Still Have This Side – Chapter 45

Are you an undercover agent of love lurking by Yi Wanyue’s side?

Qi Ling admits her mistakes without hesitation.

Her understanding of Qiu Baiyu is not deep, and if the other party seriously calls the police, the one most affected would be her.

Qiu Baiyu, seeing Qi Ling admit her mistake so straightforwardly, asks: “Will you dare next time?”

Qi Ling immediately responds: “I won’t dare.”

Her appearance is honest with a bit of cleverness.

Only then does Qiu Baiyu put her phone away.

She actually did not expect Qi Ling to admit her mistake so neatly.

The system only described Qi Ling as a “lively, outgoing, loves showing off” person, and did not mention that she is so “honest” and admits mistakes so quickly.

But this is quite good, seeing that there is still hope, maybe Yi Wanyue will have one less enemy.

Qi Ling, seeing her put the phone away, worriedly asks: “You won’t report to the police, right?”

Qiu Baiyu: “I won’t.”

Qi Ling still isn’t assured: “You won’t wait until I leave and then secretly call the police?!”

Qiu Baiyu: “…”

Qiu Baiyu takes out her phone again, neatly opening the dial interface.

“Hey hey hey, what are you doing!”

“Seeing you are not assured, I’ll call 110 right now, so you can be at ease.”

“???”

Qi Ling hurriedly stops her: “I believe, I really believe!”

Only then does Qiu Baiyu expressionlessly put her phone away for the second time.

In dealing with this kind of cautious distrust, she has her tricks.

Qi Ling truly believes now.

Because Qiu Baiyu just doesn’t look like she cares much about her.

Since she doesn’t care, then whether to report to the police or not doesn’t matter.

With the image crisis resolved, Qi Ling reluctantly calms down and takes another look at Qiu Baiyu.

The long-haired woman in front of her has outstanding appearance, composed and generous temperament, with an added gentleness when quiet.

If she hadn’t just been about to call the police, Qi Ling might really believe she is gentle.

And she looks even better than in the photos, her complexion is better.

Probably she isn’t photogenic.

Qi Ling thinks so.

“I say, how come you are here?”

She knows Yi Wanyue is here, but really didn’t expect Qiu Baiyu to be here too.

Two people deeply in love with Jiang Shen, and one person Jiang Shen deeply loves, the three meeting is simply a battle of the century!

So what exactly is Qiu Baiyu’s purpose here?

Is she also here for an interview? Or for work?

But she hasn’t heard of Qiu Baiyu having any work, after the divorce, Qiu Baiyu got a lot of money, enough for her to spend a lifetime…

Qi Ling is seriously guessing in her heart, then sees Qiu Baiyu move.

She throws the paper into the trash can, then calmly says to her: “I’m here to accompany Wanyue for an interview.”

Qi Ling: “Oh…”

She nods in understanding, then suddenly freezes.

“Wait a minute! Who are you accompanying for an interview???”

“Wanyue,” Qiu Baiyu looks at her, repeating her best friend’s name word by word, “Yi, Wan, Yue.”

Qi Ling instantly showed an expression as if struck by lightning.

Qiu Baiyu accompanied Yi Wanyue here… Do they actually know each other? And are they on good terms?!

Unbelievable.

Everyone knows Qiu Baiyu loves Jiang Shen more than anything, and Jiang Shen’s heart is with Yi Wanyue. She should hate Yi Wanyue until her teeth itch, so how could she possibly accompany her so calmly for an interview, even intimately calling her “Wanyue”?

Impossible, this is too unbelievable!

“You accompanied her for the interview? You… don’t hate her?”

“Why would I hate her?”

“Hate her for stealing President Jiang’s heart. I know you really like President Jiang, more than I do—more than many women do.”

“…”

Qiu Baiyu deeply sighed.

Qi Ling, still letting her imagination run wild, lowered her voice: “Hey, you’re not an undercover agent of love lurking by Yi Wanyue’s side, right?”

“Planning to find out her weakness, then deliver a fatal blow, so she can’t be with President Jiang?”

“Tsk, you’re a bit ruthless…”

Qiu Baiyu: “…”

She took out her phone again.

Now, whenever Qi Ling sees her take out the phone, she feels something bad is happening: “Hey! Hey! What are you doing again!”

Qiu Baiyu: “Calling the police.”

Qi Ling: “Didn’t we agree not to catch me—”

Qiu Baiyu: “Let the police take me in.”

Qi Ling: “?”

Qiu Baiyu: “Let me atone for once liking Jiang Shen, so when I come out you all won’t say I like him anymore.”

Having a love-brained original owner is simply too painful.

Qi Ling: “?”

How is Qiu Baiyu like this!

She began to ponder, then once again held down Qiu Baiyu’s hand holding the phone, cautiously asked: “The results I found out about you are very different from what I’m seeing now, so I suspect the people who I hired to investigate you deceived me. Do you think… I can sue them for fraud?”

Qiu Baiyu: “…?”

Does she look like a legal consultant?

Yi Wanyue felt that Qiu Baiyu’s trip to the restroom took a long time.

So long that she had unconsciously checked the time several times.

Nothing bad happened, right?

For example, getting lost, or trapped in the elevator… various messy outcomes suddenly filled Yi Wanyue’s mind.

Worry and unease emotions tightly wrapped around Yi Wanyue’s heart, making each beat heavy.

Yi Wanyue had to first apologize to the two seniors, briefly explain, then go to the side to make a phone call.

The phone call was dialed out.

The call was quickly connected; the imagined bad things did not happen.

“Hello?” Qiu Baiyu’s voice came from the other end of the receiver, without any abnormality.

Yi Wanyue released a sigh of relief.

She was really afraid that Qiu Baiyu might have had an accident.

Holding the phone, she said: “You’ve been gone for a long time, why haven’t you come back yet, did you encounter something?”

“No, I didn’t encounter a thing, but I encountered a person,” Qiu Baiyu’s voice came from the receiver, “I ran into Qi Ling.”

Yi Wanyue: “?”

Qiu Baiyu at this moment was standing by the floor-to-ceiling window talking with Qi Ling.

This place was a bit far from the restroom, few people came here, so it was quite convenient for talking.

Qi Ling’s work was already finished, and she originally wanted to go see Yi Wanyue, this person, but unexpectedly ran into Qiu Baiyu first.

Running into her was just that, so she decided to chat with her first.

Mainly because she was completely different from what she knew.

“So you don’t like President Jiang?”

“Yes, I don’t like him.”

Qiu Baiyu held her phone in her hand, with the sound turned on, to prevent Yi Wanyue from not being able to find her.

“So don’t say I like him anymore.”

Qi Ling wanted to speak but stopped: “But in the past you…”

Qiu Baiyu interrupted her: “People need to look forward; the past is already gone, the future is life.”

Qi Ling: “…”

After a moment of silence, she said again: “You say Yi Wanyue also doesn’t like Jiang Shen? Is it real or fake?”

Everyone knows Jiang Shen likes Yi Wanyue, but no one knows Yi Wanyue’s attitude.

And when Yi Wanyue’s attitude is spoken by Qiu Baiyu, she inevitably begins to doubt.

Can these words be trusted?

Have Qiu Baiyu and Yi Wanyue really become friends?

But she hasn’t personally seen it yet… she now believes seeing is believing.

This time she wants to see for herself, no longer hiring people to investigate—not to mention being reported to the police by Qiu Baiyu, the results of the investigation seriously do not match the facts!

Qiu Baiyu calmly said: “Really, if you don’t believe, you can wait until you see her and ask personally.”

Qi Ling’s eyebrows moved, both hesitant and doubtful: “But President Jiang likes her so much…”

Qiu Baiyu countered: “Just because Jiang Shen likes her, does she have to like Jiang Shen?”

“If someone you dislike especially likes you, do you have to like him too?”

“Impossible!” Qi Ling refuted in one breath.

The people she dislikes all earned her dislike through their own actions, she certainly doesn’t want to like them!

“You also know that someone’s liking has nothing to do with you, so why must Wanyue respond to Jiang Shen’s liking?”

“Um…”

“You have the right to choose whether to like someone or not, and Wanyue does too. If she says she doesn’t like him, she doesn’t like him, and you can’t impose others’ will on her.”

Qiu Baiyu’s expression was serious, like a knight determined to defend Yi Wanyue, ready to argue to the end if Qi Ling imposed another emotional blackmail on Yi Wanyue.

“…”

Qi Ling was silent; she couldn’t refute, unable to refute.

Love is not an easy thing; no one can impose their own liking on another person to change them, to make them connect with their hearts.

She cannot, and Jiang Shen cannot either.

So, Qiu Baiyu was not wrong; it was she who thought too simply.

“I won’t say it like this again,” she promised.

Only then did Qiu Baiyu’s expression somewhat ease.

She doesn’t like being emotionally blackmailed, nor is she willing to see Yi Wanyue be emotionally blackmailed.

Even if Jiang Shen is better and likes Yi Wanyue, as long as Yi Wanyue doesn’t like him, it’s all useless, even if the King of Heaven comes, it’s no use.

Qiu Baiyu reevaluated the person in front of her.

This was her first time contacting a star from the entertainment circle, and Qi Ling herself indeed looked more beautiful than in videos and photos, full of aura.

Pity, such a beautiful person also likes a scumbag.

Thinking about this, Qiu Baiyu couldn’t help but say:

“I suggest you must also look forward; your eyes should see more scenery, not just Jiang Shen alone.”

Qi Ling was stunned: “How do you know I like—!”

Qiu Baiyu’s face remained unchanged: “If you don’t like Jiang Shen, why are you idly investigating me, a stranger?”

Qi Ling suddenly realized: “That’s true…”

Qiu Baiyu: “Moreover, you just let it slip yourself.”

Qi Ling pursed her mouth and smiled a bit, embarrassed.

Qiu Baiyu: “…”

It feels like this big star really isn’t too smart…

After that, Qi Ling no longer spoke, suddenly quietly looking at the world outside the window, no one could guess what she was thinking.

Qiu Baiyu wanted to persuade a bit more, but considering this was the first meeting, the more she said, the more purposeful it would seem, which might make Qi Ling feel disgusted.

Therefore, she only said one sentence: “Miss Qi, you are beautiful and dazzling, with a great future, so I also do not hope you are entangled by love.”

Qi Ling raised her eyebrows and silently turned her head to look at her.

Qiu Baiyu did not know what she was thinking and did not speak, calmly and openly meeting her gaze.

Quite a while passed, and she finally saw her speak—

“You say I am beautiful and dazzling,” Qi Ling tossed her hair, “then tell me, am I not the most beautiful among the people you have met?”

“…”

In such a long sentence, did she just hear those four words?!

Qiu Baiyu smiled and threw the question back to her: “What does Miss Qi think?”

Qi Ling snorted a laugh and proudly said: “That certainly is.”

“I just know my beauty is a fact that no one can deny!”

Even Jiang Shen’s ex-wife cannot deny it!

Qiu Baiyu: “…”

Speechless.

At the corner, Yi Wanyue was leaning against the wall, quietly listening to the two people talking.

She heard Qiu Baiyu speak on her behalf.

She also heard Qi Ling say that she is the most beautiful person Qiu Baiyu has seen, and Qiu Baiyu did not refute it—she couldn’t see her expression.

Qiu Baiyu did not refute.

Suddenly, many scenes uncontrollably replayed in Yi Wanyue’s mind.

There was Qiu Baiyu’s drunken appearance.

And Qiu Baiyu touching her mole, praising her good looks.

Yi Wanyue crossed her arms over her chest, took a deep breath, her chest feeling a bit congested.

It seemed like a wave of awkward sourness drilled in, with some inexplicable yet extremely childish feelings, and it was a pettiness and depression she had never experienced before—

…Am I not the most beautiful person in her heart?