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After finally waiting for the dance music to end, she was about to go over when she saw Fu Siyao standing beside Xie Muling, and her expression immediately darkened.

She had no idea why, but lately she kept feeling that the Fu family was determined to oppose her.

She had clearly been on very good terms with the Fu family before and had often received their help, yet everything seemed to have changed overnight.

It really was strange.

Even now, she had not figured out what had caused it, but that did not matter. She was determined to snatch Xie Muling away from the Fu family as a business partner.

Only by securing Xie Muling's investment could their studio grow.

Xie Muling was holding a wineglass and talking to Fu Siyao, unaware of when another delicately beautiful woman had appeared beside him.

Unlike Fu Siyao's gentle, ladylike air, as innocent as a jasmine blossom, Jiang Ruoning's beauty was stunning and captivating, like a white rose about to bloom.

The two women stood before him in stark contrast.

Yet at that moment, a strange feeling suddenly arose in Xie Muling's heart.

He clearly found Fu Siyao's demeanor comfortable and inviting.

But a voice in his heart seemed to be telling him that he ought to like Miss Jiang, who had arrived afterward.

The feeling was deeply disjointed.

He took a deep breath and continued to remain silent.

Jiang Ruoning took the initiative to greet him. "Mr. Xie, long time no see. Do you still remember me?"

Xie Muling was puzzled. "Have we met somewhere?"

Fu Siyao cursed inwardly.

When that unfamiliar woman had called out to Xie Muling earlier, he had been about to leave right away. Now that Jiang Ruoning was calling out to him, he had actually stopped in his tracks immediately. Was the female lead's halo really that powerful?

Turning her head, she suddenly spotted the glass of wine in Xie Muling's hand. Guessing that his dance partner had been eager to make him drink it, she wondered whether the drug had been put in there.

Jiang Ruoning was somewhat displeased that Fu Siyao was here too, because there were things she could not say outright. Still, she wanted to do everything she could to ask for a private conversation with Xie Muling. After all, she had few opportunities left. If she did not seize tonight's chance to finalize their partnership, she would have no further opportunity to approach him.

"Mr. Xie, could we speak somewhere in private?"

Xie Muling was in a very difficult position, a battle raging within him.

The main issue was that Fu Huaiyan was waiting for him. By rights, he should refuse her request.

Yet he actually could not bring himself to refuse Jiang Ruoning's request?

It was truly bizarre.

Just as Xie Muling was agonizing over it.

Suddenly, a sharp crack sounded beside him.

The wineglass shattered across the floor, startling everyone present.

Then they realized that Fu Siyao had suddenly knocked the wineglass out of Xie Muling's hand.

No one had expected anything like this to happen.

Xie Muling also stared at Fu Siyao in disbelief.

He had never imagined that she would do such a thing.

"What are you...?"

He was just about to lose his temper.

Just then, an unusual commotion suddenly came from outside the reception.

Then, under everyone's gaze, a group of uniformed police officers suddenly burst in and shouted sternly.

"Nobody move! The South City District Police Station received a report that someone has put poison in the drinks at this reception. Everyone stop what you're doing and cooperate with our checks!"

!!!

For a moment, everyone at the reception turned pale with fright and cried out.

"Ah, how could this happen...?"

"Who on earth was it...?"

Su Wanqiao's eyes also widened in astonishment. She could not believe someone had actually called the police.

[Live long enough and you'll see everything. Someone actually took the initiative to call the police during a drugging plot! Who was it that grew a brain? Come here and accept my bow!]

"..."

Fu Huaiyan glanced at Su Wanqiao. He might as well count that as praise for himself, right?

Because he was the one who had called the police.

Poisoning someone was breaking the law.

Shouldn't the offender receive the punishment they deserved?

As far as he was concerned, business or no business, no one's interests stood above the law.

So Fu Huaiyan had called the police to handle the matter. Once the police were called in, everyone would have to be questioned separately, leaving Jiang Ruoning with no opportunity even to approach Xie Muling.

Su Wanqiao was still in shock.

It was an approach she had never considered.

The plot had changed again.

But the next second, the officer's question shocked her even more.

"Who called the police?"

Fu Huaiyan said, "Officer, I made the call."

Su Wanqiao looked at the man beside her in disbelief again, even wondering whether she had misheard.

[Am I seeing this right? Even the villain knows to call the police now? He even knows to solve problems through the law? I said Fu Huaiyan was the smartest person in the Fu family, and I really was right.]

She truly found it hard to believe that, in an old-school novel where practically everyone was a criminal, there could actually be a villain as refreshingly different as Fu Huaiyan.

How was he a villain? He was more upright, kind, and brave than the male and female leads!

Fu Huaiyan had really scored major points this time.

She admired him more and more.

[Now there's another question. How did Fu Huaiyan know someone was drugging the drinks? When did he find out?]

But later, while they were being questioned.

Fu Huaiyan took the opportunity to explain.

"One of my subordinates saw it and told me. Someone had bribed a server to drug the guests' drinks. Although I didn't know who the intended target was, as a good, law-abiding citizen, I naturally couldn't stand idly by when faced with something like this, so I called the police."

"..."

Su Wanqiao was stunned by his righteous declaration.

In any case, that whole move was seriously next-level.

However she thought about it, it felt incredible.