Chapter 234 Your Flesh Is Worthless (1/2)

At the end of June, S City was experiencing an influx of visitors ranging from multi-billionaire celebrities to ordinary foreign citizens, and even farmers.

Caesar Academy would sponsor the tuition fees and living costs for students with outstanding grades as well as students with exceptional talents in specific fields. As for those rich second generations with shitty grades but wished to enter the academy, well, they had no choice but to pay a large amount of sponsorship fee to secure their spot in the academy. After all, money was nothing to those people.

Parents of the sponsored students could stay at any hotel owned by Xin Enterprises for free. To Xin Enterprises, these kids would yield much greater returns in the future. In Xin Qing's own words, these kids were long term investments.

The play, which would take place inside the largest hall of Caesar Academy, began at 8PM on the dot. Below the stage, celebrities from all over the world were seated in rows. Currently, Xin Qing was sitting beside a foreign man.

”So why did you come here all of a sudden?” Xin Qing had been shocked when she ran into Lyle this morning.

”Are you guys separated for real this time, or is this another act?” Lyle said as he watched the performance onstage with interest.

”Pfft!” Xin Qing burst out laughing. ”Ying Enterprises sought you out, didn't they?”

”Well, according to that Rong Siman woman, Xin Enterprises will eventually become hers. She asked me to set my sights further.” Lyle released a mocking laugh. ”I frankly don't give a d*mn about what happened between you and him. I'm very happy with our partnership so far. I won't be changing a thing.”

Xin Qing shot him a glance. ”Geez, relax, will you? Nobody's asking you to switch sides.”

”Come on, I saw the news and was worried about you!” Lyle drew closer to her. ”Don't forget that I'm always willing to be your spare tyre.”

Then, it was Ah Sha's turn to give her cello performance onstage. Xin Qing focused all her attention to the performance and promptly ignored Lyle.

After the students' performance, Xunxun, the president of the student council, got onstage and announced the location for the school's summer vacation trip this year. After that, Zhang Mi went on stage to give out scholarships to outstanding students. Then finally, Xin Qing gave a speech on behalf of the academy, thanking the government and various world leaders for all the support given to the academy.

There was a dance party after the event, though it was mostly the students who were having fun while the adults used it as an opportunity to talk shop and expand their business interests. Xin Qing and Lyle were sitting somewhere in the corner of the room when Xin Qing saw Rong Siman heading towards them from afar.

”Didn't you say you wanted to know who Rong Siman is? Well, she's coming to us right now.” Xin Qing gave Lyle a smile before she returned her gaze to Rong Siman, who was now standing in front of her.

At first Lyle had wanted to stand up out of chivalry, but when he saw that Xin Qing had barely moved from her sitting position, he remained seated as well.

Anger leaked out from Rong Siman's mouth the moment she opened it. ”Xin Qing, you did it on purpose, didn't you?”

”Geez, I wonder what's got her panties in a bunch this time?” Xin Qing thought, blinking her eyes. ”I did a lot of things on purpose. Do you mind being a bit more specific?”

”You little...” Rong Siman was about to smash her wine glass at Xin Qing, but Lyle's quick hand had given Rong Siman's arm a little shove, causing all the red wine in the glass to spill onto Rong Siman's dress. Rong Siman's dress was a light, skin-colored satin dress, so the stain of the wine was highly conspicuous. The fact that the stain came in a disgustingly large patch made it even more obvious.

”Argh!” Rong Siman screamed. A commotion that large had long since drawn the attention of the surrounding people. By then, Zhang Mi and Young Master Shen were already walking quickly towards Xin Qing. When they arrived, they both stood behind Xin Qing.

Xin Qing stood up calmly. ”Xin Enterprises didn't invite you here to cause a ruckus. Well, of course, I won't be able to stop you if you're so hell-bent on humiliating Ying Qingcang. Just please don't affect my other guests.”

”Oh? And this is the way you treat your guests, President Xin?” Came a deep and low voice. Ying Qingcang emerged from the crowd. Although he was on his own, the aura he exuded had sufficed to cause everyone in the crowd to start stepping away from his path.

”Ah Cang!” Rong Siman leaned into him. ”I just wanted to talk and ask her if she's willing to let us be a part of Caesar's shareholders. This is what you have given her before after all. But she had not only mocked me, but had even spilled wine all over me.”

All of a sudden, whispers broke out among the crowd.

”Look! Look! It looks like President Xin and President Ying are wearing matching outfits!”

”I know, right? I've already noticed it just now. It's like they've agreed beforehand. What a matching pair.”

Rong Siman was so furious at this point that she nearly broke off all her fingernails. Xin Qing's grey dress was the first thing Rong Siman had noticed the moment she arrived at the event. When she left for the event tonight, Rong Siman noticed that the color which Ying Qingcang had selected for his suit was silver, a color that he had never picked before. She had specially selected a light color dress in order to match his black suit, but now it seemed like all her efforts had gone to waste.

Rong Siman was convinced that it was impossible for Ying Qingcang to know the kind of dress that Xin Qing would be wearing to the event. Even more impossible was the fact that he would deliberately try to match his clothes to the color of Xin Qing's dress. Therefore, it must be the case that Xin Qing had heard something from somewhere and had then deliberately picked a dress to match his suit. That was what Rong Siman had wanted to confront Xin Qing about just now. But she lost her temper and ended up making a scene.

”Hey, what's the deal between you two?” Zhang Mi whispered to Xin Qing softly. Zhang Mi had also noticed the way in which Xin Qing's dress had matched Ying Qingcang's suit to a tee.

Xin Qing turned her head and leaned her ear towards Zhang Mi. ”How should I know?” Xin Qing whispered back. ”Have you forgotten that I've only had my dress made last week?”

Ying Qingcang blatantly ignored the crowd's whispers and fixed his calm gaze upon Xin Qing. ”Aren't you going to give me a proper explanation, President Xin?” he asked.

”No. I can't lose. This is just the beginning!” Xin Qing pepped herself up inwardly. Recently, she had been spending a lot of time brainwashing herself and telling herself that Ying Qingcang was now the sworn enemy of Xin Enterprises. Besides, how dare he help another woman bully her? This kind of despicable behavior was utterly unforgivable.

Now that Xin Qing had witnessed Ying Qingcang coming to Rong Siman's defense again, it was like something had lit up Xin Qing's tiny universe. With a bland smile plastered on her face, Xin Qing said, ”Explanation? What explanation? You mean you want me to explain how we have a loose dog from your house running around the place and biting others because you've somehow forgotten to shut the gates of your house?”