Lord Yan, The Little Ancestor Has Fallen Off The Horse Again!

Everyone present was a shrewd character, and Gu Yue’s arrival immediately made the atmosphere subtly charged.

"It seems like there’s a story here."

Suddenly, Gu Yue stood up and waved his hand, his face losing its indifferent expression to be replaced by the smile befitting his age, "Lin Xuanze, over here!"

Lin Xuanze, returning from the restroom and searching for Gu Yue, heard his voice.

He hadn’t expected to bump into Gu Yue here.

The two greeted each other as if they hadn’t seen one another in a long time, exchanging a punch each, both surprised by the other’s strength and solidity.

They smiled at each other, as if they could understand everything from each other’s eyes.

Shen Xuan felt a jolt at the sound of those three words; if Lin Xuanze was here, could Yun Yue be here, too?!

For some reason, Shen Xuan felt an inexplicable nervousness, as if she was afraid of Yun Yue.

Calm down! There’s nothing so great about Yun Yue, and I haven’t done anything wrong, why should I be afraid of Yun Yue!

Shen Xuan consoled herself mentally.

Lin Xuanze walked straight over, only then noticing a whole table of people who seemed to carry no small amount of weight.

However, with the training he’d gone through at Golden Net, and now bearing the status of Xiao Chen’s brother-in-law, he certainly wasn’t timid.

Had he encountered this scene when he first arrived in Beijing, he surely would have felt intimidated, he reflected with a touch of sentimentality.

"Let me introduce you: this is my brother, this is Master Xie, and these are all of their friends," Gu Yue said, bypassing both Shen Xuan and Shen Jinhao.

Shen Xuan’s fingers clenched tightly on the hem of her dress; he really did intend to draw a clear line between them!

And to think they used to be so close.

"Young Master Gu, Master Xie," Lin Xuanze nodded slightly, acknowledging them.

Facing Gu Cong’s gaze, he felt some pressure; after all, this was a person of the same level as his brother-in-law.

Shen Jinhao was slightly shocked, seeing Gu Cong, who had always held his head high, actually nodding toward Lin Xuanze.

Since when had Lin Xuanze become so prominent as to catch Gu Cong’s eye, or was it because he was Gu Yue’s good friend?

It was only then that Lin Xuanze looked at the two of them, "Hey, Jinhao, Shen Xuan, you two are here too."

He had noticed them earlier but had only just greeted them now; his tone seemed intentional, driving Shen Xuan mad inside.

One Gu Yue and now a Lin Xuanze!

Had she known she’d bump into both of them, she would never have come!

"Yeah, Xuanze, what brings you here?" Shen Jinhao forced a smile, albeit a stiff one. Only recently had he found out that the Lin Group nearly went bankrupt, and Aunt Lin had sought assistance from his mother, who flatly refused.

Subsequently, the Lin Group somehow found the funds to not only resolve their bankruptcy but also sign a big deal. Now, the Lin Group was growing ever larger, even showing potential to expand into Beijing.

After this incident, the Shen Family and Lin Family had completely fallen out. If he had known about it at the time, he would never have allowed his mother to act that way!

His mother had really been foolish!

His relationship with Lin Xuanze had been very good, but now it was lukewarm, and he silently sighed.

"I came with my sister; she’s off hanging out with friends, so I’m just here by myself, playing around. I didn’t expect to run into you all," Lin Xuanze replied coolly.

If he hadn’t trusted his own character, he’d have shown a cold face by now.

"Yun Yue came too?" Gu Yue was somewhat surprised.

"Yeah, seems like she went to some private room to play," Lin Xuanze said, not planning to go find her since he probably wouldn’t know any of her friends.

"And where is Xiao Chen... Oh, look at my poor memory; he must be quite busy these days," said Xie Fangkai, almost instinctively asking before recalling something, and feeling a tinge of schadenfreude.

"Young Master Gu, let’s drink to this."

Xiao Chen encountered trouble, and they were overjoyed.

Young Master Gu seemed to be in a good mood these past two days because of this.

Gu Cong’s lips curved slightly upward as he clinked glasses with him.

Shen Jinhao looked at the atmosphere on the scene, obviously aware it was inappropriate to discuss cooperation now; the deal might even fall through, and he could only look for another opportunity next time.

But what did Master Xie mean by asking Lin Xuanze who that person was?

Could Lin Xuanze actually know news about that person?

Shen Jinhao was full of doubts and turned to look at Shen Xuan beside him, who seemed to have been in a bad mood ever since Gu Yue arrived. Did she know something?

"Brother, I’m going to the restroom." Shen Xuan pressed down on the jealousy and regret inside her and stood up to leave.

Xie Fangkai’s lips held a trace of a faint smile, thoughtful as he watched Shen Xuan’s retreating figure.

In the restroom, Shen Xuan sat on the toilet.

Gu Yue belonged to the Gu family of Beijing, not the child of an ordinary working-class family in Lan City.

What had she done?

Shen Xuan considered herself clever, but never expected to have done something so foolish as to push Gu Yue away with her own hands.

If their relationship had stayed as good as before, then she was confident she could make Gu Yue fall for her, even to the point of marrying her when they reached legal age.

But now...

Shen Xuan sneered at herself as she took a deep breath to suppress the unwillingness in her heart and tidy up her appearance before leaving the restroom.

After Shen Xuan came out, Shen Jinhao didn’t stay long before he took her and left; he had many things he wanted to ask her.

In the car, Shen Jinhao looked at Shen Xuan with a complex expression.

"What’s going on with you and Gu Yue? I remember you two got along well in high school. How did it become like this?"

Shen Xuan clenched the purse in her hand and cast her eyes downward, gloomily said, "Brother, don’t ask, what I did with Gu Yue is the thing I regret the most in my life."

No one expected him to be the second young master of the Gu Family.

Shen Jinhao, hearing this, didn’t probe further about their relationship and changed the topic to Lin Xuanze, "What about Lin Xuanze? Why does Young Master Gu treat him so differently?"

Was it simply because Lin Xuanze was Gu Yue’s friend?

Mentioning Lin Xuanze made Shen Xuan’s mood even darker.

In high school, she was the high and mighty Miss Shen, and in Beijing, she was the disciple of the Vice President of the Piano Association.

She had assumed she would never have anything to do with those two again, for they were simply not people from her world. However, she never expected that in the end, she would be the one turned into a laughingstock.

One was the second young master of the Gu Family, the other backed by the Xiao Family, while she was merely the disciple of the Vice President of the Piano Association, with a vast chasm between them.

Shen Xuan remained silent, not wishing to share what she knew with Shen Jinhao.

After all, the last thing she wanted to talk about was Yun Yue.

Could she say how well Yun Yue was doing now? That Lin Xuanze was fortunate to have gotten such a good sister by sheer luck?

She couldn’t bring herself to say it.

In the Tianxi private room, number 668, several people drank themselves into intoxication, unaware of what a sensation it would cause if outsiders knew that the top five bigwigs of Golden Net had gathered in the Tianxi private room for drinks, becoming so inebriated.

Mo Fan held the microphone, singing a soulful love song.

The others ignored him, sitting in the back drinking.

Suddenly, Yun Yue’s phone rang with an incoming call from a strange number, belonging to Beijing. She hesitated for a moment before finally answering, her steps slightly unsteady as she left the private room.

"Who is this?" Yun Yue asked, squinting her eyes, knowing not many people had her number, puzzled about who it could be.

"S-sister-in-law, it’s me." Zhai Quan’s words floated, his breath running short.