Chapter 1790: Interrogation

Li Jiaojiao deliberately refrained from making conversation, as she had always been accustomed to being proud and having others vie for her attention to talk to her. She felt that Xu Tingting should do the same, but after waiting for a while, there was no response.

Only then did Li Jiaojiao shift her gaze from her phone and scrutinize Xu Tingting, her eyes unabashedly bold and audacious.

“Miss Xu, is the cake tasty?”

Xu Tingting nodded, “It’s quite good.”

“Naturally, the pastry chef was hired from a dessert shop to make it. I don’t like eating those cheap things; only high-end pastries can match our status. Don’t you agree, Miss Xu?”

Xu Tingting let out a laugh, “I don’t dare to agree.”

Li Jiaojiao’s face instantly turned sour.

She glanced at the cake that Xu Tingting had barely eaten, leaving two-thirds untouched.

Acting pretentious!

She scoffed inwardly with disdain, leaned back in her chair, and started texting her friends to complain.

Xu Tingting waited for a bit, but Li Jiaojiao had no follow-up.

She had thought she was dealing with an impressive character, but it turned out she was just a nouveau riche, believing her arrogance to be superiority. Chairman Li was smooth and worldly, yet the daughter he raised was arrogant and rude, refusing to employ any tactics in front of outsiders.

Xu Tingting suddenly felt disinterested.

She had dressed elaborately today, dealing with such a rival was truly unworthy.

Xu Tingting gently put down her fork, “Excuse me, I’m leaving.”

“Where are you going?” Li Jiaojiao asked immediately.

She didn’t feel there was anything inappropriate about Xu Tingting’s “excuse me.”

“Just going for a walk.”

“Do you need me to accompany you?”

Xu Tingting stood up, “No need.”

“Oh,” Li Jiaojiao had no intention of moving at all, “just wander around, if you need anything, find a waiter, someone will assist you.”

Xu Tingting nearly laughed out loud, but she restrained her smile and maintained a courteous grin, “Alright.”

With those words, she lifted her skirt and turned to leave.

Before she had gone far, Li Jiaojiao called a waiter over and pointed at the plate Xu Tingting had used, “Throw the pastry and plate away together; it’s an eyesore.”

Xu Tingting heard it, but her expression remained unchanged. As a waiter passed by, she took a glass of wine from the tray and found a deserted terrace.

After taking a couple of sips, hurried footsteps approached from behind.

The glass sliding door was slammed shut.

“Tingting?”

Xu Tingting’s eyebrows lifted slightly, and she glanced back momentarily.

Song Jin rushed over, “It’s really you, Tingting, Tingting… you actually… you…”

He was so excited that he couldn’t form sentences, stepping closer as he reached out to grab Xu Tingting. She sidestepped easily, and Song Jin, losing the force of his charge, slammed into the railing, gasping in pain, his face instantly contorting with rage.

His eyes locked intensely on Xu Tingting, his clenched jaw strained with anger, “You deceived me, didn’t you? Why didn’t you tell me you are the true daughter of the Xu Family? Why are you playing me like a fool? I’m your boyfriend, we’ve been together for over half a year, and you’ve been hiding your background from me. What does that mean, you’re guarding yourself against me?”

Xu Tingting’s brow twitched, “You’re interrogating me?”

“Shouldn’t I ask? You’ve been deceiving me so long, Xu Tingting, you fooled me badly. If you had revealed your identity earlier, I wouldn’t have been…”

He didn’t finish, his face flushed red, and he breathed unevenly.

Xu Tingting had given him a chance, and he was still hiding, leaving her a bit disappointed and disgusted. She stepped aside again.

“Wouldn’t have what, cheated with Zhongsheng’s heiress?”