Chapter 32: Why Does My Girlfriend Act So Silly, Not Even Worth a Strand of Miss Baiyi’s Hair?
This was her boyfriend’s booth.
How could she just let another girl act all proud and powerful there?
Gu Xiaoxue was so jealous that she almost lost her mind. She didn’t care at all that this was just a business event, and that Lin Yibai was actually helping her boyfriend promote the booth.
Maybe deep down, she knew she was being unreasonable.
But she just couldn’t accept it, she had to prove that she was the real girlfriend, the one in charge.
She gave her roommate a meaningful look, and the girl understood right away. The atmosphere at the booth had been nice and cheerful. But suddenly, the mood changed.
Her roommate started making sarcastic comments in a loud voice.
“Oh wow, so now you like traditional Chinese stuff, huh? But who was it before who worshipped everything foreign? Acting all excited when seeing foreigners, practically kneeling down for them! And you even wanted to hide our Chinese-style ceramics just to please them. Tsk tsk!”
Lin Yibai: “??”
Throwing around accusations like that, not cool!
This was the internet age. If someone twists your words online, it could get you seriously attacked by netizens.
Even the streamer Cai Cai looked awkward now.
Especially because many viewers had liked Lin Yibai before. But after hearing what Yang Yueping said, the chat exploded with hate comments.
“Wait, so she’s just a foreigner bootlicker?”
“Ugh, typical ‘foreign-loving’ girl.”
“I used to think she was cool... but turns out she’s fake!”
“Maybe this is just a misunderstanding?”
“Misunderstanding? You new to the internet or what?”
“.........”
That’s how the internet works!
People can love you one second, and dig up all your history the next, just to tear you apart.
Luckily, Lin Yibai didn’t depend on the internet for her living.
But still, she couldn’t just sit there like a helpless girl and let people smear her name.
She looked at the one stirring up trouble, Yang Yueping.
Then she glanced deeply at Gu Xiaoxue, who was pretending to be innocent. For some reason, she felt more and more disappointed in her ex-girlfriend.
Because she saw it clearly. It was Gu Xiaoxue who gave her roommate the signal. She was the one who started all of this.
To put it simply. Lin Yibai now realized, Gu Xiaoxue was the mastermind.
With a trace of sadness, Lin Yibai calmly asked,
“So, all that stuff about worshipping foreigners, kneeling, and trying to please them… Sorry, but I really don’t get what you’re talking about.”
Yang Yueping placed one hand on her hip, pointed her finger at Lin Yibai’s face, and shouted angrily.
“Still pretending? Huh?!”
Then she marched into the booth and pulled out some of the foreign-style crafts, like Saints, Angels, and other Western-themed decorations.
So cruel!
They had planned this from the start.
First, they wanted to throw a dirty label on the girl they hated.
Then, Gu Xiaoxue would make a dramatic entrance.
She would use traditional Chinese-style ceramics to challenge the Western ones.
They were playing the “patriotic” card, and in the end, Gu Xiaoxue would reveal her identity as the real girlfriend.
That way, she could win love, fame, and career all at once.
Just thinking about it made Yang Yueping even more shameless.
She picked up several of the foreign-style ceramics and smashed them at Lin Yibai’s feet.
With a cold smile on her face, she accused,
“Tell me, wasn’t it your idea to get the boss to take down our Chinese ceramics, and put up these foreign things just to please them?”
Lin Yibai replied openly, “Yes, I was the one who suggested putting up the foreign goods.”
Yang Yueping started laughing, looking like she had already won.
“And you still say you’re not just obsessed with foreigners and trying to please them?”
Lin Yibai replied, “Business is business, each thing should be handled separately! This has nothing to do with trying to please foreigners.”
Right now, she felt really confused. And honestly, she didn’t get how some girls think.
Why do they always like to pick fights even when they’re clearly losing?
She had already explained this before, but she didn’t mind repeating it.
“I already said it, this area booth’s target customers are foreigners!”
Yang Yueping shouted. “So just because they’re foreigners, you throw away your backbone? You’re willing to lose your dignity just for money?”
Lin Yibai: “???”
That’s one huge and heavy accusation.
She couldn’t tell if this was just how girls normally argue, or if this girl was really just out of her mind.
Lin Yibai said, “First of all, I'm just a worker here. Secondly, all the owners in booth area E, which specifically targets the foreign market, make products that foreigners like, and they're selling them to foreigners. I really don’t see what’s wrong with that. What does that have to do with backbone or dignity?”
Yang Yueping sneered and said, “You pushed down our traditional Chinese-style ceramics, gave all the good spots to the foreign ones… Isn’t that enough proof?”
Lin Yibai just shook her head.
Because honestly, there was nothing more to say.
She thought this fool would say something clever or deep that would totally shut her down. But instead, she just kept repeating the same few angry lines.
So what’s the point of arguing with someone like that?
Lin Yibai simply walked out of the booth. She stopped at a signboard near the entrance.
Then, she reached up and tore off the words “Foreign Trade.”
She really wanted to slap it on Yang Yueping’s face.
But, too bad, they were still on livestream.
Of course, she was angry. Very angry.
So instead, she just threw the words on the ground, stepped on them with her shoe, and said,
“If you all hate foreign customers that much, then don’t use these words to attract them. If there’s nothing here that foreigners like, how are you even doing foreign trade? I don’t care if the king of heaven shows up today, I didn’t do anything wrong.”
Yang Yueping quickly said, “But what about traditional Chinese style—”
Lin Yibai cut her off, “This is the foreign trade area. So tell me, are you here to make money from local people, or from foreigners?”
Yang Yueping thought she had found a weak point and quickly said, "Why is all you talk about money?"
“Because this place is a trade exhibition, not a museum!!”
“All you care about is money!”
“Yeah, that’s right. I only care about the money in foreigners’ pockets. That’s what I care about, money.”
“You don’t love your country!”
Lin Yibai scoffed, then said with confidence.
“What does loving your country mean? It means earning foreign money, bringing in foreign currency, helping the economy grow, creating more jobs, so more people can live better lives. Isn’t that love for the country?”
And that was the end of it.
The whole livestream saw everything, and people could decide for themselves what was right or wrong.
If something this clear could still be twisted into “worshiping foreigners,” then Lin Yibai honestly didn’t think there was any point explaining more.
At the same time, Xia Changyu finally arrived at the scene.
His face turned pale and tense when he saw what was going on. Especially when he saw the words “Foreign Trade” trampled under Lin Yibai’s shoe.
He felt ashamed, embarrassed, like he wanted to disappear.
But someone else still thought a hero had come to save her.
Gu Xiaoxue immediately whimpered with a crying voice.
“Yuyu, she was so mean to me just now!”
So... was she hoping Xia Changyu would yell back at Lin Yibai?
Get lost!
Xia Changyu was so angry his blood pressure was rising.
He said through gritted teeth. “You and your roommates, go back first, okay? I beg you, please don't cause any more trouble here. We’ll talk later.”
This was him using the last bit of his patience.
He was so mad he thought, 'Why does my girlfriend act so dumb? She’s not even worth one strand of Lin Baiyi’s hair!'
Gu Xiaoxue cried, “Yuyu, don’t you love me anymore?”
“Get lost!”
“......”