On the dance floor.

Ling Luo noticed the gazes of the Ling family members and frowned.

Ye Xingxue noticed it too, smiled, and said gently, "It's alright, it'll be fine later."

"Huh?" Ling Luo didn't understand what he meant.

Ye Xingxue smiled and said, "We'll just wait."

"oh……"

She didn't really care about those people; she just simply disliked them.

So being watched by them makes me feel uncomfortable.

Hearing him say that, she didn't say anything more.

After the song ended, they left the dance floor.

Night Snow was worried that she was hungry, so she took her hand and led her to get something to eat.

The Ling family has been keeping an eye on them.

They naturally wouldn't miss any opportunity to chat with Ling Luo and Ye Xingxue.

Seeing them come out of the dance floor, I followed them.

However, Ye Zeru and the others had always been keeping an eye on Ye Xingxue, so they never had a chance to get close to Ye Xingxue and Ling Luo.

The Ling family members had been at the banquet for quite some time but had made no progress whatsoever, and their expressions were all very unpleasant.

After a while, the boy who had approached Lingya earlier found her and invited her to dance.

Lingya is in a bad mood right now.

She didn't think much of him to begin with, and after seeing the exceptionally talented Ye Xingxue again, she thought even less of him.

Now, seeing that he was nowhere to be seen during the first dance and only came to find her now, she was even more furious. She also realized that he wasn't really infatuated with her, but was just using her as a backup.

Even someone with such ordinary talent, martial arts skills, and appearance, who can't compare to Ye Xingxue at all, dares to use her as a backup option—is Ling Ya really that bad?!

Ling Luo clearly has no cultivation aptitude. Although she is pretty and skilled in ancient martial arts, without aptitude, all her other outstanding qualities are useless.

But she married Ye Xingxue!

Thinking of this, Ling Ya's face turned very ugly.

She had her head down, so the boy didn't see her.

Seeing that she was ignoring him, he felt that she was being impolite. Whether she refused or not, she should at least say something, otherwise he would be embarrassed by her behavior.

Grandpa Ling and Ling Guanghua didn't think there was anything wrong with having a backup plan; a backup plan wasn't necessarily incapable of taking over.

They laughed and said, "It's good for young people to dance together and make friends. There's no need to be so reserved."

Ling Ya clenched her small hands, thinking that being invited to dance was better than standing around all night.

She was reluctantly thinking it over, and was about to agree when suddenly someone looked at her and said, "You...you look a little familiar."

Ling Ya's expression froze, and before she could speak, the person said, "Oh, it's you. You're the cousin who stole the Crown Princess's ex-fiancé, right?"

The person wasn't speaking loudly.

But there were quite a few people around.

Several people heard it.

They immediately looked over.

Ling Ya's face paled, and she opened her mouth as if to say something, but someone around her said in surprise, "This, is she the cousin who stole the Crown Princess's fiancé back then? Looking closely, it seems that she really is."

"The Crown Princess also invited her family to the banquet? Weren't they having a pretty bad fight before? Have they made up?"

"We're all family, so there's nothing wrong with making up."

"That's true, but... but the banquet has been going on for so long and there's not a single word. If that person hadn't mentioned it, I really wouldn't have known that the Crown Princess's family members were here."

"Yes, they just arrived?"

"It shouldn't be. I saw them for a little while. They were watching when the Crown Princess and His Highness the Crown Prince were dancing."

"Huh? Then why don't they say anything?"

"Who knows? Maybe there's no chance?"

"You might not have the chance to talk to other people, but it's different with your own family, right?"

Someone lowered their voice: "I think this is suspicious. Perhaps the person wasn't even invited by the Crown Princess."

"That makes sense."

Tonight's banquet was lively.

But without gossip, it always seems a bit boring.

Now that this news has come up, everyone is talking about it.

Ye Feng and Ye Zhenyan were chatting not far away when they heard the news.

Upon hearing this news, everyone subtly glanced at Ye Feng and Ye Zhenyan.

Since she is a relative of the Crown Princess.

Then they are related to Ye Feng and Ye Zhenyan.

I wonder if Ye Xingxue and Ye Zhenyan will even acknowledge such a poor relative.

Ye Feng and Ye Zhenyan had no expression on their faces.

Ye Feng casually asked his secretary, "The Crown Princess's family has arrived. Have the Crown Princess and His Highness greeted them?"

"I'm not sure about that, shall I go ask?"

"No need," Ye Feng said calmly. "Just invite them over."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

On the other side.

Ye Xingxue was having a meal with Lingluo.

At this moment, someone walked over and said respectfully, "Your Highness, it's ready."

The man didn't say anything more. Ye Xingxue hummed in agreement and said to Ling Luo, "Luo Luo, let's go take care of some things first, and eat later."

Ling Luo, not knowing what it was about, put down the small plate in her hand and said, "Okay."

Ye Xingxue smiled, gently wiping the cake crumbs from the corner of her lips with her fingertips, and after cleaning her hands, said, "Let's go."

Upon seeing them, Ye Zeru and the others asked, "Where are you going?"

"Just need to take care of something, it'll be quick."

"oh."

Ye Zeru and the others assumed that Ye Xingxue's nonchalant attitude was a trivial matter and did not follow her.

After all, they are a married couple, and it wouldn't be right for them to keep following them around.

Ye Xingxue took Ling Luo's hand and walked directly towards Ye Feng.

As they left, people greeted them along the way.

Ye Xingxue and Ling Luo both nodded slightly in response.

Ye Feng and his group were not far from where they had just been.

A while later, Ye Xingxue and Ling Luo arrived near where Ye Feng and the others were.

Upon seeing Ye Xingxue and Ling Luo, everyone immediately made way for them.

Ye Feng and the others also looked over at Ye Xingxue and Ling Luo. When they walked up to him, he took a sip of red wine, raised an eyebrow at Ye Xingxue, and said, "You're pretty fast."

His secretary had barely left when Ye Xingxue arrived; she had timed it perfectly.

Ye Xingxue smiled and said, "Mm."

Night Breeze: "..."

"I heard your Crown Princess's family is here. Have you greeted them?"

Ye Xingxue took a glass of wine from the tray held by Shiyansheng and handed Lingluo a glass of juice.

After Ling Luo took it, he said calmly, "No."

Night Breeze: "Didn't you see it?"

"I saw it, but ignored it."

Upon hearing this, many of the onlookers gasped in shock.

Before they could react, Ye Feng coldly said, "You sent out invitations, and when the guests arrived, you ignored them? Is this the courtesy you, as the Crown Prince, should have?"

No invitations were sent.

These were the words spoken by Ling Luo.

In an instant, everyone's attention was focused on her.

Night Breeze: "Oh? How did they get in?"

Ling Luo took a sip of the sweet juice and said, "I don't know."

Everyone present was shrewd; upon hearing this, how could they not know that Night Snow and Night Wind were working together in concert?

Of course, they also knew that the sudden arrival of the Ling family must be suspicious.

at the same time.

On the other side.

The Ling family is currently at the center of public opinion.

Everyone around them was watching them.

To them, the Ling family was just a nobody, someone who couldn't be brought into the public eye.

Even though Ling Luo is now the Crown Princess, they still look down on the Ling family.

Many people looked at them with disdain and contempt.

The Ling family members were already nervous and reserved when they arrived at the banquet.

Being stared at and discussed by so many people, their faces were quite unpleasant. However, the people present were all powerful and influential. Even if Ling Luo was the Crown Princess, Ye Xingxue would not necessarily offend these powerful and influential people for her sake. Therefore, the Ling family members did not dare to say anything when they were being talked about.

Their shrunken appearance made them seem even more unpresentable.

The people around them looked down on them even more.

Just then, Yan Jin from Yefeng arrived.

Yan Jin is someone everyone knows.

Upon seeing him, everyone warmly came over to greet him.

Yan Jin nodded slightly, not saying much to anyone, but focusing his attention on Old Master Ling, and said politely, "You are the Crown Princess's family?"

Yan Jin often gives interviews with Ye Feng.

The Ling family all know him.

Upon seeing him, she immediately nodded: "Yes, we are the Crown Princess's family."

Yan Jin continued, "His Majesty requests your presence. Please come with me."

Night Wind actually met with them in person?!

The Ling family was completely stunned.

But upon hearing this, everyone instinctively straightened their backs.

Old Master Ling immediately said, "Okay, thank you Secretary Yan."

Yan Jin nodded and said nothing more.

Upon hearing this, the others were stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but follow.

Although Grandpa Ling and the others were happy, they were also quite nervous, afraid that they might say the wrong thing when they met Ye Feng...

But when they got closer to where Ye Feng was and saw that the people surrounding them were all important figures, their minds went blank.

When everyone looked at them, they felt happy, but their legs started to go weak.

Everyone made way for them, and they all looked them over.

Ye Feng and the others looked over and said, "Have we arrived?"

Yan Jin replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Night Breeze: "Hmm."

When he saw Ye Feng looking over, Old Master Ling felt his legs almost give way. He barely managed to stay upright. Looking at them, he tried to calm himself down, but they just couldn't.

Old Master Ling stood not far from Ye Feng, wanting to speak, but after a long while, he stammered out, "Your Majesty, you, you were looking for me?"

When they first formally meet Yefeng, they should first bow, then greet him and offer their blessings, and only then say the above.

However, his mind went out of control, and that's the sentence that just slipped out.

After realizing what had happened, his face turned red. He hurriedly tried to salvage the situation but before he could speak, Ye Feng said, "Don't be nervous. I heard that the Crown Princess's family has arrived. I remembered that we are in-laws but haven't met yet, so I invited you over for a chat."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Ye Feng chuckled and looked at Ling Luo: "Crown Princess, your family has arrived. Aren't you going to greet them?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at her.

Ling Luo's face remained expressionless as she stated directly, "We've severed ties; we're no longer family."

Grandpa Ling never expected that Ling Luo would show them no respect in front of so many people.

Before they could speak, Ye Feng said, "Is it really over?"

Ling Luo: "Yeah, that's why I didn't invite them."

Ye Feng nodded and looked at Old Master Ling: "What do you say?"

"Your Majesty, we were just saying things in anger. How can we sever this bond of blood so easily?"

"I see. But I wonder what the Crown Princess did wrong that would make you so angry that you would sever ties with a girl who has lost her parents and has no one to rely on?"

Now, Old Master Ling panicked completely: "I... I really just said it in anger, to scare the child, I didn't mean it—"

Ling Luo put down her finished juice and said, "You weren't just saying that out of anger, nor were you trying to scare me. What you said back then was the truth."

Old Master Ling was stunned for a moment, and wanted to argue, but Ling Luo did not give him a chance, and said again: "After my father died, because of my poor aptitude, none of you have looked at me properly. I was not well-fed or clothed, and no one cared about me when I was dirty, tired or sick."

"Later, people said I was jealous of Ling Ya and poisoned her. You didn't give me any chance to explain before beating me half to death—"

"You didn't give me any food or water, nor did you give me any medicine. Just as I was passing out, you put me on a spaceship bound for a desolate planet."

"If it weren't for the kind people on the spaceship who fed me medicine and gave me some nutrient solution when I was about to die, I would have died on the way to the desolate planet."

In fact, although someone fed her nutrient solution and applied medicine on the spaceship.

But it was too late.

The original owner has already passed away.

Because she has the original owner's memories.

We know just how outrageous they are.

Because she is currently using the original owner's body, when she recalls those memories, she still clearly remembers how helpless, lost, and afraid the original owner was back then.

“I didn’t die. From then on, you never cared about my life or death, leaving me to fend for myself on this desolate planet. But I was only ten years old at the time.”

“During that time, you might occasionally remember me and give me a hundred or so star coins, but in eight years, all the star coins added up to no more than a thousand dollars—and all of these have transfer records.”

At this point, Ling Luo looked directly into Old Master Ling's eyes: "Last year I came of age, and you took me back just to make me break off the engagement—that's how you treated me. So, when you said that after I got a school recommendation from you, severing ties with me was just an angry outburst, do you even believe that yourself?"

Grandpa Ling never expected Ling Luo to blurt all of this out at once.

After returning from the desolate planet last year, Ye Xingxue investigated Ling Luo.

He knew all of what Ling Luo was saying.

But he only knew roughly what had happened, and that she was having a hard time all by herself on the desolate planet.

But now, hearing her recount her ordeal firsthand, his heart clenched, his deep eyes turned bloodshot, and he gripped her small hand tightly.