Fang Nan was unlike Fang Chi who was coarse and unfiltered because of his upbringing as a village mer. Unlike Fang Chi, Fang nan was raised as a beauty and thus, when he moved and walked every action of his was full of grace, he was so elegant that even Mu Yuxi who has seen many mers in the capital take a double-take. After all, it was not a rare sight to see an elegant mer in the capital but it was another thing to see a mer with no training acting with so much gracefulness. 

  Yu Muxi didn't realise that she was looking at Fang Nan with rapt attention that he found quite annoying, he took a glimpse of Mu Yuxi's enamoured appearance and mentally scoffed. How silly, just look at her, she was looking at him like he was some sort of juicy steak unlike Yu Dong who didn't even take a glance at him, and even when she did it was full of disinterest. To Fang Nan, Yu Dong was like another conquest that he wanted to win, a woman who was so cold towards him yet so caring towards Fang Chi…… such a woman was not a bad choice for a partner. 

  " Sister Mu, it's great to see you after so long." ignoring the look that Mu Yuxi was shooting his way, Fang Nan acted like he couldn't understand what her attentive looks meant as he innocently smiled and said " I really didn't want to disturb you but I had no choice, after all, Brother Chi wanted me to-" he abruptly stopped then looked at Yi who was standing next to Mu Yuxi and stopped speaking, seeing his hesitation Mu Yuxi was even more enticed…… Chi …… did he just say Fang Chi's name? 

  " What? What did he ask you to do?" Mu Yuxi eagerly asked but Fang Nan didn't speak, instead, he carefully looked at Yi and lowered his head. 

  His actions were clear enough how can Mu Yuxi won't understand, she knew that whatever Fang Nan wanted to tell her, he couldn't do that because of Yi. So, she turned to look at Yi who was standing behind her and ordered " Get out." 

  Yi cupped her fists, " Mistress please think through, you only brought me here as your guard. If I leave then-" 

  Mu Yuxi caught the thread of hesitation on Yi's face and her expression turned dark at once "what are you trying to do? Defy me?" 

  " No, there is no way that I will defy the young miss" Yi was most afraid of the darkly sinister look on her mistress's face that sometimes morphed her miss's face into something inhuman. And this was the exact same expression that the young miss was wearing right now, how could she not tremble in fear? She was fully aware of what her mistress was capable of! " 

  then what are you standing here for? Get out.

  " There was nothing Yi could do, in the end, she cupped her hands and bowed to Mu Yuxi before leaving the private room, she was afraid that today……might be the day a great tragedy will begin. 

  Once Yi was gone Mu Yuxi turned to look at Fang Nan with a smile and said " Sorry about this, but please go ahead and finish what you were saying?" 

  Fang Nan who witnessed Mu Yuxi's cruel side was inwardly shocked but he still kept a smile on his face as he pulled out an exquisite piece of jade from his sleeves and oered it to Mu Yuxi with his own hands "Sister Mu, this is the ring that my brother Chi usually wears, when you arrived at the restaurant Brother Chi noticed you at once but he was afraid that his fiancée would create a fuss at the village that's why he had no choice that's why he sent me with this ring and told you that you are still in his heart." 

  Mu Yuxi reached out and took the jade ring in her hand and softly caressed the jade ring and recalled the ring that Fang Chi was wearing it was indeed this one. The quality of this jade ring wasn't high but it came from Fang Chi, she knew it …… she knew it, there was no way that Fang Chi would forget her like that! 

  He must have done everything on purpose because he was afraid of ruining his reputation. 

  With a burst of emotions, Mu Yuxi clenched the ring in her hand, a glint passed through her eyes as she stood up " Thank you very much for bringing this token to me, I will denitely repay you someday." 

  As she strode out of the room there was an extra spring in her steps, she knew that she was the only one t for Fang Chi! 

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Once she was gone Fang Hao tugged Fang Nan's sleeves and said " Why did you lie? You picked that ring from the road obviously why did you have to say that Fang Chi gave it to you?" 

  Fang Nan smiled and patted the back of Fang Hao's hand as he stood up to leave too, " You know that I picked it up, I know that I picked it but no one else knows that I picked it up, as long as I said that Fang Chi gave it to me, it means that he gave it to me." 

  Fang Hao was stunned by his brother's sudden action and gaped at him. " but why are you doing this to him?" 

  Fang Nan peered through the window of the tea room and watched Fang Chi come out with Yu Dong from the opposite shop with a cheerful grin plastered on his face and sneered " obviously, because he doesn't deserve something so good." 

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  Fang Chi didn't know that his carelessness was going to bring him so much trouble, he was happy enough to spend his entire day with Yu Dong. He was so focused on her that he didn't even notice that the faded jade ring that he often wore was missing from his nger, he continued to shop around with Yu Dong and then when the sun started to set, he returned to the village with Yu Dong. " 

  Thank you, I had fun today" Yu Dong being the perfect fiancée carefully escorted Fang Chi to his house and even placed every single package that he brought with him inside the Fang family's courtyard so that her fiancé wasn't troubled at all, seeing her show her care Fang Chi felt as if honey was trickling down his throat, he really didn't make a mistake by choosing Yu Dong as his fiancée! 

  Yu Dong smiled at him after she finished putting the last of the package inside, she strode toward Fang Chi. " I believe you must be tried don't work too hard and just eat the dishes that I bought for you and Grandma Fang, there is no need for you to trouble yourself tonight. Just rest well alright?" 

  When Fang Chi nodded shyly, Yu Dong smiled too. She patted his cheek before turning around to leave but then something most importantly someone caught the back of her shirt and stopped her. Shocked, she turned around only to nd an extremely red Fang Chi. 

  " I……I meant to say…… are you going to leave just like that?" After he finished speaking both he and Yu Dong realised what he just said, however, their reactions were completely different while Yu Dong burst out laughing, Fang Chi waved his hands and stuttered " No, that's not what I meant, I mean-" 

  But then something soft and fleeting touched his cheek and before he knew what was going on Yu Dong had already pulled away, she leaned her forehead against him and whispered " I will give you the rest after we get married, till then take care of yourself." 

  With that, she really turned around and got into the carriage, as she was afraid that if she stayed even a second longer she would really end up kissing the heck out of Fang Chi, who looked so adorable with that red face of his.

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  Grandma Fang who was pepping through the window ( pumps her fist into the air): That's my boy!