The transmigrated younger sister of a powerful figure in a novel is forced to become the beloved pet

Chapter 400 Haven't you stirred up a hornet's nest big enough already?!

Gu Changqi's mind raced, hoping to find a good excuse to extricate himself from this incident without appearing cold-blooded.

He looked remorseful and blamed himself, saying, "I never expected Mingyue to do such a thing. She's so foolish!"

"She even fooled me! If I had known she would be so extreme, I would never have let her get involved in the project. Sigh!"

Gu Changqi looked at Su Mingyue, who was being dragged away, with a disappointed expression, without mentioning that everything she had done was for him.

Hearing Gu Changqi ruthlessly exclude her and even push all the blame onto her, while she herself remained uninvolved, she was presented with an innocent persona of complete ignorance.

Su Mingyue felt a chill in her heart.

She even forgot that she was pretending to faint, and looked up in surprise at Gu Changqi with disbelief. Her lips moved, but no sound came out.

Gu Changqi was completely unaware of this; at this moment, he was single-mindedly focused on clearing his name in front of the Qiao family and working hard for his project investment.

He said earnestly, "Fortunately, Su Mingyue is just an ordinary friend I made a mistake in choosing friends with, and she is not a member of our project team. Mrs. Qiao, rest assured, everyone on our project team is a very good person, and the project is the result of our entire team's hard work. I guarantee that it will not disappoint you."

Gu Changqi tried his best to win favor with the Qiao family, but both Ke Lei and Qiao Mengmeng had long seen through his cold-hearted nature and had a very bad impression of him. So how could they change their attitude because of his few words?

Before Ke Lei could even speak, Qiao Mengmeng waved her hand, interrupting Gu Changqi and stating definitively:

"You don't need to say anything more. A real man is responsible for his words!"

"Since you promised before that you would stand with Su Mingyue's team and share both honor and disgrace, then you must take responsibility."

"Su Mingyue did such a despicable thing for your investment. Your team cannot shirk responsibility. Since that's the case, we will disqualify you from competing for this project. From now on, Qiao's Group will never cooperate with any project of your team!"

Upon hearing this, everyone in Gu Changqi's team changed their expressions.

Gu Changqi quickly explained, "Ms. Qiao, you've misunderstood. I know nothing about Su Mingyue's matter, and she's not even part of our team."

Ke Lei waved her hand dismissively, then frowned and said, "Since we were all in this together when there were benefits, now that things are going wrong, you'll all have to bear the consequences!"

"No need for explanations, you are not welcome here, leave immediately!"

Before they could even offer any explanation, staff members came over and asked them to leave.

They were pushed and shoved out of the banquet hall, their clothes were all wrinkled, and their carefully styled hairstyles were messed up.

Gu Changqi felt he had never been so embarrassed before; in all his years, this was the first time he had ever been so ashamed.

His remaining gentlemanly demeanor crumbled, and he spat disdainfully at the staff member, cursing, "What is he? Just a dog of the Qiao family, how dare he look down on me?!"

"Just you wait until I make it big!"

The staff member merely snorted dismissively at his shouting and turned to leave.

She seemed unwilling to even glance at him.

Gu Changqi was even angrier and shouted, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, don't underestimate a young man's potential!"

"Alright! Enough said. Haven't you made a huge mess already?"

Gu Changqi was jumping up and down with great enthusiasm when a furious shout silenced him.

He then noticed that several members of his team seemed... not quite right.

Looking at the person in front of him, Gu Changqi was extremely surprised and could not believe what he had heard.

"What did you say?"