can rest assured—if there's any problem with their jewels, just come to me; the money, I, Li Qinghe, will compensate."

Under her explanation, many previously undecided customers immediately made up their minds and seized the first batch of XD's jewels right then.

Xu Fan, watching from the side, couldn't help but smile.

This woman, even if she was paid 150 million to endorse, he wouldn't be at a loss.

"Miss Li Qinghe, since you are the spokesperson for XD, could we have you take a photo with this gentleman?"

Suddenly, a journalist among the crowd suggested.

Li Qinghe paused, then looked over to Xu Fan.

Her gaze carried a hint of displeasure.

Apparently, this was still her performance, after all, this endorsement, she was supposed to "not know," the jewelry, and the backstage boss, was Xu Fan.

"Of course there's no problem."

With a fleeting hesitation, Li Qinghe quickly agreed.

Following that, the camera turned towards Xu Fan.

Xu Fan shook his head with a smile and said, "Everyone might have misunderstood, the founder of XD is not me, but Miss Xia Xiaodie."

"As for me, I'm just a wage earner."

Xia Xiaodie was the biggest contributor to XD Jewelry, and Xu Fan had to clarify this to everyone no matter what.

He hadn't contributed much himself, the future glory belonged to Xia Xiaodie.

"Big dummy..."

Watching Xu Fan explain this to the media, Xia Xiaodie couldn't help but cover her mouth.

She was really touched, even if she didn't care about these false honors, Xu Fan was still thinking of her as much as he could.

"Ahem."

Having finished explaining to a group of reporters, Xu Fan coughed and glanced at Ke Longxiang, who was still nearby, then smiled at the reporters and said, "However, I still have to thank everyone for giving me a chance to take a photo with a big star."

"Miss Li Qinghe, may we take a photo together?"

Xu Fan was smiling at Li Qinghe at that moment.

This guy, so cheap...

Li Qinghe really couldn't continue her act at this point.

How could she not understand Xu Fan's intention at this moment, it was clear, he just wanted to purposely disgust Ke Longxiang, who hadn't left yet.

But she didn't mind playing along with him, and Li Qinghe nodded her head and directly agreed.

"Sure!"

Having received Li Qinghe's consent, Xu Fan happily faced the camera and immediately seized Li Qinghe's hand, posing in a handshake for the camera.

And to think what this guy was up to, it turned out to be just a handshake.

Li Qinghe couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at that moment.

Seeming to have a bit of a desire to get back at Xu Fan for scaring her, Li Qinghe quietly, while out of the camera's view, scratched Xu Fan's palm with her fingers.

The ticklish feeling made Xu Fan raise an eyebrow.

Seeing the slight smugness in Li Qinghe's expression at that moment, Xu Fan couldn't help but give a bitter smile.

What a fairy...

It wasn't until noon that the group of reporters finally left reluctantly.

Li Qinghe's arrival brought quite a few of her avid fans.

Even though she had already left, they were still watching in the store.

It seemed they wanted to support their idol.

By this point, Xu Fan somewhat understood why Li Qinghe had been so arrogant in front of him before.

Indeed, with her terrifying level of fame, it was difficult not to look down on people.

It was hard to imagine how the threshold of XD Jewelry might be trampled by customers once her endorsement advertisements for XD were released...

At this point, the store was exceptionally busy, Xia Xiaodie was busy managing things, and Xu Fan didn't interfere, not wanting to be a hindrance.

He was waiting at the door and, indeed, a guest he expected arrived.

Li Xiaochen.

Almost wanting to write all his anger on his face, Li Xiaochen's face was nearly black at that moment.

Seeing him walking towards himself, Xu Fan squinted and courteously said, "Brother Li, are you also planning to buy some jewelry for your loved one?"

"How about this, I'll give you a fifty percent discount, how does that sound?"

"Xu, you think, I, Li Xiaochen, really don't dare to kill you?"

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