Young Master Liu’s sharp gaze swept across Guo Xiang’s face. He asked Xingyu again, “Didn’t I tell you to stay at home? What are you doing here!”


  Liu Xingyu didn’t say anything. By hugging Guo Xiang’s arm tightly like birds cuddling each other, she answered Liu Xiaosheng’s question with her actions. . .

  Guo Xiang’s stunned expression told me that this situation was something he had never expected. So I guessed that Liu Xingyu, this rebellious girl, had deliberately run into Liu Xiaosheng here. She wanted to tell her family with actions that the person she liked was Guo Xiang. She deliberately concealed her intention from Guo Xiang probably because she was worried that he would chicken out. She wanted to force him to face the reality and force him to bravely protect their relationship and fight for their love.

  What a girl. She seemed soft and weak, but she had many ideas in her mind. As expected of Xiao Yike’s childhood friend. Although one was straightforward and one was reserved, there were many similarities between them.

  Liu Xiaosheng and Guo Xiang were smart people among smart people. At least they both knew Xingyu better than I did, so it was easy for them to guess Xingyu’s intentions.

  Both people’s expressions changed instantly, one was surprised and angry, and the other was moved and hesitant.

  Alas, everyone had their own problems and concerns. . .

  Fortunately, Liu Xiaosheng now focused more on me, or maybe he was purely unwilling to talk about the relationship between Xingyu and Guo Xiang. Firstly, it was probably because he didn’t want his family to become a joke in the upper-class social circle in Bei Tian city; secondly, he was worried that the Zhang family would constantly nag at him because of this thing. So he smartly chose another method to give Guo Xiang a hard time. “I didn’t expect to meet Young Master Chu here. Young Master Chu was also invited?” He asked me with a smile.

  I was just an ordinary man with no special background. How would I be invited to this kind of birthday banquet? He seemed to be surprised that I was invited, but in fact, he was indirectly asking how I got in here.

  Liu Xiaosheng’s intentions were clear. He wanted to shift all the responsibility of offending the Long family to Guo Xiang. In that way, Long Yifan would take out his anger on him. He could simply use the Long family to help him to take revenge against Guo Xiang for ‘seducing’ Liu Xingyu. This was something that I did not expect. . .

  “Grandma, it’s the bad guy. . .” Seeing Long Yifan, Ku’er immediately hid behind the old woman as if she had seen a scary beast.

  “Ku’er, don’t talk nonsense!” Seeing Long Yifan’s face turned cold, the old woman hurriedly apologized: “I’m sorry, master, Ku’er, she. . .”


  “It’s okay. Maybe I look too ferocious for a kid. Hehe,” Long Yifan joked very gracefully, making fun of himself and causing everyone to laugh. He reached out his hand, wanting to stroke Ku’er’s head, but Ku’er’s face instantly changed and hid behind me after letting out a frightened scream. She was so scared that she was holding my clothes tightly.

  Failing to stroke Ku’er’s head, a flash of cold light appeared in Long Yifan’s eyes. He straightened up his body, shook his head, and sighed, “I don’t seem to be popular amongst little kids.”


  I secretly thought to myself that if he had treated her well in the past, she wouldn’t have been scared of him. Although he didn’t touch Ku’er, he still instinctively wiped his hand on his trousers. From this action alone, it was already enough to prove many things.

  Long Yifan’s gaze swept across the two young masters of the Zhang family and then said to me. “Just now my butler said that a guest was making trouble. But I didn’t expect it to be Mr. Chu. Haha, Mr. Chu is very famous recently. I have long wanted to make the acquaintance of you, but I just didn’t get the chance. . .”


  “You are flattering me. I’m just a nobody who works for others, and I dare not to get to know several young masters.” It was not that I wanted to get things into an impasse, but that I had seen too many examples of inviting humiliations; so it was better to recognize my own position and limits clearly.

  Hearing my response, Long Yifan was surprised a little and then smiled more enthusiastically. However, I believed that he just wanted to use it to cover up his negative emotions. “you are too humble, Mr. Chu. But I am still curious what business you have in Crouching Dragon Mountain Resort today?”


  After saying so much nonsense, he still wanted to ridicule me for not being qualified to attend this banquet. Asking me why I was in this resort in a haughty manner, all he wanted was to find an appropriate excuse to humiliate me. Thinking of this, I couldn’t help but groan inwardly.

  God damn it. I didn’t expect that this guy actually had a close relationship with Long Yifan, and they would actually appear here at the same time. If they knew that it was Guo Xiang, who brought me here, they would definitely shift the blame onto Guo Xiang. They might even accuse Guo Xiang of deliberately instigating me to make trouble in the banquet.

  If Guo Xiang could defend his relationship with Liu Xingyu like the way he defended his friend, I believed that Liu Xingyu would definitely like it very much. Hearing that other people were questioning why I was at the banquet, he took a step forward without any hesitation and said, “It was me who invited. . .”


  “He came here with me.”


  A cold and crisp voice completely disrupted Guo Xiang’s words. Everyone, including me, was surprised. Standing up for me at this moment was tantamount to offending the Long Family openly. Who had such courage?

  But I knew who it was the moment I heard the voice. I couldn’t help but feel that my heart dropped suddenly.

  “Miss Mo? !”


  “Ms. Mo? !”


  Everyone knew who the woman was when she appeared. It instantly caused a commotion in the crowd.

  “Mo’er? !” Long Yifan looked at Mo Fei who walked near me in surprise. From the way he called her, it was not difficult to tell that his relationship with Mo Fei was like that of a friend and an elder. But like everyone else, his eyes were filled with ambiguous expressions. Like what Guo Xiang said, it seemed like the “affair” between Mo Fei and I had already been spread throughout the upper class of Bei Tian City, and had become their after-dinner talk.

  Why did Mo Fei appear here? And why did she appear so timely? Could it be that she had also been attracted by the noise here? Did she hide behind the crowd after seeing me? I had so many questions in my mind.

  Liu Xiaosheng’s pale face became even paler. He almost couldn’t control his expression. He could only force himself to smile and said, “Miss Mo is very funny. Everyone has heard about Young Master Chu’s resignation. He could not have come on behalf of Fengchang. . .”


  Unlike most female guests, Mo Fei did not deliberately dress up. She was still wearing a professional suit and a pair of black-rimmed glasses. But even so, her glamorous beauty and cold and arrogant temperament still grabbed everyone’s attention.

  Mo Fei rolled her eyes at me, revealing an expression that was a little shy, a little bit annoyed, and some. . . cunning that I was unfamiliar with. She suddenly hugged my right arm just like how Xingyu hugged Guo Xiang and turned back to smile at Liu Xiaosheng, “What does it have anything to do with his resignation? Can’t he come here with his girlfriend?”


  As soon as she said this, everyone’s jaws almost dropped to the ground. . .

  “He. . . His girlfriend? Mo’er, are you telling me that his girlfriend is . .” Long Yifan glanced at Liu Xiaosheng and uncertainly asked Mo Fei for confirmation.

  “It’s me, I’m his girlfriend,” Mo Fei seemed to worry that others would not be able to hear her clearly. She said every word loudly and clearly. And then she smiled lightly, “Big Brother Long, you wouldn’t suspect that I sneaked into this banquet without an invitation, right?”


  Mo Fei’s words clearly showed that she was dissatisfied with Liu Xiaosheng and Long Yifan for deliberately targeting me. How could Long Yifan not tell it? Concealing the surprised expression, he laughed and said, “Mo’er, if you don’t have an invitation, then the only person that needs to be blamed would be me. Besides, this manor is just like your own home, please don’t say this kind of words again to humiliate your foolish big brother.”


  “Big Brother Long, thank you.” Mo Fei accepted the polite remarks neither indifferently nor sycophantically. At the same time, she secretly twisted my arm and stopped me from speaking. Then she stared at me with her watery eyes annoyingly and even began to overtly tell lies, “Seriously! How can you even get lost in here?”


  Not waiting for me to say anything, she turned back to Long Yifan and said, “Elder Brother Long, my boyfriend is just a straightforward man. He doesn’t like to see some people bullying the elderly and children, so he might have offended Butler Gao. Please allow me to apologize on his behalf. I hope you won’t keep it in mind. If I remember it correctly, Butler Gao is the elder cousin of the second elder sister-in-law, right? How about I personally apologize to the second elder sister-in-law?”


  Mo Fei didn’t want to give me a chance to deny it. As soon as she came out, she acted like a girl who felt helpless about how dumb her boyfriend was. “No need, no need. Lao Gao was spoiled by my younger sister-in-law, so his behavior might not be appropriate. Haha. I just didn’t expect Mr. Chu to be Mo’er. . . I hope what I said earlier didn’t offend Mr. Chu and Mr. Chu will not blame us for the poor hospitality. . .”


  “He won’t,” Mo Fei smiled at me, her face was red like it was covered in a layer of red silk. Then she carried on with a sweet tone as if she was a foolish little girl who was completely blinded by love. “Although he has a bad temper, he is still very reasonable. He will forgive those who sincerely admit their mistakes. . .”


  Those who sincerely admitted their mistakes? Wait, who was she talking about? Was she talking about Butler Gao? Or was she talking about herself? ! I was completely speechless…


  Long Yifan didn’t know that Mo Fei’s words had many different meanings. His eyebrows twitched, and he said with a smile, “Of course, whether it is me or Butler Gao, our apologies are very sincere. Lao Gao, what are you waiting for? Apologize to Mr. Chu now.”


  It was no wonder that such a scumbag could also be a butler. It turned out that he was a relative of the second daughter-in-law of the Long Family. Seeing that not only did Long Yifan not defend him, but also ask him to apologize to me, his face instantly turned livid, “but Master Yifan, he, he . .”


  “Shut up!” Long Yifan suddenly raised his voice and stopped him, the sharpness in his eyes was as sharp as a knife. . . .

  Butler Gao hurriedly covered his mouth in fear. His face turned pale and his legs gave out; he actually slumped on the ground.

  Long Yifan snorted coldly, still full of displeasure, “refusing to admit your mistake when you were clearly in the wrong, you have disgraced the Long family’s name. You think I will not be able to do anything to you just because you are the cousin of my younger sister-in-law? Pack up your things and get out of the manor immediately. From today onwards, you will not be allowed to step into this manor again! Security! Send him off!”


  “Master Yifan, I’m sorry. I was wrong. Please give me another chance! Ah! What are you doing? Let go of me! Let go of me!”


  Long Yifan really came prepared. Only until the butler was sent out by five strong men in black, did we discover that he actually came with the security guards. I couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.

  Damn, these people were originally here for me, right?

  Fortunately, Mo Fei came out in time, otherwise, the people who would be thrown out of the manor would be me and Lao Guo. . .