Lai Chang's face darkened both because of his harsh words that cut through him and also the crushing pain that threatened to break his wrist. He wanted to shout but he also didn't want to show his weakness in front of him.

  Jiang Li was squeezing his hand ever so slowly but with every inch it went deeper, his wrist bone was getting closer and closer on the verge of breaking apart. ??

  He finally released his hand seeing the sweat trickle from the side of his ears. But the chilliness in his gaze remained.

  Hou Zhenzhen anxiously asked, "Chang, are you okay?" She looked at bluish purple bruises forming on his wrist. She couldn't help but accuse Jiang Li.

  "Why did you have to do that? Chang was just helping Lanying…"

  He narrowed his eyes. "Help for what?"

  "Jiang Lanying?"

  Lihua worriedly rushed over to her. "Are you okay? You didn't return for so long so we got worried!"

  Jiang Lanying smiled. "I am okay, Lixue."

  Lai Chang gritted his teeth. "Jiang Li. You have gone too far."

  "Considering that you just tried to forcibly grab my wife's hand, I should actually cut your arm off…" he coldly said, "I hope that Mr. Lai Chang hasn't forgotten where I come from."

  Of course, he knew very well about his Underworld background.

  "And I also hope that you haven't forgotten what you suffered because of how you pestered my wife before."

  Anger bubbled inside Lai Chang. The Lai family and Lanying's family were close friends. Lai Chang had fallen for her and he was sure that he had no chance of any rejection from her. But Lanying repeatedly rejected his advances and after she met Jiang Li in the banquet, she only got firmer in her rejection.

  Lai Chang couldn't believe it until the very end when Jiang Li and her marriage was finalized. He confronted her and demanded an answer.

  But she had no answer to give other than the one she always had for him.

  "Sorry, Lai Chang. But I have always seen you as my friend. I cannot think of you that way."

  He still kept on pestering her until Jiang Li came in between and handled him. At that time, Jiang Li had almost killed him in a fit of rage when he came to know about it. If Jiang Lanying had not begges him, he wouldn't be alive today.

  Since their families were so close, she couldn't be harsh to him, considering the friendship.

  Jiang Li said, "Wasn't that lesson enough for you?"

  Lihua was standing and witnessing everything at a complete loss. She didn't know who these two new faces were and how they were connected to Jiang Lanying.

  She asked, "Wei, who are they?"

  Wei promptly responded, "That woman is Lanying's cousin."

  "Name?"

  He frowned. "I don't know. I don't bother with other women's name."

  "……"

  Wei's butter-like innocent flirting never failed to amuse Lihua.

  "I see. And that man?"

  "Lai family's heir, Lai Chang. His and Lanying's families have been close. I heard he had proposed to marry her, but she rejected."

  "Oh…No wonder he is so salty about Jiang Li. But why are Lai Chang and the cousin together?"

  "I heard that they have engaged."

  She raised her brow.

  Lai Chang was about to explode again but Hou Zhenzhen quickly stopped him. "Chang, stop it. Forget it. We are not here to fight. We have met Lanying after so long. We shouldn't be arguing. Isn't this a good chance to invite her?"

  Lihua asked, "For what?"

  Hou Zhenzhen looked at her surprised. Then her gaze fell on Wei and she almost felt her breath stop. She had heard about the stories of how handsome he was but to see it in person was something else.

  And then there was Jiang Li who was at par in the looks department. Hou Zhenzhen looked at Jiang Lanying and felt envious.

  She was first set up to marry Wei, but even though he rejected, she still got to marry Jiang Li and become a part of the Jiang family.

  Who didn't want to become that family's daughter-in-law?

  Two think that she got a chance with two of the most handsome and wealthy bachelors burned her in jealousy. Not just that, Lai Chang was smitten by her too who she always had a crush on.

  Lihua said, "I am Jiang Lixue."

  Her eyes widened in shock.

  So she is that infamous Jiang Lixue!?

  She couldn't attend Jiang Ruiling's engagement ceremony for some reason but the news already came to her ears how Shi Ruomei was banished from the Jiang family.

  She smiled. "Nice to meet you. I am Hou Zhenzhen. Lanying's cousin. Lanying, Chang and I have sort of grew together."

  "Ah…"

  "Yes. And since we met Lanying today by coincidence, I thought why not invite her to my party?"

  "What party?"

  "Haha. Actually, Chang and I are throwing a small party before our wedding ceremony and I wanted to invite Lanying and Jiang Li too."

  Jiang Li sharply said, "Not interested."

  She stiffened.

  Lai Chang smiled. "It's just a small party. What are you so afraid of? Do you think anybody will steal Lanying from you?"

  Jiang Li sinisterly smiled that made his heart stop beat for a moment in fear. "Firstly, nobody has the galls to steal my wife from me. I will kill them even before they could think about it. It is never a good sight when somebody dies by my hand."

  Lanying froze.

  Somehow, she felt that this was the first time that she was hearing such a possessive tone from him. It inevitably made her heart flutter.

  Lihua nudged her elbow and teased her. "Oh oh~~ isn't somebody blushing?"

  "I-I am not!" She whispered but her red cheeks failed to lie for her.

  "Secondly, you are the one who still fancies Lanying, so before I really kick you to hell, you better throw any thoughts about her out of the window. Forcing me to do it is not a choice that you should make."