Deep Fog Kiss

"Hmm..."

The person on the bed turned over, revealing fair and translucent skin that shimmered with a porcelain-white luster in the morning light.

Her almond-shaped eyes, which had been slightly closed, opened abruptly, and after a brief moment of haziness, they became clear.

Jiang Li suddenly sat up in bed, wide awake.

She was dreaming!

In my dream, I was with Gu Zhishen...

She slapped her forehead hard, her face filled with shame.

Jiang Li, oh Jiang Li, you're hopeless.

Regardless of whether someone is black or white, when they're around Gu Zhishen, their mind turns to yellow!

Just then, her phone rang urgently. She glanced at the caller ID and saw three words.

My excited heartbeat quickly calmed down, and the heat in my body subsided completely.

"Feed?"

Xiang Yaojie roared into the phone, "Get back here!"

......

The Xiang family bought their villa in the suburbs of Jingzhou. Most villa buyers in that area are people like Xiang Yaojie who are not rich enough but need to save face in the business world.

Twelve years ago, Xiang Yaojie's family moved to another province with his maternal grandmother to do business. A few years ago, they expanded their business to Jingzhou, so the family moved there and settled down, thus squeezing into a small part of the Beijing social circle.

In order to continue climbing the social ladder, Xiang Yaojie ingratiated himself with the Tang family, real estate developers, through business dealings.

This was Jiang Li's first time visiting the Xiang family villa. As soon as she entered the hall, she saw Xiang Yaojie and Su Ruolan, whose faces were as black as soot.

My cousin Xiang Xinyao sat quietly and gracefully on the sofa, holding a book on tea ceremony in her hands.

Jiang Li strode in, wearing high heels, and sat down on the sofa opposite Xiang Yaojie and his wife without any hesitation.

"Is something the matter?"

A smile played on her lips, and her tone was flippant and aloof.

Xiang Yaojie glared at her coldly, his voice trembling with anger, "Jiang Li! Last night I told you to go and curry favor with Tang Lin, and you ignored me?"

Jiang Li blinked innocently, "I'm going."

Su Ruolan couldn't stand it any longer and asked sternly, "What were you doing there! Trying to cause trouble?!"

She slammed a photo down on the coffee table. "Jiang Li, you've got some nerve! How dare you treat the Tang family's young master like that!"

Jiang Li glanced at the photo and realized that some troublemaker had taken a picture of her throwing wine at Tang Lin.

In the photo, the eldest son of the Tang family, who was the apple of their eye, was soaked to the bone by her.

How utterly destitute.

This photo is really embarrassing for the Tang family.

Especially considering that the person who threw the pot on him was Jiang Li, a person with no family background, status, or connections.

If this were some rich young lady from Beijing's elite circles, Tang Lin would probably have to lick up the spilled wine clean.

Funny to think about it.

Jiang Li accidentally burst out laughing.

Seeing that she was still smiling, Xiang Yaojie's face darkened even more, and he was furious. "Do you know that the Tang family called this morning to demand an explanation? Mr. Tang is in a very bad mood!"

"I want you to please Tang Lin and get engaged to him smoothly, not to cause trouble the moment you return to the country!"

Jiang Li didn't seem to care much, and said innocently, "It was an accident, I'll be more careful next time."

Next time, be careful not to let anyone take pictures when you splash water.

"Stop pretending! I think you're doing this on purpose!" Su Ruolan sneered. Jiang Li, are you deliberately trying to ruin our relationship with the Tang family and cause our cooperation to fall through?

"I told you you're an ingrate! You're not someone I should keep!"

Su Ruolan stood up, glaring at Xiang Yaojie, and pointed at Jiang Li, "We raised her for two years after her father died! What an ungrateful child! And you still want to acknowledge her as our Xiang family's niece and marry her off to Tang Lin? Can this wild boar even stomach such chaff?!"

These words didn't anger Jiang Li at all; instead, they made her laugh.

"Aunt, what are you saying?" She smiled gently, looking at Su Ruolan with a light gaze. "Of course I can't eat this coarse husk, why don't you let Xiang Xinyao eat it?"

"You made me marry Tang Lin because Xiang Xinyao didn't want this marriage, right? That's why you went to great lengths to find me abroad and make me marry him in Xiang Xinyao's place."

Xiang Yaojie's family knew what kind of person Tang Lin was. They wanted to improve the relationship between the two families, but they didn't want to push their daughter into a pit of fire, so they went to Jiang Li.

According to them, Jiang Li was also half a member of the Xiang family, and her appearance was outstanding, so the Tang family didn't mind too much.

Jiang Li agreed to this only because Xiang Yaojie held what she wanted.

Otherwise, she doesn't want to see any of those people from the Xiang family!

At this moment, Xiang Xinyao, who had been reading, looked up and smiled, "Sister, you're not right. Mom and Dad wanted you to marry into the Tang family for your own good. Otherwise, with your background, how could you possibly be worthy of the Tang family?"

She closed the book, her smile undiminished. "I'm afraid she's still wandering outside, all alone and helpless. How pitiful."

Xiang Xinyao's smile concealed a soft knife. Jiang Li met her gaze and chuckled, "Cousin, you're so sensible, why don't you share the burden with your parents? Marrying Tang Lin would be so much better; he could find you dozens of sisters so you won't be lonely in the future."

Xiang Xinyao was no pushover either. Instead of getting angry after hearing this, she smiled and said to Xiang Yaojie, "I know why Sister Li is dissatisfied with Tang Lin. She thinks Tang Lin is philandering and not honest enough."

Hearing this, Xiang Yaojie became even angrier. "Isn't it normal for a man to have multiple wives and concubines? What right do you have to make so many demands!"

"Aunt, listen to this!" Jiang Li stood up with a smile and looked at Su Ruolan. "You need to be careful. Is your uncle also having multiple wives and concubines outside? What if he has a few illegitimate children who will fight with your son and daughter for your inheritance?"

Su Ruolan's expression changed, and she was so angry that her fingers trembled.

Jiang Li was too lazy to listen to their rambling and prepared to leave.

Xiang Xinyao's voice rang out slowly behind them again, "Sister Li complains that the young master of the Tang family is not clean, but she herself is not much cleaner, is she?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li paused in her steps.

"Where did Sister Pear go after she left our family? The money your uncle left you before he passed away probably wasn't enough to support you growing up, let alone studying abroad."

Two years ago, when the Xiang family found Jiang Li abroad, she was dressed in designer clothes and had an ethereal air about her, making her the center of attention wherever she went.

Such an aura must have been bought with money.

Xiang Xinyao's voice was soft, tinged with a contemptuous smile, "Sister Li, being kept by someone is not respectable. If you marry Tang Lin, at least you can make some money."

"You know so much?" Jiang Li turned around, raising an eyebrow slightly. "You've been a kept woman before?"

Xiang Xinyao has been proud and aloof since childhood, and she hates it when others say that about her.

Sure enough, those words immediately wiped the smile off her face. "One sentence from you is worth ten sentences from you. You have no manners!"

Jiang Li's face also turned cold, and her blood rushed to her head.

Before she was eight years old, her father taught her.

After she turned eight, she was tutored by Gu Zhishen.

She doesn't care what the Xiang family says to her.

The only people you can't mention are the two most important people in her life!

She clenched her fist, strode forward, and slapped Xiang Xinyao hard across her delicate face.

Xiang Xinyao was stunned by the blow and fell onto the sofa.

"Ginger Pear!"

Su Ruolan cried out in surprise and made a move to fight back for her daughter.

Jiang Li reacted quickly, grabbing her wrist with one hand and raising her phone with the other.

On the phone screen was Tang Lin's call.

She smiled and said, "Do you think you can still hit me as recklessly as you did back then? If you dare to lay a finger on me, I'll make this call and let the Tang family hear why you won't marry off your own daughter."

"Your dreams of climbing the social ladder by currying favor with the Tang family are shattered!"