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By the time he returned to the Dragon Residence, the sky had already darkened, and the garden was bustling with colorful guests. It was Lady Long's birthday today, and Lady Long, who had always disliked extravagance, had made her birthday grand this year.

There was only one reason, and that was to find a girl for Long Haochen to take Ye Jia's place in his heart. These past two years, Long Haochen had been living like a corpse in his heart.

She never expected Ye Jia's position in his heart to be this high. She thought that time could erase all pain, but after two years, Long Haoxuan hadn't changed at all. He was still in pain as usual.

Today, he specially sent a note to those entrepreneurs who were usually friendly with him. The contents clearly stated the purpose of the meeting, and he originally thought that doing so would be a bit rash, but he didn't expect that there would be so many beauties attending the banquet.

Madam Long was secretly happy. She had long been standing on the steps to the main house, looking forward to it, worrying that Long Haochen wouldn't return.

When he saw Shi Nan drive the carriage into the Long Residence, he was overjoyed. He went up to stop Long Haoxuan who had just got off the carriage, and said with a smile, "Haoxuan, why are you so late? I thought you weren't coming back. "

"Aunt, I'm sorry for the delay." Long Haochen gave her a faint smile from the corner of his mouth. When he thought about how he was crazily looking for Ye Jia, he felt a bit bitter.

"En, it's alright. It's good that you're back." Madam Long smiled and urged, "Quickly go up and change your clothes. Come down and chat with the guests. Also …" There are a few friends who want to be introduced. "

"Yes." Long Haochen nodded before heading to the second floor. Ten minutes later, a dark blue colored gown appeared in front of everyone. Just as he walked out of the spiral staircase, Madam Long pulled his arm and took a step forward. She said to everyone downstairs, "Everyone, quiet down."

There was a sudden silence for two seconds, followed by a series of whispers. The handsome men and women looked at Long Haochen with surprise and admiration, and curiously looked at the person on the second floor. The beauties held their breath, waiting for Madam Long to announce the start of the banquet and introduce Long Haochen to them.

Madam Long smiled as she swept her eyes over the guests below. "We welcome everyone's compliments. The one we are introducing now is the president of the Long family's Arth Group, and also my eldest nephew, Long Haoxuan. He's 31 years old and unmarried."

There was a round of applause from downstairs, as well as the low voices of the beauties. Long Haoxuan slightly frowned. Hearing her introduce him like this, he could guess her motives. Looking at her, indeed, there were many beauties downstairs, each and every one dressed up beautifully.

He could understand the painstaking efforts of Madam Long, so he nodded politely to show his respect. Afterwards, he headed towards the first floor with steady steps. A bunch of beauties surrounded him like a swarm of bees, chatting with Long Haochen.

Seeing that there was no way to leave, Long Haochen could only maintain a gentleman's smile as he answered the topic of the beauties one by one. He sipped the red wine from his glass, but in his heart, he was hoping that the banquet would end soon.

Shi Nan, who had always been standing in the corner, understood Long Haochen's intentions. Knowing that he would like to leave at this moment, he took the phone and handed it to him in front of all the beautiful girls, "Young Master, your call."

Long Hao Chen took the phone, gave an apologetic smile to the beautiful girls, then quickly walked through the crowd towards the garden. In order to avoid being surrounded by enemies, Shi Nan followed Long Haochen to the garden.

Walking out of the garden, Long Hao Chen dared to say something. Waving his hand, his phone drew a perfect arc in the air, then he threw it backwards, falling into Shi Nan's hand, tiredly rubbing his temples.

Just as he was about to sit down in the lounge chair, he heard a woman's swearing in front of him, "Meiting, why are you hiding here to play? Can't you see that everyone is in the house? "

Long Haochen was stunned. Through a clump of flowers and plants, he saw a pure girl around Ye Jia's age pulling and pulling on a well-dressed woman.

"Mom, I hate to see hypocrites," the girl cried. "Can you not force me to go in?"

The woman angrily glared at her and scolded: "You fool, don't you see that everyone is trying their best to get close to Young Master Long? "If you don't go in now, you won't have any chance at all. Don't you want to marry Young Master Long?"

"I don't care! An old man from a wealthy family who was in his thirties yet didn't marry? If it wasn't because he was incompetent, then it was because he was incompetent! Don't you see how annoying that thousand-year-old face of his is? I don't want such a cold husband! " The girl loudly retorted, looking as if she would rather die than obey him.

"Puchi!" A resounding sound rang out. It was a laugh that Shi Nan couldn't help but burst out laughing. Because of Long Haochen's look, he suppressed his laughter. It also alarmed the mother and daughter duo, who turned their heads erratically.

Upon seeing Long Haochen, the woman's face immediately became deathly pale, and she inwardly cried out, "It's all over!" The girl stuck out her tongue and shrunk back, not daring to speak again. She secretly complained in her heart. She had spoken of him like that just now, but she didn't know if he had heard everything or not …

Looking past the expressionless Long Haochen, his eyes landed on the face of the smiling Shi Nan, who was turning purple. Being glared at by her, Shi Nan hurriedly took up a stance behind Long Haochen.

"Ugh …" Hehe … "Young Master Long, Mei Ting was just joking …" The woman explained with a flushed face. Then he nudged the girl to apologize.

But the girl didn't move, standing on her original spot and sizing Long Haochen up from head to toe, without the slightest sign of guilt. Long Haoxuan was also sizing her up. With her stubborn personality as well as her delicate figure, she seemed very much like Ye Jia.

Furthermore, she had a mission on her, to be used by her parents as a chess piece to fawn on others. She was just like Ye Jia, a pitiful girl.

It was because of this that he forgave her rudeness. He smiled at her and said, "It's alright, Miss is not wrong." He had long since lost his ability to love, and his love … With Ye Jia's death, they were buried in the mud.

The expression on the woman's face was still indecisive. Huang Meuting, on the other hand, was full of suspicion. She thought to herself that she had never seen such a hypocritical person before. With a sudden flash of inspiration, he extended his hands in a welcoming gesture and said with a smile, "Hello, my name is Huang Meuting."

Long Haochen had two seconds of hesitation, and immediately stretched out his hand, ready to exchange blows with him. Those detestable, slender, jade-like hands cleverly moved past him and directly stretched towards Shi Nan. She forcefully and gently held Shi Nan's hands. With a small smile, she asked, "Sir, may I know your name?"

The woman's expression changed. Long Haochen's hands were frozen in the air, while Shi Nan was so scared that his hands were like needles, shaking them off in a hurry.

"Beautiful!" The woman reprimanded her, feeling helpless towards her mischievous and random daughter. Secretly taking a glance at Long Haochen, he didn't find anything abnormal on his face.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Huang Meuting pretended not to understand as she blinked her big, watery eyes.

The woman was stunned and did not know what to say. Long Haoxuan smiled indifferently, saying to Shi Nan, "Since Miss Huang wants to meet you, you can stay here and have a chat with Miss Huang."

After saying that, he walked towards the backyard, where there was a back door that led to the second floor. Shi Nan shouted from behind him, "Young Master, what do you want me to say? I don't have anything to say …"

Long Haochen didn't pay any attention to him. Raising his head, he looked at the pitch-black sky, sighing in his heart. When his gaze landed, it just so happened to fall upon that large plum tree.

His footsteps were stifled as he stopped under the dense tree shade. His thoughts were like a soaring green dragon that was circling in his mind. He thought back to the time when Long Shengjie had brought Ye Jia to flee, wanting to climb over the Plum Tree. Not only did he fail to escape, he was also injured all over.

Because of this, there were several crisscrossing terrifying scars on his back, which had not disappeared even when he died. Every time he touched them, he would feel a wave of heartache and regret.

She was really stupid. Even if she escaped, there was only death, because it was impossible to walk out of here with just two legs. There was a mountain behind the sea in front, and without a car, it was impossible to get out!

Perhaps it was because the thought of leaving was too intense, she didn't think too much about it. All of this pain was brought to her by him. Only now did he realize that the pain in his and Ye Jia's memories was much more than their blessings.

While the male host of the banquet hid in the backyard alone to grieve, no one knew, much less cared whether or not there was a painful story hidden in his heart. They could only see his apparent extravagance.

Today was the day that Ye Xiangfei would officially join the Ye Clan's Farsight Company. Everyone thought that he had been studying abroad for the past two years and only he knew that he had never left Peace City.

Two years ago, when Madam Ye saw that he was upset about Ye Jia and advised him to study in the United States for two years, he happily agreed. However, he sneaked back after bidding farewell to his parents at the airport.

How could he possibly store Ye Jia and the two babies in the thermos? Since Madam Ye took the initiative to ask him to leave Peace City, he could use this time to take good care of Ye Jia.

Two years had passed, and although he was unwilling, it was time for him to return to the family business and take up his position. Ye Xiangfei's appearance caused the company's female colleagues to go crazy. They were all waiting for the meeting to begin.

He was, after all, the handsome young heir to the next generation, an extremely expensive bachelor! Ye Xiangfei sat on the office sofa, listening to the general manager's daily short report on the development of the business during this period of time.

"Is this the project I asked you to do last month?" Ye Xiangfei, who was already depressed, became even more gloomy when he saw the proposal he brought in during the day. Having such a smelly face on his first day in the company, he had truly scared the hell out of himself during the day.

"Ugh …" "Yes." Daylight replied in embarrassment, cold sweat beading on his face.

"Go back and make another serving!" This proposal...! " Ye Xiangfei fiercely threw the business plan he had in his hand into the daytime. Due to overexerting himself, the folder flew past his hair during the day and headed towards the office entrance.

Ye Xiangfei's words were interrupted by a sudden accident. The office door was suddenly pushed open and a female employee holding a porcelain cup walked in. The folder that was in her hands just happened to smash the cup.

A 'bang' sound was heard, followed by a scream from a girl. The porcelain cup had bloomed on the floor, and dark coffee had been spilled all over the floor.

When he clearly saw the person's appearance, the astonishment on his face reached its peak. He opened his mouth and stared at the person that had shockingly appeared in his office … Ye Jia!?

Ye Jia? Why would Ye Jia come to the company? That's not right! Ye Jia would never be able to get out of that gate, much less be alive and kicking like this! But that face … It was clearly the same!

Ye Xiangfei was so shocked that he could not speak. He could only stare at the person. Was there actually two people that looked so similar in this world?