I'm sorry, but your fiancé loves me.

In fact, Yun Muqian knew that even if Qin Qihan took her to meet his parents, it wouldn't mean anything.

Why would someone give up a perfectly good wealthy family daughter-in-law and accept this woman who suddenly appeared out of nowhere? And maybe she's the one who caused the breakdown of her son's relationship with Zhou Xue.

However, since Qin Qihan liked him, they couldn't just break them up.

Presumably, they won't spread the news that she's Qin Qihan's girlfriend, and she's happy to keep things easy.

The Qin family has probably been investigating her background these past few days. They're looking into her parents' situation, her educational background, her work experience, and they might even be digging up information about how many boyfriends she had in college.

She didn't care. Her background was clean and could withstand investigation, but it also couldn't—clean was true, and ordinary was also true. The Qin family could only find out that she was an orphan who had entered Qin Qihan's company by sheer luck.

Later, he was noticed by his boss and taken in by his side, and step by step he got to where he is today.

The Qin family doesn't reveal her identity, so outsiders don't know she's Qin Qihan's girlfriend, and she doesn't have to deal with all that nonsense.

She and Shen Xubai maintained an ambiguous and improper relationship. Qin Qihan could give her money, but Shen Xubai could teach her many things, so she was naturally happy to be with him.

Whenever Qin Qihan was not home, she would call Shen Xubai, and the phone would usually be answered after two rings.

"Come to my house." Her tone was brief and direct.

The person on the other end of the phone chuckled softly: "Now?"

"Now."

After hanging up the phone, she got up to wash her face, combed her hair back in front of the mirror, and changed into a loose silk slip dress. The dress was misty blue with a low neckline that revealed her collarbone and shoulders.

Doorbell rang.

She went to open the door, and Shen Xubai stood there, wearing black trousers and a dark gray thin knit sweater, the sleeves casually rolled up to mid-forearm.

"You're dressed like this to open the door for me?"

Before Yun Muqian could reply, he had already taken a step forward and entered the room, closing the door behind him. With his other hand, he pulled her into his arms around her waist.

He lowered his head and kissed him; his tongue had a faint minty taste, probably from chewing gum before leaving.

Her legs went weak from the kiss, and she took a half step back, her lower back hitting the edge of the cabinet in the entryway.

Shen Xubai's hand was placed behind her waist in time. Without looking up, his lips slid from the corner of her mouth to her earlobe, and he chuckled softly, "Can't stand still?"

The distance from the entrance to the living room was only a few steps. The two kissed all the way there. When he half-embraced and half-carried her and pushed her onto the sofa, her back sank into the soft cushions.

He leaned down, one hand resting on the back of the sofa beside her ear, and the other hand gently pinching the tip of her nose.

"Haven't seen me for a few days, you miss me that much?"

Of course I wanted to; he's a great sugar daddy.

Yun Muqian reached out and hooked her arm around his neck, pulling him down slightly. She then whispered, her lips brushing against his lips, "Kiss me."

Afterwards, the living room quieted down. Yun Muqian nestled against his chest, Shen Xubai had one hand on her back, and his voice was slightly hoarse: "I have something to ask you."

"Um?"

Are we boyfriend and girlfriend now?

She said, "Of course it counts."

If all else fails, since Shen Xubai is a celebrity in the industry, she can just say that she is with Shen Xubai and get rid of Qin Qihan's ghostly entanglement.

Since you're going to have to choose between men anyway, you might as well pick one who's mature, stable, and caring.

However, her peaceful days didn't last long. Her phone vibrated; it was a message from Zhou Yao:

Have you heard?

She replied with a question mark.

Zhou Yao replied instantly:

My sister is going to publicly announce her wedding date with Qin Qihan at that high-society gala next week. Is she crazy? Qin Qihan hasn't spoken to her in ages!

She used to care about saving face, but these past few days, I don't know what's wrong with her. She suddenly started telling her girlfriends that the wedding date has been set and they'll officially announce it at the banquet. My mom tried to persuade her not to do this, but she won't listen at all.

What's so hard to understand about that?

Zhou Xue was going to unilaterally announce her wedding date in a public setting, and she knew better than anyone what that meant.

Qin Qihan has already broken up with Zhou Xue, but Zhou Xue refuses to admit it and insists on making it a done deal in front of everyone.

Zhou Xue's move was both risky and daring, completely gambling on whether Qin Qihan would consider the long-standing friendship between the two families.

But she forgot that Qin Qihan was the least concerned person about these so-called feelings.

Yun Muqian suddenly wondered, if Qin Qihan denied it to her face, how would Zhou Xue react? How would the Zhou family react?

That must have been an unbearable pain.

That evening, she told Qin Qihan about it, and Qin Qihan simply said that he wouldn't go to that banquet, and that whatever Zhou Xue said wouldn't count.

But Yun Muqian insisted that he go, and she wanted to go too.

Qin Qihan indulged her, so he naturally agreed.

"I'll have an extra invitation sent. What are you wearing that day? I'll have a formal dress prepared for you—"

"I only have one thing to tell you," she interrupted him.

"you say."

Her voice was flat: "When the time comes, I want you to announce in front of everyone that you and Zhou Xue have broken up, that this engagement is invalid, and that you will never marry her."