Yuan Xuan’s gaze was like flashes of lightning streaking across the sky. It was so piercing cold that people could not look straight into his eyes.

Mu Chenyan’s legs felt like they were loaded with lead as she mechanically moved her feet.

Every step she made, it was as if she could hear her footsteps pounding on her heart’s door.

“That… is really Mu…” Before Shao Yibai could finish his words, the corner of his shirt was yanked by Yuan Xuan. Shao Yibai was not a fool. In the end, he did not finish saying Mu Chenyan’s name.

Shao Yibai shifted his gaze and swept across Yuan Xuan. Seeing Yuan Xuan’s calm, non-perturbed, and steady expression, Shao Yibai silently gave him 10086 ‘likes’ in his heart.

F*ck!

He truly was Third Young Master Yuan!

He had been searching for his wife whom he yearned for day and night. Now that she was right in front him, he could actually manage to be this calm still. This level of performance really showed how exceedingly strong his psychological state was …

“This is the Guo Family’s house party. It won’t be nice to create chaos.”

Yuan Xuan really was someone that thought ahead!

The man stared straight at Mu Chenyan. The little face that he could not stop thinking about for thousands of days and nights was, at this moment, flushing red and white non-stop.

The woman who was trying to hide her uneasiness mechanically smiled and greeted Jiao Shufen, and then she was forced to look at Yuan Xuan.

“Xiao Xiao, this is the Shao Family’s grandson, Shao Yibai. He was one of Ze Ze’s best playmates when they were young!”

When Shao Yibai was being introduced to her, Mu Chenyan stared blankly at Shao Yibai and greeted him with a smile, “Hello…”

Shao Yibai responded with a smile as he sneaked a peek at Yuan Xuan’s face.

Somber, strange, ironic…

Xiao Xiao?

No wonder even after searching for a few years, he still could not find her. She had changed her name.

With the Guo Family protecting her in the background, one could be sure that she would only hide deeper.

“This is Third Young Master from Luo Hai…”

Whatever Wu Meiyun said after that, none of the words entered Mu Chenyan’s ears.

It was an absurd scene. She had acted lovey-dovey with Yuan Xuan before, fought, kissed, and gone to bed with him. They had had the nearest negative distance in the world, and they could not have gotten more intimate than that…

Now that they were in front of each other, they had to pretend to be strangers and even be introduced to each other by others.

Wu Meiyun and Jiao Shufen saw that it was all young people here, and went to look for their other sisters after introducing one another, leaving the four who were slightly awkward together.

“Mrs Guo looks very much like an old friend of mine!”

Yuan Xuan suddenly spoke up, his eyes looking sharply at Mu Chenyan as if he was trying to find some flaws on her face.

“Oh? I’m very curious. Which old friend of Mr Yuan does my missus resemble?”

Mu Chenyan had not opened her mouth, but Guo Jingze on the side took over the conversation and emphasized the words “my missus”, proclaiming dominion.

Mu Chenyan felt Guo Jingze’s hand on her waist tighten, and she looked down uncomfortably.

When Yuan Xuan heard Guo Jingze’s declaration, his brows knitted closely together. However, he still maintained his good manners. Looking into the distance, a smile emerged in the corner of his lips as he plainly said, “My missus!”

Guo Jingze’s hand trembled. Even Mu Chenyan looked up at Yuan Xuan with surprised. This was the Guo Family’s house party. Was Yuan Xuan going to expose her identity here?

“My missus is very mischievous. She likes to be lovey-dovey, acts dumb, and sometimes even throws a tantrum… but she has always been my darling! I’ll forgive her no matter whatever wrongs she’s committed…”

Yuan Xuan’s dark pupils glowed as he gazed steadily Mu Chenyan.

“Then where did your missus go?” Guo Jingze pretended to ask as he looked at Mu Chenyan in his arms. His breath was somewhat unstable.

“She has been away from me for almost four years!” Yuan Xuan looked into Mu Chenyan’s eyes with deep affection as he spoke. He continued, “I’ve always thought that she had just lost her way while going out to play and that she should be home soon… Until one day I found out that my beloved darling had been picked up by others!”

Guo Jingze was speechless

Mu Chenyan was lost for words as well.

Shao Yibai immediately gave a thumbs up to Yuan Xuan in his heart for this wave of flirtation. ‘You the man, Third Young Master Yuan.’ He actually discreetly showered the others who were single with his public display of affection.

From the beginning, Mu Chenyan did not have a chance to say anything. To be exact, she was making sounds of whimpering. Her throat felt salty, and she could not talk to Yuan Xuan casually as if nothing had happened.

Shao Yibai suddenly pulled Guo Jingze over and deliberately shouted, “Many are saying that since you’ve been hiding your missus for three years, you should be punished with three cups of wine. You’ve got no way of escaping it.”

Shao Yibai dragged Guo Jingze to one side as he declared this. Guo Jingze was unable to resist Shao Yibai, but he could not help but worry about Mu Chenyan, so he kept looking back as he walked. He sensed something unusual as he looked at Mu Chenyan.

“Xiao Xiao…” Guo Jingze eyes reddened and he reminded her softly, “Remember our agreement!”

Mu Chenyan’s body trembled. The persistence and viciousness in Yuan Xuan’s eyes struck her like flashes of lightning as if they were questioning, “What pact have you made with him?”

Mu Chenyan’s eyes became misty. She turned around and strode in the direction of the washroom. This space felt so oppressive that it was suffocating her.

She hid in a corner and shivered, breaking into tears, but she did not dare to make any sound. Tears flowed uncontrollably between her fingers!

She thought that by leaving, time would make her forget everything, but she did not expect that leaving would only make them all the more memorable.

The moment she saw Yuan Xuan, she heard a voice in her heart screaming, “Go over and hug him…”

She loved him; there was no doubt about it!

Even if he did not say those affectionate words, she still would have wanted to hug him without any regards…

However, she could not do that. Those cruel facts were like a ravine separating her and Yuan Xuan.

Mu Chenyan clearly remembered the video Mu Chenwu left her. The malicious man was smiling as if his plans had prevailed, and he called her Princess Xi Fan…

To her, Yuan Xuan was close at hand but still far beyond the horizon.

…

Looking into the mirror in the washroom, the woman took four to five deep breaths. Only then did she manage to suppress the intense tremor that had surged from the bottom of her heart.

She touched up her make-up so that she did not look like she was in a sorry state. As she had just cried, there was a kind of charm on her that would make people want to love her tenderly when they see her.

Being a cowardly turtle was not the solution. After touching up her make-up, Mu Chenyan exited the washroom.

She had just stepped out when she saw the handsome man leaning against the wall. His whole head was buried within the wafting tobacco smoke. His figure had a kind of decadent beauty along with a sinister air. Such a man had a high level of lethality. Mu Chenyan instantly stopped in her tracks, and a kind of desire arose from her thumping heart…

When he saw that Mu Chenyan had finally come out of the bathroom, the man threw the cigarette butt away and strode over to her.

Unlike the quiet and self-controlled person in the hall just now, he was currently like a raging lion. His scarlet eyes alerted her that this man had lost his reasoning at this time.

Mu Chenyan took a step back in fear, “Yuan Xuan…”

Before her words had faltered, her slim waist was embraced by him. The man held her head, and his burning lips came pressing down…

“Mmm…”

Mu Chenyan only heard herself making a sobbing sound when her tongue was tangled with his.

He pushed her against the wall and wantonly robbed her fragrance. The smell of tobacco on his lips caused her to be in a daze, and it made her breathless.

His battlefield switched to her e