Chapter 97


    Nheless, the two of them did not behave well even as they walked into the banquet hall hand-in-


    hand. An Xia deliberately raised her foot to kick Bai Jingshu from time to time, but thetter went even


    more over-the-top. Bai Jingshu wrapped his arm around An Xia’s waist and tilted his head to say


    something to her, causing her to kick him hard in the leg—the two of them nearly came to blows.


    Su Ziyue couldn’t help butugh at the sight of this.


    Hearing herughter, Qin Muchen turned around to look at her and asked, “What’s so funny about


    this?”


    Su Ziyue locked her arm in his; she still had to raise her head a little to look at him despite wearing


    heels. “Don’t you think that it’s funny?”


    Qin Muchen raised his brow and walked into the elevator with his arm around her waist. He did not


    speak another word, for he did not find anything funny about the sight of another couple flirting with


    each other.


    …


    After the elevator stopped on the 17th floor, the four of them stepped out of the elevator and headed


    straight toward the banquet hall.


    Bai Jingshu and An Xia walked at the front while Su Ziyue and Qin Muchen followed behind; Nan


    Chuan, on the other hand, did note upstairs.


    As soon as they entered the banquet hall, Su Ziyue immediately saw Su Yige and Gong Zeyang, both


    of whom were standing at the center of the crowd.


    She tilted her head to look at Qin Muchen and asked, “Is this banquet being held by the Gong Family?”


    Qin Muchen did not speak a word, but his silence indicated that it was the case.


    No wonder he mentioned that we just have to eat and drink at the banquet, Su Ziyue thought to herself.


    With that being said, why is he attending a banquet held by the Gong Family?


    Bai Jingshu and An Xia parted ways with them and went to another side of the banquet hall as soon as


    they entered.


    “What would you like to eat? I’ll get it for you,” asked Qin Muchen as he took her to the buffet spread.


    Holding a te in his hand, he turned to ask her, “What would you like to eat?”


    Su Ziyue was speechless. Did he really mean it when he said that we’re justing to eat and drink?


    Qin Muchen’s lips quirked into a smile when he saw the puzzled expression on her face. He picked a


    few things that she liked to eat before taking her to another side of the hall to sit down.


    All the other guests exchanged greetings and tried to make friends with each other as soon as they


    entered, for they were only too eager to befriend influential people. On the contrary, Su Ziyue and Qin


    Muchen sat in a corner and ate quietly, looking as though they were distancing themselves from the


    other guests.


    Qin Muchen realized that he had forgotten to get some drinks after they sat down, so he got up and


    said to Su Ziyue, “Sit here obediently while I get us something to drink.”


    Sit here obediently… I’m not a kid, Su Ziyue groaned inwardly.


    “Hurry up and go if you want to get the drinks.” She cast a disdainful nce at him without knowing that


    there was sd dressing on the corner of her mouth.


    Qin Muchen stared at her for a second. Then, he suddenly bowed his head and kissed her, licking the


    sd dressing off the corner of her mouth.


    Stupefied, Su Ziyue looked at him before turning her head to look around. After making sure that


    nobody was looking in their direction, she turned her head back to re at him.


    However, Qin Muchen wasn’t annoyed at all. He reached out his hand and pinched her face before


    turning around to get some fruit juice.


    No sooner had he turned around and left, Gong Zeyang suddenly appeared in front of Su Ziyue and


    called out to her, “Ziyue.”


    Su Ziyue stared nkly at Gong Zeyang as he stood right in front of her before she recalled the


    incidentst time. Feeling guilty for some inexplicable reason, she turned to look in the direction where


    Qin Muchen had gone off to.


    Luckily, Qin Muchen couldn’t see what was going on with her here from where he was heading.


    She then turned to look at Gong Zeyang with a smile on her face as she wanted to get rid of Gong


    Zeyang as soon as possible. “Anything?”


    Gong Zeyang nced toward Qin Muchen’s direction with a cold expression on his face. He asked,


    “Are you still together with him?”


    He spoke in a tone that sounded a little odd.


    “Why can’t we be together? We''re a legally-wedded couple with a marriage certificate.” Su Ziyue felt


    that it seemed quite strange; she wondered why Gong Zeyang always poked his nose into her own


    affairs.


    Gong Zeyang put down the ss of champagne which he had been holding in his hand and frowned


    slightly. “Ziyue, not everyone trusts you as I do. You’re too naive, so you’ll be deceived. Does he know


    anything about your past?”


    Su Ziyue gave him no answer.


    Gong Zeyang thought his words had hit home when he saw that she did not speak a word. He walked


    up and sat next to her before asking in a low voice, “He doesn’t know that you had an abortion before,


    does he?”


    “What do you mean?” Upon hearing him, Su Ziyue could no longer keep the smile on her face; she


    couldn’t help but wonder if Gong Zeyang was out of his mind.


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    “You don’t have to be so sensitive. I know that you were deceived at that time because you were


    young, but that’s not important anymore; you don’t have to demean yourself to marry that man at all.


    He has nothing, so he can’t make you happy.”


    Gong Zeyang looked down upon Qin Muchen, whom he thought had no future as a man who worked


    as a vice-chairman in a smallpany.


    Su Ziyue realized that Gong Zeyang might have misunderstood what she had said to himst time.


    Even so, Gong Zeyang wouldn’t listen to what had to say even if she exined it right now. Being an


    obstinate person, he persisted only in what he believed.


    She had no idea if this was a good thing or a bad thing; he chose to believe the false allegation that


    she had an abortion back then, yet he did not look down upon her because of that.


    To him, Su Ziyue was merely naive, and there was nothing so serious about her having done such a


    slightly inappropriate thing. Her reputation wasn’t great, but he wasn’t going to marry her anyway.


    Even so, she felt obliged to exin herself to him. “Whoever I get married to is my choice. Whether or


    not he is rich and what life I’ll be living is solely my business, and you don’t have to worry about that.”


    Gong Zeyang frowned. “Ziyue, I’ll be angry if you say anything like that again. You should marry


    someone better and live a good life.”


    Su Ziyue retorted, “I’m doing great now…”


    She felt that Gong Zeyang must have gone insane.


    However, Gong Zeyang simply retorted, “You’ll do even better if you break up with him.”


    “Mr. Gong, can you tell me why my wife will do better if she breaks up with me?”


    Su Ziyue turned her head sharply to see that Qin Muchen had returned to the table without them


    realizing; it was apparent that he was angry because his face looked as ck as thunder.


    Feeling guilty, Su Ziyue shrank back toward him, for she had no idea how much he had heard.


    An awkward look shed across Gong Zeyang’s face as he also seemed to have not expected Qin


    Muchen’s sudden appearance.


    However, his pride as the eldest son of the Gong Family forbade him from yielding. He stood up and


    said, “Excuse me for speaking bluntly, but you aren’t a good match for Ziyue, Mr. Qin. Ziyue deserves a


    better man.”


    Qin Muchen’s face darkened even more. How dare an outsider stand in front of me to say such a


    thing?


    “In that case, what sort of man do you think is a better match for my wife, Mr. Gong?” asked Qin


    Muchen as he sat down with his upper body leaning back slightly.


    Although Qin Muchen sat in his seat while Gong Zeyang stood there, thetter had a strange feeling


    that he was inferior to the former.


    Gong Zeyang’s face fell at the thought. He then replied with a cold snort, “At the very least, she doesn’t


    deserve someone like you.”


    Su Ziyue looked impatient as she heard Gong Zeyang asserting repeatedly that Qin Muchen wasn’t a


    good match for her.


    She stared frostily at Gong Zeyang with a long face. “Please hurry up and leave since Su Yige is


    looking for you. My affairs are none of your business, and it is my problem whether or not I’m living


    happily with him. You didn’t choose to believe me back then, so you don’t have to shed crocodile tears


    right now since I can’t care less about that.”