Chapter 864 Lead A Dissolute Life

Since Johnson and Bernard hadn't met for over ten years, they seemed to be less familiar with each other.

"Hi, Uncle Johnson. It's been a long time." Bernard looked gentle and polite, leaving a good impression on Johnson.

"You must be very tired after such a long journey,"

Johnson said, smiling. He then immediately led Bernard inside the house.

Sitting in the living room was Linda. Silent, she took a glance at Bernard and greeted him without standing up.

The moment Bernard caught sight of Linda, his eyes lit up with pleasant surprise.

Her beauty had attracted him.

Turning to Johnson, he asked, "Uncle Johnson, who is this lady?"

"Well, this is Linda, Lily's cousin."

Since Bernard was still a student and had lived in YN Province for a time then, he hadn't had the chance to get acquainted with Linda.

He also hadn't known the fact that Linda, who was sitting in front of him, was the Lady of the Mu Clan.

"Hi. Nice to meet you, Linda," he greeted the lady, beaming from ear to ear. After walking up to her, he politely stretched out his hand.

As Bernard made his way towards her, Linda was able to take a better look at him. 'Why does he look so weird?' she asked herself, continuing to examine Bernard's face.

There was a hint of coldness in his eyes, and it made Linda instantly dislike him.

Other people would not see that easily.

"Hi," Linda greeted back.

Her face was expressionless, and she didn't reach out to shake his hand.

Upon noticing Linda's reaction, Bernard couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

Never in his life had he been in such an awkward situation.

"Uhm... have I done something to offend you? You seem annoyed at me,"

Bernard asked.

If anyone else did this to him, Bernard would have reacted in a much more aggressive way. But since Linda looked so beautiful, he adopted a more tolerant attitude.

"Oh? How do you know that I'm annoyed at you?"

Not expecting Linda to utter these words so frankly, Bernard was stunned.

"Um?" Linda reinforced, giving Bernard a glare.

"Linda," Bernard started, his tone defeated. "You seem so interesting." Bernard didn't know what else to say.

Suddenly he started feeling very morose, mainly because Linda was making it clear that she didn't want to talk to him.

Lily Xie, who stayed aside, was amused by what she was witnessing and wore a mocking smile on her face.

Since Bernard's eyes were only on Linda, he did

r her. However, I was drugged in that bar, and luckily, I was rescued by Gerald at that time. I didn't go to the hotel at all!"

Her breathing was short and shallow.

"Humph! Lily, you don't have to defend yourself anymore. Your roommate already told me that you lead a dissolute life in the school."

"I really didn't tell a lie, Uncle Johnson. Please believe me," Lily Xie said, turning to Johnson. "It was Angelina Li, my roommate, who told me to go to the bar to celebrate her birthday on that day. I didn't want to go there in the first place, but since I didn't want to disappoint her, I just went,"

Lily Xie explained, exasperated.

Johnson of course believed Lily Xie. Thus he asked, "Bernard, was there any misunderstanding? Lily is a good girl and behaves herself all the time. She would not do such a reckless thing."

"I would not defame Lily if she hasn't done such a thing. I have some photos of her, but those were some obscene photos. If you don't mind that, I can show them to all of you to prove whether I'm telling a lie or not."

Bernard still looked very calm, as if he was well prepared this time to put Lily Xie in an embarrassing situation.

"Bernard Dai, are you crazy? If you want to call off the engagement, just tell us and we'll cancel it. Why do you have to frame me like this?" Lily Xie's fists were both balled up. She was ready to beat some sense into Bernard.

"You've gone too far, Bernard! I know that you have a crush on Angelina. I saw you kiss her at the school gate. How could you frame Lily for having a dissolute life? You are nothing but a shameless bastard!" Gerald shouted.