Damn it! Listen to him, is he even speaking human language?

Meng Jiuyi wanted to strangle him. Her breathing was unsteady and her smile was forced. "If it were just about myself, I wouldn't mind being his 260th concubine. But as the saying goes, you have to consider the owner before you beat a dog. I'm doing this for my cousin."

How dare he treat me like this? Where does that leave your dignity?

Tan Yuchen exhaled a puff of smoke, glancing at her with a half-smile.

"So, according to my cousin's opinion?"

"Fight him head-on! We have to fight him no matter what! Even Tan Jing, with his vicious appearance, is no match for my cousin. Who does Tan Yue think he is?"

She was quite assertive, like a flamingo trapped in a vase, racking her brains to get him to accept the challenge.

Tan Yuchen's eyes were intriguing as he clicked his tongue and said, "You're waiting for me here? Is my reputation still effective?"

He had long suspected that she wanted to divert attention from the problem; no one had ever done this before.

No one dares to do that.

Meng Jiuyi felt defeated under his gaze. He just leaned lazily on the sofa, and was, in theory, shorter than her.

But she felt like a butterfly with its wings pinned down, unable to move an inch.

Is he going to start a fight again?

I was feeling uneasy when I heard him say that.

"It's not impossible to confront him head-on."

Meng Jiuyi looked up abruptly, and light poured in like a galaxy.

"real?"

"only--"

He continued slowly, raising his chin, "Give me your phone first."

Meng Jiuyi didn't care what he was going to do, as long as he could block Tan Yue, he quickly took out his phone and handed it over.

Tan Yuchen didn't seem inclined to take it, holding his own phone casually, his movements leaving everyone wondering what he was up to.

Just seconds later, Meng Jiuyi's phone suddenly displayed an incoming call notification, with the note:

Talking about dogs.

Because of the input method update, the character for "dog" has been replaced with a more vivid image of a puppy sticking out its tongue.

Meng Jiuyi froze instantly and quickly put away her phone, but the man was much faster. He stretched out his long arm and snatched it away.

She was already hallucinating that she was being cremated on the spot and immediately wanted to snatch it.

"what--"

Tan Yuchen narrowed his eyes, his dark pupils half mischievous and half wicked. "Trying to pounce on me, plotting against my body?"

Meng Jiuyi: "..."

Her mind was filled with despair, and she could only watch helplessly as he glanced at the note and then looked back at her with a forced smile.

"Tell me, who's the dog?"

"I!"

Meng Jiuyi transformed into a screaming chicken, pitifully squatting beside him, "I am! I'm ungrateful and repay kindness with enmity! My cousin helped me with all his heart, and I've never seen such a scoundrel as me. I'll change immediately!"

Unexpectedly, Tan Yuchen didn't argue with her. He glanced at her and simply threw the phone back at her.

Meng Jiuyi immediately changed his mind, without wasting a single second, his mind focused on not letting him go back on his word and his vigilance in keeping his distance from him completely forgotten.

She squatted down next to him, her newly cut hair making her look even smaller.

The phone light shone on her nose, making it appear pink. Due to nervousness, she unconsciously bit her lip, leaving a faint row of marks on her lower lip.

The smoke swirled around his eyes like a net, and Tan Yuchen stared at her intently, his eyes growing darker and darker.

It's fixed!

This time, Meng Jiuyi didn't dare to cause any trouble and obediently changed back to his cousin. Suddenly, he heard his cousin's low voice in his ear.

"You changed your shampoo?"

She turned her head and realized how close they were.

The familiar scent of sage enveloped her breath, and his eyes were close at hand. His thin double eyelids, with their slightly upturned corners, gave him an indifferent and arrogant air. As he stared at her, his dark pupils seemed to swirl and draw her in.

Meng Jiuyi didn't blink and just hummed in agreement.

"The supermarket had a discount, so I tried a different bottle."

Tan Yuchen raised his eyebrows slightly, indicating that he accepted her statement.

He lowered his head slightly, his nose gently tracing down her earlobe. Although he didn't touch her at all, his breath made her neck tingle, as if it were on fire.

“The old one smelled better,” he said.

Meng Jiuyi thought he was a veteran of countless battles, but he was far from being a match for this old fox.

She suddenly remembered that his lips and tongue had also roamed over her neck that night.

My face immediately felt like it was being pricked by needles and burned.

Meng Jiuyi fled immediately, pretending to look at the fish by the glass curtain wall, and Tan Yuchen did not follow.

A whale shark swam gracefully by, the seawater rippling, making her appear so tiny against the wall.

She casually started a conversation, "Why did you decide to keep such a big animal?"

Tan Yuchen said, "It looks rather stupid."

Meng Jiuyi: "..." You're so smart.

There were some photos on the side of the glass curtain wall. She glanced at them a couple more times out of boredom; they all seemed to have been taken abroad.

He was much more flamboyant and unrestrained inside than he is now. Meng Jiuyi had seen everyone else at the banquet, except for Zhang, who was an unfamiliar face.

But it seems like he's in every single one of them.

"Are you curious about who he is?"

Tan Yuchen seemed to be able to read her mind by looking at the back of her head. "My good brother, but he's already dead."

Meng Jiuyi instantly remembered the person Tan Jing said was killed by Tan Yuchen, his eyes narrowed, and he immediately moved away, clearly not wanting to reveal his true intentions.

Tan Yuchen found it somewhat amusing, resting his temples on his hand, "Didn't Tan Jing already tell you everything?"

On the day she was kidnapped, the camera in Tan Jing's car was on the whole time, so naturally every word she said reached Tan Yuchen's ears.

Blue light creates ambiguity, making people unconsciously step into boundaries, and Meng Jiuyi couldn't help but ask a question she shouldn't have.

Is it as Tan Jing said?

Tan Yuchen had never talked about this with anyone before. A spark silently ignited on his fingertips. He stared at her for a long while with his half-closed and deep eyes.

“He had been lurking around me from the very beginning, so I played along.”

He succinctly explained the whole story, but Meng Jiuyi's legs went weak. All the ambiguous romantic feelings from before vanished, and he even tried to hide his absent-mindedness as he left.

This man is so vindictive.

How will he treat her after he finds out that she once schemed against him?

*

Kyushu Shinan Airport.

Amidst the bustling crowds, Uncle Zhuang arrived an hour early and watched as the plane landed precisely on time. Before long, a woman in a linen shirt and fishtail skirt gracefully pushed her luggage, her slightly wavy long hair exuding ultimate elegance.

Along this short stretch of road, more than one person was already watching her.

Seeing Uncle Zhuang, she took off her sunglasses and waved to him with a smile from afar.

"Uncle Zhuang".

When she arrived, someone took her luggage for her. Uncle Zhuang smiled politely and said, "Mr. Xu originally wanted to pick you up in person, but he was too busy with work to come."

Gao Xian Yue didn't mind at all and said understandingly, "Uncle Zhuang, can I go see Brother Yan Zhi?"