"You’ve lost your last chance." Xu Ke stated coldly without much expression, then wrapped his arm around Lin ngyao as they walked toward Yun Lan’s direction.
"Afraid of you? All you do is boast and show off." Lin ngchen sneered coldly, turned her back on the two of them, and walked in the opposite direction.
"Xu Ke, what are you going to do?" Lin ngyao steadied her emotions and asked uneasily as she saw the direction Xu Ke was taking her.
"Kick Lin ngchen out of the Yun Family. Do you still want to protect her?" Xu Ke slowed down his pace and asked softly.
If Lin ngyao said to let her off, he would stop and let the other side go.
Lin ngyao lowered her eyes, recalling Lin ngchen’s recent look, tone, and every word she said. She replayed it all in her mind and then shook her head under Xu Ke’s gaze. Since the other party didn’t regard her as a sister, she wouldn’t consider Lin ngchen her sister in the future. Their relationship was as she described it, enemies.
Seeing that Lin ngyao had made her choice, Xu Ke’s lips quietly curled into a smile. The further the Lin Family pushed Lin ngyao away, the happier he was. Once Lin ngyao completely lost hope in the Lin Family, he could fully possess her and take her to Shangjing. They would be the closest people in the world, trusting only each other. In a few years, they would have adorable children to raise together, spending the rest of their lives like that.
Xu Ke slightly squinted his eyes, repeatedly drawing the future in his mind with satisfaction, while Lin ngyao was completely unaware of everything Xu Ke was thinking.
The distance between Xu Ke and Yun Lan wasn’t very far. Not long after, Xu Ke led Lin ngyao to Yun Lan’s presence.
"Is there sothing I can help with, Mr. Xu?" Yun Lan asked with a smile.
All the things that happened just now were seen by him. Seeing Xu Ke co over at this mont, he naturally had a guess about the purpose of Xu Ke’s visit, along with a secret anticipation. After all, the scene of Xu Ke asking him to leave had just happened earlier, a scene still fresh in his mind.
"I don’t want to see Lin ngchen at this banquet, send her away." Xu Ke’s rightful attitude made Yun Lan’s smile freeze on his face once again.
"If Lin ngchen could get in, it ans she had a Yun Family invitation. That makes her our guest, doesn’t it seem improper to send a guest away so casually?" Yun Lan quickly adjusted his facial expression, showing just the right amount of difficulty.
"Moreover, if I rember correctly, the lady beside you seems to be Lin ngchen’s sister, right? This should count as a family matter, sothing the Yun Family should not interfere with, correct?" Yun Lan’s tone lifted slightly, though he said it wasn’t proper, his eyes conveyed a different aning. It was a probe and a transaction.
Using the Yun Family as a tool always requires giving so benefit, for it’s not pleasant to get sothing for nothing. Yun Lan gently swirled the wine glass in his hand. The cost of using the Yun Family is not low, and he could use the benefits the other side brings to verify his earlier guesses. If incorrect, Xu Ke, who had been disrespectful earlier, wouldn’t have a good outco.
"I know what your Yun Family needs the most right now. I’ll give you what you lack the most if you drive her away."
"Oh? You can give it to us?" Yun Lan’s hand holding the wine glass paused, his pupils briefly widened, and his heart raced. Looking at Xu Ke’s calm, all-seeing eyes, excitent surged in his heart. If he had rely been guessing before, he now was ninety percent certain.
Yun Lan restrained his original gaze and deanor. This ti he looked at Xu Ke with added respect he hadn’t shown before, while his gaze toward Lin ngyao was filled with more curiosity. "It seems you really like Miss ngyao, to make such a lavish gesture."
Xu Ke frowned and shielded Lin ngyao behind him. "You should get to work."
Xu Ke’s possessive move toward Lin ngyao left Yun Lan stunned, causing him to raise Lin ngyao’s importance in his mind, while he felt a bit sympathetic toward the rumored timid husband of Lin ngyao. It was his misfortune that his wife caught the interest of a Xu Family mber, though he was lucky to be supported by the Lin Family for three years. Yun Lan remarked without much sincerity.
anwhile, after circling around without seeing the person she wanted to et, Lin ngchen felt sowhat deflated, wondering if the person wasn’t coming since they were not there now, and whether she should et others. Just as Lin ngchen hovered on the edge of indecision, the Yun Family’s steward approached, blocking her path.
Lin ngchen looked surprised at the steward blocking her way, then noticed the young Yun Family master, Yun Lan, observing everything quietly from behind the steward. Lin ngchen’s heart suddenly raced, and two rosy streaks appeared on her fair cheeks. Is it possible that Yun Lan has taken a liking to ? Lin ngchen thought uncontrollably.
"Is there sothing you need from ?" Lin ngchen asked in her sweetest voice, giving Yun Lan, who was approaching to watch the commotion not far away, a shy and timid glance.
Yun Lan paused, holding his wine glass, a mocking smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. "Such a foolish woman," Yun Lan murmured, losing interest in watching further.
The steward in front of Lin ngchen was nearly fifty, his sharp eyes imdiately seeing through Lin ngchen’s intentions, his gaze towards her turned a few shades colder and more disdainful. "Please leave the Yun Family’s banquet. You are not welco here."
Still waiting for Yun Lan’s invitation, Lin ngchen first saw Yun Lan leave without rcy and then heard the steward’s words, causing her previously rosy face to instantly turn pale. She stared with wide, disbelieving eyes and asked, "What did you say? Did I hear wrong? You’re asking to leave."
"That’s right, you are not welco here. Please leave." The steward rcilessly shattered Lin ngchen’s hope.
"Why? I have a Yun Family invitation, I am a Yun Family guest. Why is the Yun Family driving away? Did soone say sothing to you, was it them?" In her panic, Lin ngchen noticed Xu Ke and Lin ngyao standing closely together, coldly watching her. Without thinking, she instinctively pointed in their direction and said.
"What did they say to you? Their words can’t be trusted, they’re just jealous of , and surely their invitations are illegitimate. So, the ones who should be kicked out are them, not ." Lin ngchen no longer cared about decorum or image, clutching the steward’s arm with urgency and panic.
Lin ngchen’s actions caused people at the banquet to turn their attention to her. Being the center of attention had always been sothing Lin ngchen greatly enjoyed, but in this situation, it felt like enduring a brutal torture, rendering her helplessly standing there, clutching desperately onto the only straw she had.
"Removing you is the Yun Family’s decision and has nothing to do with others. Your status doesn’t match our Yun Family." The steward pulled his arm from Lin ngchen’s grip, his cold gaze piercing through the lens reflecting into Lin ngchen’s eyes, making her shiver uncontrollably.
Lin ngchen was carried out in front of all the guests by Yun Family mbers. It wasn’t until she was thrown out that Lin ngchen snapped back to reality, her mind filled only with the steward’s words and the gazes of the people watching her as she was led out.
Lin ngchen knew her chance to marry into a wealthy family was gone. Once this matter spread, no respectable family in Luo City would marry her, and she’d beco the laughingstock of Luo City. Her life was essentially ruined.
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