"Let's go, the banquet is about to start," An Nuan reminded.
She really didn't want to be confused by this Ye Jinghuai guy any longer.
She didn't even dare to guarantee how long she could resist developing feelings for Ye Jinghuai.
"Did you just say you like it when I touch you?" Ye Jinghuai didn't let her go, and asked.
An Nuan pursed her lips.
Which ear of his heard her say that.
"Did you?" Ye Jinghuai pressed.
"I said, compared to Gu Yan Sheng, I'd rather you touch me," An Nuan explained.
"Same difference," Ye Jinghuai concluded, taking An Nuan's hand in his, their ten fingers intertwined as they walked to the banquet hall.
"Big difference," An Nuan retorted.
Can this guy not be so full of himself?
It's not like he and Gu Yan Sheng are the only two men in this world.
But when she thought about it carefully...
It did seem like her past and present lives had only ever involved these two.
She strangely felt she was missing out.
Whether it was Gu Yan Sheng or Ye Jinghuai, they both had countless experiences with women.
As for her...
Two hands were all she had to count on!
The two bickered as they entered the hall.
Behind them, a man emerged from a hidden corner.
Speaking into a voice transmitter on himself, he said, "The two look like they get along very well. I don't notice anything off about Ye Jinghuai."
"Keep observing," came the reply.
"Yes."
Ye Jinghuai held An Nuan's hand as they sat in the seats designated for honored guests at the banquet, waiting for the meal.
Seated with them at the table...
not bothering to mention the rest.
Anyway, Gu Yan Sheng and Gu Yan Xuan sat together.
An Nuan's eyes glanced at Gu Yan Sheng.
At this moment, he also seemed to be staring fixedly at her.
Their eyes met.
An Nuan shifted her gaze emotionlessly, and felt someone deliberately blocking her line of sight, as if just to obstruct the two people's view of each other.
How childish.
Gu Yan Sheng's face was also extremely ugly.
Thinking of An Nuan's earlier moment with Ye Jinghuai...
He wasn't jealous! And he definitely didn't like this woman either.
He just couldn't stand that after all the time he'd spent on her, she was actually getting chummy with another man.
If he didn't get to torment An Nuan, he would absolutely not let it go!
"Slut," Gu Yan Xuan suddenly cursed.
At present, the ones sitting at the table were all the younger generation.
The elders were sitting together with the other elders.
In high society, seniority was what mattered most.
The seniors were to be respected without question.
An Nuan's eyes shifted slightly.
In that instant, Ye Jinghuai's face also turned cold.
"Xuanxuan!" Gu Yan Sheng called to her.
He still had to maintain face in an occasion like this.
He had finally tested into the civil service now, and was thinking of scoring one or two achievements through work, giving him a proper and legal reason to quickly rise through the ranks. This period of development was critical for him, and he couldn't afford any mistakes. Even his unbearable retaliation against An Nuan had to be when he was sure it wouldn't negatively impact him.
Now, every move he made was carefully calculated, never acting rashly at the cost of the bigger picture. He couldn't let himself be ruined by An Nuan.
"I didn't name any names in what I said! Bro, what are you afraid of?" Gu Yan Xuan deliberately glanced at An Nuan.
An Nuan gave a cold laugh.
Sensing Ye Jinghuai about to stand up beside her, An Nuan yanked him back forcefully.
Right now, Ye Jinghuai was courting the influential families, and absolutely could not have any negative press.
In this moment, if Ye Jinghuai went over to slap Gu Yan Xuan, it would blow up.
And she really had this bizarre feeling that Ye Jinghuai would actually do something like that.
Even though such a feeling made her very incredulous about him as well.
But she didn't dare gamble on it.
Ye Jinghuai's future achievements were also tied to her own success or failure.
Her eyes met Gu Yan Xuan's as she slowly picked up her phone, casually playing on it while saying, "I wonder which generation's upbringing in the Gu family went to waste, that some lowly language even the lowest people won't say is coming out of a young miss' mouth. It really makes me look at the Gu family in a whole new light."
"An Nuan, you!" Gu Yan Xuan's face turned sheet white, and she forced herself to hold back a moment later. She mocked coldly, "What, I didn't say it was you, yet you're so quick to attack me. Are you admitting that you're the slut?!"
An Nuan's mouth corners suddenly curled up into a smile.
That smile made Gu Yan Xuan's face turn even uglier.
The An Nuan now was completely different from that woman in the past.
No matter what she did, it seemed worthless in this woman's eyes.
When Gu Yan Xuan wanted to mock her with a few sentences...
A voice suddenly rang out from An Nuan's phone, "...Are you admitting that you're the slut?!"
Clearly, it was:
Gu Yan Xuan's earlier cursing of An Nuan, recorded by An Nuan.
Gu Yan Xuan's face instantly lost all color.
She hadn't thought at all that while An Nuan played with her phone and spoke, she was recording her.
She'd assumed all along that An Nuan was deliberately trying not to embarrass her too much.
Since when did An Nuan get so smart?!
Gu Yan Xuan was so angry her face turned green.
Yet because of this recording, she couldn't get a word out for half a day.
An Nuan put her phone down.
She rested both hands on the table, looking straight at Gu Yan Xuan, "What do you think, if I post this recording of Miss Gu cursing up a storm, would it trend on social media?!"
"An Nuan, you wouldn't dare!"
"What do you think I wouldn't dare to do?" An Nuan's brows raised.
It silenced Gu Yan Sheng such that he couldn't get a word out.
It also lit a flame of anger in his heart.
He'd already known Gu Yan Xuan was in bad spirits because of Xiao Nanchen marrying, and repeatedly warned her before coming today to control her emotions and not do anything drastic. He'd been keeping an eye on her the entire time, fearing she would do something embarrassing that would impact his future prospects.
Yet in the end, Gu Yan Xuan still caused trouble for him.
"Of course, I'm not one to hold grudges either. Since Eldest Young Master Gu says your sister didn't have malicious intent, I'll take it as so." An Nuan said mildly.
Gu Yan Sheng didn't dare slight An Nuan one bit.
Hearing An Nuan's words, he certainly wouldn't just readily believe them.
He now understood An Nuan's personality all too clearly. She wasn't so easygoing.
"Gu Yan Xuan, apologize and make peace," An Nuan said directly.
Gu Yan Xuan's terrified pale face instantly turned red.
Flushed red.
Likely from rage.
Gu Yan Xuan had always thought highly of herself. How could she accept having to bow her head to An Nuan again and again?
