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Time flew by like a fleeting white colt, and in the blink of an eye, the day of Pei Zhencuan and He Sichan’s wedding arrived.

In the days leading up to the wedding, Ye Xunhuan had already arranged for Frank and the others to closely guard the villa, to prevent any unexpected incidents.

During the day, Qiu Ruoxi went to work and had Ye Xunhuan’s protection, so she did not need their safeguarding, but when she was off work, Frank would send someone to lurk around Huantoo Group’s premises, then tail her back to the villa, to prevent any mishaps on the way!

It could be said that for Qiu Ruoxi’s safety, Ye Xunhuan was now very cautious.

Moreover, ever since Frank and his team arrived in Huaxia, Ye Xunhuan suddenly felt a lot more at ease, at least not having to worry about Qi Jieyu and others making a move on Qiu Ruoxi after learning about her relationship with him.

Unless they wished to die!

Both Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi had received the wedding invitation from Pei Zhencuan and He Sichan, so they both needed to attend this wedding.

Since today was the weekend, Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi didn’t go to work but stayed in the villa to prepare for the wedding!

The wedding was being held at a resort hotel in the suburbs of Jiangzhong City, and at ten o’clock in the afternoon, Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi left home to attend the wedding.

Originally, Qiu Ruoxi did not want to ride in the same car as Ye Xunhuan, preferring to go their separate ways, but Ye Xunhuan shamelessly insisted on driving together, under the nobly frugal guise of conserving the environment and saving money!

Even though Qiu Ruoxi was unwilling to share a car with Ye Xunhuan, she had no choice.

Inside the car, Qiu Ruoxi sat quietly in the passenger seat, looking out the window at the rapidly passing scenery, while Ye Xunhuan drove lazily.

"Wife, what’s wrong with you? We’re going to a wedding; why do you look like you’re attending a funeral, with such a mournful face?"

"Do you think I should seem very happy?"

"It hardly matters," Ye Xunhuan said nonchalantly, "after all, it’s not my wedding! Otherwise, if the wedding host sees your face, they might feel suffocated and unhappy!"

"Your face is probably even more annoying than mine," Qiu Ruoxi slowly turned her head and glanced at Ye Xunhuan, "On the eve of someone else’s wedding, you went off to book a hotel room with the bride-to-be, and it became the talk of the town..."

An embarrassed look crossed Ye Xunhuan’s face as he gave a sheepish laugh, "I didn’t know that. Besides, look at me not being happy, and yet he still invited me. Why would he bother making things uncomfortable for himself?"

"Stop playing dumb with me," Qiu Ruoxi’s brows furrowed slightly, "I don’t believe for a second that they don’t have ulterior motives for inviting you to this wedding!"

Having been in contact with Ye Xunhuan for such a long time, Qiu Ruoxi was very clear about one thing—this annoying guy was smarter than anyone.

It’s just that his cleverness was never utilized in proper ways, which indeed filled Qiu Ruoxi’s heart with helplessness.

"What can be done about it?" Ye Xunhuan replied indifferently, "It’s broad daylight; what could they possibly dare do to me?"

"And don’t assume everyone is so terrible," Ye Xunhuan added with a sleazy tone, "Maybe they honestly invited me over!"

"I do know of a place abroad where there’s a very peculiar custom: before getting married, the bride is supposed to seek out one of her ex-boyfriends for a night of passion, then she goes on to marry, as a way to sever ties with the past and subsequently dedicate herself truly to her husband!"

"Maybe they have that custom!"

Hearing Ye Xunhuan’s absurd claim, Qiu Ruoxi’s nose twitched slightly—what sort of nonsense was this; what kind of bizarre custom was that!

"How come I’ve never heard of such a custom abroad?"

"There are lots of things you don’t know!"

"Fine, even if what you’re saying is true, this is Huaxia, and we don’t have such customs here, and neither does the Pei family!"

"But Huaxia has a guy ready to catch me if I fall!" Ye Xunhuan replied with a completely serious face.

"A guy ready to catch you if you fall?" Qiu Ruoxi looked at Ye Xunhuan, somewhat puzzled.

"Yeah, a guy ready to catch you if you fall!" Ye Xunhuan explained very seriously to Qiu Ruoxi, "To put it simply, it means that if one day I kick you to the curb and we divorce, the man you remarry would be that guy..."

Qiu Ruoxi’s face had already darkened, "It would be me dumping you..."

"Then you’d still need to find a guy ready to catch you if you fall!"

Qiu Ruoxi felt a sense of powerlessness rising within her; she truly had no way of dealing with Ye Xunhuan, she simply couldn’t win against him in a war of words.

So Qiu Ruoxi simply stopped bothering with him. It’s a blessing if it’s not misfortune, but if it’s misfortune, it can’t be avoided. Thinking more about it is useless; what’s meant to come will always come.

Moreover, this bastard was quite skilled, and most people really wouldn’t be able to do anything to him.

Although she was aware that it’s a blessing if it’s not misfortune, and misfortune can’t be avoided, Qiu Ruoxi still felt somewhat uneasy inside.

The Pei family had been too quiet. After Ye Xunhuan and He Sichan had slept together, the Pei family had been startlingly silent until now, as if they were unaware, or as if they simply didn’t care about the matter at all.

Not only that, they had even sent out an invitation to Ye Xunhuan.

It was extremely abnormal.

You know, there’s a demon when things are abnormal!

And so, in silence, Ye Xunhuan drove to the resort where the wedding was being held.

Since Ye Xunhuan was driving slowly and it was the weekend, there were a lot of cars on the road. It was after eleven o’clock by the time they arrived at the hotel.

The wedding was set to take place at half past twelve, supposedly calculated by someone especially for the occasion.

So Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi’s arrival wasn’t considered late.

By this time, the resort hotel’s parking lot was already full of all kinds of sedans, all sharing one common characteristic, that is, they were high-end!

From this, it was certain that every single guest attending Pei Zhencuan and He Sichan’s wedding was undoubtedly rich or noble!

After parking the car, Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi got out of the car straight away.

No sooner had the two stepped out of the car than the door of a silvery-white Aston Martin parked not far away suddenly opened, and a young man stepped out.

The man was around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, with sharp, well-defined features, bright, piercing eyes, and his short hair was styled to stand on end like steel pins.

The man was wearing a black shirt on top and a pair of straight trousers below, with a pair of pure handcrafted Italian leather shoes on his feet.

He gave off the impression of a successful person, yet also elegant and graceful!

After the man stepped out of the car, his gaze immediately fell on Ye Xunhuan, his eyes harboring a deep-seated hatred that went to the bone, but he concealed it well and did not show it. Instead, his lips bore an unmistakable smile.

Ye Xunhuan also caught sight of this man the moment he appeared. When he saw the man, Ye Xunhuan’s eyebrows instantly furrowed, but then they relaxed again.

The next moment, the man took a step forward and approached Ye Xunhuan, "Xunhuan, long time no see!"