The mind-reading fake heiress changes her fate by eating melons.

Chi Lingling and Qi Yize were at a loss when they saw that Qiu Li had actually chosen to believe An Ling's words.

But they absolutely cannot admit it.

In such a public setting, especially with public figures like An Ling and Qiu Nian present, if people were to find out about their affair, who knows how far the news would spread.

Although Qi Yize wanted to humiliate Qiu Li, it didn't mean he would let himself be buried with her.

Although Qiu Li might be ridiculed for being cheated on, people with normal values ​​know that he is the victim.

But Qi Yize is different.

If this matter gets blown up, he and Chi Lingling, the two people who cheated on Qiu Li, will truly be despised by everyone.

A deeply hurt expression immediately appeared on Chi Lingling's face.

"Ah Li, you...you don't believe me?"

She pointed at An Ling, then looked at Qiu Li with disbelief and asked:

"Just because of one sentence she made up out of thin air, you're going to suspect that I'm having an affair with Qi Yize?"

Or is it that you actually stopped loving me a long time ago, but just didn't want to be the bad guy by speaking up first?

I knew you'd been so cold to me lately. You were just using the silent treatment to get rid of me, weren't you? Since I haven't mentioned breaking up, you're trying to dump me this way?

Wow, amazing! Starting with zero frames, he shifted the blame, preemptively portraying Qiu Li as a scumbag and placing himself in the victim's position.

Even if Qiu Li shows distrust towards her, bystanders will only be caught in a Rashomon effect, unable to discern the truth.

“Yes, Qiu Li,” Qi Yize said with a wronged expression, “You and I have been friends for ten years. Don’t you know what kind of person I am? How can you doubt me based on just one sentence?”

“You’re a lawyer yourself, so you know that everything requires evidence, right? An Ling, as a public figure, is trying to smear our innocence with nothing but empty words. If she doesn’t apologize to us, I could even sue her for defamation.”

The onlookers listened to one story and thought it made sense, then listened to another and thought it made sense too, so they had no idea who was telling the truth.

When they heard Qi Yize say he was going to sue An Ling, they were even more eager to watch the drama unfold, focusing all their attention on An Ling's table.

The restaurant staff no longer stood there dumbfounded. They all pretended to be very busy, but whether they were serving dishes or clearing plates, they were all multitasking and listening intently, afraid of missing any information.

None of them intended to try to persuade the other side. After all, it hadn't escalated into a physical conflict or involved any verbal abuse, so it wasn't their turn to intervene. Besides, what if they managed to persuade the other side to back down?

The badger in the restaurant is all waiting to watch the drama unfold!

Anyone who tries to persuade them is a sinner—oh no, a scoundrel!

Despite being threatened with a lawsuit by Qi Yize, An Ling remained completely unfazed and casually raised her phone.

"Who said I have no evidence? Before the phone fell, I accidentally pressed the record button. I recorded everything you did under the table."

Chi Lingling and Qi Yize's expressions changed drastically in an instant.

But how could that be? What are the odds of such a coincidence in the world?

Or rather, how could they possibly be so unlucky?

An Ling didn't care about their expressions, she directly opened the video and handed the phone to Qiu Li, "Brother, watch it yourself!"

Qiu Li was surprised that An Ling had this trick up her sleeve.

He certainly believed in An Ling and didn't care if he didn't watch, but now they were putting on a show in front of onlookers, so he naturally had to play along.

Qiu Li took the phone and started watching the video in full view of everyone, and the onlookers craned their necks to look over.

Although they couldn't see the video content no matter how hard they tried, they could tell from Qiu Li's increasingly dark face that the video was probably real!

Qiu Li's cold and sharp gaze pierced straight at Chi Lingling and Qi Yize, "When did this start?"

"What? When?" Chi Lingling panicked completely. "What are you talking about? I didn't, Qi Yize and I didn't do anything!"

She still didn't believe that An Ling could have taken the picture so coincidentally, and she absolutely couldn't admit it in front of so many people!

"Did you two siblings conspire together all along? Why are you doing this to me?"

Qiu Li was also surprised that Chi Lingling could be so stubborn and was still trying to argue.

If she had simply cheated on him, Qiu Li might have shown her some leniency out of consideration for their years of friendship. But when he thought about what might happen to his parents, he couldn't help but hate Chi Lingling.

"It seems you're not going to tell the truth," Qiu Li said coldly to Chi Lingling. "How about I send this video out to everyone here so they can see it, and then I'll come back and ask you?"

Chi Lingling stared incredulously into Qiu Li's eyes, realizing he wasn't joking.

It was precisely because she had been in a relationship with Qiu Li for so many years that Chi Lingling knew perfectly well that he was a man of his word, and if she didn't admit it, he really would release the video.

Tears welled up in Chi Lingling's eyes. "Are you really going to do this to me? We've known each other for almost eight years, and been together for almost four. Are you really going to be so heartless?"

"Heartless?" Qiu Li finally experienced what it felt like to laugh when you're speechless.

"So, you're not heartless to cheat on me with Qi Yize behind my back, right?"

I'm giving you one more chance. Answer me: what's really going on between you and Qi Yize? How long have you been like this?

"It's all because of you!" Chi Lingling said between sobs. "Don't you know? You've been very cold to me since last month. I thought you had fallen for someone else, so I had to ask Qi Yize. That's when I found out that Qi Yize had always liked me, but he hadn't said anything because of you!"

“It wasn’t until I asked him about your situation that he said he was willing to give me happiness if I made him unhappy, but nothing happened between us. I was only recently moved by him.”

Do you understand now? I acted this way because I was angry at your passive-aggressive behavior. I know I was wrong, but don't you feel completely blameless?

Are there really that many good actors these days? I'm starting to feel a bit of a career crisis!

An Ling almost wanted to applaud Chi Lingling after hearing this. To be fair, Chi Lingling's thought process was a bit strange, but her mind did work very quickly.

In just a few short minutes, in the face of an unexpected situation, he was able to immediately write, direct, and stage such a lie, and yet no one could see through it.

After hearing Chi Lingling's words, Qi Yize immediately helped her cover up her lie.

"Yes, Qiu Li, nothing really happened between us. I do have feelings for Chi Lingling, but I've always kept them within the bounds of propriety and never crossed any lines. It was only because your attitude towards her made her feel insecure that I impulsively confessed my feelings."

But I can see that Chi Lingling truly loves you. If there's any misunderstanding between you two, why not take this opportunity to clear it up? Don't hurt her feelings.

Qiu Li was surprised that the two of them still refused to admit it, so he decided to make up a lie and say that he had changed his attitude towards Chi Lingling because he had long suspected that the two of them were having an affair.

Qiu Li had thought it over carefully and decided that mentioning only this point should not be enough to make An Ling notice anything unusual.

But before he could even speak, he noticed that An Ling seemed particularly dissatisfied with his current reaction.

[My goodness! Are you a ninja? Your girlfriend cheated on you with your best friend! How are you still standing there talking to them so calmly?]

[Your good friend says he's been eyeing your girlfriend! Why didn't you rush in and fight him?]

How can I perform if you guys don't cause trouble?!

[Should I go to war for my brother? Should I slap Qi Yize first or kick him?]