Xiyan’s body froze, her entire being stiffened in place.
Did she just mishear?
What did the entertainnt news say?!
"It’s Susan." Xiyan stared at Ou Jue. "It must be her spilling the secrets to the dia!"
Ou Jue’s face turned incredibly grim. He gently patted Xiyan’s small head. "Let’s go ho first."
Monts later, the car stopped in front of the Xia Mansion.
For so reason, Xiyan didn’t want to leave him...
"Go inside." Ou Jue lowered his gaze to look at her.
"No." Xiyan’s voice was muffled.
Given the current situation, she simply didn’t want to let Ou Jue go.
If Mr. Ling couldn’t be found, there was no solid evidence to accuse Susan of being a fraud.
She relied on Mr. Ling’s treasured ring and those journal entries to swagger about the Ou Family.
Now the entire world knows that Qianmo and the Ou Family have no blood relation.
The two have gone from cousins to childhood sweethearts, naturally and without hindrance.
What if Susan really made Ou Jue marry Qianmo?
"Ou Jue, could you please not leave?"
Right now, Susan and Qianmo were shalessly staying in the Ou Family house, and Xiyan detested it.
"Then are you willing to share half of your bed with ?"
"..." Even at a ti like this, he couldn’t resist being cheeky.
Xiyan punched him. "Can you be serious for once?"
"No." He suddenly gave a simple reply, as if making a promise, his voice deep and weighty.
Xiyan was stunned, lifting her gaze to him. "No what?"
"No, I won’t just comply with Susan’s words and really marry Qianmo."
"You..." Xiyan was a little surprised. "I didn’t even ask you that."
Why does he suddenly make such a serious promise...
"You did." Ou Jue tilted her chin. "That question has been echoing in your heart all along; I heard it, and it’s quite noisy."
"..." What do you an you heard it, and it’s noisy??
"So don’t overthink it." Ou Jue hugged Xiyan. "The question you’re worrying about will never happen—I’ll always be by your side, hmm?"
Ou Jue’s personality...
Rarely did he ever give Xiyan any promises.
Having been with him for so long, he always acted more than he spoke.
"Go on inside; leave the rest to ."
The uneasy feeling in her heart instantly settled.
"Alright then." She planted a kiss on Ou Jue’s cheek. "A goodnight kiss."
As she spoke, she got ready to open the car door to leave.
Unexpectedly, her wrist was suddenly grabbed by Ou Jue, and he tugged it lightly.
Xiyan let out a small gasp before she realized that Ou Jue was holding her face in his hands, his thin, sexy lips pressed against her forehead.
She couldn’t see his expression, but sohow this kiss felt profoundly tender.
"What are you doing?"
Ou Jue sat up straight, his tone calm, relaxed, and breezy. "Returning the favor."
Cough...
Xiyan really opened the car door this ti, jumped out, and left.
She walked toward her house while instinctively touching her forehead.
It felt as though his warmth still lingered there.
It seed like this was the first ti her forehead had been kissed...
The sensation was entirely different from usual.
What her forehead felt was... compassion.
Back at the Ou Family ho.
Grandma Ou was livid, pointing at her phone. "What’s the aning of this—give a clear explanation of all this chaos!"
Susan sat leisurely on the couch, calmly sipping tea.
She blew away the swirling steam. "Exactly what you saw, madam. What can I possibly explain?"
Qianmo sat quietly next to Susan, her head bowed without speaking.
"Since when did Momo have a marriage agreent with Jue? This is ridiculous!" Grandma Ou was beside herself with anger. "In my eyes, Momo is just a granddaughter figure. Are you really asking to pair up soone I see as family with Ou Jue?! Besides, Jue has already proposed to Xiyan—they’re engaged now! What kind of drama are you even trying to stir up?!"
"Engaged?" Susan chuckled icily, placing her teacup aside. "Madam, Ou Jue’s marriage to Xia Xiyan never received my approval. Don’t forget, the person with a marriage agreent to the Ou Family is my child! And now, Momo is my daughter."
"But Momo isn’t your biological child. How can that agreent hold any weight?"
"Ling and I were separated for so long, left childless as a result—whose fault was that?! The only reason I’m still alive in this world today is because of Momo! She’s closer to than my own flesh and blood!"
Ou Jue’s mother frowned, troubled by how things had co to this.
"Momo, in my and your grandmother’s eyes, you’re family—but how can you..."
"Auntie." Qianmo lifted her head. "But in the end, I have no blood ties with the Ou Family, and... I’ve always liked Ou Jue. Please, I beg you—let us be together, okay?"
Absurd. Utterly absurd!
Grandma Ou’s rage made her blood pressure spike; she almost fainted.
Ou Xiaoluo sat to the side, holding his cat Miao Miao, pointing at Susan. "Bad woman."
Susan shot Ou Xiaoluo a glare but didn’t respond, instead speaking with queenly authority, "Since this marriage agreent was made, I expect you all to honor it completely. Xiyan is irrelevant to this, but Ou Jue must marry my daughter—otherwise, you’re dishonoring Ling and betraying !"
Grandma Ou took deep breaths to calm herself. Having dominated the business world for so many years, this was the first ti she’d ever been entangled with such a shaless person. "Can you even prove you were the one Ling loved all those years ago? How dare you act so high and mighty, ddling in the Ou Family’s affairs?"
"The ring is here, the journal entries perfectly match—on what grounds am I a fraud?!" Susan roared with self-assurance, her tone arrogant and domineering. "If you have the guts, find Ling and have him personally say I’m a fake! Only then will I apologize on my knees!"
"You..." Grandma Ou wanted nothing more than to slap her across the face.
This kind of shrew could hardly be the love of Ling’s life. The old woman was beginning to question reality!
Susan still held her lofty stance. "In short, with the marriage agreent in place, Jue must break up with Xiyan and be with Momo!"
"Must? Who decided ’must’?" A voice rang out, cool and imperious, from the villa’s entrance. "Before this young master, there’s only making demands—never others instructing on what I must do."
When did it beco soone else’s place to decide what he must do?
Qianmo’s eyelashes quivered, and she raised her head, a glimr of hope in her eyes.
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