Shen Yilin now hated Fang Ruonan to death. He understood his sister best and knew how kind she was.
"Sister, don't be angry," Shen Yilin didn't know how to comfort Qin He, so he could only awkwardly send a message.
Qin He chuckled and typed, "Did you see the trending search?"
"Yes, my brother saw it too. Brother said that Fang Ruonan is both wicked and stupid."
Wicked and stupid, that was quite an accurate evaluation.
Qin He laughed, "Don't worry, I won't get angry with such an unintelligent person."
"Then sister, be careful. I'll come see you when you get back."
Qin He smiled. She hadn't seen Shen Yilin in a long time. She had to visit her master when she returned, and she hadn't even greeted her master before coming out for the competition. And Grandma Gu—
As Qin He was thinking, her phone rang again. This time, it was a message from Gu Qichen.
"Do you need the trending search to be removed?"
Whether to remove it or not—what did it have to do with him—
Qin He muttered to herself, but a warm current suddenly surged in her heart.
She typed, "No need, I'll clarify it myself."
After sending the message, Gu Qichen sent a video.
Qin He's eyes lit up after watching it, and she immediately opened her Weibo and posted the video directly.
She was one of the central figures of the topic, and as soon as the video was posted, the netizens exploded.
"I didn't see this video during the live broadcast!"
"Holy cow, is Fang Ruonan really that bitchy?"
On the second floor of the villa, Fang Ruonan looked at the trend on Weibo, and her lips curled up.
When she had just discovered this trending search, she immediately thought that Qin He had deliberately bought it.
Fang Ruonan was furious. Qin He pretended to be upright, but secretly did such a wicked thing!
Fortunately, she had a few water army leaders under her. Seeing that the netizens were starting to curse Qin He and side with her.
Fang Ruonan became even happier.
There was a sound outside the door, and Fang Ruonan's assistant hurried in.
"Miss, quickly look at the video Qin He posted!"
"What did she post?" Fang Ruonan clicked on Qin He's Weibo and saw that Qin He had posted a new video.
She clicked on it and heard a familiar voice coming from it, it was her voice.
"There are no cameras here, so I'll tell you plainly, I was the one who told them that you prepared the ingredients, so everyone could take them if they wanted."
"At most, you can pursue them now... If you do that, you'll offend everyone in this room."
Fang Ruonan froze on the spot!
That wasn't right! There were no cameras around that parasol, so why did Qin He have the recording from that time?!
Qin He's video had been out for a while, and it had caused a stir online!
"Damn, Fang Ruonan's character is too bad."
"So malicious, and she's the eldest daughter of the Fang family? So bitchy!"
The trend almost shifted in an instant. Qin He stretched and put down her phone.
She thought for a moment and sent another WeChat message to Gu Qichen, "Why do you have this video?"
Qin He stared at the screen, pursing her lips. "You're not secretly monitoring me using your power as a sponsor, are you?"
Gu Qichen quickly replied, "I wasn't monitoring you, I was monitoring Fang Ruonan."
Since Fang Ruonan had caused trouble for Qin He on the first day, Gu Qichen had asked the director to prepare many micro-cameras and place them inside and outside Villa No. 4.
Coincidentally, when Fang Ruonan and Qin He were arguing that day, they were under the parasol, and there was a hidden camera concealed in the rib of the parasol.
Fang Ruonan looked at the curses online, and she was about to collapse. Being publicly humiliated and having the video released made her so angry that she wanted to cry!
Qin He, that bitch Qin He!
"It was just a quarrel, and she wants to ruin my reputation!"
No, it had already been ruined.
Fang Ruonan's assistant stepped forward and tried to comfort her, "Sister, don't get angry."
Fang Ruonan immediately slapped her, "Didn't you say there were no cameras there?!"
The usually arrogant assistant now cowered and dared not move.
"Miss, I really didn't notice any cameras placed there."
Fang Ruonan was about to hit her again when her phone rang. Fang Ruonan glanced at it and saw it was her father calling.
Thinking of her father's strictness, she shivered all over, and with trembling hands, slowly pressed the answer button.
An angry voice roared in the room, "Fang Ruonan, get back here immediately!"
Fang Ruonan trembled, "Dad, I'm participating in the competition now. Let me finish."
"Are you participating in the competition or bringing shame to the Fang family? I've watched the live broadcasts of the past few days! Did I raise you like this? Why do you have to be at odds with Qin He!"
"Dad! It's Qin He who is at odds with me! What do you mean by her deliberately posting that video online?"
Fang Ruonan gritted her teeth, "Our Fang Group is no worse than her Qin Group! Dad, why are you speaking up for outsiders?"
Father Fang's anger grew even stronger, "You think Qin He is only backed by Qin Group? She also has the Ming Group behind her, and even Gu Qichen favors her! Do you want to cause trouble before you're satisfied!"
Gu Qichen? Fang Ruonan paused, and quickly thought of that handsome and elegant man.
She clenched her palm, why did all the good things belong to Qin He!
Fang Ruonan put in a lot of effort, crying and assuring her father that she would never provoke Qin He again, and only then did Father Fang hang up the phone in anger.
In the room, the assistant looked at Fang Ruonan, cowering slightly, "Miss, from now on, when we see Qin He, we'll just ignore her and treat her like air."
Ignore Qin He? Fang Ruonan's gaze turned cold. Qin He had caused her to be in this situation. How could she be willing!
The trending search was still raging online. Qin He had now completely cleared her name of the bullying rumors.
She stayed in her room until 5:30 PM, then sent a message to Qian Zimo to ask about Di Shishi's condition.
There was no progress from Qian Zimo's end yet. Qin He put down her phone helplessly and was about to take out some of the materials she had brought to concoct sandalwood when the broadcast in the villa suddenly sounded.
"All contestants are requested to proceed to the villa at the north edge of the pink beach at 6:30 PM."
6:30 PM?
Qin He raised her eyebrows. That left only an hour. She clapped her hands and prepared to change into casual clothes.
Then she heard the broadcast continue, "Today is a surprise for everyone. We hope you will come dressed in your best."
Dressed in their best—
Qin He frowned. She was here to compete and only brought a few casual outfits and a formal suit.
Qin He sorted through her clothes and had a rough idea of the program team's intentions. This was probably a banquet.
However, her suit was gray, which clearly didn't fit the atmosphere of a banquet.
Qin He was worrying when there was a knock on the door.