In the evening.
Qingqing underwent a transformation, from a lively and trendy girl to a well-behaved one.
She was dressed in a soft-colored long dress, with a hairpin on her head, looking obedient and cute.
When Chen Fan saw her in this appearance, his face was full of surprise, a stark contrast to her look from that morning when she only wore a white shirt.
Seeing Chen Fan’s reaction, Qingqing imdiately gave him a glare, "What? Do I look strange to you?"
Chen Fan chuckled and said, "Not at all, not at all, you look very obedient now, just a bit different from before."
Qingqing rolled her eyes and said, "Well, the dinner I’m attending tonight is a family banquet, and it’s my cousin’s engagent party, so of course I have to act more demurely."
Chen Fan nodded and said, "You must be the daughter of a prominent family then."
Qingqing raised her head proudly, "That’s right, if I told you about my background, it could scare you to death!"
Chen Fan was sowhat curious, "Oh? Why don’t you tell about it and see if it can scare to death?"
Qingqing, with a small bag in hand, said, "Ah, you’ll know when we get there. Let’s hurry up, or we’ll get a scolding again."
Chen Fan followed Qingqing to the garage, and the two got into a pink BMW Mini and left the villa.
Soon after, Qingqing drove along a road that felt sowhat familiar to Chen Fan.
Chen Fan looked around confusedly and then suddenly rembered, wasn’t this the road where the Mu Mansion was located?
Chen Fan turned to look at Qingqing and thought to himself that it couldn’t be such a coincidence. He asked, "Qingqing, I still don’t know your last na."
Qingqing said, "Mu."
Chen Fan’s eyes widened, "You’re from the Mu Family!"
Mu Qingqing showed a victorious look on her face, "See, I told you that you would be shocked."
Chen Fan was completely stunned. If Qingqing was the young mistress of the Mu Family, then the cousin she was talking about, wasn’t that Su Qingyan?
Su Qingyan was getting engaged to that young master of the Jiang Family tonight?
What would Qingyan think if she saw coming as Qingqing’s boyfriend?
Although Qingyan broke up with , I shouldn’t interfere with her quest for happiness. If I go now, won’t I just be a nuisance to her?
...
Countless thoughts flashed through Chen Fan’s mind.
After a while, he took a deep breath and said to himself that if being a nuisance could ruin the engagent party, all the better. That heartless woman could change her heart so easily; if I am suffering, why should she be happy?
Having this in mind, Chen Fan couldn’t help but smirk at himself, feeling a bit like a resentful woman at this mont.
It wasn’t long before Qingqing parked the car in front of the Mu Mansion.
The two got out of the car, and soone imdiately ca over to bow to Qingqing, "Miss, allow to park your car."
Qingqing nodded, then turned to Chen Fan and said, "Let’s go in. Just rember to keep the basic etiquette and don’t say anything. Understood?"
"Okay," Chen Fan responded perfunctorily.
Inside the main courtyard of the Mu Family, several banquet tables had already been set up.
Although it was a family banquet, with the nurous mbers of the Mu Family and the arrival of the Jiang Family, the yard was very lively.
Mu Tianxiong was presently warmly welcoming several elderly guests, among whom was Jiang Longshan, the head of the Jiang Family and a ninth-level master of the Transformation Realm.
Among the other four people, there were three experts at the ninth level of the Transformation Realm and one expert at the eighth level. These individuals represented the top fighting force of the Jiang Family, which sufficiently demonstrated their formidable strength.
On the Mu Family’s side, only Mu Tianxiong and the Great Elder were at the ninth level of the Transformation Realm, while the Second Elder and Elder Xie were at the eighth level.
Elder Si was in seclusion and did not attend this engagent banquet.
Su Qingyan and Jiang Yunlei, the two main characters, were sitting at the head table. Jiang Yunlei wore a smile, while Su Qingyan had an ice-cold expression, showing no sign of happiness whatsoever.
Just then, Mu Qingqing arrived in the yard with Chen Fan and shouted loudly, "I’m back!"
All eyes turned toward them.
Zhao Yaping, Mu Qingqing’s mother, brightened up and hurried over, smiling as she said, "You, girl, only co back when the banquet has started. Is this your boyfriend? Co on, introduce him to everyone!"
Mu Qingqing imdiately said, "This is my boyfriend, Chen Fan. He’s quite shy and doesn’t like to talk much. Please don’t put him on the spot."
Everyone sized up Chen Fan.
Su Qingyan was stunned.
Mu Tianxiong was also stunned.
Both of them looked at Chen Fan standing beside Mu Qingqing, wondering if their eyes were deceiving them.
Su Qingyan fixed her gaze on Chen Fan, emotions swelling inside her, causing her body to tremble uncontrollably.
How... how had he beco Qingqing’s boyfriend? I had just cleared things up with him, and he’s already found soone new? Were those earnest words he said to all fake?
Forget it, I’m getting married anyway. It’s good that he can start a new relationship. What right do I have to bla him?
Mu Tianxiong had not expected Chen Fan to appear at today’s family banquet, let alone as Mu Qingqing’s boyfriend.
He really wanted to ask the young man what kind of trick he was up to, but he still had to entertain the guests from the Jiang Family, so he had to hold back.
Zhao Yaping eyed Chen Fan, saying, "The young man looks quite honest indeed, but a bit too ordinary. Qingqing, since when did you start liking this kind of guy?"
Mu Qingqing quickly responded, "Ah, Mom, my boyfriend definitely can’t compare to Brother Yunlei. I’m lucky to have found a boyfriend at all, so don’t be so picky."
After saying that, she hurriedly dragged Chen Fan to the table and sat down.
Zhao Yaping said, "You girl, I didn’t say I was against you two being together. After all, I never really planned on marrying you off. It’s good enough that he’s ordinary. Later, we can just have him co to our Mu Mansion and be a live-in son-in-law."
Then she also sat down at the table.
Nobody paid much attention to the two of them, as the main characters today were Su Qingyan and Jiang Yunlei.
Jiang Yunlei noticed the change in Su Qingyan and asked, "What’s wrong?"
Su Qingyan snapped out of it and hurriedly said, "Nothing... Nothing’s wrong."
Jiang Yunlei gave Chen Fan a look, seemingly deep in thought.
After Chen Fan sat down, he also glanced over at Su Qingyan a couple of tis. He noticed that she seed quite unhappy, and her emotions fluctuated significantly upon seeing him.
This sparked curiosity in his heart.
Given Su Qingyan’s resolute attitude toward him yesterday, even if she saw him today, she shouldn’t have had such a strong emotional reaction, especially since it was her engagent day, yet she didn’t seem the least bit happy.
"Could it be that Qingyan’s reason for breaking up with was because of so hidden circumstances?"
Thinking this, he turned his head to look at Mu Qingqing beside him and asked, "Qingqing, isn’t today your cousin’s engagent day? Why does she look so unhappy?"
Mu Qingqing said, "She’d be a ghost if she were happy. Her marriage is being forced by the Jiang Family’s eldest son. He specifically demanded to marry her. Truth be told, she’s quite the pitiful one. Apparently, she has soone she likes, but fearing that the Jiang Family would threaten that person’s life, she had no choice but to obey her grandfather and cut ties with him. If sothing like that happened to , I definitely couldn’t bear it."
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