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Her silhouette was one of cold arrogance and heartlessness, turning away without a hint of lingering attachment.

"Wait!" Danny Jay suddenly called out to Gu Xiaoxi.

She turned back, looking at him with confusion, seeing him hesitate, then asked indifferently, "What did you want to say?"

"I approached you only because of the special spiritual energy you possess, nothing else. If that’s the case, can we still be friends?" Danny Jay asked.

Gu Xiaoxi’s curled eyelashes fluttered as she pondered for a moment before managing a reluctant smile, "That will depend on your sincerity."

It was about the sincerity of friendship!

Having said that, Gu Xiaoxi strode away!

Danny Jay stood there for quite some time before he sighed, touching the ruby in his hand. He had cast magic on it, but still, it failed to track even a trace of her whereabouts.

Suddenly, Danny Jay’s eyes widened as he stared at the gem in his hand, astounded to discover that the ruby still emitted a strong aura of spiritual energy. Perhaps this was what lingered from being in her constant possession.

"Gu Xiaoxi!" Danny Jay caressed the gem before resignedly slipping it back into his pocket.

By then, Gu Xiaoxi’s figure had disappeared from sight. He looked toward the distant sky and sighed, she was probably the first person to ever reject him.

Gu Xiaoxi, he would remember her.

When Gu Xiaoxi returned to the banquet hall, she bumped into two female soldiers, Aili’s companions, Dai Qi and Zhu Guo.

Upon seeing Gu Xiaoxi, their expressions changed instantly, "We didn’t expect you’d dare to show up here?"

Gu Xiaoxi laughed it off nonchalantly, "Why wouldn’t I dare to show up here? On the other hand, shouldn’t you be accompanying your injured companion to the hospital instead of attending the banquet?"

"You..." Gu Xiaoxi’s careless words were like bayonets, instantly causing them to lose their rationality.

But for some reason, they managed to suppress their emotions and, instead of getting angry, they revealed arrogant smiles, deliberately speaking loudly, "I’ll have you know, you hurt Aili in the restroom, and we’ve already filed a complaint against you. Just wait to be summoned by the higher-ups!"

At that moment, everyone around them turned their gaze, curiously watching the confrontation between Dai Qi and Gu Xiaoxi.

Dai Qi wanted this matter to be exposed, to have Gu Xiaoxi lose face and be expelled from the world competition. How dare she pick on them, the soldiers of the Southern State Country were not to be trifled with.

"What are you talking about?" Faced with everyone’s questioning looks, Gu Xiaoxi blinked her innocent, large eyes in confusion, her gaze misting over with a layer of startled haze. She looked like the epitome of an unfairly accused newcomer.

Dai Qi and Zhu Guo were taken aback, not expecting Gu Xiaoxi to feign ignorance.

"Stop playing dumb. You hurt Aili just a while ago, and now I’ve filed a complaint against you," Zhu Guo didn’t know what tricks Gu Xiaoxi was playing; clearly, they couldn’t outsmart this young woman and immediately became more guarded.

"Ladies, although I’m quite capable, I don’t easily resort to violence.

You’re accusing me of hurting Aili, but I don’t even know who Aili is.

Please don’t smear my name like this. You’re welcome to complain to the superiors.

But I will never admit to something I didn’t do," Gu Xiaoxi spoke calmly, neither humbly nor arrogantly, her delicate face radiating an air of grievance that tugged at the heartstrings.

At that moment, Jing Haoran arrived with his companions and immediately took a protective stance in front of her, rebuking Dai Qi angrily, "Bullying a woman from Liuli Country, come on, tell me which team are you with?"

"This is unreasonable! She hurt Aili in the restroom just now; it’s her fault, and yet you’re defending her like this.

I’m going to file a complaint about the poor quality of you people from Liuli Country!

" Dai Qi was so agitated that she was almost incoherent, with her last remark clearly aimed at Gu Xiaoxi, but she misspoke, directing her criticism at all the people from Liuli Country.

It wasn’t just Jing Haoran; the remaining dozen or so people all stood up, surrounding Dai Qi and Zhu Guo.

Jing Haoran’s eyes narrowed dangerously as he glared at the two tall women from Southern State Country, his tone immediately becoming stern and cold, "You say our quality is poor? Haha, even Mr. President from Xuan State has praised the manners of us folks from Liuli Country. And you dare say our quality is poor? Your Southern State Country’s knack for framing people is impressive; that speaks volumes about your quality. How wonderful."

"You can eat food carelessly, but words should not be carelessly spoken. Miss Dai Qi, do you owe us an apology? Otherwise, consider this matter far from over!" And then Fu Xi also spoke up, face stern.

Facing the pressure from a group of people, the two women seemed a bit panicked. But almost instantly, the male soldiers from Southern State Country arrived, obviously to protect their own.

"Are you trying to bully two women because you think our Southern State has no one?" Sack, the captain from Southern Country, tall and brave, standing at a towering two meters, posed intimidatingly in front of everyone, his very presence seeming quite terrifying.

He stood in front of Dai Qi, his fierce gaze fixed on Gu Xiaoxi and Jing Haoran.

"This woman said our people from Liuli Country have poor quality. Is your quality that good? ...Good enough to frame someone and then use that kind of language to hurt the face of my nation. This isn’t over today, even if the president of Southern State himself arrives.

He must give us an explanation," demanded Jing Haoran, as Liuli Country’s Young Master Di, who had the right to defend the face of his country and its soldiers.

Moreover, she was convinced that Gu Xiaoxi would never fabricate out of nothing.

Sack also knew the seriousness of the issue; after all, it was his side that had misspoken, but he needed to get to the bottom of it. Otherwise, it would not be easy to handle this matter.

So, Dai Qi recounted what had happened in the restroom.

Of course, they portrayed Gu Xiaoxi as inexplicably starting a fight, completely lacking in quality, and insulting them by calling them whores, arrogant, shameless, and foul women of low quality.

They twisted the truth to their liking, coloring their story with vivid details.

Everyone listened in stunned silence!

Gu Xiaoxi stood among the crowd, her gaze coldly watching the two women’s performance.

She suddenly let out a cold laugh, inverting right and wrong, twisting black and white, acting and killing—she was not only capable of what they were doing, but she could do it too.

At that moment, when everyone had heard Dai Qi and Zhu Guo’s explanation, they glared angrily at Gu Xiaoxi. Clearly, they all saw her as the troublemaker, a lawless bad woman.

The people of Liuli Country darkened in complexion and naturally would not believe that Gu Xiaoxi would attack them without reason. Jealous of their beauty? It made no sense at all.

At this juncture, Jing Haoran turned to Gu Xiaoxi and asked, "They definitely said this on purpose. The truth isn’t like that, right?"

Faced with everyone’s questioning, Gu Xiaoxi widened her eyes, from which immediately fell two large tear drops, and then she looked at everyone with an air of grievance, "I don’t even know what they’re talking about.

Just now at the restroom entrance, I ran into Mr. Danny and then went for a walk in the garden with him.

Is there something I did wrong that offended them? "

That delicate, gentle, aggrieved, fragile little girl, seemed unbearably wronged in every way.

And she insisted, firmly, that she had never come across Aili and her companions, nor had she encountered them in the restroom. She even brought in Danny Jay as her witness.

At that moment, Jing Haoran saw Gu Xiaoxi was actually crying with anger. Inside, he felt a shiver; he knew Gu Xiaoxi, and he knew this woman could remain composed even in the face of death. Though her tears fell strangely, they still shattered his heart.

The rest were even more furious, glaring at the people of the Southern State, with Jing Haoran sternly saying, "Today, we will not rest until this matter is clarified. You framed our captain and insulted us. Not only will you have to apologize publicly, but you must also salute our national flag."

Clearly, both sides had a different story to tell, and Dai Qi and her two companions were the ones involved with no witnesses. But Gu Xiaoxi’s account was corroborated by a witness.

Soon enough, someone went to fetch Danny Jay.

Gu Xiaoxi stood there, demure and aggrieved, her long lashes still wet with tears.

As soon as Danny Jay heard what everyone said, he immediately angrily explained, "Indeed, I came across Miss Gu at the entrance to the restroom, and I invited her to take a walk in the garden. Bullying my most esteemed guest like this, aren’t you going a bit too far?"

At this point, everyone’s gaze shifted back to Dai Qi and Zhu Guo.

The two women’s faces turned instantly dark, and they retorted, "She attacked Aili first, then she met Mr. Danny. Either that or they’re both lying!"

"Ha! That’s laughable. Do I, Danny Jay, need to lie to bully two clowns?

If I dislike you, I could easily have the organizers from Xuan State kick you out of the World Competition.

Southern State thinks it’s so great? Do we from D State and Liuli Country need to join forces against you?

To be honest, you’re not even worth that! "