Chapter 1: Accidentally Fell For It

"Slap!"

In the empty hotel suite, the sound of the high-footed glass shattering on the floor was especially jarring.

Qiao Yi stared at Qiao Xin, her surprised eyes diffused with an unmistakable haze, "This wine... did you drug it?"

"Yes!"

Seeing her fall for it, sitting on the ground with legs giving out, eyes vacant, and face flushed, Qiao Xin laughed heartily, "Tomorrow is your grand wedding day, and as your sister, I must give you an impressive gift."

"This is nothing; the main show is still to come!"

Each word, as if squeezed through clenched teeth.

The very next second, Qiao Xin clapped her hands lightly.

The door was pushed open on cue, a few burly men stepping directly in front of Qiao Xin with an eager reverence, "Miss Qiao, we've long been ready, hehehe..."

"Very good!"

Before her consciousness faded, Qiao Yi faintly heard their conversation.

Straining to hold onto her senses, she saw several portly men at the door and asked with trembling and fearful voice, "Sister... why... why are you doing this?"

Qiao Xin, born from the same mother and grown up together with her, why would she do this to her?

Upon hearing this, venom and malice filled Qiao Xin's eyes as she looked down from above, stomping fiercely on Qiao Yi's pale face, "Because I hate you! I absolutely loathe you!"

"Even though I am the rightful Miss of the Qiao Family, throughout all these years, no matter in terms of physique, appearance, academic achievements, or abilities, you have always outshined me, all the glory belongs solely to you! Why?"

Qiao Xin's voice was sharp and filled with too much resentment.

The more she spoke, the angrier she became, and at last she almost roared, "The marriage agreement between the Qiao and Lu families was set twenty years ago! The chance to marry into the Lu Family should have been mine! It was you! It was you who stole everything that was supposed to be mine!"

"Now... I want you to taste the pain of falling from the clouds into the abyss!"

"I want you to be utterly disgraced!"

After speaking, she threw a final cold look at Qiao Yi, then walked proudly towards the doorway.

Qiao Xin left.

The vast room was left with only Qiao Yi and a few lecherous scoundrels.

Watching them approach with sinister smiles, Qiao Yi didn't even have the energy to plead for them to spare her, let alone think about running away.

As the drug took effect, her vision grew increasingly blurry.

Panic, fear, helplessness.

Tears uncontrollably streamed down her cheeks as one by one, the obese faces kept enlarging before her eyes until Qiao Yi finally resigned to her fate and closed her eyes.

...

When Qiao Yi woke up again, it was already the next morning.

The room, filled with an ambiguous scent, brought back all the memories before she fainted, and she suddenly sat up in a panic.

"Hiss~"

The excruciating pain, like being crushed under a wheel, made her gasp sharply.

It was real...

She had actually...

Qiao Yi didn't love Lu Ming.

She agreed to marry him only because of the marriage agreement set between their families years ago, coupled with the fact that she was indeed at a marriageable age, and the elderly at home incessantly urged her on.

After all, she and Lu Ming had known each other for many years, almost like family, better to marry this old friend who knew her completely than someone else.

Now...

Qiao Yi vaguely remembered, someone suddenly burst in last night, and then there were those scoundrels' dissatisfied curses. As for what happened afterward, she could not clearly recall.

Who was the person who violated her last night?

Was it those scoundrels?

Or...

Closing her eyes briefly, Qiao Yi knew she couldn't dwell on this matter any longer.

Because she knew Qiao Xin.

To painstakingly stage such a drama, just to ruin her innocence, it hardly seemed worth it.

What exciting scenes had Qiao Xin arranged to happen next for her?

"Bang!"

As she was thinking, the room door was suddenly slammed open, producing a heavy collision sound.

Qiao Yi suddenly looked up, only to see a group of people rushing in, among them a few familiar faces, and many gossip reporters holding up their cameras.

"Miss Qiao, your wedding with Mr. Lu is in just two hours, why aren't you at the wedding venue preparing, but appear here instead?"

"Somebody saw you entering this hotel room with a young man last night, may I ask who he is? What is the relationship between you two?"

"..."

The reporters were bombarding her with questions, and someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "Look! There are several used condoms in the trash can!"

Upon these words, the corner where the Qiao and Lu families stood simply turned green.

Especially Mrs. Lu.

She had never liked Qiao Yi, this second daughter of the Qiao family, always feeling like they were mismatched, and even though Old Mr. Lu insisted, she had reluctantly agreed. Now, look at this.

"My son was busy with wedding arrangements all night, and you went behind his back and checked into a room with someone else? Have you no shame?"

"Our Lu Family will absolutely not accept such an indecent woman!"

"Since the press is here, I will announce in front of everyone, that the marriage between Lu Qiao and Qiao Lu is hereby called off! The wedding is canceled!"

In the corner, the faces of Qiao Benqing and his wife were gloomy and ashen.

Their daughter, whom they had cherished for years, had actually committed such an indecent act! Family disgrace! It truly is a family disgrace!

Suppressing the raging anger in his heart, for the face of the Qiao Family, Qiao Benqing could only grit his teeth and try to mediate, "Mrs. Lu, what exactly happened is still unknown, proposing to cancel the engagement now seems rather premature, doesn't it?"

It would be no big deal for him to arrange for someone to come forward and confess to the matter.

Just say he kindly sent Qiao Yi to the hotel and then left.

There was still room to turn the situation around.

"Besides, canceling an engagement is a big decision, shouldn't Mrs. Lu discuss it with Old Mr. Lu and Mr. Lu first before making a decision?" Qiao Benqing spoke gravely.

Aristocratic marriages are not as simple as they seem on the surface.

The entangled interests involved are simply too numerous.

But Mrs. Lu could hardly care about all that now, finally having an opportunity to shut out this annoying girl, Qiao Yi. She certainly wouldn't foolishly give up!

"Can't I, the mother, decide on my own son's marriage matters!?"

"Qiao Yi cheated before her wedding, the facts are right before your eyes, no need to speak in her favor anymore! Anyway…"

Mrs. Lu had only said half of her piece when a tall, upright figure suddenly walked through the door.

In an instant, everyone's gaze was uniformly drawn to him, surprised yet tinged with a hint of schadenfreude, waiting to see the drama unfold.