I'm not willing to be a cannon fodder for the female supporting role anymore

"No, and we don't intend to..."

"Pfft."

Just when Yueying was about to waste some time explaining to Lu Xiaowei that the marriage contract between the two families was invalid, she opened her eyes and saw her jumping straight into the fountain pool next to them.

What is this heroine doing? Yueying's mouth twitched. It was obvious that she was being framed, but she didn't want to jump in to solve this crisis. After all, the outdoor fountain was quite cool.

"Sister, there's really nothing going on between me and Master Ding..."

When Yueying turned around, someone rushed over from behind her, stood by the pool, and pulled Lu Xiaowei out.

"I just said a few words to Master Ding."

Her eyes were filled with tears and her voice was trembling.

Ding Yanxi pulled the person up, took off his coat, and put it on Lu Xiaowei, who was still dripping with water.

Yueying looked at them and suddenly remembered that she had met all the younger generations of the Ding family tonight, but had never seen Ding Yibai.

"Sister, if you are angry, I will avoid Ding Shao from now on."

I don’t know who the Ding Shao that Lu Xiaowei mentioned is. Ding Yanxi came out to look for Yueying because he saw his cousin walking back alone, so he only saw two girls standing by the fountain pool, and suddenly one of them fell down.

He hurried over to pull the girl out of the water, only to find that the person standing silently by the side watching the show was Qiu Yueying. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

Yueying never responded. She stared at Lu Xiaowei's face expressionlessly, and then her mind wandered off into some random thoughts.

For example, I don’t know what kind of eyeliner Lu Xiaowei used. She wiped a few drops of tears after falling into the pool, but her eye makeup didn’t smudge at all. However, it’s not easy to remove the makeup.

Some young people not far away were all attracted by Lu Xiaowei's crying. Ding Yanxi had been observing Yueying and found that she did not show any panic or embarrassment from beginning to end.

If not many young people in this circle know Lu Xiaowei, then even fewer know Yueying. Now that the victim has spoken out himself, naturally people who are familiar with him will come forward to support him.

After talking so much, the eyes of the people around her began to be unfriendly. After all, when they heard that Qiu Yueying was the stepdaughter of a wealthy family and had an engagement with an even richer family, it was enough for everyone to misunderstand that she relied on the Lu family to gain benefits. Coupled with the scene played by Lu Xiaowei, she could understand why the sour people were unfriendly.

But understanding does not mean she agrees. She was too lazy to explain to those who were unaware of the truth and were spreading malice towards an innocent girl. She turned around and left.

"Stop, Qiu Yueying, can't you apologize?"

She never expected that the person who actually stood up to stop her was Ding Yanle who had returned. He walked over from the crowd, casually placed the wine glass in his hand on a nearby table, and took a few steps to Lu Xiaowei. Seeing this, her best friends who had been surrounding her wisely stepped aside.

Yueying opened her innocent eyes wide and smiled slightly out of politeness.

“Yes, but you only need to apologize if you have done something wrong.”

This is a bit speechless. It's a matter between girls, why did Ding Yanle, a grown man, come and meddle in it, and even humiliate his fiancée? His uncle can tolerate it, but his aunt can't. Can he just let them slap him in the face like this?

Yueying snorted coldly, and without waiting for Ding Yanle to approach, she turned around again and walked away quickly with an indifferent expression, as if someone fell into the water and was ridiculed by everyone, but they were not targeting her.

The more I thought about it, the angrier I got. As I walked, Yueying was thinking, what's wrong with this Ding Yanle? Did he think he was the hero and ordered me to apologize?

Ding Yanxi saw his cousin moving closer to Lu Xiaowei. Since someone from the main family was taking care of him, it was a good opportunity for him to leave, so he raised his foot and chased after Yueying.

Lu Xiaowei opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, she saw Ding Yanxi had already walked away, and she felt annoyed.

"Want to take a break?"

After catching up with Yueying, Ding Yanxi hurried forward to talk to her.

"Don't you think I pushed her?"

The figure behind her made Yueying pause for a moment. When she heard these words, the anger in her heart disappeared all of a sudden.

"You have to have a motive to do something bad, and then you have to consider the consequences. There is no fool who would kill a hundred enemies and injure a thousand of his own."

"Didn't Lu Xiaowei say that I pushed her into the pool out of jealousy because she said a few more words to Mr. Ding?"

Yueying smiled, her face full of kindness and warmth, unlike before when she was facing Ding Yanxi, where she was either pretending or showing a sense of annoyance.

"I met her before the party started. You should have been playing games in the lounge at that time, right? Did she also visit us and chat?"

Ding Yanxi smiled. If Lu Xiaoyi hadn’t looked so sickly, he really wouldn’t have been able to remember when he had spoken to her.

"How do you know that the Young Master Ding she's talking about is you?"

Yueying felt that although Ding Yanxi was an expert in tea appreciation, he seemed a little too narcissistic.

"I should be the only single young man Ding who chatted with her today. She came after Xiaole went to the lounge."

"Are you and Lu Xiaowei friends?"

Although Lu Xiaowei is quite pretty, there are many beautiful women here today, so the one who left such a specific impression on Ding Yanxi must be a friend, right?

"How come? This is the first time we meet today."

The corners of Ding Yanxi's eyes twitched slightly, and his lips curved into a beautiful arc. His height advantage made Yueying look at his head from this angle as if there was a halo.

Seeing his beautiful Adam's apple revealed by the collar of his fitted shirt, Yueying couldn't help but swallowing. Then she realized her situation the next second and quickly lowered her head.

"Young Master Ding has a good memory. So many people came today."

"There are many beautiful women here, but she is the only one who looks like she has just recovered from a serious illness."

Ding Yanxi didn't notice Yueying's little distraction just now. He just felt that Yueying's attitude towards him seemed to be much better than before, and he felt sweet in his heart.

"Just recovered from a serious illness?"

Yueying couldn't help laughing when she heard this description, and recalled Lu Xiaowei's makeup today. Indeed, Lu Xiaowei had a rather flamboyant appearance, and was not really suitable for the so-called first love syndrome makeup.

"That's the sick beauty makeup that's popular on the Internet right now, okay?"

"She's not in poor health."

Yueying gave a thumbs up in her heart. Isn’t this too straight?

"Of course not. The sick beauty makeup makes me feel pity for her."

"Excuse me, if you painted like that, I would probably advise you to go home and rest now."

I didn't expect Ding Yanxi to say that. Yueying felt like she was going to die of laughter. She began to admire this man. He was quite talkative and would not be brainwashed by green tea. He would not escalate the issue to a marriage contract between two families. She felt that it was okay for them to be friends.

"Where's Qiu Yueying? Come out now."

Yueying felt a headache when she heard Li Qiao's voice. She must have heard about what happened in the backyard just now and came to support Lu Xiaowei.

Yueying turned her head and looked at Ding Yanxi with a helpless expression.

"Mr. Ding, please do me a favor."

"my pleasure."

Ding Yanxi glanced outside, then slowly moved his wrist. The smile on his face made Yueying feel that he might have misunderstood something.

"I'll send you a video. Please project it on the big screen in the banquet hall. I'm going to go find Grandpa and the others first and get some peace and quiet."

"it is good."

The man smiled, opened his phone, clicked twice, looked up and saw the girl lying at the door listening carefully, his smile deepened.

Li Qiao looked around the rest area but didn't see anyone, so she had to go back to the lobby. Yueying heard the people leave and went back. As soon as she entered the lobby, she saw the ghost video broadcast on the LED screen, which repeatedly played the scene of Lu Xiaowei directing and acting in the water.

Li Qiao was instantly furious, and she didn't care who the host was, and she shouted in the banquet hall to turn off the computer. Suddenly she saw Yueying coming in from a small door on the side, so she rushed up and slapped her.

Yueying didn't expect that Li Qiao would really dare to take action here, so she was caught off guard at all and her ears were slapped, causing tinnitus.

She covered her left ear, her eyes filled with tears, without any acting skills. This damn woman was so cruel. Yueying even doubted whether this body was her own?

Li Qiao wanted to attack her again, but Yueying dodged her swiftly. Of course, she couldn't fight with her biological mother in such a situation, so she had to trot over to her grandfather and father.

"How could I give birth to a scum like you? It's not enough that you bully your sister at home, but you also come out and make a fake video to slander her."

Li Qiao chased Yueying, shouting very loudly. Grandpa Qiu and Grandpa Ding also walked towards Yueying. Seeing the spoiled Li Qiao, Grandpa Qiu slapped her back.

"Who the hell are you? You're just a bitch, and you dare to hit my granddaughter."

Before Li Qiao could react, the sound of a microphone came from the field, which was loud enough to drown out the thin crying voice.

"You are welcome to ask me, Ding Yanxi, for the original video, but if anyone fails to distinguish right from wrong and continues to spread rumors about Miss Qiu Yueying, we will have to see each other in court."

Ding Yanxi put down the microphone after he finished speaking. The short video continued to play on the big screen, just when Ding Yanle asked Yueying to apologize. Old Master Ding frowned, it was really unbearable to watch. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said to the housekeeper beside him.

"Where's the little music guy?"

"Didn't see it."

The butler answered in a very professional voice with no emotion on his face.

"Find him here and apologize to Xiaoying. Go quickly!"

"Yes."

"Grandpa, it's not necessary..."

It was the old man's birthday, and Yueying didn't want to cause any trouble. As for Li Qiao, if she hadn't been chasing after her to discredit her, Yueying wouldn't have wanted to pursue the matter either.

After a while, Ding Yanle was brought over by the housekeeper. The housekeeper had already told him about this matter on the way, and he knew that today would not be an easy day.

"Apologize to Xiaoying, and then go to the ancestral hall and kneel for a whole night."

Mr. Ding leaned on his walking stick and knocked the ground a few times.

"Why? She was misunderstood, and she didn't explain anything. Anyone would think she accepted it, right?"

After all, he is the spoiled young master of the Ding family. Surrounded by so many guests, he has to save face.

"She accused me because she said my fiancé said something to him, so I got jealous and pushed her down."

Yueying spoke softly, her voice not loud, but every word gave Ding Yanle goose bumps.

"Others may not know, but my nominal fiancé should know whether I have spoken to her or not, right?"

As expected, Yueying pointed the finger at himself. Ding Yanle gritted his teeth, not knowing what to say to make the old man less angry.

"I……"

"She doesn't even know who my fiancé is. What do you need me to explain?"

Yueying did not show anger at this moment, but looked at Ding Yanle with great concern, as if she was looking at a fool.

This scene made Ding Yanle look more and more like a joke. Jiang Xin rushed over and saw that her son was speechless after being scolded.

"Xiaoying, you have misunderstood our Ah Le. I have taught this child since he was young that if there are guests at home, as long as it does not involve principles or bottom lines, it is okay to suffer a little loss due to misunderstanding, after all, they are guests."

Jiang Xin walked forward with a smile to comfort Yueying, took her hand, folded it in her own, and patted it gently.

"You are Ah Le's fiancée, so he naturally treats you as his own. That's why I'm here to protect the guest's face."

It is said that you should not hit a smiling person. Jiang Xin explained in a gentle manner. Yueying wondered whether she should stop at that point. She should not turn the old man's birthday party into a joke among women.

"Aunt Jiang is right."

Yueying followed Jiang Xin's words and added a sentence to express her attitude.

"Grandpa, being a member of the Ding family means we have to endure this kind of grievance?"

Ding Yanxi walked over and his voice was quite loud, just enough to drown out Yueying's voice.

"Xiaoxi, what do you mean?"

Jiang Xingang expressed her satisfaction with Yueying's cooperation, and she also planned to go back and teach Ding Yanle a lesson.

"Aunt, do you know how many unpleasant things our Xiaoying has been criticized for because of Miss Lu's frame-up? If it was you who was framed, Xiaole would have rushed up to beat you up. How can you protect the guests?"

The metaphor was very appropriate. What Ding Yanxi meant was that Ding Yanle did not regard Qiu Yueying as his own family member.

Although Yueying had no idea what Ding Yan was up to, as he kept offering to help her, she could just accept it if she couldn't figure it out. At worst, they could talk it out in private.

"grandfather."

In that case, Yueying smiled, changing her expression as if nothing had happened just now, walked over to Grandpa Qiu, took the old man's arm, and spoke in a weak voice with some grievance.

Grandpa Ding was also a little confused when he saw what Ding Yanxi was doing. Wasn't this kid unwilling to get married? Why did he do so many things today?

However, it was obvious that the little grandson was not thoughtful enough in this matter, so he should at least give the girl from the Qiu family a reasonable explanation first.

"Where is Lu Dingnan?"

Grandpa Ding looked at Li Qiao who was pulled aside in the distance, and did not see Lu Dingnan around, so he opened his mouth and started looking for someone.

"Master, I'm here."

Lu Dingnan squeezed out of the crowd, holding Lu Xiaowei, who looked reluctant.

"Xiao Wei, hurry up and apologize to your sister. And Grandpa Ding, you've ruined Grandpa Ding's birthday party by being so princess-sick."