C38

Who is he?

Mi Xue couldn't help but mutter in her heart. She searched her mind but still couldn't find any information about him.

"This is my little uncle's illegitimate child, Qu Yiming. Grandfather has never admitted to it, he has always lived abroad as well, but I never thought that he would come back." Lin Muhan moved closer to Mi Xue's ear and used a voice that only two people could hear to explain.

Mi Xue did not expect there to be such a scenario.'s words appeared in her mind: There is darkness hidden beneath the bright exterior of large families. Perhaps this is the dark side.

"What are you doing back here?" Seeing that the old man's expression had changed, Lin Junxian immediately shouted out.

"Dad, I graduated." Qu Yiming seemed to not have noticed his anger, and looked at the old man, "It just so happens to be grandfather's birthday, so I came back for a visit. It looks like you guys aren't welcoming me."

"Hurry up and go back!" Lin Junxian obviously did not want such an ugly thing to be exposed to the crowd and anxiously chased them out.

Instead, it was the old man who stood up, "Now that you know it's shameful, it's not your own fault. What's wrong with this child?" The old man glanced at Qu Yiming, "Since you're here, you should stay."

"Thank you, grandpa." Qu Yiming still had a light smile on his face.

Mi Xue looked at this scene, her heart was moved. This man was clearly more terrifying than Lin Muhan, even though he had a smile on his face, his eyes revealed a killing intent.

While she was thinking about this, those devilish eyes turned to look at her. The corners of her lips deepened as a smile appeared in her eyes.

For some reason, Michelle felt a chill down her spine.

"Stay away from him." Lin Muhan reminded her in her ear at the right time.

Mi Xue nodded. Even if he didn't remind her, she had already made up her mind to stay as far away from that man as possible in the future.

"Alright, let's go welcome the guests." The old man spoke.

Everyone scattered. Today's occasion was naturally the best time to meet an ally, the uncles and aunts who were not here all year round would definitely not miss this great opportunity. Instead, it was Lin Muhan who pulled Mi Xue along.

"Alright." Michelle answered softly.

Mi Xue and Lin Muhan then walked into the courtyard. There were a lot of guests coming, and Mi Xue swept her gaze around, when suddenly her gaze stopped on a familiar figure.

Gu Licheng, he's actually here.

Thinking about what she said to him yesterday, Mi Xue's heart rose to her throat. She immediately decided to look after Gu Licheng properly, and not let him have the chance to look for her grandfather.

Lin Muhan, who was standing beside her, noticed the little girl's gaze and a cold light flashed in her eyes.

Sensing the difference in temperature, Mi Xue immediately turned to Lin Muhan and asked: "What's wrong?"

"Mrs. Lin, don't forget, you are my wife!" Lin Muhan suddenly said in a low voice.

"Hmm?" Michelle did not understand.

"Other than me, it's best not to look at other men!"

"..."

Michelle looked at this strange man quietly. She could not understand what he was thinking.

There were more and more people in the crowd, and Mi Xue's gaze was locked on Gu Licheng from start to finish. This scene just happened to fall into Meng Yuyan's eyes, and she couldn't help but secretly rejoice as her eyes gained an additional tinge of mysteriousness.

"Go over there." Lin Muhan pulled Mi Xue's hand.

Mi Xue looked at the opposite direction from Gu Licheng and could not help but turn around. Lin Muhan's entire body was emitting a cold aura and the surrounding air pressure was decreasing.

"This is an important partner in our business." Lin Muhan's voice rang out, and Mi Xue finally regained her senses.

They chatted and laughed merrily.

On the other side, Meng Yuyan walked to Gu Licheng's side with a smile. "Mr. Gu, I didn't expect that you would also be joining Old Master Lin's Birthday Dinner."

"Since even Miss Meng has come, I naturally have to." Gu Licheng said with a smile that did not reach his eyes.

"I wonder how we are going about the matters we discussed with Mr. Gu last time?" Meng Yuyan held onto the red wine cup in his hand, and looked at Gu Licheng inquiringly. Seeing that he did not have any special reaction, he then said softly, "According to what I know, Miss Mi's gaze has always been on you."

Gu Licheng's eyes, which were originally as calm as an ancient well, lit up, but recovered its calmness soon after. "On such an important day, Miss Meng is actually using this to spread rumors, I am truly worried for the Meng Family."

"I kindly reminded you, the reason the Miss Mi stayed away from you is probably because he's afraid of implicating you, since you're also afraid of being implicated, just pretend that I didn't say anything."

With that, Meng Yuyan turned and walked into the crowd.

However, Gu Licheng couldn't calm down no matter what. Thinking about Mi Xue admitting that she wanted a divorce, thinking about how she had flatly rejected his suggestion, the thought that he had been suppressing kept on clamoring.

His hand impressively held onto the wine cup.

With a cold glint in his eyes, he placed the wine cup on the table, turned around, and walked into the main residence.

At this time, Mi Xue and Lin Muhan had finished dealing with the customer. They turned around and looked for Gu Licheng's figure, but they couldn't find him at all.

She was shocked and quickly let go of Lin Muhan's hand.

"Michelle!" Lin Muhan grabbed her, "There are so many people looking at you, what are you doing?"

"I, I …" Mi Xue looked in the direction of the main house. She was extremely anxious. With a quick thought, she tried to find an excuse. "I want to go to the washroom."

Lin Muhan looked up and down, and just as he was about to say something, Meng Yuyan walked over, "President lin, can I have a chat with you?"

Michelle's eyes narrowed, and she freed herself from his grasp. "I won't disturb you two."

She ignored her image and quickly headed towards the main residence.

"Oh wow, he doesn't have eyes." When Xu Meiyu just came out of the main house, Mi Xue accidentally bumped into her, "You are so manic, you don't look like a lady at all. I wonder why the old man likes you, if …"

"I'm sorry." Michelle spat out the two words and ran upstairs.

Xu Meiyu had originally wanted to use this opportunity to stab her in a few words, but when she caught sight of Lin Muhan and Meng Yuyan, the annoyance on her face completely disappeared, and a trace of a smile unconsciously crawled up her face.

Upstairs, Gu Licheng was standing in front of the study room's door.

The door was ajar, and he could still hear the laughter from inside. He reached out his hand and retracted it, repeating it several times. Finally, he reached out his hand as if he had made up his mind and grabbed the handle of the door, trying to push it open.

His hand was suddenly grabbed.

He turned his head just in time to see Michelle's angry face.

"Follow me!" Michelle tugged at him, her tone ice-cold, like never before. She was extremely similar to Lin Muhan.

Gu Licheng did not struggle.

Looking at the woman who had the word 'rage' written all over her body, her thin oval face made her exquisite facial features seem more three-dimensional. Perhaps it was because she was wearing light makeup, but Michelle seemed to be exceptionally alluring today.

"Mi Xue, as long as you are a little bit hard on your heart and mind, as long as I push open the door and open the door, you can escape from this abyss." Gu Licheng could not help but ask.

"Li Cheng!" Mi Xue interrupted him without hesitation. Looking at the man who should be warm like jade, she suddenly felt a sense of unfamiliarity. "You know me the best. You should know what I hate the most!"

Gu Licheng's body froze, his heart felt as though it had been smashed by a heavy object, and shattered to pieces.

"You don't have to worry about me. Although the Gu family can't compare to the Lin family, they're not that weak either." Gu Licheng continued to explain.

Michelle watched quietly, her eyes bright and clear, as if she could see right through him.

She knew very well that the reason Gu Licheng wanted to do this today, wasn't only for her, but also for himself.

He still had illusions about her.

It was time to tell everything. It was time to end his fantasies!

Thinking about it this way, his eyes became clearer, and his eyes became sharper when he looked up at Gu Licheng.

"Li Cheng, after experiencing so much, I still haven't changed. I still hate it when others are spying on my privacy. Mi Xue's words were straightforward, her eyes were firm, but her words carried Lin Muhan.

This was a scene that Gu Licheng was unfamiliar with.

"I'm sorry." Although he was unwilling, upon seeing the expression on Mi Xue's face, the feeling that she was about to leave flowed out. Without any reason, he hastily explained, "I just can't bear to see you suffer."

"Last time, I said it very clearly, I don't want to bet my grandfather's health." Mi Xue turned her head to look at Gu Licheng and said resolutely, "I am very disappointed in you!"

Disappointed, she said.

Gu Licheng's heart seemed to have suffered ten thousand points of injury, and was unable to recover.

He still wanted to say something, but in the end, all of them were buried under the ice-cold gaze of Mi Xue. Not a single word came out of his mouth.

He had been in high spirits a moment ago, but at this moment, bitterness was written all over his face.

It wasn't that Mi Xue wasn't moved by this sight, but she knew that the slightest sign of weakness would rekindle the man's hope.

Instead of making him hope again and again, it would be better to extinguish all the flames one by one. Instead, it was like how Lin Muhan had given her a little sweet when she was in despair, making her still lose herself in his world.

This kind of pain was enough for her alone to bear. She didn't want anyone else to repeat the same mistake again.

"Go back, I will take care of my own matters, and I will find a way to return what I owe you as soon as possible." Michelle was determined not to give him any leeway.

"Michelle …"

"I don't want to say these words a second time!" Michelle turned her head away, unable to bear to look at his injured face again. Her gaze drifted into the distance, but there was no warmth in her eyes.

Gu Licheng was defeated in the end as he hurriedly turned around and left.

He lost!

This time, they had completely lost to Michelle.

Perhaps, from the very beginning when he fell in love with her, he had already lost! Didn't they say that the first person to fall in love was the loser? Gu Licheng suddenly laughed, laughed bitterly, laughed until he wanted to cry, only now did he understand the logic.

Michelle stood there quietly for a long time without responding, until a voice broke her train of thoughts.

"Miss Mi, what is the name of this show?"