Su Chen turned around and met a pair of bright green eyes. Ye Lan was wearing a light blue casual outfit, which was in sharp contrast to her previous gorgeous outfits. Without the ermine shawl behind her that symbolized nobility, she looked more friendly and casual.

Su Chen's gaze lingered on Ye Lan, and he couldn't help but marvel at her transformation today.

Ye Lan usually wears no makeup or light makeup, but today her makeup is different. Although her makeup still maintains her usual low-key and elegance, the subtle changes make her beauty even more moving, like dewdrops in the morning light, fresh and refined.

This scene made Su Chen sigh, as if the sun really rose from the west, bringing a different kind of brilliance.

His surprise was beyond words: "Ye Lan you..."

Su Chen opened his mouth wide, not knowing how to describe his feelings, "You are so beautiful today, I almost didn't recognize you!"

Ye Lan's response was both playful and challenging: "That is to say, in your eyes, I wasn't beautiful before."

She walked past Su Chen lightly, then turned her back to him and stepped onto the wooden stairs, leaving behind a series of melodious footsteps that echoed in the air along with her words.

Su Chen stood there in a daze. Faced with Ye Lan's question and her suddenly changed back, he could only remain speechless.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the tea room became unusually quiet, leaving only the sound of his heartbeat and the echo of Ye Lan's footsteps walking down the stairs, interweaving with each other in this silence.

Perhaps Su Chen's greatest characteristic is his incredibly thick skin, coupled with his keen awareness of the joy that could not be concealed in Ye Lan's words.

Although Ye Lan has always been known for her calmness and not good at expressing her emotions directly, Su Chen knows that her mood is not bad at the moment.

He changed the subject lightly: "By the way, why is your tea room empty today? Isn't this unusual?"

When he sat down next to Ye Lan, Su Chen noticed two cups of tea that had already been prepared on the table, and realized that although the hostess was tough on the outside but soft on the inside, she had actually been waiting for him.

Ye Lan responded calmly: "Yan Shang Tea House deliberately rejected all guests today."

She picked up the teacup, blew away the steam on the tea, took a sip, and then said slowly, "Actually, I wanted to invite you here to tell you a secret. It's not convenient with so many people around."

Su Chen picked up the teacup, hesitated for a moment, and then tasted it carefully. After confirming that there was nothing unusual in it and that Ye Lan had not poisoned it, he felt relieved and asked curiously, "Secret? What secret?"

Ye Lan looked at him calmly, with a tone that was unprecedentedly gentle: "Ningguang plans to hold a wedding with you before you leave Liyue."

Hearing Ye Lan's sudden news, Su Chen's reaction was extremely surprised. He almost spit out the tea in his mouth. He quickly wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, his eyes full of disbelief.

He stared at Ye Lan in a daze, not believing his ears: "Marriage? Are you kidding me? Ningguang is going to marry me, how could I not know about such a big thing?"

Su Chen recalled all his interactions with Ningguang in his mind, and there seemed to have never been any hint of marriage.

Ningguang has always been a straightforward person who does everything herself. It is impossible for her not to mention such a big thing to him in advance.

Ye Lan snorted coldly, crossed her arms over her chest, and looked at him as if he were a fool: "Of course you don't know, Ningguang naturally didn't plan to tell you in advance."

"But do you think you can hide such a thing from me? I have noticed that Ningguang has been secretly preparing for this wedding for a long time." Ye Lan's tone was full of confidence and a hint of unquestionable indifference.

Su Chen felt a little dazed for a moment, with mixed feelings in his heart. He knew that Ye Lan's intelligence network was extremely powerful, and if she was so sure, then this matter was very likely true.

But... why is Ningguang so eager to marry him, and seems to be afraid that he will not agree and is preparing to launch a surprise attack.

"Congratulations, Su Chen. Now you have completely secured the support of Tianquan Star. In the future, you will be able to call the shots in the entire Liyue and get whatever you want."

Although she congratulated him sincerely, there was no sign of happiness in Ye Lan's words.

Su Chen even heard a sense of disappointment in it.

"Why, you closed the store today and asked me to come here just to tell me this?"

Bang!

Without answering Su Chen, Ye Lan slammed a dice box on the table and looked at Su Chen with red eyes:

"For the last time, I'm going to bet with you for the last time. Do you dare?"

Su Chen scratched his head, not sure what kind of medicine Ye Lan had bought.

"If I win, you will be at my mercy today. If I lose, I will be at your mercy."

"Do you dare to bet?"

Su Chen was stunned for a long time and finally reacted. No wonder Ye Lan seemed in a bad mood today.

Is this to show off to Ningguang before she marries him?

Su Chen had no reason not to eat the meat that was delivered to his mouth, and he readily agreed: "Let's bet, who's afraid of you!"

"That's fine, I'll be the banker, betting big and small, and the winner will be decided in one round!"

Without waiting for Su Chen's consent, Ye Lan started rolling the dice.

When the dice shook, it seemed that the unhappiness in my heart was relieved a lot.

Bang-!

There was another muffled sound, and Ye Lan slammed the dice box onto the gambling table, looking at Su Chen provocatively.

Su Chen originally planned to use his [Magic Eye] to see through things, but thinking that this might be the last game with Ye Lan, he decided to play it fair and square!

Su Chen just didn’t believe it. He couldn’t beat Ye Lan without cheating?

"big!"

"Who is afraid of you?"

………………

Chapter 476 Ye Lan’s farewell interrogation!

"I'll bet on you!"

Su Chen just finished speaking.

Ye Lan's mouth curled up in an interesting arc, and then she suddenly opened the dice box.

Three, three, three! Leopard!

Su Chen stared at the dice intently, looking at Ye Lan in disbelief as she slowly approached him.

Her carefully planned game unexpectedly showed a perfect leopard without any warning, directly declaring Su Chen's defeat. No matter what his previous choice was, the result was destined to be a complete failure.

Ye Lan looked at Su Chen with a hint of pride and satisfaction of revenge, and her eyes flashed with an indescribable interest. Her tone suddenly turned cold, "It seems that I won this time! So, shouldn't you also fulfill the promise we just made?"

"What promise?"

Su Chen's mind was still reverberating with the incredible result of the leopard, and he was completely unable to react to this sudden change immediately. He was both awed and confused by Ye Lan's ability to seemingly control everything.

However, while he was still trying to sort out his thoughts, the air around him had subtly changed.

A few strands of aqua blue silk threads quietly wrapped around him, and the entire room seemed to be filled with a powerful water elemental force, revealing a threat that could not be ignored.

At this moment, Su Chen realized the seriousness of the situation. He also understood that Ye Lan was not completely unprepared. Her plan was obviously much more far-reaching than he had imagined.

He began to reassess the cunning and powerful woman before him and the possible intentions behind the "promise" she offered.

Su Chen was obviously caught off guard by Ye Lan's sudden action. He tried to defuse the sudden tense atmosphere with a joke: "Wait! It's just a joke, you're not taking it seriously, are you?"

However, Ye Lan's response was cold and firm, and she just snorted: "What do you think?"

Before she finished her words, Ye Lan had already acted quickly and led Su Chen into a secret room in the Yanshang Tea House.

The moment he entered the secret room, Su Chen realized that Ye Lan’s plan was much more serious than he had imagined.

Ye Lan seemed to still remember the previous unpleasant incident. Her eyes, full of revenge and satisfaction, were fixed on Su Chen, as if to say, "Last time in the interrogation room, you whipped me with a whip. Did you have fun?"

"In that case, let's do it again, but you have to make sure you're harder than before~"

Next, the sounds coming from the secret room became complex and difficult to distinguish, mixed with various whipping sounds and Ye Lan's moans.

However, due to the excellent sound insulation of the secret room, outsiders cannot tell what is happening inside, leaving endless room for imagination.

……

It was already the next morning when Su Chen left Yanshang Tea House.

He left the Yanshang Teahouse in a trance, with the faint scent of Ye Lan still lingering on his body.

That hateful woman, Ye Lan, actually tied him up and interrogated him for a whole day and night. If it weren't for his unusual physique, he would have probably confessed in there.

However, after this one-day and one-night interrogation, Ye Lan seemed to be in a much better mood, and her favorability towards him was also soaring. As for the specific process of the soaring favorability, a noble, pure, and moral person should not bother to understand, so I will not elaborate on it here.

All in all, Ye Lan no longer minds Su Chen and Ningguang getting married.

According to Ye Lan’s original words: “I made Ningguang’s husband awesome before she was about to get married, but in the end, Ningguang still suffered the loss!”

At this time, the news was spreading everywhere in the streets and alleys of Liyue that Su Chen would marry Ningguang in three days.

"Have you heard? Lord Tianquanxing is getting married in three days!"

"Ah? Are you kidding me? Lady Ningguang is going to have a wedding? This is such big news, I have to submit an article to Steambird News immediately, maybe it will make the headlines!"

"You're overthinking it. It's not your turn yet. Someone has already submitted an article about it. Today, all the newspapers and magazines in Liyue have spread the news. I only found out about it after reading the revelations above."

"Alas... I don't know which lucky boy has the chance to be with someone as powerful as Lady Ningguang. He will be blessed for the rest of his life. Why can't I encounter such a good thing?"

"What do you look like? Wake up, stop dreaming, it's time to go move bricks."

Along the way, vendors and workers of all sizes were discussing this matter.

Even several of the patrolling Qianyan soldiers gathered together and talked in low voices, all guessing who the groom was.

Su Chen was a little puzzled. Didn’t he just hear this secret from Ye Lan yesterday? How come it spread throughout Liyue overnight as if it had grown legs?

"Could it be that Ye Lan secretly spread this matter?"

Su Chen thought for a moment, then shook his head.

Not to mention that Ye Lan was with him all day and all night yesterday. Given her personality, she would not leak such a thing.

Moreover, this news was able to spread throughout Liyue in just one night. Su Chen thought about it and felt that, apart from Ningguang herself, there was probably no one in the entire Liyue who had such great power?

Thinking of this, Su Chen couldn't help but quicken his pace towards Yuehai Pavilion.

It was time to punch in for work again. I guess this news must have reached Ganyu's ears, so he had to go and explain it to him.

Otherwise, there will be no coconut milk to drink in the future.

……

Liyue Port, Beiguo Bank.

The lady had a Steam Bird newspaper spread out in her hand and was reading it while sipping her morning tea.

This is a habit she developed after coming to Liyue. It allows her to understand the local customs and culture and occasionally discover some information.

But suddenly, a front-page news caught her eye:

#Shocked! Tianquanxing got married at the speed of light, and the wedding date is set for three days later!

When the girl saw the message, her chest trembled violently. She sat up from the stool, and the Steam Bird Newspaper was burned to ashes in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this scene, several Lei Ying magicians around were frightened and hurried to the lady:

"Sir... is it that the morning tea is not to your taste..."

"Please forgive me, sir! I failed to take good care of you!"

Realizing her own gaffe, the lady waved her hand, signaling several Leiying warlocks to leave the room.

"Yes! Your lord!"

Standing alone in the room, the lady glanced at the mirror beside her. Her eyes were scarlet as if they were burning with flames.

The moment she saw the news, she guessed that the person marrying Ningguang was most likely Su Chen!

"This hateful woman has repeatedly sabotaged my actions, and now she is relying on her power to snatch my man?"

In just a moment, countless possibilities appeared in the lady's mind.

Su Chen had clearly accompanied her shopping, given her jewelry, and even been intimate with her in a hotel a few days ago. How could he turn around and marry Ningguang?

"It must be that old woman who relied on her status as a superior to threaten Su Chen to marry her, just like -"

Su Chen, you don’t want to lose your job in the General Affairs Department, right?

Su Chen, there are thousands of people vying for your position.

"hateful!"

When the lady thought of the threat Su Chen might face, the cup in her hand suddenly shattered and she could no longer remain calm.

No matter what, she must seek justice for Su Chen.

……

Inside the hotel.

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