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Chapter 251 Extra: Rumors of the Marriage
When the topic of Yan Changye's two identities and two marriages went viral online, Yan Changye was taking care of his child at No. 1 Mansion.

That year, the two little princes were already three years old.

He placed them on his lap, one in each arm, and was taking the opportunity to play games with his brother-in-law, Quan'er.

He was typing while also using voice chat.

Chen Jinzhou's sarcastic voice came through the phone clearly:

"Holy crap! Yan Gou, you're done playing this game. You need to clarify something: the internet says you married two women. That's really unfair to my sister!"

The day the news broke that Yan Changye was Xie Yunxi, Chen Jinzhou cursed at home for almost half an hour.

Over the years, he has regarded Xie Yunxi, the elusive heir of the Xie family conglomerate, as his mortal enemy. He criticizes and complains about any news about Xie Yunxi. His biggest wish has changed from driving away his illegitimate children to beating up Xie Yunxi.

This also involves old grievances that have been amplified:

Two years ago, it was rumored online that Xie Yunxi had snatched another order from the Yan family.

At that moment, Chen Jinzhou was playing mahjong with Yan Changye. Upon hearing this, he first comforted Yan Changye, and then began to use some very vulgar language to criticize Xie Yunxi. The originally nonchalant Yan beauty listened to the foul scolding for a while, and then gave him a cold look:
"Xie Yunxi will be at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Italy the day after tomorrow. Do you want to go and yell at him to his face?"

He had to curse! Over the years, Chen Jinzhou had become obsessed with seeing that bastard Xie Yunxi. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'll leave this afternoon."

At the dazzling Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Chen Jinzhou tried his best, combining information gathered from various sources, and after a long and arduous effort, he couldn't even catch a single hair on Xie Yunxi's head in the area he had planned to block.

At that moment, Yan Changye had just received several boxes of intimate lingerie from the organizers to give to his wife. He sat down in the seat that Xie Yunxi should have been sitting in, his peach blossom eyes lazily glancing at Chen Jinzhou without saying a word.

"Brother Yan, Xie Yunxi and I are just naturally incompatible, and even now we still can't stop him." Chen Jinzhou was very frustrated.

Yan Changye gave him a meaningful look: "His next appearance will be at Bonhams auction house in England."

Chen Jinzhou got up and left immediately.

Then, at one of the world's largest auction houses, they waited for three or four days, laying a trap, but still couldn't find a trace of Xie Yunxi.

The private room that Xie Yunxi was supposed to be in was occupied by an acquaintance.

Yan Changye sat lazily in the VIP room, with several small and exquisite works of art that he had purchased and that were very popular with girls in front of him. He was instructing Shen Zongqian to pack them up and take them back to his beloved wife.

"Brother Yan, you're here too?" Chen Jinzhou's face was dark, with very obvious dark circles under his eyes, and he was very agitated. "That Xie Yunxi is slippery as a ghost, you can't catch him at all, it's infuriating."

Seeing that he still didn't understand, Yan Changye felt sorry for his intelligence but didn't expose him. He just said "Oh" and said, "He's going to Zurich to discuss a project."

Chen Jinzhou wiped his face and immediately arranged for a plane to chase after Zurich, Switzerland...

Those months were the ones when Chen Jinzhou's mental state was most severely compromised.

He flew from Switzerland to the Netherlands, then from the Netherlands to Australia... He flew to nearly twenty countries, only to be disappointed at every single destination.

Then, he couldn't help but ask Yan Changye, whom he would mysteriously run into in every place he went, "Yan Gou, do you swear you're not lying to me?"

"I swear," Yan Changye said earnestly, "Xie Yunxi is really in every place I mentioned."

Months of fruitless running around turned Chen Jinzhou's initial mild dislike and resentment towards Xie Yunxi into a deep-seated rivalry. He felt so intense that the mere mention of Xie Yunxi's name or any news about him filled him with hostility and murderous intent. This feeling persisted until Yan Changye revealed his dual identity at a private banquet on a cruise ship.

Chen Jinzhou was not actually on the cruise ship at the time.

It was his father, Chen Mohan, who revealed this to him after he returned home: "The best thing you ever did in your life was to have a good personal relationship with the Crown Prince of the Yan family. Who would have thought that Yan Changye was Xie Yunxi? Jinzhou, get ready. I will announce you as the next head of the Chen family at the shareholders' meeting a month from now."

At this moment, Chen Jinzhou did not feel much joy about inheriting the Chen family business.

Only a few words were frantically floating through his mind—

Is Yan Changye Xie Yunxi?

Banquet last night, it was actually Xie Yunxi?
In his mind, he replayed the months he had spent happily traveling the world. In every place, he encountered Yan Changye. That scoundrel was sitting in the seat he had investigated that belonged to Xie Yunxi, looking lazy and playful, and calmly said:
"Tsk, Xie Yunxi's next appearance is..."

It would be a lie to say I wasn't devastated.

He wanted to rush up and confront him, but as soon as he stopped Yan Changye's car, he met his eyes, which looked at him with affection as if he were looking at a mentally challenged person, and his arrogance immediately subsided.

"I've given you hints many times," Yan Changye said calmly, "It's just that you're not up to the task."

Chen Jinzhou's face flushed red, and he turned and left.

For three whole days, Chen Jinzhou was listless. He wasn't enthusiastic about the online game challenges from his brother-in-law's circle, basically remaining silent throughout, especially ignoring Yan Changye.

A few days later, with his tacit approval, Yan Changye's identity was widely exposed, and his marital status was brought up for discussion.

Being tricked by Yan Gou doesn't seem so important anymore.

For his sister's sake, after several days of unilateral cold war, Chen Jinzhou unleashed a torrent of abuse on Yan Changye on the other end of the game:
"Yan Gou, don't forget that you and my sister already have a bunch of sons. You have to give my sister an explanation for the absurdity in Gangdu. The whole internet is laughing at her now. You don't feel sorry for us brothers-in-law, but you do!"

In the game's voice chat window, Huo Yungui, the brother-in-law, coughed twice but didn't speak.

Jiang Che paused for a moment: "Brother Jinzhou, I heard from my brother-in-law a couple of days ago that his wife in Hong Kong is also my sister. Back then, my sister and that Xie, cough cough, and that someone else went to Hong Kong to get married. By some twist of fate, it was my brother-in-law and my sister who got the marriage certificate."

Chen Jinzhou: "..."

"Well, I also need to clarify something." It took Chen Jinzhou a while to find his voice. "We know, but people outside don't, especially those socialites who are in love with you but can't have you. They're probably already mocking my sister!"

That's not wrong.

The topic of Yan Changye's marriage was originally stirred up by the socialite circle, and there were even pictures to prove it, bringing up the concert of 32 Heavenly Kings in Hong Kong, saying that Xie Yunxi organized it for his wife.

A high-resolution screenshot was also released, showing only Xie Yunxi's chin and upper abdomen, while the man's long, beautiful hand, adorned with a ring, was gently pulling his wife into his arms...

Driven by a peculiar, gossipy mentality, many people have already begun calling out the young master and his wife online:

"The Crown Prince has two homes, one in the port city and one in the capital. Madam, say something!"

"Young Master Yan & Young Master Xie, if I may ask, it is rumored that Xie Yunxi deeply dotes on his wife, and Yan Changye is also unmatched in his affection for his wife. So, the question is, which do you prefer, your wife or your concubine?"

(End of this chapter)