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Mo Ruquan summons up all his courage and walks up to his wife, with his teeth clenched. He grabs Xu Qian by her hand and says, “Let’s go home.” Xu Qian suddenly shakes off her husband’s hand and looks in the direction from which Su Ni disappears. After making a fool of herself in front of such a large crowd, she no longer has the courage to stay at Gu’s banquet now. Walking in front, she is not in the mood to look back to see if her husband can keep pace. Mo Ruquan scurries to keep abreast, with a flattering smile, “My dear, what has made you so upset?” Xu Qian casts a ferocious look at him. Mo Ru impulsively raises his hands as a big gesture to surrender. He says with an innocent look on his face: “Honey, I swear, I haven’t done anything wrong these days. Don’t listen to those women’s idle gossips.” “Damn it! This Su Ni is such a clown. I’m really sick of seeing her putting on airs and the way she treats me in front of all those guests. You see how she struts in borrowed plumes, without Gu family behind her, she is nothing but a small potato. How dare she do that to me? ” Xu Qian doesn’t take heed of her husband’s justifications at all, instead, she utters her indignation with clenched teeth which startled Mo Ruquan. Soon, Xu Qian adds: “There must be something wrong with it. Gu Zechen can’t suddenly be interested in Su Ni in such a short time. You must have heard about what happened to Yin’s family. There must be something wrong with it. I must find it out.” “What can be the problem?” Mo Ruquan takes advantage of this opportunity to put his arm around Xu Qian’s shoulder. He is not tall, however, so he looks extremely funny in this gesture as if hanging on a tall tree, his feet almost dangling. “They are husband and wife, who knows what will happen behind closed doors. Su Ni’s pretty and Gu Zechen is not a monk…”Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

“You don’t know shit. “Before Mo Ru finishes the whole sentence, Xu Qian interrupts him. “Ok, Ok, my bad.” Mo Ruquan nods his head admitting he is in the wrong. Xu Qian still comes down on him like a ton of bricks and refuses to give up, murmuring something all the way back home. After nearly an hour’s drive just before they come back to their house, the champagne she took at the dinner party finally works a miracle on her and puts her on a sound sleep. “What a damn woman!” Mo Ruquan casts a disgusting look at the his wife who falls asleep in the back seat snoring disgracefully. “What if she dies! Then I will be relieved and rescued.” “Well!” In sleep, Xu Qian uttered a sound. Mo Ruquan is almost scared to death and he almost loses control of the car. The car slides sideway, almost crashing into the road shoulder. “Honey?” Mo Ru turns around and casts a sneaky glance at his wife in shock. Xu Qian doesn’t wake up. His head spins. A little dizzy, he hurriedly touches his forehead and finds his face bathed in sweat.

At the banquet, Gu Zechen takes Su Ni away to have a rest, and no one mentions the matter. His face expressionless and indifferent, Su Ni can’t read his mind so she leans towards him and calls his name in a low voice. Gu Zechen looks down at her with thin lips tightly clenched and asks: “Why not tell me the truth just now?” Su Ni’s face blushes, her eyes flashing a trace of embarrassment, but soon she says in a low voice as if wronged, “I’m just… I just don’t want you to worry about me…”

“You’ll only make me more worried.” Gu Zechen looks at Su Ni’s dress again, the stain still clearly seen. Su Ni says hurriedly: “Don’t worry. I will go downstairs to have it changed.” “No need to do that.” Gu Zechen says in a tone that doesn’t show much of his emotions, Su Ni nods like an obedient child, “In fact, just now everybody stood by my side, so although Xu Qian looks fierce, I am not afraid of her at all.” “Stay away from her.” Gu Zechen orders. “Oh, I see.”

Su Ni quickly nods, then she sees Gu Zechen’s facial expression soften a little bit. Quietly leaning against Gu Zechen in his arms, Su Ni finds her suspending heart finally calm down. Outside, something unusual causes a stir, and a woman’s voice is heard, “Here comes Eshine”, which instantly attracts the attention of all the women in the room and all eyes cast upon the announcer. Su Ni also lifts her head at the sound of this and accidently catches a glimpse of Gu Zechen, who has just calmed down, frowning again, and then he pushes Su Ni aside and walks out in big stride to greet the newcomer. “My God, I had never expected to have a chance to see Eshine at Gu’s residence. Maybe she is also on the guest list”, says the woman who just introduced Eshine to Su Ni. Her face red with excitement and astonishment and her eyes wide open, she says she can’t believe her eyes. Her company takes two steps forward, hoping to get closer to Eshine and says, “I didn’t expect to meet Eshine in the flesh here also. What a luck! I’m thrilled and can’t wait my turn to pay my respect to her, a chance to ask about her new designs and the latest fashion that will be put on the market in the second half of the year.”

“So am I. I’ll go with you later”, echos another woman. The moment Su Ni steps out, she hears the room buzzing with remarks first and then sees all the crowd rushing towards the entrance. At the other end of the room right at the entrance, she catches a glimpse of that Eshine surrounded and accompanied by a large crowd of people. Gu Zechen is standing not far away, with his hands in his pocket, looking in Eshine’s direction indifferently and coldly. Su Ni remembers Gu Zechen once said Eshine is his old friend, but apparently he doesn’t want to see her at his own party tonight . Not knowing why, Su Ni finds her heart suspended again and she begins to feel nervous as if knowing something is going to happen tonight. “Mr. Gu, you can’t blame me for coming uninvited.” Soon, Eshine goes to Gu Zechen’s side, with soft black hair on the shoulder and an elegant beige white strapless dress, elegant and noble. However, many people who just now accompanied her subconsciously begin to look at Su Ni’s direction. Suddenly Su Ni realizes that today Eshine’s dress is somewhat similar to hers. The only difference lies in that: the former’s dress is strapless while hers is off-the-shoulder. “Do you think Mrs. Gu and Eshine look like twins? But I like Eshine’s dress better which makes her very elegant and graceful.” Someone whispers. Another person seems to agree with her, and then echoes: “This dress is designed by Eshine herself, so it is no big surprise that Eshine is in a better position to express its style.” People around quickly nod to express their consent, and then cast a pitiful glance at Su Ni.

Su Ni ignores their comments, pretending not to see and hear anything, and walks in big stride quickly toward Gu Zechen with a smile on her face, “Ze Chen, is this your friend you mentioned to me the other day? And you haven’t even introduced her formally to me yet.” At that time, Eshine is chatting with Gu Zechen happily. However, seeing Su Ni coming over, she looks unhappy, her eyebrows knitting together, but this emotion disappears instantly. Su Ni doesn’t fail to catch the fast and subtle changes that flashes by on her face but retains her composure. She comes up to Gu Zechen and stands right beside him generously and confidently, looking at Eshine as if expecting to be formally introduced. Gu Zechen looks a little unnatural, his larynx knot moving and he says with a rigid voice: “This is Eshine.” “I know. I hear quite a lot about you, I know you are a very famous designer, internationally. My dress is your design, right? Out of your own hand. I like this dress very much. Finally I get a chance to express my gratitude. Thank you. “Su Ni warmly extends her hand after saying this. Eshine just glances at Su Ni with no emotions displaying on her face, and her body does not move a little bit.