Liu Yi said slowly, "I've really learned something today! I've seen shameless people, but never this shameless! When Xiao Qi first married her husband, they were perfectly happy together. You had to be the third party and steal someone else's husband, and now you think you're in the right? Coming here to pick a fight with the wife? Let me ask you, Miss Cui, who gave you such confidence? You're not even good enough and yet you're so delusional!"
The crowd instantly erupted in murmurs.
Especially the female contestants, who began whispering among themselves.
Women hate nothing more than a mistress confronting the wife.
With that, everyone's gaze toward Cui Yuelan shifted once again.
Earlier it was mockery, now it was disdain.
Cui Yuelan didn't turn around, so she naturally didn't see their looks. She continued to argue stubbornly, "Yi Ning was mine to begin with, okay? Shen Qi was the shameless one, clinging to him and marrying him! Now she's ruining my reputation everywhere, and I can't even speak up?"
"Ruining your reputation? Please, do you even have a reputation to ruin?" Liu Yi sneered. "For someone to ruin your reputation, you'd have to have one first, right?"
The crowd burst into laughter at Liu Yi's retort.
Cui Yuelan finally snapped back to reality, realizing she had become a spectacle.
Jiang Xiao Jiang shrank her neck, standing to the side. At this point, she refused to admit that those rumors had come from her.
Seeing the crowd laughing more and more loudly, Cui Yuelan panicked and blurted out, "Even if I'm bad, what's so great about Shen Qi? She just came to the competition and she's already seducing men! It's only been a few days! Her divorce isn't even finalized, and she's already rushing into a man's room!"
Shen Qi looked helpless, not wanting to say anything more.
Twisting black and white to this extent was truly mind-boggling.
Liu Yi, however, caught on and smiled meaningfully. "Are you kidding? Xiao Qi would never do something like that!"
"Hmph, you're still defending her, and that's proof! If you two weren't having an affair, why would you be so protective?" Cui Yuelan was so furious she was speaking without thinking. "Shen Qi goes to your room all the time, do you think I don't know?"
The crowd erupted again.
Jiang Xiao Jiang shrank her neck, not daring to say a word.
She already anticipated the terrible consequences.
Liu Yi's smile grew even brighter. "Oh? You mean Shen Qi and I are involved?"
Cui Yuelan said triumphantly, "Exactly! She took a liking to you the moment she reported to the organizing committee! What, now that I've exposed you in public, are you going to deny it?"
"No, of course I'm not denying it." Liu Yi spread his hands stylishly. "I really like Xiao Qi, and Xiao Qi really likes me."
The surroundings fell silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Hearing Liu Yi admit it, Cui Yuelan grew even more smug, ignoring the mess on her face as she pointed at Shen Qi's nose. "See, your lover has admitted it! Do you dare deny it now?"
Before Shen Qi could speak, Liu Yi continued slowly, "But I need to clarify something."
"What?" Cui Yuelan turned to look at Liu Yi.
"My sexual orientation is normal." Liu Yi looked at Cui Yuelan with a sincere expression. "I don't like women; I like men."
"What?" Cui Yuelan was confused.
Liking women wasn't normal, was it?
In this world, heterosexuality was the mainstream, right?
Seeing Cui Yuelan's confusion, Liu Yi smiled even more brightly.
A few clever people nearby seemed to catch on.
They put down their chopsticks, ready to watch the show.
Cui Yuelan, still confused, stubbornly pressed on, "I don't care if your sexual orientation is normal! I'm asking you, are you and Shen Qi close?"
"Yes." Liu Yi didn't deny it.
"Do you go in and out of the same room?" Cui Yuelan continued.
"That's right." Liu Yi still didn't deny it.
"Do you like each other?" Cui Yuelan grew smug.
"If you put it that way, it's not wrong." Liu Yi glanced at the helpless and speechless Shen Qi, replying with a grin.
"See? That proves it!" Cui Yuelan said arrogantly. "Shen Qi, you're a slut! Look, he admitted it!"
"But..." Liu Yi gave a lazy smile, both sunny and charming. "You seem to have gotten one thing wrong."
"What?" Cui Yuelan asked casually, not believing Shen Qi had any chance to turn things around.
Today, she was going to make Shen Qi lose face in front of five hundred people!
Hmph, daring to compete with her for He Yining?
She was asking for death!
She had held back long enough!
Today, she wouldn't hold back anymore!
Liu Yi said slowly, "You seem to have gotten my gender wrong."
"Huh? What did you say?" Cui Yuelan thought she had misheard!
What did she just hear?
She got Liu Yi's gender wrong?
Don't be ridiculous!
Look at his name, Liu Yi! What girl is named Liu Yi?
Look at his flat chest, his impossibly short hair, his Adam's apple... Huh? Why doesn't he have an Adam's apple?
He... why doesn't he have one?
Even without an Adam's apple, he's still a man!
"I said, you got my gender wrong." Liu Yi enunciated each word. "I swear on my parents' surnames, I am a woman. And my sexual orientation is normal; I like young hunks, like that popular domestic star—I'm his fan."
The onlookers simultaneously dropped their jaws and widened their eyes!
What the hell!
Oh my god!
Our worldview is collapsing!
This handsome guy is actually a woman?
Cui Yuelan was completely dumbfounded, stammering, "How... how is that possible?"
Liu Yi stylishly pulled out his wallet, flashed his ID card in front of Cui Yuelan, and said, "Believe me now?"
Cui Yuelan's gaze lingered on the gender column for a long time.
How could this be?
No wonder when she told He Yining last night that Shen Qi was with Liu Yi, he had no reaction...
No wonder he got upset when she said so much...
This was all Shen Qi's fault!
She deliberately misled her!
That bitch!
Cui Yuelan suddenly raised her hand and slapped Shen Qi hard across the face.
*Smack!* The slap was fast and fierce. Liu Yi never expected Cui Yuelan, after being exposed, would fly into a rage and directly hit Shen Qi!
No one present anticipated this twist; the onlookers were stunned!
The plot reversal was too bizarre!
Shen Qi felt her cheek burning, a metallic taste spreading in her mouth.
"You bitch, you did this on purpose, didn't you? You deliberately hung out with a fake man, made sure I saw it, so I'd embarrass myself when I told He Yining! How can you be so vicious? Shen Qi, I really misjudged you!" Cui Yuelan lunged at Shen Qi wildly.
Liu Yi finally reacted, shoving a table in front of Cui Yuelan, spinning around to pull Shen Qi behind him.
"Shen Qi, you slut, come out here! You made me lose face in front of He Yining, and I'm not done with you!" Cui Yuelan charged forward, claws bared, but Liu Yi didn't hesitate to kick her.
*Thud!* Cui Yuelan landed face-first on the ground.
No one stepped forward; they all just watched the show.
"How dare you..." Cui Yuelan was about to attack again when someone shouted, "The organizing committee is here!"
The next second, a scene that amazed everyone unfolded!
Cui Yuelan, who had been ferocious and ready to devour someone, suddenly collapsed back to the ground, sobbing pitifully as if she had suffered a great injustice, tears streaming like a river.
Liu Yi was about to expose her hypocrisy, but Shen Qi grabbed his arm and shook her head. "Don't. So many people are watching. Even if she wants to twist the truth, she should remember that others aren't blind."
When the organizing committee arrived and saw the chaotic dining hall, their faces darkened.
"What's going on?" The person in charge immediately spotted Cui Yuelan lying on the ground, covered in food, sobbing uncontrollably.
Cui Yuelan immediately cried out, "They ganged up on me! I just walked by, and they deliberately knocked over my food. I only went to reason with them, and they kicked me to the ground. Boohoo, I'm so wronged! I demand the committee do justice for me!"
The crowd was dumbfounded!
To twist black and white to this extent was truly a talent!
Did she really think others were blind?
Cui Yuelan signaled Jiang Xiao Jiang with her eyes, wanting her to testify.
But Jiang Xiao Jiang hid behind the crowd, refusing to look up.
Seeing Jiang Xiao Jiang's cowardice, Cui Yuelan nearly got up to settle the score with her!
She had given her so many luxury goods, and at the critical moment, she was useless!
Just then, someone in the crowd couldn't stand it anymore. "Committee, this dining hall has cameras. What we say might not carry weight, but what the cameras record is the fairest!"
Others chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, just check the footage and see what really happened!"
Hearing about the cameras, Cui Yuelan panicked. "What... what cameras?"
Someone then whispered in the committee leader's ear, quickly recounting what had just happened.
The leader's gaze on Cui Yuelan grew meaningful.
But given that these people had been mentioned by higher-ups, he couldn't make a rash judgment.
After a moment's thought, he said, "All three of you, come with me! Everyone else, eat normally!"
Cui Yuelan immediately got up, shot Shen Qi a vicious glare, and lowered her voice, "We'll see about this! My parents have already spoken to the competition's organizers; they won't make things hard for me. But you... haha, you dared to hit me? Get ready to be disqualified!"
Liu Yi was speechless. How could there be such a shameless person in this world?