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"Remember to knock on the door next time!" Lin Muhan returned to his seat, the expression in his eyes as deep as an ancient lake.

Meng Yuyan was startled, an unnatural look flashed past her exquisite face, as she looked at the imposing Leng Cen's figure, and suddenly felt some fear.

"Han, why aren't you accepting my call?" Meng Yuyan spoke delicately as she walked to Lin Muhan's front, her eyes filled with deep worry: "I had thought that something had happened to you."

"I'm working." Lin Muhan's tone became somewhat colder.

His mind was filled with Mi Xue's figure. When he saw Meng Yuyan's call, he felt annoyed and turned his phone on silent.

Looking at the strange man in front of him, Meng Yuyan's hatred towards Mi Xue intensified. Clenching her fists slightly, she looked at Lin Muhan in a pitiful manner, "It's been a long time since we've had a meal together.

Lin Muhan's hands froze, the pen in his hand was placed to the side, and he raised his eyes to look at Meng Yuyan, his deep eyes seemed to be able to see through everything.

Meng Yuyan guiltily lowered her head, her hands interweaving, occasionally she raised her head and sneaked a peek at the man in front of her.

After a long while, Lin Muhan still did not speak.

Meng Yuyan's heart became even more anxious, this was not the Lin Muhan that she knew!

"Han, do you not love me anymore?" Meng Yuyan bit her lips, then suddenly raised her head and stared at Lin Muhan, her eyes red, feeling wronged.

"I still have things to do, you go back first." Lin Muhan avoided the question that even he did not know the answer to.

"Cold!" Meng Yuyan suddenly took a big step behind Lin Muhan and hugged him from behind, "I've been with you for so many years, you've never been so cold to me before. If you really fell in love with Mi Xue …"

As she spoke to here, her voice was choked with sobs and a teardrop fell from the corner of her eyes.

"If you really love her, please tell me, I, I …" She suddenly cried until she couldn't speak. After sobbing for a long time, she continued, "I'll grant your wish!"

Hearing this, Lin Muhan was startled.

He didn't think that Meng Yuyan would say such a thing. He stood up from his seat, lowered his head, and looked at the woman who was crying sorrowfully in his arms.

Lin Muhan frowned in displeasure and pushed Meng Yuyan away.

"Alright, it's just that my grandfather has been sick recently. My mood is a little irritable, it's none of your business." Lin Muhan casually found a reason to console her.

"Then let's go see grandpa together." Meng Yuyan thought for a long time before she spoke.

Lin Muhan was startled, and his expression darkened even more, "It's not that you don't know, it's that grandfather doesn't like to see you!"

With that sentence, Meng Yuyan's face became deathly pale.

Right!

The old man didn't like her. When Lin Muhan had said that he wanted to marry her, the old man had insisted that he marry Mi Xue.

"Yu Yan!" Lin Muhan did not ignore the emotion in her eyes, and her tone became even colder, "You should know how important grandfather is to me."

"Han, I just …" Meng Yuyan wanted to explain, but he didn't know how.

Lin Muhan returned to his seat and opened the file, "Go back and think carefully about what you did wrong, and come back to find me when you have thought things through."

Hearing that, Meng Yuyan was stunned on the spot.

"I don't know what you mean." There was a trace of pity in his tone.

Lin Muhan did not speak anymore, and quickly processed the documents on the table. Meng Yuyan's face stiffened, then awkwardly said that she had a date with her friends before she left.

Walking out of the door, only then did Meng Yuyan feel the surrounding pressure lessen.

But Lin Muhan's words still made her feel fear, and she frowned thinking, "Could it be that he knows about the storage ring?"

His heart was in turmoil.

When they finally reached the elevator, she was even more certain that Lin Muhan had fallen for Mi Xue.

She had originally wanted to play a card of sympathy today and use their interactions to wake Lin Muhan up, but she hadn't thought that she would be even more certain of the truth, one that she didn't want to believe.

She had to make Mi Xue quickly leave his side. Meng Yuyan was determined!

Stepping out of Lin's, Meng Yuyan impatiently took out her phone.

"Investigate Gu Licheng's background!" She spoke coldly into the phone.

After receiving a satisfactory answer, he sat in the car.

The light in his eyes was like a torch as it spread out viciously.

Her hand gripped the steering wheel, but she didn't start the car until her cell phone rang.

"Hello, Cousin." Meng Yuyan smiled and greeted on the other side of the phone.

"Yu Yan, quickly return the ring you took away previously!" On the other side of the phone, Meng Yuyan's cousin said with a low voice.

"What ring?" Meng Yuyan's heart suddenly shook.

"It's the one you asked me to change last time, the limited edition wedding ring of Mrs. Lin!" The voice was even more urgent.

The ring, could it be that Lin Muhan told her to go back and think about what she had done wrong and that it meant that she had already known?

It couldn't be wrong. Otherwise, it wouldn't be possible for her to call her cousin the moment she came out.

His heart instantly panicked.

His voice trembled as he asked, "Cousin, we've done this so flawlessly. How could there be such a sudden change?"

"I don't know either, but the manager suddenly came over, and said that Mrs. Lin's storage ring was exchanged between us, and said that she wanted to investigate, Yu Yan, don't harm me, quickly return the ring back, I'm not telling you."

As the phone call ended, Meng Yuyan's heart felt as if it was pierced by a sharp knife, and blood flowed profusely.

He really did not hold back, he actually messed with the jewelry store.

It was just a ring, why would he gather such a large force? Furthermore, he had taunted Mi Xue along with her that day.

BOOM!

A muffled thunder echoed, causing Meng Yuyan to tremble with fear.

The originally sunny day suddenly changed. Dark clouds covered the city, and a heavy rain was about to befall.

Heavens, it had changed!

— —

Michelle wandered around the area all day and bought a lot of things. It was only when the sky gradually darkened that she was satisfied and finished her work.

"Little Chen, bring the things back, I still want to participate in the reunion." Mi Xue placed all the things she had bought on the carriage as she instructed the Little Chen.

"Yes, Young Mistress." Little Chen agreed, but then asked hesitantly, "Then Young Master …"

"I'll call him." Mi Xue did not make things difficult for Little Chen.

Just as he took out his phone, he saw Lin Muhan calling.

"Hello." Mi Xue was at a loss for words. Calling her "Muhan" or "Han" was definitely not okay, calling her "husband" was simply asking for death. After thinking for a long time, she finally shouted, "Mister Lin."

"I have to work overtime tonight, so there's no need to wait for me!" Lin Muhan's emotionless voice came out.

"Alright!" Mi Xue agreed. Just as she was about to speak about the reunion, Lin Muhan had already hung up.

Looking at Little Chen, Mi Xue still placed her phone by her ear and said, "I'm going to a reunion with my classmates. I'll be back a little later as well."

"I know."

After hanging up the phone, Mi Xue glanced at Little Chen, who understood, "Young Mistress, I'll go back first. If you need me to pick it up, just give me a call."

"No need, I'll take a taxi back myself." Michelle shook her head and refused.

After getting off the car, she stopped a car at the side of the road. Mi Xue felt her heart was still thumping, but fortunately Little Chen did not notice anything amiss.

Just as she got off the car, she saw Gu Licheng dressed in casual attire standing at the door. Beside him were a few women who would occasionally look at him weirdly.

Seeing that she had arrived, Gu Licheng's eyes lit up, and immediately walked forward, "Why did you cut your hair?"

"It's hard to take care of when it grows." Michelle explained in a low voice.

Seeing that the women who were looking at Gu Licheng earlier had looks of envy in their eyes, she could not help but pull the distance between the two of them.

When they arrived at the entrance of the private box together, Gu Licheng pushed open the door.

Quite a few students had arrived, and seeing the two of them coming over, they immediately started to jeer at them.

Mi Xue's face instantly turned red. Instead, it was Gu Licheng who calmly smiled and said to the group of people, "Stop messing around!"

"Li Cheng, you brat, you finally got a beauty."

"Let's not worry about that first. It's the usual rule. If we're late, we get to drink wine first!"

As he said this, someone opened two bottles and placed them on the table, "Will you two do it yourselves, or will we help you?"

"Alright, I won't be able to drink it!" Gu Licheng straightforwardly picked up the bottle of wine and gulped it down, the group of people cheering and applauding from the side. He raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, then placed the bottle on the table, "Is that enough now?"

"You can do it, but our great beauty Mi …"

Michelle waved her hands awkwardly. "I don't know how to drink."

"Alright, I know her alcohol tolerance the best. Drunk would be scary!" Gu Licheng cleared up for Mi Xue.

Instantly, everyone's gaze concentrated on Gu Licheng, "She can't drink it. Li Cheng, your chance to be the hero and save the beauty has come. Don't say that this brother didn't give you a chance."

"Right, right. She can't drink! You drink for her!"

Mi Xue saw that Gu Licheng had just drank a bottle and was about to reach out to grab the bottle of wine, but instead, Gu Licheng grabbed her hand.

A warm feeling came over her, causing her to freeze on the spot.

While still in a daze, Gu Licheng had already picked up the bottle of wine and drank from it without saying a word.

When the bottle was put down, everyone let the two go and focused on dealing with the two newlyweds in the class. Gu Licheng on the other hand, pulled Mi Xue over to a corner and sat down.

The two of them were extremely close, their bodies almost touching. Just as Michelle was about to move away, Gu Licheng said, "The thing you asked me to investigate last time has results."

Mi Xue suddenly stopped and turned to look at Gu Licheng, "The storage ring is real, right?"

"Yes!" Gu Licheng nodded his head, "According to my investigation, Lin Muhan had indeed ordered the limited edition ring, and when you took it to the jewelry store, the person who received you was Meng Yuyan's cousin."

"..."

Although Mi Xue had already guessed that Meng Yuyan was the one who did the deed, she did not expect that she would actually hit the nail on the head so coincidentally.

Thinking about the ring on Meng Yuyan's finger, Mi Xue felt disgusted.

"Lin Muhan might have known about this, but he did not say anything." Gu Licheng said hesitantly.

"Yes." Michelle nodded. She had already guessed it.

Looking at Mi Xue's injured expression, Gu Licheng felt a little uncomfortable. He could not help but ask, "Mi Xue, are you and him really well?"