"When Lu Jingyao obtained her overseas-study slot back then, she had Li Ye to thank for his help!"
With a single sentence, Zhang Rui had every brow around them shooting upward. Even Li Kaijian's gaze toward Li Ye turned somewhat hostile.
"Li Ye, what's this about?"
When Lu Jingyao's family had proposed breaking off the engagement, it had slapped Li Kaijian squarely across the face. If not for the Lu family's promise that "they could get back together if Li Ye got into university," which had driven Li Ye to study twice as hard and strive upward, Li Kaijian would have had the urge to tear down their house.
Later, Li Ye got into Capital University and became all lovey-dovey with Wen Leyu, so Li Kaijian no longer held the Lu family's dishonesty against them. His circumstances had changed, and so had his state of mind.
But if Li Ye had still been foolishly helping Lu Jingyao after getting into university, just as he had in high school, Li Kaijian would never forgive him.
When Lu Jingyao's house fell apart, he had rushed over to repair it for her. When her mother fell ill, he had helped get her mother treated. In the end, she had kicked him to the curb, and when she wanted to go abroad, he had even given her a helping hand? Was she some fox spirit or what?
Not even a fox spirit would do!
Li Ye's expression darkened, and a rasping sound came from his throat. "I don't remember helping Lu Jingyao in any way regarding her overseas studies, so I hope you can explain yourself and avoid giving everyone the wrong idea. Sometimes misunderstandings... can get people killed."
Zhang Rui looked at Li Ye strangely, then at Lu Jingyao, and finally at Liu