“Nice job! Did that idiot really think he could touch my sister-in-law!” Lu Sen approached with an excited expression, but then frowned and continued, “It’s just a shame I couldn’t give Zhao Gao that idiot a good beating!”
Hao Shuai, however, looked a bit worried as he said, “Boss, that guy named Wang Zijie seems to have a strong background. Won’t this cause trouble for the Xia Family?”
Wang Ziyuan had somehow run over and linked her arm with mine, casting a somewhat hostile glance at Qin Mengdie.
Sister Lin, with a playful expression, remarked, “This is fate! Earlier, Ziyuan said she was your fiancée, and now the head of the Qin Family recognizes you as a son-in-law. I wonder if Yaoyao is also your fiancée?”
“Sister Lin, at this point, you could just keep quiet!” I replied irritably.
Xu Xin looked at me with an unusual expression, seeming quite conflicted, while Qin Mengdie looked at me with an even more troubled gaze.
At that moment, Qin Mengdie’s father spoke up, “Xia Tian, when are you and Mengdie planning to hold the wedding?”
“Ah?” I was stunned and couldn’t find my voice. I just wanted to assert my authority. Also, Qin Mengdie was the girl in that photo; wasn’t this just a joke?
“Uncle, um, I…” I scratched my head awkwardly, feeling a bit embarrassed.
But before I could finish, I was interrupted by Qin Mengdie, who suddenly linked her arm with mine and said, “Dad, you don’t need to worry about me and Xia Tian. I didn’t know he was my fiancé before, but now I don’t oppose it!”
What was going on! Hey! Was Qin Mengdie having a moment of madness? She was usually such a calm girl; could it be that she was so stimulated that she had lost her mind?
Since I met Qin Mengdie, it was the first time she had spoken such a long sentence all at once.
“Qin Mengdie, you…” I was about to ask her what was going on when I suddenly felt her pinch my waist.
It seemed there was a reason for Qin Mengdie saying that. Since it was like this, I could only cooperate and say, “Yeah, Uncle, let’s talk about these things later!”
“Good! Good! Good!” Qin Mengdie’s father sighed three times in succession.
Wang Ziyuan, holding my right arm, shouted loudly, “Not good! Xia Tian is mine alone!”
Hearing this, Qin Mengdie’s father froze in place.
I quickly said to Wang Ziyuan, “Be honest, Qin Mengdie is just an ice cube; how could she possibly marry me! She must have a reason for saying that!”
Wang Ziyuan paused for a moment, seeming to have an epiphany, then smiled at Qin Mengdie’s father and said, “Uncle, I was just joking with you! Look how scared you are! I’m just a friend of Xia Tian, like them!”
After saying that, she let go of my hand, but what was with the twist she gave me as she released it?
Qin Mengdie’s father felt much more at ease after hearing this and smiled as he said, “You young people love to joke around. I haven’t even greeted Old Mr. Xia yet, so I’ll take my leave. You all chat slowly!” With that, he turned to leave.
As soon as he turned around, Qin Mengdie immediately released her hold on my arm.
“I only said that for my own sake!” Qin Mengdie said coldly.
Qin Mengdie was indeed quite heartless, but thankfully, I didn’t have any special feelings for her.
I smiled. I had thought about it for a moment and had already figured out the reason behind Qin Mengdie’s words. Although she didn’t say I was good, after spending a long time together, she had come to understand my character pretty well.
If she didn’t marry me, she would have to marry someone else. It was better to temporarily pretend to be in a fake relationship with someone she knew, and once she found her true boyfriend, she could come up with an excuse to break up with me and marry the person she liked.
I had to admit that Qin Mengdie’s actions were quite selfish, but I had no reason to be angry. Moreover, I could use Qin Mengdie to keep the Old Man occupied. I looked at Qin Mengdie and smiled, saying, “Of course I know that. I’m not that narcissistic. By the way, don’t let my good looks fool you into thinking it’s real!”
“What do you mean by ‘thinking it’s real’?”
Suddenly, Tang Shuyao’s voice chimed in.
Qin Mengdie coldly replied, “It’s nothing!”
Tang Shuyao seemed a bit surprised to see me, but also somewhat excited. “Wow! The narcissist himself, I didn’t expect you to attend such a high-class banquet! Looks like your status isn’t simple!”
What the heck! This is my banquet, okay? Tang Shuyao really looked down on people too much. But wait, with all the noise we made just now, did she really not notice anything?
“By the way! Mengdie, what does your fiancé look like? I missed my chance because I had to go to the bathroom!” Tang Shuyao said, a hint of regret in her voice.
So that’s why she didn’t know what happened earlier. At that moment, Sister Lin called out to Tang Shuyao, “Yaoyao!”
“Sister Mengxin!” Tang Shuyao exclaimed as she rushed to hug Sister Lin. Then, seeing all the familiar faces around her, she excitedly said, “Everyone is here!”
“Yeah!” Wang Ziyuan replied with a smile.
Xu Xin glanced at me and then said with a hint of annoyance, “We came over after receiving an invitation from someone.”
“Great! We can all be together again! I was thinking of going home early!” Tang Shuyao said, but then her expression turned a bit disappointed. “I wanted to see what Mengdie’s fiancé looked like, but it seems there’s no chance today. Since we can’t see him, let’s leave!”
“I’ll let you in on a secret!” Sister Lin said mysteriously to Tang Shuyao. “Actually, Xia Tian is Mengdie’s fiancé!”
“Oh, so it’s him!” Tang Shuyao said with a bored expression, but then she suddenly stopped, looking at me in disbelief. “You mean he is Xia Tian, the new Family Head of the Xia Family, and he is Mengdie’s fiancé!”
“Your humble servant is indeed that person!” I said to Tang Shuyao with a smile.
Who would have thought that Tang Shuyao would shake her head and exclaim, “You really can’t judge a book by its cover!”
What the heck! How unflattering do I look? No way, I have to teach this little girl a lesson, or she’ll soon become another Sister Lin!
With a playful smile, I took a step closer to Tang Shuyao.
“W-what are you planning to do?” Tang Shuyao stepped back in a bit of panic.
Suddenly, the Nine-Tails Fox Necklace hanging on my chest flashed, and a huge sense of crisis surged within me. I quickly shouted at Tang Shuyao, “Get down!”
Thanks to the incident at the villa where we encountered a sniper, Sister Lin and the others quickly reacted and crouched down.
As I crouched down, a chill ran down my back, and then with a “bang!” a bullet embedded itself in the pillar behind me.