The four of them made eye contact, and Xu Buyan took the first step, walking straight towards Liang Qingmo.

His expression was very gloomy, and his eyes were fixed on the two people's touching hands.

Liang Qingmo frowned and struggled to pull her hand free, but Zhou Qixuan was too strong and she couldn't break free at all.

"Let go." She whispered.

Zhou Qixuan seemed not to hear her voice. He just looked at Xu Buyan, still holding her tightly in his hand.

The two men confronted each other, and the air around them froze instantly.

Xu Buyan looked at the two of them, the anger in his eyes intensified, "Let go!"

Zhou Qixuan said nothing, still holding Liang Qingmo's wrist tightly, his eyes burning.

"I told you to let go." Xu Buyu's tone was slightly heavy. He grabbed Zhou Qixuan's wrist and signaled him to let go.

Seeing her wrist turn red, Zhou Qixuan unconsciously reduced his strength, and Liang Qingmo took the opportunity to pull his hand out.

She was about to leave, but this time Xu Buyan stopped her.

"Why are you here?" Xu Buyan glanced at Zhou Qixuan and then looked at Liang Qingmo.

"We met by chance." Liang Qingmo's tone was indifferent, and no emotion could be seen.

"I came here to find him." Zhou Qixuan explained while protecting the man behind him, with a hint of provocation and hostility in his eyes.

Xu Buyan's face darkened even further, his eyes gradually turned colder, and his tone was unfriendly, "Did I ask you?"

His eyes fell on Liang Qingmo, and he obviously didn't believe this explanation.

"What about you? Why are you here?" Liang Qingmo glanced at Shen Xinyi behind him, his tone a little cold.

Facing Liang Qingmo's question, Xu Buyan realized that there was someone behind him, and his momentum suddenly weakened.

"I...I have something to take care of."

"In that case, let's each take care of our own affairs first."

Her indifference made Xu Buyan a little frustrated. She neither explained why they were there nor reacted to him and Shen Xinyi being together.

"Where are you going?" He reached out and held her.

"Going to the bathroom, why do I have to ask you in advance?"

Liang Qingmo was like someone who had eaten dynamite today. He had a very aggressive attitude and didn't give any face at all. The situation was affected within a radius of a hundred miles, and Xu Buyan just walked into the trap.

But the more she did this, the angrier Xu Buyan became, and the more he wanted to go against her.

But before he could react, she left.

In the bathroom, Liang Qingmo calmed down for a while and called Ji Hejin to cancel today's meeting.

As soon as she came out, she saw Xu Buyan standing in the corner with a gloomy face and his eyes fixed on the window.

Seeing her come out, he walked over, pulled her into his arms, and said in a muffled voice, "Have you resolved the issue with Zhou Qixuan?"

Liang Qingmo retracted his gaze and said, "He and I met by chance."

He didn't believe it, and angrily pressed her into his arms and kissed her.

Liang Qingmo was in a bad mood today, so naturally he had no choice.

She struggled and pushed, but his kiss was so domineering that she couldn't push him away at all.

Xu Buyan looked at her sour face, chuckled, and felt much better.

However, she was not someone to be bullied, so she stepped on his leg and bit it hard.

A fishy and sweet taste rushed up his throat, Xu Buyan let go and looked at Liang Qingmo like an angry kitten.

I don’t know if the red on the corner of his mouth is the leftover lipstick or the blood, which makes him look even more charming.

This time he couldn't help himself, and he held her in his arms again and kissed her beautiful lips.

The two of them began to breathe rapidly, completely ignoring the fact that they were in the corridor and someone might come over at any time.

After the kiss, he touched her swollen lips, wiped off the lipstick from the corners of her mouth, and raised the corners of his mouth with satisfaction, "Now we can talk again."

Suddenly, footsteps were heard in the corridor, and Xu Buyan's face suddenly darkened.

He pulled her to the lounge next to him, completely blocking Liang Qingmo's rejection in his throat.

Through a door, Liang Qingmo was pressed against the door and kissed by Xu Buyan, with his eyes wide open.

Zhou Qixuan noticed the movement in the lounge and knocked on the door, "Momo?"

Xu Buyan stopped what he was doing and stared at her with red eyes, as if he was the one who was wronged.

Zhou Qixuan, who was outside the door, could no longer hear the sound from inside. He knocked a few more times, but still no response.

He was a little anxious, and when he was about to raise his hand to turn the doorknob, Shen Xinyi’s voice came from behind him.

"Mr. Zhou!"

Zhou Qixuan turned around and saw Shen Xinyi standing not far away.

His face darkened and he asked coldly, "Why are you here?"

Shen Xinyi took a few steps closer, with a faint smile on her face, and said directly: “You left before... not all for the Zhou family, right?”

Zhou Qixuan didn't answer, but asked her, "What do you mean?"

"You left to protect Liang Qingmo, right?"

Xu Buyan noticed that Liang Qingmo's body stiffened. She didn't say anything, but just lowered her eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.

The two of them told Liang Qingmo everything about his past in the Liang family.

The two of them exchanged a few simple words, but each one hit the point and was heart-wrenching.

Including how Liang Qingmo was sent to Yuchuan when he was a teenager, how he was taken back to the Liang family after the college entrance examination, how he was almost raped at his coming-of-age birthday party, and how he was ostracized in the Liang family...

The truth behind Zhou Qixuan's departure from the Liang family was laid bare before Xu Buyan as the scars of her past were revealed one by one.

However, the person she least wanted to hear this was him, at least not now and in a place like this.

Xu Buyan felt her trembling, and she grabbed his arm a little harder. She didn't say anything, but her eyes were closed and tears rolled down her cheeks.

The hot tears dripped onto his arms, quickly staining them...

Seeing Zhou Qixuan's expression change slightly, Shen Xinyi continued, "Back then, you agreed to Mr. Liang's request to get close to her, protect her, fall in love with her, and then leave her..."

"Enough!" Zhou Qixuan interrupted her, "I don't know what you're talking about, but you're not approaching Xu Buyan because you like him, right?"

Shen Xinyi’s face froze.

"Are you seeking revenge on the Xu family?"

"What are you talking about?" Shen Xinyi denied it flatly, "Do you think everyone is like you?"

Zhou Qixuan stood up and walked towards her, looking at her coldly.

"Hide your thoughts well, otherwise it's too obvious. Do you think Xu Buyan didn't notice what you were thinking?"

After saying that, Zhou Qixuan turned and left.

After the two left, Liang Qingmo silently opened his eyes, then pushed Xu Buyan away and left regardless of his obstruction.

Looking at the place on his arm soaked with her tears, Xu Buyan began to think about the previous conversation.

He had been wondering for a long time what Liang Qingmo had experienced to develop such a personality, extreme and stubborn.

He still knew too little about her.

He had thought about her heavy past a long time ago, but since she didn't bring it up, he didn't want to dig deeper. He had been waiting, waiting for the day when she would be willing to tell him in person.

Pine and Cypress Garden.

"Where's the wife?"

"Upstairs."

Xu Buyan handed the clothes to Butler Liu, and then ordered, from now until tomorrow, do not come to the second floor without my permission.