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Although Mei Hanqing and Ye Xunhuan were on a business trip, the two seemed to enjoy the experience, as if they were on a honeymoon.

The flight had a two to three-hour layover in Dubai before heading straight to Milan Malpensa Airport!

When it was around six o’clock in the evening, Milan time, the plane landed on time at Milan Malpensa Airport!

After taxiing along the runway for some distance, the plane came to an accurate stop at the gate that had already been prepared by the airport.

Once the plane had stopped, to the sound of the flight attendant’s lovely and graceful voice, Ye Xunhuan and Mei Hanqing, like the other passengers, got up and walked off the plane!

Milan, known as Mediolanum during ancient Roman times, is Italy’s second-largest city and one of the world’s renowned international metropolises. It is one of the world’s top eight metropolitan areas, Italy’s most developed city, and one of Europe’s four biggest economic centers. Known as the capital of fashion and design and the most influential city in the fashion world, it is a historical and cultural city of significance, a sanctuary of opera, and a capital of art.

It is also home to Milan Fashion Week, one of the four major international fashion weeks, which has always been considered the "barometer" of global fashion design and consumption!

This is why Milan attracts a great number of tourists who come to visit every year.

Ye Xunhuan had been to Milan before, many times, and he always had a good impression of the city.

He wondered whether those few old guys would get so scared of his arrival that they’d hide inside a safe to take refuge?

Perhaps because she had been on a flight for more than twenty hours, Mei Hanqing looked somewhat exhausted, while Ye Xunhuan was as lively as ever, showing no signs of fatigue!

"Tired?"

"Not too bad," Mei Hanqing, clinging to Ye Xunhuan’s arm and leaning against him with a dependent look, said, "I’m just not used to such long flights!"

Due to Milan being a famous tourist city, the airport hall was bustling and full of people coming and going!

As soon as Ye Xunhuan and Mei Hanqing entered the airport terminal, they saw a prominent sign with the words "Imperial Group" and several solemn-looking men in suits and ties waiting there.

At the forefront stood a middle-aged man in a white shirt with a rugged face and a height of over one meter eighty.

The middle-aged man had chestnut-colored short hair and bright blue eyes that constantly scanned the surroundings, as if searching for someone.

When he saw Ye Xunhuan and Mei Hanqing, his eyes lit up and he quickly stepped forward to meet them.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Ye from Huaxia?" the middle-aged man asked in a proper and round Huaxia accent.

Ye Xunhuan nodded.

The middle-aged man bowed slightly to him and said, "Mr. Ye, hello, I am Norman, the personal butler of Mr. Luo Hanlin. Mr. Luo and his wife have sent me to pick up you and Miss Mei!"

This Norman evidently knew the customs of Huaxia people, and his speech even carried the flavor of a Huaxia person.

If he weren’t Caucasian, one might certainly think he was a genuine Huaxia person.

"Thank you for the trouble!"

"Not at all, it’s my duty," Norman replied with respect and politeness. "The master and his wife have prepared dinner for you and Miss Mei. Shall I take you and Miss Mei there?"

"Thank you!"

Then, led by Norman, Ye Xunhuan and Mei Hanqing left the airport and boarded the luxury car that had come to receive them!

Norman didn’t take Ye Xunhuan and Mei Hanqing to Luo Hanlin’s house but to the Milan Armani Hotel!

The Milan Armani Hotel is undoubtedly the best place to stay for visiting Milan, with nearby tourist attractions like Milan Cathedral, Sforza Castle, and the Sforza Castle complex!

By the time we arrived at the Armani Hotel in Milan, it was already past seven in the evening. Under Norman’s enthusiastic guidance, Ye Xunhuan and Mei Hanqing walked into a private room within the hotel!

At that moment, a man and a woman were sitting in the private room.

The man appeared to be in his fifties, with a slightly receding hairline and wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and a valuable watch on his wrist. The aura of someone with a high position was completely evident.

The woman sitting beside the man seemed very young. Judging from her appearance, she was only in her thirties, but Ye Xunhuan could tell from the crow’s feet at the corners of her eyes that she was definitely over thirty.

Perhaps due to proper care, her skin was even whiter and more delicate than that of the average young girl, with no sign of aging.

When the woman saw Ye Xunhuan and Mei Hanqing walk in, she immediately revealed an elegant smile on her pale cheeks. "You must be Xunhuan and Miss Mei, right?"

"And you are?"

"My child, I’m your Aunt Xiahou Yuzhu!"

"No way?" Ye Xunhuan’s eyes widened in disbelief as he said to Xiahou Yuzhu, "How can you possibly be my aunt? You look so young; you’d pass for a sister!"

Flattery always hits the mark; no woman dislikes being told she’s young and beautiful, and Xiahou Yuzhu was no exception.

Upon hearing Ye Xunhuan’s words, her face lit up with joy. "Young? You flatterer, I’m already fifty years old!"

"Auntie, how do you maintain yourself so well? You look like you’re in your twenties. If you hadn’t told me, I would never have believed you’re my aunt!" Ye Xunhuan said with amazement. "If we were to walk down the street together, everyone would say you are my sister, absolutely no one would think you are my aunt!"

Mei Hanqing was stunned!

What...what is happening here?

Ye Xunhuan calls Xiahou Yuzhu aunt, and Qiu Ruoxi also calls her aunt?

A bold speculation crossed Mei Hanqing’s mind.

But the next moment, her bold speculation was immediately confirmed!

"You sweet-talker, no wonder you were able to charm my precious niece Ruoxi!" Xiahou Yuzhu giggled.

Before arriving, Ye Xunhuan already knew that his relationship with Qiu Ruoxi would have to be revealed in front of Mei Hanqing, so he made no attempt to hide it!

And it’s not something you can hide anyway, Mei Hanqing would find out sooner or later.

Now, upon hearing Xiahou Yuzhu’s words, Ye Xunhuan wasn’t surprised in the slightest, only bitter.

On the other hand, Mei Hanqing was completely shocked, her eyes wide open. He...is he truly Qiu Ruoxi’s husband?

For a moment, Mei Hanqing’s heart was filled with utter turmoil!

The man she liked was the husband of her idol, boss, and benefactor?

Did she encroach on her own boss’s territory?

If Qiu Ruoxi ever found out...

Mei Hanqing couldn’t help but shiver with the thought, and her heart was in utter chaos. When she looked at Ye Xunhuan again, her eyes were filled with a complex expression!

Ye Xunhuan, upon feeling the complexity in Mei Hanqing’s gaze, couldn’t help but give a bitter smile!

It seems he really needed to have a good explanation with Mei Hanqing, after explaining.