After the divorce, my ex-husband's cousin tricked me into getting a marriage certificate.

Qi Muci now understood why Lin Mengchuan was so confident; it turned out he had latched onto the coattails of his former mother-in-law and former brother-in-law.

It's really childish and ridiculous that they disliked Qiao Ran and the Qiao family so much before.

Now that they're divorced, they're rushing to cling to his coattails.

Lin Mengchuan's behavior is truly baffling. Could it be that he has really fallen in love with Qiao Ran?

Qi Muci would absolutely not allow such a thing to happen.

He wanted to nip the seed of hope in Lin Mengchuan's heart in the bud.

He sat up, leaned close to Lin Mengchuan, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Lin Mengchuan's expression changed upon hearing this. He looked at Qi Muci in disbelief, his emotions becoming extremely agitated, and his whole body was trembling.

He muttered to himself, "Impossible, I don't believe it, you're lying to me. How could Qiao Ran be dating you? She only divorced me a few days ago, how could she have fallen for someone else so quickly!"

"You're lying! You made up this lie just to steal Qiao Ran from me."

Qi Muci smiled and said, "You're right. People can't fall in love with someone else so quickly. So there's only one possibility: Qiao Ran has never liked you. So dating me doesn't count as falling in love with someone else."

Lin Mengchuan's lips twitched, and his face turned from red to deathly pale.

Qi Muci patted Lin Mengchuan's cheek, "Qiao Ran married you because her mother forced her to, not because she liked you, and certainly not because she liked your family's money."

"And you, you went abroad on your wedding day. She didn't even know what kind of person you were. Do you think she would fall in love with someone she knew nothing about?"

"Besides, you slept with her childhood friend and got that woman pregnant. Do you know what that means? It's a slap in the face to Qiao Ran, an insult to her. If you were in her shoes, would you fall in love with someone who insults you?"

Lin Mengchuan disagreed, "Even if she doesn't like me, it's impossible for her to like you in such a short time."

Qi Muci curled his lips and shrugged, "Who told you she fell in love with me in a short time? Don't forget, she's known me since she was three years old and we acted in our first movie together."

"She had liked me for a long time, but she didn't realize it at the time. I'm just awakening her inner memories now."

Lin Mengchuan immediately deflated, his previous arrogance gone. He glared angrily at Qi Muci, feeling very unwilling.

Is he going to lose to Qi Muci again?

He always lost to Qi Muci when they were kids, and he still lost to Qi Muci when they were kids trying to steal women.

How could he bear such humiliation?

To save face, he suddenly threw his head back and laughed, saying disdainfully:

"I didn't expect my cousin to like picking up other people's junk so much. Qiao Ran is just a second-hand item that I discarded. Since my cousin likes second-hand items so much, then I'll give her to him."

"Ranran!" Qi Muci suddenly called out, looking behind Lin Mengchuan.

Lin Mengchuan turned around abruptly and saw Qiao Ran standing behind him with a dark expression. His mind went blank for a moment.

Qiao Ran was afraid that Lin Mengchuan would make things difficult for Qi Muci, so she turned back.

Unexpectedly, I heard Lin Mengchuan's heartfelt words.

She wasn't angry at all.

On the contrary, she breathed a sigh of relief, at least she could be sure that Lin Mengchuan wasn't pestering her because he liked her.

She chuckled self-deprecatingly, "It must have been tough for Young Master Lin to travel all the way to Licheng to complain about me, this piece of trash that everyone else has thrown away. If there's anything else you want to complain about, please say it all at once, so as not to waste your time and money."

“Someone like me, a secondhand item, isn’t worth Lin Shao wasting your time and money on.”

Lin Mengchuan was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Seeing that Lin Mengchuan remained silent, Qiao Ran said, "Is that all you've got to say, Young Master Lin? Then please leave this hotel. There's a proper order to things. This is a hotel that our film crew has booked. Please don't cause trouble."

"Besides, with trash like me living here, wouldn't it lower your status if you moved in?"

Qi Muci stood up and patted Lin Mengchuan on the shoulder as he passed by. "Take care. If you go to the airport now, you can still catch the last flight back to Jingbei City."

"If you can't get a taxi, just tell me and I'll have the crew's driver take you there, free of charge."

Lin Mengchuan watched as Qiao Ran turned and left with Qi Muci. The two were very close, and they did indeed look like they were dating.

He kicked the table in front of him and swore.

Xu Qing ran in from outside and asked Lin Mengchuan, "Brother Chuan, what's wrong? Did you talk to Qiao Ran? I saw that she looked unhappy when she went out, and she glared at me like she wanted to eat me alive."

Lin Mengchuan stood up abruptly, turned around and left.

Xu Qing chased after him, "Brother Chuan, where are we going? That manager is so stubborn. I've talked him to death, but he still won't give us a room. Maybe we should go to another hotel?"

Lin Mengchuan rushed out of the hotel and hailed a taxi.

Seeing Lin Mengchuan sit in the back seat, Xu Qing quickly pulled open the passenger door and got in the car.

He heard Lin Mengchuan say three words to the driver: "To the airport."

Xu Qing seemed to understand something. He guessed that Lin Mengchuan might have run into a wall with Qiao Ran, and it must have been quite a shock.

Very well, Xu Qing didn't want to stay overnight in Licheng, so it was better to return to Beijing.

The two arrived at the airport, bought the last two first-class tickets, went through security, and boarded the plane.

It turned out that they were on the same flight that had flown in.

The flight attendant was somewhat surprised to see the two of them.

Lin Mengchuan entered the first-class cabin, lay down immediately, and closed his eyes.

Xu Qing, who was following behind, didn't dare to breathe loudly and whispered to the flight attendant not to disturb Lin Mengchuan.

After Qiao Ran and Qi Muci went upstairs, Qiao Ran went back to her room to take a shower.

After taking a shower, she saw Qi Muci had changed into his pajamas and was lying on her bed, his hair still wet.

She walked around to the other side and sat down, asking, "How did you get in?"

Qi Muci replied with a smile, "Fu Chao helped me get an extra card from the front desk, saying it was for your assistant, and they didn't suspect anything."

Qiao Ran paused for a moment, then reached out and touched Qi Muci's hair. "You need to dry your hair before you sleep, or you might wake up with facial paralysis tomorrow. Go to the bathroom and dry your hair before you come over."

Qi Muci held her hand. "We can play it later, no rush. But you, are you sad?"

Qiao Ran: "What's there to be sad about? Being called junk and secondhand goods? Do you also think I'm junk and secondhand goods?"

Qi Muci pulled her into his arms and bit Qiao Ran's pink lips. "Don't belittle yourself like that. To me, you are the most precious."

Qiao Ran pursed her lips and buried her head in Qi Muci's chest. "Actually, I was quite happy to hear Lin Mengchuan call me trash."

Qi Muci: "Hmm?"

Qiao Ran: "To be honest, when I saw him appear in the lobby, I was quite scared. I was afraid that he had fallen in love with me, which was why he followed me here. In order to make him give up, I had even thought about confessing our relationship."

Qi Muci: "Actually, the reason he said those things just now was because I confessed our relationship. However, I didn't say that we were married. I said that we were dating. He was probably embarrassed and angry, so he said those things on purpose."

"I see. But I'm still very happy." Qiao Ran squeezed Qi Muci's big hand. "I think he won't bother me anymore. I really don't want to see his disgusting face again."