Watching the turtle retreating into its shell, Lin Mubai stood behind it and shook his head helplessly, then asked himself in his heart: "Am I being too rash, scaring her?" Yet he didn’t feel any regret deep inside, knowing that this day would eventually come. He had waited impatiently and so needed to quickly make the woman hiding in her shell realize his feelings.
Returning to her room, An Nan threw herself onto the bed in frustration, and started constantly questioning how she could be seduced by beauty.
"An Nan, you’re hopeless, you actually let yourself be seduced by beauty, and defiled such a fine youth."
An Nan’s wails echoed from beneath the covers. For some reason, she suddenly recalled the night of 419, and the man whose identity she did not know. To say she didn’t know him wasn’t quite right; perhaps it was deliberate avoidance. Adding her current situation with Lin Mubai, she felt she was about to go crazy.
She suddenly sat up in bed, shaking her head repeatedly, warning herself "No, no, I can’t continue . Tomorrow I’ll go burn incense in a temple to dispel my recent bad luck."
That evening, An Nan did not go to the kitchen for dinner; she only used the excuse "I’m not hungry." Lin Mubai clearly knew she was embarrassed, but didn’t point it out, just said to the person inside the room: "I have arrangements with Shaoqi and the others to drink tonight, might not come back. You rest well at home."
Getting no response from the person inside the room for a long time, Lin Mubai had to leave.
After exiting, Lin Mubai dialed Xi Shaoqi’s number: "Where are you?" Newest update provıded by N()velFire.net
"Okay, I’m coming right away." With that, he hung up the phone.
Inside a private room at the ’Champs Elysees’, Xi Shaoqi inexplicably held the phone that had just been hung up, murmuring softly: "What’s up with Young Master Lin lately? If not disappearing inexplicably, then suddenly showing up so thrillingly."
To think that he would actively call him, could it be that Heaven is going to rain red?
That soft murmur immediately elicited a joyful voice: "Is Mubai coming?"
The speaker was Huo Bingxuan, the eldest lady of the Huo Family who hadn’t appeared in this circle for quite some time. Shortly after Third Young Master Xi’s birthday party, Huo Bingxuan went abroad. Later, the Huo Family encountered some business issues, keeping her overseas until recently. With Lin Mubai’s help, the Huo Family’s business returned to normal, and Huo Bingxuan came back to the country. Upon returning, she clung to her brother, eager to see Lin Mubai. Huo Boxuan, unable to refuse her, coincidentally bringing her along to Xi Shaoqi’s invited gathering tonight.
Upon arriving, Huo Bingxuan learned Lin Mubai wasn’t coming, and her previously high spirits suddenly soaked in gloom. She quietly sat at the side of the sofa, sulking. Now hearing that the person she constantly thought about was coming, her unhappy mood vanished instantly, nearly bouncing up in delight.
Seeing this, Xi Shaoqi couldn’t help but sneak a comment: "Huo Bingxuan, is it necessary to be this happy? Mubai coming has nothing to do with you."
He simply disliked this Huo Bingxuan; after what she did to An Nan, he hadn’t even settled the score with her, yet here she dared appear before him.
As Xi Shaoqi was about to cause trouble, he was stopped by Han Xiayang at his side.
"Mr. Lin is about to arrive, don’t cause trouble."
Infuriated, he shot a glare at the other, angrily sitting back on the sofa.
Huo Boxuan took the opportunity to pull his sister aside, warning, "Bingxuan, if you want to never enter this circle again, keep causing trouble." Lately, he couldn’t understand why his cute sister had become so overbearing. Could it really be because they spoiled her too much?