the two-faced Adopted Girl Who Melted CEO's Ice-Cold Heart
Chapter 124: This Skin is Really Thick, Able to Bend and Stretch

Chapter 124: Chapter 124: This Skin is Really Thick, Able to Bend and Stretch

Mimi Joe, who was the first to stir up trouble and tried to slip away during the chaos, was dragged forward by Little Six with a pale expression like ashen earth.

"Which hand did you use to hit someone? Who sent you here to make trouble?" Ignatius Leclair bent down, his lips curling into a ruthless smile as he slowly said, "Say one wrong word, lose one finger."

Little Six walked to Ignatius’s side and reported in a low voice: "We found out. This woman is a third-rate stage actress named Mimi Joe. She arrived here in the Wade Family’s young master’s car earlier this evening."

Mimi Joe collapsed into a puddle of fear, trembling and crying uncontrollably: "I’ll speak! I’ll say everything! This morning, someone came to me and gave me ten thousand yuan to come to the party and hit a woman, and say those things... I really don’t know anything else!"

A third-rate actress, blinded by greed and lacking any sense, took on this job thinking it was just some acting at a banquet. Whether she messed up or not, she figured no one would remember her, completely unaware she had provoked someone who never lets grievances slide.

Thiago Wade hadn’t informed her about the identities of the people attending the banquet, worried she might get cold feet. As such, Mimi Joe had no idea who she had offended; otherwise, even if she were given a nerve, she wouldn’t dare take ten thousand for this.

Mimi Joe cried incoherently as she recounted the series of events, her words chaotic and jumbled. Yet, the gist was clear to the crowd: this woman had come here to act.

Ignatius Leclair lowered his gaze and spoke coldly, "Take her away."

Mimi Joe screamed and cried as she was dragged away, her fate unknown.

Ignatius Leclair raised his eyes and looked at Thiago Wade.

Thiago Wade’s face turned ashen, and he wailed miserably, "Mr. Leclair! I was duped by this woman too—I was just joking earlier. Please don’t take it seriously!"

At this point, as long as he insisted that what he said earlier was the truth, he might avoid humiliating himself further. But Thiago Wade, having spent years mastering the art of manipulation in Southeast Asia, knew better. Unlike others, he fully understood that Ignatius’s kick just now had been delivered with full force—it hurt so badly he nearly cried for his mother.

Even if threatened with death right now, he wouldn’t dare associate himself with Delphine Carter, lest Ignatius kill him before he could even return to the Wade Family.

"Then tell me properly: Who forced you to do such shameless things, slinging filth onto a young woman?" Ignatius Leclair sneered coldly, refusing to let the matter go.

"It was my sister who told me that Miss Carter humiliated her and asked me to think of a way to teach her a lesson. I was forced—I had no choice!" Thiago Wade suddenly burst into tearful howling, blaming his sister, Yvonne Wade.

By now, there was no way he could reveal that all of this had been orchestrated by Stone Leclair. The only option left was to heap all the blame onto his own sister.

His old man must truly have been blind to ally their family with the Leclair Family—they were the ones to reap the bitterness in the end.

Seeing Ignatius’s dark gaze remain fixed, Thiago Wade began crying to Delphine: "Miss Carter! I was misled—I apologize to you. You’re magnanimous; please don’t hold this against me!"

The crowd was impressed. The Wade Family’s entitled brat had spent years strutting around arrogantly, but tonight proved his shamelessness—crying on demand, knowing when to yield. Truly admirable.

Yvonne Wade, seeing her brother implicating her as well, felt her misfortune was unbearable. And now, he had dragged her into the pit. Noticing Ignatius’s icy glare turning toward her, she started trembling with rage.

What kind of shameless brother was this? Yes, she had told Thiago about teaching Miss Carter a lesson, but she had known nothing about this mess afterward! Where would she even find a third-rate actress?

"Are you even my real brother?" Yvonne Wade’s face contorted with anger as she let out a cry. It felt as though this entire night had been a nightmare.

In just one evening, the Wade siblings had managed to tarnish the family’s decades of reputation.