With a whoosh, everything fell from the table and the floor was scattered with shattered pieces.

"Han Yifeng, don't even think about ditching me just like that! I will make you come back to my side! And, Xi Xiaye, if you won't let me live, then I won't just let you go either!"

Her voice as she spoke through gritted teeth was as cold as bone-chilling ice while her reddened eyes instantly turned sharp and exceptionally chilly. Her clenched fists were trembling from anger too.

She took a few deep breaths in and forced the anger surging in her chest down because Han Yifeng heartlessly and coldly turned away. Her chest felt suffocated. After a few breaths, her swollen eyes could not help but turn teary. After a while, she picked her handbag up and left too.

When she walked out of Emperor, it was bustling outside. She walked in a daze to the roadside and was about to flag a taxi when a black car suddenly stopped slowly beside her. Xi Xinyi subconsciously stopped her steps and peered vigilantly at the car beside her.

The car window whirred down very quickly. Under the dim streetlights, she could see that the man in the driver's seat was a man wearing sunglasses.

"Are you Miss Xi Xinyi?" The man's deep and cold voice was heard.

Xi Xinyi took a step back as her eyes were fixed on the man with the sunglasses. "Who are you?"

The man just smiled coldly as he whipped his phone out and made a call as he said, "Mr. Wen wants to meet you."

Mr. Wen?

She did not know any Mr. Wen!

Xi Xinyi continued to be on guard against this man. "Who are you? I don't know any Mr. Wen!'

"You don't have to know him as long as he knows you. With him as your guarantor, you should believe me, shouldn't you?"

The man quickly dialed a number and then handed the phone to Xi Xinyi who was startled. Then, she took the phone and probed uncertainly, "Hello?"

As she said that, a familiar yet cold voice came from the other end. "It's me."

When she heard his voice, Xi Xinyi was shocked and a wild joy erupted in her eyes. "It's you!"

"Mmm. Get into the car now and follow him. If you still want to save Yueying, then do as I say. Mr. Wen is my man and he will help you handle Yueying's affairs. If there's anything, I'll contact you."

Without waiting for Xi Xinyi's answer, the call ended.

Stunned for quite a while, Xi Xinyi did not return to her senses until the man with the sunglasses took the phone in her hand.

"Get in, Miss Xi!"

Then, Xi Xinyi nodded and pulled the car door open before quietly getting in. Without a hitch, the car started and sped ahead like the wind.

However, just as the car left, a black car followed behind too. In the car was Ah Bao who followed Yue Lingsi with Ah Mo the other day!

As soon as Ah Bao saw the car weave into the traffic, he quickly ordered, "Quick, follow them!"

The car instantly followed them.

After they made several rounds, the people in the car felt that something was not right.

"Bro Bao, I think they saw us. Look at his route. He's speeding up again!"

"There's the secondhand car marketplace ahead and there're a lot of intersections!"

"Watch the car closely! Quick!"

To their chagrin, the car ahead quickly made a turn and vanished into a little alley ahead. Although Ah Bao and the rest wanted to chase after them, a large truck from the opposite direction forced them to stop.

"We lost them!"

"They already saw us. Forget it. Ask the brothers to watch out for the alley exits nearby. Let me call Bro Mo."

...

It was close to midnight and the breeze was cold. Faint moonlight shone down on the Maple Residence, making it looked exceptionally quiet.

After dinner, Shen Yue and Mu Yuchen discussed for a long while in the study room again. By the time he left, it was already 9 p.m. Xi Xiaye drove him home, so only Mu Yuchen was left in the Maple Residence.

He leisurely showered, and then went straight to read something in the study room while waiting for Xi Xiaye. He had just taken a book and flipped it open on the lounge when his phone suddenly buzzed. He picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Master, it's me! I just received a call from Ah Bao saying that Xi Xinyi got into a black car, but they lost the car." Ah Mo's voice came through the phone.

When he heard this, Mu Yuchen's indifferent, handsome face darkened and an unfathomable cold light flashed in his eyes although his tone remained calm as always. "Can you find out who owns the car?"

"The car's number plate is fake. Ah Bao checked it out. They went towards the east toward the old city area," Ah Mo continued to report.

Mu Yuchen lifted a hand and gently massaged between his brows. He fell momentarily silent before calmly instructing, "Get everyone to retreat. There's no need to follow anymore."

"Master, Ah Bao and the rest will definitely be able to find them."

Anxiously, Ah Mo said, "Recently, there's been problems with Yue Lingsi and Yueying, yet things have been exceptionally peaceful. Master, I think there's something odd about it. It makes me suddenly feel like this is the calm before the storm. You and Missus have to be a little more careful. Maybe we'll find some clues by watching them closely."

"No need. Just get everyone to retreat. If they're going to make a move, we'll definitely know. We can't be so easily affected. I have a feeling that this peace is going to be interrupted very soon." A sneer flashed across Mu Yuchen's lips.

"Well, then, Master... What should we do next? Is the Yue family really not planning on doing anything about Yue Lingsi? In fact, I feel like this time should be someone from Qi Kai. Will it be Qi Lei or Qi Qiming?" Ah Mo asked.

"The Xi family has already lost all their worth of being rescued. Whether or not they make a move will depend on Han Yifeng's response. Meanwhile, the Han family is also waiting to see the Yue family's response. We'll just let them wear each other out," Mu Yuchen responded evenly as the knot in his furrowed brows started to smoothen out. "Qi Qiming's very good at avoiding investigation If it were him, our people wouldn't have been able to catch him, so just get our people to retreat."

"Yes, Master! Yueying won't be able to last more than a few days at this point. Master, we'll just have to watch how things play out. Based on what I heard, Qi Qiming and Wang Qin recently had a bad fight, yet Qi Lei hasn't done anything."

"Mmm, I got it. Quickly check on the situation on your end. If there's any news about Qi Feng, inform me immediately."

"Got it!"

...

He hung up the call before apathetically tossing his phone to the side. His expression remained calm and solemn as it did before.

The Porsche passed through the Fatong Avenue, bathed in the dim yellow streetlights as it drove towards the Shen residence.

Inside the car was Xi Xiaye and Shen Yue, the granddaughter and grandfather duo.

Shen Yue sat in the front passenger seat while Xi Xiaye drove. Along the way, because she was considerate about Shen Yue, she dared not to drive fast. Instead, she controlled the car rather steadily.

As the car moved forward, she saw that Shen Yue leaned back against his seat and shut his eyes to rest, or sometimes he would look out at the street views that kept streaming past behind him. Xi Xiaye suddenly chuckled.

"Grandpa, you seem to be in quite a jolly mood today."

When he heard Xi Xiaye's voice, Shen Yue opened his eyes a little and squinted at her. Suddenly, there was a kind and loving smile on his face. "I'm now happier and happier with Ah Chen. Seeing him reminds me of myself and your grandma back then! When your grandma was younger, she was just like you, but she had a sweet-tempered shoulder-length hairstyle that curled inwards."

When her grandma, Liang Fuhua, was brought up Shen Yue would seem to be in a pretty happy mood. Xi Xiaye could not help but smile through pursed lips upon hearing this. "Grandpa, you and grandma were really a married couple that was so in love. I've talked about it with Mu Yuchen, and we both admire your love back then. It feels so simple and honest. Once you've decided on one person, then it'd last forever unlike now when the divorce rates are so high."

"That depends on the environment too. Your grandmother and I had a difficult life back then. We went through a lot of hardships together as a married couple. Obviously, it would be a little different now. You all just lack experience. Relationships require going through things together, settling down and accumulation of such experiences," Shen Yue seemed to speak from experience as he lamented.

"Grandpa, have you ever told Grandma that you really love her? I just felt that back then, the both of you were very... um..."

Xi Xiaye liked listening to Shen Yue talk about her grandma and she loved listening to stories about them going through hardships hand-in-hand.

Some beautiful stories could inspire. Furthermore, they could allow oneself to deeply reflect upon ourselves and make us feel encouraged from within.

Xi Xiaye was someone like that. She was a simple and very easily satisfied person.

When she mentioned this, Shen Yue's aged face immediately colored with a blush, yet he still laughed heartily. "We aren't like you youngsters now, saying 'I love you' eventually. I've never said any sweet words of flattery to your grandma."

"Even though Grandma didn't say much to you, Mother says you aren't romantic at all, I remember once, Grandma told me that the first time you gave her flowers, it was a single plastic peony stalk!"

"How did you find out about these things?"

Having this awkward incident exposed, Shen Yue started to become embarrassed. He cleared his throat a bit and then turned to look outside.

"I just know. Grandpa, do you really dislike my father?"

She hesitated for a moment before deciding to just brace herself and probe with this question.

As soon as Xi Xiaye asked that, Shen Yue's face immediately turned into a scowl. "Of course I don't like him! Back then, your mother broke off her relationship with me for him, and then we have what happened today. He's the main culprit! Years ago, after your mother severed ties with me, I went looking for her. If they sincerely want to be together, I can't disagree either. I just hoped that your mother could leave him for a while and go abroad to further her studies. Your grandma's health was poor back then and I couldn't care too much either. I just wished for your mother to take over Fuhua, but who would have thought...?"

"Grandpa, Mother was also just young and frivolous back then, so you shouldn't think too much about it. Now, everything's in the past, but, Grandpa, I feel like Mother can't just go on like this, can she? Her heart is still with Father. All those unhappy incidents... It can become a weapon to punish each other, or it could also manifest into a deeper relationship after forgiveness. I remember once upon a time, I heard someone say that sometimes love with some guilt might last much longer."

When Xi Xiaye said this, her calm face suddenly flashed with a wry smile. "Now that Mother is in such a state, I... I just hope that she can have happier days. Grandpa, you're much more experienced than I am, and you've gone through more than I have, so..."

Xi Xiaye did not continue after that. She just smiled calmly and her gaze remained fixated ahead.

The car was already rolling on the cement road towards the Shen residence.

...

Xi Xiaye sent Shen Yue straight to the doorstep of the Shen residence and then went back. Mu Yuchen said that later on, they would take a look at the guest list.

She did not have many people that need to be invited, just Su Nan and Ruan Heng.

These past few years, she had seldom been in contact with those old schoolmates and friends of hers. She had studied abroad for university too, thus many things had faded when she returned. Especially after she was expelled from the military academy, she basically kept to herself and was unsociable, so as time went on, she was only left with Su Nan in the end.

When she returned to the Maple Residence, Mu Yuchen left the lights on for her in the living room downstairs. After her shower, she then went to the study room, yet she did not find Mu Yuchen. His phone was tossed on the coffee table beside the lounge as well.

Where was he?

She looked around puzzled for a while, and when she did not see him, she called out his name, "Mu Yuchen?"

She called out for quite a few times, yet he did not respond. The book that had been flipped open on the side was not closed either. He had probably run off somewhere at the last minute.

With a sigh, she then put a bookmark in the book before putting it back onto the shelf. When she reached the desk, she saw that there was a huge pile of red invitations and a guest list. She flipped through it for a while, then sat down before beginning to write.

However, before she could even finish writing several of them, there was the sound of footsteps from the door. She looked up subconsciously and saw that the man was carrying something like a huge frame and was walking in.

Xi Xiaye looked at the thing in his hand in confusion, and then asked softly, "What's that?" She stopped what she was doing.

"Come over to take a look. It's our wedding photo. I've just printed one. See if you're happy with it. If not, then I'll ask them to make a new one."

He looked up at her, his handsome face brimming with a heartwarming smile.

Wedding photo?

When Xi Xiaye heard his announcement, a joyous smile surfaced on her face. She quickly got up and walked over. "It's printed so soon?"

"I just called to ask. The photographer said that he was just done with this picture. I wanted to see how it looked, so I just went to retrieve it."

Mu Yuchen gently put the picture frame on the short table on the side as she went over. She helped to tear the wrapping off. "You can get them to send it all over when they're done with everything. I was busy a few days ago, so I didn't get time to choose the photos either, but I trust our photographer's judgment."

A huge photo appeared after they removed the wrappings. It was him holding her hand as they walked beneath the sunset.

"Mmm... Pretty good. You look a little skinny though. It seems like the wind can blow you away at any time. I like this wedding dress the most too," Mu Yuchen offered his compliments.

Xi Xiaye shrugged. "Who's going be blown away so easily? But I think you look more handsome in real life. In the photo, you look like a fairy. It's too unrealistic. Oh, well, overall I'm happy with it."

"There's another one behind. Shall we put this by the bedhead? Or the study room?" he asked for her opinion.

"Mmm, the bedroom, I guess. I don't think anyone will put their wedding photo in the study room. I'm thinking about putting an inspirational quote there." She smiled.

"Inspirational quote? What inspirational quote?" He held the photo frame with one arm while he slung the other over her shoulder as they walked into the bedroom.

"Stay oriented in one's pursuit through austerity. Achieve lasting success by leading a quiet life."

"Ugh, how tacky!"

"How is it tacky? Don't you think it's a good quote?"

"A good quote can't help you with your EQ. I have no idea how you survived all these years being so stupid."

"I'm not stupid!"

Their voices faded inside the bedroom.

...

The night was getting late and the car had been turning everywhere for so long that Xi Xinyi could not recognize any of the roads anymore. She just knew they had made a lot of turns in the dark. Finally, they stopped right in front of a decrepit house.

After waiting in the car for about an hour, the man in the sunglasses sitting in the front finally let her out of the car.

"Come down, Miss Xi!" The man opened the door and alighted from the car.

As she got out of the car, she noticed that it was quiet around the area and there was another black car parked by the yard.

"Mr. Wen is in the car. Please head over." The man started walking towards the car and Xi Xinyi followed behind anxiously.

The man with the sunglasses knocked on the front passenger's window and spoke softly, "Mr. Wen, she's here."

The window rolled down and the person inside pointed towards the back. With a nod, the man with the sunglasses let Xi Xinyi get into the rear passenger seat.

The lights were switched off inside the car. Only a faint light came from the street lamp in front, so Xi Xinyi could not see who was there. He seemed mysterious and dull, and he was wearing sunglasses as well. She was afraid to move around as she sat there anxiously.

Xi Xinyi clenched her fists and looked at the person in front as she asked, "Who are you? Why do you want to see me?"

"Who I am isn't important. Most importantly, Yueying is going to be finished soon," the man replied Xi Xinyi, his voice sounding hoarse.

Xi Xinyi straightened her back and looked right in front. "He said that you can help me. Are you going to help me save Yueying?"

She sounded desperate and nervous. She did not care about anything else now except for the survival of Yueying. If it fell, she would really have nothing left. Not only would the Han family look at her coldly, but that witch Xi Xiaye would also definitely laugh at her!

"Yueying is a mess right now. Saving it won't be easy," the man in front spoke in a suspicious tone. Xi Xinyi could almost hear the cold laughter from deep inside him.

She shivered slightly. After calming down, she looked at the man's back and tried to keep her cool. She clenched her fists and asked quietly, "I know it's difficult. You can state your terms. I'll be very grateful if you're willing to help me. I can't let Yueying fall!"

While she did try to keep calm, she could not hide the intention to beg in her voice.

There was no reply from the front after she made her request. Instead, there was an odd, palpable atmosphere in the car that made her feel uneasy. She then continued, "He said that you're with him and you can help me. I think you wanted to see me tonight is because of this, didn't you? Did he ask you to help me?"

Xi Xinyi sounded determined. The person before her was really concerned about Yueying as well. Since the previous scandals were known throughout City Z, after the craze went off and she wanted to expose Xi Xiaye and Shen Wenna, he was the one that provided her with help.

That person seemed to be aiming at Xi Xiaye, or was it at Glory World?

Naturally, Xi Xinyi did not care. As long as their goals matched, they could become comrades.

After a while, the person laughed coldly. "It's Yueying's misfortune to step on Glory World's tail. That person has always been this cruel. He likes to make sure there's no way out for his opponents. Yueying being emptied out this time is part of his usual practice."

That person?

He?

Xi Xinyi's heart jolted as a name quickly flashed past her mind and her eyes darkened. "Do you mean Mu Yuchen?"