Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him
Chapter 376: Minor Leaves Scars, Severe Ruins the Face

Chapter 376: Chapter 376: Minor Leaves Scars, Severe Ruins the Face

"Get out of the way!"

"Everyone move, I have sulfuric acid in my hand!" Xu Xingluo’s voice was hoarse, as she screamed and ran out, bumping into many guests.

Screams filled the air.

Upon hearing "sulfuric acid," guests scattered in every direction.

Afraid of getting splashed.

This stuff could severely disfigure or at least leave scars!

"It’s Xu Xingluo!"

"Wasn’t she locked up in a mental hospital? How on earth did she get onto this cruise ship?"

"Move aside!"

In Xu Xingluo’s hand was a glass bottle, the lid already removed, releasing a pungent and powerful acidic smell. This caused even more panic, with everyone keeping their distance, revealing Huo Xingzhou and Qiao Xi surrounded by the crowd.

At this moment, there were no other people around them, with guests standing three to five meters away.

The Liu Family stood at the forefront, watching anxiously.

Xu Xingluo was just over a meter away from Qiao Xi and Huo Xingzhou, "Qiao Xi, don’t move! If you take one step, I’ll ruin that pretty face of yours!"

At such a distance, no one dared to move.

No one could guarantee their own safety.

Qiao Xi’s heart skipped a beat, but her hand was grasped tightly by Huo Xingzhou beside her. She suddenly felt reassured and also remembered some inexplicable things that Huo Xingzhou had said to her at the banquet.

He said, no matter what happens, don’t be afraid, everything will be alright.

Could Xu Xingluo’s arrival have been within his expectations?

There must be some hidden story behind how Xu Xingluo escaped from the mental hospital.

"Qiao Xi, Huo Xingzhou! You two have ruined my entire life!"

Xu Xingluo roared, her eyes bloodshot, looking much haggard and defeated, no longer as beautiful as before.

Her body emanated malice.

She swept her cold gaze over the crowd, laughing madly.

She came here today with no intention of sparing Qiao Xi. She wanted to destroy her in her most glorious moment.

Just like how Qiao Xi had destroyed her birthday party in the past!

From the edge of the crowd, Xiang Mingzhu sneered. It was about time! Despite sporting a slap mark on her face, she was determined to watch the drama unfold, to see if Qiao Xi still had the capability to participate in the next round of the trial at the Imperial Capital.

Next to her, Zhong Yi’s lips were tightly pursed, fingers clenched around the balustrade handrail, with traces of turmoil flickering in her eyes.

Bodyguards encircled Xu Xingluo, Qiao Xi, and the others, on high alert, seemingly looking for an opportunity to snatch the bottle from her hand. Huo Xingzhou caught a glance with Zhou Yu through the crowd and distance.

Zhou Yu nodded.

Meanwhile, the uninformed were in a state of panic.

Huo Sijiao didn’t dare to come too close, shouting, "Xu Xingluo, calm down! If you hurt my sister-in-law and brother, do you think you’ll be able to escape?"

Xu Xingluo laughed with contempt, "Escape? I don’t want to escape!"

She was ready to go down together with her enemies!

The time she had spent in the mental hospital was like a living death!

Luckily, someone came to rescue her, her ex-boyfriend from overseas was quite capable, not only falsifying psychiatric evaluations but also getting her out.

But Xu Xingluo had no desire to go abroad with him; she wanted to perish together with Qiao Xi!

Jealousy had been brewing in her heart for countless days and nights.

She needed an outlet to vent, unwilling to live like a rat in a sewer.

Even if it meant death, she would drag a few others down with her!

Liu Huimin’s eyes reddened as she looked at Xu Xingluo urgently, "Xingluo, if you have any grievances, take it out on me. Don’t harm Qiao Xi!"

"Xu Xingluo, if you have any demands, just say them." Du Juan’s heart raced as she stared at the glass bottle in her hand.

Hate was written all over Xu Xingluo’s face, "The more you protect her, the more I hate her!"

She brought the bottle a little closer to Qiao Xi, and the crowd gasped.

Xu Xingluo laughed like a madwoman, "Your pleading is useless; I want Huo Xingzhou to beg me!"

She looked at the man she had loved for many years, her eyes brimming with tears, "You set off fireworks for her, told her that the moon would hang forever unyielding, but what about me? What am I? What have all my years of affection and dedication amounted to? Just because I left when you had your car accident, do I deserve to be stripped of everything?"

Huo Xingzhou’s eyes were cold and indifferent, looking at her as if she were a joke.

"Huo Xingzhou!"

Xu Xingluo was on the brink of madness, "I want you to beg me! Say you love me, say Qiao Xi is a worthless, shameless woman, and draft a divorce agreement with her on the spot, and I’ll let you both go! Otherwise, I will... ruin her face."

Huo Xingzhou glanced at her indifferently, "Why are you still so foolish?"

Xu Xingluo grasped the glass bottle tightly, aiming it at him, "Huo Xingzhou, what do you mean? Are you not afraid I’ll harm Qiao Xi? I don’t think you love her that much."

Qiao Xi moved close, her mind growing clearer by the second.

The odor emanating from the opened glass bottle was indeed pungent and unpleasant but strangely off. She recalled Huo Xingzhou’s warning and, seeing his fearless provocation and belittlement of Xu Xingluo, was even more certain of her suspicion.

There was something wrong with this sulfuric acid!

"Xu Xingluo!"

Qiao Xi’s cool voice rang out, "All of this is the result of your own doing. Huo Xingzhou was someone you let go of with your own hands, and since returning to the country, you’ve been causing trouble nonstop, even resorting to drugging, framing, and kidnapping. Do you only know how to blame others instead of reflecting on yourself?"

"Qiao Xi!" Xu Xingluo screamed her name with blood and tears, "You climbed over me to get to the top, but how noble are you really? If not for you, everything would have been on the right track."

At this, Liu Huimin couldn’t hold back any longer.

She stepped forward, yelling angrily, "If not for you and Xu Guangyao, everything would have been on the right track! What right do you have to blame Qiao Xi, after enjoying years of glory and wealth from our family, you ungrateful wretch, still plotting to kill Qiao Xi!"

Xu Xingluo looked at her with contempt in her eyes, her eyes bloodshot, "Is blood relation so important? Liu Huimin, I called you mother for twenty-two years, doesn’t that count for more than your blood connection with Qiao Xi? This country bumpkin girl just had the luck to be born from your womb!"

The crowd murmured among themselves, "What?"

"Qiao Xi is actually Liu Huimin’s daughter?"

"That explains it. Today the Liu Family gifted the jewelry store to Young Madam Huo. I wondered why the Liu Family changed their attitude so quickly; there was this connection."

"Life is so unpredictable; she’s the precious daughter of the Liu Family."

Who could criticize Qiao Xi’s background now?

Xiang Mingzhu, standing at the edge of the deck, had a complex expression, her heart like a bottle of mixed emotions overturned. She had thought Qiao Xi’s family background couldn’t compare to hers, and she had felt superior.

Remembering what she had said in front of Young Master Zhong, she felt as if she had been slapped in the face numerous times. Ye Zhimeng’s change in attitude must have also been because she already knew.

That damn fool, not even giving her a heads-up.

Qiao Xi was the precious daughter of the Liu Family, far more illustrious than the Xiang Family in the Imperial Capital.

Xu Xingluo was provoked by the guests’ discussions, the jewelry store she had coveted for many years was given to Qiao Xi.

Her eyes turned blood-red as she threw the liquid in the bottle towards Qiao Xi.

"No!"

"Xu Xingluo, stop!"

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