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Gu Ziming was completely enraged. He suddenly raised his fist and was about to smash it into Jiang Ye's cold face without any regard for the consequences.

"Jiang Ye! You fucking want to die!"

"Shall we have a fight?"

However, before he could even throw half of his fist...

"Young Master Gu is really showing off! Is he going to stage a full-blown fight at his engagement party?"

A woman's voice, cool and languid yet carrying an undeniable air of authority, suddenly came from the entrance to the balcony.

Gu Ziming's movements suddenly froze, his fist abruptly stopping in mid-air.

He turned his head.

Xia Yu had finished her social engagements sometime earlier and was now standing there, wearing those imposing black high heels, arms crossed, looking at him with a half-smile.

The night breeze ruffled Xia Yu's long, black, wavy hair. Although a faint smile graced her exquisite and aloof face, her eyes were as cold as ice.

"Xia...Mr. Xia..."

The moment Gu Ziming saw Xia Yu, it was as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over his head. His anger instantly vanished, replaced by a deep sense of apprehension.

Others might not know, but Gu Ziming knew it perfectly well.

Although the Gu family is considered a second-tier family in Hanzhou, primarily engaged in building materials and logistics businesses, their biggest financial backer is the several large real estate development companies under Blue Ocean Investment!

To put it bluntly, the Gu family is just a supplier downstream of the Blue Ocean Group, and they make a living by the projects that Xia Yu manages to get through his fingers!

With just a word from Xia Yu, she could cut off the Gu family's financial lifeline at any time, making it impossible for the Gu family to survive in Hanzhou!

"Young Master Gu, today is your big day."

Xia Yu, wearing high heels, walked slowly to Jiang Ye's side and stood naturally next to him, glancing at Gu Zimo indifferently.

"You're the groom today, why aren't you inside helping your fiancée toast the guests? Instead, you're out here in the cold wind, and you even tried to lay a hand on the people with me?"

Xia Yu emphasized the words "the people with me," his protective tone evident in his words.

"I……"

Gu Ziming was speechless after Xia Yu's words, his face turning pale and then red.

He glanced at Xia Yu, who was exuding an aura of authority, and then at Jiang Ye, who stood beside Xia Yu with a mocking expression. He almost ground his back teeth to powder.

However, even if he had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to offend Xia Yu at this time.

"President Xia, you've misunderstood. I... I just had a bit too much to drink and came out for some fresh air. I was just joking with President Jiang."

Gu Ziming forced out a fawning smile that looked worse than a grimace, bowing and scraping as he apologized.

"Since President Xia and President Jiang still have things to discuss, I won't disturb them any longer. I'll go in and offer my toast first."

After saying that, Gu Ziming didn't dare to utter another word. He turned around sheepishly and fled from the balcony like a stray dog.

Watching Gu Ziming's disheveled departure, Jiang Ye couldn't help but chuckle softly.

"Wow, Mr. Xia, you're quite the showman. You scared this kid to death with just one sentence." Jiang Ye turned his head and looked at Xia Yu beside him, teasingly.

Xia Yu ignored Jiang Ye's compliments.

She turned around, her beautiful peach blossom eyes glaring fiercely at Jiang Ye, and said irritably:

"Jiang Ye, don't try to flatter me!"

Xia Yu stretched out her slender finger and poked Jiang Ye's chest, gritting her teeth as she complained:

"You big liar! What did you say to me on the phone yesterday? You said you'd treat me to the most luxurious meal in Hanju! You said it would be for two people, twenty dishes and a soup!"

"And what happened?! You actually made me attend your ex-wife's engagement party! Do you know how strange the looks those people gave me were?!"

Seeing Xia Yu's exasperated yet adorable little womanly appearance, Jiang Ye not only wasn't angry, but laughed even more happily.

"How can this be called lying to you?"

Jiang Ye spread his hands, putting on an innocent, shameless face.

"The Hilton Hotel's top-of-the-line wedding banquet package costs 188,000 yuan per table. Isn't that high-end? There are definitely more than 20 dishes in total, including cold dishes and hot dishes, as well as sea cucumber and abalone soup."

Jiang Ye leaned closer, lowered his voice, and said with a grin:

"Besides, I gave several thousand yuan in wedding gifts today! I can't let that money go to waste. I saw you were so busy putting food on my plate that you barely ate anything yourself. Come on, let's go inside and eat some more. We have to eat a lot to make up for the money we gave you!"

Hearing Jiang Ye's shameless remarks...

Xia Yu was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Jiang Ye, have you no shame?!"

Xia Yu laughed in exasperation, rolled her eyes at him, and lightly slapped his arm.

"The big boss behind Kunlun Capital, worth hundreds of billions, is actually here haggling over a few thousand yuan in gift money? Aren't you ashamed of yourself?!"

"That's called being thrifty and managing a household well, don't you understand?" Jiang Ye retorted confidently.

The two stood on the balcony, where the night breeze was slightly cool, bickering back and forth.

Gone was the cutthroat competition of the business world, and the tense atmosphere that had just been present when facing Gu Ziming was gone.

At this moment, they were like old friends who had known each other for many years, or like a pair of bickering lovers, with a relaxed and natural atmosphere.

however.

This scene, however, was completely witnessed by Shen Qinghan, who was hiding behind the glass door.

Shen Qinghan hadn't gone far.

She hid in the shadows and watched Gu Ziming fawn over Xia Yu like a dog, and also watched Jiang Ye and Xia Yu chatting and laughing on the balcony.

Separated by a layer of transparent glass.

Shen Qinghan stared intently into Jiang Ye's eyes.

She suddenly realized that Jiang Ye had changed.

Or rather, Jiang Ye became a completely different person when facing Xia Yu.

Just now, when Jiang Ye was facing her, his eyes were cold, numb, and full of disgust, as if he were looking at a complete stranger.

But now.

When Jiang Ye looked at Xia Yu, there was a light in his eyes.

It was a vibrant, lively light, radiating a warm smile and doting affection. He would burst into laughter at Xia Yu's sarcastic remark, and he would joke with Xia Yu in a relaxed, irreverent tone.

As the saying goes, you can't hide whether someone likes another person or not just by looking into their eyes.

The way Jiang Ye looked at me was completely different from the way he looked at Xia Yu!

Until this moment.

Shen Qinghan suddenly realized a cruel truth.

She not only lost Jiang Ye's body, but she also completely lost Jiang Ye's heart.

The man who once had eyes only for her and would get nervous for half a day if she frowned, has given all his tenderness and smiles to another woman.

She, Shen Qinghan, may have truly lost Jiang Ye forever.

She watched helplessly as Jiang Ye and Xia Yu walked out of the hotel side by side, and an unprecedented feeling of suffocation instantly gripped Shen Qinghan's heart.

"Sis, what are you looking at?"

Just as Shen Qinghan was staring blankly in the direction where the Bentley had disappeared, feeling utterly lost...

My younger sister, Shen Yinyin, walked over with a glass of red wine, swaying her slender waist, her face full of disdain.