Condis, who was in front, sensed something was wrong, turned around and saw the person who had suddenly appeared. He frowned and cursed under his breath:
"Shi Youxi, what are you doing?"
He reached out to pull Mu Yiran, but Shi Youxi pulled her back and blocked her way.
The lights on the dance floor flickered frequently, and Mu Yiran could see the boy's gloomy eyebrows and eyes. Perhaps because he had been drinking, Shi Youxi's eyes were a little red. His skin was already fair, which made him look strange and bewitching.
It's quite intimidating.
But Candice wasn't fooled.
He had been annoyed with Shi Youxi for a long time. When he saw Mu Yiran being pulled behind him, the British boy's usually playful face immediately turned expressionless. He reached out his hand to Mu Yiran, who was peeking in, but spoke to Shi Youxi instead:
"Please give me back my girlfriend."
Shi Youxi stared at him for a few seconds and then suddenly laughed: "Your... female companion?"
Kandis said firmly, "Of course, I invited Ran first!"
"First?"
Shi Youxi pulled Mu Yiran in front of him, buried his head in the woman's shoulder, and whispered, "Sister, tell him who invited you first? Whose companion are you?"
"......"
Mu Yiran was dragged out and forced to speak: "Um, Candice actually—"
Candice only saw their intimate contact. "Sister?! You! Shi Youxi, you're blackmailing her!"
"Did Ran threaten you? Tell me and I'll speak for you..."
After racking his brains, Condis finally remembered how Chinese people would call for help, and confidently said, "I'll call the police for you!"
"..."
Shi Youxi felt that even looking at him would make her an idiot, and sneered, "Sister, did you tell him that I threatened you?"
Can't you just say it yourselves?
Caught between two attackers, Mu Yiran was drenched in sweat. "You didn't, he didn't, Kandis didn't—"
Candice didn't listen at all. "See! You still say no! You just repeat what he says! He's threatening you!"
Kandis grabbed Mu Yiran's other hand, "Ran, don't be afraid, come with me!"
Mu Yiran: "No, you've misunderstood!"
Shi Youxi stared at Candis's hand, his voice cold and sharp, "Let go!"
He looked at the person in his arms.
If it weren't for the fear of scaring her...
Shi Youxi pulled Mu Yiran into his arms. "Let go. I'm saying this one last time!"
Condis refused to back down, grabbing Mu Yiran's left arm like a best friend, "I'll say it one last time before you let go!"
Mu Yiran: "..."
The DJ switched to a hot, upbeat song, and the men and women on the dance floor began to move their movements more dramatically, causing the crowd to sway their hips and arms back and forth.
However, in this hazy and ambiguous atmosphere, Mu Yiran felt extremely out of place.
No elegant and romantic ballroom dance, no passionate and direct intimate Latin dance, can compare to the excitement of the "Pulling Radishes" dance she is performing.
Mu Yiran was rhythmically pulled to the left, then suddenly yanked to the right. Unable to bear it any longer, she shouted, "Let go of me, all of you!"
"Let go of her, all of you!" a female voice echoed her words.
Mu Yiran was stunned for a moment, squinted at the person who came, and let out a long "ah".
They've arrived.
Another tape recorder walked towards her.
This dance party was so lively!
She watched as Helian Xin, clutching her large skirt, charged through the crowd like a moving cream cake.
Helian Xin has finally found Shi Youxi.
Just a second ago she was communicating with those paparazzi to report her location, and then Shi Youxi disappeared. She frantically searched the dance floor several times, and when she finally found him, she saw that Shi Youxi was actually holding a woman in his arms!
Foreign paparazzi don't follow the rules as much as those in China; they value sensational news and dramatic confrontations more than money.
If Shi Youxi's romantic encounter is photographed, the paparazzi will definitely turn against her and expose it, and then her status as a illegitimate fiancée will be completely over.
After she finished yelling, she saw that Shi Youxi was unmoved and didn't even look at her. He just kept talking to a tall and handsome British man across from him.
Helian Xin rushed over, intending to grab the woman's hand and pull her out, but found himself at a loss.
"Didn't you hear me tell you to let go! If you want to hook up with men, go away! This is my fiancé—" Upon seeing the woman's face, Helian Xin's expression froze. "Mu...Mu Yiran!"
"..."
Looking at Helian Xin's ghost-like expression, Mu Yiran wondered why Helian Xin always reacted so strongly whenever she saw her.
It happened before at the hospital, and it happened again this time.
Even though she tried to remain calm, Helian Xin's guilty conscience and panic were written all over her face, making it hard for her not to notice anything amiss.
Could it be that Mu Yiran knows Helian Xin?
Or perhaps...
A flash of light crossed my mind, and a thought became clear.
Could Mu Yiran's disappearance be related to Helian Xin?
Helian Xin quickly calmed down, tossed her skirt aside, crossed her arms, and sneered at Mu Yiran:
"I remember you said you were a teacher at the college. If you are a teacher, no matter how open the occasion is, you shouldn't be hugging and cuddling with your students!"
"Who are you?"
Helian Xin turned to look at Candis, who had spoken. The man's handsome face made her take a few more glances. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and turned her gaze back to Shi Youxi. "Who am I? He is my fiancé, so of course I am Shi Youxi's fiancée!"
Helian Xin was asserting his sovereignty by trying to curry favor with Shi Youxi.
One hook, but it didn't catch anything.
Shi Youxi glanced at Helian Xin lightly. The other party froze for a moment, and in that instant, Shi Youxi took a step back. Taking advantage of Candis's shock and loosening of his grip, he stood between Candis and Mu Yiran, and even wrapped Mu Yiran's hand, which was hanging to one side, into his arm.
Mu Yiran tried to pull her hand back, but he pressed it down.
With a series of sparse, small movements, he complained to Mu Yiran, "Didn't we agree that being a female companion means sticking to me all the time? You didn't do that, sister."
Shi Youxi patted Mu Yiran's hand with satisfaction, "Don't let go of me again."
Mu Yiran smelled the alcohol on him, "You...."
"You two are engaged?!" Candice finally understood the relationship between Helian Xin and Shi Youxi. From confusion to astonishment, her thoughts were now completely clear. Candice couldn't hide her joy and pointed at Shi Youxi, shouting loudly in broken Chinese:
"You're a married woman?! So you two slept together?! You bastard! Ran, come with me right now, this man is filthy!"
"..."
Who is whose married woman?
Before Mu Yiran could understand, the boy behind her leaned close to her ear again. Mu Yiran could smell the hair gel in his hair, and this time the smell of alcohol was even stronger.
The boy's voice still carried the lingering effects of alcohol as he told her, "Sister, don't listen to him. I haven't let her touch me. I'm very clean. If you don't believe me, come and check."
Shi Youxi's nose touched her earlobe, and his low voice resonated in Mu Yiran's ears.
Mu Yiran's eyelids twitched, and she suddenly turned her head to look at Shi Youxi.
She felt that Shi Youxi was strange from the very beginning. Suppressing the palpitations caused by his words, the feeling that something was wrong grew stronger and stronger.
He's acting so strangely today, could it be...?
Mu Yiran stared at him for a few seconds, then said with a mix of anger and helplessness, "Shi Youxi, are you drunk?"
Shi Youxi blinked, his clear eyes instantly becoming cloudy. He slumped against Mu Yiran, saying, "I'm not drunk."
Mu Yiran didn't believe it at all: "Hey, if you can't drink, then don't drink. What kind of minor drinks alcohol!"
"What are you two doing!" Candis and Helian Xin exclaimed in unison.
Candice immediately ran to Mu Yiran's side and grabbed her, "Ran, don't follow him anymore, he already has a wife. Come with me, I'll teach you to dance."
Mu Yiran glanced at her left and right hands that were being held: "..."
How did we end up back where we started again?
Helian Xin was also itching to make a move. She reached out to pull Shi Youxi, but he only gave her a cold look.
That cold look made Helian Xin feel a little scared. She remembered Shi Youxi, whom she had seen in the Shi Gate half a year ago. At that time, his face was covered in blood, and he looked at her expressionlessly with the same look in his eyes.
But...
Helian Xin glanced at the surrounding crowd. The paparazzi had already entered and would probably find them soon.
She couldn't care less about anything else!
But before Helian Xin could even touch Shi Youxi, Shi Youxi had already pulled Mu Yiran away from the dance floor.
Condis wouldn't let go, "Shi Youxi, let go!"
Shi Youxi lost all patience, "Get out!"
"Enough!" Mu Yiran didn't want to be the one being pulled out anymore.
As the frenetic music came to an end, people around them began to look at them, their eyes filled with reproach for being disturbed.
Mu Yiran nodded at Candice with her chin, "You're too strong, it hurts my hand, let go!"
She kicked Shi Youxi's shin again, "You, the smell of alcohol is too strong and it's bothering me, let go of me!"
Shi Youxi: "....."
Kandis: "....."
Seeing that Shi Youxi had also let go, Candice immediately said, "Ran, since his fiancée is here, then—"
Mu Yiran rotated her wrist. "Then please have this young lady dance with me."
Kandis: "Huh?!"
Helian Xin, whose hand was once again blocked by Shi Youxi, exclaimed, "Huh?!"
Mu Yiran gently took Helian Xin's hand, but Helian Xin immediately struggled, shouting, "Get away! Don't touch me!"
During a break in the music on the dance floor, Mu Yiran suddenly leaned close and said, "Did Miss Helian call for paparazzi?"
Helian Xin paused, her eyes widening: "How did you know...?"
nonsense.
Your furtive, furtive glances were so obvious, and you kept clinging to Shi Youxi. Who else could you be waiting for if not the paparazzi?
Private parties are not allowed to be exposed by the media without permission. If it is discovered that the paparazzi were called by Helian Xin, she will probably be kicked out immediately.
Mu Yiran didn't answer, but continued, "Shi Youxi doesn't seem to want to talk to you. If this continues, who will be the one to feel ashamed when the paparazzi arrive, Miss Helian?"
Helian Xin frowned, about to speak, when she caught a glimpse of several men walking over from the bar.
It was Helian Jingfen who arranged for the paparazzi!
Helian Xin was about to lean on Shi Youxi, but Mu Yiran pulled her forcefully into the dance floor, where she stumbled and squeezed into the dancing crowd.
Just as Kandis was about to give chase, a strange man in a suit suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked his way. Kandis's face turned cold. "Any problem?"
"Sorry, sir." The man in black said expressionlessly.
Candice narrowed his eyes, then suddenly realized what he was doing. He turned to look at Shi Youxi behind him, who was touching a wine glass. "You're one of my men. What do you mean? Do you want to fight me?"
"..."
Shi Youxi didn't speak. He looked at the pale gold figure in the crowd, occasionally making eye contact with those bright almond eyes, but the woman would turn her head away in an instant the next second.
Hiding, hiding, hiding again.
Candice watched as Shi Youxi downed two glasses of red wine, finding the man utterly baffling. "If not fighting, are we going to have a drinking contest?"
“You can’t compare,” Shi Youxi said expressionlessly.
Condis: "How do you know! I can definitely hold my liquor better than you!"
Just as he was about to pick up the wine glass on the small dining table, he heard Shi Youxi say again, "Whether it's wine or people."
"..."
"Condice Stuart, stay away from her." Shi Youxi licked the wine stains from the corner of her lips, a wide smile spreading across her face: "My sister is mine."
“I’m only warning you this time. If there’s a next time, there might be another Stuart among those fallen and disappeared old nobles.”
Candis suddenly grabbed Shi Youxi by the collar. "You're threatening me?! You? Shi Youxi, you wish! I found her first!"
He was the one who first met this girl who was as beautiful and dazzling as crystal!
Long before the other person found his phone, when he saw that face at school!
He discovered Mu Yiran even earlier than Shi Youxi!
Shi Youxi, however, wanted him to withdraw. Why should he?
"First?" Hearing this word from his mouth again, Shi Youxi found it laughable. He mischievously curled the corners of his mouth and said in a cold voice, "If we're talking about who came first, you won't even get a turn in your next life."
He grabbed Candice's hand and applied pressure to a certain spot, and the other man quickly released his collar.
Condis clutched his wrist in pain, and seeing the veins bulging on his wrist, he realized just how much force Shi Youxi had used.
How could I, who works out regularly every day, be outdone by a minor kid?!
Shi Youxi didn't bother to straighten her torn collar. She sniffed her own scent. "In her eyes, only I have priority, so everything about my sister is not for you."
"So you can keep it from her and not tell her where your younger brother is?"
"..."
Shi Youxi stopped walking towards the dance floor, stared at Candice for a long time before saying, "What do you mean?"
Condis was also looking at him.
Actually, he wasn't sure either. Candice remembered what his subordinates had told him: every time he went to see Mu Zhentong, he would encounter people from the Shimen.
The other party was even intentionally or unintentionally hindering Candice's search.
Why obstruct it?
Candis didn't have time to think it through; his jealousy and competitive spirit led him to say those words to Shi Youxi without thinking.
He was testing the waters.
If the other party doesn't know about Mu Zhentong, then that's his advantage!
But Shi Youxi's reaction was unexpected.
Kandis looked up at the person in front of him and suddenly said, "Do you know where Mu Zhentong is?"
This time, Shi Youxi answered without hesitation: "I don't know."
Condis sensed something was wrong with him. "You know, you've been keeping this from Ran!"
Shi Youxi suddenly laughed, "What, are you going to tell your sister?"
"Tell her I'm hiding Mu Zhentong's whereabouts, and then take the opportunity to tell her you can find her. Do you think that will make her pay more attention to you?"
Do you think she'll believe you?
Having his thoughts completely exposed, Candice felt guilty for a second but immediately hardened his stance and said, "Yes, I'm going to tell her, and I think Ran will definitely believe me!"
Shi Youxi slowly let out an "ah".
His gaze fell on the dance floor, then glanced at the corner, before finally settling back on Candice.
"No need for that. I can let you know right now who she will believe between you and me."
"What……"
Before Condis could understand the meaning of his words, Shi Youxi's fist was already coming heavily towards him.
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