《The Wife of Hades》


 Chapter 1 - Let’s Get Married

    An Luxia opened her eyes.


    It took a few seconds for her vision to focus on the man''s face a few inches above her. She sucked in a breath of cold air when their eyes met.


    They stared at each other for several long seconds before An Luxia''s lips curled up into a small smile.


    "What''s your name?" She asked sweetly.


    The man furrowed his eyebrows in thought for a few seconds before he replied coldly, "Mo Han."


    "Mo Han. . ." An Luxia repeated, "Age? Height? upation?"


    Mo Han licked his lips and tilted his head slightly, leaning down a little more so the distance between them decreased, "27, 192 cm. . . businessman."


    An Luxia''s eyes widened slightly as she looked him up and down, although she didn''t have that great of a view since she was underneath him. 192?!


    Finally, she narrowed her eyes and asked one more question.


    "Sry?"


    Mo Han was slightly taken aback, but then his lips curled up into an amused grin, "7 figures."


    "Annually?"


    He shook his head, "Monthly."


    There was a few seconds of silence before An Luxia pushed her head back further into the pillow and grinned, "Are you going to do something to me?"


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow amusedly and blinked a few times, ". . . That is the n."


    The next second, An Luxia had her arms wrapped around his neck, and with a quick press, Mo Han''s body was pulled down and their lips sealed together.


    He forgot to respond for several seconds from shock, and he stared at her closed eyes and fluttering eyshes for a while before he knit his eyebrows together, closed his own eyes, and returned the kiss.


    The temperature in the room rose as the two bodies on the bed entangled together.


    --- The next morning


    When An Luxia woke up, she had absolutely no clue what time it was because the room waspletely dark. The ck curtains were pulled together, allowing no light to enter the room.


    She slowly blinked her eyes open and stared up at the ck ceiling, her mind nk. What happened?


    After what seemed like a long time, she slowly lifted one arm out of the ck silk nket and tried to push herself up from the bed to find that her body was incredibly sore. Especially her lower body. . . it hurt?!


    "Hm. . ." She used all her strength to push herself up and lean back against the ck headboard. She let out a breath of relief and looked up, only to suddenly gasp.


    In the corner of the room sitting on a ck couch, a man had his legs crossed elegantly and his eyes staring directly at her.


    Because of the darkness, it took a while until she was finally able to make out his face. When she did, her eyes widened slightly and her hand''s grasp on the silk nket tightened.


    So she indeed wasn''t dreaming. He looked just as handsome as she had imagined - Well, not imagined. . . saw.


    His eyes were a very dark brown color, and they made his entire face seem very cold and kind of. . . scary. However, An Luxia was not scared of him because. . . he was so handsome!


    That sharp jawline, those thin lips, that tall and pointed nose, that pale skin which seemed to be even smoother than hers! As a professional and qualified face dog*, An Luxia couldn''t help but lick her lips at the sight.


    He was wearing a ck silk robe, revealing about half of his chest. However, that only made her want to open it further to see more of the beautiful sight hidden underneath the cloth.


    Yes, she was indeed that type of person!


    An Luxia tilted her body slightly, not moving her gaze on the man though. As she did, she immediately felt the soreness and pain again.


    She thought back to what she had remembered to be her "hallucination" and images ofst night shed back. So it wasn''t a dream. . . She had slept with that man! That incredibly handsome man!


    And if she remembered correctly, he was four years older than her, had a good height, upation, and sry.


    Remembering the horrid situation she was in, An Luxia narrowed her eyes as a fierce sparkle shed past her eyes.


    The man did not seem to be annoyed or impatient as he sat still on the couch, gently tapping his feet in a rhythmic pattern.


    They stared at each other for another few seconds, both not talking or breaking the awkward silence. Finally, An Luxia gave up. She was not the patient type.


    "Let''s get married."


    --- Author''s Note


    hello readers ~


    Wee to my third story here on AllNovelFull! This novel is participating in the AllNovelFull Spirity Awards 2021 contest under the First Love category, so I would really appreciate all of your love and support :) Please remember to vote with your power stones for this novel, add it to your library, and leavements and reviews ^o^ Thank you!!


    *Story note: "face dog" is a direct trantion of the Chinese words yan''gou, which means someone who is a face-judger or is very attracted to good-looking people.


    Check out my other 2 novels:


    - Love is Sweet: The Nation''s Princess Meets Her True Love


    - Reborn To Love

 Chapter 2 - None Of The Above

    They stared at each other for another few seconds, both not talking or breaking the awkward silence. Finally, An Luxia gave up. She was not the patient type.


    "Let''s get married."


    Finally, she received a reaction from the man. His lips twitched slightly but there was no response other than that, which came as a surprise to An Luxia. Shouldn''t he gasp in surprise? Or jump up in excitement? Or stomp his foot on the ground in rage? Or none of the above?


    Obviously, Mo Han decided to choose D, none of the above.


    However, what An Luxia didn''t realize was that the hand hidden from crossing his arms together had begun to shake. Was it from excitement or nervousness or both? Mo Han did not know.


    He frowned slightly as he stared at An Luxia suspiciously. He had thought that he would need to use some method of force to have her stay. Obviously, that wasn''t necessary anymore.


    An Luxia began to get a little anxious and uneasy after several seconds when she received no reply. Perhaps, was he mute? Or deaf? Just as she was thinking over those two possibilities and whether she would change her decision if one of the two was true, he spoke.


    "Why?"


    An Luxia''s eyes darted up immediately when she heard his deep and cold voice again, and her brain immediately registered it as the same voice fromst night.


    She excitedly leaned forward, causing the nket to slip down slightly. She gasped as she remembered that she had no clothes on at the moment, and she quickly pulled the thin nket back up.


    From the other side of the room, hiding in the darkness, Mo Han gulped when he saw the sight.


    An Luxia smiled her signature sweet smile, curving her round eyes into crescents, and shrugged, "You''re cute!"


    ". . ."


    Well, that was the first time he had ever heard someone use the word ''cute'' to describe him. Indeed, after all this time, she was still very. . . unique.


    He narrowed his eyes and leaned back against the chair, causing his entire face to disappear into the shadows, "Do you even know me?"


    An Luxia thought for a second before shaking her head, "No, but don''t worry! We can get married and then divorce after a year."


    At once, Mo Han''s face darkened. However, of course An Luxia didn''t see that. His face was already a ck sheet from her perspective since he was in the shadows, and she couldn''t even make out his facial expressions.


    Hearing no response, An Luxia obviously guessed that he still wasn''t convinced so she blinked a few times and began to negotiate, "Then, half a year?"


    Still, she heard no response.


    "A few months?" She asked, raising her voice higher a few pitches.


    Mo Han clenched his fists together and suddenly stood up from the chair. An Luxia did not expect for him to suddenly move, and her eyes followed him up, surprised at how tall he was.


    He quickly walked over to her using only a few steps because of his long legs and he stopped a foot away from her, bending down slightly, "We can get married. . . but I won''t divorce."


    Out of the darkness and in a closer distance, An Luxia was able to get a much closer look at him. And, he did not disappoint.


    Although she was very convinced to just nod and say yes because her face dog self could not resist his handsome face, she still suppressed the strong urge to do so and thought for a few seconds. Finally, she sighed and decided it wasn''t worth it. She would have to find a different solution.


    She looked up and scanned the room quickly, but did not find any sign of her clothes. She pressed her lips together before rolling the nket around her like a cape and standing up from the bed, wobbling slightly because her legs felt unusually weak.


    "Never mind then," she said a little disappointedly. "Do you have any clothes for me to wear?" She asked as she took a step forward, looking around the room.


    The entire room was decorated using the color ck. ck desk, ck cabs, ck couch, even the floor was ck.


    She continued to walk to search for her clothes and also find the door to leave, but Mo Han suddenly grabbed onto her arm. His grip was much stronger than it looked, and it was slightly painful around her thin arm.


    He turned her around to face him and he said coldly, "Let''s get married."


    An Luxia was slightly dizzy from the sudden turn and because her body was still very sore. When she looked straight ahead, she got a perfect view of the opening that revealed her chest, and she licked her lips before quickly looking away.


    "I - Why?"


    Mo Han looked down at her as several emotions shed past his cold brown eyes. Finally, he gulped and looked back up, "I - We slept together. I will marry the only woman I sleep with."


    The lie slipped through his teeth calmly, and he didn''t even blink an eye as he looked straight ahead, hoping that she would believe him and agree.


    An Luxia looked up at him a little surprised, not expecting him to be that kind of man. Maybe she was being a little judgemental based on his handsome looks. . .


    However, his handsome appearance was thest straw for her. How could she possibly reject someone with a face like him?! She was the one gaining here okay?


    An Luxia pressed her lips together and took a deep breath to try and hide her fast and excited heartbeat.


    ''It''s okay. . . He is definitely a better choice than him. This is your only and best choice now, An Luxia! He looks like a decent person, and especially look at that face! Much better than that guy!'' An Luxiaforted herself and after she was done convincing herself, she looked up with a bright smile:


    "Okay then! Let''s get married!"

 Chapter 3 - Legally Married

    "Okay then! Let''s get married!"


    --- Half an hourter


    Inside a ck car, An Luxia and Mo Han sat a few inches away from each other, on the way to the clerk recorder department to get their marriage registered.


    Mo Han drove and An Luxia sat in the passenger''s seat, twiddling her thumbs as she debated on whether she should break the silence or not.


    Finally, she asked, "So. . . Mo Han, what is your career?"


    She immediately gulped after speaking, and she couldn''t help but wonder if she was stupid. She had asked him that yesterday, and didn''t he say he was a businessman?!


    "Do you know what the HLX Organization is?"


    An Luxia blinked a few times before slowly nodding her head. She definitely heard of it before, as it showed up in the news quite frequently.


    The HLX Organization; the biggest underworldplex and group in the world. Although no one exactly knew how big it was or everything they did, the organization itself has admitted to being behind some of the greatest hacks performed in history, murders of particr people, and more.


    Overall, it was something no one wanted to meddle with or be associated with.


    Just as An Luxia was wondering why Mo Han brought up the HLX Organization out of nowhere, he said:


    "I am the leader of it."


    The car immediately became silent again, even more silent than before they had spoken. An Luxia blinked a few times as she stared nkly at his side profile.


    "You - What?!" After returning to her senses, her mouth fell open in surprise and she wasn''t sure whether she should trust his bold im or not.


    Mo Han frowned slightly as he didn''t seem very pleased at her response, and he sped up the car a little, "I am the founder and leader of the HLX Organization."


    At once, An Luxia''s face paled as she felt a chill run down her spine. From the looks of it, he did not seem to be lying. And, there had been news several months ago about an assumption of the leader of the HLX Organization residing in City A of Country X, which was exactly where she lived.


    "You - I. . . You. .. Didn''t you say you were a businessman?!"


    Mo Han nodded his head, "I am also a businessman. The Gu Corporation, the Qin Corporation, and many more. . . They are actually all under HLX. It is a littleplicated. I can exin to youter."


    ". . ." She did not want to hear the exnation.


    "Is it toote to back out now?" She asked softly.


    Mo Han''s face darkened slightly before he replied coldly, "Yes."


    The corners of her lips twitched slightly as she looked down at her hands and pressed her lips together. What did she get herself into?!


    The leader and founder of the HLX Organization?! From what she knew about the HLX, she was certain that whoever created it was also no good of a person! And now. . . she was getting married to the "no good of a person"!


    In this case, even that disgusting Lu Xiamo might be a better choice. . . might. . . never mind, he wouldn''t.


    Even the number one convincing argument of Mo Han being handsome didn''t seem to appeal so much to An Luxia now.


    She did not dare to offend him or get him mad, because who knows what he would do! So. . . she was screwed?


    ''Please, please, please!'' She prayed silently as she sped her hands together. All she could hope for was that this man wasn''t as mean and cruel as she imagined him to be, and hopefully he would get sick of her and divorce her soon!


    "We''re here." The car came to a stop in front of the clerk recorder department and Mo Han took off his seatbelt, opened the door, and got off.


    Very slowly, An Luxia also unbuckled her seatbelt, yed around for a long time with her bag, and finally got out when Mo Han opened the door for her and bent down, raising one of his dark eyebrows.


    He closed the door after she had gotten out, grabbed onto her small hand, and began walking towards the door, his steps fast andrge.


    An Luxia looked down at her hand that was wrapped inside his long and slender fingers and blinked a few times as she jogged to keep up with his fast steps.


    Her heartbeat instinctively sped up and her cheeks turned red at the small intimate motion since she had been single since birth, but she also couldn''t help but wonder if those attractive hands had been washed with blood in the past.


    They entered the building and since it was around breakfast time, there was no one waiting. They quickly took the picture, signed the documents, and got the two small red booklets within an hour.


    An Luxia stepped out into the bright summer sunlight and held the red booklet out in front of her. She squinted her eyes slightly as she looked at the picture.


    She stood on the left with a crooked and very fake smile on her face. The oversized ck shirt Mo Han had given her since her clothes had magically disappeared looked very ugly in the picture, but at least her visuals did not disappoint.


    She had always beenplimented for her beautiful soft features. Although her long straight, ck hair she was proud of was hidden due to the ck shirt, her round brown eyes, smooth and pale skin, still stood out in the image.


    Next to her, Mo Han was also wearing apletely ck suit. Unlike An Luxia, he did not even try no matter how many times the photographer urged him to smile.


    This made her wonder why he even agreed to marry her if he was this resistant. However, she still had to admit that even in the picture, Mo Han was still extremely handsome - exactly her type!


    Mo Han walked out of the building and stopped a few inches behind her with a small red booklet in his hand as well. He looked at her for a few seconds and then at the booklet she was holding out in the air.


    A small grin appeared on his face but he quickly hid it as he walked over to her and ced his hands into his pant pockets, "Bring your clothes, whatever you need, and all your stuff over to my house. We are going to live together."


    An Luxia closed the booklet carefully and looked up, "So. . . we are actually getting married forever?"


    He tilted his head slightly and looked down at her with a cold and serious expression. With a very firm tone, he replied, "Yes."


    An Luxia pressed her lips together to hide her shameless smile because she found his cold and serious face very handsome and slightly. . . cute.


    Maybe. . . Hopefully getting married to the "underworld King" wasn''t going to be too bad. After all, the rumors about the leader of the HLX being cruel and merciless were only rumors! No one knew if they were true or not.


    It was bad and impolite that she was making assumptions about a person she did not know very well after only a few hours of getting to know them.


    An Luxia scratched her head slightly and tilted it to one side. Maybe it won''t be too bad. . . As long as he wasn''t mean or disrespectful to her, just by his face alone, she would be gaining from this marriage!


    Imagine waking up to that face every day!


    An Luxia giggled softly and began swinging her arms back and forth as she looked up at Mo Han, "Okay, I need to go to my house to get my stuff then!"


    She hopped down the stairs and back to the car.


    From behind, Mo Han watched her with an amused expression.. When she reached the car, he chuckled softly and walked down the stairs two at a time to go open the car door for her.

 Chapter 4 - Why Did You Marry Me?

    After giving him the address, they were on the way to An Luxia''s home to retrieve her stuff. She was in college and was going to start her master''s degree after the summer break, and she was still living with her adopted parents.


    After 19 years, this would be the first time she was going to move out and live away from them! Thinking about it made her excited and nervous.


    An Luxia tapped her foot on the ground as she sneaked a nce at Mo Han once in a while. Out of her 23 years on this, he was indeed the most handsome man she had ever met.


    After changing the way she thought, An Luxia was getting a little excited about this marriage. She did not know much about the HLX, so maybe it wasn''t as bad as she imagined. Maybe he was actually a nice and sweet guy. . . with a handsome face!


    Just the face alone was better than that Lu guy! An Luxia nodded her head. This was the best n. As she was thinking, her phone suddenly rang.


    She took it out of her bag and quickly nced at the name on the screen before picking up the call.


    "Mom!"


    Mo Han nced over at her for a quick second as his ears perked up.


    "Xiaxia, where are you?" A woman''s voice came from the other end of the phone.


    "I. . ." An Luxia cautiously peeked at Mo Han before clearing her throat, "Mom, I am on my way home. I''ll be back soon, and I have someone to introduce to you and dad."


    On the other end of the phone, Qi Lanyu frowned slightly and asked, "Who?"


    "You''ll know soon!"


    Qi Lanyu sighed helplessly before lowering her voice, "Okay, but Xiaxia, the Lu family is here with Lu Xiamo, and they say they want to see you. Your dad and I tried to get rid of them but they won''t leave this time."


    An Luxia knit her eyebrows tightly together at the mention of Lu Xiamo, and she didn''t notice that Mo Han had also furrowed his eyebrows together, "Okay, I''m on my way."


    "Okay, okay. Bye bye, Xiaxia. Love you!"


    "Love you too, mom." An Luxia hung up the call and nced at Mo Han before saying cautiously, "Um. . . Well. . ."


    "So what is the reason you married me?" He tantly said what she was too scared to confess.


    An Luxia gulped and tried to put on a calm smile as she said, "Well, this doesn''t really have anything to do with why I married you. . . Okay, it does, but. . . So, my parents may have arranged a marriage for me when I was still a kid,"


    She shivered slightly when she saw Mo Han''s face darken, but she bravely continued with her story, "It was with the only son of the Lu family. Apparently, he was a very good kid when he was young and was tall and good-looking, and the Lu family owns a small business. They proposed it first and my parents agreed. It was a joke, I promise! My parents thought it was just a joke!"


    "Well. . . The Lu family didn''t think it was a joke, and a few weeks ago, they came and asked when the marriage would be. And you don''t even know!" An Luxia got excited as she spoke and she leaned over closer to Mo Han.


    "That Lu Xiamo, the boy. . . I can tell now why his parents wanted to arrange a marriage for him while he was young, because no one would want to marry him now! Ah, poor me!" She pretended to wipe away a fake tear, but stopped her act when she realized that Mo Han didn''t seem to care.


    "Now, he is short and fat and ugly, even shorter than me! And, he dropped out ofmunity college after one year and lives off of his parents. And I even heard that he has some. . ." An Luxia pressed her lips together and cleared her throat awkwardly.


    "Anyway -"


    "He has some what?" Mo Han asked coldly.


    An Luxia''s face turned slightly red as she said softly, "He has some. . . problems with. . . you know. . . on the bed. . . that thing."


    Of course Mo Han understood, and he felt a little better after hearing that, but of course he did not express it. At least he didn''t have any problems in that area!


    An Luxia turned around and looked out the window, her face beet red. This was the first time she dared talk about such an open topic with a man! Her brother would definitely scold her if she told him!


    "So what''s next?" Mo Han asked since An Luxia had stopped talking.


    "So, he''s ugly, short, fat, uneducated, and anyway, there is no way I could marry him! Well, his parents had recorded my parents agreeing for some whatever reason when we were kids, and now they are pressing my parents and me about the marriage."


    Mo Han''s hands on the steering wheel tightened as he wondered if it was time for the HLX to make another move.


    "We were able to push it off for a few weeks, and my parents and I made it clear to them that I don''t want to marry him, but you know. . . They have some money and power in City A, and they keeping back." An Luxia pursed her lips out pitifully.


    "However, I didn''t agree to marry you just because of that! That was only a small part of why I agreed hehe!" An Luxia smiled fakely and blinked her innocent, round eyes several times, only to not even receive a single nce from Mo Han.


    "So why did you agree?"


    "You''re so handsome!" She blurted out and then immediately regretted her words. What would he think of her from now on?! He would think she was some shallow and unreserved woman. . . Well, she was.


    However, to her surprise, a tiny but noticeable smile appeared on his face.


    Realizing that he liked it, she continued as she sped her hands together, "You''re totally my type!" She eximed, emphasizing the word ''totally''.


    "Once I saw you, I fell deeply in love." She closed her eyes, as the dramatic girl inside of her jumped out again, "You -"


    "We''re here," Mo Han cut her off, his voice a little less cold than earlier.


    "Oh!" She was a little disappointed to get her act interrupted, but she unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car.

 Chapter 5 - The An Family

    "Oh!" She was a little disappointed to get her act interrupted, but she unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car.


    The An Family''s house was located inside a gatedmunity for middle to upper-ss families, and overall, it was a very clean and safemunity.


    An Luxia knew that she was very lucky to be adopted into such a great and loving family. Her dad, An Ping, was the manager of apany, but retired a year ago and decided to open a small coffee and cake shop with his wife, Qi Lanyu.


    She also had an older brother by 6 years, that was the biological son of the An couple, and the two of them were best friends.


    The three of them treated her extremely well, like she was their own biological daughter and sister. When she was abandoned by her biological family and thrown into an adoption center, she was 3 already so she had memories and developed feelings.


    It took a while for her to open up again to a new family when she arrived, but they genuinely treated her and raised her like a little princess. She knew that she was a very lucky girl.


    An Luxia looked up proudly at her house and took the initiative to wrap her arm around Mo Han''s. His body stiffened slightly as he looked down.


    "My family and the Lu family are here. We have to act like we are actually married."


    Mo Han thought for a few seconds before nodding his head. Then, the two of them entered the house together.


    They walked into the living room, where they heard noise and chatter. When they entered, the talking stopped and everyone sitting on the couches looked up.


    An Ping and Qi Lanyu stood up when they saw their daughter, and shock, surprise, confusion, and many other emotions mixed together on their face when they saw Mo Han next to her.


    The Lu couple also stood up when they saw their "daughter-inw" but Lu Xiamo kept sitting on the couch with his legs crossed together and hisrge stomach very visible as he leaned backfortably against the couch.


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together just by looking at him.


    Qi Lanyu walked over to her daughter and nced up at Mo Han. Even An Luxia, who was 172 cm, was short when standing next to Mo Han, who was a whopping 192 cm.


    For Qi Lanyu, who was only 166 cm, she had to tilt her head up very much to be able to look Mo Han in the eye.


    "Xiaxia, who is this?" Qi Lanyu asked An Luxia softly.


    An Luxia let go of Mo Han''s arm and instead switched to holding hands with him. She leaned in closer to him and rested his head on his arm, "This is Mo Han, my husband."


    ". . ."


    Upon hearing this, Lu Xiamo finally jumped up from the couch, and the Lu family also gasped in surprise.


    Even Qi Lanyu and An Ping widened their eyes when they heard their daughter''s words.


    "What do you mean, Xiaxia?! Husband?!"


    An Luxia nodded her head with a smile, "Yes!"


    "Husband?! You two are married?!" Lu Xiamo asked loudly, his mouth falling open in surprise and anger.


    An Luxia was not as respectful or kind towards him and she rolled her eyes as her smile disappeared, "Yes, Mr. Lu. So please stoping over and bothering me anymore. We got married today!"


    "Today?!" Everyone in the room eximed at the same time.


    "Mhm!" An Luxia pulled out the red booklet from her bag and opened it up to the picture, showing it to everyone.


    Mo Han had a cold and straight expression the entire time since they walked in, and he left all the talking up to An Luxia. However, a slight hint of a smile appeared on his face as he watched her wave the picture at Lu Xiamo''s face.


    "Luxia, this is not a joke! Your parents promised us that you would marry our Momo when you two grew up. You are not a kid anymore." Lu Xiamo''s mom said a little angrily.


    An Luxia sighed and looked over at her, "My parents did indeed verbally agree, but that is just using words. Do you have a contract? A legal document? A signature? What are you going to do? Bring it to court. I wonder who would win. Auntie Lu, marriage is indeed not a joke. It is the most important decision of my life! Of course, I will have to take it seriously."


    Although An Luxia did respect Auntie Lu since she was an elder, she could not back down now. She had to be fierce in order to stop them froming back ever again.


    Lu Xiamo and his parents'' faces all turned slightly green by her words, and Lu Xiamo''s dad angrily pped his hands together.


    "An Ping, is this the daughter you have raised up! How could she talk to my wife like that? You two did indeed promise the marriage, and our Momo stayed single all this time because of that promise. You can''t break your promise now!"


    Before her dad could speak, An Luxia did for him.


    "I apologize if what I said to Auntie Lu sounded disrespectful, but I don''t think there is anything wrong with what I said. Marriage is indeed very important, and my marriage is up to me to decide. It is my decision, and I choose not to marry Lu Xiamo. And. . ."


    An Luxia smirked, "Uncle and Auntie Lu, not to be disrespectful. . . but I think both of you know perfectly well why your son has been single all this time."


    --- Author''s Note:


    I am here again! I did this for my old novel and many people liked it so I will do it again. I know reading Chinese names may be a little difficult, so to make your reading experience better, here is the pronunciation guide ^o^:


    An Luxia - An Loo Shia. The x is pronounced with a "sh".


    Mo Han - Mwah Han. The ''o'' in ''Mo'' makes kind of like a ''wah'' sound, so it is simr to "Mwah" or "Mwo".


    An Yuchen (An Luxia''s brother) - An Ywee Tsen. Ywee is a little difficult. You can search up "rain" in Chinese and listen to it for reference, since "rain" is "yu". The "ch" doesn''t really sound in "chen" so it is more like Tsen.


    Qi Lanyu (Luxia''s mom) - Chi Lan ywee. Same ''Yu'' as An Yuchen.


    There are more characters, and if you like this, please remind me to make pronunciation guides for those characters as well! I hope this helps :)


    Love you <3

 Chapter 6 - Actually Married

    An Luxia smirked, "Uncle and Auntie Lu, not to be disrespectful. . . but I think both of you know perfectly well why your son has been single all this time."


    At once, there were several gasps inside the room and a small smile from Mo Han.


    "An Luxia! You - you!" Lu Xiamo pointed one shaky and thick finger at An Luxia, who rolled her eyes. It was obvious! Who would want to marry, or even date Lu Xiamo?! To add on to all of his horrible traits, he also had a nasty temper! She prayed for whoever ended up with Lu Xiamo.


    An Luxia put on a pitiful expression and sighed, "I''m sorry, but I have a husband already. And. . . he is more handsome, kind, gentle, considerate, and richer than you!"


    Mo Han looked down at the floor and licked his lips to hide the happy smile on his face after hearing An Luxia say that.


    An Ping cleared his throat and looked at his daughter a little helplessly, "Luxia!"


    He spoke in a tone that was supposed to be warningly, but An Luxia could tell that her dad wasn''t actually mad at her.


    "I''m sorry, Auntie and Uncle Lu, but I can''t be considerate when ites to my marriage. I want to marry the man I love, and no one can make me marry anyone I don''t want to, even if there was an. . . agreement."


    Lu Xiamo had never been humiliated like this ever in his entire life, and he angrily stomped one foot on the floor, causing the teacups on the table to shake slightly, "An Luxia, you will regret your decision!"


    Then, he ran out of the house, making sounds that almost seemed like he was crying, which only disgusted An Luxia more.


    Lu Xiamo''s parents called after him and red at An Luxia once more before also running out after their baby son.


    Once they were gone, the room was finally silent again.


    "Xiaxia!" An Luxia''s mom frowned at her and pointed one finger at her but didn''t scold her any further than that.


    An Luxia yfully stuck her tongue out and wrapped her arm around Mo Han again.


    "Xiaxia, who is this?" An Ping, An Luxia''s dad, walked over and stood next to his wife as they eyed Mo Han suspiciously.


    An Luxia cleared her throat and straightened her back slightly, "This is Mo Han, my husband."


    Both An Ping and Qi Lanyu''s faces paled slightly as they looked at each other worriedly, "You two are really married?"


    "Of course, mom! The document and picture can''t be faked!" An Luxia smiled brightly as she held up the little red booklet again.


    Qi Lanyu took the booklet over and opened it up, looking it over closely with An Ping, both with shock written all over their faces.


    After they had carefully looked through it for a long time, Qi Lanyu licked his lips and looked up at Mo Han once again, her eyes traveling up and down him.


    He was very good looking. . . Qi Lanyu furrowed her eyebrows together, unsure of whether that was a good thing or not. Handsome guys weren''t always so trustworthy!


    He was also very tall, much taller than Xiaxia. . . That was a good thing when it came to genes.


    And he looked pretty decent in that suit. . . But who knew what was behind that neat suit?


    Mo Han did not move or get ufortable in the slightest from Qi Lanyu''s inspection, and instead, he grinned and said shamelessly, "Mom, dad."


    This time, even An Luxia was surprised as her eyes shot up. They had just met and he was calling them mom and dad already?!


    An Luxia awkwardly chuckled and softly pinched Mo Han''s arm, but he did not seem to care.


    Qi Lanyu and An Ping exchanged a nce before Qi Lanyu walked over to An Luxia and smiled, "Xiaxia,e with me. I have something to talk to you about quickly."


    An Luxia obediently followed her mom over and out of the living room, around the hallway to where her dad''s private office downstairs was.


    She looked back quickly before turning the corner to see her dad ring at Mo Han quite unpleasantly.


    "Xiaxia, when did you meet that Mo Han guy?" Qi Lanyu asked in a soft but urgent tone.


    An Luxia gulped before saying, "A few days ago."


    Of course she couldn''t say yesterday! That would make it even worse.


    "A few days ago?! And you two are married already?!" Qi Lanyu''s mouth fell open in shock.


    "Xiaxia, I know you don''t want to marry Lu Xiamo. Don''t worry, mom and dad will figure out a way and push them off. You don''t have to marry some random guy, Xiaxia! That''s so not safe!"


    Although Qi Lanyu and An Ping were both very worried about their little daughter since she was still single and didn''t seem to have ns of getting into a rtionship anytime soon, they were still shocked that she suddenly got married so quickly.


    That was so unsafe, especially in a world like today!


    An Luxia held onto her mom''s hands and smiled, "Don''t worry, mom. I won''t treat my marriage as a joke. I am very serious."


    And she was.


    As a very professional face dog, An Luxia felt that she was very lucky and she was very pleased to get married to such a handsome man.


    Plus, he did not seem too bad. . . right?


    Qi Lanyu sighed as she knew about her daughter''s number one requirement for a rtionship. Just from looking at that man''s face, she knew that her stupid daughter must have fallen in love with his face!


    Qi Lanyu sighed and gently poked her daughter on the head before walking back towards the living room, "Since you two are here, let''s eat lunch together."


    "Okay!"


    They walked back to the living room to see An Ping and Mo Han both sitting on the couch. An Ping had his arms crossed and he was ring at Mo Han with a very suspicious expression.


    Meanwhile, Mo Han looked straight ahead, seated with a great posture and straight expression.


    Qi Lanyu cleared her throat and walked over to her husband, "Since Xiaxia brought her. . . guest over today, we should hurry and make lunch, right? We can eat lunch together."


    She quickly pulled An Ping up from the couch and dragged him over to the kitchen, closing the door so they could start cooking.


    However, once they went inside, Qi Lanyu pulled out her phone and made a call.

 Chapter 7 - Do You Have Muscles?

    However, once they went inside, Qi Lanyu pulled out her phone and made a call.


    The other end quickly picked up and Qi Lanyu increased the phone volume so An Ping could also hear.


    "What is it, mom?" A deep andzy male voice came from the other end.


    Qi Lanyu put the phone up close to her mouth and whispered, "Yuchen, hurry up ande home! Your stupid sister got herself in trouble!"


    An Yuchen frowned as he sat up straighter in his office chair, "What do you mean?"


    "Your sister found this guy and got married!"


    An Yuchen immediately jumped up from the chair, causing the nurse in the room to look up in surprise, "What?! When? Who? Why?!"


    Qi Lanyu sighed, "I don''t know! Probably because of the marriage with Lu Xiamo. But still! She can''t just marry someone like that. Anyway, hurry up ande home. Let''s eat lunch together."


    An Yuchen immediately took off his white doctor''s robe, grabbed his suit jacket, and ran out of the room.


    "Doctor An, you still have two patients waiting!" The nurse called after him, but there was no response anymore.


    Then, Qi Lanyu and An Ping finally began to actually cook lunch.


    A few minutester, Qi Lanyu walked out with a te of fruits and saw that An Luxia and Mo Han had sat down on the couch together, and were talking about something.


    She smiled and walked over, cing the te on the table in front of them.


    "Xiaxia, Mo Han, eat some fruits."


    An Luxia immediately grabbed a strawberry and Mo Han nodded his head slightly, "Thank you, mom."


    Qi Lanyu flinched softly from being called mom by aplete stranger, and she gulped before turning around and returning into the kitchen.


    "I didn''t know you were so smooth at this," An Luxia said softly as she continued to eat fruit.


    "Why would I have to be smooth? I am just telling the truth." He raised his hand up and used one finger to lift An Luxia''s chin up so she was looking at him, "Remember, we are actually married. This is not some joke or scheme to help you get out of your arranged marriage. Understand?"


    An Luxia nodded her head eagerly, "Yes, yes. Eat fruit, eat fruit. . ."


    She handed him a strawberry and he looked down before slowly bending down and eating the strawberry in one bite from her hand.


    They continued to eat in silence for a while, but An Luxia kept sneaking nces over at him once every few seconds.


    Finally, Mo Han leaned back against the couch and tilted his head slightly, "What are you looking at?"


    An Luxia stopped chewing on the apple slice and looked back again, "I. . . I have a question."


    "What is it?"


    "I don''t remember fromst night, but I was wondering. . . Do you -" She licked her lips and gulped, "Do you. . . have muscles?"


    Mo Han was slightly taken aback by her question, but he then chuckled softly and looked down, "What muscles?"


    An Luxia''s face turned red as she scratched her head innocently, "I don''t know. . . like ab muscles, chest, muscles, the ones the guys in novels have."


    Mo Han had investigated An Luxia, so he knew that her part-time job and hobby at the moment besides going to college was also writing romance novels online.


    Although she wasn''t very sessful in doing so, he knew that she was very interested in writing about those perfect male leads.


    He leaned over to her, licking his lips, "You don''t have to be so embarrassed. . . You are my wife. To answer your question, you can see for yourself tonight."


    An Luxia closed her eyes to hide the embarrassment but also the excitement that was leaking out of them. Ah!! She had only agreed to sleeping with himst night and losing her virginity because she was desperate to find someone and also because he looked unrealistically handsome yesterday.


    If they were to actually to do it again as a married couple now. . . she -


    "Xiaxia!" The front door swung open and a tall man walked in. He held his suit jacket in his hands, and he wore a white shirt and ck pants.


    An Luxia turned around and jumped up from the couch when she saw the man. At once, she jumped over the couch like a monkey, not caring about her dy image" at all.


    "Brother!" She ran over and flew right into An Yuchen''s embrace, who grunted softly as she jumped up into his arms.


    When Mo Han saw this, his face immediately darkened and the juice in the orange slice he was holding in his hand squirted out onto his shirt and parts of the couch, but he didn''t notice.


    An Yuchen chuckled softly before gently cing his sister back down onto the ground and brushing her nose with his finger, "You! When can you grow up?"


    An Luxia rolled her eyes, "This is all because you care about your stupid job more than your sister! How could you note and see me for all these days?!"


    An Yuchenughed and gently rubbed her head, messing up her hair, "Okay, okay. I''m sorry. I have been a little busy these past few days. But look what I bought you!"


    He lifted his hand up, revealing a cake box from the most popr cake shop in town.


    An Luxia''s eyes immediately lit up, "Cake!"


    She snatched the box from An Yuchen and peeked inside, "Thank you, brother! I forgive you."


    From the couch, Mo Han''s eyes were practically burning with fire by now. Although he knew that they were siblings, he still couldn''t stand watching this!


    He had be the third-wheeler now!


    An Yuchen finally looked up and his eyesnded on Mo Han. Their eyes met in midair for several seconds as several unknown emotions shed past the two of them.


    Finally, An Yuchen broke his gaze and looked down at his sister.


    "So, I heard from mom that you got married?" He raised one eyebrow.


    An Luxia nced up and gulped, "Ah, mom can''t keep any secret!"


    "You were trying to keep it a secret from me?"


    "No. . . it is true!" An Luxia ced the cake onto the table and ran back to Mo Han, holding onto his hand, "Brother, this is Mo Han, my husband, and this is Yuchen, my older brother!"


    An Yuchen walked over and lifted his hand up. Mo Han looked at it for a quick second and raised his as well, grabbing onto his to shake hands.


    On the outside, it looked like a simple but long handshake, but only the two of them knew just how hard they were gripping onto each other''s hand.


    "So Xiaxia, when did you two meet?" An Yuchen finally pulled his hand back and frowned slightly at how strong Mo Han''s strength was.


    "A few days ago."


    An Yuchen nced at Mo Han again and sighed, "Xiaxia, I know you don''t like Lu Xiamo but marriage isn''t something to be taken lightly. I can get rid of that Lu guy for you."


    Mo Han furrowed his eyebrows together and took a step forward, "Brother-inw, I agree with you. Marriage isn''t something to be taken lightly and I''m sure Xiaxia knows that too."


    The two of them red at each other again for several seconds before finally, the kitchen door opened and Qi Lanyu walked out.


    "Yuchen, you''re back! Perfect! It''s time for lunch."


    --- Author''s Note


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 Chapter 8 - The Two Orphans

    "Yuchen, you''re back! Perfect! It''s time for lunch."


    An Yuchen looked over at his mom and nodded, and the three of them walked over to the dining table to begin eating.


    An Ping and Qi Lanyu had made several dishes, more than usual since there was an extra person.


    An Yuchen helped set up the tes and added a chair.


    A few minutester, the five of them were seated and eating lunch together.


    As they ate, An Yuchen continued to ce food into An Luxia''s bowl and she seemed very used to it. Mo Han wasn''t very pleased seeing that and soon after, he began cing food into her bowl as well.


    Before long, she had a tiny mountain of food in her bowl.


    Qi Lanyu watched all of this and she did not know how to feel. The first to speak after they had sat down was An Ping.


    "So, Mo Han, is it?"


    Mo Han nodded his head and ced his bowl and chopsticks down, "Yes, dad."


    An Ping sighed and continued to eat, "How old are you?"


    "27."


    "What do you do for a living?"


    An Luxia stopped chewing for a quick second as she gently kicked Mo Han underneath the table, but he didn''t need that kick.


    "I own a small business." An Luxia rxed.


    "Oh. . ." An Ping nodded his head, "How much do you make a year?"


    An Luxia immediately froze again.


    "A little over a 100 thousand a year," Mo Han replied without even blinking an eye.


    "Not bad, not bad." An Ping nodded his head and continued to interrogate him, "What about your parents? What do they do?"


    "I am an orphan."


    Upon hearing this, everyone at the dining table stopped eating and looked up, including An Luxia who did not know about this.


    "You are an orphan?" She asked.


    Mo Han nodded his head, "I was sent into an adoption center when I was a baby."


    Qi Lanyu, who naturally had a very soft spot for parentless kids, immediately felt her heart soften as the dislike she originally had towards Mo Han disappeared slightly.


    An Luxia was also quite pleasantly surprised by that. She grinned and continued to eat, "I am an orphan too!"


    "Xiaxia!" An Yuchen looked up and frowned, "What do you mean? You have us as a family. How can you be an orphan?"


    An Luxia giggled and smiled at her brother, "I know, I know!"


    Mo Han nced up at An Yuchen without as much dislike and hate in his eyes this time, and then he tilted his head slightly and looked over at An Luxia.


    He was d that this family treated her this well. . .


    Throughout the rest of the meal, An Ping, Qi Lanyu, and even An Yuchen continued to interrogate Mo Han about this and that, and he wasn''t able to eat very well but he didn''t care.


    In the end, both An Ping and Qi Lanyu were quite pleased with their "son-inw", and although An Yuchen had also changed his mind, he still wasn''t fully convinced yet.


    Mo Han volunteered to wash the dishes, but Qi Lanyu said they would go do it, so the rest of them went to sit down on the couch.


    They continued to talk some more and once they had finished talking about Mo Han''s education, there was a moment of silence before An Yuchen cleared his throat and narrowed his eyes.


    "Mr. Mo, I would like to make one thing clear. Our Xiaxia may have been adopted, but she is the little princess of me and the entire family. You two may be married now, but if you dare treat her badly, or if I ever hear that you don''t treat her well, I swear I will make you pay. Understand?"


    Upon hearing this, An Ping''s face also straightened and he nodded his head in support.


    An Luxia felt her eyes redden slightly and she pursed her lips out to stop herself from crying. The heavens really favored her, didn''t they?


    She must have saved the world in her past life to be adopted into such a great family.


    She jumped up from her spot and ran over, squeezing down between her brother and father. She wrapped one arm around the two of them and smiled, "I love you, brother! I love you, dad!"


    The two of them chuckled and they simultaneously patted her on the head.


    Mo Han still felt jealous and sour upon seeing this sight, but he also felt a tiny warmth inside his heart. He nodded his head, "I understand. I promise to treat Luxia well."


    An Luxia blinked a few times in surprise as she didn''t expect him to agree, but the trust she had in him grew after hearing him say that.


    An Yuchen nodded his head, "Good."


    ---


    The two of them stayed for another hour before An Yuchen received a call from the hospital and he had to leave, so An Luxia and Mo Han decided to leave as well.


    The two of them walked up to the second floor and down the hallway to An Luxia''s room to retrieve her stuff.


    They entered the room and Mo Han didn''t seem very surprised to see light pink walls, and a beautiful pink bed with pink and white pillows.


    "Your favorite color is pink?" He asked.


    "No, it''s sky blue. But I like pink things."


    ". . ." So it was pink then? Or was it blue?


    An Luxia carried herrge suitcase onto the ground and stuffed a bunch of clothes and other supplies into it. Then, she walked over to her vanity and took a silver ring resting on the top. Then, she slipped it onto her ring finger.


    "Okay, I''m done. Let''s go."


    They said goodbye to An Ping and Qi Lanyu, who questioned Mo Han some more before finally following them to the car and watching as they drove away.


    In the car, they sat in silence for a while before Mo Han removed one hand from the steering wheel and tilted his head slightly.


    "I can tell why you chose to marry me over the guy you had an arranged marriage with."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow. Wasn''t that clear?


    "However. .. ."

 Chapter 9 - Mo Hans House

    "However, you should also know that this marriage isn''t just some n to help you get out of your arranged marriage. If this is your n, then my n is to stay married for the rest of my life."


    An Luxia''s eyes widened slightly when he said for the rest of his life. . . That was a very long time.


    "I. . . I know. You told me too." To convince him more, she smiled and added on, "I also gave you my precious virginity I had saved for 23 yearsst night. You think I would easily leave you? And, I have to stay married long enough so the stupid Lu guy won''te back."


    Mo Han was slightly surprised to hear that yesterday was her first time, and he grinned softly.


    The smile on his face caused An Luxia to blush just from looking at him, "Besides all of that, you are totally my ideal type. . . in terms of appearance of course!"


    Mo Han wasn''t so pleased with that, as although he was confident about his appearance, he wanted their rtionship to be more than that.


    "I hope in the future, I will be more than just your ideal type in terms of appearance."


    An Luxia blinked a few times and looked up, "Hopefully. . ."


    There were a few more seconds of silence before An Luxia asked, "Are you really the boss of the HLX? Like the HLX? The one that everyone talks about."


    He nodded his head, "Yes, the one that everyone talks about. . . Are you scared about that?"


    An Luxia shrugged, "Well I mean, of course I''m scared. . ."


    Mo Han''s grasp on the steering wheel tightened slightly.


    "But not really! I''m your wife, right? So you should treat me differently. . ." An Luxia rested her head on her hand and blinked a few times flirtatiously.


    Mo Han nced at her before turning his head back around and looking out the window to hide his smile. Then, he nodded his head, "Correct."


    An Luxia smiled from his response and looked down, folding her hands together.


    They drove for quite a long time, and they finally arrived in front of arge gate half an hourter. An Luxia looked around and frowned, "Where are we going?"


    "My home."


    The car stopped in front of the gate and it slowly opened, making creaking noises. An Luxia thought back to where they were and her frown deepened. They should be at the edge of a mountain right now. . .


    After the gate opened, the car began driving up the mountain. An Luxia did not know that there was a road on the mountain and that it was open to people. This mountain was located at the edge of the country, and it was supposedly just a sight to be seen from far away.


    "This is my private property," Mo Han said, noticing her surprise.


    "Yours?!" Her mouth fell open. An entire mountain could be a private property?!


    Mo Han nodded his head calmly.


    They continued to drive as An Luxia opened the window and stuck her head out, looking out at the cliff next to her. So the room she had woken up in this morning wasn''t his house. . .


    Or maybe he had two homes?


    Soon, they started driving deeper into the mountain. About 10 minutes had passed and An Luxia did not know how high up they were when they stopped in front of another gate.


    This gate was bigger than the first one, and there were two stone lions on either side. Like the first one, it opened when the car stopped in front of it, and they drove in.


    An Luxia looked back and forth curiously in this new territory that she never knew existed. This was only about a half an hour drive away from her school yet she had never known that there was a building on the mountain.


    They stopped in front of the gigantic mansion, which had ck walls. It seemed to be either three or possibly four floors, and it was veryrge. From the front, she could not see exactly how muchnd it upied.


    Mo Han parked the car in front of the mansion and stepped out, throwing the keys to a man that had walked out, wearing a ck suit.


    He walked around the car and opened the passenger''s seat, helping An Luxia out. Underneath the sunsses, the man''s eyes widened but he did not express his surprise.


    "Get the luggage." Mo Han instructed the man as he picked up An Luxia''s hand and walked into the house.


    As they walked in, An Luxia continued to look around in awe. She had never seen a house so. . . ck.


    Almost everything was decorated with a ck color, and it did not appeal to An Luxia a lot.


    The walls were ck, the ceiling was ck, the floor was ck, and all the objects she had seen so far were ck.


    She made a note to herself that if their rtionship got better and she was actually going to stay, she would definitely propose to remodel the house a little! At least add some color!


    She followed him quickly, having to almost jog since his legs were incredibly long and he walked quite fast. They made many turns before stopping in front of a door. He opened it with his fingerprint and they walked in.


    When the lights opened, An Luxia wasn''t surprised to see that this room was all ck as well.


    There was arge desk at one end of the room and several bookshelves. In the middle, there were two couches facing each other and a table in the middle.


    On the other end of the room, there was a wall. Hanging on the wall, there were weapons. A lot of weapons. The entire wall was filled with knives, rifles, handguns, whips, anything she could ever imagine.


    An Luxia''s eyes widened slightly as she took a step back, her hand slipping out of his. Mo Han looked back and saw where she was looking.


    He looked over as well and furrowed his eyebrows together. Why didn''t his assistant turn the wall around when he left?!


    He walked over to the wall and pressed on it, causing it to spin around to the other side, which was just a in wall.


    However, An Luxia had seen it already.


    He gulped and ced his hands into his pocket, "Don''t worry, those are just for. . . disy. They are my collection. I won''t use it. . . on you."


    So he still used it. An Luxia nodded her head softly and stepped into the room. Mo Han sat down on the couch so she sat down on the other one across from it.


    Mo Hanfortably leaned back against the couch, resting his arms on the back of the couch.


    He stretched out his neck, making soft cracking noises as he did before saying, "Let''s go over the marriage. . . rules now."


    --- Author''s Note


    Please stick with me if these beginning few chapters are a little boring. I''m just trying to get everything settled before the excitementes hehe ^o^


    Thank you very much!


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 Chapter 10 - The Marriage Rules

    He stretched out his neck, making soft cracking noises as he did before saying, "Let''s go over the marriage. . . rules now."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow, "Marriage rules?"


    He nodded his head, "After all, the basis of our marriage isn''t built on. . . love." He licked his lips after saying this and lifted his hand up, brushing the tip of his nose with his thumb; a motion he unconsciously did when he lied.


    An Luxia nodded his head, thinking that this made sense, "Okay. What are your rules?"


    Mo Han straightened his back and leaned forward, resting his elbows onto his thighs, "Number one, we will be sleeping together. . . on the same bed."


    An Luxia shrugged, "I''m fine with that. . ." She pressed her lips together, "We have done it already anyway."


    What she didn''t add was that she also secretly and shamelessly wanted to see his body. . .


    "Good." Mo Han licked his lips before going on, "Second rule, we are both going to take this rtionship seriously."


    His expression also turned more serious as he said this.


    An Luxia also agreed with that, "Okay. . . To be honest, I don''t want to divorce either. It wouldn''t be good on my ''romance record'' if I am a divorced woman."


    Plus, it isn''t often you run into such a handsome and rich man! Of course she had to use this opportunity well.


    "Is that all of your rules?"


    Mo Han thought for a second before nodding his head.


    "Good. I have some too." An Luxia also leaned forward, swinging her hair to the back of her shoulders, "Number one, I get freedom."


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, "Freedom?"


    "Yes." Normally, she wouldn''t have to make this clear in a rtionship. However, he was the leader of the HLX. She had to be more careful.


    "I can go anywhere I want, meet anyone I want, and do anything I want. . . Of course, anything that won''t hurt our rtionship or is illegal."


    Mo Han furrowed his eyebrows together slightly and he was silent for a few seconds, causing An Luxia to be a little nervous that he wouldn''t agree.


    In the end, he nodded his head, "Okay."


    "Second, if you hit or abuse me in any way; physically, emotionally, or mentally, we will divorce right away." An Luxia folded her hands together and put on a more serious expression when talking about this. She could not stand domestic violence!


    This time, Mo Han did not hesitate at all and immediately nodded, "Okay."


    He was certain that this wouldn''t happen, so he did not have to worry.


    An Luxia was a little embarrassed that she had more rules than he did when he brought up this idea, but she still had to say it.


    "Um. . . Also, I am still in school so I don''t want to get pregnant." She pressed her lips together and looked down at her hands.


    To her surprise, he quickly agreed, "Okay."


    She looked up at him and saw that he didn''t seem angry or frustrated in any way. Maybe he didn''t want to have kids yet as well. . .


    But in reality, Mo Han was actually a little upset. If they could, he would love to get her pregnant right away and have kids with her. It was anotheryer of protection, more reassurance for him that she wouldn''t easily divorce or leave him.


    However, he respected her and if she didn''t want to, he couldn''t force her.


    "One more! We. . . we can start like a dating couple." An Luxia smiled sweetly and looked up into his eyes, "I know we are married, but we can still start from dating and build our rtionship."


    Mo Han frowned slightly and lifted his hand up, pinching the area of skin in between his eyebrows. He thought that it wasn''t necessary. . . Why should they start from dating when they were already married?!


    However, seeing her hopeful expression, he couldn''t say no.


    "Okay."


    An Luxia looked around the office curiously as a worker brought in a ss of wine for Mo Han, who began taking small sips as his eyes followed An Luxia wherever she went.


    "What happened yesterday?" She suddenly asked after remembering. "How did I end up with you in your. . . other house, is it?"


    Mo Han nodded his head but he didn''t say anything else. He couldn''t say he had someone knock her out and kidnap her. ..


    He cleared his throat before gulping down the rest of the wine in the ss, "You fainted and I found you, so I took you to my house."


    "Oh. . ." An Luxia nodded her head, notpletely believing him but not pressing onto this subject any further. It didn''t really matter. They are married now anyway.


    She continued to walk around the room, which was quiterge for a private office space. Well, the entire house was veryrge.


    She looked through all the books on the bookshelves and realized that there were books on almost all the subjects possible, including business, science, information on weapons, and more.


    She ran her fingers through the spines of the books and thought that "he" would have liked this.


    As she looked around, she suddenly remembered something and her eyes widened.


    "I - I forgot!" She gasped and turned towards Mo Han, "Can you show me where my room and luggage are?"


    Mo Han blinked a few times in surprise before nodding his head and standing up, walking out of the door with An Luxia right behind him.


    They made a few more turns before stopping at the very end of a hallway, where there was a small door. An Luxia swore that she would get lost by herself.


    He stood in front of the door, looking down as he seemed to be doing something. Then, he took a step aside and looked over at her, "Come here."


    She obediently stepped forward and watched as he took the pointer finger of her right hand and ced it onto the screen on the door handle. Then, the door opened.


    An Luxia''s face lit up in surprise.


    "Your fingerprint should be registered on all the doors of the house now." He opened the door and walked in, opening the lights.


    "This is my room. You will live here as well from now on."


    She walked in and to no surprise, the room was all decorated with ck as well.


    "I will order someone to purchase a vanity for you and anything you need. There is a desk right there if you need to do any school work, or you coulde to my office and. . ." He cleared his throat, "work with me."


    An Luxia nced at him and saw that although he was trying to hide it, his cheeks had turned slightly red. His skin was very pale, which made it easy to tell.


    She chuckled and tilted her head slightly, "I think I prefer the second option."


    Mo Han''s lips twitched and he quickly licked them to hide the smile as he turned around, "If you would like to make any changes to the room you can also tell me or my assistant, K. The one who you had met earlier when we arrived."


    An Luxia nodded her head. Yes, the first task here was to redecorate and maybe even remodel this room. It was way too in and dark!


    "Your luggage is right there," he said, pointing to the trunk near the enormous bed.


    She immediately ran over, set her luggage down on the ground, and pulled out herputer.


    "Do you have Inte here?" She asked.

 Chapter 11 - ALevel Announcement

    "Do you have Inte here?" She asked.


    "Yes. It is the only one that should show up and the password is. . ." His voice faltered.


    An Luxia first took out her phone and found the only possible Inte source around, "Yes, what is it?"


    Finally, he reluctantly said softly, "0107XX".


    helemon''s note: The XX represents numbers. It is just there is no exact number so I won''t include it, but think of them as two numbers.


    As she typed it in, An Luxia suddenly looked up, "That''s my birthday!"


    Mo Han gulped and looked away, trying to remain calm, "Oh, what a coincidence."


    She didn''t think too much about it and entered the password in. Then, she connected to the Inte on herputer before sitting at the desk and quickly getting to work.


    "Thank you! If you have any work, you can go do it. I have to do some work too!"


    Mo Han knit his eyebrows together, "Work? Isn''t it summer break?"


    An Luxia nodded her head as she entered her ount into a website, "I am an online author!"


    She smiled proudly, "I write romance novels, but they aren''t really popr. . . You are exactly what I visualize in my head when I create every male lead!"


    She grinned as she turned around and looked at him before focusing back on her work. She hadpletely forgotten to upload a chapter yesterday night because of. . . what happened.


    Although only a few people actually read her writing, she still enjoyed it and had to keep consistently uploading for those people.


    After uploading the newest chapter, she turned around to see Mo Han still standing in the room, in the same ce and position he was when shest looked at him.


    "I''m going to write a little since I forgot yesterday. If you have work, you can go do whatever you need to as well!" She smiled at him sweetly before turning around and opening her document to start writing.


    Mo Han stared at her back for quite a long time before finally leaving the room. Outside, his assistant was waiting for him.


    "Mr. Mo," K bowed down as he greeted Mo Han. HE nodded his head as a sign of acknowledgment before turning around and walking down the hallway. K quickly followed.


    "Pass the message down to everyone. The woman you just saw, An Luxia. . . she is the female master of the HLX now," Mo Han spoke coldly.


    K froze for a quick second before nodding, "Yes, Mr. Mo. Should I announce it as a C-level message or B-level?"


    Mo Han turned around and threw an unhappy nce at K before continuing to walk, "A-level."


    K''s eyes widened as he stopped walking for a moment.


    "Right away."


    K gulped before he bowed again, "Yes sir!"


    ---


    As Mo Han entered his office, around the world, thousands of people received an important alert. When they saw it was A-level, many of them stood up right away, getting ready to get into action for whatever deserved an A-level announcement.


    This would be the first A-level announcement in over a year already.


    ''A-Level Announcement: Mr. Mo orders this A-level announcement to be sent out. Today at 09:36 A.M., Mr. Mo got married to Mrs. An Luxia, who is now the female master of the HLX Organization.''


    Then, there was an image of An Luxia from her college yearbook attached.


    Around the world, many people would be in shock today.


    ---


    An Luxia wrote for almost an hour before finally, the fatigue kicked in. She did not know when she fell asleepst night, but she was certain it was veryte.


    Even now, there was still soreness in some parts of her body, and she knew exactly what it was from. Her eyelids had also been unusually heavy since the morning, and after staring at aputer screen for an hour, she was getting very tired.


    She pushed theputer back and rested her elbows onto the table, leaning down and closing her eyes. Five minutes, she promised.


    ---


    Mo Han stayed inside his office for over an hour finishing some work for one of the corporations he owned. The HLX had been quite calm for the past few weeks, as they were rarely in any severe movement or action.


    They mainly took orders or went to action if there was someone really "worthy" of dying out there.


    Most of the time, he had no work to do.


    He closed theputer screen and stood up, pulling at his tie frustratingly. Remembering that now he had his little wife inside his room, his furrowed eyebrows loosened slightly as he walked around the table and out of the room.


    He pushed open the door and walked in, but immediately froze when he saw An Luxia with her head down resting on the table and her eyes closed.


    Theputer in front of her had also fallen asleep.


    He slowly closed the door and walked over to her, bending down to get a closer look. With a straight expression, he stared at her for almost a minute before he leaned forward slowly and ced one hand on her back, the other down to the bottom of her knees.


    Slowly and gently, he lifted her up from the chair and walked over to therge bed.


    "Mm. . ." She moaned softly from the movement but didn''t wake up. He looked down at her and grinned. She looked just like a little cute kitten. . . His little kitten.


    He lifted the nket up and covered her with it after cing her on the soft bed. She moved around and found afortable position before continuing to sleep.


    He sat down on the little bit of space on the edge of the bed and stared at her, blinking once in a while.


    Several minutes passed before he took a deep breath and his gaze moved down a little more towards her hands, which weren''t covered by the nket.


    At once, his eyesnded on something sparkling on her ring finger.


    He narrowed his eyes as he leaned forward a little, taking a closer look at the silver ring.


    And she wore it on the ring finger of her left hand. .. .

 Chapter 12 - 19 Years Ago

    He narrowed his eyes as he leaned forward a little, taking a closer look at the silver ring.


    And she wore it on the ring finger of her left hand. . .


    He slowly moved his hand over to hers, cing one finger onto the ring, feeling the coldness of the silver under his skin.


    This ring. . .


    --- 19 years ago


    He sat underneath the shade of the tree, watching the other kids ying around with the jump ropes together, chattering happily.


    He stared at them for a few seconds before rolling his eyes and muttering, "Stupid."


    Then, he looked down at the ground and began watching a tiny ant move around.


    Suddenly, he saw a pair of feet stop a few inches away from him, stepping onto the ant, which would have definitely died.


    A little annoyed, he looked up and saw a little girl who seemed to be at most 5 years old. Her hair was in pigtails and she was staring down at him with her sparkling, round eyes.


    He furrowed his eyebrows together and they stared at each other for a few seconds.


    Then, the little girl smiled and sat down next to her on the dirt, creating a stain on her favorite white dress, "You are very handsome."


    Mo Yelin blinked a few times, unsure of how to react, ". . . Thank you?"


    She smiled, revealing her missing tooth to the side, "You''re wee."


    Seeing the hole in her line of teeth, he couldn''t help butugh and she tilted her head slightly, "What are youughing about?"


    "Nothing."


    "What is your name?"


    Mo Yelin looked over at her, "You don''t know who I am?"


    She shrugged, "I do. I heard some stories about you from the other kids and the teachers."


    Mo Yelin''s face darkened slightly, "So you do know. Then why are you here?"


    She smiled widely, "I like your face."


    Yes, kids at that age were just that direct. There was no filter to their words. And, Mo Yelin did not get mad because of her blunt reason. Instead, a small smile appeared on his face.


    "What''s your name?"


    "Li Yixin."


    "Li Yixin," he repeated. "You are not scared of me?"


    Li Yixin tilted her head slightly, "Why should I be scared of you?"


    Mo Yelin looked down and shrugged, saying coolly, "I killed someone. . . I stabbed someone to death."


    He looked up, expecting to see the little girl run away, but she didn''t seem to have any reaction to his words and instead looked up curiously with herrge eyes:


    "Why did you kill that person?"


    ". . ." Huh? Since he was sent to this adoption center, the rumor of what happened in thest adoption center he was in had spread and the adults didn''t like him and the kids were scared of him.


    He had been alone for the past few weeks all this time, and sometimes, the other kids woulde in groups to pick on him. They all knew he had killed someone, but no one asked why.


    He shrugged, "Because."


    "There has to be a reason." Li Yixin lifted her hands up and grabbed onto Mo Yelin''s arm, shaking it gently, "Tell me."


    Mo Yelin was slightly surprised by her sudden touch, and he frowned softly before turning to look at her in the face. In return, he received another toothless smile.


    A small and shortugh escaped his mouth before he looked back down at his feet and began wiggling his toes, "I killed the owner of thest adoption center I was in."


    Li Yixin crossed her legs together and folded her arms together, in the position of getting ready for storytime.


    On the side, a group of girls originally jumping ropes looked over and one girl snorted, "Look! The stupid Li Yixin is now hanging out with the murderer!"


    Hearing this, everyone looked over at the tree and they all started murmuring.


    The girls did not like Li Yixin because the adults and teachers all favored her because she was smart, pretty, sweet, and likable. Of course, this caused the other kids to seclude her, with the girls in the lead.


    When Mo Yelin first came, all the girls flocked around him because he was one of the oldest and tallest boys in the adoption center, and he was very good-looking. As a face dog since birth, Li Yixin had also wanted to be friends with the new boy, but whenever she got near, the other girls pushed her away.


    However, once news that the handsome new boy had killed someone spread, no one dared to hang out around him anymore. And for Li Yixin. . . Well, this was her chance!


    Li Yixin jumped up from the ground and pointed an angry finger at the girl, "Shut up, Yuyu! You don''t know anything!"


    Mo Yelin didn''t care about what the dumb girls said, and he was a little surprised at Li Yixin''s reaction. Was she defending herself or was she defending him?


    He then looked over at the girl named Yuyu, and when their eyes met, the girl immediately looked away in fear because of Mo Yelin''s cold expression.


    Li Yixin sat down angrily and crossed her arms together, "You don''t have to listen to them! They don''t know anything."


    Mo Yelin smiled, "I know. . . Thank you."


    Li Yixin smiled brightly back at him.


    "Do you still want to hear why I killed the owner?"


    Li Yixin nodded excitedly.


    Mo Yelin smiled and turned around to face her, "The owner of thest adoption center I was in was a very bad person. He didn''t give us food, and when he did, it was mostly stale and leftover food."


    Li Yixin''s mouth fell open as she listened intently.


    "The young girls that reached 10 years of age also mysteriously disappeared sometimes, and there were rumors that he sold them to bars or as. . . Do you know what prostitutes are?''


    Li Yixin shook her head confusedly.


    "Never mind. Anyway, he was just very bad. He only opened the adoption center to earn money and help write off some taxes."


    "So why did you kill him?"


    Mo Yelin''s face darkened slightly as he lifted one hand up, revealing a silver ring that was way too big for him on his finger, "I had this ring with me since birth. . . Maybe my parents gave it to me? I don''t know. The owner wanted to take it from me one night when he was drunk, probably to sell it. . . I didn''t want to give it to him. So, he started to beat me up."


    Li Yixin''s lips quivered as she unconsciously grasped onto the edge of her dress nervously.


    "We were in the kitchen since I was on cleaning duty that day, and I got mad so I. . ." Mo Yelin nced up into Li Yixin''s anticipating eyes and hesitated. If he told her would she be scared of him like all the other kids?


    "Go on. . ." She urged, holding a breath in.


    Mo Yelin gulped before looking down, "So I grabbed a knife that was on the table and I stabbed him."


    Li Yixin gasped as she ced her hands over her mouth. Mo Yelin looked up a little nervously, afraid of how she would react. Would she run away?


    However, the next second, she lifted both arms up and pped them together.


    "You''re so cool!"


    --- Author''s Note


    Hehehe I wonder who this Li Yixin girl is? Hmm (SPOILER ALERT) why does she kind of remind me of our shameless face dog female lead? ^o^

 Chapter 13 - A Passionate Kiss

    However, the next second, she lifted both arms up and pped them together.


    "You''re so cool!"


    Mo Yelin blinked his eyes a few times in surprise, not sure that he had heard correctly.


    "If he is an evil person, then he deserves to be destroyed. In the fairytales, all the bad guys are killed by the princess and the prince."


    Mo Yelin looked at the young little girl talking about her fantasies. Usually, he would be annoyed and think the little girls were dumb and stupid, but right now, he couldn''t help but smile as he listened to her talk about how he was really cool and why he did the right thing.


    A few minutester, the teacher came out to call the kids back in since it was time for lunch time, and the two of them walked in together. . . hand in hand.


    Li Yixin was 4 years old while Mo Yelin was 8 already, which was considered quite old for the adoption center. As they walked in, the other girls and boys all red at them, each of them with different emotions, mostly jealousy and annoyance.


    The two of them, who had both eaten lunch alone in the corners of the room in the past, sat together this time.


    Little Yixin, who loved to eat meat, had more on her te today because her new friend "didn''t like meat" and gave his portion to her as well.


    After -


    --- Present


    "How are you so handsome?"


    Mo Han was immediately pulled back from his memories by the voice. He looked down and it took a second before he remembered where he was and what he was doing.


    An Luxia had woken up, and his eyes were half-open as she stared up at him with a small smile on her face.


    She had asked him. . . how is he so handsome?


    A small smile appeared on his face, but before he allowed it to erge, he suddenly leaned forward, moving his hand up to the back of her head.


    The next second, An Luxia''s lips had been sealed by his, and he closed his eyes, avoiding the surprise written all over her face.


    It took a few seconds before An Luxia finally rxed a little and she began returning the kiss. The seconds went by as the kisssted much longer than both of them had nned.


    Mo Han rested his elbow onto the bed and leaned his entire body forward, allowing his body to rest right on top of her as he continued to push deeper with the kiss.


    Unconsciously, his hand began moving down her waist, and when he did so, she suddenly flinched and pulled away, her eyes wide with surprise and nervousness.


    It took a moment before he realized what he had done, and he gulped in both embarrassment and excitement.


    An Luxia''s face was burning red by now as she looked away, "I. . . I''m hungry."


    Mo Han leaned back slightly, sitting back up straight, "It isn''t dinner time yet."


    There were a few seconds of silence before An Luxia looked up and smiled, "That''s okay! I''ll cook something for you."


    She rolled around and got out of the bed, standing up excitedly to go cook and also get out of this awkward situation.


    "You''ll cook something for me?" Mo Han raised one eyebrow, "You know how to cook?"


    An Luxia shot him a nce, "Of course! My parents own a cake shop. I know how to bake and cook. You made a good decision for your mouth and stomach in marrying me."


    Mo Han licked his lips with a smile as he followed her out of the room.


    "Where is the kitchen?"


    "I''ll go with you." He walked in front of her and they made several turns before stopping in front of another door.


    "Your house is too big! How do you not get lost?" They walked in, revealing a gigantic kitchen with no one inside.


    "We can move to my other house that we were in yesterday if you want. That one is smaller."


    "It''s okay." An Luxia immediately made her way to the fridge and opened it to find it filled with ingredients of all sorts.


    She took out two eggs and then turned around to see that he was still standing inside the kitchen. He nced at him and then walked over, opened the door, and pushed him out.


    Then, she shot him a smile and waved goodbye, "I''ll tell you when I''m finished."


    Then, she shut him out of his own kitchen.


    Mo Han blinked a few times in surprise before he chuckled softly, turned around, and left to go do some more work in his office.


    ---


    About an hourter, there was a quick knock on the door before An Luxia walked in, holding a te in her hands.


    At once, the pleasant smell entered the room.


    Mo Han looked up from behind hisputer screen and he quickly closed theptop before standing up from his chair, removing his sses.


    "What did you make?" He leaned forward against the table curiously.


    An Luxia smiled sweetly as she held up the te, which had a slice of strawberry cream cake on it, "I baked a cake!"


    She walked over to him and pointed at the strawberry, "Let me tell you, the strawberry cake in my parent''s cake shop is super famous! It is the best cake around, and I used the same recipe. Try it."


    She used the fork to cut a small portion of the cake and lifted it up to his mouth, "Ah!"


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow as he looked at the cake and then at her. She pushed the cake closer to his lips and he finally opened his mouth, allowing her to feed him.


    He did not remember thest time he had been fed. Unlike parents, the people at the adoption centers obviously didn''t feed the kids. It was a little. . . unusual to have the fooding from someone else''s hand.


    However, his thoughts disappeared the moment the cake entered his mouth.


    This taste. .. .

 Chapter 14 - First Love?

    However, his thoughts disappeared the moment the cake entered his mouth.


    This taste. . .


    It was so delicious!


    He looked up a little surprisedly and his gaze met with her anticipating and eager expression. He smiled softly and nodded, "It''s very good."


    A bright smile crept up her face and she handed the te over to him so he could eat himself. She looked to the side so she didn''t notice the disappointment on his face when he held the te and fork himself.


    "Do you want some?" He asked softly.


    An Luxia waved it off, "It''s okay. I eat it often whenever I go to my parent''s shop. Have you ever eaten the cake from the Haotian Bakery? That''s my parents'' bakery. It''s super good!"


    Mo Han shook his head.


    "Ah, that''s a shame. We should go eat it together sometime." She smiled and moved closer to him, looking up at his face.


    Mo Han knew the foundation of her "love" towards him was because of his appearance, but he didn''t mind much. Sometime soon in the future, it would be more than that.


    He smiled a little crookedly because he didn''t smile often, "Okay. . . But I still like the cake you make for me the most."


    An Luxia''s eyes widened slightly as she felt something hit her chest. Is she in a romance novel?! Handsome male lead falls in love with her at first sight! Oh, this could be a novel!


    She pressed her lips together as she felt her heartbeat speed up and she quickly looked away.


    But then, he raised his arm up and used one finger to lift her chin up, "From now on, you can only bake that cake for me, okay?"


    Without even hesitating, An Luxia nodded her head quickly like a tiny chick, "Yes, yes!"


    He smiled before taking the te he had ced onto the table and handing it back to An Luxia, opening his mouth, "Ah!"


    An Luxia felt her heartbeat continue to speed up but she didn''t care much about it now as she cut the cake with the fork and lifted it up to his mouth.


    ---


    Right after eating the cake, it was dinnertime, and the two of them made their way over to the dining room, which was also extremelyrge, especially for only one person. . . Well, now it was too.


    They sat down and the workers brought over several tes, setting it onto the middle of the table. The table was quite small, which looked a little mismatched inside therge room, but it was helpful when they were sharing the food.


    An Luxia ate happily, herself a little more confident that she had made the right decision to get married to Mo Han. . . even if the origin was to escape the marriage with Lu Xiamo.


    As she ate, she didn''t notice that Mo Han had stopped and he was staring at her. . . her hand to be exact.


    "That ring. . ."


    An Luxia looked up, her mouth filled with food, "What?"


    Mo Han grinned at her "kind of dumb but cute" appearance and pointed at her ring finger, "That ring. Where did you get it from?"


    An Luxia''s eyes widened slightly and she thought that maybe he had mistaken, "Um. . . this ring. I bought it myself haha!"


    Mo Han frowned slightly and raised one eyebrow, "You can tell me the truth. I''m just curious."


    "Really?" An Luxia asked cautiously, cing her other hand over the ring protectively.


    Mo Han nodded his head and smiled as a sign of reassurance.


    An Luxia pursed her lips out and thought for a few more seconds before she smiled sweetly and looked down at the ring, brushing it gently with her finger, "This ring. . ."


    She looked up, "You promise you won''t be jealous?"


    Mo Han nodded. Of course he wouldn''t be jealous! Why would he be jealous? That ring. . . it was his!


    An Luxia narrowed her eyes a little suspiciously as she looked back down at the ring, "This ring. . . My first love gave it to me!"


    A sweet and gentle smile appeared on her face, and it seemed like she was remembering something very pleasant and beautiful as she looked at the ring as if it was her life.


    Then, realizing what situation she was in, she quickly looked up again, expecting to see Mo Han angry or unhappy. However, to her surprise, he did not show any of those emotions.


    Instead. . . he was smiling?


    An Luxia''s mouth fell open in surprise. Why was he smiling? He was happy that he wasn''t her first love. . . She had thought that he was a very overbearing and domineering person.


    "Um. . . Well, we haven''t been in contact for many years now. It was just a childhood love, haha." She smiled awkwardly and pulled her hand back under the table, continuing to eat.


    When she looked up again, Mo Han was still smiling.


    "Um. . . you are happy about that?"


    Mo Han didn''t seem to hear her as he continued to smile nkly, staring at the edge of the table where An Luxia''s hand previously was.


    "Mo Han?"


    He finally broke out of his stupor as he looked up, blinking a little confusedly, "Oh, yeah! Um. . . Your first love, right? Who is that?"


    Realizing that he wasn''t mad and almost seemed to be interested, An Luxia was both confused and scared.


    "Just some boy. . . Mo Han, you''re really not mad?"


    Mo Han picked up his fork and continued to eat, "Why would I be mad? I''m not mad."


    To be honest, An Luxia was a little. . . just a little upset that Mo Han did not get mad or jealous even the slightest about hearing that she had a first love, and was still wearing the ring her first love gave her.


    They were married now! Shouldn''t he at least be a little jealous?


    An Luxia pursed her lips out and decided to push it even further just to make him jealous! Hmph!


    "My first love," she smiled sweetly as she held the ring up, looking at it preciously, "He is the best person in the world! He is handsome, smart, kind, gentle, and everything I like! It is too bad that we aren''t together now. I would totally be with him if I knew where he was."


    She sighed and pressed her hand up to her chest, slowly peeking up to see if Mo Han''s reaction had changed. If he still wasn''t jealous, then she did not know what to think! Did he find pleasure in having his woman like someone else? That was definitely not normal. . . especially for the King of the underworld.


    However. . . When An Luxia looked up, she saw that:


    Mo Han''s smile had be evenrger.

 Chapter 15 - Considerate Mo Han

    However. . . When An Luxia looked up, she saw that:


    Mo Han''s smile had be evenrger.


    ". . ." An Luxia''s mouth fell open in shock, and she couldn''t help but wonder if Mo Han did not understand what she was saying or something.


    Mo Han seemed to notice her shock and confusion, and he cleared his throat awkwardly before continuing to eat, "Eat, eat."


    An Luxia blinked a few times and scratched her head in confusion before slowly picking up the utensils and continuing to eat.


    Maybe the King of the underworld had weird likings. . . Maybe he liked herplimenting other men. An Luxia shook her head at the thought. What type of stupid and weird person would find pleasure in something like that?!


    "Ah," she sighed as she focused on eating dinner.


    ---


    After eating dinner, Mo Han went to finish some more work and An Luxia followed a worker around therge mansion as she was introduced to every room.


    When they finished, An Luxia returned to her new room and sat down on therge bed, taking a look around.


    Today has been a crazy day.


    Suddenly, she was married, living in another person''s house, in a "stranger''s" room, sleeping on the same bed with another person. . . And not just any person, but the King of the underworld, the leader of the HLX?!


    An Luxia yawned as she stood up and walked over to the restroom. She took the things she had organized out from her luggage and organized her toothbrush and other hygiene products onto the table.


    She looked over, wondering where she should put her skincare products, and saw a cab disguised as a mirror to the right. She pulled it open and her eyes widened slightly from the array of different skincare products and other feminine items.


    She blinked a few times, "Mo Han was also interested in skincare?"


    There was suddenly the sound of the door opening, and she flinched as she turned around to see Mo Han enter the restroom.


    "Oh, is this yours?" An Luxia asked as she pointed at the cab a little awkwardly.


    Mo Han nced at it before shaking his head, "No. I had people buy everything you need for you. Your clothes are also in the closet to the right side."


    An Luxia looked closely at the entire cab filled with skincare, makeup, feminine products, and more. Then, she chuckled softly as she pushed her own bag into the cab and pulled out some new products she had always wanted to try.


    Mo Han was quite considerate!


    The bathroom was incrediblyrge with two sinks, and the two of them got ready for bed together.


    "Do you want to take a shower first?" Mo Han asked.


    An Luxia looked over at the shower and nodded her head, "Okay."


    She first grabbed her pajamas from her suitcase and entered the bathroom again to see Mo Han still standing inside.


    She ced her pajamas onto the table near the shower ce and stood there a little awkwardly.


    After about a minute, she finally asked, "Um. . . Are you going to. . . leave?"


    Mo Han looked over at her confusedly for a few seconds before a sly grin crept up his face and he walked over to her, tilting his head slightly, "You''re scared I will see your. . . body?"


    An Luxia''s face turned red immediately as she looked down, "Of course!"


    Mo Han chuckled and said in a teasing voice, "I saw every inch of your body already. What is there to hide?"


    An Luxia could not deal with this shameless man anymore as she opened the shower door and jumped in, "I''ll change in here!"


    She heard a soft chuckle and then the sound of footsteps. For several seconds, she didn''t hear anything else so she decided to take a peak.


    Very slowly, she opened the shower door and looked around the room to find that Mo Han had left.


    She let out a sigh of relief and stepped out to change, thinking that at least he wasn''t shameless enough to stay the entire time while she was showering!


    However, just after she had taken off her shirt and was about to take off her pants, the door opened again and of course. . . Mo Han walked in!


    "Ah!!" An Luxia immediately turned around as she tried to cover up her private body parts, but of course, Mo Han already saw what he needed to see. . . Or more like, didn''t need to see.


    To be honest, Mo Han didn''t do it on purpose! He had thought that An Luxia was actually going to change in the shower ce, and he forgot his phone inside.


    He gulped as he looked away awkwardly and rubbed his nose with his finger, "Um. . . I''m sorry, I. . ."


    Wait a second. Why should he be sorry?! He was only looking at his wife! His legal wife! What was wrong with that?!


    Mo Han cleared his throat and looked back up, walking around her and over to the counter to get his phone.


    As he did this, An Luxia immediately jumped into the shower ce again and turned on the water so it wouldn''t be so awkward.


    Finally, she heard the door close again.


    "Urh!" An Luxia ced both hands onto her cheeks and pressed her lips together in shame. But after careful thought, she slowly blinked her eyes open and tilted her head slightly.


    They were married. . . And he was right. He had seen her body already. Why should she be embarrassed?


    An Luxia scrunched her face up in confusion and looked up at the water that was pouring down. Exactly! Why should she be embarrassed?!


    She scoffed as she stepped into the warm water and finally began her shower.


    About half an hourter, she was sitting on the bed, looking around the room as she waited for Mo Han to finish taking his shower.


    The room waspletely ck and there weren''t any decorations inside the room. in walls, a table, a bed.


    An Luxia shook her head as sheid down, turning towards the left where Mo Han would sleep. She looked at the empty space on the bed as she pulled the nket up higher, covering half of her face.


    There was this very pleasant and calming smell on the bed. . .


    Suddenly, the lights closed and a few secondster, she felt a heavy weight press the bed down and then, a strong force pulled her over to the left side of the bed.


    At once, the smell she had recognized on the nket and pillow became stronger as she was pressed against Mo Han''s chest.


    She looked up slightly, her eyes adjusting to the darkness as she made out Mo Han''s face, his hair still damp and his eyes closed.


    When she was actually able to clearly see his face, feel his masculine body up against hers, and take in the pleasant scent of his body, at once, she felt her heartbeat speed up.


    She was sleeping. . . with a man. Together.


    Maybe it was because he felt or maybe even heard her heartbeat, Mo Han opened his eyes and tilted his head down, looking down at her.


    "What''s wrong? Why aren''t you sleeping?" He asked with a soft smile.


    An Luxia quickly looked away, "I. . . I''m not really tired yet."


    She gulped as she looked to the side. It was too embarrassing to say that she couldn''t fall asleep because this was the first time she was sleeping next to a man on the same bed and felt. . . scared? Excited? She did not know.


    However, what she did not expect was that her words would only cause more embarrassment for her.


    Suddenly, a grim smile appeared on Mo Han''s face as he suddenly turned his body around, moving on top of her in the same position she had first seen him inst night.


    "If you''re not tired, we can always do something else."

 Chapter 16 - Can I?

    "If you''re not tired, we can always do something else."


    An Luxia sucked a breath in as it wasn''t hard to understand what he meant, especially in the position they were in.


    "Actually, I am quite tired." She chuckled awkwardly as she looked down, her eyesnding on his revealed chest since his ck silk nightshirt wasn''t exactly pressed to his skin in this position.


    Her eyes widened and she quickly cleared her throat before looking even further down.


    "But I''m not tired anymore." Mo Han grinned before he pressed down, lifting his hand up as he held onto a side of her face, blocking her soft lips with his.


    "Mm!" An Luxia''s mouth fell open in surprise, and of course Mo Han used this perfect opportunity to push his tongue into his mouth.


    She gulped as she lifted her hands up, grasping onto the corners of his shirt. Although this had happened before already yesterday night, it still felt very. . . different to be so intimate with a man.


    The kisssted for much longer than she had expected, and she felt as the temperature in the room rose and her breathing and heartbeat both sped up.


    Suddenly, she felt a sudden rush of coldness enter her body and she opened her eyes to suddenly realize that he had removed all her upper clothes!


    "Mm!" She opened her mouth and gasped as she pushed her hands up against his chest.


    Feeling the movement, Mo Han stopped and opened his eyes as well. When he saw the fear in her expression, he immediately froze and looked down at her a little nervously.


    "I. . . I''m sorry. If you aren''t ready yet, I. . ."


    An Luxia didn''t expect for him to apologize to her, and she felt a sudden gush of warmth enter her body.


    She smiled softly and looked up at him, "We are married already and we. . ." She pressed her lips together, "I mean, we did it before. I''m not, not ready, just. . . a little scared."


    After all, yesterday still felt like a dream, but she was fully awake right now. . . This would technically be her very first time, right?


    "So. . . can I?" Mo Han asked cautiously, looking like an afraid child asking for permission.


    An Luxia looked at him and couldn''t help but smile. He was very, very different from what she expected. More sweet, more gentle, more respectful, more. . . cute!


    She tightly pressed her legs together and took a deep breath before nodding her head. This would happen sooner orter, it was just a matter of time.


    Plus, she had a feeling that this marriage wouldst longer than she had nned.


    ---


    The next morning, An Luxia did not know when she woke up, but Mo Han was already dressed, and he was sitting on the bed next to her, leaning down to kiss her on the forehead.


    Right as the kissnded, she opened her eyes, taking Mo Han by surprise.


    His face turned slightly red as he quickly pulled away and stood up, "You''re awake!"


    An Luxia thought that his embarrassment was very cute, and she lifted her arm up, grabbing onto his hand, "Good morning."


    He grinned softly before slowly sitting back down on the bed again, "Good morning. I have some work to do. You can continue to sleep. I''ll have someone bring the breakfast to you."


    An Luxia smiled and nodded her head. This time, Mo Han proudly bent down and kissed her quickly on the lips before leaving the room.


    She watched him leave before turning around and continuing to sleep.


    Since she waspletely consciousst night, she remembered every detail vividly, and thinking about it made her both embarrassed and excited.


    No wonder the first time hurt so much and yesterday, she felt sore for the entire day!


    Fromst night, she still clearly remembered just how. . . big -


    She immediately shook her head, her face red with shame and embarrassment. Ah, why was she thinking about that!


    However, she still felt very happy and pleased about her husband''s skill when ites to "that activity". And he had told her yesterday night that she was his first woman!


    An Luxia smiled as she felt her eyelids getting heavier since she had slept verytest night, and before long, she was asleep again.


    ---


    The next time she woke up, there was food on the nightstand next to her.


    She sat up on the bed and grabbed the tray, cing it onto herp as she started to eat. After exercising for so longst night, she was indeed very hungry.


    After finishing her meal, she got out of bed slowly and entered the restroom to get ready for the day.


    She brushed her teeth and washed her face, then put on a nightgown since she didn''t feel like wearing "professional" clothes if she was just going to stay in the house.


    She stayed in the room for a few minutes before finally got bored and left, deciding to go look for Mo Han. Her fluffy bunny slippers didn''t make any sound as she walked down the hallways, trying to remember where his office was.


    As she went, she met a maid that worked in the house and quickly stopped her, "Excuse me. Do you know where Mo Han is?"


    The maid looked around a little nervously before saying, "I''m not sure. Master Mo is probably doing some work. Mrs. An, you can wait for him in your room."


    An Luxia narrowed her eyes slightly before nodding, "Okay."


    The maid then walked away quickly. An Luxia walked as she went and then made another turn, continuing to search for Mo Han''s office.


    The house was incredibly big and it was only her second day here, so she still did not know very well where everything was.


    There were many doors and several of them were locked. After quite a long time, she finally went down a hallway that she thought seemed familiar.


    At the very end, there was the door to Mo Han''s office and it was slightly ajar.


    Just as she was about to pull the door open and enter, she heard a very scary sound.

 Chapter 17 - Scary Little Hanhan

    Just as she was about to pull the door open and enter, she heard a very scary sound.


    It was a muffled gagging noise mixed with a cry or soft scream. An Luxia immediately furrowed her eyebrows together as she pushed the door open a little wider, preparing to walk in.


    "Tell me!"


    An Luxia froze in her ce as her eyes widened. That voice! Although it was deeper and slightly hoarse, she still recognized it. That was Mo Han!


    Unable to suppress her curiosity, she leaned towards the door gap and peeked inside. There was no one sitting at the table area, so they were probably on the other side of the room.


    "I will give you onest chance. Tell me!"


    The gagging and choking sound got louder, and An Luxia couldn''t help but wonder who was making that noise.


    "K, get the knife." Mo Han''s voice deepened and it seemed to ring in An Luxia''s ear several times even after he spoke, causing a chill to run down her spine.


    There was the sound of footsteps as An Luxia tried to reposition her eye to get a look at what was happening inside, although she didn''t know if she was supposed to.


    She was slowly able to make out what seemed to be the back of Mo Han''s suit, but she couldn''t see anything else.


    Then suddenly, there was an ear-piercing scream.


    "Ah!!!" It was a male scream, but it sounded almost like a dying chicken at the moment. Whatever had caused that scream was probably extremely painful.


    An Luxia jumped back in fear, her heartbeat speeding up as she felt the air around her freeze. That scream. . . Even though she wasn''t the one that screamed, it was almost like she could feel the pain. Whatever the pain was.


    As she jumped back, her bunny slippers made a clicking noise against the hard floor. At once, the noiseing from inside stopped, including the scream. The silence was deafening.


    Then, Mo Han''s deep and cold voicemanded, "K, go."


    Although An Luxia knew that the "scary man" inside was her husband, hearing him give an order to capture her, she still got scared.


    Just as she was debating whether she should run or not, there was a banging sound as the door was pushed open and the man An Luxia recognized to be Mo Han''s bodyguard appeared.


    He was extremely tall, around the same height as Mo Han, and with his muscr body build and fierce expression, An Luxia felt her legs get weak.


    K''s scary expression turned to surprise when he saw who it was, and his eyes traveled up and down An Luxia, "Um. . ."


    "Who is it?" Mo Han''s dark voice calmly asked.


    Since the door waspletely open now, An Luxia could see inside. Mo Han''s back was facing her, and he was ying around with a knife, throwing it up in the air and then catching it again.


    Across from him, there was a man kneeling on the ground with his hands and legs tied together by a rope. A bleeding gash ran past his face, and she couldn''t tell if he had fainted or if he was. . . dead.


    K took another nce at An Luxia, who was in a white nightgown, before turning back around, "Mr. Mo, it is. . . Mrs. Mo."


    There was a second of silence before Mo Han immediately whirled around, his eyes and expression filled with shock.


    Their eyes met and fear shed past his face when he saw An Luxia''s pale face. Did she see everything?


    "When did you get here?"


    An Luxia took a step back in fear as Mo Han looked incredibly scary at the moment with blood dripping from his hand and his voice unusually deep and cold


    "I. . . I didn''t mean to. I''ll forget everything -" Her body tensed up as Mo Han dropped the knife onto the ground and suddenly walked over to her.


    She leaned back against the wall, holding her breath as she started mentally writing down her will. Of course, she knew that wouldn''t be necessary!


    However, An Luxia being the dramatic person she was, of course she had to build a more dramatic plot for herself.


    Mo Han walked out and over to An Luxia, looking down at her bunny slippers, then up to her white nightgown, then to her messy hair.


    He nced over at K, who immediately walked back into the room and closed the door.


    "Did you see everything?" Mo Han asked cautiously, fear evident in his voice. He clenched his fists together and stared straight into An Luxia''s eyes.


    She slowly nodded.


    Mo Han gulped as he pressed his lips together, "Are you. . . scared of me now?"


    "Hm?" An Luxia looked up at him confusedly.


    Mo Han gulped again as he switched his weight from one foot to the other, "I. . . That person is a bad guy. I don''t do that often, I promise! And don''t worry, he''s not dead! I. . ." He scratched his head, "I didn''t know you were there."


    It took several long seconds before An Luxia finally realized why Mo Han seemed so off!


    "You''re nervous because you''re scared I will be scared of you now?!"


    Mo Han was a little embarrassed to have his inner thoughts spoken out loud, but he still slowly nodded his head.


    *helemon''s note: Ah, Mo Han ah Mo Han! You also have this day?! Hahaha the almighty King has a time when he is scared? If anyone saw this, your reputation would be gone! Hahaha!


    An Luxia smiled and said jokingly, "What do you mean?! I have always been scared of you."


    Mo Han''s eyes shot up, and he obviously didn''t recognize the joking nature in An Luxia''sst phrase.


    An Luxia blinked a few times, "I was joking."


    "Oh. . . So you''re not scared?"


    Seeing him so nervous was extremely cute to An Luxia, and she couldn''t help but continue to joke around with him.


    She lifted her arm up and patted him gently on his head, "Don''t worry, my little Hanhan. I''m not scared! After all, you are the underworld King. Understandable, yes, very understandable."


    Mo Han blinked a few times.


    Little Hanhan?!

 Chapter 18 - Mr. Gu And Mr. Qin

    Mo Han blinked a few times.


    Little Hanhan?!


    Was that his new name now?


    "You''re really not scared?"


    An Luxia shrugged, "Why should I be scared? I''m not your victim. Besides, this is technically your job, and I knew about it all along. As long as I''m not involved, why should I be scared?"


    Mo Han let out a silent breath of relief and he grinned, "What are you doing here?"


    "I came to look for you. It''s summer break and I graduated from undergraduate college already. . . I really don''t have much to do."


    Mo Han thought for a few seconds as he remembered the current situation he was in as he nced back at his office door, "Why don''t you go make me some food? I haven''t eaten breakfast yet."


    "Huh?" An Luxia tilted her head sideways. Wasn''t he supposed to be the domineering male lead in a novel that cooks for the female lead? Why was it the opposite for her?!


    "Yes, yes. I''m hungry." Mo Han smiled at her and turned her around, pushing her gently down the hallway.


    "What?!"


    "Didn''t you say you have nothing to do? I like eating the food you make."


    An Luxia pursed her lips out as they turned around the corner and Mo Han kissed her quickly on the head before walking back, "Come work in my office with the food. I''ll be waiting for you!"


    An Luxia walked as he left with a confused and shocked expression.


    What?!


    ---


    An hourter, An Luxia made sure to knock before entering Mo Han''s office.


    This time, there was no one inside except him, who was sitting at his desk and taking a call from hisputer. The person on the other end seemed to be talking about something rted to business.


    An Luxia thought she hade in at the wrong time, but didn''t expect for Mo Han to suddenly just say out of nowhere, interrupting the other person:


    "Goodbye, my wife is here."


    Then, he hung up.


    An Luxia blinked a few times and couldn''t help but pity whoever was on the other end of the call. Mo Han stood up and walked over with a smile.


    "What did you cook?"


    "Some porridge. . ."


    Mo Han grinned as he looked down at the warm bowl of porridge, "I love porridge."


    They sat down on the couch and Mo Han began to eat his breakfast. An Luxia had gotten herptop on the way over here, and she opened it up to begin writing.


    She was currently writing a fantasy romance novel that wasn''t very popr, and it only earned her about a hundred dors each month. However, she didn''t really do it for the money so she continued to write.


    She wasn''t at the point where she had to find a job yet as she had lived with her family up until now. Plus, she was married now and her husband seemed quite capable!


    Soon enough, she would have to go out and find a job, but that was a problem for the future


    Mo Han quickly finished therge bowl of porridge and also grabbed hisptop, sitting down next to An Luxia as he also began working.


    After writing for some time, she became tired and turned to look at Mo Han, "What work do you do? Is it some top secret?"


    Mo Han looked up with a smile and shook his head, "There isn''t much work for me to do for the HLX, since it isn''t active all the time and there are many other workers below me. I mainly take care of the other businesses under the HLX."


    An Luxia nodded as she closed herptop and rested her head onto his broad shoulder, "How powerful are you exactly? I don''t think anyone knows about your existence and who you are. . ."


    Mo Han liked that his little wife was asking him questions to get to know him better, and he happily responded, "Powerful and rich enough to take care of you for the rest of your life."


    An Luxia chuckled and tilted her head slightly to look up at him, "Are you sure? I eat a lot!"


    Mo Han grinned as he lifted his arm up, wrapping it around her waist, "It''s okay. I can eat less."


    An Luxia smiled sweetly, still a little surprised that she was married and this man was already promising to take care of her for the rest of her life! That was a very long time. . . She didn''t dare think that far.


    "You can continue to do your work. I''ll watch you."


    Mo Han nodded his head and continued to type on his document. An Luxia did not understand what he was typing about, and as she watched the numbers and letters fly by his screen, she quickly fell asleep.


    Mo Han continued to work for some time, trying to make as little noise as possible since his little wifey was asleep on his shoulder.


    Almost an hourter, there was a sudden knock on the door, and he immediately knit his eyebrows together with a frown.


    He closed hisptop and gently lifted An Luxia''s head up, repositioning it onto his legs.


    "Come in. Who is it?"


    The door clicked open and he immediately looked back angrily to see that it was K.


    "Be quiet!" He said in a hushed voice.


    K immediately noticed the sleeping figure on Mo Han''sp, and he gulped before whispering, "Mr. Gu and Mr. Qin are waiting for you in the living room."


    Mo Han took onest look at the little cat in deep sleep on hisp before he slowly lifted her head up again and stood up. Then, he grabbed a pillow and gently ced her head onto it.


    Before leaving, he bent down to quickly kiss her before walking out the room.


    "Go get her a nket," hemanded K as the door closed.


    He entered the living room, where two men were seated on the couch, casually drinking tea.


    When they saw him, they simultaneously stood up.


    "What are you two doing here?" Mo Han asked in an annoyed tone, still unhappy about the "naptime" with his little kitten being interrupted.


    Gu Yechen and Qin Wei nced at each other before Qin Wei smiled a little awkwardly, "Of course we are here to take a look at our new sister-inw!"


    --- Author''s Note:


    Yes, yes, yes! Gu Yechen is the Gu Yechen you are thinking of! If you read my other novel, ''Reborn To Love'', then you will know who I am talking about! Hehehe I love doing these small connections between novels ^o^ I find it interesting hehehe :)


    And quick note! Sister-inw isn''t actually "sister-inw". They are not brothers. It is just that in China, the same term is used if the guys are friends, so it is like "sister-inw" as the wife of a friend.


    Love you and have a great day <3

 Chapter 19 - SisterInLaw

    Gu Yechen and Qin Wei nced at each other before Qin Wei smiled a little awkwardly, "Of course we are here to take a look at our new sister-inw!"


    Mo Han sat down on the couch across from them, crossing his legs together as he leaned backfortably against the couch, "That''s too bad. She''s asleep right now."


    A maid walked over and poured another cup of tea for Mo Han, who blew the hot tea gently before taking a small sip.


    Gu Yechen and Qin Wei sat back down and Qin Wei shrugged, "It''s okay. We can wait! Anyway, Yechen is here to talk to you about some business as well."


    Mo Han looked over at Gu Yechen, who pulled out a file folder and the three of them began discussing work-rted things.


    ---


    When An Luxia woke up, she did not know how long she had been sleeping. She looked down at the nket covering her and stood up, looking around the room to find that Mo Han was gone.


    She rubbed her eyes, wondering how long she had slept for already. Then, she got off the couch and left the room. She made a few turns before she began to hear voices.


    It was a man''s voice, but An Luxia could tell right away that it wasn''t Mo Han. She walked in the direction the noise wasing from, and it got louder and louder until she came to a stop in front of the living room.


    From her view, she could see Mo Han sitting on the couch. Across from him, there were two other people also sitting there. They seemed to be talking about something rted to business.


    Not wanting to disturb him, An Luxia stood behind the pole, leaning back against it wondering what time it was.


    However, she was quickly noticed.


    "Luxia!" Mo Han stood up from the couch when he saw the bunny slipper and white dress from behind the pole, and he immediately walked over.


    An Luxia turned around and smiled a little embarrassedly upon seeing Mo Han, "Hi. . . Did I disturb you?"


    Mo Han frowned slightly and shook his head, grabbing onto her hand, "Come."


    He turned around and pulled her into the living room, where Gu Yechen and Qin Wei had both stood up, looking at the two of them with surprise and curiosity in their expressions.


    An Luxia looked at Gu Yechen first, who had a cold expression on his face. It was an apathetic coldness, unlike Mo Han, who seemed a little scary when he wore a straight expression at times. He was wearing apletely ck suit, and he had his hands inside his pant pockets.


    Standing next to him, Qin Wei seemed to be theplete opposite. Qin Wei was smiling as he looked at An Luxia, and he wore a light blue suit that matched his bright personality.


    "Let me introduce you. This is Gu Yechen and Qin Wei, my. . . friends," Mo Han said.


    An Luxia smiled softly and nodded, "Hello, I am An Luxia."


    Qin Wei immediately responded cheerfully, "Hello, sister-inw!"


    An Luxia blinked a few times in surprise at his name for her, and she nced at Mo Han, who seemed very pleased with it.


    "What are you looking at?" Mo Han asked coldly when he saw that Qin Wei''s eyes were looking his wife up and down.


    Qin Wei''s eyes widened slightly in confusion before clearing his throat awkwardly, "Nothing, nothing. It''s just. . ."


    He chuckled, "Sister-inw''s shoes are very cute."


    An Luxia immediately looked down and her eyes met with the bunny ears. Ah! She was still in her nightgown!


    She sucked in a breath of cold air as she immediately pressed her two feet together, although there was no use in hiding it now. Besides that, she was in a nightgown, her hair was messy, and she didn''t have any makeup on!


    And this was the first time she was meeting Mo Han''s friends! Oh no, oh no!


    Mo Han didn''t seem to care as he red at Qin Wei, and pulled An Luxia over to the couch, sitting down again.


    "Are you hungry?" He asked, looking at her gently before raising his arm up and saying to a maid standing nearby, "Go get some food."


    "Yes, sir."


    Qin Wei and Gu Yechen also sat down and they both shook their heads simultaneously at this sight.


    Brave Qin Wei couldn''t help but say, "Ah, who would have guessed that the almighty Mo Han would also bend towards another person. I wonder who used to say that no one can control him!"


    Mo Han shot an annoyed re at Qin Wei, who didn''t seem scared as he chuckled loudly, "Right, Yechen?! Hahaha, now we have back-up! Sister-inw, if your husband bullies us, you have to help us, okay?"


    An Luxia blinked a few times, looking towards Mo Han, "You bully them?"


    At once, Mo Han straightened his back as he looked over at An Luxia innocently, "Of course not!"


    He turned his head slowly, looking at Qin Wei with a deadly expression, "What do you mean, Qin Wei?"


    Qin Wei felt a chill run down his spine as he gulped and chuckled, his lips a little crooked, "Haha, I was just. . . joking. Joking."


    Of course An Luxia could tell that Mo Han actually did bully them, but she could also guess that they probably only joked around.


    "Mo Han, we weren''t finished yet! So, what do you think about the project? Should I ept it or wait for a little more?"


    Mo Han thought for a few seconds before picking up his teacup and taking a slow sip of tea, "Wait for one more week. When they are absolutely desperate, then ask them to lower the cost 3 more percent and they will agree."


    Qin Wei nodded his head and then suddenly pped his hands together, "Yes, sir!"


    An Luxia looked between the two of them a little confusedly, "Are you. . . his business consultant?"


    Qin Wei burst intoughter, "Hahaha, that''s funny, sister-inw! He''s my boss!"


    "Boss?" An Luxia looked up at Mo Han, who continued to sip his tea slowly. "You are a worker in the HLX as well?"


    Qin Wei shook his head, lifting one finger up and tilting it from side to side, "No, no, no. I am the CEO of the Qin Corporation, Qin Wei."


    An Luxia''s mouth fell open. She did remember that Mo Han had told her that there were many businesses secretly under the HLX, but she did not think that Qin Wei was the boss of one of them.


    She then looked towards Gu Yechen, who naturally gave off a powerful and cold atmosphere, almost as if there were signs around him saying, ''Don''te close. Don''t talk to me. I don''t like you.''


    However, she still asked, "Are you. . . maybe the CEO of the Gu Corporation?"


    Gu Yechen looked at her and nodded his head.


    She sucked a breath in and immediately looked over at Mo Han in surprise. The Gu Corporation and the Qin Corporation! And the ultimate boss was her husband?!


    That was too much information to handle!


    The maid came back with a tray in her hands, and she carefully set it onto the table before walking away again.


    There were three tes on the tray; two tes of fruit and a te of small snacks.


    An Luxia was a little hungry and she reached over, grabbing a strawberry. As she ate the strawberry in one bite, Qin Wei and Gu Yechen continued to talk to Mo Han about business-rted information.


    Thinking that maybe this information was confidential, An Luxia stood up to leave, not wanting to get in any trouble.. However, before her legs could even straighten, she was immediately pulled down again, her bottomnding straight onto Mo Han''s legs.

 Chapter 20 - Dog Food Time

    However, before her legs could even straighten, she was immediately pulled down again, her bottomnding straight onto Mo Han''s legs.


    She fell back, her upper body held in his arm as he looked down at her, "Where are you going?"


    Qin Wei gasped from this sight, and he immediately covered his eyes up with one hand, using the other to grab onto Gu Yechen''s arm.


    Gu Yechen red at him and annoyedly pushed his hand off, wiping his arm with a handkerchief.


    Qin Wei didn''t care as he used both hands to cover his eyes. However, he loosened his fingers, peaking through the holes.


    An Luxia''s face instinctively turned red when she thought that there were two other people watching, and she red at Mo Han frustratingly, "The information you are talking about. . . It''s about thepanies, right? As an outsider, I probably shouldn''t listen in. I''ll go wait for lunch in my room."


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, "Outsider? When did the boss''s wife be an outsider? Is she an outsider?"


    At once, both Qin Wei and Gu Yechen shook their heads, "Of course not!"


    This only caused An Luxia''s face to turn even more red as her heartbeat also sped up. Mo Han smiled when he saw her embarrassed and cute expression, and he lifted his hand up, brushing his thumb gently across the edge of her lips.


    "You dirty little kitten. How can you get juice on your face just from eating a strawberry?" He said gently with a smile as he lifted his finger up to his mouth, licking the strawberry juice off in a very sexy manner. An Luxia almost felt as if her heart skipped a beat.


    "Ah!" There was a soft shriek from Qin Wei, who seemed to be even more excited than An Luxia at the moment.


    Gu Yechen also cleared his throat awkwardly as he looked away. Being single since birth, these types of scenes weren''t fit for him to watch. Too much dog food.


    An Luxia couldn''t help but be scared that her heart was going to jump out of her chest at any moment, and she quickly pushed herself up, sitting up a little stiffly on Mo Han''sp. However, Mo Han wasn''t going to let her go so easily.


    "Stay here. I''ll feed you." He couldn''t bend forward too much or else An Luxia would tumble off, so he stretched his arm out, "Give me the te."


    Qin Wei immediately grabbed the te of fruit on the table and handed it to him.


    He used the fruit fork and grabbed an apple slice, lifting it up to An Luxia''s lips, "Ah!"


    Her eyes quickly darted around the room a little nervously and a little embarrassedly. After all this time being single and eating dog food fed by others, she couldn''t help but feel embarrassed and a little weird being the one feeding dog food this time.


    And they were around his friends! Two strangers to her!


    "Ah!"


    An Luxia finally opened her mouth obediently and ate the fruit he fed her.


    "Is it sweet?" He asked as he got another strawberry.


    An Luxia nodded her head.


    He smiled as he popped the strawberry into his mouth in one bite and chewed on it four times before swallowing. Then, he knit his eyebrows together, "This isn''t as sweet as the one I just ate."


    An Luxia thought for a few seconds confusedly, not remembering that he had eaten any fruit. Then, she remembered the strawberry remnants he had "stolen" from her lips. At once, her face reddened to another shade, the shade of a strawberry.


    Mo Han grinned as he enjoyed watching her embarrassed because of him. It was incredibly cute!


    However, in other people''s eyes, it wasn''t so cute. Qin Wei jumped up from the couch angrily and stomped one foot onto the ground.


    "I can''t do this anymore! Hmph, I''m not here to eat dog food! Goodbye!"


    He turned around to walk away but immediately froze when he heard the single word, "Stop."


    He turned around unhappily, ring at Mo Han.


    "You have to at least eat lunch here before you leave." Mo Han smirked, "Did you forget all those times in the past when you brought random women to our meetings? This is called karma!"


    Qin Wei''s lips quivered slightly as he pointed one angry finger at Mo Han. In the end, he sat down again, grabbing onto Gu Yechen''s arm.


    "Yechen, look at how he is bullying me! Ah!!"


    Gu Yechen smiled fakely at him before pushing his hands off again, "You did bring women in the past. This is called karma."


    Qin Wei''s eyes widened and he finally turned to An Luxia, "Sister-inw! See, they are bullying me! You have to help me!"


    An Luxia looked between the three of them before chuckling softly and not saying anything else.


    Ah, it seemed like Qin Wei was just like her. Aplete drama queen/king!


    ---


    In the end, Qin Wei and Gu Yechen did end up staying to eat lunch with them. They entered the dining room and sat down with Qin Wei and Gu Yechen on one side, and An Luxia and Mo Han on the other.


    The tes were brought up and Qin Wei immediately began eating, almost like he hadn''t eaten for days. . . or that he wanted to leave as soon as possible.


    Gu Yechen first calmly folded his napkin elegantly, took a sip of water, and then began his meal.


    The four of them fell into silence as the meal began, and since they were sharing several dishes, Mo Han would continuously ce food onto her te as she ate.


    Although most of the time, Qin Wei had his head buried into his bowl furiously eating, he still saw a few of the times Mo Han helped get food for An Luxia.


    Finally, he ced his bowl and chopsticks down and sighed.


    "Sister-inw. Thanks to you, I witnessed a miracle today."


    An Luxia swallowed her food and looked up, "What miracle?"

 Chapter 21 - The Biggest Miracle

    "Sister-inw. Thanks to you, I witnessed a miracle today."


    An Luxia swallowed her food and looked up, "What miracle?"


    Qin Wei shook his head, "Ah, you don''t know. I have never seen Mo Han ever treat someone like he treats you! So gentle and sweet!"


    He shuddered, "I''m so not used to it! Sister-inw, tell me! What secret potion did you feed to Mo Han? Give some to me too!"


    An Luxia chuckled, "Secret potion? I don''t have a secret potion! Why? Are you saying that Mo Han treats you badly?"


    After this time, she felt a little closer with Qin Wei, and she knew that it was fine to joke around with him.


    Qin Wei scoffed, "After seeing how he treats you, yes! It is likeparing the sky to the ground!"


    Mo Han red at him and ced arge chunk of fish onto Qin Wei''s te, "Eat your food!"


    Qin Wei chuckled happily as he picked up the fish and began eating again.


    The rest of the meal went by happily, and An Luxia learned a lot about what Mo Han was like in the past from Qin Wei.


    He was cold, cruel, arrogant, proud, and everything she imagined the King of the Underworld to be like! However, just to her, he was different. He was gentle, considerate, humble, and kind of cute!


    An Luxia couldn''t help but wonder. Was this really just because they had slept together for one night? Or maybe. . . Just maybe, he had developed feelings for her within a few days?


    She did not know why, but she was happy to be the one exception in Mo Han''s world.


    ---


    After a veryrge lunch, Qin Wei and Gu Yechen left, vowing toe and visit them again soon. Qin Wei even volunteered to bring An Luxia out to y since she was on summer break, but was mercilessly rejected by Mo Han.


    An Luxia followed Mo Han into his office since he had some work to finish and she had to upload her chapter.


    She sat down on the couch and opened up herptop as Mo Han walked over to hisputer.


    They both worked in silence for a few minutes until suddenly, there was a ringing sound. An Luxia looked over and saw that someone was calling her.


    She had the number saved, and the name of the person calling read:


    ''Lu Xiamo''


    An Luxia immediately knit her eyebrows together, wondering why he was still calling her. Was her rejection not serious enough? Did he take pleasure in being rejected by her?


    She sighed and quickly hit publish on her newest chapter before picking up the call.


    "What is it?"


    There was a few seconds of silence before Lu Xiamo spoke, his voice soft and cold, "An Luxia, are you actually married?"


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together and resisted the urge to just hang up, "Yes, I am actually married, and maybe if you had more brain cells you would know to not call me anymore after thatst meeting."


    There seemed to be a soft growling sounding from the other side of the phone, and An Luxia frowned as she looked at her screen.


    She rolled her eyes and was just about to hang up the call when she heard him say, An Luxia, you will regret this! I will definitely make you pay for what you did to me!"


    Then, he hung up the call first. An Luxia stared at her home screen for a few seconds, a little confused. Um. . . So, what exactly did she do to him? And how was he going to make her pay?


    She shrugged and ignored his empty threats, opening up herputer again.


    "Who was it?" Mo Han asked, standing up from his desk and walking over.


    "Lu Xiamo." She chuckled, "He said he was going to make me pay for marrying you." She leaned over to him and frowned pitifully, "King Mo Han, you have to protect me!"


    He smiled as he sat down next to her, lifting her up with two hands and cing her onto hisp. An Luxia gasped softly as her entire body was lifted off the couch and onto hisp.


    Underneath clothes, his arms did not look extremely bulky, and even without clothes on, they were muscr but not bulky like many fitness trainers had.


    However, they were able to easily lift her up. Even if she was light, she was still a grown human! She couldn''t help but wonder how much power he held in that body.


    He rested his chin onto her shoulder and An Luxia shuddered slightly as she could feel his warm breathing against her neck, tickling her.


    "What are you going to do tomorrow?"


    An Luxia shrugged, "I don''t know. I might go visit my parents'' shop and help out."


    Mo Han was quiet for a moment before he asked softly, "Do you want to go on a date?"


    An Luxia turned her head around, looking at him in surprise. A date?


    He blinked a few times, his spine straightening, "I. . . Since you said you wanted to start off as a dating couple, then I thought that we should naturally go on dates."


    An Luxia smiled and nodded her head, "Sure. I have nothing to do tomorrow."


    Mo Han''s expression brightened as he lifted her off hisp again and back onto the couch, "I''m going to go finish up some work then."


    He quickly returned to hisputer and An Luxia opened herptop, entering a famous home decoration store.


    An hourter, she had made several purchases and her stomach was growling.


    After eating dinner, she returned to her room. Mo Han stayed inside his office and finished up some more work before finally, the two of them went to bed together.


    This night, there was no unusual movement or noiseing from inside their room. They fell asleep quickly in each other''s embrace.


    ---


    "Are you ready yet?"


    "Wait! One more minute!" An Luxia yelled from inside the closet as she carefully put on her mascara. Then, she randomly grabbed a lipstick from inside her makeup bag and quickly applied it onto her lips.


    She pressed her lips together and leaned back, taking a look at herself in the mirror.


    Long, elegant white dress, light makeup, straight flowing hair, the perfect first-date look! She patted herself on the back for doing so well for the first date of her first rtionship!


    Writing novels and watching dramas weren''t useless after all! She learned so much about dating from them. Finally, at least, it hase to some use.


    She quickly grabbed her phone and ran out the closet, running into Mo Han, who was waiting for her outside the bedroom door.


    "I''m ready! Sorry to keep you waiting."


    Mo Han looked down at her a little surprisedly, his eyes traveling up and down her from head to toe. She also looked up and down herself, wondering what he was looking at.


    Finally, he grinned softly, grabbed onto her hand, and turned around.


    "Let''s go."

 Chapter 22 - First Date

    "Where are we going?" An Luxia asked in the back of the car next to Mo Han.


    The driver in the front didn''t ask and Mo Han didn''t say anything. He just said they were going on a date, but where?


    Mo Han smiled, "You''ll see when we get there."


    An Luxia could not help but be a little scared of what he had nned. As the King of the Underworld, maybe his ideas on date ns were a little different from normal people.


    She looked out the window as she began to wonder what he hade up with. Maybe it was archery? Shooting ranches? Hunting?


    Half an hourter, they arrived in front of none of those ces.


    "We''re here," Mo Han said, reaching over to help her take off her seatbelt. He was getting better at this romantic dating thing!


    An Luxia looked out at the bustling sidewalk, "Movie theater?!"


    Mo Han blinked a few times, "Is there something wrong with that?"


    "We are watching a movie?" An Luxia asked, trying to hide the surprise in her voice and expression.


    Mo Han nodded, "Yes, why?"


    An Luxia smiled a little sheepishly, "No, nothing. It just doesn''t seem to really. . . suit you, haha."


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, thinking back to yesterday.


    --- Mo Han''s Living Room Yesterday


    "Qin Wei, you dated many girls before, right?" Mo Han suddenly looked up from his teacup, breaking the long silence.


    Qin Wei nodded his head proudly, "Yes, of course! I am the yboy of the country!" He flipped his hair as he spoke.


    Gu Yechen nced at him, "Is that something to be proud of?"


    Qin Wei rolled his eyes, "Of course! Every title is something to be proud of, especially this one!"


    Mo Han put down his teacup and cleared his throat a little awkwardly, "Then. . . you went on many dates with different girls, right?"


    Qin Wei nodded, realizing that something was a little off "Why?"


    He narrowed his eyes, "Mo Han, tell me. What is it? What do you want to ask?"


    Mo Han looked away a little embarrassedly before asking very softly, "I am just wondering. . . Where should you go on a first date?"


    Qin Wei grinned evilly, "Mo Han, are you nning to bring sister-inw on a date?"


    Mo Han cleared his throat awkwardly before nodding.


    Qin Wei pped his hands together, "You asked the right person! I have the most experience in this. Trust me, I will n the perfect date for you and sister-inw. Okay, so first and the most ssic, you can go with a movie. Never goes wrong."


    Qin Wei stood up and walked around, sitting down next to Mo Han excitedly, "When you go, pick either a romance movie or a scary movie. If it is a romance movie and there is a. . . you know. . ."


    Heughed a little impurely, raising one eyebrow at Mo Han.


    "What?" Mo Han frowned, obviously not understanding.


    "You know. . . That kind of scene. . ." Qin Wei urged.


    "Just say it. What is it?!" And of course Mo Han doesn''t understand. Across from them, Gu Yechen also couldn''t understand Qin Wei''s hint.


    "Like a scene where. . ." He pped his hands together a little embarrassedly. Finally, Gu Yechen understood.


    "A bed scene," he said shamelessly.


    "Yes!" Qin Wei sighed.


    "Oh. . . " Mo Han eximed, finally understanding, "So what?"


    "If there is a," Qin Wei cleared his throat, "scene, then the mood will be hehehe." He nodded his head, looking over at Mo Han to see if he had understood. Obviously, he didn''t.


    He sighed helplessly, "Anyway, it will be very romantic and something may happen in the movie theater."


    Mo Han still didn''t seem to understand.


    "Okay, never mind!" Qin Wei sighed frustratedly, "That is not a good option for you. Switch to the next movie option, horror movie. This is a great option! During the horror movie, sister-inw will get scared, and then she will scream -"


    "Ah!" Qin Wei screamed with a high-pitched girl-like voice in imitation, "and hug you." He reached over to hug Mo Han, who immediately jumped away.


    Qin Wei pursed his lips out pitifully, "Anyway, and then you willfort her. Perfect n!"


    Mo Han looked down at the floor, thinking silently. Finally, he nodded his head slightly.


    --- Present


    Mo Han and An Luxia entered the movie theater hand in hand, attracting many looks mainly because Mo Han was tall and handsome, but An Luxia was also a very cute looking girl standing next to him.


    They walked over to a seat and Mo Han turned to face her, "You sit here. I''ll go get the tickets and popcorn, okay?"


    An Luxia nodded her head and sat down. She watched as Mo Han first got in line to go get tickets. She looked over at the board showing which movies were being broadcasted and her eyesnded on a specific one.


    Although she really wanted to watch it, she guessed that Mo Han probably wouldn''t pick it. Ah, she will have toe in the future with her brother to watch it.


    A few minutester, Mo Han was back with arge tub of popcorn and arge drink.


    "The movie is starting soon. Let''s go."


    An Luxia nodded her head and took the drink from him, lessening his load. Together, they walked down the empty hallways since few people came to watch movies in the morning.


    "Which movie did you choose?" An Luxia asked, taking a sip of the refreshing soda.


    Mo Han pressed his lips together and cleared his throat, "You''ll see."


    He can''t expose it now! Or else what if she makes him change the movie choice! Then the n would be ruined!


    They continued to walk until they reached the end of the hallway, and Mo Han pointed to the room at the very end, "This one!"


    An Luxia looked up to the top of the door, where the title of the film was written in red. Right after she read the movie''s name, her eyes lit up in surprise.


    She grabbed onto Mo Han''s arm, shaking it excitedly, "Mo Han, how did you know I wanted to watch this movie?"


    ". .. . What?!"

 Chapter 23 - The Best Horror Movie

    She grabbed onto Mo Han''s arm, shaking it excitedly, "Mo Han, how did you know I wanted to watch this movie?"


    ". . . What?!" Mo Han looked up at the title on the door and frowned.


    ''The Shark Reef''


    It was known as the scariest shark horror movie that came out this year! It was also one of the two only horror movies that were being yed today.


    "You want to watch. . . this?" Mo Han asked confusedly.


    An Luxia nodded her head excitedly as she took a look at the tickets in Mo Han''s hands, "I love shark movies! How do you know me so well?"


    She smiled as she looked up at him lovingly, the sweetness inside her heart increasing. Did they just think alike or did he purposely pick this movie because he knew she would like it? How did he know she would like it?


    Of course, An Luxia did not know that none of those reasons were correct.


    An Luxia grabbed onto his hand and pulled him into the movie theater excitedly. Mo Han followed behind her, still confused, wondering what went wrong.


    She liked to watch shark movies? Most girls did not like horror movies at all, and just from looking at her cute appearance and personality, it seemed even less likely she liked horror movies.


    She got embarrassed just from him kissing her, and would get scared at night before anything even happened. How could she like horror movies?!


    Mo Han shook his head as the two of them sat down in their seats. It''s okay. . . She would still be scared, right? When she was scared, then the n would still work!


    He nodded his head and decided to still trust Qin Wei in his "almighty n".


    The two of them sat down together and An Luxia immediately began eating the popcorn as she watched the ads being yed on therge screen.


    "Do you like shark movies too?" An Luxia asked curiously, taking a sip of the soda.


    Mo Han blinked his eyes a few times before he smiled crookedly. No. . . He absolutely hated shark movies. If there was a single thing he was scared of in this world, it would be sharks. He did not know why, but sharks were just scary to him.


    "Hahaha. . . sure." He grabbed popcorn as well and stuffed it into his mouth.


    An Luxia smiled happily as she began to think that they had many things that were alike!


    Before long, the movie began and just in the beginning introduction to the actual movie, there was a sudden shark that came out of nowhere and "bit" the screen.


    Several people inside the room gasped and a few even screamed in shock, and An Luxia shook her head as she heard them.


    What was scary about that?!


    Mo Han was trying to hide his fast heartbeat and fast breathing as he began eating more popcorn. It''s okay. . . He was the King of the Underworld! What was he scared of?!


    It was just a shark movie. Nothing scary about that. . . nothing at all.


    The movie was about a group of four girls that go scuba diving in a famous coral reef. However, while they are down there, suddenly, several aggressive sharks appear in the reef.


    They hide at the very bottom of the reef, and there are a group of sharks above them. The movie is mainly about how they escape and return to the boat on top.


    "Ah!" Someone screamed as the first shark appeared on the screen.


    The movie continued, and An Luxia ate her popcorn excitedly as she watched. She was indeed scared of other horror movies, but she never found shark movies to be scary.


    First of all, they didn''t live in the water, so there was no need to be scared of a shark attack. Plus, it was proven that sharks don''t randomly attack humans anyway! It was all fake.


    "Ah!!" Screaming filled the room as one dumb girl decided to try and swim past the sharks to the top and a shark immediately killed her.


    An Luxia shook her head, mourning the stupidity of the girl. She did not notice that next to her, Mo Han was already sweating from fear.


    He nced at An Luxia, wondering why she didn''t seem to have any reaction to the jump scares. Stupid Qin Wei! His ns did not work at all!


    As one of the girls had to swim past from one rock to another in order to reach a different hiding ce, it seemed fine and she was almost at the other rock when suddenly, a shark came from below and bit her body into pieces.


    The image was incredibly realistic, a reason why the movie was so popr.


    Along with all the screams and gasps in the room, Mo Han''s hand instinctively grabbed onto the nearest object next to him, which coincidentally was An Luxia''s hand that was grabbing popcorn.


    An Luxia nced at him and saw the fear and shock in his face. She blinked a few times, "You''re scared of shark movies?"


    Mo Han looked at her and gulped before finally nodding his head, looking away a little embarrassedly.


    An Luxia smiled, thinking that it was cute how he was scared, and she wrapped her arm around his shoulder, patting him on the shoulder, "Don''t worry. I''ll protect you!"


    ". . ." Mo Han blinked a few times. That wasn''t how it was supposed to work. . . right?


    Shouldn''t it be the other way around?


    The rest of the movie quickly went by as each girl died one by one. Whenever there was a sudden attack or jump scare, An Luxia would very "considerately" pat him on the back andfort him.


    After a few times, Mo Han wasn''t so scared anymore, and he couldn''t help but feel a little embarrassed to beforted by a little girl younger than him! And he was the King of the Underworld!


    If this news spread, his reputation would be gone!


    After one final girl was able to make it out of the reef safely, the movie came to an end and the lights in the theater opened again.


    Everyone slowly stood up and left therge theater, a few people still in shock from the realistic movie.


    Meanwhile, An Luxia slowly finished the rest of the popcorn in the tub as the theme song of the movie yed and the credits rolled by.


    "Why did you choose a shark movie if you were scared of it?" She asked confusedly.


    "Haha, I''m not that scared. . . I. . . You liked it, right?"


    An Luxia nodded her head with a smile, "Come one. Since you chose a movie that I liked, I''ll treat you to a good meal."


    She stood up and grabbed her bag with one hand, using the other to grab onto his hand. Together, they walked out of the theater with An Luxia walking in front, grabbing onto his hand.


    Mo Han couldn''t help but wonder why this almost felt like he was a little brother being taken care of by an older sister?!


    No, no, no! This shouldn''t be right!


    He cleared his throat and walked over, standing next to An Luxia as they walked together. He needed to get his reputation back!


    Good thing that there were still several more steps to Qin Wei''s n!

 Chapter 24 - Second Date Plan

    After leaving the movie theater, it was lunchtime already, so the two of them drove to a very famous restaurant in City A.


    Although An Luxia insisted on treating Mo Han, he still refused, "This is our first date. How can I let you pay?"


    They entered the restaurant and the workers greeted them politely. Mo Han seemed to eat here often, as the workers brought them to a private room in the back of the restaurant after they arrived.


    He quickly ordered and the food arrived within half an hour.


    An Luxia excitedly lifted up her chopsticks as she began eating, still hungry after a whole tub of popcorn.


    However, before she could take a bite, she received a phone call. She took out her phone and nced at the name on the screen before answering.


    "Xinyi, what is it?" She lifted up her chopsticks again and took a small bite of the food, "Mhm. . . Yes. . . Okay,ter,ter. Bye!"


    She then hung up the call and put the phone down on the table.


    "Who is it?" Mo Han asked, elegantly beginning to eat.


    An Luxia smiled, "My best friend. I''ll introduce you to herter."


    Mo Han nodded his head, "Let me know before you do."


    If it was her best friend, then of course he had to treat the first meeting seriously! He had to leave a good impression so that her friend might talk good about him when she was alone with Luxia.


    A supportive friend was also the basis of a strong marriage!


    They spend the rest of the meal talking about many random things and eating, and Mo Han did end up paying for the food.


    They walked out of the restaurant together, and An Luxia thought that they were going to go home. However, to her surprise, the driver didn''t drive in the direction back home.


    "Where are we going?" She asked..


    "To the second location."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow, "Where?"


    "To ake where you can row a boat!"


    ". . ."


    --- Yesterday Living Room


    "Besides a movie, there are also other options -"


    "Like what?" Mo Han cut Qin Wei off.


    "Row a boat. I went on this date with my ex-ex-girlfriend and it was extremely romantic! Of course, you gotta do it right."


    Qin Wei rubbed his hands together excitedly, "There is ake towards the north of City A called Xin Lake. It is super pretty, surrounded by trees, and you can rent boats there to row by yourself."


    Qin Wei narrowed his eyes, "Now here is the trick. Rowing the boat isn''t difficult or romantic at all. You can volunteer to row the boat and have sister-inw sit across from you. Then. . ."


    He giggled evilly, "The difficult part is you need to control the boat. After some time and you are somewhere towards the middle of theke, suddenly row the boat back, on ident of course. Then, sister-inw will fall forward and straight into your embrace!"


    Qin Wei closed his eyes romantically at the thought, "It''s not that hard and super romantic. For the rest of the ride, my ex-ex-girlfriend stayed up against my chest."


    Gu Yechen and Mo Han both shuddered from the cheesy story and Mo Han fell into deep thought again.


    --- Present


    They arrived at theke and Mo Han opened the door up for An Luxia. They walked over to the boats and Mo Han rented a small wooden one, perfect for rowing.


    The manager quickly exined how everything works, and they were given life jackets. Before long, the two of them were on the water with Mo Han rowing the boat.


    "Is it hard?" An Luxia asked curiously, looking around at the beautiful scenery. Since it was noontime, the sun shone brightly onto the water, making it seem like the water was sparkling.


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, "Rowing the boat?"


    She nodded.


    He shrugged, "Not really. It''s quite light."


    An Luxia carefully moved around, sitting down next to Mo Han, "Can I try?"


    Mo Han felt his heartbeat quicken as she was pressed so close to him, and he nodded, "Yes, here."


    It seemed like Qin Wei''s n was going quite well! He didn''t even have to do anything, and she was pressed next to him now!


    An Luxia grabbed onto the two paddles and pushed as hard as she could. It took a lot of strength for her to row the boat once, and the boat barely moved at all.


    "This is so heavy!" She frowned. Of course she couldn''t trust his words on this! His arms were made of copper or something.


    He took the paddles back from her, and to his disappointment, she carefully sat back down to her original spot. They continued to row across theke until they arrived at the center of the water.


    An Luxia pulled her phone out and took a quick photo of the beautiful scenery, and then a selfie of her and Mo Han before sending it to her brother.


    After she put her phone away, Mo Han pressed her lips together and decided that now was the time. It was either now or never! Qin Wei''s "amazing" n better work.


    He casually continued to row the boat slowly.


    3. . . 2. . . 1!


    He suddenly changed direction as he turned the paddle around and moved it backward, and just like how Qin Wei had said, An Luxia gasped as her body was pushed over to him.


    "Ah!" However, due to the position her body originally was in, she didn''t exactly hit him straight on the center of his chest.


    Instead, she missed towards the side, and the impact of her bump and the original force of turning the boat caused Mo Han to tilt to the side, and in the next second, there was a loud ssh.


    "Ah. . ." Still not knowing what had happened, An Luxia rubbed her head, which had bumped straight into Mo Han''s hard chest.


    "Ouch," she eximed, slowly opening her eyes again. When she opened them, her eyes widened slightly as she looked around confusedly.


    Where was Mo Han? Why was she alone on the boat?"


    Suddenly, there was another ssh as Mo Han''s head emerged from underneath the water, the life jacket keeping him afloat.


    An Luxia''s eyes widened and her mouth fell open, "Mo Han, what are you doing in the water?!"

 Chapter 25 - After Shower

    An Luxia''s eyes widened and her mouth fell open, "Mo Han, what are you doing in the water?!"


    He lifted one arm up and wiped his face, which was soaking wet.


    An Luxia gulped as she stared at his scarily angry face, and she cleared her throat awkwardly, "Sorry. . . I didn''t mean to push you. I. . . The boat suddenly moved. Sorry. . ."


    Mo Han shook his head aggressively, shaking off the water on his hair. Then, he grabbed onto the edge of the boat, swinging himself out of the water and back onto the boat, her entire body still dripping with water.


    He looked at her and shook his head, "Don''t worry. It''s not your fault. . ."


    It is someone else''s fault. . . Qin Wei! Mo Han vowed to tear his skin off the next time he saw him! Luckily, it was summer so the water wasn''t extremely cold and it dried quickly.


    However, they still quickly rowed back to thend after that incident.


    They got off the boat and a worker immediately ran over, "Sir, are you okay? What happened?!"


    An Luxia pressed her lips together, still feeling a little guilty, "Um. . . There was a small ident."


    She turned to look at Mo Han, "Should we go home?"


    He nodded his head, squeezing a smile out so An Luxia wouldn''t worry or feel bad. The person that should be worrying right now was Qin Wei! He must have purposely given him the stupidest n ever!


    The two of them left theke a little glumly and returned to the car. The driver stared at Mo Han for a few seconds before quickly starting the car and driving home.


    Once they reached the house, the two of them got off and they entered therge door. The workers inside greeted them politely, but An Luxia obviously noticed that Mo Han was receiving some curious and confused nces.


    They returned to their room and due to the hot weather and the bright sun, Mo Han''s clothes and hair werepletely dry by now.


    "I''m going to go take a shower, okay?" Mo Han said after they entered the room, turning to look at her.


    An Luxia nodded her head, "I''m sorry about -"


    Mo Han immediately frowned, "Why are you sorry? You don''t have to be sorry."


    He smiled and patted her gently on the head, "Don''t worry. It isn''t your fault. I was the one that didn''t row the boat well. Plus nothing happened!"


    He couldn''t get over how cute she looked at the moment, and he leaned forward, quickly kissing her on the lips.


    She sucked a breath in as she fell back slightly, not expecting for him to kiss her in this type of situation. Maybe she wasn''t very used to his casual acts of intimacy yet.


    The kiss wasn''t long and he pulled away, lifting his thumb up to sexily wipe the corner of his lip with a sly smile before he patted her on the head again, "Wait for me."


    Then, he turned around and disappeared into the bathroom.


    An Luxia still felt her heartbeat extremely quick after the kiss even though it was a short one and they had done many intimate actions by now. . . Even more intimate ones. . .


    Maybe it was because she still couldn''t get over his face, which seemed to be made exactly to her likings. Maybe the heavens could read her mind and created the perfect man for him just so she wouldn''t have to stay single for life!


    She lifted one hand up slowly to her lips, her fingers touching the soft texture of her bottom lip gently. Then, she quickly pressed her lips together and smiled, humming as she walked into the closet.


    ---


    When Mo Han finished his shower, An Luxia was sitting at her desk, publishing the new chapter of her novel that practically no one read.


    Her back was facing him so she did not see that he had walked out. . . More importantly, she did not see that he had walked out with practically no clothes on. Only a towel around his lower body.


    "Luxia," he called softly and the typing immediately stopped.


    "One second. . ." An Luxia quickly clicked publish before turning around, "It''s almost dinn -"


    Her eyes widened as they moved up and down, taking in the sight in front of her. Only after several seconds did she remember that she wasn''t supposed to look!


    She immediately turned around embarrassedly, "Why don''t you have clothes on?!"


    Mo Han looked down at his well-built body and ced one hand over the towel, "I have a towel covering the. . . important body parts."


    An Luxia''s face turned even more red as she gulped, "Go put on some clothes!"


    Of course Mo Han wouldn''t listen to her! He took a step forward, wrapping his strong arms around his waist from behind, "It''s hot. . ."


    Maybe it was because his tone of voice was just too sexy or because it was actually very hot, but An Luxia felt the temperature suddenly rise.


    She lifted her hand up to wipe the nonexistent sweat on her face and as she did so, her elbow brushed against the side of his chest, which was still slightly wet from the shower.


    She gulped as she quickly pulled away, trying to step away from his arms, but failing. It seemed like his arms were only lightly wrapped around her, but they were actually quite firm.


    An Luxia thought for a few seconds before taking a deep breath, remembering what she had told herself several days ago.


    They were married! Why should she feel embarrassed or ashamed of anything?! It was absolutely natural for them to be intimate with each other!


    Plus, she had seen his entire body already, every single inch of his body, including the "important part"! What was there to be embarrassed or shy about now?!


    Stop being so fake, An Luxia! An Luxia closed her eyes together, taking a deep breath as she clenched her fists together in determination.


    Yes, her reactions are very dramatic, but that is exactly how she was like!


    An Luxia''s eyes shot open and her eyes moved down,nding on his hands, which seemed to be just as handsome as him. His fingers were long and slim, and his palm seemed to almost be bigger than his face!


    Just as Mo Han was wondering why she was suddenly so silent, An Luxia suddenly turned around, her chest pressed up against his bare chest because of his arms.


    Her eyes quickly scanned his muscr and sexy upper body before she closed her eyes and lifted both hands up, resting them on either side of his cheek.


    Then, without waiting for another second, she lifted her heels off the ground and leaned forward a little awkwardly, her lipsnding right onto his in a not-so-romantic or gentle manner.

 Chapter 26 - Feed Me First

    Then, without waiting another second, she lifted her heels off the ground and leaned forward a little awkwardly, her lipsnding right onto his in a not-so-romantic or gentle manner.


    Mo Han''s eyes widened in shock as his arms loosened. He didn''t respond to her kiss for several seconds in surprise. He was the one in control all along, and then suddenly. . . The tables have turned!


    This time, without Mo Han''s response or guidance, An Luxia''s kissing skills were exposed. She was very awkward as she didn''t know if she was supposed to move her lips or not. . . Should she suck? No, that sounded weird. Lick? Of course not!


    Trying very hard to stay immersed in the situation, An Luxia continued to close her eyes, keeping her lips up against his. She stayed in this position for a very long time, partially because she didn''t want to face the embarrassment after opening her eyes.


    Ah, she was too impulsive! Now she was stuck in this awkward situation.


    After a long time, Mo Han finally broke out of his surprise. He looked down at An Luxia''s face, her eyshes fluttering slightly even with her eyes closed.


    She didn''t seem to know what she was doing, and she would asionally move her lips although most of the time, she stayed frozen.


    Mo Han smiled very softly as he tilted his head slightly, still not giving her any response as he watched her with an amused expression.


    How could she be so cute?!


    After a long time, An Luxia started to get a little scared as regret overcame her. Why was he still not giving any response?


    An Luxia pressed down a little harder, lifting her heels further off the ground. However, still, it was only silence.


    Slowly, she blinked one eye open to try and see what was going on. Her gaze immediately met with his, and she immediately noticed the amusement in his eyes.


    She sucked a breath in and immediately jumped away, falling several steps back as she turned around and scrunched her face up in embarrassment.


    Ah, what in the world was she doing?! She was determined to show her authority in this rtionship and that she wasn''t embarrassed at all! After all, they were legally married. However, she only ended up embarrassing herself!


    Why did she do that?!


    Mo Han tilted his head slightly as he watched her, lifting one finger up and gently running it across his lips before he licked his lips and pressed them together.


    He cleared his throat and took a step towards her.


    At once, she lifted one arm up, her back facing him, "Don''te over!"


    He raised one eyebrow, already knowing what wasing his way. Of course, it was time for An Luxia''s dramatic act again.


    "Let me just find a corner to dig a hole and crawl in," she said, taking a deep breath as she looked around the room, trying not to actually cry from embarrassment. What was she thinking?!


    She has never felt this embarrassed in her entire life. . . Expect for the time many years ago when "he" had identally walked into the room while she was changing. Of course, she was still a child back then so there wasn''t much to see anyway.


    Still, she hasn''t felt this embarrassed in so long!


    Mo Han grinned as he lifted his arms up, "Tell me when you find the corner. I''ll dig with you."


    An Luxia''s face turned even more red, and she could even feel her eyes heating up. Then, almost as if she suddenly remembered something, she looked up and red at him angrily, "You! You purposely want to embarrass me! Why didn''t you kiss me back?"


    She asked pitifully, almost like an angry little kid.


    Mo Han''s smile widened as he walked over, running his fingers through his wet hair, "Mrs. Mo, why did you suddenly kiss me?"


    An Luxia gulped and looked down, but then wondered why she was so scared and ashamed. Exactly! She had kissed him in the first ce to show that she wasn''t scared or embarrassed about intimacy! They were married after all!


    She cleared her throat and lifted her chin up proudly, although her heart was going to burst out of her chest any second now, "Why can''t I kiss you?"


    She said, trying to stop her voice from shaking. She crossed her arms together confidently, "Mr. Mo, we are married! What is wrong with a wife kissing her husband? There is nothing wrong or shameful about that! However, why didn''t you return my kiss."


    She narrowed her eyes, ring at him unhappily.


    Mo Han grinned and walked over to her, nodding his head as he did so, "Yes indeed, there is nothing wrong with a wife kissing her husband. I sincerely apologize, Mrs. Mo. I am so sorry for not returning the kiss."


    An Luxia frowned slightly, staring at him suspiciously.


    "As a punishment, I shall -"


    At once, An Luxia felt the world suddenly spin as she was lifted off the ground and carried over to the bed, "Ah, Mo Han! What are you doing?! I''m not done interrogating you yet!"


    Mo Han ced her gently onto the bed and immediately pressed down, pulling away the towel as he did so. A sly smile appeared on his face, "Mrs. Mo, we are married. What is wrong with a husband sleeping with his wife? There is nothing wrong or shameful about that. So, why don''t you return my actions? I will return your kiss right now."


    He said, copying An Luxia''s exact words as he pressed and blocked her lips, kissing her with much more skill than she had.


    "Ah! Mm. . . Hm. . ." An Luxia''s eyes widened as she quickly pushed him away, gulping, "It''s almost dinnertime. I''m hungry."


    Mo Han stopped for a second, and it seemed like he was deciding on what he should do. Finally, he gulped and licked his lips before pressing down again, "Don''t worry, baby. Feed me first and then I''ll feed you."


    ---


    Two hourster, the two of them sat across from each other on the dining table, one with a happy and pleased expression, and the other with an angry expression.


    The one with the angry expression ate her food furiously, refusing to look up at the shameless man across from her. The "shameless man" smiled happily as he continued to ce food onto her te.


    "Eat slowly."


    An Luxia red at him unhappily, "The food is cold already because someone was wasting time!"


    She said, although the food wasn''t actually cold. He had only stopped because her stomach was growling furiously already. She was very hungry already, and adding on the severe exercise, she was starving when they finally entered the dining room.


    Mo Han smiled as he looked at his cute little wife, whose hair was still messed up because of what just happened. He was d that she was able to get mad at him now.


    That meant that their rtionship was getting better! After all, people would only speak the truth and have a temper towards people they were close to or cared about.


    Mo Han pped his hands together, "I''m sorry, Mrs. Mo. I''ll be more careful next time."


    Of course he wouldn''t.


    An Luxia scoffed before continuing to eat her dinner.


    --- Author''s Note


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    I hope you enjoyed today''s mass release!


    Please please please add this book to your library and leave a kind review if you have time ToT I would really really appreciate it a lot ^o^ Thank you very much!!


    Love you <3

 Chapter 27 - Second Date

    At night, An Luxia faced Mo Han, her face buried inside his warm chest with her eyes closed.


    Mo Han stared at her in the darkness, gentleness stered all over his face. Maybe it was because people are more vulnerable at night, but Mo Han couldn''t stop himself from asking:


    "Luxia. . ."


    "Huh?" An Luxia replied softly, almost asleep already.


    However, Mo Han was still fully awake, "Luxia, do you like me. . . more now?"


    An Luxia didn''t respond for several seconds, and it almost sounded like she was asleep already.


    "Xiaxia?" Mo Han asked softly, wondering if she was asleep.


    "Huh?" An Luxia replied again, even softer this time.


    Mo Han took a deep breath before asking again, "Do you like me now? I mean. . . Not just my appearance. . . Me?"


    He asked cautiously. In the dark, his eyes stared at her eagerly, anticipating her response.


    Mo Han didn''t know if she had heard the question clearly or not, because she fell asleep right after giving him her answer. Maybe she didn''t hear thest part of his question. . . Maybe she did.


    He did not know.


    Her response was a simple three words, "I like you."


    ---


    The next morning, An Luxia woke up to see that the blinds were pulled open.


    She turned around and saw that the space next to her was empty. She ced her hand onto the bedsheet and felt that it was still warm, so Mo Han probably didn''t leave too long ago.


    She sat up on the bed and rubbed her eyes, staring out the window at the bright sunlight. She had bought more colorful decorations for this room, but they still haven''t arrived yet.


    Thinking it was time for breakfast, she jumped out of bed and got ready for the day, changing into a casual set of pajamas so she wouldn''t be roaming around in a nightgown anymore, although it didn''t make much difference.


    First, she entered the kitchen and decided to make something for Mo Han for breakfast today. After all, yesterday wasn''t really a great day for him. . . He fell in ake!


    Thinking about it was kind of funny, but An Luxia forced herself to notugh.


    She made a full breakfast set for herself and Mo Han. A bowl of soup, a fried egg, steamed buns, and fruit.


    A maid carried one tray and she carried one tray herself as she went to go look for him. Where was he? Why was he always hiding in the morning?


    She went to look for him in his office, and although the door was closed, she immediately heard the voicesing from inside.


    " - your horrible n!" She heard Mo Han say loudly, and then the sound of whimpering. She furrowed her eyebrows together and knocked twice.


    After the noises had died down, she opened the door and walked in to see Mo Han sitting on the couch with his back facing her and Qin Wei across from him.


    Upon seeing An Luxia, Qin Wei jumped up and ran over, "Sister-inw, save me!"


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow, "What is happening?"


    "Your husband is bullying me."


    At once, Mo Han stood up and turned around, ring at Qin Wei.


    Qin Wei scratched the back of his head and frowned, "Okay, okay. Maybe the wless first date n I gave you may have failed. . . But, I didn''t do it on purpose!"


    An Luxia narrowed her eyes, "First date n?!"


    Qin Wei gasped as he immediately covered his mouth with both hands, "Oops!"


    Mo Han''s face darkened even more and An Luxia couldn''t help but think that if there was a knife in the room, he would probably stab Qin Wei with it.


    *helemon''s note: Hehe of course not! Our Hanhan isn''t that type of person, right?


    Qin Wei hid behind An Luxia''s back as protection since Mo Han''s expression was so scary that even An Luxia couldn''t help but be scared.


    However, she still had to get things straight.


    "Yesterday. . . You were following a n Qin Wei gave you?"


    Mo Han gulped and licked his lips, trying to hide the slight embarrassment on his face.


    "Yes, yes. Sister-inw, it was great, right?" Qin Wei asked excitedly, hoping that An Luxia could save him.


    An Luxia chuckled awkwardly before walking over to Mo Han, "I made breakfast for you. Do you want to eat it?"


    At once, the anger on Mo Han''s face disappeared as he nodded his head, sitting back down on the couch.


    Qin Wei looked between the two of them, his face filled with frustration and also admiration, "Ah, when will I have someone to cook breakfast for me?"


    Mo Han red at him, "Get out!"


    Why was he still here disturbing his lovely breakfast with his wife?


    Qin Wei immediately nodded his head, "Yes, sir!"


    Then, he whipped around and ran off.


    As they ate breakfast, An Luxia would asionally take a peek at Mo Han''s face. He seemed very happy at the moment, and he finished all the food very quickly when he normally only ate a few bites.


    "Your appetite is quite big today," shemented.


    Mo Han grinned, "I like everything you cook."


    An Luxia smiled happily. No oneplimented her cooking before, especially since her parents and her brother were such great chefs.


    "So. . . You actually followed the n Qin Wei gave you?"


    Mo Han cleared his throat and put down the empty bowl of soup, "Um. . . Yes. This is my first time actually dating someone, so I don''t know what to do. So I. . ."


    An Luxia smiled, thinking that her husband was actually quite cute, "You don''t have to worry. This is also my first time actually dating something, so whatever you do, I will think is perfect."


    Mo Han looked up a little surprisedly as the sides of his pale cheeks turned slightly red.


    "Do you. . . want to go on another date today?" An Luxia asked.


    ---


    Two hourster, the car stopped in front of the ce An Luxia had picked. Mo Han got out of the car, walking around to help open the door for her.


    As they stepped out, Mo Han took a look at the words written on the top of the building.


    "A shooting range?"

 Chapter 28 - Teacher Mo Han

    "A shooting range?"


    Mo Han furrowed his eyebrows together, wondering why they were at a shooting range.


    An Luxia nodded her head, "You''re good at shooting, right? King of the Underworld."


    Mo Han looked at her before slowly nodding his head. Of course he was good at shooting! He was the best at shooting. Although he never killed people himself since he had other people to do that for him, his shooting skills were still second to none. He never missed.


    An Luxia grabbed onto his hand and pulled him towards the door, "Good! I almost wanted to learn shooting because it looks so cool! And, I think I have an idea about what I want my next novel to be."


    Mo Han stopped when they were right at the door and looked at her, "You actually want to learn how to shoot?"


    Holding a gun wasn''t really a simple or nice thing to do. Even if you were just pointing at a dead target, it was still not exactly the most fun sport.


    An Luxia nodded her head, "Why? You don''t want to teach me."


    She pursed her lips out, looking up at him unhappily. Finally, he smiled and pushed the door open, "Okay, I''ll teach you. Let''s go."


    They entered the shooting range and there were a few people inside, practicing. An Luxia flinched slightly when she heard the first banging sound of a bullet being shot, and Mo Han obviously noticed.


    He furrowed his eyebrows together slightly as they walked over to the front desk.


    They signed a few documents and went over a few rules before they went into the private area Mo Han had ordered.


    There were a few people inside to help but Mo Han told them to leave. They. . . help him?! Ch! What kind of joke was that?


    He first grabbed the two gloves and grabbed An Luxia''s hand. He gently helped her put the ck gloves on, tightening them before reaching for the headphones.


    "Here, put these on when we start, okay?"


    An Luxia nodded her head. Then, she watched as Mo Han put his own gloves on and walked over to the target area.


    An Luxia looked at him, "You aren''t going to wear headphones?"


    Mo Han grinned, "I don''t need them. Come here, let me show you."


    He grabbed the gun that was resting on the table and pointed it up at the target. As a test, he didn''t even look through the sight before pulling the trigger.


    There was a bang that caused An Luxia to take a step back.


    "Okay,e here." Mo Han waved at her and she slowly walked over.


    "Put on your headphones."


    An Luxia obediently listened, standing in front of him. He bent down slightly, sliding his legs apart so he was at the same level as An Luxia.


    "Here hold the gun like this." Mo Han grabbed onto An Luxia''s hands, cing them onto the gun in the right position. An Luxia couldn''t hear what he was saying, but she watched as he turned her body around slightly and showed her how to stand and point the firearm.


    Then, she suddenly felt a warm breath near her neck and she tilted her head slightly to see that he was right behind her, his chin gently resting on her shoulder as he held the gun with her.


    "Can you hear me?" He asked, her mouth close to her ear. Although it was very soft, she could still make out his voice.


    "You see that. That is what you pull to shoot." Mo Han pulled something else on the gun and there was a clicking sound before he then let go of the gun, cing his hands onto her waist, still leaning very close to her.


    "Now, look at the target through the site."


    An Luxia lifted the gun up higher, closing one eye to look through the sight using the other.


    "When you are ready, pull the trigger." She heard Mo Han''s deep voice say.


    An Luxia stared intensely at the middle of the target, which already had a hole through it because of Mo Han''sst shot.


    Then, she grasped onto the gun tightly and she pressed down using her finger. There was a softer banging sound and another hole appeared on the target. . . Several inches away from the center.


    Mo Han smiled and tilted his head, kissing her on the cheek, "Good job."


    Then, he took a step back, erging the distance between them.


    An Luxia felt her heartbeat suddenly quicken as her cheeks became warm again. Ah, why was she so sensitive? That simple kiss and those two words seemed so romantic to her!


    She carefully ced the gun back onto the table and took off her headphones, skipping over to Mo Han, who was gulping down water.


    "Is that good for the first time?" She asked excitedly.


    Mo Han nodded her head, handing her a new bottle of water, "Yes, very good. You are very talented."


    He gently rubbed her head, "Here, drink some water."


    Of course he couldn''t tell her that his first time, he had hit straight through the center without any help. How discouraging would that be?


    After taking a quick sip of water, An Luxia ced the bottle down and walked over to the target area again.


    "I want to do it again."


    Mo Han smiled as he walked over, pressing up against her again as he helped her set up and get ready once more.


    An Luxia felt her breathing quicken as she could feel his strong and broad chest pressed up against her back, and she felt his warm breath tickling her neck.


    "When you are ready, you can shoot again." Mo Han said with a small grin on his face as he watched her. She was so cute when she was focused.


    Just as An Luxia was about to pull the trigger, there was suddenly a loud noise that she could even hear through the headphones as the door was pushed open.


    She frowned as she lowered the gun, turning around to see what happened.


    As she removed her headphones, she heard the group of people that had just walked in say:


    "Didn''t I call to tell you to save this private room for me?! Who dares to steal my room?" A group of guys walked in with one standing in front. Behind them, the worker at the front desk followed cautiously.


    An Luxia''s frown deepened when she saw who it was. She ced the gun back down onto the table and walked over to Mo Han, who was equally unhappy.


    The fat and short guy standing in the front looked up at who was inside "his" room, and a few secondster, his small eyes widened in surprise.


    "An Luxia!" He said, scrunching his face up in both shock and disgust.


    An Luxia red at him and didn''t back down, crossing her arms together, "Lu Xiamo, did you enter the wrong room? What are you doing here?"

 Chapter 29 - Lu Xiamos Arrival

    An Luxia red at him and didn''t back down, crossing her arms together, "Lu Xiamo, did you enter the wrong room? What are you doing here?"


    The boys standing behind Lu Xiamo all gasped when they heard the name. One guy stood on his heels to get a nce at An Luxia.


    Another guy standing next to Lu Xiamo crossed his arms together, "Xiamo, this is An Luxia? The girl that you dumped."


    An Luxia scoffed, "He dumped? More like I dumped him."


    Lu Xiamo''s face turned green from being embarrassed right in front of his friends, and this embarrassment turned into anger as he turned around, looking at the worker.


    "What is happening here?! I am a VIP member of this shooting range! Why are other people in my VIP room? Kick them out!"


    The worker gulped and said softly, "Mr. Lu, this is just a private room. Anyone can book it -"


    Lu Xiamo turned around in fury, "What do you mean?! I am still a VIP member!"


    Mo Han scoffed upon hearing this, cing his hands into his pant pockets, before pulling out a golden card, "Mr. Lu, I am a VIP member of this shooting range as well. Shocking, isn''t it?"


    Both Lu Xiamo and An Luxia''s eyes widened in surprise. An Luxia turned around, looking at her husband. How did she not know that he was a VIP member?


    Did hee here often?


    The worker also seemed quite surprised that Mo Han was a VIP member. When they arrived, Mo Han didn''t show her his VIP member card, so he had to pay extra to book the private room. Why didn''t he show her?


    An Luxia gently tugged at Mo Han''s sleeve, "You are a VIP member here?"


    Mo Han looked down at her and softly nodded his head. His assistant, K, had gotten him one a very long time ago while his own private shooting range was still in construction, but he never used it.


    When they arrived, he wondered why the name of this ce was so familiar. After he had paid for the room, he saw the VIP card in his wallet. Luckily, the VIP card was a buy-once for life membership, so it didn''t expire.


    Then, Mo Han ced the card back into his wallet and lifted his arm up, wrapping his arm around An Luxia''s tiny waist and pulling her in a little aggressively.


    Lu Xiamo''s eyesnded on his hand and her waist, and his eyes dimmed slightly. He clenched his fists together, still angry about how he got rejected for this cheap man with nothing but good looks.


    He had looked into this man called Mo Han after getting embarrassed at the An house, and there was no name of him in anypany in all of Country Z! Why would An Luxia ditch him for this jobless man?!


    Lu Xiamo scoffed and took a step forward, crossing his arms together. He looked up at Mo Han, who was at least two heads taller than him, "You want to give this room to me?"


    Mo Han took a step back, sitting down onto the couch and pulling An Luxia down with him. He crossed his long legs together, giving off a cold but also very cool temperament, "No."


    Lu Xiamo''s face darkened and he shrugged, "Since we are both VIP members and I want this room, do you want topete?"


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow and chuckled softly, tilting his head slightly as he yed around with An Luxia''s hair, "Why should Ipete with you for this room? We are both VIP members and I came first. Mr. Lu, do you not understand what firste first serve means?"


    Lu Xiamo clenched his fists together in embarrassment. He couldn''t lose face in front of his friends! He cleared his throat and straightened his back, "Why? Are you scared topete with me?"


    Mo Han chuckled deeply again, "Scared? Of you? That''s funny."


    He leaned forward slightly, tightening his arm around An Luxia''s waist as he ced his chin on his shoulder, his face resting near her neck.


    "Mm. . . " He leaned forward more,nding a kiss on her sensitive neck area, "You smell so good."


    An Luxia shuddered slightly, closing her eyes because her neck was very sensitive. Mo Han right now seemed more fit to what she had imagined the King of the Underworld would be like. . .


    Sitting right next to him, An Luxia could clearly feel the coldness that was emanating out of him, but she couldn''t move.


    Maybe he was acting like this because he wanted to anger Lu Xiamo, because he obviously seeded. Lu Xiamo had always had a crush on An Luxia after he got older, which was why he also agreed and supported the arranged marriage.


    However, of course An Luxia knew why Lu Xiamo liked her. It wasn''t because of her, but more of her appearance and body.


    Lu Xiamo had even said bluntly before that he liked her cute face, which she found very disgusting, especially since it came out of his mouth.


    "If you''re not scared, then let''spete!" Lu Xiamo said angrily, walking over to the shooting area. The private room had four targets, but there was only one gun in the room at the moment.


    Mo Han lifted his hand up, turning it around as he looked at the ck glove, "Baby, you tell me. Should Ipete or would it be an insult to me topete with someone like him?"


    Lu Xiamo''s eyes widened as he marched over, but his friends quickly stopped him.


    An Luxia looked up at him a little nervously, but she could only see his chin since her face was pressed tightly against his chest.


    She didn''t know if she should like this or not. . . After all, he was a little scary and extremely cold right now. However, this was exactly the domineering and cool CEO she always wrote about! Except that he wasn''t a CEO. . .


    But either way, her heartbeat was incredibly fast as she slowly nodded her head, "I don''t know. . . Sure?"


    Mo Han smiled and looked down, kissing her quickly on the forehead before he stood up, "Since my baby said yes, then I will be benevolent this time and allow you topete with me."


    Mo Han''s eyes narrowed as he red at Lu Xiamo. This guy. . . Lu Xiamo. . . He almost married his baby! If he had found her anyter, maybe they would be married already.


    Just thinking about it made Mo Han boil with rage.


    Compete? Sure! It was time to teach this guy a lesson anyway.


    It was too bad that An Luxia was here. . . If she wasn''t, then he would just straight up beat Lu Xiamo up! But he had to be calm. . . He couldn''t scare his little kitten.


    "How do you want topete?"


    Lu Xiamo was still shaking with rage, and he didn''t respond for several seconds. His friends pushed him gently, "Xiamo, go!"


    Lu Xiamo narrowed his eyes before taking a step forward, "Since we are here, let''s justpete shooting."


    He grinned slyly. There was no way that guy could possibly beat him in shooting! He came here almost every day, and everyone told him that he had talent and skill in shooting!


    An Luxia tensed up slightly upon hearing this. Although she knew that Mo Han was the King of the Underworld and he was probably also very skilled in shooting, she can''t help but be scared.


    She knew that Lu Xiamo was very talented when it came to shooting, and he had even won severalrgepetitions before. That was why she wasn''t extremely surprised to see him here at a shooting range.


    Mo Han smirked as he looked down, licking his lips. Lu Xiamo. . .


    "Sure."


    Lu Xiamo''s smile widened as he looked over at the worker, "Go bring in another rifle, the same one as that one."


    The worker nodded and quickly left the room.


    Lu Xiamo put on the gloves he was holding in his hand and took a step forward, "Since it is apetition, there has to be some sort of incentive."


    He looked over at An Luxia and smirked, "If you win, I will leave this room and apologize. If I win, you will leave and give me this room. . .. and An Luxia."

 Chapter 30 - Competition

    He looked over at An Luxia and smirked, "If you win, I will leave this room and apologize. If I win, you will leave and give me this room. . . and An Luxia."


    An Luxia immediately jumped up from the couch in anger. What type of trade was this?! If Mo Han wins, then nothing happens and they just get the room that they originally had in the first ce.


    However, if he wins, then he gets the room and. . . her?!


    "Lu Xiamo, I am married! Stop being so shameless!"


    Lu Xiamo shrugged and turned to look at Mo Han, "Mr. Mo, what do you say? Are you still up for thepetition. . . or are you too scared?"


    Mo Han chuckled, "Scared? Of course not. What about thepetition rules?"


    "Mo Han!" An Luxia screamed angrily. Was their rtionship really worth a stupidpetition?! Can''t he treat their marriage a little more seriously?!


    Mo Han turned to look at her, his expression softeningly. He smiled at her and winked quickly before turning back around.


    The worker brought the new firearm back in, handing it to Lu Xiamo.


    "Competition rules. . ." Lu Xiamo smiled, "2 rounds, 10 shots each. 10 with eyes open, and 10 blindfolded. Can you do that?"


    Mo Han grinned, "Of course. Anything Mr. Lu says."


    Lu Xiamo smiled, thinking that this dumb Mo Han was looking for death, "Then let''s get started."


    An Luxia clenched her fists together tightly, not sure why she was this afraid and angry. Was she angry about Lu Xiamo''s unfair terms?


    Or was she angry that he wasn''t taking this rtionship seriously by easily agreeing to a bet that put their marriage in jeopardy?


    Was she afraid that he would lose? Or was she afraid that he would lose and their rtionship might have to end because of a stupid deal? Or both?


    She angrily sat down, crossing her legs together as he watched Mo Han grab the gun. Next to him, Lu Xiamo put on his headphones before grabbing onto his gun as well.


    He scoffed as he looked at Mo Han, "Mr. Mo, I want a fairpetition so I will kindly remind you that you are supposed to wear headphones when you shoot."


    His friends behind himughed, a few of them saying, "How dare that guypete against brother Xiamo! He doesn''t even know how to shoot properly?! Hahaha!"


    Mo Han grinned, "Thank you Mr. Lu for your kind reminder, but I won''t need headphones."


    He grabbed the headphones and walked over to An Luxia, gently cing it onto herp. He smiled at her, receiving an angry re back, before walking back over to his shooting area.


    The scoreboards were also raised up, both lines showing 0 at the moment.


    "Mr. Lu,di -" Mo Han cleared his throat, "you can go first."


    Lu Xiamo''s face darkened, obviously figuring out what he was about to say. Ladies first?! Lu Xiamo suppressed his anger, thinking that he would be able to get it all back after he won thepetition.


    Mo Han would regret all of this!


    He turned to face the target, confidently raising his gun. The room immediately fell silent as all eyes turned to look at the target. After several seconds, there were 10 consecutive bangs as 10 shots were fired.


    An Luxia felt as if her heartbeat with each shot, and after Lu Xiamo finished, she immediately jumped up, rushing over to take a look at the scoreboard.


    Although she knew that even if Lu Xiamo won and Mo Han had to agree to the original deal, she would never agree to be with Lu Xiamo, she still didn''t want to leave Mo Han! She also didn''t want Lu Xiamo o w n!


    After several seconds, a bright red number appeared on the screen: 99.


    An Luxia gasped in surprise, wondering how it was possible to shoot so stably for 10 straight shots! 99! Mo Han would have to get a 100 to win this round!


    An Luxia took a deep breath and marched back to the couch frustratingly, sitting down. Please, please please! An Luxia sped her hands together as she prayed internally. Please help Mo Han win!


    Lu Xiamo looked at the number and smirked, smiling as he removed his headphones and ced his gun down. Mo Han also took a quick nce at the number and grinned before getting into position, lifting the gun up.


    An Luxia instinctively leaned forward to get a closer look, her legs pressed tightly together to stop them from shaking.


    She flinched when there were suddenly ten consecutive bangs as the bullets shot out one by one, hitting the target.


    After 10 shots, Mo Han stayed in that position for a while longer before slowly lowering his arm. Then, he ced the gun down and without even looking at the scoreboard, he walked over to An Luxia, sitting down next to her.


    "Baby, I''m thirsty," he said, tugging at her sleeve.


    An Luxia looked at the water bottle next to her and crossed her arms together, "Get the water yourself."


    She lifted her chin up and looked away, still angry that Mo Han agreed to that stupid deal.


    Mo Han grinned and reached over, resting his hand on herp. An Luxia''s eyes widened when she felt the weight press down onto her thighs, and she silently mouthed the words, ''so shameless'', as he grabbed the water bottle and took a sip.


    "You -" An Luxia opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by the sudden shout that came from Lu Xiamo''s friends.


    "How is that possible?! Is that urate?!"


    An Luxia looked up and saw Lu Xiamo''s friends all staring at the scoreboard in shock. In front of them, Lu Xiamo''s face was also as pale as a sheet of paper as he stared at the red number that had just appeared.


    An Luxia stood up, walking over to get a look herself.


    Simr to Lu Xiamo''s reaction, her mouth also fell open when she saw the two-digit number:


    ''99''

 Chapter 31 - Pure Luck?

    Simr to Lu Xiamo''s reaction, her mouth also fell open when she saw the two-digit number:


    ''99''


    An Luxia turned around to look at Mo Han, unsure of whether she should be surprised that he got such a high score, or if she should be surprised that he didn''t get 100.


    Mo Han grinned as he stood up, "So this round is a tie, right?"


    Lu Xiamo red at him before he slowly nodded his head, "There still is another round."


    Mo Han looked over at An Luxia and smiled before walking over and picking up the gun again.


    Lu Xiamo went first again. The worker handed him a blindfold and he confidently put it on, thinking that there was no way Mo Han could still win when he couldn''t see.


    After the blindfold waspletely pressed against his eyes, he lifted his gun up, pointing it at the target. Once again, 10 shots were fired.


    He took off the blindfold with a confident smile and looked at the scoreboard.


    ''96''


    His friends jumped up in happiness and sess, since it was very hard to even get in the 90s with a blindfold on. Even if Mo Han was lucky and was able to shoot a 99 in the first round, there was no way he would be able to still be lucky while blindfolded.


    Mo Han didn''t even look at the number as he reached for his blindfold. He grabbed it and turned to look at An Luxia, lifting one hand up and using two fingers to beckon her over.


    An Luxia red at him before standing up and walking over, "What?"


    Mo Han lifted her hand up, cing the ck blindfold onto her palm, "I can''t tie this. Help me."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow and looked up at him, obviously not believing that he couldn''t tie a blindfold himself. However, thinking that Lu Xiamo and his friends were still here, she couldn''t have Mo Han or her lose face, so she took the blindfold from him and turned him around.


    Mo Han smiled and obediently turned around, widening his legs so An Luxia would be able to reach her head.


    An Luxia lifted her heels off the ground and carefully tied the blindfold tightly. When she was finished, Mo Han walked over to the target area, somehow knowing where to stand.


    He picked up the gun and lifted it up quickly. Without even taking time to adjust, he immediately pulled the trigger 10 times, and the banging sound echoed inside the room.


    Lu Xiamo scoffed and his friends alsoughed, "There is no way he could beat brother Xiamo."


    "He doesn''t even know how to take time to adjust and get ready. Ch!"


    Lu Xiamo walked over to An Luxia with his arms crossed, taking his time as he swung his hips side to side arrogantly, "An Luxia, look at that weakling you found. Did he bring you here? He doesn''t even know how to properly shoot himself, and he dares to bring you here to show off?"


    Lu Xiamo scoffed and lifted his arm up, preparing to ce it onto An Luxia''s shoulder, "If you really want to learn, you can alwayse and find m -"


    Right before his handnded on An Luxia''s shoulder, Mo Han suddenly appeared, his hand grabbing onto Lu Xiamo''s wrist.


    "Mr. Lu, please move away from my wife."


    An Luxia felt her heartbeat speed up slightly as she looked over at Mo Han, lowering her hand that was prepared to p Lu Xiamo away.


    Lu Xiamo smirked, "Mo Han, you are a man. You have to learn to keep your promise. You agreed to the deal, so leave the room now. I hope that you will also divorce An Luxia soon."


    Mo Han grinned, tightening the grip on Lu Xiamo''s wrist, causing him to hiss in pain, "Mr. Lu is right. It is important to keep your promise. You agreed to the deal, so I am ready to hear your apology."


    Lu Xiamo furrowed his eyebrows together, "Apology? Why should I apologize? I won."


    Mo Han smirked, "Check again, Mr. Lu."


    He let go of Lu Xiamo''s wrist and walked over to An Luxia, pulling out a handkerchief and quickly wiping his hand before wrapping his arm around An Luxia''s waist.


    An Luxia also leaned forward slightly to take a look at the number on the screen.


    The number was already shown on therge scoreboard. On the third row in bright red, there was a three-digit number.


    ''100''


    "What the -" At once, gasps filled the room as they turned to look at the number they originally didn''t care about. Lu Xiamo''s mouth fell open, making him look quite dumb although he already appeared very stupid.


    An Luxia was equally surprised, and she whipped her head around, staring at Mo Han in disbelief, "100?!"


    Mo Han grinned and raised one eyebrow up, his facial expression saying, ''Why are you so surprised? You should know that your husband is amazing!''


    He then turned to look at Lu Xiamo, "Mr. Lu, are you still thinking about how you will phrase your apology?"


    Lu Xiamo clenched his fists together, staring at the screen, still unable to believe it.


    "There must be a mistake! How can that be possible?! Even the world champion can''t do that unless he gets lucky!"


    Mo Han grinned and walked over slowly, his leather shoes tapping against the hard floor. Lu Xiamo took a step back in what seemed to be fear, but Mo Han walked straight past him.


    Mo Han walked back over to the shooting area, picking up the gun. He turned his body around, so his hand was reaching behind him in a straight line.


    Then, there were 10 bangs again, causing Lu Xiamo to jump.


    After he was finished, he dropped the gun coolly and turned around, not even looking back. A few secondster, a new number appeared on the screen.


    ''100''


    "Is this still luck, Mr. Lu?"


    Lu Xiamo stared at the number for a very long time, almost as if he couldn''t believe his own eyes, "Who are you?!" He finally asked softly.


    Mo Han grinned, "An Luxia''s husband."


    Hearing this, An Luxia felt her face turn slightly red as she wrapped her hand around Mo Han''s arm sweetly.


    "So, what about your promised apology? Mr.. Lu, it is not good to break your promise."

 Chapter 32 - Confession To An Yuchen

    "So, what about your promised apology? Mr. Lu, it is not good to break your promise."


    Lu Xiamo''s entire body was shaking as he looked back at his friends, who were whispering amongst themselves.


    He looked like he was about to cry as he said softly, "I''m sorry."


    Then he ran out of the room, his loud and heavy footsteps could be heard all the way until there was the sound of the door closing.


    His friends looked amongst themselves and then at Mo Han before they also left quickly, one after another.


    After everyone was gone, Mo Han turned to look at An Luxia, "Do you want to continue to learn?"


    An Luxia thought for a few seconds before shaking her head, "It''s okay. Let''s go eat lunch."


    In the car, An Luxia suddenly remembered something as she crossed her arms together, "Mo Han, why did you agree to the deal?! What if you didn''t win? Would you have just left me?"


    Mo Han looked at her innocently, the cool and cold Mo Han during thepetitionpletely gone. He crossed his hands together and looked over at An Luxia a little nervously.


    "No, I would definitely not leave you! I only agreed because I am confident I could win."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow, "Really?"


    Mo Han nodded his head eagerly, "Of course! There is no way that stupid chicken would win!"


    An Luxia chuckled softly upon hearing Mo Han call Lu Xiamo a chicken, "Then why did you tie for the first round? Were you nervous?"


    Mo Han scoffed, leaning over to An Luxia and tilting his head slightly, "Nervous? Why would I be nervous aboutpeting with him?! I purposely tied the first round to give him some hope. . . And then crush it!"


    He said, an evil smile appearing on his face.


    An Luxia gulped and looked away. That did indeed sound like something the King of the Underworld would do. . .


    ---


    After eating lunch, they returned to their house because An Yuchen insisted oning over and An Luxia also invited over her best friend since she didn''t tell her that she got married already.


    When they arrived, An Yuchen''s car also appeared in the driveway.


    An Luxia jumped out of the car and walked over to her brother, who was looking at the building in front of him in disbelief.


    "This is. . . your husband''s house?" An Yuchen asked.


    An Luxia nodded slowly before grabbing onto An Yuchen''s arm and pulling him into the house, "Come on,e on. Let''s go inside first."


    They entered the living room and the three of them sat down. A maid walked over and poured all of them tea before walking away, leaving them alone inside the room.


    An Yuchen looked around thepletely ck interior before looking over at Mo Han, "You are a small business owner?"


    Mo Han nodded his head, "A business owner."


    An Luxia pressed her lips together in deep thought. After a long time of awkward silence, she finally spoke up.


    "Um. . . brother. . . I have something to tell you."


    Both An Yuchen and Mo Han looked over at her.


    "What is it? Did he bully you? Not treat you well?" An Yuchen asked, immediately using Mo Han.


    An Luxia immediately shook her head, "No, no, no! It is something else. . . but also about Mo Han."


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow confusedly, not sure what An Luxia was talking about.


    "Actually. . . Mo Han isn''t just a business owner."


    Mo Han licked his lips, realizing what An Luxia was talking about. His leg started shaking, a little scared that her family would not agree or like him as much if they knew about his true "upation".


    An Yuchen nodded his head, not very surprised, "I guessed so."


    He red at Mo Han, a little mad that he had partnered up with his beloved sister to lie to him, "What is your true job?"


    An Luxia immediately walked over to her brother, grabbing onto his arm and swinging it gently so he wouldn''t be as mad, "It.. . It isn''t something really bad. . . You know the HLX?"


    An Yuchen nodded his head. As a doctor, he has obviously heard of them before, "What about it?"


    An Luxia gulped, looking down as her voice softened, "Well. . . My husband, Mo Han, is actually the leader of the HLX. . ."


    An Yuchen immediately jumped up from the couch in shock, "He what?!"


    An Luxia flinched before slowly standing up as well, grabbing onto her brother''s arm again, "But don''t worry! Mo Han treats me very well, and he doesn''t do much! He just takes care of his other businesses. Right, Mo Han?"


    Mo Han nodded, listening to whatever his wife said. Whatever she said was right!


    An Yuchen was still not convinced, "Why didn''t you tell me and mom and dad?! We would have never agreed to this marriage if we had known! How could you marry such a dangerous person?!"


    An Luxia immediately got scared as she grabbed onto An Yuchen''s arm tighter, "He''s not dangerous! He -"


    Suddenly, a maid walked into the room, disrupting their conversation.


    "Mr. Mo, there is a woman at the door."


    An Luxia turned around and her eyes brightened, "Oh, it''s my best friend! I told her toe as well."


    She let go of her brother and ran out of the living room. With her gone, the tension inside the room rose as the two men inside stayed silent, one ring at the other and the other sitting down a little guiltily.


    A minuteter, An Luxia finally returned, pulling another girl into the room.


    The other girl was much shorter than An Luxia and had short hair. She was, like An Luxia, the cute type of girl in terms of appearance.


    However, her attitude and temper were actually the exact opposite.


    "Mo Han, this is my best friend, Yu Xinyi. We grew up together! Xinyi, this is my husband, Mo Han."


    Mo Han stood up and walked over, politely greeting Yu Xinyi, who in turn, red at him suspiciously, "So you''re the dude that stole my Xiaxia away?"


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 Chapter 33 - Convincing An Yuchen

    Mo Han stood up and walked over, politely greeting Yu Xinyi, who in turn, red at him suspiciously, "So you''re the dude that stole my Xiaxia away?"


    Mo Han blinked a few times confusedly, "Um. . . yes."


    Yu Xinyi rolled her eyes and then looked straight past Mo Han, her eyesnding on An Yuchen. At once, the annoyance on her face disappeared as a blush spread across her cheeks.


    An Yuchen smiled at her, "Hello, Xinyi."


    Yu Xinyi''s blush reddened as she waved back, "Hello, brother Yuchen."


    An Luxia tried to suppress herugh as she watched the two of them. Finally, she cleared her throat and pulled Yu Xinyi over to the couch. The four of them sat back down again.


    "An Luxia, you still haven''t answered me yet? Why did you lie to me, mom, and dad?" An Yuchen asked, his voice turning serious.


    An Luxia looked away guiltily, "I didn''t lie. . . right? I just. . . didn''t include some extra irrelevant information."


    "Irrelevant? You -"


    Yu Xinyi stood up, "Wait! What are you guys talking about? What lie? What information?"


    An Luxia pulled Yu Xinyi down and tugged at her sleeve, whispering, "Yiyi, you have to help me."


    "Xinyi, you tell An Luxia what she did wrong," An Yuchen said angrily, "This Mo Han, the dude that An Luxia married. He is the leader of the HLX!"


    Yu Xinyi''s eyes widened, "The HLX?! Like that HLX? The one -"


    An Luxia nodded her head, looking over at Yu Xinyi pitifully, "Help me. . ."


    Yu Xinyi slowly looked over at Mo Han, who was calmly sipping his tea, "Hey you!"


    Mo Han looked up, "Me?"


    Yu Xinyi scrunched her face up annoyedly, "Yes you! Who else would it be? You really are the leader of the HLX?"


    Mo Han quickly put his cup down, sitting up straightly, "Yes, I am. However, I promise that I will never hurt Luxia and I will also not get her entangled with anything rted to the HLX."


    Yu Xinyi nodded her head, her expression changing slightly. She turned around to An Luxia, "So you found yourself a handsome cold romance novel male lead?"


    An Luxia nodded excitedly, "Yes, so you have to help me!"


    Yu Xinyi raised one eyebrow, "You like him?"


    An Luxia nodded her head eagerly, "Yes, yes. Xinyi, help me with my brother."


    Yu Xinyi lifted one hand up, curving her thumb and pointer together into an "okay" sign. She winked at An Luxia and grinned, turning to look at An Yuchen.


    "Brother Yuchen, you''re absolutely right!"


    An Luxia, who was just about to rx, immediately widened her eyes as she looked over at Yu Xinyi in disbelief, "You''re supposed to help me!"


    Yu Xinyi red at An Luxia, shutting her up as she pinched An Luxia''s arm.


    "Brother Yuchen, you''re absolutely right! An Luxia, how dare you lie to your brother and parents?!"


    An Luxia''s mouth fell open confusedly, but she slowly nodded her head upon receiving Yu Xinyi''s wink, "Yes. . . totally. How dare I."


    An Yuchen looked between the two of them a little confusedly.


    "However!" Yu Xinyi pped her hands together, "I mean, brother Yuchen, having Luxia marry the leader of the HLX might not be too bad, right?"


    An Yuchen raised one eyebrow at Yu Xinyi, causing her to look away in both nervousness and excitement.


    "I mean, he can protect Xiaxia, right?! Right?" She asked, turning to look at An Luxia for support.


    An Luxia immediately picked up, "Of course! Brother, Mo Han can protect me very well! You know, I am a weak little white lo - I mean, I''m not a white lotus! I''m a weak little girl, and only someone like the King of the Underworld can protect me, right?"


    An Yuchen, Mo Han, and Yu Xinyi all stared at her with different emotions as they watched her dramatic act. Ah, they were used to it by now.


    However, Yu Xinyi still had to help her best friend.


    "Exactly, brother Yuchen! Have you ever heard of the saying the most dangerous ce to be is the safest ce to be?!"


    An Yuchen cleared his throat and looked up at Mo Han, who was calmly sitting there, looking over at An Luxia.


    Noticing that her brother was almost convinced, An Luxia immediately went over and sat down next to her brother, grabbing onto his arm.


    "Exactly! Plus, I am his wife and Mo Han treats me very well. You don''t have to be scared. I married him for a reason! I''m sure that the famous and mysterious leader of the HLX will be able to protect me well and never hurt me, right?"


    She said, looking over at Mo Han who immediately nodded upon An Luxia''s cue.


    An Yuchen narrowed his eyes, "Really?"


    "Of course!"


    "You be quiet," An Yuchen said to his sister, "You! Why did you marry my stupid sister?"


    "I''m no -" An Luxia opened her mouth to reject the newbel put onto her.


    "You be quiet!" An Luxia said fiercely again. An Luxia pursed her lips out angrily as she shut up.


    "Because I love her," Mo Han said simply without even blinking an eye.


    "Ah -" Yu Xinyi ced both hands over her chest, almost like she had just been shot.


    An Yuchen knit his eyebrows together, contemting his answer for several seconds before turning to look at An Luxia, "Xiaxia, you shouldn''t have hidden this from us."


    An Luxia nodded her head, "Yes, I know, I know. I''m sorry, brother. . . But please don''t tell mom and dad!"


    She had confidence in being able to convince her brother, but she wasn''t so sure about her two protective parents.


    Although she was pretty certain by now that Mo Han wouldn''t hurt her, her parents might not believe it.


    An Yuchen sighed, "I know, I know."


    He stood up from the couch, "I''m going to leave now. I still have patients waiting for me back at the hospital. Come home often, okay?"


    "Yes, sir!" An Luxia stood up as well immediately, escorting her brother all the way to his car before returning back to the house.


    Once she stepped foot into the living room, a strong force immediately pulled her onto the couch.

 Chapter 34 - Going Back Home

    Once she stepped foot into the living room, a strong force immediately pulled her onto the couch.


    "An Luxia, why am I not the first one to know about your marriage?!" Yu Xinyi narrowed her eyes and asked.


    "I was going to tell you. . . I just never got the chance."


    From not too far away, Mo Han watched as the two girls whispered quietly amongst themselves. He scooched forward on the couch a little, trying to hear what they were saying. However, Yu Xinyi''s eyes immediately shot up and red at him. He immediately moved back.


    "He really is the leader of the HLX?"


    An Luxia nodded.


    "Did he force you to marry him? Like with a knife? Or some sort of weapon? Or threaten to kill your pet bird?"


    An Luxia chuckled softly, "No, Xinyi! And my brother takes care of the bird now."


    Yu Xinyi''s eyes widened in excitement, "Really?! Does he take care of it in his apartment?"


    An Luxia nodded, noticing the sparkle in Yu Xinyi''s eyes.


    "Hehehe, another reason for me to go visit him! Yes!" Yu Xinyi wiggled her shoulders in excitement, receiving a huge eye roll from An Luxia.


    "Ah, I think your one-sided love has no hope."


    Yu Xinyi frowned, "How can you say that as my friend?! You''re his sister! You have to help me!"


    "I have been! Remember that time when I left you two alone in my room, and then I wonder who was the one that tripped over her own feet while walking. Hm?"


    Yu Xinyi gulped and looked away as her cheeks turned red in embarrassment, "Um. . . Why do you still remember that?! Anyway, your new husband is quite cute, isn''t he?"


    "Don''t try to change the subject!" An Luxia smiled softly, "He is."


    Then, the two girls began giggling loudly. Mo Han looked at them confusedly, not knowing that the two of them wereughing because of him.


    ---


    Coincidentally, the decorations An Luxia had bought for the ck house arrived, so Yu Xinyi ended up staying over for the rest of the afternoon to help An Luxia decorate the house.


    And poor Mo Han. . . He was wifeless for the rest of the day.


    ---


    The next morning, after a very "tiring" night filled with exercise, An Luxia left the house by herself and arrived in front of a cute little shop with the words ''Haotian Bakery'' printed in pink several inches above the door.


    An Luxia walked in, the bell tied to the door ringing as it signified the arrival of a new "customer".


    "Wee to Haotian Bakery!"


    The small space was decorated using mainly pink and white colors. There were several small tables with white chairs and two photo zones.


    A couple was eating inside the shop, and the woman looked up when she heard the bell ring, quickly looking back down after seeing that it wasn''t anything special.


    An Luxia didn''t go over to the tables, but instead made a right turn as she pushed the door open to the checkout counter.


    "Is my mom and dad here?" She asked the young girl in high school working as the cashier.


    "Yes."


    As it was a small business, all the workers here knew who the boss and the boss''s family were. An Luxia smiled before walking into the back kitchen, where she found her dad bent down behind a two-story cake, carefully piping the whipped cream decoration onto the bottomyer.


    "Dad!"


    An Ping gasped as his hand shook slightly, his head appearing from behind the cake, "Xiaxia, I''m trying to do the cream! When did youe?"


    He put down the piping bag and walked over, "Are you here to get free bread again?"


    An Luxia stuck her tongue out yfully, "Yes but no. I''m here to get free bread for my husband now!"


    An Ping rolled his eyes, "Ch! You only got married for a few days, and you already care about your husband more than your dad now."


    An Luxia smiled and walked over to her dad, "Dad, how can you say that? I''m here, right? Of course I care about you the most!"


    An Ping couldn''t help but grin upon hearing that, and he walked back over to the cake to finish the whipped cream.


    The back door opened and Qi Lanyu walked out, biting into a cupcake as she did, "Xiaxia, you''re here! I was wondering when you woulde and visit us after you disappeared with that guy!"


    An Luxia skipped over to her mom and took a bite out of the cupcake, "I''m here now. . . to get some bread for my husband."


    She smiled cutely, but still ended up receiving a re from her mom.


    "Hmph! Take your bread and go!"


    "Mom. . ." An Luxia grabbed onto Qi Lanyu''s arm, shaking it softly.


    "When are you going toe back for dinner? You should bring Mo Han too." It only takes a second for Qi Lanyu''s anger to disappear.


    "I''lle tonight, okay? I still have some things to do. I''ll be home at 6, okay?" An Luxia waved before walking out of the kitchen to pick the bread she wanted, and then she left.


    ---


    At exactly 6, An Luxia arrived at the An house with Mo Han, who carried a basket of fruits and several other bags in his other hand. At once, the delicious smell of dinner entered their noses as they walked into the dining room, where Qi Lanyu was setting up the table.


    "You two are here! The food is almost ready."


    Her eyesnded on the fruit basket and she smiled, "Oh, you didn''t have to bring gifts. It isn''t your first time here anyway."


    Mo Han stepped forward with a smile, "Please excuse me for not being prepared the first time we met. Here are just some small gifts. I hope you can ept them."


    Qi Lanyu nodded her head, thinking that Mo Han was a polite kid. She took over the bags and smiled, "Thank you. You didn''t have to! Sit, sit. Dinner is almost ready."


    A few minutester, they were all seated around the dinner table eating dinner together.


    An Yuchen, who had also arrived a minute before dinner started, looked up at his sister and raised one eyebrow. An Luxia pursed her lips out, looking over at him pitifully.


    Finally, An Yuchen mouthed the word "eat" and looked down to begin eating dinner himself.


    After a very long dinner filled with chatter, An Luxia and Mo Han were going to return home.


    "Come eat often, okay? Mo Han, you also have to keep an eye on Xiaxia! Make sure you twoe back home often. Don''t forget!"


    An Luxia nodded her head, "I know, I know. It''s gettingte. You two should go back home."


    She pulled open the car door and waved at her parents before getting into the passenger''s seat. Before Mo Han entered the car, An Ping quickly said:


    "Mo Han, take good care of Xiaxia, okay?"


    Mo Han smiled, "I will, dad."


    Then, he got into the car and drove away, leaving An Ping and Qi Lanyu standing alone in the warm summer night outside of their house.


    A few secondster, they also turned around and went back home.


    --- One monthter


    An Luxia ran around the house hurriedly from her room to the dining room, and then back to her room, and then to the office room, and then to her room again.


    Mo Han watched her go back and forth and shook his head softly, regretting not helping her pack her bag the day before. He should have known that she would forget.


    After a long and exciting summer break, today was the first day of school for An Luxia.


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 Chapter 35 - First Day Of School

    After a long and exciting summer break, today was the first day of school for An Luxia.


    "Hanhan, can you help me get my water bottle!" An Luxia called as she stuffed herptop into her backpack and zipped it up.


    Mo Han grinned as he picked up therge water bottle, wrapping both hands around it to make sure it was warm water and not ice water.


    "Thank you. Come on, let''s go. I''m going to bete."


    Mo Han was pulled into the car with her and they immediately drove off since An Luxia was indeed going to bete for her first day of school.


    In the car, An Luxia fell asleep again. After a long and rxing summer break of being able to sleep until the sun was up, she was definitely not used to suddenly having to wake up early.


    Mo Han looked at her and sighed before moving over to her and having her lean her hand onto his shoulder. She mumbled something softly before continuing to sleep.


    About 20 minutester, the car came to a stop in front of the school entrance, where several students were rushing in, looking at their watches as they ran.


    "Baby, wake up. We''re here." Mo Han said gently, not wanting to wake her up but knowing that she would be more frustrated if she waste.


    An Luxia rubbed her eyes as she opened them. When she saw the time on her phone, she immediately woke up and got out of the car.


    "Mwah, love you! Bye, Hanhan!"


    Mo Han smiled, and the driver in the front felt his cheeks redden even though he wasn''t the one receiving the cheesy confession.


    In the past month, their rtionship had improved greatly through their continuous dates every week and their time spent together on the bed.


    Yes, you read it correctly. Time together on the bed.


    A few weeks back, An Luxia suddenly started calling him Hanhan after having a secret conversation with Yu Xinyi. And, he liked it very much. He thought it was very cute!


    He watched as An Luxia ran off and disappeared into a building before he said to the driver, "Go to the Qin Corporation."


    The ck car in front of XX University drove away.


    ---


    "Xinyi!" An Luxia immediately noticed Yu Xinyi sitting in the back of the ssroom with her books on the seat next to her.


    She walked over and sat down as Yu Xinyi moved the books away.


    "You''rete!"


    An Luxia shrugged, "At least the professor isn''t here yet."


    Just as she said that, the professor of the ss walked in and dropped his textbook onto the podium with a loud bang.


    "Okay, let''s get started."


    ---


    "At least we''re in the same dorm. I didn''t have time this morning since Hanhan turned the rm off, so I''ll go get my stuff now then," An Luxia said to Yu Xinyi as they walked out of theirst ss of the day.


    "Does your Hanhan know about this yet?" Yu Xinyi questioned, raising an eyebrow.


    An Luxia gulped a little guiltily and quickly walked ahead, "Um. . . He will soon."


    Yu Xinyi sighed, "Okay. I''m going to go to the dorm then. When youe back, let''s order fried chicken together to celebrate the first day of grad school!"


    An Luxia licked her lips excitedly, "Okay. I''m going to hurry then. I''ll see youter!"


    She ran off and entered the familiar ck car. When she noticed the empty backseat, she leaned forward, "Mr. Si, where is Mo Han?"


    The driver looked back, "Mr. Mo has some work to do so he is at home."


    "Oh. . . okay."


    They drove back to the house on the mountain within 30 minutes and An Luxia walked in, expecting to see Mo Han waiting at the door or in the living room.


    However, both ces were empty and silent.


    She walked over to his office and opened the door slightly, leaning her ear over. The sound of voices came from inside, and she immediately closed the door again.


    Since he was busy with work, she could only pack her stuff and tell himter. Yu Xinyi was still waiting for her to eat fried chicken together!


    For first-year graduate students, it was mandatory to live in the dorm. Luckily, she was able to be in a two-person dorm room with only Yu Xinyi.


    After quickly grabbing some clothes and daily necessities, she left a quick note on the bed and left the house, entering the car again to return to school.


    --- Two hourster


    An Luxia and Yu Xinyi sat across from each other at the table in the middle of the room, both with fried chicken legs in their hands.


    As they ate, they talked about the newest drama in the entertainment industry, where a very famous couple divorced!


    Then suddenly, there was a knock at the door.


    An Luxia dropped her chicken, quickly wiping her lips before opening the door, "Hello, who is -"


    At once, her eyes widened in shock when she saw who it was. Then, she looked down at herself. She was wearing grey sweatpants and a light pink shirt with many oil stains on it.


    Her mouth was oily from fried chicken oil, and there were even some crumbs around her lips. Her hair was messily tied up in a bun and she had absolutely no makeup on.


    "Ah!" She immediately shut the door in the person''s face and turned around, quickly wiping her face with a tissue and then putting her hair down, brushing through it with her fingers.


    "Who is it?" Yu Xinyi asked her as she took another bite of her fried chicken.


    An Luxia ignored her as she opened the door again, "Hi, Hanhan. What are you doing here?"


    Mo Han''s eyebrows were tightly furrowed together as he looked her up and down, wondering why she suddenly disappeared for a few seconds upon seeing him.


    Was she hiding something?


    "Why didn''t youe home?"


    An Luxia blinked a few times, "You didn''t read the message I left you on the bed?"


    "What message?"

 Chapter 36 - Mo Hans Arrival

    "What message?"


    "I left a note on the bed. All first-year students have to live in the dorm. . . undergrad and grad. So, I have to live in the dorm."


    Mo Han''s face darkened more as the door opened wider and Yu Xinyi''s face appeared, "Mr. Mo, what are you doing here?"


    "Taking my wife back home."


    Yu Xinyi frowned, "Mr. Mo, she has to live in the dorm."


    "It''s a rule?" He asked, raising one eyebrow.


    They both nodded their heads simultaneously. Mo Han''s eyes looked down slightly as he stood in silence for several seconds. Finally, he turned around and walked away.


    "Hanhan, where are you going? Are you leaving? Bye!"


    An Luxia watched as he disappeared down the stairs and she gulped, turning to look at Yu Xinyi, "Is he mad?"


    Yu Xinyi shrugged, "It seems like it."


    ". . ."


    ---


    For the next thirty minutes, An Luxia couldn''t eat her chicken in peace. Many thoughts ran through her mind as she tried to remember how Mo Han had left.


    Why did he leave without saying anything? Was he mad?


    She sighed. She didn''t want to stay in the dorm either! The dorm was much smaller than Mo Han''s house and it was also less convenient. The food wasn''t as good. The bed wasn''t as soft. The restroom wasn''t as big. The shower wasn''t as clean. Sleeping wasn''t as. . . fun.


    "Ah!!"


    Yu Xinyi flinched, almost dropping her chicken, "What?!"


    "Xinyi, do you think my Hanhan is mad at me?"


    Yu Xinyi rolled her eyes, "Just ask! Stop asking me, I don''t know!"


    "You''re right! I can just ask him." An Luxia immediately pulled out her phone and just as she was about to call Mo Han, the world around them was suddenly filled with a very loud sound.


    The sound of heavy footsteps.


    An Luxia looked up and her eyes met with Yu Xinyi, "What is that?"


    She dropped her phone and the two of them ran over to the door, opening it slightly and peaking out to see what was happening.


    The footsteps got louder and louder, and as it did, more and more doors opened. Girls in their nightgowns, with face masks still on, or even brushing their teeth, appeared as they curiously looked out of their room to see what was creating that sound.


    Finally, a head appeared from the staircase and An Luxia''s mouth fell open.


    Mo Han?! He was back?!


    Then, one by one, more and more heads appeared as men wearing ck sunsses and ck suits in the hot summer weather arrived on the second floor of the girl''s dormitories.


    Several girls screamed when they saw men on their floor, but they still didn''t hide back into their rooms because the man standing in the front was way too handsome! What was such a handsome man doing on their floor?


    The group of at least five men walked down the hallway, making it look cramped with so many people. The man in front looked straight ahead coldly, ignoring all the stares he was receiving, some of which were seductive or trying to grab his attention.


    "It seems like Mr. Mo isn''t mad," Yu Xinyi said with a soft smirk as she went back to the table to continue eating chicken, waiting for the group of men to arrive in her dorm.


    And indeed, within a few seconds, the group of men stopped in front of An Luxia and Yu Xinyi''s dorm, and the man in front pulled the door open.


    Then, he stretched his long arm out and grabbed onto An Luxia''s wrist, pulling her out of the dorm and into his arms. Then, he lifted his other arm out and made a quick and simple signal with his finger.


    At once, the group of men behind him barged into the room and immediately, banging and shing sounds came from inside the room as they began grabbing random things from the table, the bed, the drawers, and the clothes cab.


    "Mo Han, what are you doing?" An Luxia asked, a little embarrassed with everyone looking at her. Also. . . maybe just a little sour.


    Of course she knew that all these hungry women wouldnd their wolf eyes until her little sheep, Hanhan. She couldn''t have that happen! As of now, she didn''t have any love rivals. However, from the looks of it, many wereing.


    Some of the girls had crowded into the hallways, trying to get a look at what was happening. Well, more of them were just trying to get a look at Mo Han and the girl in Mo Han''s arms.


    When they saw An Luxia, some of them gasped in surprise but others didn''t seem to be very surprised. After all, An Luxia was also a very famous figure inside the school.


    After all, she has been the winner of the annual school beauty contest since she joined the school.


    "Who is that guy?" Slowly, the whispering in the hallway grew as the girls murmured amongst themselves, all staring at Mo Han.


    An Luxia pressed her lips together angrily and rolled her eyes, wondering why all of these people were so thirsty! Of course, if she had been one of them, she would also be thirsty.


    Within five minutes, the group of men filed out of the room one by one, one of them pulling her two suitcases, which were packed with her belongings.


    Then, Mo Han grabbed onto her hand, turned around, and walked down the hallway once again, his men following right behind him. . . and An Luxia.


    "Mo Han, what are you doing? It''s sote today. I have to stay in the dorms!"


    Mo Han ignored him as he continued to walk, leading her down the stairs. One they disappeared, all of the girls ran out of their room at once and all barged into what used to be An Luxia''s dorm room.


    The ones that knew Yu Xinyi immediately grabbed onto her, flooding her with questions.


    Yu Xinyi put one finger over her lips, and waited until the room was quiet before she lifted her palm out, "One dor for one question."


    Within a minute, everyone had left the room again.

 Chapter 37 - Mo Hans Second Arrival

    Back in the car, An Luxia was dragged in and a seatbelt was forcibly pulled on.


    "Mo Han, what are you doing?" An Luxia asked, getting a little mad.


    "Don''t worry. I talked with your principal already. You can live with me."


    ". . ." Indeed, for rich and powerful people like Mo Han, everything was possible.


    An Luxia leaned back against the carseat, closing her eyes. She did not want to live in the dorm either with such a big andfortable house waiting for her. But. . .


    "You could have just walked to my dorm and quietly told me?! Why did you bring all those men with you?"


    Mo Han blinked a few times in an innocent manner, "Um. . . I was scared you wouldn''te with me. And, with more people packing, it''s faster, right?"


    An Luxia sighed and pped the palm of her hand onto her forehead. Mo Han can be quite ignorant some times. . . in a cute way.


    ---


    After returning back home, Mo Han immediately pulled An Luxia into the house,ining that it was toote already and that she wouldn''t be able to wake up early again the next morning.


    "I would be already asleep by now if it weren''t for a certain someone," An Luxia said sourly.


    Mo Han pretended not to hear as he entered the room. K followed behind them closely and pushed the luggage into the room before leaving, closing the door softly.


    An Luxia let go of Mo Han''s hand and was about to enter the restroom to wash her face and get ready for bed when suddenly, she was pulled back by a strong force.


    She stumbled back several steps before falling onto the bed, ring up at the man who had just pressed down on top of her.


    "What are you doing?! I''m tired! Let me sleep!"


    Mo Han grinned and licked his lips sexily, "If you stay in the dorm, how will we be able to do this?"


    Then, before An Luxia could even reply, he pressed down, stopping all other words froming out.


    The next few hours went by. . . quickly.


    ---


    "I''m going to bete again," An Luxia crossed her arms together angrily, slouching back on the car seat with a frown.


    "Don''t worry. The teachers can''t do anything about it.'' Mo Han shrugged as he finished spreading the strawberry jam and handed the slice of bread over to An Luxia.


    Although An Luxia was still mad at Mo Han, she couldn''t mistreat her stomach. She took over the bread and stuffed it all into her mouth in two bites.


    "Eat slowly," Mo Han said with a smile.


    The car stopped in front of the school and An Luxia immediately ran out, not even responding to Mo Han''s goodbye because she didn''t hear. So of course, she also didn''t hear the next line.


    "You forgot your lunch bag -" Mo Han grabbed the small pink bag and shook it softly, hearing the silverware rattle inside the box.


    He unbuckled his seatbelt, getting ready to get off the car. However, as one foot stepped out of the car, he stopped. He lifted up the small pink bag and narrowed his eyes.


    The food would be cold by lunch time, right? How could she eat cold food?


    Mo Han dropped the lunch bag back onto the car seat and closed the door, "Start the car. Gu Corporation."


    "Yes, sir."


    ---


    After being scolded quickly by the professor for beingte, An Luxia sat down next to Yu Xinyi with several eyes on her.


    "Why is everyone looking at me?"


    Yu Xinyi shrugged, "I don''t know, maybe because a handsome and tall guy with a bunch of handsome and tall guys following him showed up at our dormst night and kidnapped you."


    An Luxia rolled her eyes, "Even you know they kidnapped me? Then why didn''t you help mest night!"


    Yu Xinyi chuckled awkwardly, looking down as she pretended to start taking notes.


    "Three meals of fried chicken," An Luxia said, lifting three fingers up.


    "Three?!" Yu Xinyi''s mouth fell open, "No way! I tried to helpst night! I will go bankrupt if it is three whole meals! Two!"


    An Luxia thought for a few seconds, "Fine, two, but -"


    "An Luxia! Yu Xinyi! Focus!"


    An Luxia jumped in her chair from suddenly being called before looking down and also pretended to start taking notes.


    ---


    On their way to lunch, people were looking at An Luxia as well. It seemed like the news had spread like wildfire, and it was even posted onto the school forum.


    The headline was: "Number 1 beauty An Luxia has a boyfriend? Come in for high-quality live video footage!"


    As they entered the busy cafeteria, many eyes turned as well, which An Luxia all ignored. She talked with Yu Xinyi as they waited in line, which moved unusually slowly today.


    Right before it was their turn, she was suddenly pulled away.


    "What are -" An Luxia turned around in both shock and anger, but the anger disappeared and was reced withplete shock when she saw who it was.


    At once, her eyes darted around the room nervously, "Mo Han, what are you doing here?"


    Just because he visitedst night, she had blown up in the school after just one day of returning. Who knew what would happen now if he came again?


    Plus, there were so many people here and Mo Han wasn''t wearing any mask or hat. Many people had already pulled out their phones and were either taking pictures or videos.


    Mo Han smiled,pletely ignoring all the stares and electronic devices. He lifted up a cardboard box and tilted his head, "I brought you lunch. You forgot your lunch in the car."


    An Luxia sighed, "There is a cafeteria."


    "Cafeteria food sucks. Come, I bought this food myself." An Luxia was pulled away to a nearby table, where there was one empty spot.


    Mo Han pulled the chair open and sat An Luxia down before turning to look at the guy that was sitting next to An Luxia. Just one re and the guy felt a chill run down his spine. He shakily lifted up his tray and practically ran away, not even sure himself why he was so scared.


    Mo Han quickly wiped the seat with a handkerchief before sitting down, opening up the cardboard box for her, "Here, I ordered your favorite food. Eat."


    The cafeteria had gone dead silent, which was very unusual during this time, and Mo Han''s deep voice rang inside therge hall.


    An Luxia looked around and she saw Yu Xinyi also standing in the crowd, holding her phone up as well. Her eyes widened in anger as she made a mental note to change the 2 meals to 10!


    "Eat," Mo Han urged again, handing her the chopsticks.


    She thought for a few seconds before smiling, "Thank you. Have you eaten yet?"


    Mo Han''s smile widened before he shook his head, "Are you willing to share some of the food with me?"


    An Luxia shrugged, "Sure."

 Chapter 38 - Xiaxia Is Taken

    An Luxia shrugged, "Sure."


    At once, several gasps were heard in the cafeteria. Share food?! So they were indeed in a rtionship!


    Many people knew about An Yuchen, who was also famous in the school and known for being An Luxia''s older brother. That used to be one of the major reasons for why other girls were jealous of An Luxia, but now it seemed like it was going to change.


    This man was obviously not An Yuchen, so there was only one other possibility. They were dating!


    An Luxia quietly ate her food with Mo Han, ignoring the other people. ss was starting soon! If they didn''t want to eat lunch, she did!


    Soon after, the other people also realized this, and they returned to getting their food or eating. However, the cafeteria was still unusually quiet as everyone''s focus was on the eye-catching couple.


    ---


    After lunch, Mo Han stood up and cleaned everything up.


    "I''lle and pick you up after school, okay?"


    An Luxia nodded her head, "I''m going to ss then."


    She waved goodbye to him and left under the gaze of several other girls and boys. Most of the stares were filled with jealousy. . .


    ---


    After thest ss, many girls rushed out and followed An Luxia to the front of the school, although they tried to make it seem like they were just casually walking.


    An Luxia ignored them and entered the ck car, where Mo Han was waiting. To the other girls'' disappointment, Mo Han didn''t get out of the car himself.


    They watched as the car drove off and several of them began whispering amongst themselves.


    "Did you know that An Luxia was adopted?"


    "Yeah, the news came out when she was in her second year. I was in her ss back then and I remember when it came out."


    "Exactly! How is she so lucky to be adopted into such a good family? You know An Yuchen?"


    "An Yuchen, the famous medical school alumni? "


    "Yeah, yeah. Him."


    "What about him?"


    The girl crossed her arms together, "He is An Luxia''s older brother! Adopted older brother!"


    "What?! And she was adopted! Why is she so lucky to be thrown away and then adopted into such a great family! If adoption is like this for everyone, I would want to get adopted too!"


    "I know right! And that seems like his boyfriend. Did you see that car? The brand is XX! And it is the most expensive car model in that entire brand! She found herself a rich man to hang onto."


    The other girl rolled her eyes, "All she has is cute looks. Even if I looked like her, I wouldn''t go around and seduce rich men. So shameless."


    "I know right!"


    The sour tone was evident.


    ---


    In the car, An Luxia rested her head on Mo Han''s shoulder with a soft smile, "You purposely want to make amotion every time youe, right?"


    Mo Han blinked a few times innocently as he used his finger to draw circles on An Luxia''s palm, "What do you mean? I naturally draw attention, I''m not asking for it."


    "Ch!" An Luxia rolled her eyes as she closed her eyes, feeling the car drive up the mountain.


    Mo Han licked his lips and continued to draw circles, asionally changing it to squares. Of course he needed to causemotion! Or else, how will all those stupid guys know that his Xiaxia was taken?!


    ---


    After finishing her assignments, An Luxia joined Mo Han at the dinner table, scrolling through her phone as the food was carried onto the table.


    Mo Han furrowed his eyebrows together upon getting ignored, and he leaned forward, asking curiously, "What are you looking at?"


    "Your result."


    He raised one eyebrow, "What?"


    An Luxia smiled as she looked up, turning the phone around and waving it at him, "Once again, I have entered the number 1 hot post on the school forum."


    "School forum?" Mo Han knit his eyebrows together, "Who is that bored to write a post about you?"


    An Luxia shrugged, "Many people."


    She cleared her throat, announcing the title of the article, "School beauty An Luxia has found herself a rich man to date?"


    She scrunched her face up just from reading the article, and so did Mo Han.


    "Date? Is that person stupid? Isn''t it obvious we are married?"


    An Luxia chuckled and replied sarcastically, "Mr. Mo, I don''t have a wedding ring and I am quite young to be married. Of course they would guess that we are dating!"


    Mo Han''s eyes traveled down to the silver ring on her ring finger, "Isn''t that a ring?"


    An Luxia looked down confusedly and saw the ring, "Well this isn''t a wedding ring. . . And it is a male ring. I have been wearing this for a long time already. People know about it. When I was in my third year, some dumb person even published a post suggesting that I was secretly married because of this ring."


    An Luxia rolled her eyes in annoyance. Being the center of attention wasn''t always such a great thing.


    Mo Han scratched his head as he picked up his knife and fork. A wedding ring. . . Should he get one?


    ---


    The next day at school, the post had once again spread like fire. While walking in the school, everyone looked their way and Yu Xinyi red at everyone that looked, asionally screaming, "What are you looking at?! Have you never seen two pretty women walking?!"


    Many people, especially girls, were quite scared of Yu Xinyi, and they quickly walked by after hearing her. An Luxiaughed, crossing her arms together, "You''re scaring them."


    Yu Xinyi pinched An Luxia''s arm aggressively, "I''m helping you, okay?"


    "Mhm, mhm. You still owe me fried chicken though."


    Yu Xinyi sighed, "I''m really going to go bankrupt. . . and brother Yuchen''s birthday is soon. I won''t even be able to buy a present for him if I buy you fried chicken."


    An Luxia nced at her, "Get me fried chicken and I''ll give you high-quality info on what my brother likes."


    Yu Xinyi''s eyes widened, "Really?!"


    "Of course!"


    "Let''s eat fried chicken today!"


    ---


    The two of them entered the ssroom and just as they were about to sit down, a guy suddenly walked over. He was the same height as An Luxia, which was average height for a man, and he held his phone out with his eyebrows tightly knitted together.


    "Luxia, you are really dating someone?"

 Chapter 39 - Qi Yuyang

    "Luxia, you are really dating someone?"


    An Luxia looked up at the guy and sighed a little helplessly before taking out herptop from her bag, "No. . ."


    She decided not to say the remaining part of the sentence: "I''m married to someone."


    She didn''t want to enter the center of the school forum again, and she wasn''t sure if this guy could handle it if she actually told him.


    The entire ssroom turned silent as everyone turned around to look at what was happening. Although the guy wasn''t very popr in the school, he was quite famous for his "rtionship" with An Luxia.


    He wore a white shirt and ck pants, and had round sses on. It wouldn''t be fair to call him handsome, but he wasn''t ugly either.


    This guy named Qi Yuyang was famous in the school for having a huge crush on An Luxia since their first year together.


    They were in many of the same sses when they were still college freshmans, and although many guys had secret crushes on An Luxia, none of them were as persistent and open about it as Qi Yuyang.


    Since freshman, he has been following her around, and even after getting rejected several times, he was still persistent.


    "Then who is this guy?"


    An Luxia nced up at his phone and saw that it was the post from yesterday, "My. . . lover."


    Perfect! A great term and it doesn''t reveal their rtionship! An Luxia smiled proudly, thinking that her one brain cell didn''t fail her once again!


    However, upon hearing this, Qi Yuyang''s face fell, "What?! So you two are dating! Is it really because he is rich? Luxia, I''m very rich too. Come with me. I can give you much more than this guy can!"


    An Luxia pressed her lips together, fighting the urge to punch Qi Yuyang in the face, "First of all, we aren''t dating. Second of all, it isn''t because he is rich. Third of all, you can''t give me more than he can. Understand?"


    "No!"


    An Luxia felt her hand shake slightly as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Sometimes, she wondered if Qi Yuyang was a 5-year-old.


    "It doesn''t matter. ss is starting soon. I need to get ready. Thank you for. . . thinking about me, but please let me take my ss in peace."


    Qi Yuyang furrowed his eyebrows together and walked down two steps, sitting in the seat right in front of her. Then, he turned his head around and stared up at her.


    An Luxia sighed in frustration but the professor walked in, so she just let him stare at her for the entire ss. Somehow, the professor didn''t notice. Or, he just didn''t bother to say anything about it because it happened too often.


    ---


    Throughout the entire school day, Qi Yuyang practically followed her wherever she went, except for the times when he had different sses.


    After school, An Luxia practically ran out of ss, hoping that he wouldn''t catch up. However, he was waiting for her right outside the ssroom door, and ran after her all the way to the front driveway of the school.


    Mo Han''s car hasn''t arrived yet, so An Luxia was forced to wait there.


    Qi Yuyang caught up to her, slightly out of breath, "Luxia, if you two aren''t dating, then. . . are you his mistress?! Luxia, you can''t do that!"


    An Luxia mmed her palm onto her forehead and shook her head helplessly, deciding that there was no point in trying to exin to him.


    Qi Yuyang suddenly gasped as he seemed to remember something, and he took his backpack off, opening it up and pulling out a box of choctes.


    The box was pink and was shaped like a heart.


    "I almost forgot. Luxia, I bought this for you. I picked out every chocte inside it myself."


    An Luxia looked at the chocte box and furrowed her eyebrows together. She liked choctes, but she couldn''t give him any hope. However, looking at his genuine smile, no matter how much she was annoyed by him, it still felt a little mean to just reject him.


    She heard the sound of a car engine and she looked up to see the familiar ck car. She smiled and quickly turned around to look at Qi Yuyang, "Thank you for the choctes but I''m on a diet."


    She smiled slightly in a fake manner before quickly running away, entering the car and telling the driver to start driving.


    After putting on her seatbelt, a box was ced onto herp.


    "What is this?"


    Mo Han smiled, "I passed by a dessert shop nearby on my way here and bought some cookies and choctes for you."


    An Luxia opened the box, revealing a carefully arranged box of sweets and smiled, "Thank you. How did you know I''m hungry?"


    She took out a very beautiful pink heart-shaped chocte and ate it in one bite, feeling the vani and rosebination melt inside her mouth.


    "I guess our hearts are connected," Mo Han said, folding his hands together.


    An Luxia didn''t reply as she carefully looked through the box and took a bite from a cookie.


    "Did you like the lunch I had K bring you today? I was a little busy so I couldn''te myself."


    An Luxia nodded, "Yes, it was really good. K is. . . a little less attention-attracting than you."


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, "Is that a good thing?"


    An Luxia thought for a few seconds before shrugging, "I don''t know. Youing isn''t bad either."


    There were a few seconds of silence as An Luxia finished eating the cookie. Just as she reached for another chocte, the silence was suddenly broken.


    "Who was that guy earlier?" Mo Han asked, his voice calm but deeper than usual.


    An Luxia scratched the back of her head, turning the chocte around in her hand, "That guy? His name is Qi Yuyang."


    "Oh. . ." Mo Han nodded and didn''t say anything.


    ---


    After returning home, An Luxia went to take a shower and Mo Han entered his office to get some work done.


    Mo Han spun around in his chair, clicking the ck ballpoint pen in his hand in a rhythmic pattern.


    Across from him, K stood with a straight back, looking down at the ground.


    Finally, Mo Han stopped spinning and dropped the pen onto the table, which rolled to the very edge of therge desk beforeing to a stop.


    "K. . ."


    "Yes sir!" K immediately looked up, waiting for Mo Han''s order.


    "You heard that guy''s name, right?"


    K thought for a quick second before nodding. He had been driving the car on their way back from the school, and although he didn''t pay close attention to what Mr. Mo and Mrs. Mo were talking about, he still remembered the person''s name.


    "Yes sir."


    Mo Han grinned, "Good. I want his information by tomorrow."


    "Yes sir!"

 Chapter 40 - Back Parking Lot

    The next day after An Luxia had gone to school, Mo Han returned to his office, where K was waiting for him.


    "Do you have it?"


    "Yes sir." K stepped forward and handed Mo Han a ck file folder. He sat down and flipped it open, grabbing his pen as he skimmed through the page.


    There were two double-sided pages and the information was very detailed. His age, height, weight, family background, elementary school, middle school, high school, his best friend, all his previous girlfriends, and more.


    At the very end of thest page, there was a short paragraph that was highlighted.


    ''Known in XX University for having a crush on An Luxia since their first freshman year.''


    Mo Han frowned and threw the file folder onto the table, creating a loud bang.


    "Why is thatst paragraph so short?"


    K looked down and folded his hands together, "I talked to a few of the students at the school and everyone said that Qi Yuyang likes Mrs. Mo. Apparently they had some sses together in their first freshman year, and Qi Yuyang started liking Mrs. Mo. He openly chased Mrs. Mo all these years and Mrs. Mo has rejected him several times."


    Mo Han furrowed his eyebrows together and leaned back against the chair, starting to spin slowly back and forth again.


    "How many times has she rejected him?"


    "There were different responses, but the average is 5 times."


    "5 times. . . He seems to forget things easily, doesn''t he?" Mo Han grinned and closed his eyes, "I think that as Xiaxia''s husband, I should help him remember her words."


    "Yes sir."


    ---


    The next day at school, An Luxia talked quietly with Yu Xinyi, asionally looking back to find Qi Yuyang still following her.


    Did he really have nothing to do but follow her?


    She sighed and walked a little faster, arriving at therge crowd in front of the cafeteria.


    The crowd slowly filed into the cafeteria as it had just opened for lunch, and they joined the back of the crowd. Of course, Qi Yuyang also followed behind them, standing closely behind An Luxia.


    "Luxia, you can go sit down and tell me what you want to eat. I''ll go get the food for you!"


    An Luxia turned around and opened her mouth to tell him that wasn''t necessary, but before she could, another person spoke.


    "There is no need for that."


    An Luxia frowned slightly as she tilted her head, looking up at the tall figure that had just appeared next to her.


    "Mo -" She gulped and immediately pressed her lips together, not wanting to reveal his name. Or else Qi Yuyang and all the other people would definitely go investigate him!


    "What are you doing here?" She asked, wrapping her arm around his elbow, ncing at Qi Yuyang as she did so.


    Mo Han smiled happily as he turned around to face her and held up the bag he was holding in his other hand, "I brought you food. Come on, let''s go eat in the car."


    He grabbed onto An Luxia''s hand, pulling her away from the busy crowd and onto the car that was parked at the front of the school.


    As An Luxia ate the delicious food Mo Han had brought her, she looked out the window at therge group of people "walking" around the front of the school.


    Many of them pretended to just be passing by, although their eyes were practically glued onto Mo Han''s car as they did, and they kept walking in circles.


    An Luxia sighed and continued to eat, asionally feeding Mo Han some food although he said he wasn''t hungry.


    "Will you cook me dinner tonight?" He suddenly asked as An Luxia was about to feed him again.


    An Luxia blinked a few times, "Me? Why? There are chefs."


    Mo Han scrunched his face together, "I like your food more."


    An Luxia looked down at the box filled with food and nodded, "Sure. What do you want to eat?"


    "Anything you cook."


    An Luxia smiled softly as she bent forward, continuing to eat.


    Before getting out of the car, An Luxia suddenly remembered something and turned around, telling Mo Han, "Remember to drive to the back school parking lot today."


    Since it caught too much attention to always go to the front of the school, where all the students were gathered, An Luxia came up with the perfect idea!


    She could just go to the back parking lot. The back parking lot was quite dark and gloomy, and few people and cars ever went there, which was absolutely perfect for Mo Han and her!


    ---


    After finishing a very enjoyable lunch, An Luxia had one more ss left for the day. Mo Han said he woulde and pick her up when she was finished, so she hurriedly left the ssroom once the professor dismissed them.


    The professor ended ss a littlete today, so she ran out. When she had arrived at the front parking lot, she suddenly remembered the idea she hade up with herself and quickly turned around, going to the back of the school.


    She walked down the empty corridor to the back of the school, and just as she was about to turn a corner to where the back parking lot was, a tall and broad shouldered person suddenly blocked her view.


    She looked up and was slightly surprised when she saw, "Hanhan!"

 Chapter 41 - Qi Yuyangs Surprise

    She looked up and was slightly surprised when she saw, "Hanhan!"


    --- 30 minutes ago


    After finishing his ss, Qi Yuyang immediately ran out and over to the B Building, where An Luxia''sst ss was located.


    He entered the cold building and turned around, going up the stairs and stopping in front of the closed doors. He would wait right here for her toe out!


    He leaned back against the wall, crossing his arms together and tapping his feet against the ground, frequently looking up at the clock and waiting for the door to open.


    When the clock hit 3 P.M., he immediately straightened his back and turned around, facing the door. However, before he could even reach his hand up to organize his hair, the world around him suddenly turned ck as he felt something cover his head.


    Then, he was pulled back by a very strong and aggressive pair of arms.


    "Ah! Who are you?! What are you doing?! Let go of -"


    A strong force quickly attacked his back neck area and before he knew it, he was unconscious.


    --- 23 minutester


    When he woke up again, he wasying on the hard asphalt, and he quickly made out three tall figures standing in the shadows, so he couldn''t see their faces.


    It took a few seconds before he regained consciousness and he pushed himself up, "Who are you people?! How dare you do this to me? I''ll put all of you in jail!"


    He stupidly reached around to pull out his phone, but the next second, he was practically kicked into the air as the phone he had barely grasped fell out of his hand.


    A man wearing a mask stepped out and pulled him up by the cor, leaning forward so Qi Yuyang could hear the man''s breathing in his ears.


    "Put us in jail?" The man chuckled, "Good luck with that."


    Then, the two other men stepped out and they were all wearing masks. There was a soft groaning sound and just as Qi Yuyang was wondering where the sound came from, a strong gust of wind flew his way as a kicknded on his stomach.


    For the next minute or so, Qi Yuyang could only scream for help until he was too tired to even speak. Why were they hitting him?! What did he do?!


    Just as he was thinking that, all motion stopped and he slowly opened his eyes to see another figure appear from the shadows.


    He furrowed his eyebrows together and blinked a few times. But then, the world spinned as he was forcefully lifted off the ground.


    "You must be wondering who we are and why you deserve this, right?" The man''s voice was deep and cold, and it seemed to being from very far away.


    "Let me tell you why. You messed with the wrong woman. . . My woman." Then, the man released his hand and Qi Yuyang fell back onto the hard ground.


    The man stood up and pulled out a white handkerchief, wiping his hands, "Continue."


    The three men nodded their heads simultaneously and pulled Qi Yuyang up again, continuing tounch attacks at him. Surprisingly, they seemed to know perfectly well exactly where and how hard to hit so Qi Yuyang would not pass out and the bruises would not be seen under the clothes.


    The other man stood back and watched, crossing his hands together. Then, another person came and Qi Yuyang looked up, hoping that it was someone here to help.


    However, the person that arrived walked over to the man standing and whispered something into his ear.


    Qi Yuyang groaned as another punch hit him, "I''m definitely going to tell my dad about this," he moaned softly.


    Mo Han chuckled when he heard this, knowing that Qi Yuyang''s dad was a decent figure in the city, but definitely no threat to him.


    He turned to look at the person that had just arrived, "She''sing?"


    "Yes sir."


    "You stay here and watch. Maybe. . . two more minutes?"


    "Yes sir."


    Mo Han took onest look at Qi Yuyang before turning around and walking away quickly. As he walked, he took off his mask and threw it onto the ground, and then put on his suit jacket, pulling out a pair of golden-framed sses from it and putting it on.


    As he turned around, he bumped into someone who seemed to have been running, and he looked down to see her.


    "Hanhan!"


    Mo Han blinked a few times before smiling, "You''re here."


    An Luxia smiled back at him and grabbed onto his hand, stepping forward towards the back parking lot, "Come on, let''s go."


    However, before she could even take one step, Mo Han suddenly pulled her back and turned her around, pushing her along in the other direction.


    As they walked, there was suddenly a soft screaming sound and An Luxia stopped, raising one eyebrow as she turned around.


    Mo Han cleared his throat and smiled, "There is construction going on back there. I parked the car in the front. Let''s go."


    He wrapped his arm around hers and continued to walk towards the front of the school. An Luxia scratched her head confusedly but didn''t think too much about it.


    At the front of the school, they entered the car and drove back home, where An Luxia made dinner for Mo Han.


    --- Author''s Note:


    hello readers ~


    In case any of you didn''t like this scene or think our male lead is too violent, I just want to remind you that he IS the King of the Underworld, even if he doesn''t seem like it in front of our beautiful Xiaxia! He has done much worse things than this mere teeny tiny punishment hahaha ^o^! For him, this isn''t a big deal, although it probably is for most people. I hope this makes sense hahaha thank you!!


    I hope you enjoyed the two chapters today <3


    Now, I''m off to the beach :)

 Chapter 42 - Qi Yuyangs Reaction

    When An Luxia arrived at the school the next day, surprisingly, Qi Yuyang was nowhere to be seen.


    An Luxia frowned slightly as she sat down, not sure if she should be happy or confused. She couldn''t even remember thest time she didn''t see Qi Yuyang once she arrived at school.


    Several minutester, Yu Xinyi arrived and also asked, "Where''s that guy?"


    An Luxia shrugged, "Maybe he''s absent."


    Right after she said that, the door opened again and Qi Yuyang walked in, wobbling on one feet. An Luxia turned around when she heard the door open and saw him, and right when their eyes met, he immediately looked away and stumbled over himself, almost falling down the stairs.


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow confusedly as she quickly looked away, "He''s not absent," she said a little dejectedly.


    Everyone expected for Qi Yuyang to immediately go and sit down next to An Luxia, and she was also prepared to put her bag down on the seat next to her so he would have to sit another seat down.


    However, to everyone''s surprise, Qi Yuyang went all the way across the room to the seat at the very corner, as far away from An Luxia as it could get.


    At once, people began gossiping amongst themselves and Qi Yuyang obviously noticed it. He tilted his head slightly and nced at An Luxia before quickly looking away, almost like he was afraid of her.


    For the remainder of the day, Qi Yuyang behaved like this the entire time. At lunch, when he saw her sitting next to Mo Han eating, he dropped his food tray and ran off, slipping several times and practically crawling away.


    The entire cafeteria stared at him in confusion and An Luxia looked over at Mo Han, who didn''t seem surprised at all.


    She furrowed her eyebrows together and thought for a few seconds before continuing to eat.


    ---


    After school, An Luxia walked out of the ss alone since Yu Xinyi had to go to the library. When she was almost at the back parking lot, a group of five girls suddenly appeared in front of her.


    She immediately recognized the girl standing in the middle. Xu Xin, the loser. In thest annual school beauty contest, she got first and Xu Xin got second. Since then, it was clear that Xu Xin had a grudge against her.


    An Luxia smiled sweetly and looked down at them since she was much taller, "Excuse me. You are blocking the path."


    Xu Xin frowned and took a step forward, "An Luxia, you really have no shame, don''t you?"


    An Luxia knit her eyebrows together and folded her arms together.


    "You really found yourself a rich old man to support you? Ch! Even if you were adopted, you can''t hide your original nature. It seems like all the rumors are true. You doe from a poor and bad family, and they gave birth to a person like you." Xu Xin smirked, "So shameless and fake!"


    An Luxia did not get mad but instead chuckled, "It seems like your information isn''t that. . . reliable. The person supporting me is indeed rich, and is a man. . . But he isn''t old. And I''ll give you some private confidential information as well! He is handsome and tall and smart and considerate and everything you will never have!"


    She took a step forward, bumping into Xu Xin''s shoulder, "Just because you came from a bad and poor family doesn''t mean everyone is like you. And even if I did, I''m still better off than you now, right? And, if you want to talk about fake, who can be more fake than you? Not only your background, but your face too."


    An Luxia smiled upon seeing Xu Xin''s reaction and stomped off, lifting her chin up proudly like she had just won a battle.


    Xu Xin''s face turned pale and she clenched her fists together angrily. She hated it when people talked about her family. She had struggled and fought so hard to leave her disgusting hometown ande to City A!


    However, why can''t she ever escape the grasp of her background?! Her first year here, she was famous for being pretty anding from a good "family". She had lied and said that her family was rich in a different country, and people believed her since she always wore expensive and pretty clothes.


    But after winning second in that beauty contest, some dumb supporter of An Luxia got mad and somehow figured out her true background and exposed it to everyone! And, the fact that she had gotten stic surgery was also exposed!


    She had stolen so much money from her parents to do the stic surgery, but it was all ruined now since people knew about it. Just thinking about it made her boil with rage! And of course, with no one else to me, she threw the responsibility all onto An Luxia.


    Her four friends standing behind her gulped as one said cautiously, "Xu Xin, don''t be -"


    "Shut up! Ugh!" Xu Xin stomped one foot onto the ground and marched off, her face red with both anger and embarrassment.


    An Luxia got onto the car with a bright smile on her face as she put on her seatbelt.


    "What are you so happy about?" Mo Han asked when she saw her.


    "Nothing much! Just encountered a piece of trash and then burned it." An Luxia chuckled again as she thought of Xu Xin''s face when she left.


    Mo Han grinned as she watched her, guessing what she meant when she said "trash".


    ---


    After eating dinner, An Luxia sat down on the couch in Mo Han''s office to finish writing the paper that was due tomorrow.


    As she was reading through it a final time, there was a knock at the door and K walked in.


    "Mr. Mo, Group C''s leader is outside. He said that there is a quick message he needs to tell you in person."


    Mo Han looked over at An Luxia, who had also stopped reading as she looked up. He stood up and walked towards the door, telling her, "I''ll be back soon."


    An Luxia nodded and watched as K closed the door before she went back to reading her essay.


    When she was finished, Mo Han still wasn''t back yet. She closed herptop and stood up, looking around the room. She slowly walked over to the table, running her fingers past the mahogany table.


    She looked at the pile of folders and papers on the table and sat down in therge chair, which looked weirdly big with her seated in it.


    She spinned around once, closing her eyes as she waited for Mo Han toe back. However, there was a sudden ring and she opened her eyes, standing up to go check her phone.


    As she did so, she noticed a very bright shine on the table and she looked down to see Mo Han''s phone resting on top of a pile of paper.


    She instinctively looked closer to see what the notification was, and as she bent down, she rested her hand onto the table, which coincidentallynded on theputer mouse.


    Theputer immediately turned on, and she quickly looked up when she noticed the brightness from the corner of her eyes.


    When her eyesnded on theputer screen, she immediately froze.


    Her eyes widened as she stared at the image on the screen. This. . .


    At this moment, the door opened and Mo Han walked in.

 Chapter 43 - I Am Mo Yelin

    Her eyes widened as she stared at the image on the screen. This. . .


    At this moment, the door opened and Mo Han walked in.


    An Luxia flinched from the sudden noise and her eyes darted up. They looked straight into each other''s eyes, one with shock and one with confusion.


    There were a few seconds of silence before Mo Han took a step forward, "What''s wrong? It''s time for bed. Come on, let''s go."


    An Luxia gulped before looking back at theputer screen, furrowing her eyebrows together, "How do you have this picture?"


    Mo Han''s back stiffened immediately as he remembered what hisputer lock screen was. It took several seconds before he was finally able to force out an awkward smile and walk over, "This. . ."


    An Luxia narrowed her eyes and looked between the picture and Mo Han again. After several times, she tilted her head slightly as she felt her heartbeat speed up, "You. . . Are you him?"


    She asked, pointing at the boy in the picture.


    The brightputer screen showed a picture of a young boy and girl, standing next to each other, the boy holding the girl''s hand.


    The girl had a bright smile on her face whereas the boy had a small smile that was still evident as he nced at the short girl next to him.


    Mo Han took a deep breath, knowing that there was no point in hiding it anymore. What could he say? Oh, the boy on the screen was his twin brother? No one would believe him, especially An Luxia!


    Mo Han slowly nodded his head, but before he could say anything or exin himself, another question came his way.


    "Did you know I was Li Yixin all this time?" An Luxia scrunched her face up slightly upon saying her biological name, which sounded like a stranger to her.


    Mo Han nodded again.


    "Did you marry me because you knew I was Li Yixin."


    Mo Han thought for a while before saying, "That was the original reason."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow, "So it isn''t now?"


    "It was the reason that got us together, but now, it is more than that. . . Kind of like how you liked me because of my appearance."


    Theputer screen turned ck after a while and An Luxia didn''t open it up again. She stared at Mo Han for several seconds, still unable to believe that he was the little boy that had given her the ring she was wearing right now -


    "I am Mo Yelin."


    --- 19 years ago


    "Eat!" The old and fat man screamed to the group of kids sitting around a few tes of food.


    Mo Han, who had the name of Mo Yelin back then looked up and clenched his fists together without saying anything. Since he could remember, he had grown up in this adoption center.


    The old owner of this adoption center when he was 3 was a very nice old woman, but after she died and sold the adoption center to this man, the lives of all the children here had gone downhill.


    The group of kids all looked towards Mo Han, who sighed before beginning to eat. If they didn''t eat this leftover food, then they would all starve.


    Seeing that Mo Han was eating it, the other kids also began eating.


    "Xiner is gone," one of the girls eximed as they ate.


    Mo Han''s hand froze slightly when he heard this before he continued to eat, "She left to go eat better food."


    The little girl''s eyes lit up, "Really? I want to go!"


    Mo Han shot her a re and mouthed the word "stupid" before continuing to eat. Only she knew where the girl Xiner had gone.


    Not only did the owner of this adoption center feed them disgusting food, but he also sold the older girls who were still children to bars or as. . . prostitutes so he could earn money. In fact, he only bought this adoption center for money.


    Mo Han gulped as he swallowed down the food that tasted like vomit before dropping his fork. If only he had some evidence! Or proof of what that disgusting man was doing!


    But he lived here too. . . He couldn''t act rashly.


    ---


    Late in the evening, Mo Han left his room that he shared with nine other little boys and made his way to the kitchen since he was on cleaning duty that day.


    To save money, the owner had fired all thedies that used to work here and forced them to take turns doing all the work.


    Mo Han moved a stool over to the sink and stood on it so he could reach the dishes in the sink. He took a look at the sparkling silver ring he was wearing on his thumb and thought for a few seconds.


    He had this ring with him since birth, and the previous owner had told him that when she found him on the steps outside the adoption center, he was wearing it already.


    Mo Han slowly took the ring off and carefully ced it next to the sink before starting to do the dishes.


    About ten minutester, there was a sudden bang and crash as half of the lights were suddenly turned off.


    Mo Han stopped all his movements and closed the sink, looking up to see the owner stumble into the kitchen with a bottle of beer in his hands.


    His fat cheeks were very red and as he walked, he asionally tripped over himself, almost falling several times.


    Mo Han rolled his eyes and continued to wash the dishes, thinking that the owner would leave sooner orter.


    However, he made his way over to the sink, staring at Mo Han before his eyes moved down to the sparkling object next to the sink.


    Mo Han obviously noticed his change of expression, and he immediately closed the sink and snatched the ring away, holding it tightly in his small hand.


    The owner flinched slightly and rubbed his eye before holding his hand out, "Give that to me!"


    --- Author''s Note


    Two chapters today ~


    The next few chapters may be going down memoryne for Mo Han as he exins to all of us the childhood story between him and An Luxia ^o^


    I hope you enjoy it!

 Chapter 44 - Memory Lane

    The owner flinched slightly and rubbed his eye before holding his hand out, "Give that to me!"


    Mo Han stepped off the stool and took a step back, "No! It''s mine!"


    The owner narrowed his eyes and slowly lowered his arm, "That ring? Is it gold? Silver?"


    Mo Han thought quickly and immediately figured out that the owner wanted to sell it for money. Of course he can''t let him do that! The ring was his!


    "Um no. . . It''s fake."


    The owner scratched his chin beforeughing, "That doesn''t matter. I can still lie and say it''s real! People will still want to buy it! Give it to me!"


    Mo Han immediately ran off, trying to get out of the kitchen, "No!"


    However, he was still a kid and his legs were much shorter than the old man''s. The owner quickly caught up to him and grabbed him by his arm, pulling him around aggressively.


    "You dare to run away from me?" He said, clearly very drunk as his breath and clothes all reeked of alcohol.


    The man looked down at his hand and reached for it, "Give me your ring!"


    "No!" Mo Han tried to run away again but he was powerless against the old and heavy man.


    "You stupid and disobedient boy! Give it to me!" The man seemed to get mad as he was also drunk, and he lifted his heavy arm up and swung it down, hitting Mo Han across the face.


    "Urgh!" Mo Han grunted as he fell back, almost falling onto the ground. However, the man was still holding onto him, so he was pulled right back up.


    His face burned with pain as he clenched his hand that was holding the ring tightly. The burn seemed to spread into his body and his entire body boiled up as he looked over at the owner.


    The owner continued to hit him aggressively, not showing any mercy.


    Mo Han thought of all the innocent girls that suddenly went missing or the food that they had to eat every day. . . Some days, they didn''t even get food.


    A devil like this did not deserve to live so freely!


    Mo Han looked around and his eyesnded on the knife resting on the kitchen counter nearby. Without even thinking twice, he grabbed it and stabbed it straight into the owner''s chest.


    The attacks stoppeding immediately as the owner''s eyes widened and his pupils dted to a scary degree. The hand that was grabbing onto Mo Han''s arm weakened and the next second, there was a deafening bang as his body fell down onto the ground, the de still stabbed straight into his chest.


    The red that spread through his shirt pierced Mo Han''s eyes as his hand shook. He did not know what had happened.


    He could not even think properly or control himself. His blood was boiling and it almost seemed like it was telling him to grab the knife and stab him.


    Mo Han fell back onto the ground, not sure of what to do.


    He killed someone.


    --- One monthter


    Mo Han looked out the window as the car drove slowly by the empty streets early in the morning. He wore grey shirts and pants that were both wrinkled, and they smelled like sweat.


    The car came to a stop a few minutester in front of arge building that read: XX Adoption Center.


    He looked up at the sign as the car stopped and the person sitting next to him got off.


    After a long trial, the final verdict was that he did not receive any punishment and was instead sent to a different adoption center with very good ratings.


    Since he was only 8 years old, he couldn''t be sent to prison for voluntary manughter during a heat of passion. Originally, there was a long discussion of whether he should be sent to juvenile hall or not, but the other kids at the adoption center all witnessed and pointed at the owner of the adoption center for all the horrible things he did.


    Therefore, it was deemed as self defense and Mo Han was able to escape his punishment.


    He slowly got out of the car and followed the other adults into the adoption center, where he was introduced to the owner and important workers there.


    Then, he was assigned to a dorm alone since he could not stay with other kids after what he had done.


    As he walked down the empty hallway with an adult behind him, a little girl walked past with a toothbrush in one hand and a cup in the other.


    The worker at the adoption center smiled when she saw the little girl and waved happily, "Good morning, Yixin!"


    The little girl looked up as she rubbed her eyes cutely, "Good morning, Mrs. Wang."


    Mo Han nced at the little girl before continuing to walk.


    ---


    After dropping off his basic belongings, Mo Han entered the dining hall where the rest of the kids were already seated, happily eating their breakfast.


    Once he sat down, the eating and talking stopped as everyone looked over.


    The boy sitting next to him asked softly, "Are you new?"


    Mo Han nced at him before slowly nodding his head.


    The girls around immediately moved their chairs over, staring at the new little boy in awe, "What''s your name?"


    Mo Han nced at them and didn''t say anything.


    "My name is Yuyu." The little girl blinked her eyes as she put down her fork, resting her head onto her two hands.


    "How old are you? When did youe here?"


    Mo Han sighed and suddenly stood up, scanning the room. His eyesnded on the very corner of the room, where one little girl was sitting alone, but her eyes were on him.


    He narrowed his eyes slightly before lifting up his bowl and walking over, sitting down a few chairs away from the girl.


    The other girls noticed this and knit their eyebrows together, but many of them also moved over to the corner to sit next to the new cute boy.


    --- Two weekster


    After the rumor that Mo Yelin had killed someone at his old adoption center spread, all the kids there kept away from him.


    No one sat near him during meals anymore like before and many ran away whenever they saw him. He didn''t seem to care, and he quietly did everything alone, just like the other girl who also seemed to have no friends.


    One day, the kids were all outside for their daily ytime and Mo Han sat down near a tree to escape the burning sun.


    Suddenly, she saw a pair of small girly shoes and heard a soft voice say, "You are very handsome."


    --- Author''s Note:


    Please don''t forget to vote for this story! I really appreciate all your support :) If we can enter the top 200, there will be a mass release!


    Love you <3

 Chapter 45 - Mo Yelin And Li Yixin

    Suddenly, she saw a pair of small girly shoes and heard a soft voice say, "You are very handsome."


    He looked up a little confusedly and saw the familiar girl that always sat in the corner, "Thank you."


    "You''re wee."


    He saw the missing tooth in her array of small teeth and couldn''t help butugh.


    "What are youughing about?"


    The two of them talked for a very long time, and she sat down next to him. After a while, he thought that she was a cute girl and found it weird that no one else liked her.


    But he was happy about that! Without anyone else as her friend, he would be her only friend.


    After ytime was over, the two of them went to go eat. Although he liked to eat meat, seeing how short she was, he decided to be generous and give his portion of meat over to her. She seemed very happy about it.


    --- One weekter


    For the entire week, the two of them yed with each other and their rtionship grew stronger with each day.


    The other kids quickly noticed that the two loners had formed a group, and they refused to talk or y with the two of them.


    Soon after, the other girls in the room Li Yixin lived in started bullying her and calling her the murderer''s friend.


    In anger, she ran out of her room at night and couldn''t find anyone else, so she went to Mo Han''s room. His lights were closed already as he lived alone, and she made her way over to the bed in the darkness.


    Her hands moved around in the air before finding his sleeve, and she tugged on it gently, "Brother Yelin. Brother Yelin. . ."


    Mo Han slowly opened his eyes and he instinctively pushed An Luxia''s hand away, "Who are you?! What are you doing here?"


    An Luxia, who had the name of Li Yixin at that time since it was her biological name, started crying. She was being bullied by those mean girls and even now, her brother Yelin was mean to her!


    Mo Yelin blinked a few times in surprise as he reached for themp switch.


    He turned it on and saw that it was Li Yixin, "Xiner, what are you doing here?"


    An Luxia wiped away her tears, "The girls are being mean to me. Can I sleep with you?"


    Mo Han thought for a few seconds. He was 8 already and much older than Li Yixin. Although she didn''t know that it was not fit for a girl and boy to sleep together, he did.


    However, he still nodded, "Okay."


    He moved over on the tiny bed and lifted the nket up, allowing Li Yixin to crawl in. She was still breathing quickly as she wiped away the leftover tears in her eyes.


    Mo Han closed themp beforeying down himself. Before he could even close his eyes, he felt two small arms wrap around his waist and his eyes widened as they darted around in the darkness.


    "You. . ."


    He looked down and saw that Li Yixin had her eyes closed already and seemed to be sleeping soundly.


    He frowned slightly before closing his eyes as well, turning around slightly and cing one hand onto her waist, "Good night."


    ---


    The next morning, when the worker that woke everyone up arrived at Mo Han''s room, she immediately screamed upon seeing Li Yixin.


    "Xiner, what are you doing here?!"


    Li Yixin rubbed her eyes before sitting up on the bed, "Miss Wu, I don''t like my room. The girls there are mean to me. Can I sleep with brother Yelin?"


    Miss Wu furrowed her eyebrows together upon hearing Li Yixin''s word choice, and she scratched her head before saying, "That''s not right, Xiner. He is a boy and you are a girl. You should stay in the girls'' dormitory."


    An Luxia frowned, "Why can''t a girl sleep with a boy?"


    Miss Wu''s cheeks turned slightly red, "Well. . . they can. It''s just. . . Ah, I''ll go ask Mrs. Wang."


    "Okay!" An Luxia said excitedly. Mrs. Wang loved her and agreed to anything she said. She would definitely agree to also let her live with Yelin as well!


    And indeed, she did.


    That afternoon, Li Yixin''s belongings were moved to Mo Yelin''s private room and the bed across from Mo Yelin was also set up.


    Li Yixin happily moved in and the two of them started staying inside their room more of the time and doing everything together.


    --- 10 monthster


    Li Yixin stood unhappily at the doorway, watching as Mrs. Wang talked with the adult couple.


    She twiddled her thumbs as she looked down at the floor, refusing to look up or listen to what they were talking about.


    She knew what they were talking about.


    They just wanted to separate her and her brother Yelin!


    "Come here, Xiner." Mrs. Wang turned around and waved at Li Yixin.


    Li Yixin finally looked up unhappily, pursing her lips out. The man and woman were all smiling at her, and she squeezed a fake smile back before slowly walking over, grabbing onto Mrs. Wang''s hand.


    "Xiner, this is Mr. and Mrs. An. They are very nice people and they want to take you home!"


    Li Yixin frowned, "Mrs. Wang, I don''t want to leave."


    Mrs. Wang blinked a few times before bending down, "Xiner, you will have your own home with Mr. and Mrs. An. Trust me, it will be great!"


    Li Yixin''s frown deepened and she looked away, "Then can brother Yeline with me?"


    An Ping and Qi Lanyu looked at each other and Mrs. Wang quickly exined, "Oh, Yelin is another boy at our adoption center. They are very close."


    Qi Lanyu sighed, not wanting to tear the two little kids apart, but knowing that they had no ns of adopting another boy.


    --- One weekter


    After a lot of persuasion and procedures and promises, Li Yixin, who now had the new name of An Luxia, was finally going to leave the adoption center.


    She packed up her stuff in onerge suitcase and slowly rolled it down the empty hallway, making her way into the room where Mrs. Wang and her new family were waiting.


    As she walked down, there was suddenly the sound of footsteps running down the hallway and she stopped, looking back to see Mo Yelin.


    "Brother Yelin!"


    Mo Yelin ran over and stopped in front of her, looking down at her. In the past few months, he had grown even taller and he was almost two heads taller than her now.


    "You''re leaving now?"


    Li Yixin nodded her head gravely.


    "Here, take this." Mo Yelin reached down and slipped the silver ring he always wore out of his finger.


    "What?! But that -"


    "Take it." Mo Yelin said once again, forcibly putting the ring into her hand.


    Li Yixin looked down at the sparkling silver ring for several long seconds before smiling, putting it onto her ring finger. The ring moved back and forth, obviously too big for her tiny finger.


    "Thank you."


    Mo Yelin cleared his throat and looked up a little awkwardly, "I wille find you after I grow up."


    Li Yixin nodded her head excitedly, "Pinky promise! You have toe find me."


    Mo Yelin rolled his eyes but still lifted his pinky up. After their pinky ceremony was over, Li Yixin unwillingly turned around and slowly walked down the hallway alone, disappearing into the room.


    After that, they never saw each other again for several years.

 Chapter 46 - I Missed You

    After that, they never saw each other again for several years.


    --- 12 yearster


    One day after turning 16, Mo Yelin packed his stuff and left the adoption center. No one except Mrs. Wang came out to say goodbye to him, and he was not affected by that either.


    He waved goodbye to Mrs. Wang before leaving to venture in the unknown world alone. At 16 years old, he could find a simple job by now.


    But of course. . . That wasn''t what he was going to do.


    --- 10 yearster


    Mo Han sat down in therge ck chair, flipping a pen around in his hands. In merely 10 years, he had built up an empire for himself.


    But not just any empire. An underworld empire. Something nothing else couldpare to.


    There was a knock on the door and he opened his eyes, saying in a soft and cold tone, "Come in."


    K entered the room and bowed down slightly before saying, "Sir, Qi Lulu''s DNA does not match up with the person you are looking for."


    Mo Han mmed his fist onto the table angrily, "Then keep looking!"


    K quickly left the room and continued to go look for the girl that Mo Han was looking for. Why was he even looking for that girl?


    Mo Han closed his eyes again and ced his hand over his forehead frustratingly. He had promised her that he would go and find her, but it had been over 20 years already, and he still hadn''t seen her once.


    The adoption center had closed down a few years after he left and there were no records of which family she had been adopted into and what her new name was.


    Without any hints or clues, he had absolutely no direction of where to look.


    Even as the King of the Underworld, it was taking a very long time.


    --- 10 yearster


    "Sir, it has been confirmed. An Luxia is the girl you are looking for."


    Mo Han''s eyes brightened as he stood up, "Are you certain?"


    "100%"


    His pupils dted as he turned around and immediately grabbed his suit jacket, "Let''s go."


    --- Present


    "So you were the one that kidnapped me!" An Luxia eximed after Mo Han told her how he had his people knock him out and bring her to his house.


    Mo Han cleared his throat awkwardly and scratched his head, "Well. . . I was scared you wouldn''te with me since I was a stranger. I didn''t expect things to turn out so smoothly."


    An Luxia smiled softly, still unable to believe everything she just heard.


    She had given up hope on ever seeing Mo Yelin again, which was also why she finally agreed to marry Mo Han. Never would she have imagined that Mo Han was Mo Yelin! And he had been looking for her all this time!


    "So you never stopped looking for Li Yixin. . . me?" She asked, feeling a sour feeling grow in her nose.


    Mo Han nodded, "Never."


    At once, An Luxia could not help but burst into tears. It almost seemed like all the emotions she felt while waiting all these years came flooding out, and she couldn''t even stop herself.


    Mo Han''s eyes widened slightly as he took a step forward, "You - Why are you crying?"


    An Luxia lifted her hand up, still sobbing as she wiped her cheeks, "Yes, can''t you tell?!"


    Mo Han blinked a few times in distress and scratched the back of his head innocently, "Um. . . Don''t cry. . . If you''re mad at me, you can hit me. I''m sorry. . ."


    Hearing that, An Luxia''s sobs only turned even worse as she started crying even more loudly, "I''m not mad at you! I''m just - I''m just. . . just. . . wahhh!!!"


    An Luxia was at a loss for words because she herself didn''t even know why she was crying. Maybe it was because she was surprised and emotional that Mo Han was Mo Yelin. . . Or because it had been almost 20 years already since she hadst seen her first love. . . Or maybe because she had been waiting for him for almost 20 years now. . . All in all, she was crying.


    And she couldn''t stop.


    Mo Han lifted his arms up and then put them down awkwardly, not sure what to do. Finally, he took another step forward and slowly lifted one arm up, patting An Luxia on the head.


    "It''s okay. . . Don''t cry. . . It''s all okay."


    An Luxia continued to cry as she leaned forward, wrapping her arms around Mo Han''s waist and burying her head into his chest.


    At once, Mo Han felt the thin shirt he was wearing wetten from the tears and maybe even some snot.


    However, he did not move as he pulled her in and hugged her tightly, still not sure about why she was crying. Did he say something wrong?


    "Oh! And um. . . I didn''t tell you earlier because I was scared you wouldn''t agree. . . if I told you," he said, his voice slowly getting softer and softer as he spoke.


    An Luxia looked up with her eyes red, "Wouldn''t agree? To what? Why?"


    "To. . ." Mo Han scratched his head, "marry me."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow and the next second, she pped him hard on his chest, "Are you stpuid?! Why would I disagree? Remember the promise I made to ma -"


    An Luxia suddenly covered up her mouth and gulped, "Um. . . Anyway, if you had told me earlier, maybe I wouldn''t have been so scared to marry you!"


    "Really?" Mo Han knit his eyebrows together, "I''m scary?"


    "Yes." An Luxia said very seriously.


    "Very."


    ---


    The lights were all closed and all An Luxia could see was the ck silk bathrobe Mo Han was wearing as sheid on the bed inside his warm embrace.


    The summer air engulfed her, making her very hot and a little ufortable.


    Maybe that was just an excuse to not admit that she was feeling hot because of being so close to Mo Han. . .


    "What happened after I left the adoption center?"


    Mo Han gently ran his fingers through her hair, "I stayed there alone for several years. . . When I turned 16, I left and. . . some things happened and I formed the HLX."


    An Luxia could tell that Mo Han didn''t want to tell her exactly what had happened during that time, and she didn''t force him to.


    "I missed you so much," An Luxia said.


    She had been trying to hide and lie to herself and pushing away all possible thoughts of the little boy named Mo Yelin.


    It was a great feeling to know that she did not need to continue suppressing her true thoughts and feelings.


    "Me too."

 Chapter 47 - Mom And Dad?

    Mo Han and An Luxia went to eat at the An family''s house 4 times.


    Mo Han and An Luxia went out on a date together 10 times.


    An Luxia cooked for Mo Han 8 times.


    Mo Han kissed An Luxia 37 times.


    Mo Han and An Luxia "exercised" on the bed 7 times.


    Today, Mo Han and An Luxia left the house to go visit the An family for the 5th time since An Luxia had identally found out about Mo Han''s secret.


    They drove down the narrow mountain road, going through the green trees and rocky road until they returned to the city.


    About half an hourter, they arrived at the An family''s house and at once, they saw An Ping and Qi Lanyu waiting for them outside.


    Upon seeing their car, the two of them ran over, waving at them as An Luxia got out of the back seat, followed by Mo Han.


    "Mom, dad!"


    "Mom, dad," Mo Han repeated.


    Qi Lanyu nodded her head happily as she pulled An Luxia into the room, "Come on, let''s go inside. The food is almost ready and your brother will be back soon."


    The two men followed behind their wives closely as the four of them entered the house. An Luxia and Mo Han sat down as An Ping entered the kitchen to finish cooking and Qi Lanyu went to go get the prepared fruit for her daughter and son-inw.


    A few minutester, the door opened and An Yuchen, still dressed in his white doctor''s robe.


    "Brother! You''re here!"


    "Brother," Mo Han repeated again, receiving a nod from An Yuchen.


    "It''s Saturday? Why are you still working?" An Luxia asked with a frown as she sat back down next to Mo Han, eating the apple slice Mo Han passed her.


    "There was a sudden patient that needed surgery, so I had to go."


    An Luxia pursed her lips out although she wasn''t the one that had to work overtime.


    "Lunch time! Come here, it''s time to eat lunch!" An Ping called as he walked out of the kitchen, carrying several tes of food.


    An Luxia immediately jumped up and pulled Mo Han with her as they sat down at the table and the food was brought up.


    She stood up and went to get the bowls and chopsticks before sitting down again.


    Just as she was about to eat, she suddenly remembered something Yu Xinyi had ordered her to do. She put down her chopsticks and cleared her throat before asking, "Um. . . So, brother. . . Um. . ."


    She cleared her throat, trying to get rid of the high-pitched tone her voice was using at the moment. Be natural, An Luxia!


    An Yuchen furrowed his eyebrows together, "What is it?"


    "So. . ." An Luxia scratched the back of her head and Mo Han staring at her didn''t make it any better, "You are getting quite old hahaha."


    An Yuchen raised one eyebrow, slightly taken aback as she looked at An Luxia, whose face was turning slightly red from awkwardness and embarrassment.


    "When are you going to find me a sister-inw?" An Luxia finally asked quickly.


    "Sister-inw?" An Yuchen''s lips twitched slightly, "Yes, indeed. My younger sister is married already and I haven''t even dated anyone yet! I should hurry up."


    "You are finally understanding!" Qi Lanyu walked out and immediately frowned when she heard what they were talking about, "I told you so many times to get on top of it, but you never listen! Your sister is already married!"


    An Yuchen sighed and lifted his bowl up, burying his face into the bowl as he started to eat.


    For the rest of the meal, Qi Lanyu did not ever stop talking about An Yuchen finding a boyfriend, and as she did, An Luxia quickly texted Yu Xinyi and told her that An Yuchen was still single.


    Then, she put her phone away and continued to eat.


    ---


    After eating, the five of them sat down on the couch and opened the television, but none of them watched it. Instead, the two women started talking about random things like recent entertainment industry rumors.


    The other three men listened and would asionally talk with each other once in a while.


    Just as An Luxia turned off the television to show her mom something, the doorbell rang. All five of them frowned as they simultaneously looked towards the door.


    "I''ll go get it," An Luxia said as she stood up and walked over to the door.


    She looked through the small eyehole and saw an old man that seemed to be in histe 50s or 60s standing very close to the door.


    She furrowed her eyebrows together, not recognizing who it was and thought that maybe it was some delivery man.


    She opened the door and smiled, "Hello. How may I help you?"


    With the door fully open, she could now see that there were also two other people standing behind the man.


    Right behind him stood an elderly woman with a head of white hair. She had a lot of wrinkles on her face even without any expression on her face, and she stared directly at An Luxia which made her feel a little ufortable.


    Next to the woman, there was another younger girl who seemed about the same age as An Luxia. As a professional face dog, An Luxia could immediately tell that the girl had a ton of makeup caked onto her face.


    It made her look much older than she probably was, and in the hot water, some of the foundation wasing off.


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together a little confusedly. For some reason, that old woman and youngdy all looked a little familiar. . . She just couldn''t point her finger onto what exactly it was.


    The man stared at An Luxia for several seconds and didn''t say anything so the old woman standing behind pushed forward and smiled, "Yixin, do you not remember your mom and dad anymore?"

 Chapter 48 - Biological Parents

    The man stared at An Luxia for several seconds and didn''t say anything so the old woman standing behind pushed forward and smiled, "Yixin, do you not remember your mom and dad anymore?"


    An Luxia blinked a few times confusedly and she heard footstepsing from behind her, "Ma''am, are you mistaken? Mom and dad?"


    An Yuchen and Mo Han appeared behind her and An Yuchen furrowed his eyebrows together, "Xiaxia, who are these people?"


    An Luxia turned around and shook her head, "I''m not sure. . ."


    An ominous feeling arose inside of her, causing her stomach to churn ufortably. Mom and dad. . . Her mom and dad were inside the house.


    "Yes, Yixin! I''m your biological mom, this is your biological dad, and this is your biological sister!" The old woman said with a crooked smile.


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together right away as she took a step back, bumping into Mo Han, "I''m sorry, ma''am. My parents are inside. I don''t have biological parents. Please leave."


    Then, she closed the door directly in the man''s face.


    An Yuchen and Mo Han exchanged a nce as An Luxia walked back into the living room, sitting down on the couch.


    "Xiaxia, who is it?" Qi Lanyu asked.


    An Luxia frowned and looked up, ". . . No one important. They will leave soon."


    "Oh, okay."


    Mo Han returned and sat down next to An Luxia, handing her a te of oranges that were peeled and sliced.


    Just as An Luxia was about to eat an orange, there was a loud crash that came from outside the door, quickly followed by a scream.


    "Ah, our daughter doesn''t want me as a mom anymore!!"


    "How can she be so heartless?!! Wahh!!"


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together and looked down, continuing to stuff oranges down her throat. Since she had arrived at the adoption center when she was only three, she did not have many, if not any, memories of her parents.


    It was natural she did not have any feelings towards them, and she did not even know if those two people outside were truly her biological parents.


    "They are. . . your parents?!" Qi Lanyu jumped up from the couch in surprise as she looked towards the door.


    "Mom, what do you mean? You and dad are my only parents."


    Qi Lanyu looked towards An Yuchen, who looked back at her and gave her a signal, which Qi Lanyu immediately understood.


    "Yes, of course. . ." She slowly sat down and looked over at An Ping worriedly.


    For the next few minutes, all they could hear was the screaminging from outside, which was unusually loud.


    Then, the doorbell rang again and An Luxia immediately said, "Don''t go."


    No one moved but the doorbell rang once again. Finally, An Luxia stood up and walked over to take a look. The other four of them followed.


    She looked through the eyehole and saw that it wasn''t the three people, but instead it was their neighbors.


    She opened the door slightly and saw her "parents" sitting on the ground a few feet away from the doorstep.


    "Hello, Mrs. Wang."


    The old woman frowned slightly as she looked over at the people on the ground, "Xiaxia, do you know them?"


    "No." An Luxia said bluntly.


    "Yixin, how can you say that?! I''m your mom and he''s your dad!" The old woman said, receiving a disgusted re from An Luxia.


    Mrs. Wang furrowed her eyebrows together confusedly and finally said, "My son is trying to study for an uing test. You know. . . He is getting ready for his college exam. Please try to be quiet."


    She sighed before turning around and leaving, returning to her house.


    An Luxia frowned and looked over at the three people. The girl around her age had her phone out and was scrolling through it.


    Finally, she pressed her lips together and said, "Come in."


    The woman immediately jumped up and ran over, trying to grab onto An Luxia''s hand. However, before she could even get close, Mo Han suddenly stepped over and pushed her away, causing her to fall onto the ground with a loud crash.


    "Ah!" The woman frowned as she rubbed her bottom angrily, "Who are you?! How dare you push me?!"


    An Luxia scrunched her face up just from looking at them. She had blurry memories that her biological family was probably poor and maybe even came from the rural countryside. . . However, when her assumptions were actually proven to be true, she was still a little disgusted by how they behaved.


    After being raised in a decent family with great education and good upbringing, looking at her biological parents acting so rudely was embarrassing.


    But she did know one thing.


    She may have forgotten a lot of things, but she had one memory that was fresh as new that had always stayed with her since she was 3.


    She clearly remembered hiding behind the wall and hearing her "parents" talk about it.


    Talk about throwing her away.


    She clearly remembered why she was thrown away.


    When she was three, her biological mother got pregnant again and the doctor had said it was a boy. She remembered hearing her parents talk about how they did not have enough money and could not afford to raise two children.


    Naturally, her parents wanted to keep the boy and not her.


    So, two days after she had overheard her parents talking about throwing her away, she found herself alone in an adoption center.

 Chapter 49 - The Doctors Mistake

    So, two days after she had overheard her parents talking about throwing her away, she found herself alone in an adoption center.


    "Stay away from Luxia," Mo Han said coldly, ring at the woman and man. He remembered 19 years ago when Luxia had told him about why she was put into an adoption center.


    Naturally, he did not have any good feelings towards the two people that threw his baby away.


    Then, he grabbed onto An Luxia''s hand and turned around, walking into the house without looking back. An Yuchen, who normally was a polite gentleman, also did not help the woman, and instead red at her before also walking away.


    In the end, the man helped his wife up and rolled his eyes, "These people don''t have very good manners! So our daughter was raised in a family like this!"


    A little under a minuteter, the 8 of them were all seated in the living room, split into three separate couches.


    In the middle, An Luxia sat, a little cramped since Mo Han and An Yuchen were on either side of her and the couch wasn''t meant for three people.


    On the couch next to them, An Ping and Qi Lanyu sat next to each other, both of them looking towards thest couch, where three strangers sat.


    He Muya, An Luxia''s biological mother.


    Li Qiyu, An Luxia''s biological father.


    And Li Yn, An Luxia''s biological sister who was 4 years younger than her.


    Now An Luxia knew why she thought the girl was familiar. . . They were sisters! Of course she looked familiar because they looked quite alike.


    However, the two of them did grow up in different environments, so there were some clear differences.


    "We finally found you!" Suddenly, almost as nned, He Muya began sobbing as she stood up and took a step forward towards An Luxia.


    However, when her eyes met with Mo Han''s, she flinched slightly and immediately sat back down, continuing to cry.


    Her obnoxious sobs rang in therge living room, and no one gave any sign of a response. Li Qiyu looked around the living room, his eyes sparkling as he scanned the decorations and furniture.


    An Luxia narrowed her eyes and leaned back against the couch, "What do you want?"


    He Muya immediately stopped crying and blinked a few times, "Yixin, what do you mean? How can you speak to your parents like that? We finally found you after all these years!"


    An Luxia smiled fakely, "My name is An Luxia now, Mrs. He. And. . . please don''t cause any confusion. You make it sound like you identally lost me. . . We all know what happened 20 years ago."


    Qi Lanyu cleared her throat a little awkwardly and gently pushed her husband, who finally stopped looking around and also focused on An Luxia.


    "Mm. . . Yixin, you should understand us. We had no money for two kids. We didn''t want to. . . you know. . . let you go too. However, we had to. We wanted to give a good life to you."


    An Luxia scoffed and crossed her arms together, obviously seeing through the simple excuse. However, she quickly remembered something as she furrowed her eyebrows together and looked over at Li Yn, her "sister".


    Li Yn had finally put away her phone and was also looking around the house with both admiration and envy in her expression.


    An Luxia was quite good at reading people, and she could easily tell that Li Yn wasn''t some simple or innocent girl.


    She grinned slightly and looked back at her parents, "If I remember correctly. . . 20 years ago, the baby was a boy. What happened to him?"


    He Muya exchanged a nce with Li Qiyu, and both of them didn''t respond for several seconds. Upon hearing this, Li Yn also frowned as she looked over at An Luxia.


    Finally, He Muyaughed very awkwardly as she looked down at the floor, lowering her voice as she said so softly it was hard to hear, "The doctors made a mistake. It was actually another girl. . ."


    Li Yn''s lips twitched upon hearing this as she tightly pressed her lips together. She knew that she was actually a "mistake" and that her parents wanted a boy. When she was young, her father and grandparents had mistreated her several times because of this.


    But that wasn''t her problem!


    An Luxia also scoffed upon hearing this.


    Was that karma? They threw her away because they wanted a boy, but they ended up not getting a boy. How funny!


    "Anyways, that isn''t important, right? A girl is great too!" He Muyuughed as she looked around the room, only to find that no one was smiling at her, "Um. . ."


    "Why are you here?" An Luxia finally asked, narrowing her eyes. It had been 20 years. There was no way they just happened to suddenly find her after 20 years of searching and now were here just to say hi. She did not believe that.


    He Muya smiled, "Of course to get you back! You are our daughter after all, so -"


    "No!" Qi Lanyu immediately screamed as she jumped up from the couch, ring at He Muya. The two of them were probably around the same age, but whenparing, it was very obvious that they had lived their past years under different circumstances.


    He Muya furrowed her eyebrows together and also stood up, "Are you Yixin''s stepmother? How do you have a say in this?! I am her biological mother! Of course she shoulde back to us!"


    Qi Lanyu''s body shook with anger, and she opened and closed her mouth several times, trying to find a response.


    An Luxia slowly stood up and walked over to her mom. . . Her adopted mother, but her only mother, "Mom, sit down. It''s okay."


    Qi Lanyu looked at An Luxia and frowned, grabbing onto her daughter''s hand. Although An Luxia was not her biological daughter and had no blood rtion to her, she loved her baby daughter more than anything!


    Her Xiaxia was beautiful, nice, sweet, considerate, smart, and her small little angel! They were only going to take Luxia away over her dead body!

 Chapter 50 - SonInLaw

    They were only going to take Luxia away over her dead body!


    He Muya watched the mother and daughter with a bbergasted expression. In her mind, she was An Luxia''s mother, and An Luxia should respect her!


    How could she stand on that woman''s side when she was here?!


    "Li Yixin,e over here right now!" She said angrily.


    An Luxia turned around with her eyebrows tightly knit together, "And who are you to tell me what to do?"


    Mo Han and An Yuchen all red at He Muya, and as Mo Han looked over towards An Luxia, his eyes scanned past Li Yn.


    His gaze paused for a quick moment as he frowned, wondering why Li Yn was looking at him with such a. . . disgusting expression.


    He immediately looked away, not liking anyone from the Li family.


    "I''m your mom! Of course you should listen to me!"


    "All you did was give birth to me," An Luxia said angrily as she took a step over to He Muya, "All you did for me but bring me to this world and raise me for 3 years. And then you threw me away for an embryo that wasn''t even fully developed yet!"


    She scoffed mockingly, "And you dare call yourself my mom? Sure, you are my mother biologically, but that is no more than just a title. I regard my mother as the one who raised me, loved me, and took care of me. You did none of that."


    Qi Lanyu put one hand over her mouth as she sat down, trying to stop herself from making any noise as the tears rolled down her face.


    She did not expect An Luxia to defend her like this, and she also felt very sad for her little baby. . . Why did she have to go through all of this?!


    An Yuchen also frowned as he stood up and pulled An Luxia back over to them, sitting down next to her.


    An Luxia took a deep breath before asking again, "What do you two want?"


    He Muya did not seem sad in the slightest about what An Luxia said, although there was a hint of disappointment on her face, "I said, we want our daughter back."


    An Luxia wondered how He Muya could still say that without even blinking an eye after her long speech about why she wasn''t her mom. Did she not understand a single word from it?


    An Luxia looked over at Mo Han, who also grabbed onto her hand, and sighed, "Well then, you can leave. There is no way I''m going with you."


    "There is also no way I''m letting Xiaxia go with you," Qi Lanyu said, taking shallow breaths as she wiped her cheeks with the back of her hand.


    "Me too," An Ping immediately said as he passed a tissue over to his wife.


    "There is no way you are taking her away," An Yuchen also added.


    Mo Han crossed his legs and arms together, tapping his feet onto the ground in a rhythmic pattern. There was a few seconds of silence before he grinned slightly and decided to join in.


    "Mr. and Mrs. Li, I''m assuming that both of you don''t really know thew very well."


    Li Qiyu and He Muya both looked towards the handsome guy that had been sitting next to An Luxia all along. He Muya met his gaze and immediately looked away, still a little scared about the previous incident of being pushed onto the ground.


    Li Qiyu scanned Mo Han up and down, his eyes finallynding on the gold watch Mo Han was wearing, "You are?"


    "I''m An Luxia''s husband."


    At once, Li Qiyu''s eyes lit up as he stood up, leaning over and stretching his hand out, "Son-inw! Nice to meet you, nice to meet you."


    He Muya also raised one eyebrow as she cautiously looked Mo Han up and down. From his attire and temperament, it was easy to tell that this guy did note from a simple background.


    A small smirk appeared on her face as she looked over at her husband.


    Meanwhile, Li Yn immediately frowned and scrunched her face up. Husband?! Li Yixin was married already? To this guy?


    Her eyes traveled up and down as she furrowed her eyebrows together. She grew up in the rural and poor part of the country, so there weren''t a lot of sessful or attractive males there.


    Although she did see many celebrities on the television, none couldpare to this guy. How could Li Yi - An Luxia marry this guy?!


    Li Yn flipped her hair around as the jealousy flooded out of her eyes. She was very popr in the town she grew up in, since she was known for her great looks, which were quite simr to her sister. . .


    Of course Li Yn wouldn''t admit that An Luxia looked better than her!


    Many guys did chase after her back in her hometown. . . Li Yn raised one eyebrow and crossed her arms together.


    Mo Han didn''t even look at Li Qiyu''s outstretched arm as he continued to tap his feet on the ground. After several silent and awkward seconds, Li Qiyuughed a little awkwardly and pulled his hand back.


    "If you two don''t know much about thew, I will generously tell you about it. The only way the biological parents could reim the custody of an adopted child is by proving to the court that the decision you two made when signing the documents was done under fraud or duress. Put simply, if you two did not sign the documents under free will, and were threatened to do so."


    Li Qiyu looked over at He Muya, and they exchanged a confused nce before continuing to listen.


    "Of course, that case does not apply to you since. . . both of you willingly gave Xiaxia away. Therefore, in most cases, the court will automatically deny giving the custody back to the birth parents since your parental rights have been terminated already. . . Does that make sense?"


    A corner of Mo Han''s lips turned up slightly as he watched He Muya and Li Qiyu look at each other and then towards Li Yn with confusion.


    He sighed before wrapping his arm around An Luxia''s waist, uncrossing his legs, "Put simply, legally, you cannot take Xiaxia back."

 Chapter 51 - Gold Diggers

    He sighed before wrapping his arm around An Luxia''s waist, uncrossing his legs, "Put simply, legally, you cannot take Xiaxia back."


    Li Qiyu immediately furrowed his eyebrows together and began shaking his leg in both anger and frustration.


    "But Xiaxia. . . As your parents, you shoulde back to us! We have been looking for you all this time!" He Muya said again, leaning forward in her chair hopefully.


    An Luxia looked over at Mo Han with a smile and grabbed onto his hand before turning to look at He Muya, "I''m sorry, but I don''t want to go back to you. If you are done here, then please leave now. You three live your own life, and I will live my life, thank you very much."


    Li Qiyu scrunched his face up and grabbed onto his wife''s arm, leaning over and whispering into her ear, "Come on, just say it. This isn''t going to work."


    He Muya looked towards Li Qiyu and frowned. Finally, she took a deep breath and clenched her fists together before turning back around and looking at An Luxia, her smile gone now.


    She stared at An Luxia and crossed her arms and legs together, "Okay, if you don''t want us as parents, that''s okay. However, your sister needs money for going to college and we also need money for a house. You -"


    "No way," An Luxia said immediately without even thinking about it. How could they be this shameless?!


    Indeed, she was right. There was no way they were only here just because they wanted her back as a daughter. She did not remember her parents to be such simple and considerate people.


    Li Qiyu immediately frowned as he mmed his hand down onto his leg, "What do you mean no way?! We still gave birth to you and raised you for three years and look at you!"


    He pointed one finger at An Luxia and slowly circled around the room, "Your family and boyfriend both look so rich! You -"


    "Husband," Mo Han corrected coldly, ring at Li Qiyu with an expression that even made An Ping and Qi Lanyu shiver in fear.


    Li Qiyu slouched slightly as he moved back on the couch, clearing his throat softly, "Um. . . husband, whatever! Still! Li Yixin, we are still your parents! You have to give the money to us!"


    An Luxia''s breathing quickened as she resisted the urge to punch something or scream, "No."


    She said simply, not wanting to waste any more words or saliva on these two people. She looked over at Li Yn, who did not seem to care about the topic they were talking about although it was about her.


    Instead, her eyes were glued onto Mo Han, only making An Luxia even more mad. How dare shey her eyes onto her man?! That little. . .


    An Luxia ran her fingers through her hair and looked straight into Li Qiyu''s eyes, "Don''t even think about getting money from me. If you want, you can go bring this issue to the government. Let''s see who they side with."


    She smirked, learning quickly from her husband. Mo Han looked over at her and a small smile crept up his face as he lifted his chin up proudly.


    Seeing this, Li Yn''s gaze moved over to An Luxia and clenched her teeth together.


    Why is she living a worse life than Li Yixin when Li Yixin was the one that got thrown away?! Why didn''t she get thrown away then?!


    She had the opportunity to reject several men back at her hometown but she was still single even now. Why did Li Yixin get such a great man and she didn''t?! Li Yixin was no better than her!


    An Luxia noticed the fierce re she was getting and she looked around the room, her eyesnding on Li Yn. She smiled softly and looked away, not sure why she was happy to see Li Yn angry.


    Ah, she was such a bad person!


    "No, we will stay here forever and not leave then! You ungrateful bas -" He Muya quickly pinched her husband to stop him from talking.


    Li Qiyu angrily crossed his arms together and sat down on the ground, making it clear that he wouldn''t move until he got his money.


    Qi Lanyu and An Ping all looked at Li Qiyu with a mixture of disgust and annoyance in their expressions. How could anyone be this shameless?!


    It was very clear that An Luxia''s biological parents were just gold diggers, and came back for their daughter only because they needed money.


    Qi Lanyu put one hand over her chest, feeling her heart ache slightly when thinking about just how horrible her daughter''s parents were.


    An Luxia looked down at her "father" with disgust and anger as well and then looked up at her husband, brother, and then her true parents.


    She furrowed her eyebrows together and looked down at the ground. Finally, she took a deep breath and looked up at her dad again, saying through gritted teeth, "How much do you want?"


    She was definitely not going to ask her parents for money to pay these two disgusting people, and she also did not want to give her own hard-earned money to them.


    However, she did not want to deal with her biological family any longer. If giving them money meant that they would disappear once again, then she was happy to do so.


    Plus, they did give birth to her and raised her for three years.


    She''ll just think of this as. . . donating to the poor!


    Li Qiyu and He Muya''s eyes immediately lit up and they exchanged a quick nce before they simultaneously lifted one finger up.


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together, "1 thousand?"


    Li Qiyu immediately frowned as he shook his finger unhappily.


    "10 thousand?" An Luxia raised one eyebrow. That would be almost half of the money in her savings ount already. . .


    Once again, Li Qiyu scrunched his face up in disgust and shook his head and finger.


    Finally, he sighed and said, "100 thousand."

 Chapter 52 - Ill Pay You

    Finally, he sighed and said, "100 thousand."


    At once, everyone inside the room gasped when they heard the enormous number. 100 thousand?! Out of everyone, only Mo Han still had a calm expression on his face although he did slightly furrow his eyebrows together.


    After finally recovering from the shock, An Luxia shook her head, "No way. At most 50,000. Take it or leave it."


    Li Qiyu shook his head as well and grinned slightly, continuing to sit on the floor, "100 thousand. Or else we aren''t leaving."


    They finally found a way to get in contact with their daughter, and after this, who knew when the next time would be when they got the chance to get money from her again? Of course they had to get as much as they could out of her!


    Qi Lanyu''s face turned slightly red from anger as she wondered how it was possible for such shameless people to be on this, "You - We shouldn''t even give you any money! Get out now!"


    Li Qiyu continued to sit on the ground like a homeless man, not caring about how the An family was viewing him at the moment. He Muya also didn''t seem to care about her husband''s behavior, and she continued to sit on the couch with a straight back, obviously not nning to leave as well.


    Li Yn still had her fox eyes on Mo Han and didn''t seem to be listening to anything that was happening right now, although a hint of impatience did mix with the jealousy in her expression.


    "You can''t make us leave," Li Qiyu said shamelessly, crossing his arms together.


    An Luxia narrowed her eyes and pulled out her phone, but before she could even dial in the number, Li Qiyu spoke up:


    "Sure, go ahead and call the police. We will juste backter. If we don''t get the money, don''t even think about not seeing me again, you ungrateful brat!"


    An Luxia''s fingers froze as she realized that calling the police may solve the problem temporarily, but they could very welle back. Should she bring it to court then?


    But she did not want to waste the time or effort on people like them!


    The room fell into silence as everyone had their own thoughts running through their minds, each with a different motive they wanted to achieve.


    Just as An Ping was about to speak up and tell An Luxia that she didn''t have to worry, and they could find a way to get the money for her, another voice beat him to it.


    "I''ll pay you."


    At once, everyone''s heads whipped around upon hearing the voice and even An Luxia''s mouth fell open in shock, "Mo Han, what are you talking about?!"


    Mo Han put his hand over hers as a movement to tell her to trust him, and he looked straight into Li Qiyu''s eyes, "I''ll give you the money."


    Li Qiyu raised one eyebrow, obviously not really believing him, "You? As who?"


    "As Luxia''s husband of course."


    An Luxia gently pushed Mo Han''s arm, "What are you talking about?! You aren''t actually giving him the money, are you?"


    Mo Han shrugged, "I am."


    --- 30 minutester


    The three people finally left after receiving the signed check from Mo Han, all of them with smiles on their faces except Li Yn, whose expression was even worse than before they got the money.


    As they left, Li Yn red at An Luxia, transferring her jealousy and anger towards her sister that she had never met for all these years.


    Especially after seeing her "brother-inw" so easily give out such arge sum of money, of course that only increased Li Yn''s jealousy and the sour feeling already growing in her heart.


    Maybe if she had been the one given away, then she would be the one with such a handsome and rich husband!


    Why?! An Luxia stole all of this away from her!


    Li Qiyu smiled with a sparkle in his eyes as he stretched his empty hand out, attempting to shake Mo Han''s hand.


    Mo Han red at him, "Don''t make me see you again."


    Then, he mmed the door in their faces. Li Qiyu fell back a few steps from the sudden gust of wind, and he grabbed onto the check tightly as if it was his life.


    He knit his eyebrows together with a frown before aggressively spitting onto the door, "Disgusting people!"


    Then, the three of them turned around and left.


    After they unweed guests had finally left, the original 5 people returned to the living room.


    An Luxia''s eyes were slightly red but still, no tears fell out. She did not know why her eyes were even red!


    "Why did you give them the money?" She asked when Mo Han came back, still confused on why he did that. She also did not want to have any rtion to them anymore, but 100 thousand was not a small sum. . . to her. Maybe not to Mo Han.


    Mo Han sat back down next to An Luxia with pain in his eyes as he grabbed onto her hands, "I only gave them the money because they decided to. . . throw you away, which was why I was able to meet you. If they hadn''t brought you here and taken you to the adoption center, maybe we would have never met. That is their only worth."


    An Luxia thought for a few seconds, thinking that what Mo Han said was actually quite right and logical. . .


    Maybe it was a blessing in disguise. After this meeting, she was certain that her life wouldn''t be half as good as it was now if they hadn''t thrown her away.


    She couldn''t imagine growing up in a family like that with parents like that.


    And, she was able to meet Mo Han, which possibly is the luckiest and best thing that has happened to her in the 23 years she was on this.


    "So you gave them 100 thousand?" She raised one eyebrow, lifting her hand up and pinching Mo Han hard on the back of his hand.


    Mo Han clenched his teeth together from the pain, but he still nodded, "Yes."


    An Luxia was still very grateful and emotional about Mo Han''s "excuse", but of course she couldn''t show that with all these people around!


    Instead, she angrily pped him on the shoulder, "You gave away a year''s worth of my food money!"


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 Chapter 53 - My Money Is Your Money

    Instead, she angrily pped him on the shoulder, "You gave away a year''s worth of my food money!"


    Everyone in the room raised one eyebrow in confusion, including Mo Han.


    An Luxia pouted unhappily as she turned away, moving over to her beloved brother instead, pursing her lips out pitifully, "Brother, I''m going to starve now! Donate to your poor little sister!"


    An Yuchen looked over at Mo Han, who shrugged helplessly. Ah, of course he was poor in the eyes of his wife.


    The tension in the room finally lessened a little after seeing that An Luxia could still joke around dramatically, as everyone was still quite scared about how An Luxia would react to what just happened.


    Finally, the hearts Qi Lanyu and An Ping both had been holding up in their lungs dropped slightly as they exchanged a nce and wiped away some nonexistent sweat on their foreheads.


    For the rest of the afternoon, no one talked about what had happened as they knew that it would only make the situation worse.


    Before leaving, An Ping and Qi Lanyu pulled Mo Han aside while An Luxia was distracted by her brother, and they both thanked Mo Han.


    Mo Han smiled and shook his head, "I am married to Xiaxia now, so we are a family too. You don''t have to thank me. I''m sure both of you would have done the same for her."


    An Ping smiled and nodded, cing his hand onto Mo Han''s shoulder, "Still, thank you. . . It''s gettingte. You and Xiaxia should get going. I''m still a little afraid that she might be upset. Try talking to her tonight, okay?"


    "I will, dad. Goodbye."


    Mo Han and An Luxia got into their car and the An family watched as they drove away before they also returned to their house.


    ---


    "100 thousand isn''t a small amount. . . Mo Han said he owned a small business, right?" An Ping suddenly brought up as they entered their house.


    An Yuchen had also left and returned to his own apartment, so only the two of them were left as they walked up the stairs to their bedroom.


    Qi Lanyu nodded her head, "Yes. Ah, Xiaxia is blessed to have found a man like him. I''m sure few would be willing to give up such arge sum of money in a situation like that."


    An Ping nodded his head but still thought that something felt wrong.


    A small business? 100 thousand?


    ---


    An Luxia fell asleep on the ride home as it was quitete already, and Mo Han didn''t wake her up as he carried her onto the bed and carefully took her shoes off.


    Just as he moved onto her clothes, her eyes immediately shot open.


    "What are you doing?" She asked, blinking her eyes a few times as she looked down to see both of his hands on the bottom of her shirt.


    Mo Han''s eyes widened slightly as he immediately let go, "I was going to help you change into your pajamas, but. . ."


    An Luxia chuckled softly as she pushed herself up from the bed and got off, walking into the restroom.


    Half an hourter, both of them wereying on the bed next to each other in the darkness. From inside, they could hear the crickets chirping outside as it waste into the summer, making it hard to sleep.


    "Are you asleep yet?" Mo Han asked very softly, too soft for An Luxia to hear exactly what he was saying.


    "What?"


    "Oh. . . I was just asking if you were asleep yet."


    An Luxia turned around and faced him, crawling into his embrace and burying her head into his warm chest, "Thank you. . . for today. You didn''t have -"


    "We are married," Mo Han immediately interrupted, "You don''t have to thank me for anything. My money is your money."


    An Luxia grinned and didn''t reply as the sound of the crickets returned. Then, Mo Han suddenly tilted his head down when he noticed the wet feeling near his chest area.


    "You. . ." His eyes widened slightly as he realized that she was crying, and he immediately pulled her in closer to him. He had been wondering why she was so calm after what had happened.


    It wasn''t normal. . . Of course, she was hiding.


    "It''s okay. You can cry."


    At once, the crying sounds filled the room as An Luxia grasped onto Mo Han''s shirt tightly, letting her tears fly down her face.


    "I - I don''t want to cry - I. . ." An Luxia said, gasping for air as it was very hard to form aplete sentence while crying.


    "I know, I know. . ." Mo Han gently ran his fingers through her hair, taking a deep breath as he felt his heart twist up in pain.


    This was the second time she had cried in front of him already. . . excluding the times on the bed. The first was after knowing about his true identity, and now this. . .


    "They - they only came back because of her. . . of my sister." An Luxia said softly, knowing that she shouldn''t be surprised, but still sad about it. After all, she only spent 3 years with her biological parents. It was natural they didn''t have much emotions and love towards her.


    However, it still pained her to think about it. The only worth she had to them was her money.


    "You don''t need them. You have your parents, your brother, and. . . me. Don''t think about them. They don''t deserve it."


    An Luxia nodded her head, lifting her hand up shakily to wipe her face, "Ah, why am I even crying?" She took in a deep breath and closed her eyes, shaking her head slightly.


    She didn''t n on crying. Several times on the way back, she had almost wanted to cry for whatever unknown reason she didn''t even know of, but she had stopped herself.


    So why did she suddenly start crying?


    She was able to reorganize her emotions quickly and although Mo Han urged her to cry and just let it all out, she had stopped and wasn''t going to start again.


    Finally, sheid down next to Mo Han again, her breathing back to normal.


    "It''ste. Go to sleep now," Mo Han said as he ced one hand onto An Luxia''s head, "Good night."


    "Good night."


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 Chapter 54 - The Li Family

    After returning from the An family''s house, the Li family of three entered their small apartment room that was located at the very far outskirts of the country, near the rural area.


    It took a five hour drive just for them to get to City A, and now they were back. However, they would be leaving soon.


    "Yes!" Li Qiyu eximed happily as he entered the small room, sitting down onto the dirty couch with a loud plop.


    He Muya also sat down next to her husband and their daughter, Li Yn, immediately disappeared into her room, shutting the door swiftly behind her.


    Her parents nced at her before turning their attention back to the check, "We should go tomorrow once the bank opens to get the money out," Li Qiyu said as he licked his lips with a grim smile.


    "Yes, yes. Then, we can move out of this tiny ce. . . And, Yn will be able to go to college as well."


    Li Qiyu rolled his eyes and pped his palm onto his leg, "See, I told you! We should havee earlier. She has a ton of money."


    He Muya narrowed her eyes slightly before finally nodding her head in agreement.


    She then stood up and walked over to the room Li Yn had entered, knocking on the door, "Yn, are you going there again today?"


    A soft reply came from inside, "Yeah."


    "Okay, I''ll make you some food before you go."


    He Muya walked over to the kitchen and began to cook as Li Qiyu continued to sit on the couch with his legs crossed, staring at the check in his hands with his eyes sparkling.


    He leaned forward and grabbed a bottle of bear from the table, opening it and taking arge gulp without removing his eyes from the check.


    Inside the room, Li Yn sat down on a wobbly chair and looked into the mirror at her reflection. She narrowed her eyes slightly and tilted her head, running her long nails down one side of her cheek.


    She stared at herself silently for a very long time before she finally looked away, shaking her head slightly almost as if she was just in a trance.


    Then, she grabbed a cotton pad on the desk and dumped some transparent liquid onto it. Then, she swiped it across her face aggressively very thoroughly, changing the white cotton wipe to a blend of ck, red, and yellow.


    With all the makeup removed, she tied her hair up and looked at her reflection again, immediately scrunching her face up.


    Without makeup, she was still decent looking, much better than average, especially here in the rural part of the country.


    She had always been the prettiest girl in her ss and in school growing up, even without makeup on. However, after entering the city and seeing An Luxia, she knew that she might only be a little better than average in the city.


    Good thing she had makeup. Li Yn shook her head and picked up a brush that wasying around on the table. She swung it around in her hand before picking up the bottle of foundation nearby.


    Then, she put on her makeup once again, this time with more bold colors.


    First a thickyer of foundation, and then her eyebrows, eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, blush, and then a generous application of bright red lipstick.


    After everything was finished, she put her long, wavy hair down again and looked at herself in the mirror with a proud and confident smile.


    Perfect!


    She stood up, dancing around the room on her toes before grabbing a random bottle of perfume and spraying it all around her.


    Then, she opened a small wooden cab that made a creaking sound when pulled open. Inside, there were piles of clothes and shoesying around.


    She tilted her head slightly in thought, throwing around the dresses as she dug the enormous pile. These were her armor on the battlefield! She had to pick a good one.


    In the end, she found a red silk dress with a very low V-shaped neckline. After changing it on, she stared at herself in the full-length mirror for another minute, admiring her beautiful body shape that took a lot of work to maintain.


    Li Yn grinned slightly as she thought that An Luxia did not have as great of a body as she did! No one could resist a sexy and attractive body like hers.


    She turned around, kicking one leg up happily as she returned to the cab and pulled out a pair of red heels to match the dress.


    Her pale white skin seemed to glow more underneath the red dress as she twirled around happily once more before leaving her room.


    Once she left, He Muya ran over with a te of dumplings, "Eat some before you leave. You will need energy."


    Li Yn''s face immediately fell after hearing her mother as she stared at the te of dumplings and turned around, walking away, "I''m on a diet."


    He Muya looked at the dumplings and then shrugged, "Okay! Bye! Have fun!"


    Li Yn''s lips twitched angrily at the thought of where she was going as she walked out. On the couch, Li Qiyu sat with two empty bottles of beer rolling around on the ground. He still grasped onto the check tightly as he leaned back against the couch, his face unusually red.


    When he saw his daughter, he stared at her for several long seconds, his eyes following her to the door with a sinister smile.


    Only until Li Yn had left did he finally look back at his own wife, "What?!"


    He Muya was used to her husband''s behavior by now and she sat down next to him, "How long is Yn going to keep doing this?"


    Li Qiyu shrugged, "Forever! It makes great money. Don''t act like you don''t like it too."


    He Muya gulped embarrassedly before standing up and walking away. Of course she liked it too! Who didn''t like the money?

 Chapter 55 - Li Yilans Work

    He Muya gulped embarrassedly before standing up and walking away. Of course she liked it too! Who didn''t like the money?


    Li Yn entered a car and drove for a long time in the car. During the car ride, she spent an hour admiring herself and taking selfies on her phone, slept for some time, and also scrolled through her phone.


    When she finally arrived in front of her destination, it was veryte into the night already. She got out of the car, stepping into the warm summer night.


    After paying the driver, she entered the tall building, pulling open the door that blocked out all sound and lights.


    Outside the building, there was no name or sign to show what this ce was, but everyone who came here knew.


    Li Yn walked down a dark and silent hallway until she reached another heavy ck door. She pulled it open and walked in, the silence broken once the door opened.


    Inside the actual main part of the building, the music boomed loudly as it mixed with the sound of people screaming across therge room. . . Therge bar to be exact.


    This was the XZ Bar, the most infamous bar in the entire country. It was located near the rural edge of the country, but many people from around the country would drive here just to stay here a night, especially people from City A since it was nearby.


    This bar was known for its strong alcoholic drinks and its great. . . service.


    It was known as one of the most secretive bars in the country, and it was a special ce for people who wanted to gather here, knowing what this bar was meant for.


    Everyone that came here knew what this bar was for and it was like here. People who wanted to indulge themselves in gossip, pleasure, mostly sexual, and get themselves drunk, all came here.


    For people who were willing to sacrifice some things for money, this was also a great ce. It was filled with rich people from all over the country who had nothing else to do with their money.


    Li Yn entered the bar and frowned slightly from the sudden burst of loud noise, but she knew she would get used to it quickly.


    She made her way through therge floor, waving back at some people who recognized her and promised toe backter.


    At the very back of the bar, there was another small door and she entered, the loud noise disappearing once again.


    Inside the room, there were many other girls all sitting around, either doing their makeup, putting on their dresses, or scrolling through their phones.


    They all looked over when they heard the door open and a few of them waved at Li Yn as she walked to the back of the room, where an older guy was seated.


    "Yn, you''re here!"


    Li Yn squeezed out a faint smile that everyone could tell was fake except for the old man receiving it, "Hello, Mr. Bai."


    The man named Mr. Bai stood up, revealing hisrge alcohol belly as he walked over to Li Yn with a smile, "You''re finally here. President Qi and President Wu have been waiting for you in VIP room 3 for a while now. You shouldn''t keep them waiting."


    Li Yn thought for a few seconds in silence and upon remembering who Qi and Wu were, she fought very hard to not scrunch her face up in disgust.


    She blinked a few times and pulled the shoulder strap of her handbag up her shoulder, "VIP room number 3? I''ll get going now."


    Mr. Bai smiled sinisterly and patted Li Yn in a not-so-innocent way on her shoulder before allowing her to leave.


    Li Yn stepped out of the room and her smile disappeared immediately as she walked down the thundering bar hallway, ignoring the loud music and chatteringing from around her.


    Finally, she reached another door and pulled it open, leading her into a silent hallway again.


    There was no one in the hallway, and there were several golden doors to either side. No noise came from within, and all the loud noiseing from the main bar was also blocked out.


    She walked down and stopped at the third door, which had therge number 3 engraved on it in bold red lettering.


    She stopped in front of the door, the only sound of her heels clicking against the cold marble floor also disappearing. Slowly, she pulled out a mirror from inside her handbag and opened it, taking a look at herself before throwing it back into the bag.


    Then, she put on a dashing smile and pushed the door open.


    She was immediately greeted with the disgusting smell of alcohol and cigarettes, and the loud sound entered her ears once again as she heard a mixture of screaming, singing, women moaning, and boys screaming.


    At once, she furrowed her eyebrows together but quickly unknitted them upon remembering where she was.


    There were only two men inside the room, both of them with a head of grey hair and wrinkles on their faces. They were sitting on the couch without any clothes on their upper body, and they both had several women around them, all dressed in the same style - sexy and revealing.


    The two men looked up when they saw the door open and smiled, "Yn, you''re here!"


    Li Yn smiled back and walked over. As she did, the two men made room for her in the middle and she sat down next to both of them. At once, she felt tworge arms wrap around her.


    "President Qi, President Wu."


    The two menughed and waved at the other waitresses, having them leave the room. The women slowly filed out until Li Yn was the only one left in the room.


    "We haven''t seen you in a while, right?"


    Li Yn smiled seductively, running her finger down one of the man''s chin, "I''m here every day. You shoulde more often then!"


    "Hahaha, yes yes. Come on, let''s go."


    One of them lifted Li Yn off the couch and stood up, and the other one quickly followed. Right behind the couch, there was arge white bed. Li Yn was aggressively thrown onto the bed and before she could react, there were two old men right next to her.


    However, she was well-experienced already and smiled at the two of them in an inviting manner.


    Before long, the sound of different bodies mming together and a mixture of both male and female noises filled the dimly lit room.


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 Chapter 56 - Narcissist

    The next day, An Luxia slept until the sun was long out for several hours already, and to her surprise, when she woke up, Mo Han was still there.


    She opened her eyes and snuggled up against his warm body, although the summer temperature was very high already. She tilted her head slightly, lifting her hand out of the nket and gently moving it over to his lips, tracing them with an amused smile.


    Suddenly, hisrge hand grasped onto hers and his eyes shot open. An Luxia flinched slightly since it was early in the morning and Mo Han''s entire movement was very fast.


    "I. . ." An Luxia immediately opened her mouth to exin but didn''t know what to say and why she was trying to exin herself.


    "Don''t worry, I know. I am very handsome," Mo Han said without even blinking an eye.


    At once, the embarrassment An Luxia felt disappeared as she raised one eyebrow, "Such a narcissist!"


    Mo Han nodded his head proudly, "Indeed."


    Just as An Luxia was about to reply, another sound filled the room,ing from a different body part that wasn''t supposed to make noise.


    She looked up embarrassedly into Mo Han''s amused face and frowned, "What are you looking at?! Your wife is starving and you are here smiling!"


    Mo Han chuckled before pushing himself up from the bed, "Okay, let''s go eat breakfast. Come on, get out of bed now. Let''s go!"


    ---


    Surprisingly, it had rainedst night while the two of them were sleeping, and while Mo Han and An Luxia went out to the back garden, they noticed the fresh air after a summer rain and the nts also appeared greener.


    "It rarely rains in the summer," An Luxia pointed out as they walked around, the garden much toorge to actually be a garden. It was more like a . . . forest.


    After a long walk that almost took up an hour, the two of them returned back to their house.


    The rest of the day went by peacefully as the two of them did work together and didn''t talk about anything that had happened yesterday anymore.


    ---


    On Monday, An Luxia returned to school. The car stopped in front of the school and she got out of the car after saying goodbye to Mo Han.


    He refused to have people pack her lunch anymore since he insisted oning to eat with her every day, which made An Luxia wonder if the leader of the HLX really had nothing to do all day.


    She went to her first ss, which was a literature ss for masters, and it was incredibly boring, so she yed games with one of her friends sitting next to her.


    During lunchtime, she went to the back parking lot and found Mo Han''s car parked back there. She quickly ran over and pulled open the car door, immediately greeted with the delicious smell of food.


    As she ate, she remembered and turned around, "Xinyi is alone without me eating with her at lunch. Maybe. . . I should still bring lunch or just buy lunch at school."


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow and frowned slightly, obviously not pleased, "It''s okay. I''ll just go bring the food to the cafeteria then and we can eat there with her."


    An Luxia pressed her lips together slightly, worried about the attention it would attract. However, she naturally attracted attention! Why should she care? Food and friends were the most important!


    Mo Han grabbed the napkin and gently dabbed at the corners of her lips, which were stained red since he had brought her pasta from the most famous Italian restaurant around.


    "Did you know that I was thinking about pasta in ss today? Ah, maybe we really do think alike," An Luxia said with a sweet smile, "As a reward for bringing me good food, I''ll cook dinner tonight!"


    "Really?!" Mo Han''s back straightened upon hearing that. He rarely had a great appetite, and could only eat a lot when it was the food An Luxia cooked.


    However, she was busy with school and writing her novel so she didn''t have much time to cook. He had to celebrate! He should really bring her pasta more often.


    After lunch, she entered her first ss which was a script reading ss she chose to take since the novels she wrote were very simr to many popr dramas and shows at the time.


    Yu Xinyi was also required to take this course, so she dragged her here with her.


    The two of them sat down in the middle of the fourth row and pulled out the famous script they were reading in ss right now.


    The rest of the ss slowly filed in and An Luxia pulled out her phone to scroll around since the professor was oftente.


    "Ah, I wonder if Yuchen ate his lunch yet," Yu Xinyi said, resting her head onto her hand.


    An Luxia rolled her eyes, "Ah, I don''t understand how you like my brother? What is so attractive about him?"


    Yu Xinyi immediately sat up straight and red at An Luxia, "How could you talk about my Chenchen like that?! I can''t be friends with you anymore!"


    An Luxia gaped at Yu Xinyi before shaking her head disappointedly, "Indeed, the saying is right. . . Love is more important than friendship."


    Yu Xinyi scoffed and continued to spin her pen around her fingers, closing her eyes with a smile. An Luxia nced at her and guessed that she was probably daydreaming about An Yuchen again.


    She opened up the script to flip to where they left off, and as she was flipping, a familiar voice suddenly rang in her ear.


    "Sister, you''re here!"


    An Luxia''s hands froze for a second and she slowly turned her head around, looking up to see the familiar face who she had seen not too long ago.


    She narrowed her eyes and stood up, looking directly into the girl''s eyes.


    "Li Yn, what are you doing here?"

 Chapter 57 - Li Yilans Arrival

    She narrowed her eyes and stood up, looking directly into the girl''s eyes.


    "Li Yn, what are you doing here?"


    Yes, indeed it was her sister. Her biological sister. But what in the world was she doing here?


    Li Yn smiled at An Luxia''s reaction and scanned the room silently and quickly, noticing that several pairs of eyes were on her.


    Indeed, even in the city she was considered pretty and attractive.


    Lifting her chin up slightly, Li Yn looked at An Luxia and put on a fake smile, "I attend this school. Did mom and dad not tell you? This is the college I''m going to."


    An Luxia immediately furrowed her eyebrows together and from behind, Yu Xinyi tugged at her sleeve, "Xiaxia, who is this?"


    Hearing that, Li Yn''s gaze moved down towards Yu Xinyi and her smile widened as she stretched her hand out, "Hello! You must be my sister''s friend. I''m Li Yn, Li Yix - I mean, An Luxia''s biological sister."


    At once, several gasps filled the room as murmurs arose inside the ssroom. The room had quieted down and Li Yn''s voice was very loud, so basically everyone had heard.


    The school knew that An Luxia was adopted into the An family since someone had posted about it on the school forum her first few years here, but no one knew exactly which family she came from.


    Of course, there were all kinds of rumors. Rumors that her parents died, rumors that she came from an upper-ss family, rumors that she came from a very poor family, and even rumors that she came from royalty!


    Now, there would finally be an answer. Thanks to Li Yn.


    Yu Xinyi jumped up from the chair and looked over at An Luxia in shock. An Luxia had texted her yesterday and told her about what happened on Saturday.


    So this was Li Yn. . . Yu Xinyi narrowed her eyes and pulled An Luxia back slightly, ring at the girl''s face which she already knew she wouldn''t like.


    Just as everyone was still immersed in talking about the big news, the door swung open and the professor entered the room, so everyone stopped talking and Li Yn returned to her seat, which she purposely chose to be one row in front of An Luxia.


    For the entire ss, An Luxia had a hard time paying attention.


    Li Yn attended this school? The cost of attending this college was quite high without any schrship, but if she was nning on staying for all four years and possibly graduate school, then the 100 thousand dors Li Qiyu had asked for would definitely not be enough.


    So where was the 100 thousand going to?


    After the ss, the news about An Luxia''s biological sister attending the same school had basically spread across the entire campus already.


    Someone in the ss had posted it anonymously to the forum, even bothering to take pictures and uploading them as well.


    An Luxia was a popr figure in the school, and from the news, it also blew the new transfer student, Li Yn, up.


    Pictures of Li Yn appeared on the school forum right under the hot article of An Luxia''s biological family, and severalments underneath it were either talking about how she looked like An Luxia, or about how she was also very pretty.


    Obviously, Li Yn was enjoying it very much, as she constantly was scrolling through her phone, looking at the forum post and thements.


    A lot of people became friends with her as well within hours after the article was pushed out, and her poprity in the school rose drastically.


    By lunchtime, a new post had made its way to the top of the forum.


    ''School beauty An Luxia actuallyes from a poor family!''


    Yu Xinyi rushed over to An Luxia after lunch, gasping for air, "Xiaxia, did you see the forum yet?!"


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow and nodded, "Yes, I know about the post. I am biological sisters with Li Yn."


    "No, no, not that one! There is a new one and it''s at the top now. Go look!" Yu Xinyi turned around to pull out her own phone and An Luxia did the same, turning it on to see her name right in the center of the forum.


    After reading the title of the post, her expression darkened slightly.


    There was only one way the people knew about it. Li Yn had said something.


    An Luxia really didn''t have any problem with people knowing about her birth family and biological background, but she didn''t think it was very important.


    She wasn''t tied to her biological family or background, and her adopted family was who she regarded to be her actually family and home.


    She grew up here. This was her life. Her blood did not determine her life.


    However, it seemed like other people had quite a big problem about it.


    She scrolled down to find thements sting with people. Within half an hour, there were thousands ofments already.


    ''Person 1: I knew it! I had always guessed that she was from a poor family. She gives off that vibe. . . Like shees from the lower sses.''


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow and grinned softly. "That vibe?" What vibe was that vibe?


    ''Response to Person 1: I agree. . . She may wear good clothes and have good grades, but it can''t hide the fact that shees from a poor background.''


    ''Response to Person 1: Why do I smell something sour? Stop reflecting your own insecurities onto other people. I know An Luxia in person and she is very nice. Just because she wasn''t born into a family as great as the one she is in now doesn''t mean she gives off the "poor vibe". You don''t make any sense.''


    ''Person 1: What do you mean by my insecurities?! What do I have to be insecure about? I am only telling the truth. And even if she is nice, it doesn''t hide the fact that shees from a bad family.''


    An Luxia sighed and stopped reading thements, looking up at Yu Xinyi, whose face was red with anger by now.


    Her fingers were typing furiously across the screen, obviously trying to reply to as manyments as she could.


    An Luxia smiled softly and looked down, scrolling through the long list ofments. Just as she was about to look up and tell Yu Xinyi to go to the next lecture, the screen suddenly froze.


    A secondter, it turned white as all thements and words disappeared and was reced with one sentence.


    Error.. The page you are looking for does not exist.

 Chapter 58 - Who Deleted The Post?

    A secondter, it turned white as all thements and words disappeared and was reced with one sentence.


    Error. The page you are looking for does not exist.


    An Luxia blinked a few times in confusion and looked over at Yu Xinyi, who seemed equally confused, her fingers still in the position ready to type.


    She left the post and returned to the forum, noticing that the hot post was no longer about her poor birth family. When she scrolled down, the post about her being sisters with Li Yn had also disappeared.


    "It''s gone," she stated, searching through the forum to find that there were no search results.


    "Did the writer remove it?" Yu Xinyi asked, reloading her page as well.


    An Luxia shrugged, "I don''t know. At least it''s gone. Come on, we''re going to bete."


    ---


    In thest ss of the day, everyone''s eyes followed her as she walked down the steps to the third row and sat down in an empty seat.


    The room turned quiet immediately as everyone looked at her, a few still whispering amongst themselves.


    An Luxia genuinely did not know what there was to talk about. Why were they so focused on her birth family and her life?


    What was so interesting about it?


    Luckily, Li Yixin did not show up for the rest of the day, although An Luxia did hear her name being brought up frequently.


    Apparently, during lunchtime, Li Yixin had made argemotion about the fact that she was An Luxia''s sister, and there were people listening since An Luxia was popr and Li Yixin had a pretty face.


    Then, most likely because of Li Yixin''s whole speech, someone posted about An Luxia''s birth family on the school forum.


    Who knew what happened half an hourter, and what made the person who created the post take it down?


    After school, An Luxia quickly left the school grounds, tired of people always looking at her and talking amongst themselves when she walked by, obviously talking about her.


    She reached the back of the school and as she did, she noticed three girls walking a few feet away from her. She immediately recognized the one in the middle, as it was Li Yn.


    The girl to her right was also a familiar face. Xu Xin.


    The two of them were talking happily and Xu Xin had her arm wrapped around Li Yn''s elbow. So those two annoying women had be friends. . .


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow. Why wasn''t she surprised?


    The third girl to the left wasn''t familiar, but An Luxia seemed to remember seeing her with Xu Xin before, so she assumed that the girl was probably one of Xu Xin''s friends.


    Before they could notice her, she quickly walked away and entered the back parking lot, where the familiar car was already parked.


    She quickly got in and let out a breath of relief, tired from everything that had happened today.


    What a shame. . . Her husband''s money went into providing an education for a person like Li Yn. Well, it was up to them how they took care of the money.


    But even so, it was quite annoying.


    Mo Han looked up from his seat and turned around, helping An Luxia put on her seatbelt. As he did so, he leaned over and kissed her on the lips with a grin that An Luxia couldn''t understand, "How was school? Did anything happen?"


    An Luxia thought about it for a few seconds and decided to open her mouth. However, when she was about to speak, she noticed the way Mo Han was looking at her.


    It was different from usual, almost like he was expecting something. When their eyes met, he quickly looked away and sat back down, signaling the driver to start driving.


    "So what happened?"


    An Luxia ignored it and instead began to talk about everything that had happened, starting from the first ss when she had met Li Yn.


    It took almost half of the entire car ride for her to finish the entire story, and Mo Han listened attentively the entire time, not interrupting her.


    Once she had finished, she slumped back down onto the carseat, revealing her annoyance about everything that had happened.


    She didn''t want to care, but it was quite hard, especially with how Li Yn made such a big deal about it.


    Mo Han tilted his head slightly and cleared his throat, "But you are doing your masters and she should be in undergrad school, right? You two won''t meet often."


    An Luxia shrugged, "Hard. We have two sses together and she is very annoying. I swear she is going to always be up to no good. Who knows what she is going to do to stir up some drama?"


    Mo Han narrowed his eyes slightly and turned to look at her seriously, "Then why don''t you leave the school? I can have a different school ept you and you can go there. . . Or just drop out! I can take care of you. You don''t have to worry."


    An Luxia looked up at him andughed at his seriousness, "I''m not going to drop out because of her! Why should I?! I don''t like her, but who cares. I''ll live my life, and if she lives hers without causing too much trouble, then I''ll leave her be. Plus, all my friends are here. It''s okay, don''t worry about it. I''m just a little annoyed."


    Mo Han sighed, almost as if he was hoping that An Luxia would decide to drop out. The car drove bumpily up the mountain and towards the house.


    They sat in silence for a short while, until An Luxia suddenly remembered something.


    "Right. . . Something that was weird was that, you know the post?"


    Mo Han''s eyes looked over at her and stared at her for a few seconds before nodding, "The forum post? Yes."


    An Luxia narrowed her eyes, "For some reason, the post suddenly disappeared after a while. Maybe the person who wrote it decided that it was none of her business and deleted it?"


    There were a few seconds of silence as the two of them were both in thought before finally, Mo Han cleared his throat and said softly:


    "Um. . .. I was the one that deleted it."

 Chapter 59 - The Beauty Competition

    There were a few seconds of silence as the two of them were both in thought before finally, Mo Han cleared his throat and said softly:


    "Um. . . I was the one that deleted it."


    An Luxia''s eyes widened as she whipped her head around to look at him, "You? Deleted the post? I''m talking about the school forum post about me."


    Mo Han nodded and scratched the back of his head, "I know. Actually, I saw the post when it first came out. I had someone keep a watch on the school and the forum just in case. . ."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow, "Keep a watch on the school?"


    "Not keep a watch on you! Don''t worry, no one is following you or watching you. They just asionally check the school forum and maybe talk with a student once or twice a day."


    "Oh," An Luxia looked down, "So you knew about it all along?!"


    Mo Han smiled a little sheepishly, "I was hoping you would tell me, but yes. . . I deleted the post because thements were very annoying. . ."


    Suddenly his eyes widened, "But don''t worry! I recorded all of the IP addresses of the people whomented very rudely. I know who all of them are."


    He smiled sinisterly as he said this, causing An Luxia to gulp. There was no need to get the IP addresses. It was just a fewments.


    An Luxia looked around and quickly removed her seatbelt upon seeing that they had arrived, "I don''t think you will need the IP addresses. It''s okay. . . Thank you for deleting it. At least people won''t be able to continuementing."


    She smiled and opened the door, saying softly to herself, "I wonder what''s for dinner. . ."


    ---


    A tradition of the college was the famous annual ''face of the school''petition, hence a beauty contest that took ce every year.


    It was only the beginning of the school year, but there was enough time for people to get to know each other already, and thepetition was beginning.


    An Luxia took thispetition very seriously every year ever since she started winning each year. It was her reputation, and she definitely couldn''t lose her streak!


    It was thest ss of the day, and there was an announcement in the school and also a post on the forum.


    "Good afternoon, students of XX University. I am your student body president, and this announcement is for the annual face of the schoolpetition. There will be a femalepetition and a malepetition, with one winner and a runner-up for each. The first round will open today at 6 P.M. and anyone can send in an image."


    "The school will pick ten people from the female and male group to move on to the final round, which will begin in three days. Voting will be open on the forum and everyone can vote once for female and male. Good luck!"


    Yu Xinyi turned to look at An Luxia and sighed, "Ah, the femalene is never interesting. . . Everyone already knows who will win."


    An Luxia smiled, as this was something she was proud of. As one could tell from how she picked her husband, it was obvious that her appearance was also quite important to herself.


    Although appearance wasn''t the most important, An Luxia still took it seriously. . . even if she was married now.


    ---


    Once she returned home, she pulled out herptop and phone and began searching through photos. Many people sent in professional photos for thepetition, but she didn''t see the point in doing that.


    There was a knock at the door and Mo Han entered with two cups of warm tea inside, "Still picking?"


    She nodded, "Come,e!"


    Mo Han walked over, sitting down next to An Luxia, who pushed her phone over.


    "I narrowed it down to three. Help me pick which one." She scrolled slowly, starting with a picture of her smiling in the middle of a flower field, and then to a picture of her holding a cup of milk tea and smiling at the camera, and finally a picture Mo Han had taken for her at the shooting range.


    Without even thinking, Mo Han immediately picked the final picture, "This one."


    An Luxia chuckled softly and pursed her lips out, "Why?"


    "It looks the best," he said confidently.


    "Really?"


    "Of course!"


    An Luxia grinned and moved closer to him on the couch, leaning her head onto his shoulder and erging the picture, "From the angle you took this picture, it makes my face look really big. See?"


    She scrolled to the previous picture and then back, "And the lighting isn''t really good. It makes my skin look dark."


    She nced up at him to see him slightly confused. Indeed, even Mo Han, who was incredibly smart, had trouble understanding "girl" issues.


    "Then. . . maybe the second one?" Mo Han said a little dejectedly.


    An Luxia''s smile widened as she reached forward and took a sip of tea, "I know which picture I want to pick now. You can go do your work. Thank you!"


    She kissed him on the cheek and turned around, not allowing him to look at the screen as she entered the school forum and uploaded her picture.


    Mo Han didn''t move and watched her like a hawk, narrowing his eyes as he watched her, "What picture did you upload?"


    "One of the three," An Luxia replied softly as she clicked submit and closed her phone.


    Mo Han didn''t press her on the question and stood up, walking over to his desk and sitting down, quickly opening hisputer and beginning to type, watching the screen intently.


    An Luxia also started working on the paper she had to finish by tomorrow, and didn''t care about thepetition anymore.


    There was no way she couldn''t make it to the second round.


    Just as she opened up the document, she heard a short huff of aire out of his nose and looked to see him smiling.


    "What?"


    He looked up from his screen with a smile, "You chose the third image."

 Chapter 60 - TwoPerson Game

    He looked up from his screen with a smile, "You chose the third image."


    An Luxia blinked a few times, "How did you know?"


    "You know it''s not that hard to find your school forum, right?"


    Of course An Luxia knew that, but she didn''t think he would care to look.


    "Um. . . I thought about it, and I think the picture you took was quite nice."


    Mo Han smiled and licked his lips happily, "Of course! You are definitely going to win this beauty contest."


    Even if she hadn''t chosen that picture, she would still definitely win! No one was more beautiful than his wifey!


    An Luxia smiled and continued to work on her paper.


    ---


    And, of course An Luxia made it past the first round.


    But another unwee person also made it past the first round and into the second round. One of the two female freshmans to enter the second round. . .


    Li Yn.


    However, An Luxia only took a nce at it and was slightly surprised, but didn''t have any reaction greater than that.


    After all, her "sister" was no threat to her.


    At school, it was the first day of the second round, and she just submitted her two pictures and one short video in the morning.


    An Luxia walked into the school and several people waved to her, many of them having already forgotten about news about her biological family.


    She smiled back at them, making her way to the first ss, which was the script reading ss with Yu Xinyi.


    When she pulled the door open, she immediately noticed all the empty seats and the loud chatteringing from the corner of the room.


    Upon hearing the door open, several people turned around to look at who it was and more of them did as An Luxia walked into the room.


    She looked over, wondering why they were all gathered there. Was there a spider?


    Then, she noticed who was standing in the middle of the people. Li Yn.


    She sat down next to Yu Xinyi, who was one of the only few people who were seated and not caring about whatever was happening.


    "Why are they all over there?"


    Yu Xinyi rolled her eyes, "Because that dumb Li Yn is one of the only two female freshies to make it into the second round. Ch, it''s not like she could win! What are they so excited about?"


    Yu Xinyi was not afraid to say thest two sentences extremely loudly, and Li Yn looked up upon hearing that, ring at the two of them.


    She silently clenched her fists together but still smiled at the people around her. She couldn''t win? Of course she was going to win! Even if she couldn''t win, there was no way that ugly b**** could win!


    Many people made their way back to the seat as the ss was going to start and they were also getting tired of listening to Li Yn talk about how excited and shocked she was.


    The professor walked into the room and the ss began.


    ---


    The school and the school forum blew up as everyone began voting for whoever they thought should be the "face of the school".


    This was one of the most important events of the year, and everyone, boy and girl, were extremely excited to vote for whoever they liked.


    As An Luxia walked to the cafeteria to eat lunch, she passed several people who smiled at her and told her that they voted for her.


    She thanked them gratefully and quickly made her way to the cafeteria, where Yu Xinyi was waiting for her.


    She had spent the entire night yesterday convincing Mo Han to eat lunch alone for the next few days, since she needed to make her presence more known during this time.


    In return, she had to cook dinner for him for a whole week!


    The cafeteria was bustling with people like any other day, and she immediately noticed Yu Xinyi as she walked in.


    She made her way over to Yu Xinyi, but before she could even enter the line, an arm suddenly grabbed onto her, "Sister Yixin - I mean. . . Luxia!"


    Her face immediately fell upon hearing the voice as she turned around, "What do you want?"


    The cafeteria quieted down immediately when everyone smelled drama to watch, and the attention was once again on them.


    Li Yn blinked her eyes a few times pitifully and took a step back, "I''m sorry, sister. . . I forgot that you didn''t want me to talk to you in school."


    An Luxia''s mouth fell open as people around them who heard immediately started muttering and gossiping amongst themselves, spreading the news.


    An Luxia obviously knew that rumors could kill, especially during a time like this.


    She narrowed her eyes, staring at Li Yn, who had the slightest of a grin on her face. So this was her n? Did her dumb little sister really think that by doing this, she would have a chance in winning?


    Sheughed internally and took a step forward, a smile appearing on her face.


    Two can y at that game.


    She suddenly reached forward and grabbed onto Li Yn''s hands, causing her to flinch from surprise.


    "What do you mean, sister Yn? Why wouldn''t I not want you to talk to me? You never talked to me so I thought you were the one that didn''t want to interact with me!"


    Li Yn''s face froze as she stared straight into An Luxia''s eyes, almost as if she was asking her what the heck she was talking about.


    An Luxia smiled back.


    "Um. . . I - Didn''t you tell me not to talk to you in school, and -"


    An Luxia immediately interrupted her, talking at a louder tone, "When you came to my house to ask for money, didn''t you tell me not to talk to you at school?"


    At once, Li Yn''s face fell and the entire cafeteria blew up.


    Li Yn went to ask An Luxia for money?!

 Chapter 61 - Mo Hans Surprise Appearance

    At once, Li Yn''s face fell and the entire cafeteria blew up.


    Li Yn went to ask An Luxia for money?!


    "An Luxia!" She screamed, pushing An Luxia''s hands off. Immediately realizing she lost control of her emotions, she quickly looked around nervously and tried to hide what just happened, but it was obviously toote.


    An Luxia gasped and looked around innocently, putting one hand over her mouth, "Ah, did I say something I shouldn''t have? I''m sorry, sister Yn. I thought. . ."


    Li Yn red at her and looked like she wanted to tear her skin out, "An Luxia," she said through gritted teeth before running out of the cafeteria.


    An Luxia watched her leave and shrugged before going to find Yu Xinyi still in the line waiting for food.


    When she arrived, Yu Xinyi gave a thumbs up silently and An Luxia winked at her.


    The two of them sat down for lunch and many people watched her. As they began eating, they started to talk about the beauty contest and other drama going on.


    Yu Xinyi took a gulp of juice and suddenly frowned, "Oh yeah, and that picture you uploaded! The one with you in a ck outfit. The outfit looks nice, but who took that picture? Why does it look so -"


    "Look so what?" A deep and cold voice suddenly ringed in An Luxia''s ears. She immediately turned her head around and her eyes widened when she saw Mo Han.


    She jumped up from her chair and grabbed onto his arm, "What are you doing here?"


    "Why? Is there a reason why I shouldn''t be here?"


    Of course! Didn''t he agree to not eat lunch together in exchange for him cooking dinner? Not that she didn''t miss him, but she was also surprised to see him suddenly here.


    "No, but. . ." An Luxia frowned a little confused as well.


    Mo Han pulled the chair next to An Luxia out and sat down, pulling her down onto hisp as well, "You only said you couldn''te to the car. You didn''t say I couldn''te to the cafeteria."


    ". . ." An Luxia tilted her head slightly, not wanting to admit that what he said also made sense. Maybe this was good as well. . . His arrival was attracting a lot of attention to him and her.


    She tried to move out of hisp but he was holding onto her extremely tightly, and she couldn''t move at all. In the end, she stopped trying and obediently sat in his widep, turning around to continue eating.


    Mo Han smiled happily to see that she wasn''t fighting him anymore, and he loosened his grip on her waist slightly, cing his chin onto her shoulder and turning to look at Yu Xinyi.


    "So, what were you going to say?"


    "I - Um. . . Uh. . ." Yu Xinyi looked over at An Luxia helplessly to find that her friend had her eyes down eating. She tried to get An Luxia to look up, but it was evident that An Luxia did not receive her signal.


    Finally, Yu Xinyi cleared her throat and pped her hands together, "I was going to say that the picture looks so amazing! Mr. Mo, you should go be a photographer!"


    An Luxia finally looked up and raised one eyebrow, only to receive a re from Yu Xinyi.


    "What?" She said innocently, only to receive another re.


    A pleased smile appeared on Mo Han''s face as he nodded his head and Yu Xinyi let out a sigh of relief, looking down to focus on eating her food.


    Ah, she had to be careful in front of this man. . . After all, he was the King of the Underworld. Just because he treated An Luxia differently didn''t mean that she was safe.


    By the end of lunchtime, a new post had made its way to the top of the forum, right under the post that was pinned to vote for thepetition.


    ''An Luxia''s boyfriend arrives at cafeteria to support his girlfriend for thepetition''


    In the post, there were two pictures attached, both of which showed An Luxia sitting on Mo Han''sp. Whoever posted was kind enough to blur out Mo Han''s face, even though most people had already seen it in the cafeteria.


    Several people in thements werementing about how An Luxia''s boyfriend was incredibly handsome, and how they were a match made in heaven.


    Because of this single post, An Luxia''s voting number flew from 730 votes to 1,500, putting her far in the lead.


    That was almost one-fourth of the entire school, which basically already announced who was going to be the winner.


    There was one person in thements that kept onshing An Luxia though and saying hatements, but all of herments only got drowned in replies and dislikes.


    An Luxia could already guess who the personmenting might be. Wasn''t it obvious? After the incident today, who else but Li Yn?


    Three days after voting began, it was evident who the winner was.


    When the forum post announcing the winner got uploaded, thement section was immediately bombarded with girls fangirling over the male winner and peoplementing on how there was nopetition in the female category.


    Female Winner:


    An Luxia: 1734 votes


    Female Runner up:


    Li Yn: 1013 votes


    Male Winner:


    Qu Hao: 2023 votes


    Male Runner up:


    Li Ziyang: 1987 votes


    The malepetition was actually quite close, but the female category was basically set by the first day. An Luxia had won by andslide.


    An Luxia squealed as she rolled around the bed happily, staring at the post and the image of her beneath it with a smile. She felt so narcissistic, but she couldn''t hide or suppress her happiness!


    Although she was certain she would have won, she was still very happy. Just as she was about to scroll down to thement, she suddenly received a message.


    ''Brother: Congrattions, stupid sister. You didn''t lose face for me!''


    An Luxia pursed her lips out and clicked on the notification, angrily sitting up on the bed and furiously typing into the message box.


    ''Ch! What do you mean to lose face for you?! I wonder who was the one who got runner-up in their first year of thepetition. Ch!''


    Once she sent the message, there was a reply.


    ''An Luxia, you know that was because I still had braces back then and the picture you took was very bad! If it weren''t for that sucky picture, I would have definitely won!''


    An Luxia grinned softly and replied, ''Ch! Ch! Ch!''


    She then sent over aughing pig emoji and smiled happily when the reply she received was a crying pig.


    The bathroom door opened and Mo Han walked out, drying his dripping wet hair with a white towel, "What are you so happy about?"


    An Luxia closed her phone and jumped off the bed, lunging straight into Mo Han''s arms although he wasn''t wearing any upper clothes and his body was slightly wet, "Guess who won thepetition?"


    Mo Han immediately smiled and dropped the towel onto the table nearby, lifting her up from the bottom of her legs and carrying her over to the bed, "Who else can it be but my beautiful wife?"


    An Luxia snapped her fingers as she was gently ced onto the soft nket, "Correct!"


    "Since I helped you take the picture you used to win thepetition, shouldn''t I get my pay now?"


    An Luxia frowned, "Pay?"


    "Yes pay.." And then, he was on top of her.

 Chapter 62 - President Lin

    Li Yn froze in her tracks, the sound of her heels clicking against the marble floor gone and reced with silence.


    She stared at her phone for a long time as she tightened her fingers that were gripping onto the device. Her pupils dted slightly, almost as if she was surprised at what she saw.


    How?! Her chest moved up and down, and it was especially clear since the dress she was wearing revealed basically half of her chest.


    How could she lose. . . to her?! She immediately closed, resisting the urge to throw her phone onto the ground as she looked around the empty hallway, running her fingers frustratingly through her hair.


    Although she already knew what the results were going to be days ago, she still couldn''t and didn''t want to believe it. It was her first year here. . . Her goal since before she stepped foot onto the school was to win the school''s beautypetition.


    The winner was supposed to be her! But all because of that disgusting b****, she was only able to get runner-up. What was the purpose of getting runner-up?


    Why did An Luxia steal everything from her?! She was the one supposed to be the one in a good family, with good looks, with a handsome husband, the one popr, and the winner of thepetition!


    Why didn''t she get thrown away?! Li Yn clenched her fists together as she felt rooted to ce, unable to keep walking although she knew that she waste already.


    Her nails dug deep into her skin as she threw her phone back into her bag and continued walking down the empty hallway, her steps faster than before.


    She stopped in front of a door with therge number 7 engraved in gold and knocked twice before pushing the door open.


    Therge room was empty and the lights were all closed.


    "President Lin?" She called softly, stepping in as she closed the door behind her. The owner had told her that President Lin was arge figure and the young master of therge Lin Corporation.


    She had "served" him twice in the past before, and he specifically requested for her today. He paid well, so of course she was happy to help.


    She looked around and noticed that the restroom lights were open although the door was closed, and the sound of the shower water running could be heard.


    She pressed her lips together and put her bag onto the table, slowly sitting down on therge white bed. There were some red rose petals sprinkled on the nket, and she sat on a few of them as she looked around in the darkness.


    The water sound stopped and the sound of the shower door opening was heard. A minuteter, the light flooded into the room as President Lin opened the restroom door, revealing a man that seemed to be in his 40s.


    Unlike most old business owners, President Lin was not fat, but on the other hand, extremely skinny. Even more skinny than Li Yn.


    She turned around and smiled brightly as she stood up, "President Lin."


    He smiled upon seeing Li Yn as he closed the restroom lights and walked over, throwing the towel onto the bed and immediately pushing her back down onto the soft bed sheets.


    Without another word, the two of them got started.


    ---


    After an hour, Li Ynid on the bed with her eyes closed. She blinked them open slightly and saw Lin Qiwei seated upright on the bed with a cigarette in his fingers as he blew into it.


    She scrunched her nose up slightly from the smell of nicotine, but she immediately hid her disgust as she smiled and pushed herself up, cing one hand onto Lin Qiwei''s stomach.


    He nced over at her and smiled, revealing his crooked teeth, "Why? You want to go again?"


    Li Yn returned him with a high-pitchedugh as she smiled seductively, "You''re so annoying, President Lin. I''m tired. . ."


    Lin Qiweiughed as he threw the cigarette into the ashtray and ran his finger down the side of her cheek, "You naughty, little vixen."


    Li Yn smiled and rested her head into his chest, clearing her throat before she slowly said, "President Lin, I would go again but. . ."


    Her voice died down, causing Lin Qiwei to raise one eyebrow, "But what?"


    "Ah, today hasn''t been going very well. Never mind."


    This aroused Lin Qiwei''s curiosity, as he tilted his head slightly, "Tell me. What happened?"


    Li Yn sighed as she bit her lips for several seconds before slowly saying, "I have a sister. . . She was adopted at a young age though, so we didn''t grow up together. She doesn''t seem to like me very much. We go to the same college, and she always treats me badly, and -"


    She stopped, lowering her head pitifully.


    "Continue."


    "There was this beautypetition and I was going to win. . . But, she seemed to have hired some people or bribed people to vote for her, and she stole the title away from me! I worked so hard for it."


    Lin Qiwei furrowed his eyebrows together, obviously upset that his hook-up was being treated this way, "What is her name?"


    Li Yn''s eyes shed slightly in the darkness as she slowly said, "An Luxia."


    Lin Qiwei grinned softly and patted Li Yn''s head like petting a dog, "Don''t worry about it. I will punish her for you."


    Li Yn smiled faintly in the darkness and turned around with a smile, "Thank you, President Lin."


    "Now that you are happy, let''s go again."


    ---


    After thepetition, An Luxia returned to school and several heads turned her way. Basically everyone new and old in the school now knew about her.


    To be honest, she did not really enjoy all this attention, but she was used to it now after winning every single round.


    She smiled politely at everyone as she entered her first ss. When she walked in, she saw that Li Yn was seated in the first row.


    Many people turned around to look at her as she walked down the steps, and many people murmured amongst themselves, some even taking pictures.


    After all, she was the "beauty queen" of the school.


    Li Yn also turned around and saw An Luxia, who gave her a smile. She clenched her fists together, but upon remembering the promise President Lin gave to her fromst night, a smile returned to her face as she red at An Luxia and turned back around.


    An Luxia was slightly surprised that Li Yn wasn''t mad about not winning and didn''t cause amotion, and she sat down in her spot, cing her bag in the chair next to her for Yu Xinyi.


    The day went by quickly, and after thest ss, An Luxia quickly left and made her way to the back of the school.


    On the way, she bumped into Li Yn making a phone call with a smile.


    She tried to walk straight past her, but before she was able to even get three steps away, Li Yn turned around and called, "Sister!"

 Chapter 63 - Kidnapped (1)

    She tried to walk straight past her, but before she was able to even get three steps away, Li Yn turned around and called, "Sister!"


    She furrowed her eyebrows together but still turned around, "What is it?"


    "Congrattions on winning," Li Yn said with a fake smile.


    An Luxia blinked a few times confusedly before replying, "Congrattions to you for winning runner-up after me."


    Her tone wasn''t sarcastic but also not pleasant, and it was quite obvious she didn''t genuinely congratte Li Yn. After all, Li Yn''s congrattion wasn''t genuine either.


    Li Yn''s lips twitched slightly as she lifted her chin up, "The people in this school must be blind."


    An Luxia didn''t get mad, but instead smiled, taking a step forward, "I agree. How did they vote for you to be number 2? It would make more sense if you were. . ."


    She thought for a few seconds, "Last."


    With a smile, she waved dramatically to Li Yn and turned around, walking away. Li Yn red at her back, wanting to lunge forward and rip her hair out but stopping herself.


    She knew that An Luxia wouldn''t be smiling for much longer. . .


    An Luxia walked slowly, knowing that Mo Han might not be here yet. He had told her that he had a meeting during this time and might be a littlete, so she was taking her time as well.


    She scrolled through her phone as she walked, turning the corner to the back parking lot of the school.


    As she did so, she saw from the very corner of her eye a tall figure dressed in ck. However, before she could look up, a strong force hit her from behind. She felt the world fade away as she fell forward and something, or someone, caught her.


    ---


    She slowly blinked her eyes open, feeling the paining from the back of her neck. She stretched her neck from side to side, trying to lift her hand up to push away the strand of hair caught in her mouth to find that her hands were tied with a rough rope behind her back.


    She looked up, her eyes taking a moment to focus on the three figures in front of her.


    At once, her body tensed up and she held her breath as she stared at the three tall men in front of her. The men were all wearing ck shirts and pants, and they had masks on, making it impossible for her to figure out who they were.


    An ominous feeling churned inside her stomach as her eyes moved down to the people''s hands. They were all holding sticks.


    "She''s awake," one of them said with a grim smile. She couldn''t see the smile due to the mask, but the way his eyes moved suggested that he was smiling. The three of them all looked towards her, lifting the sticks off of the ground.


    "Good afternoon," the one standing in the middle said, lifting his stick off and swinging it back to rest on his shoulder.


    He kneeled down, looking straight into An Luxia''s eyes, "Ah, it''s a pity. I also don''t want to do this to such a beauty like you, but. . . I have orders."


    An Luxia narrowed her eyes and opened her mouth, "What do you guys want?"


    The man shrugged, "We just need to fulfill our order and. . . hurt you."


    "Hurt me?" An Luxia repeated, "Orders by who."


    She could almost hear her heartbeat in her ears, but she tried to remain calm on the outside as she slowly scooted back on the ground.


    Who gave them the orders? Why?


    "Oh. . . That I can''t say." The man stood up, tilting his head slightly, "I''ll just say that you offended the wrong person."


    He dropped the stick, cracking his knuckles as if he was getting ready to attack.


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together and pulled at the rope that was holding her hands together. It wasn''t tied extremely tightly, but it was tight enough so she couldn''t move her hands at all.


    Her feet were also tied together so there was no way she could move or run.


    Flight was always the first option, but since that wasn''t avable to her at the moment, the only option left was fight.


    An Luxia looked down at the situation she was in. . . Fight didn''t seem like a great option either.


    Thoughts flew through her brain as she tried to look around for her bag. Her phone was inside her bag. . .


    However, her ck bag was nowhere in sight, so trying to get help was also not an option. There was no one around, and since it was the scary back parking lot, it was very unlikely someone would suddenly show up.


    The men looked like they were going to start their task very soon, so she didn''t have much time left.


    "Wait!" She suddenly screamed, taking the men by surprise. The one in the middle raised one eyebrow at her, tilting his head slightly, "What?"


    An Luxia smiled sweetly, silently tugging at the ropes binding her hands together, "Can you. . . tell me whether it was a boy or girl that ordered you?"


    The man frowned, his eyebrows drooping along with his mouth, which she couldn''t see.


    "Fine. You should at least know the gender of the person who caused your unfortunate. . . demise." The manughed at his unfunny joke.


    "It was a man."


    An Luxia was slightly surprised from his response. She had a small guess in her head that it was Li Yn. . . She shouldn''t know if she should be happy or sad.


    "Okay, let''s not waste time anymore. We still have to report to our boss." The three man neared her, and she silently clenched her fists together, not sure what she should do.


    She had learned karate before with her brother, and she had been even better than An Yuchen! She was a ck belt!


    Even if her hands and feet were tied, so she should still try to defend herself. . . somehow.


    Just as the man in the middle neared, she clenched her fists together and narrowed her eyes. The man lifted his stick up and An Luxia''s eyes followed it, her heart beating so loud and fast she was scared it would jump out of her chest at any moment.


    Then, the next second, the stick and the man''s expression froze.

 Chapter 64 - Kidnapped (2)

    Then, the next second, the stick and the man''s expression froze.


    An Luxia also froze, staring at the man and the stick confusedly. Why did he suddenly stop? She quickly took this opportunity to try and untie the rope, but it was way too tight.


    No matter how she pulled or tugged, the rope wasn''t getting any looser. Then suddenly, she saw another figure appear from behind the man.


    She stopped all movement as hope filled her eyes, "Hanhan!"


    Mo Han looked over at her, a fierce twinkle inside his eyes as he grinned at her and then turned to the man, forcefully twisting him around.


    The man screamed in pain as his arm was twisted, and he immediately dropped the stick. The two other men looked at each other, not sure of how to react.


    How did this woman call for helpers?!


    One of the men was going to speak, but he quickly stopped himself when he turned around and saw all the people that had arrived.


    There was one man wearing a ck suit standing in front, which the woman had callled Hanhan. However, he wasn''t alone.


    Right behind him, there were at least five more people, all wearing ck suits and sunsses, although it wasn''t even very sunny.


    Just looking at them was scary enough. . . They were just a small group of gangsters hired by their boss to attack some girl. Did this girl offend someone else as well. . . Some bigger figure?


    The man standing in the middle chuckled softly, trying to pull his arm away, "Sir, what are you doing here? Are you here to find someone hahaha? We are. . . we are just taking orders. Why don''t you pass. . ." Looking at the man''s expression, he immediately changed, "I mean, we can leave. Yes, we can leave. We will leave right now."


    He tried to turn around and walk away, but Mo Han still did not let go of his arm, but instead grasped onto it even more tightly.


    The man turned around, knitting his eyebrows together, "Sir. . ."


    "Yes, I am indeed looking for someone." He said coldly.


    The man blinked a few times, trying to pull away again, "Then. . . We can leave. You can go look."


    The man could easily tell that Mo Han and his group of people didn''t have simple backgrounds. He didn''t want to offend any unnecessary people.


    "But it seems like the person I am looking for is right here."


    The man tilted his head slightly in confusion as he scanned the empty parking lot, his eyes finallynding on An Luxia, who was staring straight at the man holding on to his hand.


    "No way. . ." The man raised one eyebrow, "You are here on orders to attack this girl too?"


    He turned to look at An Luxia, "How many people did you offend?"


    An Luxia scoffed, thinking that this man was quite stupid. Mo Han raised one eyebrow, stretching out his neck as his fingers tightened, causing the man to hiss in pain.


    "I am not here to attack. . . this girl." He smiled softly, a very sinister smile that had the three men shaking in fear, "I am here to attack. . . you."


    Then, he twisted the arm further, pushing the man onto the hard ground. He took a step forward, and just from that simple movement, the two other men dropped their sticks in fear.


    He red at them and walked past, bending down in front of An Luxia as his expression softened, "I''m sorry for beingte."


    He walked around her, carefully untying the rope on her hands and then her feet. An Luxia tried to stand up, but after staying in the same position for too long, her limbs felt a little numb.


    Then, Mo Han suddenly appeared in front of her, reaching down and lifting her off the ground princess style. He looked down at her, who was staring back at him with wide eyes, and smiled faintly.


    "Come on, let''s go home."


    The man with the arm he twisted was still writhing in pain on the ground as he looked over at the men who hade with him and nodded.


    As he walked away, all An Luxia could hear was the sound of the three men screaming and groaning in pain, and the sound of attacks flying their way.


    She tried to look, but Mo Han quickly blocked her view, not allowing her to look at the violent scene.


    The car was parked a short area away, and he gently ced her onto the backseat, sitting down next to her. His expression was quite scary as he ordered the driver to start the car and they drove out of the back parking lot.


    As the car drove out of the school, Mo Han had a very cold and serious expression the entire time, and An Luxia didn''t even dare say anything as she stole nces at him once in a while.


    Finally, she decided that she had to test him. Why was he mad? Was he mad?


    She cleared her throat softly and waited for a few seconds, receiving no response. He was mad. . . but why?


    She licked her lips and closed her eyes, deciding that it was time to begin her act again.


    She took a deep breath and suddenly started crying. . . Well, "crying". She turned around, trying to lunge into Mo Han''s arms, but the seatbelt suddenly wouldn''t stretch anymore as it got stuck.


    She stopped her fake crying sounds for a quick moment as she looked down, ring at the seatbelt and pulling at it. Mo Han tilted his head slightly and looked at her in confusion.


    With no other cohice, she took off her seatbelt a little awkwardly and started crying again, moving over and falling into Mo Han''s embrace.


    "Ah, I''m so scared! I was so scared!"


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, looking down at her. She wasn''t scared all this time and suddenly got scared?


    Realizing that his little wifey was starting to act all dramatic again, and all he could do was go along with the act, "I''m sorry, I''m sorry. I was in the meeting. I should havee earlier."


    An Luxia looked up, wiping away the nonexistent tears, "You''re not mad?"


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, "Mad? Why would I be mad? I''m mad at the people, but not you."


    An Luxia blinked a few times and immediately pulled away, sitting up straight again as she put on her seatbelt. So her act was for nothing? Ah, stupid Luxia! What was she doing?!


    Mo Han chuckled softly from her reaction and reached over, carefully pushing her hair to the back of her head, "But who were they?"


    "I''m not sure. . . They said they were taking orders from someone. I thought it was Li Yn, but they said it was a boy."


    Mo Han furrowed his eyebrows together and nodded. It wasn''t a problem. He had hundreds of ways to get people to confess and speak the truth.


    "But. .. . what meeting were you in?"

 Chapter 65 - The Secret Room

    "But. . . what meeting were you in?"


    Mo Han froze quickly and his Adam''s apple moved up as he gulped. However, he quickly returned to normal and An Luxia looked up, perfectly missing his change in expression.


    "Nothing. It was just a meeting with some of the groups of the HLX."


    "Oh," An Luxia nodded, brushing off some of the dirt that was on her arm, "I haven''t heard any news of the HLX recently. Is it confidential information or what are you guys up to?"


    Mo Han grinned, "It is confidential information. . . but not to the boss''s wife. Nothing much. Something special that will be revealed soon."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow, "So secretive."


    The car entered the gate and started climbing up the mountain. An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together as she thought about who the person could possibly be.


    A man. . . Could it be Lu Xiamo?


    Why would he do it though? Was he still humiliated about what had happened at the An family''s house and in the shooting range.


    If it was truly him, then he was in trouble. Mo Han had never liked that dude. . .


    "Come on. I''ll cook dinner tonight -"


    An Luxia immediately grabbed onto Mo Han''s arm and smiled, "It''s okay. You shouldn''t cook. I''ll cook, I''ll cook."


    Mo Han wasn''t exactly the best chef. . . She had just experienced such a horrifying experience. She wanted to eat some good food.


    ---


    As they walk into the house, An Luxia kept her act up as she wrapped her arms around Mo Han''s elbow, pretending to be scared although she wasn''t actually scared at all.


    "I almost died," she whined, only to receive a smile from Mo Han, who thought that her act was very. . . cute.


    "Yes, yes. Don''t worry. I''m here now."


    An Luxia smiled upon hearing that, continuing to grab onto him as they walked in.


    ---


    After eating dinner, An Luxia got ready for bed. She had been sleeping quitete the past few days, and in order to continue her amazing act, she should also sleep earlier today.


    Mo Han entered the room after finishing his work, and she nced at him before quickly jumping onto the bed, covering herself with the nket.


    Mo Han didn''t let her enter his office today to work together and was acting all secretive and weird, refusing to let her look at hisputer or even enter the room.


    Who knew what he was up to?


    Mo Han smiled and walked over, sitting down next to her. She closed her eyes, but still opened them very slightly so she could see him sitting there.


    "I still have some work to do. I''ll be right back after finishing." He leaned forward and kissed her on the forehead gently before standing up, closing the lights as he walked out of the room.


    He closed the door, locking it from the outside before walking down the hallway, his smile immediately disappearing as his expression turned serious.


    His footsteps rang in the empty hallway as his pace sped up. He turned a corner, entering an area of the house that he rarely went to and An Luxia probably didn''t even know existed.


    At the very end, he clicked a red button hidden on the red wall and a door opened, leading into a dark area.


    He stepped in, his leather shoes echoing as he stepped on the marble floor. As the sound spread in the narrow area, a light turned on, revealing the beginning of a staircase leading down.


    He closed the door and began walking down. As he got further and further down, the lights lit up one by one near the wall, revealing a very narrow staircase that seemed to block out all outside sound.


    When he finally reached the bottom, he pushed open another door, and the sound of screaming immediately reached his ears.


    He smiled and walked in, going down another empty hallway before finally reaching a room where there were people.


    The men that had followed him to the back parking lot were standing inside, and when they saw him, they immediately turned around and bowed down, "Mr. Mo."


    He nodded his head and walked over to where the three men who had kidnapped An Luxia were seated. Their hands and legs were tied to chair, and they were all sweating.


    Their eyes stared nervously at Mo Han, who smiled back at them, "Hello. Long time no see."


    The man in the middle immediately started crying, "Please forgive us. We were only following orders. We. . . We didn''t know -"


    "Didn''t know that her husband was such a figure." Mo Han said with a smile,pleting his sentence.


    The man gulped and looked down, trying to untie his hands, which were starting to itch.


    Mo Han stood up, ying around with a pair of keys he had in his hand, "Tell me who sent you and I will let you three go."


    The three men looked at each other before the one in the middle spoke again, "We really can''t! It is a rule in our industry. We can''t tell you who sent us."


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, "Oh really? Then I guess you three will have to continue to stay here."


    He turned around and looked at his men standing behind him, "Continue."


    The men nodded and two of them stepped forward. The three men immediately started shaking in fear and the one to the side started to cry as well.


    Before the two men could even near them, the one sitting to the right screamed, "I''ll tell you! I''ll tell you who sent us. Please let us go."


    The other two men didn''t say no to the man''s request, because they did not want to stay here any longer either.


    Mo Han turned around with a smile, "Go ahead."


    The man gulped, looking over at his two partners. Realizing that both of them did not have any objections, he looked up and said softly, "It was the son of the Lin Family. . ."


    Mo Han narrowed his eyes as he repeated, "The Lin family. .. ."

 Chapter 66 - The Lin Familys Demise

    Mo Han narrowed his eyes as he repeated, "The Lin family. . ."


    He looked over at the other two men who did not say anything, and he could tell that they were not lying. He straightened his back, throwing the key in his hand to his man standing behind him, who swiftly caught it.


    He turned around, saying as he walked out of the room, "Good. Now call the police."


    At once, the three men began screaming, trying to escape from the chairs but failing.


    "You said you would let us go!" The man screamed hysterically, tipping the chair over from trying to escape.


    "Wait! Don''t leave! Let us go!"


    "Don''t call the police! You lied! You -"


    But Mo Han did not listen as he walked further and further away, disappearing as he turned the corner. He walked up the stairs again, leaving the secret chamber as he returned to his room, where An Luxia was already fast asleep.


    As he entered the restroom quietly, he closed the door and leaned against the bathroom counter. A sly grin appeared on his face as he licked his lips in a menacing manner, "Lin family. . ."


    ---


    An Luxia woke up the next day and the sun was out already. Her first ss today didn''t start until 1 P.M., and it was the only lecture she had today.


    She pushed herself up on the bed and noticed that Mo Han was still asleep next to her, which was quite unusual since he usually left early to get work done.


    She looked over, bending down slightly onto her elbow as she looked down upon Mo Han, who had his eyes closed. His breathing was slow and even, and she could faintly feel the warmth of his breath as she lowered her hand over his face.


    Her finger gently brushed past his hair, feeling the softness of it even though he was a man. She then slowly moved her finger down to his lips, and her finger shook slightly as she positioned it over his thin lips as if he was telling someone to be quiet.


    Then, just as she was about to pull away and get out of bed, she heard him say, "Trapped in my handsomeness again?"


    An Luxia''s eyes widened as she immediately froze and looked up at him to find his eyes opened already. For how long, she didn''t know.


    "When did you wake up?!"


    Mo Han grinned, "When you started ying with my lips."


    At once, An Luxia''s face turned a dark shade of pink as she immediately pulled her hand back, jumping off the bed, "So narcissistic! I. . . There. . . There was something on your lips, so I was. . . was trying. . ."


    Unable to keep lying, she shut the door to the bathroom and quickly hid herself, pretending like nothing happened.


    She quickly got ready and after finishing, stayed inside the restroom for another few minutes before finally opening the door slightly.


    Fortunately, Mo Han was nowhere in sight so she walked out of the restroom only to immediately hear his deep voice again, "Good morning."


    Her back stiffened as she turned around to see him walk out of the closet, still buttoning his shirt. He only had one of the buttons together at the moment, and most of his upper body was revealed.


    She quickly looked away and made her way towards the door, "Put your close on properly! I''m going to go eat breakfast."


    Mo Han grinned as he watched her leave the room, swinging the door behind her so it closed with a bang.


    ---


    The television was turned on as they ate their breakfast. An Luxia nced at the television once in a moment, wondering why Mo Han insisted on watching the news during breakfast today.


    The anchor was talking about some pr bears in Country P right now, and the footage of the white creatures was incredibly cute.


    She took a gulp of her orange juice, looking over at the television again to find the footage of the pr bears disappearing.


    "Now, moving on to our next big business news of the day. In Country Z, the famous Lin Corporation''s stock suddenly started dropping drastically, and within the span of eight hours, the chairman of the Lin Corporation dered bankruptcy."


    An image of the Lin Corporation''s stock was erged onto the screen, and the drop was terrifying. It was a sudden decline, almost like the edge of a cliff.


    "It is said that the two biggestpanies in Country Z, the Gu Corporation and the Qin Corporation, all participated in causing the bankruptcy of the Lin Corporation. The reason is still unknown."


    An Luxia looked up upon hearing this, "The Gu Corporation and the Qin Corporation? Gu Yechen and Qin Wei?"


    She turned to look at the screen and quickly read the red headline, "The Lin Corporation. . ."


    Mo Han smiled as he gulped down his ck coffee, sparing a nce at the screen, "Do you know the young master of the Lin Corporation?"


    An Luxia knit her eyebrows together, "No. . . why?"


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow and began slicing his bacon into smaller pieces, "The person who sent the people who kidnapped you is the young master of the Lin Corporation."


    An Luxia''s mouth fell open in shock and confusion, "What?! But I don''t even know him. . ."


    Mo Han shook his head, "It''s okay. Don''t worry about it."


    An Luxia frowned as she slowly began eating again, starting to think about whether she had any rtion with the young master of the Lin Corporation.


    After a long time, she still couldn''t figure out anything.


    After eating breakfast, she went to Mo Han''s office to finish up some school work and work with him before it was time for school.


    When they arrived, she unbuckled her seatbelt and got ready to get off the car. However, just as she pushed the door open, Mo Han pulled her back.


    "Do you have anything after your sses today?"


    An Luxia blinked a few times, "No. . . why?"


    Mo Han smiled and loosened his grip, "Nothing, goodbye."

 Chapter 67 - The Gui Hotel

    Mo Han smiled and loosened his grip, "Nothing, goodbye."


    An Luxia frowned but still said, "Goodbye," and got out of the car. She quickly walked to her ss, which was on the third floor of a tower.


    Luckily, the teacher was runningte as well when she arrived. This course was a very popr one, and it was open to all grades, so there were a lot of people.


    When she walked in, the talking stopped as everyone turned to look at the female winner of the annual school beauty contest. However, one person''s reaction was different.


    Li Yn immediately jumped up when she saw who had just walked in. An Luxia''s eyes met with hers and they stared at each other before she finally looked away from guilt and confusion.


    How was she at school today?! Wasn''t she supposed to be hurt or in a hospital? What happened?


    She quickly sat down and pulled out her phone, making a call as she walked towards the edge of the room so people wouldn''t hear, although no one was paying any attention to her.


    After a minute, no one picked up and she called again, but once again, no one picked up. She sent another text message to Lin Qiwei only to find that it couldn''t go through.


    He blocked her?! What?! Li Yn''s mouth fell open as she sent text after text, only to receive a red exmation mark next to each one.


    So what happened?


    The ss was going to start so she sat back down. As she did, Xu Xin, who sat next to her, scoffed, "Look at your beloved sister. So disgusting."


    Li Yn looked up to see a ton of people sitting around An Luxia, talking to her. She smiled back as they talked, andughter and chatter spread from that side of the room.


    She clenched her fists together, thinking that this poprity would all be hers if that disgusting b**** didn''t steal the win away from her.


    She teared her eyes away, not wanting to look at the scene again. Xu Xin pulled out her phone as well and tried not to pay attention to the other side of the room anymore although it was hard.


    "Did you see the news today? The Lin Corporation suddenly went bankrupt!" A girl behind them suddenly eximed.


    Upon hearing that, Li Yn immediately whirled her head around, "What did you just say?!"


    The girl was slightly surprised from Li Yn''s huge reaction as she repeated, "The Lin Corporation went bankrupt. . ."


    Li Yn immediately turned around and called Lin Qiwei again, only to not receive any response once again. Bankrupt?! How?


    "Are you okay? Xu Xin asked, looking at her confusedly.


    Li Yn didn''t respond as she tried to take deep breaths, her eyes darting to the other side of the room. No way. . . She was just overthinking. There was no way the two events were connected.


    Even though An Luxia''s family was better than hers, she couldn''tpete with the Lin Corporation. What was she thinking?!


    Li Yn mmed her palm against her head and closed her phone as she took onest look at the group of people flocking around An Luxia andplimenting her.


    She clenched her teeth together, gritting them together as she mmed one fist onto the table, causing Xu Xin to flinch in shock.


    Why did she get all the attention?!


    Just then, the teacher walked in, which finally stopped the chatter andughtering from the other side of the room as the people returned to their own seats again and the ss began.


    ---


    After the only lecture she had today, An Luxia left and quickly made her way to the back of the school. She had eaten lunch but was hungry already as she made her way to the back parking lot. The lecturested for several hours, and it was almost time for dinner already as she left the school.


    She was surprised when she did not see the ck car in the parking lot, and she pulled out her phone to call Mo Han.


    The phone call rang for a while but no one on the other side picked up for a long time. As she hung up, the car finally turned into the parking lot.


    It came to an abrupt stop in front of her and she got on, putting on her seatbelt, "Did you have some work to finish today?"


    Mo Han cleared his throat before replying, "Yes, I''m sorry. I was a littlete. Come on, let''s go eat dinner."


    An Luxia nodded excitedly, obviously hungry from the long lecture.


    The car slowly drove out of the school and made its way onto the speedway, but not the one in the direction of the house.


    An Luxia looked out the window, trying to pull out her hand that was enclosed in Mo Han''srge hand, but his grip was quite firm, "Where are we going?"


    Mo Han looked out the window as well before smiling faintly, "To eat dinner. Let''s eat outside today."


    After a long drive, they arrived in front of an extravagant building that seemed to grow all the way into the sky.


    Mo Han got out of the car and walked around it to the other side, opening the door for An Luxia. He bent down slightly like a prince, holding his hand out for An Luxia as he pulled her out, still grabbing onto her hand as they walked in together.


    The two workers at the front door bowed down politely and as they walked in, An Luxia looked left and right, noticing that this didn''t really resemble a restaurant.


    Instead, it looked more like a hotel. . .


    Noticing her confusion, Mo Han quickly exined, "This is the Gui Hotel."


    At once, An Luxia''s eyes widened into a fish as they came to a stop in front of the golden elevator door. She may have never been here before, but she definitely knew what the Gui Hotel was.


    It was the best hotel in the country, and was also listed in the top 10 hotels of the world! It took more than just money to reserve a room here. You had to have power or fame to some extent to be able to book a room here.


    An Luxia stared at her husband in shock, not sure how he was able to book a room even if he was the leader of the HLX. Wasn''t his identity supposed to be kept secret? How could he get in with an unknown identity?


    There was a ding as the elevator door opened, revealing two people who stood inside.

 Chapter 68 - A Romantic Dinner Together

    There was a ding as the elevator door opened, revealing two people who stood inside.


    It was an old man and a young woman who wore a short and revealing red dress that barely covered up her chest and butt. The man had his arm wrapped around the woman''s waist, gripping onto it tightly, and the sound of the woman''s high-pitchedughter entered their ears as the elevator door slid open.


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows immediately upon the sight, but she quickly looked up at Mo Han. She let out a silent breath of relief when she noticed that his eyes weren''t on the sexy woman.


    Phew! She couldn''t let some seductive fox seduce her husband! Of course, she knew that even if there were a hundred attractive women in the room, a person like Mo Han would probably not even spare one of them a single nce.


    The couple also noticed Mo Han and An Luxia as the two of them entered the elevator, making it more crowded than it was before.


    However, the area in the elevator was veryrge and there was a lot of space. An Luxia and Mo Han stayed in the front of the elevator, keeping a feet''s distance away from the couple.


    The old man''s eyes followed An Luxia as she entered, finally tearing away from her when the door closed.


    As the elevator started going up, the man pulled the woman and himself closer to the front of the elevator space, getting closer to where Mo Han and An Luxia were. When they were very close, he silently lifted his hand up, carefully cing it onto the area right above An Luxia''s bottom.


    At once, An Luxia gasped as she whipped around, eyeing the man with disgust. Without even a second''s wait, she lifted her arm up and swung it down, pping the man right straight across the face.


    The man obviously didn''t expect for the young and cute-looking girl to have such a reaction, and he stumbled back and fell onto the elevator floor, the red finger markings clear on his rough skin.


    The woman next to him gasped as Mo Han turned around, wondering what had happened.


    "You disgusting old worm! How dare you!" An Luxia screamed, lifting her leg up to kick him but thinking better of it and stopping.


    Mo Han frowned and gently pulled An Luxia closer to him, "What happened?"


    "He put his disgusting hand onto my. . . my. . ." An Luxia''s face turned slightly red as she didn''t want toplete the sentence, but it was enough for Mo Han to understand.


    At once, his face darkened as he bent down, pulling the man up by his suit cor, "Did you?"


    The man was not scared, as he didn''t have a simple background, "What is that woman talking about?! You stpuid b****, look at yourself! Why would I touch you?! Have somemon sense, okay."


    Mo Han''s face turned even more dark at the man''s words, and the cold atmosphere immediately spread inside the tiny elevator space.


    ---


    Ding!


    The elevator door opened and at once, the painful groaning sounds filled the floor as two people stepped out, walking arm in arm.


    An Luxia had her chin held up high as she smiled and lifted her thumb up, grinning at the person next to her. Mo Han was still very mad as he squeezed out a faint smile in return.


    "President Wu! Are you okay?! Oh my! President Wu!" The woman in the red dress that had been in the elevator ran over to the old man who was lying on the ground.


    She bent down next to the man, who had stopped making any noise. Blood flowed out of his nose and mouth continuously, and the woman screamed in fear as she immediately ran out of the elevator,pletely forgetting to even call the police.


    An Luxia and Mo Han entered the restaurant that was situated on the top floor of the hotel, famous for its delicious dishes and breathtaking view.


    As they walked in, An Luxia realized that the entire restaurant area was empty, which was quite weird since it was dinnertime.


    A man immediately greeted them, "Mr. Mo, Mrs. Mo, wee. Please follow me."


    He led them over to the middle of the restaurant, where there was a lone table. Mo Han pulled the chair out for An Luxia before going to the other end of the table and sitting down himself.


    The room was dimly lit with only candles in the darkness of the light, and there was a vase of beautiful red roses ced on the middle of the table.


    With no other tables or chairs covering the view, An Luxia could see the entire city below them from all 360 degrees through the ss walls.


    The city was still lit up even during the light, and it looked extremely breathtaking in the romantic environment.


    "Why is there no one else here?" An Luxia whispered to Mo Han, not sure why she chose to whisper instead of talk in a normal tone and volume.


    Mo Han smiled and whispered back, "I booked the entire restaurant for the next few hours."


    An Luxia''s mouth fell open, unable to imagine the cost that would be, "What?! Why?"


    Mo Han scrunched his face together and replied coldly, "I don''t like people. . ." Then, he added, "People besides you."


    An Luxia chuckled softly and looked around, her stomach grumbling, creating a loud noise in the silence. Her face turned slightly red, but it wasn''t very clear in the darkness.


    Mo Han grinned, thinking it was cute as he looked over at the waiter standing nearby and nodded. The waiter walked away and a few secondster, came back carrying two tes of food.


    An Luxia''s eyes immediately lit up, having always wanted to try the food in this restaurant after hearing many amazing things about it.


    After the appetizer and then the main course, An Luxia was full and happy as she leaned back against thefortable chair with arge smile on her face.


    Mo Han slowly put down his fork as he stared at her for a long time before looking up at the waiter again and giving him a nod.


    Two workers came over and took away the current tes on their table and then the waiter came back with two tes of cake.


    An Luxia gasped when she saw the delicious looking strawberry cake and she licked her lips before immediately beginning to eat, looking up at Mo Han excitedly, "I love strawberry cake!"


    Mo Han smiled, thinking, ''I know you do.''


    The cake slice wasn''t incrediblyrge, but it was perfect for her to get a good amount but not be too overwhelmed by the sweetness.


    The soft cream seemed to melt inside her mouth as she ate bite after bite. Meanwhile, Mo Han didn''t seem to eat a lot as he would take a bite asionally. Most of the time, his eyes were on her.


    When she was almost finished with the cake, she suddenly froze as she scrunched her face together.


    "Ugh, what is that?" She blinked a few times painfully as she grabbed a napkin and spat out something that obviously wasn''t cake.


    Instead, it was hard.. Hard as a rock.

 Chapter 69 - The Ring

    Instead, it was hard. Hard as a rock.


    Mo Han immediately dropped his fork as he looked over at her, pushing himself up off the chair as he slowly walked over.


    An Luxia rubbed the unknown object with the napkin, getting rid of the cream that had covered itself over it. Wasn''t this restaurant supposed to be very high-end? How could there be a rock inside their cake?!


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows slightly as she lifted the object up once again with her two fingers, examining it in the dim light as it didn''t appear to be a rock.


    Instead, it was shiny.


    A few secondter, she finally realized what it was, "Ring?!" She eximed confusedly.


    A ring? A diamond ring? How could there be a ring inside the cake? Did the chef''s ring identally make its way into the cake batter?


    Mo Han smiled as he reached out, taking the ring away from her. She watched as he slowly kneeled down on one knee in front of her, holding the ring out with a faint smile, "Mrs. Mo, I didn''t properly propose to you or give you a ring when we first got married. I know it''s a littlete, but will you marry me?"


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow, more surprised and confused than emotional. However, she couldn''t let him stay kneeling for so long. She quickly grabbed onto her arm and nodded, "Yes, of course! We''re married already, why are you asking again?"


    Mo Han smiled upon hearing her answer and grabbed onto her hand, quickly sliding the ring that was still slightly wet from the cream onto her finger.


    She looked at the glistening diamond that shone extra bright in the dim lighting and held it up with a smile. The diamond wasn''t too big, although Mo Han would probably be able to afford a bigger one.


    It was the perfect size so the ring wasn''t heavy but also not too small to be unnoticed. Mo Han watched her and licked his lips, thinking that Qin Wei had finally done something right.


    "So this is what you have been busy working on all this time?


    Mo Han cleared his throat a little awkwardly and nodded, scratching the back of his head.


    However, the next second, An Luxia frowned, "But why did you put it into the cake?"


    She raised one eyebrow, "What if I swallowed it? Or hurt my teeth?"


    Mo Han slowly walked back to his seat and sat down, scratching the back of his head, "Is it not good?"


    An Luxia didn''t want to ruin his happiness, so she chuckled, "Um. . . It''s fine, hahaha, very romantic."


    Mo Han could obviously tell that she wasn''t being genuine, "Tell me the truth."


    An Luxia cleared her throat, "Well. . . It''s not exactly the best way. I mean, some dramas do this but it''s not really. . . Yeah, but anyway, I''m still happy!"


    She held up the sparkling ring and smiled brightly. It was on her fourth finger, and although she knew that she wouldn''t wear it on her fourth finger to school, she still liked seeing it on her ring finger.


    She didn''t want the school to know that she was married already, because it would only cause unnecessary trouble. Due to her "status" in the school, if they knew about her marriage, it would surely show up at the top of the school forum and people would be talking behind her back again.


    Mo Han sighed and looked at the ring. Qin Wei. . . He should have known! That guy is obviously not trustworthy. All of his ideas are absolute trash!


    On the other side of the city in a fancy room, Qin Wei suddenly sneezed, wondering who had just talked bad about him.


    Afterwards, they quickly finished the dessert and stayed in the restaurant for a little longer, talking as they stared into the night sky before finally returning home.


    As they walked out of the elevator, they immediately heard the sound of the sirens wailing. As they turned around and entered the lobby, An Luxia immediately furrowed her eyebrows together.


    In the lobby, there was a group of police standing, and they immediately turned around and looked at the two of them as they neared.


    An Luxia''s hand that was wrapped around Mo Han''s elbow tightened as she furrowed her eyebrows together, a bad feeling rising inside her. She had this feeling that the police were here for them.


    She immediately remembered what had happened earlier in the elevator when they were going up. Was it because of that old disgusting man?


    Meanwhile, Mo Han''s face turned cold as they continued to walk. He stared directly into the eyes of the police standing in the front, not afraid at all.


    An Luxia didn''t dare look at the police as she tried to pull Mo Han to the side so they could walk around the police, but Mo Han refused to change his path.


    She pressed her lips together as she looked out the hotel door to see several police cars and an ambnce as well. Oh no, she thought, knowing that they were probably here because of that man.


    To be able to enter this hotel, she could also guess that the man was probably some big figure, so he was not afraid to openly harass her in the elevator as well.


    When they were almost at the door, the police held an arm up and stopped them. An Luxia closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to keep calm.


    Of course. . . They were here for them.


    And indeed, to An Luxia''s expectancy, the police''s next words were, "Good evening. We are here today because we received a report saying that you attacked a man in the elevator two hours ago."


    Mo Han calmly looked at the man and grinned softly, lifting his chin up, "Yes, that''s right."


    An Luxia''s mouth immediately fell open. Why would he admit it so directly? At least try to exin himself.


    She looked up and quickly said, "Police officer, actually -"


    Mo Han quickly pushed her behind him, signaling for her to stop talking, "Is there anything you need?"


    The police looked between the two before his eyes finallynded on Mo Han, "Sir, I will need you toe with us."


    --- Author''s Note


    Hehehe did you guess the object right? (Everyone was saying it was a ring hahaha) ^o^


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 Chapter 70 - Arrested

    The police looked between the two before his eyes finallynded on Mo Han, "Sir, I will need you toe with us."


    An Luxia immediately grabbed onto Mo Han''s arm, but he only pushed her back further. He looked straight forward with a smile, "My pleasure."


    Then, he turned around and looked forcefully at An Luxia, "Go home, okay?"


    An Luxia opened her mouth to refuse but Mo Han immediately stopped her, "Listen to me. Don''t worry, okay?"


    He smiled reassuringly and said softly so the police couldn''t hear, "The police station is my second home."


    He lifted one corner of his lips and quickly kissed her on the forehead before turning back around and following the police out of the hotel.


    An Luxia quickly followed behind him, stopping on the sidewalk and watched as Mo Han entered the police car with several police officers.


    Then, the car drove away.


    Only until they hadpletely disappeared, she quickly pulled out her phone and scrolled through her phone, making a call to the contact that read ''Mo Han''s Assistant''.


    The call quickly went through, "Mrs. Mo."


    "K, we are finished."


    "Okay, I will be there right away."


    Then, An Luxia hung up and waited in the cold night air that was getting colder and colder as it was nearing the middle of autumn.


    Within a minute, there was the sound of an engine and a ck car stopped in front of her. K walked out from the driver''s seat and bowed down slightly in front of her, "Mrs. Mo -"


    "K, something happened."


    K looked up and raised one eyebrow, "What is it, Mrs. Mo?"


    "Mo Han got taken away by the police."


    ---


    Inside the room, An Luxia paced around the room nervously, beads of sweat hanging around her face although it wasn''t hot inside the room.


    She rubbed her hands together, still dressed in the same outfit she was in when she had gone out, although it was almost two hourster already.


    She looked up at the clock and furrowed her eyebrows together, getting very impatient. K had told upon hearing what had happened that Mr. Mo was okay, and for her not to worry, just like what Mo Han had told her.


    But how could she not worry? He was her husband! And he got himself into this trouble because of her. . . And that man was guilty! Why was he arrested? That disgusting old fat worm!


    An Luxia mmed her fist onto the soft bed, not creating any noise. The feeling of punching into a soft cushion was very not satisfying and slightly annoying.


    She didn''t know if she could trust what K had said anymore and she turned around, deciding to go to the police station to go look for Mo Han herself.


    As his wife, how could she just stay here like this when he was alone in the police station.


    Just as her hand reached the door handle, it suddenly bent down as the door was pushed open. She looked up in surprise and the surprise increased even more when she saw who it was.


    "Hanhan?!" She eximed, stumbling back a few steps when she saw him. He looked quite tired but besides that, nothing else looked different from when he had left.


    When he saw her, he was also surprised, "Why are you so awake?"


    He looked up at the clock and furrowed his eyebrows together, "It''s sote, what are you doing not asleep? Even if you don''t have sses tomorrow, you should still go to sleep. It''s not good to sleepte."


    An Luxia immediately pursed her lips out unhappily, feeling very angry about Mo Han''s attitude towards her. His tone was quite serious, which was something she wasn''t used to, and she thought he was mad at her.


    She turned around, angrily marching away, "I was waiting for you! Hmph!"


    She entered the restroom, mming the door shut unhappily. How could he get mad at her for waiting for him?! If she had known, she would have just gone to sleep herself without overthinking!


    She knew that she wouldn''t have been able to fall asleep, but she was furious at Mo Han''s attitude towards her.


    Maybe it was because she was nearing her special time of the month, so she was extra sensitive, but she was very not pleased with Mo Han''s attitude.


    Mo Han seemed to notice that he had been a little fierce with her and he quickly entered the restroom after her, following her into her walk-in closet.


    She rolled her eyes upon seeing him, turning around to not face him. He sighed and wrapped his arms around her, "Baby, I''m sorry. I shouldn''t have med you. I know you were waiting for me."


    An Luxia knew that she couldn''t stay mad at him for long, especially during this situation, so she turned around, ring up at him, "Hmph! I''ll forgive you this once!"


    Mo Han smiled, "Thank you, my benevolent queen."


    An Luxia giggled softly and ced her hands onto his waist, her expression turning serious, "What happened? Was it because of that disgusting old worm?"


    Mo Han also stopped smiling and nodded, "Yes. Apparently, he woke up an hourter in the hospital after a worker found him unconscious in the elevator and called the police."


    He scoffed, "He told the police that he did nothing and we suddenly attacked him."


    An Luxia''s eyes practically fell out, "What?! No way! He did that?! That disgusting -"


    She tried to think of another insult for him, but calling him any animal would be too generous.


    Mo Han watched his little girl stutter and couldn''t help but chuckle as he thought it was cute. He gently rubbed her head and pulled her into his chest, "Don''t worry about it anymore. Did you take a shower yet?"


    Ignoring his question, An Luxia instead asked, "But how did you get out? What did you tell the police?"


    Mo Han smiled, "Don''t underestimate your husband. Who am I? The King of the Underworld! Do you think I can''t deal with a few small police officers? Plus, I didn''t do anything wrong this time! He deserved to be punched! Of course the police would let me go. I am a great citizen."


    An Luxia smiled and rolled her eyes dramatically, "Good citizen," she repeated, "Totally! The King of the Underworld is a good citizen."


    Mo Han grinned and wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her out of the closet, "Come on, let''s go take a shower. . . together."


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 Chapter 71 - Li Yilans Plan

    After a very very long shower together, Mo Han carried An Luxia out of the bathroom and gently ced her onto the bed, carefully positioning her hair against the pillow and covering her body fully with the nket.


    He ran his fingers through her hair again to make sure it was fully dried before going to close the lights andying down next to her.


    He smiled, lifting her hand out of the nket and looking at the glistening ring inside theplete darkness. After several seconds, he carefully ced the hand back into the nket and pulled her into his embrace, closing his eyes as the two of them fell asleep together.


    ---


    Li Yn finished herst ss of the day and walked on the school grounds, making her way to the front parking lot where her car was parked.


    As she walked, few people acknowledged her or talked to her and this only made her more mad as she remembered how the group of people flocked around An Luxia during their ss together.


    She slowly made her way to the front of the school, where there were several people gathered either talking, ying around, or also returning home after a long day of sses.


    She continued to walk until she reached the sidewalk, and then she called a taxi, which she rode all the way home. Once she stepped in, the strong scent of alcohol reached her nose. She scrunched her nose up in disgust as she stepped in and saw her dad lying unconscious on the couch, his snores ringing inside the small room.


    She kicked off her shoes and walked in, trying to ignore her father as she made her way to her room. She walked around the empty ss beer bottles that rolled around the ground.


    She entered her room and closed the door, walking over to her vanity and starting to put on makeup over her already "made" face.


    She nced at the clock and realized that she didn''t have much time, so she hurried and quickly finished. Then, she picked out a sparkly ck dress and a pair of heels before grabbing her bag and rushing out the door again.


    Her father was still sleeping as she left and drove to the bar. She quickly made her way through the groups of people inside the normal bar, the loud music ringing in her ears.


    She entered the small room, where many girls were inside already, and she ced her stuff into her own cab.


    "Yn, you''re here!" The man in charge walked over, "You will be in room 8 today. The bosses specially requested for you today. They are new customers."


    Li Yn smiled crookedly as she closed the cab and locked it, "Okay! And. . . Mr. Wu, you know President Lin? The young master of the Lin family. He used toe here often."


    The man thought about it for a while, knitting his eyebrows together, "Oh, right! The Lin family! Lin Qiwei, right?"


    Li Yn nodded, "Yes, yes! Do you know what happened? What happened to the Lin Corporation? Why did it suddenly go bankrupt?"


    The man shrugged, "How should I know? I''m not interested in the business stuff. Plus, it seems like he won''t being back anymore after what happened, so it doesn''t matter. Focus on your new clients."


    Li Yn pressed her lips together as she remembered what she had requested of Lin Qiwei the night after she had lost the beautypetition. . . And then less than three dayster, news of the Lin Corporation going bankrupt was all over the television and newspapers.


    There was no way they were rted. . . right?


    Li Yn pushed the thoughts to the back of her head and grinned, "Yes, Mr. Wu. I will get going then."


    The man nodded and patted her on the back as she left the room and made her way to the VIP area of the bar, where normal people could not enter and most did not even know existed.


    Once she entered, the noiseing from the outside was all blocked out and the only sound that could be heard was her high heels clicking against the marble floor.


    She stopped in front of the room with the golden number 8 on it and pushed the door open slowly, walking in to see an old and fat manying on the bed.


    She sighed internally, softly frowning as she had hoped that the new customer would be younger and more attractive, although it was very unlikely. However, she quickly hid her emotions and put on a bright and seductive smile as she walked in, closing the door shut behind her.


    Upon seeing her, the man immediately stood up and walked over to her, swinging around his fat body as he didn''t have any clothes on.


    "You''re finally here. . . Li Yn, right? I have heard a lot about you."


    Li Yn smile, trying to resist the urge to throw up and run about of here, "Yes, Mr. Yu. Nice to meet you."


    The man smiled, revealing his yellow and crooked teeth, "Very nice to meet you too. Come,e."


    He grabbed onto her arm and pulled her over to the bed, pushing her down and immediately crawling over on top of her, "I waited for you for a very long time."


    Li Yn grinned and was about to say sorry when there was suddenly a ripping sound as her dress was ripped apart aggressively and the air in the cold room immediately greeted her skin.


    Without waiting for another word, the man licked his lips and threw the dress away and onto the ground, and within the next minute, both a woman and a man''s loud and weird noises could be heard in the room.


    ---


    The sun was rising already when Li Yn finally left her "workce". When she left, she was no longer wearing the same dress she was in when she came here.


    Instead, she wore a white shirt and ck pants that were obviously not her size. She waved her hand out and called a taxi to return home after a very tiring night.


    Once she got into the car, she immediately fell asleep because she was so tired, and the driver had to wake her up when she arrived.


    After entering the room, her mom immediately rushed over with a smile, "Yn, you''re back."


    She nodded frustratingly and walked in, kicking her shoes back and dragging her bag behind her. As she entered, she saw her dadying on the couch, conscious this time as he watched the television.


    In his hands, there was a half empty bottle of beer. Upon seeing her, he immediately jumped up excitedly and held his hands out, "Yn, you''re back! Did you get the money?"


    Li Yn''s grip around her handbag tightened as she clenched her teeth together, ring at his dad who immediately frowned.


    "Why are you looking at me like that?! Hurry up and give me the money!"


    Without waiting, he reached his arm out and snatched her bag away from her, opening it up and flipping out all the things inside to find the thick envelope with the money Li Yn had earned inside.


    At once, his eyes lit up as he bent down and took the bag, brushing away the dust on it with a content smile, "Yes, yes."


    Li Yn red at her disgusting dad angrily before snatching her bag from the ground and marching into her room, mming the door shut.


    "What is wrong with that girl''s attitude?! I am her dad! It is natural for her to give me the money!"


    Li Yn chucked her bag across the room, and it mmed against the cab before falling onto the ground. She didn''t want to do this disgusting job either! If it weren''t for the fact that her parents forced her for the money, why would she do it?!


    She plopped down onto the bed, mming her fist against the soft cushion over and over again.


    Why was her life like this?! Why did that An Luxia get such a good life?! She took everything away from her! If it weren''t for her, she would be the one with a good family right now! She would be the one that won the school beauty contest!


    Her life was ruined because of An Luxia!


    Li Yn''s breathing quickened as she red at the ceiling above her, her eyes boiling with rage. However, a few secondster, the anger all disappeared.


    She narrowed her eyes as several ideas shed past her mind, and a small grin crept up her face. An evil glint filled her eyes as her nails dug into the soft nket and she took a long, deep breath.


    An Luxia. . . Why did she deserve to live a good life?


    Li Yn scoffed.


    She had a n.


    A perfect n.

 Chapter 72 - Jin Qi

    An Luxia slowly blinked her eyes open from the sunlight shining into the room. She did not have any sses today, and it felt great to not have to wake up from an rm.


    Once she opened her eyes, she noticed that Mo Han was staring straight at her with a smile, "Good morning, baby."


    An Luxia pursed her lips out and squinted her eyes because she was directly facing the sunlight, "Good morning."


    It was the start of a weekend, meaning she wouldn''t have to go to school for the next two days. After some careful thought, An Luxia asked, "Do you have any work today or tomorrow?"


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, pulling her in towards him, "I do. . . but it isn''t important. Why?"


    He looked at her expectantly, which only made her slightly ufortable as she muttered, "Then do you want to do something?"


    "Do something? What is that something?" Mo Han grinned, which brought upon a few seconds of silence since An Luxia did not know what that something was either.


    After a moment, Mo Han smiled and pushed himself up, lifting the nket off of him, "Come on, wake up now. Let''s go eat breakfast."


    An Luxia knit her eyebrows together, "Then what about -"


    "Come on," Mo Han walked over to her and pulled her out of the bed, dragging her into the restroom and helping her put the toothpaste on the brush before going over to get ready himself.


    An Luxia grudgingly brushed her teeth, thinking about whether they should go to the beach. . . But it was getting cold, or go to the shooting range again. . . but they did it already.


    She took her time until Mo Han finally rushed her and the two of them walked over to the dining room to eat the prepared breakfast.


    As they ate, An Luxia continued to ask Mo Han what they would do, and he only nodded his head and told her not to worry.


    After they finished eating, An Luxia thought Mo Han would surprise her by telling her that he was going to bring her somewhere, but that did not happen.


    Instead, he kidnapped her into his work office with him to get work done. Yes, get work done. An Luxia angrily plopped down onto the couch, writing her novel as she asionally red at Mo Han, who was focused on doing the work on hisputer.


    After she had finished writing several chapters already and was nearing the end of her novel, she finally mmed herptop close and stood up, "Are we actually just going to sit here and do work the whole day?"


    It was finally the weekend and Mo Han still wanted to do work?! She couldn''t help but wonder how in the world a leader of an underworld organization had so much stuff to do.


    Were they nning some secret action n again? But she didn''t see anything special on the news recently.


    Mo Han didn''t even look up upon her words, which only made her more frustrated. Just as she was about to speak again, Mo Han suddenly stood up and walked around the table.


    "I''m done. Come on, let''s go now."


    An Luxia frowned confusedly and followed him out of the office and out of the mansion, "Where are we going?"


    "You will know when we arrive."


    They got into the car, and An Luxia put on her seatbelt, "Are we going to go eat lunch? I''m getting hungry."


    Mo Han grinned, "Okay, let''s go eat lunch first." Then, he turned to the driver, "XX Restaurant."


    An Luxia''s mood finally lifted slightly knowing that they were going to go get yummy food. They arrived at the restaurant and ate quickly, mostly because An Luxia was wondering where Mo Han was going to bring her and he wasn''t eating much either.


    After the meal, they drove again, but not in the direction back to the mansion. Instead, they got further and further, till they reached a location near the beach.


    "Are we going to the beach? I was thinking about going to the beach this morning!" An Luxia eximed, thinking that the two of them thought alike.


    Mo Han reached over, helping her remove her seatbelt although she could well do it herself before replying, "Not the beach, but somewhere close to the beach. Come on, you will know when we arrive."


    An Luxia curiously followed Mo Han out of the car, holding onto his hand as they walked down the windy sidewalk, where you could see the vast ocean below you.


    However, they never ended up going down to the shore, since they arrived in front of a beach house which seemed to be empty.


    Mo Han knocked on the door twice and there was no response for a while until the door finally opened just the slightest bit, revealing a woman''s face.


    The woman seemed to be a little older than An Luxia, and she was very attractive, with bold red lips andrge eyes. Upon seeing Mo Han, she opened the door a little wider, which revealed her perfect body curves which were exemplified in the sexy red dress.


    "Mo Han!" She eximed, not seeming very surprised.


    An Luxia narrowed her eyes slightly at the sight of such a beautiful young woman that seemed quite close to Mo Han. She instinctively grabbed onto Mo Han''s hand, which made him smile.


    "Good afternoon, Madam Jin. Let me introduce you to my wife, An Luxia."


    An Luxia stepped forward and smiled faintly, nodding her head slightly, "Nice to meet you, Madam Jin."


    The woman named Madam Jin looked at An Luxia up and down, which made her slightly ufortable, before she smiled back politely, "Nice to meet you, Mrs. Mo. I have heard a lot of things about you."


    A lot of things. . . An Luxia thought. What were those things? Were they good or bad?


    "Come in." She opened the door wider and Mo Han stepped in, An Luxia closely following. When they stepped in, An Luxia realized that the room was brightly lit, which couldn''t be seen from outside.


    The room was filled with different colored fabrics that wereying on the ground, on tables, on chairs, everywhere.


    There were also several mannequins, each with a beautiful dress on them. An Luxia looked around curiously, wondering where Mo Han had brought her.


    "What type of dress would you like?" Madam Jin sat down, taking a sip of the coffee she had on her desk as she asked Mo Han.


    "The best you have."


    She grinned slightly and stood up, walking over to An Luxia, "Let me introduce myself again, Mrs. Mo. I am more widely known as Jin Qi."


    At once, An Luxia''s mouth fell open as the name Jin Qi rang a bell inside her mind. Jin Qi was the queen of the fashion industry, known for his unworldly talent and sense for fashion design.


    "You are Jin Qi?!" An Luxia gasped, her eyeballs falling out of their sockets, "I love your designs! I am a huge fan!"


    And it was true. She had first seen Jin Qi in a magazine when she was still in high school, and had fallen in love with her clothes since then.


    Jin Qi smiled faintly and walked around An Luxia, looking at her carefully, "Thank you. Mrs. Mo, do you have any fashion preference? Like what dress style you like?"


    An Luxia looked over at Mo Han, still in shock, "A dress?"


    "Yes, you will know what it is forter."


    An Luxia wondered why he was always so mysterious. Why couldn''t he just tell her what the dress was for?


    "No, I am fine with all designs."


    Jin Qi nodded and looked up, walking away, "I will be right back."


    "Hanhan, how do you know Jin Qi?" An Luxia immediately asked after she was gone.


    Mo Han grinned and lifted his chin up proudly, "Your husband knows many people."


    An Luxia scoffed and was about to ask him what the dress was for when Jin Qi came back, holding several different colored dresses in her arms.


    "Mrs. Mo, please follow me. Let''s go try on the dresses."


    An Luxia looked towards Mo Han, who nodded, and she followed Jin Qi into therge dressing room, where she helped her put on the first dress, which was a light yellow dress that made her skin seem to glow under the light.


    She stepped out and saw that Mo Han had made himselffortable on the couch, sipping a cup of tea. He looked up from his phone when the curtains were drawn open, and his eyes sparkled when theynded on An Luxia, but the next second, he said, "Next."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow as the curtains closed again and Jin Qi helped her put on the next dress. One after another, she switched from dress to dress until finally, they finished on a red dress that seemed to cover her body at every inch, and Mo Han nodded, "This one."


    An Luxia red at him unhappily, looking at her own reflection. The dress had long sleeves and a high neckline, and it looked like something an olddy would wear to her birthday party.


    The dresses before this one had all looked so much better, but obviously, Mo Han didn''t want her to look good. . . in front of other people.


    Surprisingly, they did not have to pay for the dress as they left the building and returned to their car. She lifted the dress up as she entered the backseat, looking at Mo Han.


    "Where are we going?" It was almost dinnertime already, after spending so much time trying out dresses, and she was getting slightly hungry again since changing was also a tiring form of exercise.


    As it was nearing winter, the sky outside was already dim at this time as they left the beach area.


    Mo Han looked over at her and smiled as he looked at the dress she was wearing, "Today is Qin Wei''s grandfather''s 80th birthday, and they are holding a very extravagant party. They invited many people, including me. I didn''t n on going originally, but since you wanted to do something, there is no harm in going."


    An Luxia blinked a few times, not sure if it would be a good choice to mingle within arge group of high-ss people. However, there was only one thing that mattered.


    "Will there be good food?"

 Chapter 73 - The Qin Mansion

    A long line of expensive luxury cars entered the gate one by one, slowly filing into the gigantic Qin mansion, where the old Qin family''s master''s birthday party was going to be held.


    Inside, the entire mansion was lit up with lights, and there was a red carpet outside as the high ss socialites and many famous figures walked down the carpet and into the mansion one by one.


    The loud ssical music could be heard even from outside the gate as Mo Han''s car slowly inched into the gate behind several other cars.


    "There are so many people," An Luxia said as she looked out the window at the guard standing near the gate and then at the gigantic front yard, which had a huge water fountain and a roundabout for the cars, just like in the movies.


    Mo Han nced out the windows and grabbed onto her hand, not surprised or nervous in the slightest to be in the presence of so many high-ss people.


    The movement was very slow and it took several minutes before their car finally reached the front of the mansion. The driver of the car in front of them helped open the backseat car doors and a man walked out, followed by a woman.


    The man was wearing a ck tuxedo that was obviously handcrafted for him, and the woman wore a golden dress that hugged her body curves. An Luxia''s eyes widened in surprise as she recognized the woman.


    The beautiful woman was Ou Yangxin, one of the most famous actresses in the entire country right now. She had a breathtaking appearance but also amazing acting skills, pushing her up to being a part of the A-ss actors in Country Z.


    The Qin family was indeed very powerful to be able to easily invite people like her. She grabbed onto the man''s hand, who An Luxia did not recognize, and together, they walked up the red carpet.


    The reporters standing outside all began snapping pictures at the sight of Ou Yangxin, who everyone recognized. They reached the top of the stairs and turned around, giving a quick bow before they disappeared into the lit up room.


    The car also drove away and they were up next. The driver stopped the car and Mo Han got off first, walking around to the other side to open the door for her and help her out.


    Upon seeing the unfamiliar couple, the shing of the cameras immediately stopped as the reporters looked amongst themselves confusedly, wondering who these people were.


    To be invited to the Qin family''s birthday celebration meant that they were obviously of some status, but no one recognized either of the two. The reporters lowered their cameras and looked at the handsome young man and the girl, who appeared to be young but wore a very conservative red dress that wasn''t fit for her age.


    An Luxia gulped a little awkwardly as she grabbed onto Mo Han''s hand and stepped onto the carpet, lifting her chin up as they began walking towards the stairs.


    It''s okay. . . As long as she wasn''t embarrassed, then the ones embarrassed would be the other people. Mo Han also didn''t seem to care that no one recognized them and all stared at them confusedly, and he proudly walked up the steps,


    When they reached the top, they entered the building without even looking back, leaving the reporters in confusion.


    "Who are they?" One reporter asked, voicing the question of everyone.


    Another one shrugged, "Who knows? Probably some friend of the Qin family''s young master."


    Then, they focused their attention on the people in the next car, getting ready to take pictures once again.


    Once they entered the mansion, An Luxia''s surprise only increased. The room was lit up with multiple chandeliers that sparkled above them. The white marble floor below was probably cleaned right before the celebration, as An Luxia had to hold onto Mo Han''s arm tightly to avoid slipping in her high heels.


    The entrance was empty except for a few people, and the music and sound wasing from the room to the left.


    The grand golden doors were pulled open widely and two guards stood next to both sides, watching them as they neared. Mo Han pulled out two golden envelopes, which were checked thoroughly before they were allowed to finally enter the grand ballroom.


    Inside, there were probably almost a hundred people, which exined why it was so loud. No one paid attention to them as they walked in, and the people inside were eating, dancing, talking with each other, and socializing.


    At the front center of the room, an old man sat in the golden chair, looking down at the scene with a faint smile with his legs crossed. An Luxia looked at him for a quick second and guessed that the man was probably the old master of the Qin family, Qin Wei''s grandfather.


    "Are you hungry? Let''s go eat something." Mo Han didn''t bother to look at anyone as he led An Luxia towards a table nearby. All of the long tables were filled with different dishes that all looked to be very expensive, and An Luxia immediately felt excited to be here although she technically didn''t really belong.


    An Luxia immediately picked up the te that was closest to them and began eating slowly, still keeping in mind that she was in the presence of a ton of famous and powerful people.


    As she ate, Mo Han watched her until they both heard a familiar voice, "Mo Han, sister-inw!"


    An Luxia turned around and wasn''t surprised to see Qin Wei, "Mr. Qin!"


    "Sister-inw, you can call me Qin Wei." Then, he turned to look at Mo Han, "I thought you weren''ting! Why did youe?"


    Mo Han grabbed a ss of champagne from the waiter walking nearby and took a sip, "Bored."


    "Ch!" Qin Wei rolled his eyes, "When big boss Mo is bored, he goes to a gathering that the entire country wants to attend."


    Mo Han nodded his head, "Exactly."


    Unable to have a pleasant conversation with Mo Han, Qin Wei turned to An Luxia, "Sister-inw, why are you here? Did Mo Han drag you here with him?"


    An Luxia grinned before nodding, "Yes, of course!"


    Qin Wei chuckled and looked between Mo Han and An Luxia once more before saying, "There are other guests I have to go fakely smile at, so I''ll be leaving now. Enjoy the party!"


    He lifted his half empty ss of champagne up before turning around and walking away.


    An Luxia and Mo Han stayed still for a while longer, and no one came over to talk to them, since no one knew them and everyone here today was here to try and build more rtionships or talk business.


    No one wanted to talk business with two people who no one even knew about.


    An Luxia continued to eat te after te, and originally, she was a little ufortable to just be eating whereas everyone else was socializing, but soon, she didn''t care anymore.


    She was probably never going to meet any of these people ever again so why should she care. Mo Han continued to sip on the same ss of champagne and didn''t eat anything else, even when An Luxia offered to share.


    After a while, An Luxia looked up to see Mo Han still holding the same ss, which was empty by now. His eyes seemed to be focused on something and An Luxia looked in the direction he was looking at and frowned, "What are you looking at?"


    Mo Han immediately pulled his eyes away and smiled, cing the empty ss down onto the table for a waiter toe and take away, "Nothing. . . You stay here, okay? I have something to do. I''ll be right back."


    An Luxia nodded her head obediently and turned around, searching for her next target. When she had found her next te of food, Mo Han was nowhere to be seen.


    She looked around the room to find that he waspletely gone from the ballroom as well, which made her wonder where he had gone. However, she still stayed at the table and didn''t move like he had instructed.


    He must havee to this party to do something after all. There was no way he just came because he was bored like he had said.


    Several minutester, after An Luxia had finished a whole te of food already, he was back.


    An Luxia smiled at him and didn''t ask where he had gone, and he smiled back before taking another ss of champagne.


    "Do you want to try this cake? It''s really good," An Luxia eximed, holding up the te to his mouth. This time, Mo Han nodded and waited for her to lift the fork up and feed him.


    He smiled and nodded, "It''s good."


    Just as An Luxia was about to feed him more, there was a bang and a crash which turned everyone''s attention to the ballroom door.


    A man who was dressed in a waiter''s suit ran in, stumbling over himself and falling onto the ground. The room silenced as everyone turned to look at the waiter, including the old Qin master, who stood up from the chair.


    "What''s the matter?" Qin Wei''s father asked with his eyebrows tightly knit together.


    The waiter was sweating as he pushed himself up to his knees and pointed at the door with a shaky finger, trying to catch his breath, "Outside. . . Outside - dead. .. . There is a dead body!"

 Chapter 74 - Murder

    The waiter was sweating as he pushed himself up to his knees and pointed at the door, trying to catch his breath, "Outside. . . Outside - dead. . . There is a dead body!"


    At once, the room exploded into gasps and screams as everyone began muttering amongst themselves. The sound of ss crashing onto the marble floor could be heard, and An Luxia also gasped as she instinctively moved over to Mo Han, grabbing onto his hand.


    He looked back at her and smiled reassuringly before taking another sip of the sparkling champagne. An Luxia looked up at him a little confusedly, wondering why he didn''t seem to be surprised or scared in the slightest.


    Maybe it was because he was used to this kind of stuff already. . .


    Qin Wei''s dad and Qin Wei immediately rushed over to the worker, and Qin Wei''s grandfather also slowly walked down from the front of the room with the help of the butler.


    "What do you mean?!"


    The waiter almost looked like he was going to faint as he said softly, "Outside. . . Body, knife, blood."


    Qin Wei''s dad furrowed his eyebrows together as he asked, "Where?"


    "Back. . . Balcony, flowers."


    At once, everyone began filing out of the room behind Qin Wei''s father to go get a look at the drama, but Qin Wei''s father quickly stopped them.


    "Everyone, please remain calm," he said, although he wasn''t very calm himself. However, everyone here today was of very high status, and he couldn''t have the party go intoplete chaos.


    "I will go outside and take a look. Please stay inside and enjoy yourselves." Then, he turned around and left the room, ordering the guards at the door to shut the grand door so no one could leave.


    After he left, no one enjoyed the party like he had told them to. Instead, everyone began talking frantically, some going to the door to try to leave.


    Although all of these people might be rich and powerful, most of them were probably scared of death. After all, they were enjoying their lives right now. None of them wanted to die.


    Qin Wei stood in ce looking at the door for a while before he suddenly turned around with a frown, his eyes meeting Mo Han.


    Mo Han grinned and lifted up his champagne ss, grinning softly as he tilted it towards him as if he was saying, ''Cheers!''


    Upon seeing that, Qin Wei''s pupils dted slightly before he immediately walked over to them, pulling Mo Han over to the corner of the room.


    An Luxia stayed at the table a few feet away, looking over at them curiously but not joining them.


    Once they reached the edge of the wall, Qin Wei asked, "Did you do it?"


    Mo Han grinned slightly, ncing over at An Luxia, who had resumed eating, before replying, "Yes."


    Qin Wei couldn''t hide the surprise in his eyes as he grabbed onto Mo Han''s shoulder, "Why?! Who was it?"


    Mo Han tilted his head slightly before finishing the whole ss of champagne in one gulp, "Hu Qi."


    Qin Wei''s eyes narrowed, "But -"


    "He''s target X."


    At once, Qin Wei''s mouth fell open, "How -" Realizing his tone was too loud, he nervously looked around to make sure no one was looking at them before continuing, "Really? How did you know?"


    Mo Han gulped, leaning towards the wall, "Found out this morning."


    "So that''s why you decided toe," Qin Wei tilted his head up, finally understanding why the boring Mo Han would choose toe to a people-filled party he rarely ever attended.


    "Mhm," Mo Han nodded, "Well, my wife did say she was bored, so that is also a reason."


    Qin Wei rolled his eyes, not wanting to eat dog food, "But you could have chosen a better time? It is my grandfather''s 80th birthday party, and by doing it now, there is no way the party would go on smoothly now."


    Mo Han shrugged, "I tried not to, but he seemed like he would be leaving soon, so I had to make my shot quickly. And, I did it in the back of the mansion. I didn''t think someone would find the body so soon."


    Qin Wei furrowed his eyebrows together and sighed, "Okay, okay. I''m going to go look for my dad now."


    Mo Han nodded and waved a quick goodbye to Qin Wei before going back to find his wife.


    An Luxia turned around to look at him a little suspiciously, "What was that about?"


    Mo Han grinned, "Nothing. Don''t worry about it. Is the food good?"


    An Luxia was a little confused on why Mo Han, who was not at all interested in the food earlier, was suddenly asking her whether the food was good. However, she still nodded and held up the te of spaghetti, "Yes, do you want to try it."


    While everyone was busy worrying about the incident that had just happened, An Luxia and Mo Han were busy talking about which dishes tasted good and which didn''t.


    Qin Wei walked out of the room and outside to the balcony. He made a turn and found his father and the butler standing in front of an unknown object, which was probably the dead body.


    He walked over and looked down, immediately knitting his eyebrows together at the gory sight. The blood was leaking out of the wound straight on his chest, and it had created arge puddle around him already.


    His eyes were still wide open in a way that suggested he was shocked and didn''t even know himself how he had died.


    "Who is it?" Qin Wei asked, pretending not to know.


    "It looks like President Hu. Why would someone kill him?" Qin Wei''s father crossed his arms together and took a step back to avoid getting any blood on his shoes, "Butler Li, did you call the police yet?"


    Qin Wei immediately looked over at the butler in shock, clenching his fists together in hopes that he didn''t call the police. However, the butler nodded, "Yes, sir. They should be here soon."


    "Good."


    Qin Wei gulped and hoped that Mo Han did a clean job before turning around, "Father, I''ll return to the ballroom then. Grandpa should leave before the policee."


    "Yes, do that."


    Qin Wei nodded and left the sight, taking onest look at the dead body. He was target X. . . They had been searching for target X for almost a year now, but who knew that the target would actually be someone so close.


    Target X had been known for doing illegal insider trading and also being a part of the ck market, but he was very good in covering up everything he did so even the police couldn''t find him for several years.


    However, for the HLX, they could find him easily.


    Inside the room, everyone had finally calmed down a little but many were still nervous as they would scan the room cautiously once in a while.


    Qin Wei returned and walked over to his grandpa, talking to him quickly before leading him behind through an exit at the back of the room. When he returned, the old Qin master was gone.


    After several minutes, there was a knock at the door before it was pushed open and several police officers stepped in, causing the room to explode again.


    Everyone stepped away from the door in fear and began talking amongst themselves again. A few even began saying that they didn''t do it.


    An Luxia looked up at Mo Han to see that he had no reaction as he looked over at the police.


    "Good evening, everyone. Sorry for interrupting the party. However, we have been reported that a murder had taken ce here this evening. Please follow us to the police station for a quick interrogation. We need to investigate the murder site for any pieces of evidence. Thank you for your cooperation."


    The police made everyone leave the room in a line and enter the police cars. On the way, arge majority of people tried to bribe the officers to avoid having to go to the police station, but of course, it didn''t work.


    ---


    Several hourster, Mo Han and An Luxia were finally able to leave the police station. The sky was already beginning to brighten as dawn arrived, taking away the darkness of the night before.


    There were still several people in the police station waiting to be interrogated, as each interrogation took about ten minutes, some taking longer.


    An Luxia and Mo Han''s interrogation had taken almost 30 minutes since they were both people of average status, and it was quite suspicious why they would show up to the Qin family''s birthday party.


    When they had finally left, An Luxia was on the verge of falling asleep.


    They entered the car and An Luxia immediately fell asleep as they finally drove back home. Mo Han felt pained as he watched her, leaning her head over onto her shoulder.


    If he had known it would take this long, he would have not brought her over to the party.


    When they finally returned home, Mo Han carried her into the house. As they walked up the stairs, An Luxia slowly blinked her eyes open.


    When they reached the top of the stairs, An Luxia suddenly murmured softly, "Did you kill that person?"


    --- Author''s Note


    Ahh I just realized that there wasn''t an upload avable today because of the privilege set up! I''m so sorry for thete upload and hopefully, you will be able to see the new chapters now ToT

 Chapter 75 - The Forum Post

    When they reached the top of the stairs, An Luxia suddenly murmured softly, "Did you kill that person?"


    At once, Mo Han froze as he looked down, surprised that she had woken up, "When did you wake up?"


    An Luxia reached up and rubbed her eyes, "Just now."


    Mo Han gulped and quickly entered the room, cing her onto the bed in hopes of escaping the question. But An Luxia didn''t forget about it, "That person. . . Did you kill him?"


    Mo Han looked up straight into An Luxia''s eyes and there was a deafening silence for several seconds until Mo Han finally said, "Yes."


    An Luxia did not seem very surprised at the answer, and she stood up from the bed, "Oh."


    Mo Han watched as she walked into the restroom and he quickly followed, "Are you not surprised? How did you know?"


    An Luxia shrugged, picking up her toothbrush, "I can read your mind."


    Mo Han smiled, "Okay, that sounds fair enough. But you aren''t surprised?"


    An Luxia frowned, speaking over a mouthful of toothpaste, "From the leader of the HLX? Ha, of course not."


    Mo Han''s eyes softened slightly as he lifted his hand up, patting her head and messing up her neat hairstyle. Then, he walked away to go get ready for bed himself.


    An Luxia red at him, lifting her hand up to straighten her hair, "My hair!"


    ---


    The next day, Mo Han and An Luxia stayed at home. An Luxia was slightly anxious throughout the entire day, afraid that the police would suddenly barge in or something.


    Luckily, that did not happen and the day went by smoothly as the two of them got some work done in his office.


    The next day she would have to return to school again, and she was not very excited since there was an exam on the hardest course she was taking.


    The next morning, she woke up early to get some studying done, and "identally" woke Mo Han up as well. He was quite a distraction to her while studying, so they went to eat breakfast instead and left for school.


    To be honest, despite the aspect of having to kill people, An Luxia really liked Mo Han''s job. He did not have a lot of work, at least in her eyes, and he could spend a lot of time with her.


    After arriving at school, Mo Han told her that he would be back in two hours to pick her up before lunchtime since she only had one ss today, and she left so she could do somest minute studying before the test.


    As she walked on campus, she couldn''t help but notice that many people were staring at her as she walked by, many of them also whispering about something she couldn''t hear.


    An ominous feeling rose inside her as her walking pace slowed down, and she pulled out her phone as she continued to walk, looking down but still able to feel the weird looks she was receiving.


    Usually when this happened, it meant that something about her had appeared on the school forum. So, she opened up the school forum and indeed, her name was in red on the front center of the page.


    ''School Beauty An Luxia is an Ungrateful Brat''


    Just from reading the title, An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together as she clicked in, continuing to walk because the test was more important than whatever drama had happened.


    At the top, there was the picture of her she had submitted for the school beauty contest, and arge red X over it. Whoever posted it also took the time to draw devil horns onto her head.


    She scrolled down and began reading:


    "Everyone should know about the famous number 1 school beauty, An Luxia. We all know about her attractive visuals, nice personality, and good family background. However, do you know about her real biological family?"


    An Luxia frowned, wondering if the person who wrote this really had a lot of time to spare. Didn''t news of her biological familye out already? Why were they bringing it up again? Can''t they at least go find some new information for the peoples'' entertainment?


    "The entire school already knows that An Luxia has been adopted into the An family and her biological family is actually from the poor rural countryside. This has all been proven by her biological sister, Li Yn. But what hasn''t been exposed yet is that after being raised in a good family, An Luxia has forgotten her roots and her true family!"


    "All of the information I will expose has all been proven to be true, and I promise that I am not making any of this up. An Luxia''s biological family is the Li family, and theye from a poor background, so having to move to the city to give their second daughter an education is very difficult."


    "After many years, they finally found their biological daughter, An Luxia, who originally had the name of Li Yixin. However, upon the first meeting, An Luxia not only refused to let her biological parents in through the door, but she also pushed her biological mother to the floor."


    Beneath the paragraph, there was an image of a woman with her face blurred out on the floor and An Luxia''s angry and disgusted expression near a door.


    An Luxia immediately furrowed her eyebrows together as she stopped in front of the building. She obviously recognized this image. It was taken when her "parents" had first found her and came to the An house to ask for money. From that angle, the person who took the image must be. . . Li Yn. Of course, she was not very surprised.


    With an image as proof, the post was much more trustworthy and it continued:


    "Finally, because the neighbors couldn''t even bear to see such a cruel and heartless scene, An Luxia finally let her biological parents into the door. However, after, she refused to even let her biological father sit on the couch, and forced him to sit on the floor because she thought he was dirty."


    Then, there was another image of Li Qiyu sitting on the floor, which was taken when he had refused to leave if An Luxia did not give him money.


    However, whoever had written this article, which An Luxia could already guess was Li Yn, had twisted the truth and instead made it seem like she had forced his "father" to sit on the ground.


    "In addition to all of that, An Luxia threatened to call the police to force her biological parents to leave, although all they wanted was to take a look at her. What is even worse is that when An Luxia''s biological parents asked for a small amount of money after seeing that she was living a good life and they were struggling, An Luxia refused to even give a cent to her parents who gave birth to her and raised her for several years."


    An Luxia''s lips twitched in both anger and confusion as she wondered how shameless Li Yn could possibly be and say that she had not given any money to that shameless couple.


    "However, there is more! Not only is An Luxia cruel, heartless, and not a good daughter, but she is also a disgusting b****!"


    An Luxia continued walking again, not really getting upset at the writer''s words, because she knew that getting upset wouldn''t change Li Yn''s shameless and disgusting behavior.


    She stopped in front of the ssroom door once again, deciding to finish reading the post before entering because there was still some time before the ss began.


    "An Luxia climbed onto a rich man''s bed, even though she is only still a college student!"


    Once again, there was a picture. It was her sitting next to Mo Han, who had his arm wrapped around her waist. From the golden watch on his wrist, anyone and everyone would assume that he was a rich man.


    Plus, the writer had blurred out Mo Han''s face and somehow managed to photoshop some white hair onto his head, so it only made it more "obvious" that he was an old and rich man.


    "I know that I do not have any control over what decisions she chooses to make, and how she wants to live her life, but if she is indeed hooked up with a rich man, then she should have the money to help his biological parents, right? However, she still selfishly refuses to give any money to her parents! Even as an outsider, I can''t stand this anymore! How could anyone be so disgusting, selfish, ungrateful, cruel, heartless, all at once? I feel disgusted just from writing this article! I know this is just my opinion, so I will leave all of you to tell me what you think in thements. An Luxia may be the school beauty, but she has the most disgusting and ugly heart in the entire school!"

 Chapter 76 - Yu Xinyis Childhood Crush

    Realizing that she was at the end of the article, An Luxia pressed her lips together into a thin line and closed her phone before walking into the ssroom.


    Once she stepped in, everyone turned to look at her, all with the same disgusted and judgemental stare. Many of them began talking, some in a soft whisper and others loudly so she could hear.


    "Does she have no shame? How does she still have the face to go to school?!"


    "I know right. I used to think that she was pretty, but now when I look at her, I feel disgusted."


    "Pretty?! She was never that pretty, okay? I don''t know why so many people are blind. Plus, she probably got stic surgery."


    An Luxia rolled her eyes as she walked down, not looking at anyone or giving any hint of response to their aggressivements. Most of the people talking were girls and although a few boys also looked at her weirdly, they didn''t say anything.


    She wasn''t surprised. Sometimes, she couldn''t help but hate women although she was a woman herself. They were naturally more dramatic and jealous than males, and it was quite disgusting how they enjoyed putting other girls down for their own amusement.


    Wouldn''t it be nice if all women supported other women? But obviously, that wasn''t the case.


    She sat down in the seat on the third row, and at once, everyone else that was sitting several seats away from her on the third row, grabbed their stuff and left, moving as far away from her as possible.


    She didn''t care as she took out her stuff and began preparing for the uing test. As she studied, someone suddenly sat down next to her and pped her on the back, "An Luxia!"


    She turned around, already knowing who it was by her voice, "Xinyi."


    Yu Xinyi sat down next to her, turning around and scanning the people who were ring at her as if she was some sort of monster, "What are you looking at?! Have you never seen two beautiful girls sitting together?!"


    Although many of the girls wanted to talk back, no one dared to because they all knew just how scary Yu Xinyi could be when she got mad.


    Seeing that no one was looking anymore, she turned around and red at An Luxia, "How can you still be here studying calmly?! Did you see what happened on the school forum?"


    An Luxia nodded, flipping the page, "I just saw. Why can''t I be studying? There is a test soon. Did you forget about it?"


    Yu Xinyi frowned, "Of course I didn''t forget. But that post is disgusting! Whoever wrote it doesn''t even know what is going on! How could they defame you like that?! I''m sure your hus -"


    Yu Xinyi immediately covered her mouth and lowered her voice, "I''m sure Mr. Mo can figure out a way to kill whoever is behind it, right? Why don''t you just do that?"


    An Luxia chuckled softly, "Kill them? Who do you think my husband is? A murderer."


    Yu Xinyi pursed her lips out and nodded, "Yes."


    An Luxia scoffed and pped Yu Xinyi on the shoulder, "Don''t worry about it. I know who is behind it. She does know what is going on. . . But she obviously doesn''t want to share the truth. So I guess I will have to do that for her."


    Yu Xinyi shuddered slightly at An Luxia''s sinister smile but she couldn''t hide her curiosity, "Who is it? Tell me."


    An Luxia turned to look at her and shrugged, "Li Yn."


    "What?!" At once, Yu Xinyi exploded as she jumped up from her chair, causing the entire ssroom of people to look at her.


    "Good morning, ss. The test will be starting soon." The professor walked in and his eyesnded on Yu Xinyi, "Miss Yu, what are you doing? Sit down."


    Yu Xinyi pursed her lips out as she grudgingly sat down, still in shock, "It was that b****? I should have guessed! I''m going to go kill her if I don''t die after this test."


    An Luxia chuckled softly and put away her textbook, getting ready to start the test.


    ---


    After finishing the long two hour test, An Luxia walked out of the ssroom with Yu Xinyi under the res of several people, who were all saying simr things.


    "How does she still have the courage toe to school after what she did? Disgusting!"


    "Shut up, you ugly woman! What do you know?" Yu Xinyi tried to march over to the girl who had spoken, but An Luxia pulled her back.


    "What are you holding me for?! Let me rip that woman''s mouth off her face and then see what she can say!"


    An Luxia was grateful that Yu Xinyi still stood by her side no matter what happened, but she couldn''t help but also note that Yu Xinyi was very aggressive sometimes. She had to stop her from getting in trouble.


    "My brother likes sweet and soft girls," she reminded, and Yu Xinyi immediately stopped kicking and punching the air.


    "Hmph! Xiaxia, let''s go. We don''t talk to ugly people like her!"


    The girl''s face was red with anger, "Who are you -"


    "Shut up!"


    The girl immediately shut up from fear as she took a step back, marching away as she muttered insults to both An Luxia and Yu Xinyi.


    "What do you want to eat for lunch? I''ll call my mom so she can cook it for you."


    Yu Xinyi was still mad at what had just happened as she marched on angrily, "Anything."


    An Luxia grinned as they walked to the back parking lot together, where Mo Han''s car was already waiting.


    Yu Xinyi got into the passenger''s seat and An Luxia sat into the backseat, where Mo Han was seated. He raised one eyebrow upon seeing Yu Xinyi, who quickly exined herself.


    "Xiaxia said I coulde with you two to the An house together to eat lunch." She smiled before turning back around, afraid to look too long at Mo Han.


    Mo Han looked over at An Luxia, who also nodded, and then he told the driver to go to the An house first.


    ---


    The front door was already open when they arrived at the An family''s house.


    Qi Lanyu stood outside, wearing an apron and she smiled brightly upon seeing them, "Xiaxia, Xinyi!"


    The four of them entered the house together to find An Ping and An Yuchen in the kitchen, cooking, and Yu Xinyi immediately volunteered to help after seeing who was inside the kitchen.


    "Sit down, Xinyi," Qi Lanyu immediately said, "Let them cook."


    Yu Xinyi grinned, "It''s okay, auntie An. I am the guest here, so it is natural for me to help." Then, she quickly ran off into the kitchen.


    "Uncle An, brother Yuchen."


    They all knew Yu Xinyi, as she was best friends with An Luxia, and An Ping smiled at her, "Xinyi, what are you doing here? Go sit down with Xiaxia. Lunch will be ready soon."


    Yu Xinyi quickly shut the door and walked over to the cutting board, "No, uncle An. I like helping."


    She smiled sheepishly and began cutting the vegetables on the cutting board. Seeing this, An Yuchen immediately walked over, "Xinyi, I''ll cut this. It''s not safe with a knife."


    Although what he had said waspletely normal, Yu Xinyi''s face immediately turned beet red as she pressed her lips together and tilted her head down so he wouldn''t see her expression right now, "It''s okay, brother Yuchen. I can do it."


    "Listen to me. You go pour that dish onto a te then."


    Yu Xinyi finally nodded her head and carefully handed the knife to An Yuchen before walking over to te the food. The three of them worked in silence, and Yu Xinyi couldn''t help but smile like aplete idiot when she thought about the fact that she was cooking with An Yuchen right now! Ah, she could die right now and be content!


    Of course, shepletely forgot about the existence of An Ping, who was nonexistent in An Yuchen''s presence.


    However, their time "alone" didn''tst long, as the door was suddenly pushed open.


    An Luxia walked in, looking between the three of them as she stuck her head out from behind her father and looked at the dish he was cooking, "Mm. . . dad, that looks delicious! When is lunch ready?"


    An Ping chuckled, "Soon, soon. Go set the table."


    An Luxia smiled and evilly looked towards Yu Xinyi, who was standing there now since she had finished the task An Yuchen had given her, "Come set the table with me."


    Yu Xinyi immediately widened her eyes, "What? Why?! No! I''m cooking here."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow, "Cooking? I see you just standing there. Come,e help me!"


    She then pulled Yu Xinyi out of the room before she could object any further and together, they went to set up the table.


    "An! Lu! Xia! Couldn''t you see that I was there with brother Yuchen? Why did you pull me out?!"


    An Luxia tilted her head slightly as she took out six pairs of chopsticks from the cab, "Why don''t you just tell him?"


    "What?"


    "Why don''t you just tell brother that you like him?" An Luxia looked over at Yu Xinyi, raising one eyebrow. Yu Xinyi had liked An Yuchen for basically all her life. Ever since she first met him when she hade home with An Luxia for a ydate in elementary school, she had started liking him.


    Yu Xinyi scrunched her nose up and responded almost as if the answer couldn''t be more obvious, "What if he doesn''t like me back? Of course I can''t tell him. . . yet."


    An Luxia sighed and continued to set up the table, not sure what she should tell Yu Xinyi.

 Chapter 77 - Yu Xinyis Smart Brain

    After a long and delicious lunch with Yu Xinyi and the An family, An Luxia and Mo Han finally returned home.


    Meanwhile, Yu Xinyi was on the car with An Yuchen because An Luxia had finally done something right by giving the responsibility of taking Yu Xinyi back home to An Yuchen.


    Inside the car, the only sound you could hear was the sound of the cold air blowing out of the AC, and Yu Xinyi awkwardly twiddled her thumbs as she wondered whether she should say something or not. But what should she say?


    Her head was down as she nced up at An Yuchen once in a while, to find him looking straight at the road ahead. Even from the side, he was absolutely perfect in her eyes, with his tall nose and attractive face.


    They drove in silence for a long time, and they were almost at her home already. Yu Xinyi finally decided that she had to say something, or else it would be way too awkward! Imagine what An Luxia would say if she told her that during the entire twenty minute car ride, she did not say a single word to her crush!


    How embarrassing would that be?!


    Finally, Yu Xinyi cleared her throat and smiled as she mustered up the courage to say the first thing that entered her mind, "The weather is quite nice today, isn''t it."


    ". . ."


    At once, Yu Xinyi felt like smashing her head against the window or digging a hole right underneath her feet to crawl into and hide for the rest of her entire, sad life.


    She was hopeless. Out of every possible thing she could have said, why did she talk about the weather?! The horrible weather.


    Since it was nearing winter, right now was the rainy season. Just while they were eating lunch, it had started to rain outside and there was still a light drizzle going on outside at the moment.


    The weather was indeed very nice. Yes, quite nice.


    Luckily, An Yuchen smiled softly and nodded, "Yes, I love the rainy weather."


    Yu Xinyi''s lips twitched in embarrassment as she looked out the window to hide her horrified expression as she squeezed out two more words, "Me too."


    A few secondster, the car came to a stop in front of an apartment building and An Yuchen looked over at Yu Xinyi, "We''re here."


    He bent over to the back seat and grabbed something, "Here, take this umbre."


    Yu Xinyi felt her heartbeat quicken as she quickly grabbed the umbre and didn''t even dare look into his eyes, "Thank you. Goodbye."


    Then, she quickly opened the door and ran into the apartment building, not even opening up the umbre as all she wanted to do was go home and crack open her brain to figure out what was inside.


    An Yuchen watched her disappear with a faint smile on his lips, and only until she was gone did he start the car and leave.


    ---


    Mo Han held the ck umbre with his left arm, making sure it covered all of An Luxia''s body, even if it meant his right shoulder was getting wet.


    As they walked into the house, Mo Han closed the umbre and took off his shoes, "Is there something you need to tell me?"


    An Luxia was bent down to untie her shoces, and when she heard that, she immediately froze. She knew what he meant. . . This sounded quite familiar and she wasn''t going to fall into the same trap twice.


    She quickly finished untying her shoces and taking off her shoes before standing back up with a sad expression, "Yes, yes. Something very bad happened at school today!"


    Mo Han''s expression lightened slightly, but he tried to hide it as he asked, "What happened?"


    The two of them walked into the house together and An Luxia clung onto his arm as they walked in, pretending very hard to be sad, "Someone posted this horrible post onto the school forum about me, and everyone at school looks at me weirdly now."


    Mo Han was obviously not very surprised after hearing her, and he calmly replied, "Do you need me to do something about it?"


    An Luxia immediately stopped, "No, no, no! Hehehe," she smiled fakely, "You don''t have to worry about it. I have it all under control."


    A quick hint of disappointment shed past Mo Han''s face, but he wouldn''t force her, "Okay. Remember to tell me if you ever need everything."


    An Luxia straightened her back and nodded, "Yes sir!"


    ---


    As Mo Han was taking a shower after her, An Luxia sat down at the desk and opened up herptop, pulling up the school forum.


    Even after several hours, the most popr post was still the one about her, and the number of views andments had increased.


    She clicked open the post and scrolled down to look at thements, which she did not have time to read yet.


    The most poprment had thousands of likes, and it was a simple line:


    ''Person A: Don''t judge a person by their appearance."


    An Luxia pursed her lips out slightly, wondering what her appearance had anything to do with this article. It had absolutely no corrtion, okay?! If she was ugly, would they have said, "Judge a person by their appearance."


    An Luxia rolled her eyes and scrolled down, continuing to read the explodingment section.


    ''Wow, I can''t believe this! I had a ss with her and she seemed really nice. Who would have known?! She is indeed very good at lying.''


    ''How can someone be so disgusting?! They are your biological parents! She deserves to die a million times!''


    ''But I wonder who wrote this article. . . They say this story is true but they never really provided evidence to show that they know what they are talking about.''


    An Luxia grinned softly, thinking that there were at least some people out there withmon sense.


    However, every single reply to thatment proved that most people did not have a brain and only followed others like a blind sheep.


    ''Reply: Ha, I''m sure this person is An Luxia using a second ount. Go die, devil!''


    ''Reply: This person is dumb. It''s so obvious the writer of the post knows what she is talking about!''


    ''Reply: An Luxia, is that you? So shameless.''


    ''Reply: Stop trying to lie to yourself. There are pictures. It is obvious this story is true. Just admit it: An Luxia is disgusting!''


    An Luxia shook her head and couldn''t help but pity whoever wrote that originalment as she scrolled down to the next one.


    The remainingments that she read were all negative, either talking about how disgusting she was, or how she should go die. Of course, why should she listen to them?


    After a while, she clicked out of the post and scrolled up to where she could write a post, and she clicked write. The other posts disappeared and was reced with a white area where she could write.


    An Luxia inteced her fingers together and stretched them out before cing them onto the keyboard and beginning to type away furiously.


    ---


    Half an hourter, she was finished and read it through once before clicking ''Post''.


    Then, she closed herptop and stood up, bringing herptop with her to Mo Han''s office, where he was doing work.


    ---


    Li Yn opened her eyes after taking a half an hour afternoon nap. The room was dark since she had not turned the lights on and due to the weather outside, there was little light.


    She rubbed her eyes and sat up on the bed, turning around to open themp she had on her night stand. As she grabbed her phone, a small smile crept up her face as she thought about thements underneath her post she had read before going to sleep.


    She sat up straight on the bed and opened her phone, wanting to see if there were any newments for her entertainment.


    However, to her surprise, when she entered the school forum website, the most popr post was no longer the one she had posted.


    She furrowed her eyebrows together as she reloaded the screen to make sure there wasn''t a glitch. Just half an hour ago, the most popr post was still the one she wrote! Everyone was stillmenting half an hour ago! There was no way it could change in such a short amount of time.


    However, after reloading the screen several times, it still did not change.


    The most popr post had changed. Li Yn scrolled down and looked at the title of the post, and her face immediately fell.


    ''Response to post: School Beauty An Luxia is an Ungrateful Brat''


    Li Yn scoffed as she clicked into the post, wondering what the response could possibly include. Plus, who had the spare time to respond to her post, and how did it rece her post as the most popr post?!


    It took a few seconds for the screen to load, and when she saw the author of the post, the grim expression on Li Yn''s face immediately disappeared.


    An Luxia wrote this?!

 Chapter 78 - Mo Hans Recording

    It took a few seconds for the screen to load, and when she saw the author of the post, the grim expression on Li Yn''s face immediately disappeared.


    An Luxia wrote this?! She was shameless enough to write a reply? Li Yn pressed her lips together as she scrolled down to begin reading, narrowing her eyes as she wondered what An Luxia could possibly say.


    ''Good afternoon, everyone. This is An Luxia, and I am writing this as a reply to the post about me and my biological family story. First of all, I would like to tell the writer of the post to please get her facts straight before writing a post that defames someone else. I have no problem with sending you awyer''s letter for defamation.''


    Li Yn furrowed her eyebrows together as she leaned back against the bed and continued to read. It was good that she used her small ount so no one knew who wrote the post.


    ''The previous post graciously left out some very important details of my story with my biological family. To begin with, the post made it seem like my biological parents had identally thrown me to an adoption center and now they are back for me after finally finding me after all those years.''


    Li Yn''s heartbeat sped up as she continued to read, but she calmed herself down upon thinking of the fact that An Luxia had no evidence.


    ''However, the true story is that my biological parents had thrown me away to an adoption center when I was 3 because my biological mother had found out that she was pregnant again. The doctor had told her it would be a boy, and without the ability to raise two kids, of course they threw me away, the girl. However, to their surprise, the baby ended up not being a boy, but a girl, who turned out to be Li Yn. I am sure whoever wrote the post also knew about this, but purposely decided to leave this important information out.''


    Li Yn clenched her fists together and scanned the page faster, scrolling through furiously.


    ''In addition, the images the author of the post included all had false captions. The image of my biological father on the ground was not because I did not give him a seat, but because he sat on the ground himself after I refused to give him 100 thousand dors. My biological parents did note back for me because they finally found me, but for money so they could pay for the college tuition of their other beloved daughter. And yes, Li Yn''s college tuition was paid by me.''


    "Urghh!!" Li Yn chucked her phone across the room, and it hit the mirror on her vanity, creating arge crack before the phone rolled down onto the floor.


    The lit screen immediately turned ck and it was obvious Li Yn would need to get a new phone.


    Her chest moved up and down as she clenched her fists together before she got off her bed and walked over to her phone. She picked it up and only got more furious when it wouldn''t turn on. She threw it back down onto the floor and grabbed herptop before sitting down at her vanity.


    She opened up theptop and went to the school forum, clicking into the article again to finish reading it.


    ''Therefore, whoever the writer of the article may be, words can kill, but images can too. So, please know what the story is before cluelessly writing captions. The image of my biological mother on the floor was also because she was being shameless first, so my boyfriend had to keep her away. She suffered no injuries whatsoever, and my boyfriend''s actions would most likely be deemed as self defense.


    In addition, the man next to me is my boyfriend, and he is around my age, so it would be great if the author of the article could remove the photoshopped white hair off of my boyfriend''s head, thank you very much. I don''t think there is anything wrong with me having a boyfriend, is there? But in a boyfriend-girlfriend rtionship, I do not think it is right for me to ask for money from my boyfriend to pay for my own family troubles. Is there anything wrong with that? I don''t think so. I am not as shameless as my biological parents.


    I do not want to include too many details, because this is my own private matter. However, I do not wish for these false rumors to spread any further, so as evidence, below is a short recording of the meeting in the pictures of the post about me. I am sure that after listening to the recording, everyone will know what is true, and what is fake.''


    The writing ended there, and below it, there was indeed a short 30 second recording. Li Yn shakily moved the cursor up to press y, and she immediately recognized her mother''s voice.


    ''Okay, if you don''t want us as parents, that''s okay. However, your sister needs money for going to college and we also need money for a house. You - No way''


    The recording ended when her father asked for 100 thousand, but it was sufficient to prove that An Luxia''s article was true and the article she had written was fake. She did not have any recording and it was obvious that few people would believe her article now with An Luxia''s response.


    "Ah!" Li Yn screamed as she mmed theptop close, refusing to look at thements because she knew what they would say.


    An Luxia! Why did she ruin everything?! Where did the recording evene from?!


    ---


    As they ate dinner, An Luxia couldn''t help but ask, "Hanhan, where did you get the recording from? Were you recording it?!"


    ---


    A few hours ago, she was about to click post on the article after reading it through another time, but when she read through it, she couldn''t help but worry because there was absolutely no evidence to support her empty words. Would her words be enough?


    Her cursor moved over the post button, and she pressed her lips together, lifting her finger up. Just as she was about to click it, a sudden voice stopped her, "Do you need a recording?"


    An Luxia whipped around, her heart beating fast for some reason after being scared by Mo Han''s sudden words, "Recording? What recording?"


    Mo Han pulled out his phone as he ran a towel through his damp hair, "I recorded the conversation at your house when your biological parents came. Would it be of use to your article?"


    An Luxia''s eyes widened slightly as she turned her chair around, "Really?!"


    "Here it is. I''ll send it to you."


    With the recording now, An Luxia did not have to worry about not having sufficient evidence. A recording was definitely more trustworthy than words.


    --- Present


    Mo Han smiled as he ced the chopped steak onto An Luxia''s te, "I had started recording after they came in."


    An Luxia pursed her lips out, "Why?"


    "I had thought that something was off. It was obvious they were up to no good. I had thought just in case, I would record it. I didn''t know that it would be of use one day."


    An Luxia''s smile widened as she took arge bite of the steak, "My little Hanhan is the smartest!"


    ---


    After eating dinner, An Luxia followed Mo Han into his office so she could apany him while he did some work.


    She brought herptop and opened it up to read some of thements that had umted under her post during this time.


    The topment was short and seemed like a response to the topment of Li Yn''s post: ''Judge a person by their appearance.''


    An Luxia chuckled softly. Although she did not agree with it, it was quite funny for the person to directly respond to the topment of the original post.


    As she scrolled down, she realized that the response to her post was quite positive. Most people chose to believe her with the recording and now thements were either against the original post or were pitying her.


    She originally did not want to umte pity with this post, but humans were like that. Now that the true story was out, not only did they stop hating on her, but now they were pitying her and even apologizing to her.


    ''I knew it! I told you that she was a nice person, and no one believed me!'' The one who posted this was the same one who was talking for her underneath Li Yn''s post.


    ''Ah, I had a bad feeling when the first post came out. I never really believed it either.''


    An Luxia sighed and closed the forum, thinking how people were so easily changed. At least they were not spreading false rumors about her anymore.


    However, she wasn''t done yet.


    An Luxia licked her lips as she shut herptop and stood up, walking over to where Mo Han was seated. She sat down on the armrest of his chair, very close to him, and he immediately froze, looking up at her suspiciously.


    An Luxia grinned softly, grabbing onto his arm and shaking it softly, "Little Hanhan, can you help me with something?"


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, turning his chair around slightly so An Luxia lost her bnce and fell straight onto hisp, "My pleasure."


    An Luxia couldn''t help but feel a little embarrassed from the sudden physical contact, but she had to continue with her request, "Do you know how to hack into a phone?"


    --- Cute note:


    This is so random but thought I would share! I have a boy pet bird and today, we went and bought another girl birdie to be his girlfriend hehehe ^o^

 Chapter 79 - Phone Hacking

    An Luxia couldn''t help but feel a little embarrassed from the sudden physical contact, but she had to continue with her request, "Do you know how to hack into a phone?"


    Mo Han''s expression stiffened slightly in surprise, "Hack into a phone?"


    An Luxia nodded, "It''s okay if you don''t -"


    "Don''t?" A corner of Mo Han''s lips slid up into a grin, "It would be a joke if the king of the underworld couldn''t even do the simple task of hacking into a phone. Who would you like to hack?"


    An Luxia''s eyes lit up in both surprise and excitement as she lifted her phone up and shook it left and right in front of him, "My beloved sister. . . Li Yn."


    Mo Han furrowed his eyebrows together slightly, "Your sister? You have a sister?. . . Oh right, you do! That would be easy."


    He took the phone from her, leaving a confused An Luxia. How could he forget that she had a sister? Ah, maybe he had short-term memory.


    She watched as he ced her phone onto the table and opened up hisputer. He then clicked open some weird software with a pitch ck screen and began clicking a bunch of weird buttons she did not recognize.


    "You don''t even need her phone to hack into it?"


    Mo Han grinned, happy to exin to his little dumb wife, "Of course not! If we did, it would be too much work to possibly get a person''s phone from the other end of the world."


    He stopped typing and pressed enter, and the green and red letters on the ck screen disappeared, leaving apletely empty screen. Then, after a few seconds, there was a buzz and the screen lit up. Both sides were still ck but the middle was now reced with a vertical screen of what appeared to be a phone screen.


    An Luxia''s eyes widened in surprise as she moved forward on Mo Han''s leg, moving her body weight onto one of his legs as she turned to face theputer screen.


    "This is her phone?" She asked, although she already knew the answer.


    "Yes, and you have full control over it. She won''t be able to see anything you are looking at."


    An Luxia''s mouth fell open as she took the mouse from Mo Han and clicked it, opening up her phone''s lock screen which showed a selfie of herself.


    An Luxia''s lips twisted in disgust as she quickly opened up the screen to stop looking at the picture, "She has no password?"


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow as he leaned back against the chairfortably, beginning to y with An Luxia''s long hair, "She probably does, but the software was able to figure out what it was."


    An Luxia clicked her tongue as she scrolled around the apps that Li Yn had on her phone, "Ah, the Inte is so not safe."


    Mo Han grinned faintly as he began to braid her hair simply.


    It took a while before An Luxia found the app for the school forum, which was made by one of the students. When she entered it, she noticed that Li Yn had not left the screen which was the post she had written.


    She left it for her and clicked into the section where one could see the posts she wrote. An Luxia had expected to see the post about her at the top, but to her surprise, the area was empty.


    An Luxia''s eyes widened in shock, unable to believe what she saw. She refreshed it but still, nothing showed up.


    No way. . . Could it be possible that someone else had written it and it was not Li Yn?! An Luxia looked around the forum from her ount once more, but she could not find any evidence that it was Li Yn who wrote it.


    Mo Han, who waspletely focused on his wife''s hair, did not notice the change in expression on An Luxia''s face. He only realized when he heard her call him.


    "Do you think she would have two ounts?"


    "What?" He replied, finally looking up, "What are you trying to look for? I can help."


    An Luxia scrolled around the page more, still unable to find anything, "You know the post about me. I think she was the one who wrote it but it isn''t showing up here."


    Mo Han let go of her hair and leaned forward, wrapping one arm around her waist and cing his other hand onto the mouse, covering up her small hand. An Luxia tilted her head back slightly to realize that his face was right next to hers, and she quickly looked back, trying to focus on the screen.


    "She did write it," he said.


    "What?! How do you know?" An Luxia looked back once again, still not used to the close distance of their faces.


    "She should have a second ount. . ." He clicked a few times, and in a few seconds, his lips curled up into a small smile, "Here it is."


    An Luxia stared in awe as Mo Han found the article quickly in this ount''s published section of the forum, and there was even an extra draft in this ount''s writing section.


    "How did you know?!"


    Mo Han smiled as he let go of her hand and rubbed her gently on the head, "Don''t underestimate your husband."


    An Luxia grinned sweetly at him, but there were more important things to do. She turned around and indeed, the email of this ount had Li Yn''s name in it, but the username was different from her main ount.


    She took a quick video from her own phone that included both the ount''s email and the image of her posts from that ount before hopping off of Mo Han''sp, kissing him on the cheek aspensation for his help, and quickly returning to herptop.


    On herptop, she excitedly opened up the school forum again to write a new post. Ch! Did Li Yn really think she was that easy to bully?! What a dumb girl! She was lucky that she did not get those dumb genes from their biological parents.


    She entered the ce to write a new post, and simply wrote one line:


    ''Li Yn, is your favorite hobby spreading false rumors about your biological sister?''


    Then, she attached the short video recording and clicked post. Within a minute, there were already severalments beginning to appear under the post.


    ''Person 1: Oh my!! I knew it! When the first post came out, I was wondering who would have information about this, and thought it might be Li Yn! Wow. . . why would she do that?!''


    ''Reply: Isn''t it obvious? She obviously did it because she is jealous of An Luxia. That is disgusting.''


    ''Wow, I feel so bad for An Luxia. Not only did her biological family throw her away, but now, her biological sister is here now to cause troubles for her. They are so disgusting.''


    An Luxia was happy with the result she was receiving from the post, and she closed herptop with a smile, picking up her phone as she happily skipped out of the room, "I''ll cook dinner today! What would you like to eat?"


    Mo Han looked up, his eyes sparkling with surprise and excitement, "Really? Anything you cook! Do you need help? I can go help."


    An Luxia immediately shook her head, pulling the door open, "It''s okay. I''m good by myself."


    Mo Han said he was going to help her, but it was more like hinder her cooking skills! She quickly left the room, shutting the door and making her way to the kitchen, where she cooked dinner.


    ---


    Li Yn finished her makeup by applying a thickyer of bright red lipstick onto her lips. She pressed her lips together, hitting them together several times before smiling at herself in the cracked mirror, which made her face look distorted.


    Looking at therge crack made her slightly frustrated, and she angrily closed the lipstick, throwing it onto the messy desk as she stood up.


    Just as she was about to walk over to her closet to look for the dress she would wear today, a ding stopped her. She looked back and saw her phone lit up as it signaled the arrival of a new message.


    She looked at it and knitted her eyebrows together when she saw who sent it.


    ''Xu Xin: Yn? Have you seen the school forum today?!''


    Li Yn was not in the mood to talk to her best friend right now, especially after what happened, and she quickly replied, ''Yes.''


    ''Xu Xin: How can you be so calm?! Did you see what that disgusting b**** said?! Your post is against you now!''


    Li Yn frustratingly twisted her lips together in disdain as she mmed her fingers on the phone, which was slow to react after mming itself against the mirror. She would have to go get a new phone, but her parents would most likely not agree.


    Just thinking about her messed up life made her even more annoyed!


    ''I know, okay?!'' Li Yn entered into the posting box, but her fingers quickly froze. She furrowed her eyebrows together and deleted the words, retyping, ''How did you know I wrote the post?!''


    She did not even tell Xu Xin that she was the one who wrote the post, so how did she know?! It took several seconds before she received another reply.


    ''Xu Xin: Did you not see An Luxia''s new post?! She somehow got a recording that showed that the username of the person who posted it has your email! Now, everyone knows that you were the one who posted it. Hurry up and go look at the forum.''


    Li Yn''s eyes widened in shock and she almost dropped her phone again. She quickly held onto it and opened up the school forum app to find that the most popr post had been reced again.


    It was a short post now, and the writer was An Luxia.


    ''Li Yn, is your favorite hobby spreading false rumors about your biological sister?''


    Her lips twitched as she clicked on the video below the simple line, and it showed the anonymous ount she had used to post the article, and also the email she used for the ount, which meant that this video must havee from her own ount!


    Li Yn''s fingers trembled as she scrolled down to look at thements that were increasing by the second. Her breathing quickened as she stared at her phone screen in disbelief.


    An Luxia!!

 Chapter 80 - Following Li Yilan

    How in the world did she get this recording?! How did An Luxia figure out that she was the one who had posted it?!


    She had purposely gone to create a new ount so no one would realize. And where did this recordinge from?! She had never recorded anything like this, but from the recording, it was obvious that this recording was taken from when she was signed into her anonymous ount.


    Li Yn''s lips twitched in both shock and fear as she could not figure out how An Luxia got the recording. Did she create it herself? But it didn''t seem like it.


    She stayed staring at the phone for a very long time until finally, she heard her mother''s voice call her name and she broke out of her thoughts.


    She gulped as she closed her phone and quickly went to change before leaving the house to go to her job so she wouldn''t bete.


    ---


    After eating a happy dinner with Mo Han, who was in a very good mood today after eating a meal cooked by his dear wife, An Luxia told him that she had to go somewhere.


    "I can go with you. . . Or I can take you," Mo Han insisted as he watched An Luxia put her phone into a handbag from the door. His arms were crossed unhappily as he leaned against the doorframe, his long legs slightly nted as he tapped his feet against the ground.


    "It''s okay. I can go by myself."


    "Where are you even going?" Mo Han asked, frowning from the thought of his wife being gone for the night. She had sses a lot of the time during the day, and now she was going to leave at night as well!


    An Luxia closed her bag and walked over to him, smiling as she wrapped her arms around his waist forfort, "I''m going to go greet my beloved younger sister and tell her some things."


    Mo Han furrowed his eyebrows together, "What? Is she more important than me?"


    He sounded incredibly like a jealous little boy right now, and An Luxia couldn''t help but grin as she gently patted him on the head and pursed her lips out, "Aw, my little Hanhan. Of course not! But I''m afraid if I don''t make some things clear to her, she will never figure it out with her dumb nonexistent brain."


    Mo Han thought for a few seconds and finally nodded his head, "True. Not everyone is as smart as my wife!"


    An Luxia''s smile widened as she patted him on the head once more before stepping over Mo Han''s long leg and out of the room, "Okay, now. I will be back soon. Wait for me, okay? Goodbye!"


    Mo Han followed her out of the room and down the hallway all the way outside to where the driver was waiting for them in the driveway already.


    "I''ll be back soon, okay?" An Luxiaforted him once more before turning around to leave, but was immediately pulled back forcefully by Mo Han.


    Her hand fell onto his chest and before she could react, he leaned down, using one hand to lift her chin up and greet his lips as he kissed her.


    The driver, who had stepped out of the car to open the car door for Mrs. Mo, immediately turned around to avoid looking at them as he coughed awkwardly. As an old man without a family or partner, he couldn''t help but blush at the scene presented to him.


    After a while, An Luxia started tapping Mo Han on the chest to get him to stop. He finally pulled away after a long time, leaving a flustered An Luxia to re at him before she quickly disappeared into the car.


    He waved goodbye to her in a better mood and watched as the car drove off. He couldn''t see into the tinted car window, but he could guess that she was probably angrily crossing her arms together.


    An Luxia pulled out her phone from her bag and found the address she acquired from hacking into Li Yn''s phone and told the driver the address.


    The Li family had moved into an area near the city with a cheaper rent than the center of the city, and the environment of the apartment wasn''t very good, but definitely better than the rural countryside area.


    The car ride took a decent amount of time for An Luxia to figure out what she would be telling Li Yn when she met her. She was hoping that she wouldn''t have to run into her biological parents while she was there, but she also thought out what she would say to them if she were to.


    She was getting sick and tired of Li Yn''s small clown acts, and although she had no problem with fighting and dealing with them, she had better things to do with her time. Therefore, she had to make it clear to her that she was done with her.


    The car drove down the highway and into the streets, which were much dirtier than the streets she lived in. . . and definitely more dirty than the streets Mo Han lived in.


    The streets were empty as the car stopped in front of an apartment building that was slightly tattered and had about five floors.


    The paint on the walls was falling off, and you could see the grey underneath the dirty white paint, making the apartment exterior look very cheap.


    An Luxia got out of the car and told the driver to wait for her here as she entered the apartment building, pulling out her phone again to check the number of the room the Li family lived in.


    302. . . The third floor. She walked up the stairs, her steps echoing in the confined space. The walls had drawings and advertisements on it, and there were piles of boxes and trash on the grounds, making the walking space very limited.


    As she reached the second floor, she heard a door opening on the floor above her as she started walking up the new steps, turning the corner. Just as she was about to continue going up, she suddenly heard a familiar voice.


    "I know!" She heard Li Yn''s obnoxious voice as the door mmed shut and she groaned, "Ughh!" Then, she heard the sound of heels getting closer and An Luxia''s eyes widened as she realized that Li Yn wasing down.


    She immediately turned around and quietly tiptoed down the stairs, hiding beneath the area where the two staircases met. There was a lot of trash in the tiny area and she did not even know why she was hiding as she bent down, her eyes eyeing the area outside.


    Before long, she saw a pair of sparkling red shoes that were at least 5 cm tall as they clicked against the dirty floor, walking down the stairs. Luckily, Li Yn did not notice her as she walked down and disappeared.


    After the sound of her footsteps hadpletely disappeared, An Luxia slowly peaked her head out of the area and stepped out, brushing off the dust that may have collected on her head. She quickly ran down the stairs and made it just in time to see Li Yn enter a taxi several feet away from the apartment.


    As the taxi drove off, An Luxia immediately got into the car and quickly told the driver to follow the taxi in front of them.


    The driver was fast in following her directions and quickly started the car, going after the yellow taxite in the night. Since it was dark, Li Yn did not notice that she was being followed.


    ''Where is she going thiste in the night?'' An Luxia wondered as she kept her eyes on the fast-moving taxi. They drove back into the city but stayed at the very border. It took a while before the taxi stopped and they stopped a few feet behind them, keeping a distance to avoid getting caught.


    There were no other cars around here, and they seemed to have stopped in front of this building. It seemed empty since the door and windows were all ck and there was no sign on the building.


    Li Yn got out of the car and An Luxia saw that she was wearing a revealing ck dress that was definitely not fit for her age, and she furrowed her eyebrows together as she watched Li Yn enter the building.


    She suddenly remembered what Mo Han had done and thinking that this might be of some use, she quickly pulled out her phone and snapped several pictures of Li Yn entering the building, making sure to get her face.


    Then, she got out of the car and followed her into the building. At once, she heard the booming loud music and when she got further into the building, she realized it was a bar.


    Li Yn was at a bar?

 Chapter 81 - Caught In The Bar (1)

    Li Yn was at a bar?


    She watched as Li Yn entered a room and she didn''t dare follow her in fear of getting caught. She took a few more pictures of her entering the room.


    She waited several minutes until she saw Li Yn leave the room again and go down a hallway. She followed her all the way and watched her enter another door.


    She waited outside once again, but after several minutes, Li Yn still did not get out. After careful thought, she cautiously pulled the door open slightly and peeked in to find that there was another hallway that was well-lit and empty.


    She walked in, looking side to side and saw that there were several golden doors. Not knowing which one Li Yn is in, she tried pulling on one of the doors to find that it was locked.


    Just as she was about to leave, she heard a weird noiseing from inside the room and she pressed her ear against the golden door, trying to hear better. Then, there was suddenly a muffled sound of a scream mixed with a moan, and at once, An Luxia knew what the sound meant, having experienced it herself.


    Her heartbeat sped up as she immediately left the hallway, running back into the bar. Just as she was about to leave, she figured that she would go figure out exactly what Li Yn was up to. She entered the first room Li Yn had gone into and saw several girls inside, all wearing revealing dresses.


    They all looked at her weirdly when she entered, and the talking inside immediately died down. An Luxia looked extremely awkward in the room wearing a conservative white sweater and jeans.


    She was about to leave when suddenly, a man appeared in front of her, looking at her weirdly, "Sorry, ma''am. Are you looking for someone?"


    "Um. . . yes. Do you know Li Yn?"


    The man raised one eyebrow, "Li Yn, yes! She works here!"


    "Oh. . . She works here as a. . ."


    The man scanned An Luxia head to toe, obviously suspicious of why she was asking.


    "Oh, I am her sister and she told me she worked here before, but I forgot exactly what she worked as. Can you tell me again?"


    "Li Yn never told me she had a sister. . ." The man narrowed his eyes.


    An Luxia smiled, "Well I am her older sister. Do you want me to call her and have her talk to you herself?"


    The man immediately stopped her, afraid of disturbing the big bosses Li Yn was "working" for right now, "No, no. Ah, then you should know. She serves the men whoe to our bar. Would you like to join us?"


    The man looked at An Luxia, a sparkle shing past his eyes, which made An Luxia step back, "Serve the man? As in that kind of serve. . ." She asked, emphasizing the word "that".


    The man chuckled softly and nodded, "Yes, so you understand. It pays very well. Here is my name card. Call me whenever you want to join! You can juste with your sister."


    The man stuffed the card into her hands and An Luxia looked at the woman inside the room once more before quickly leaving. As she left, she threw the card into the trash can nearby.


    Then, she pulled out her phone and grinned softly as she stopped the recording and put her phone back into her bag. She would save this recording for now. . . Who knew if it would be of any use in the future?


    Just as she was about to leave the loud bar, she suddenly felt a strong force pulled onto her arm, turning her around. She tripped over her feet, falling forward and straight into the person''s arms. She looked up and saw a man. She quickly gasped and immediately pushed him away, brushing off her chest as she took a step back.


    The man had a bottle of wine in one of his hands, and the other hand was casually resting to the side, palm facing up. He wobbled slightly, revealing that he was drunk as he stared at An Luxia with a sinister smile.


    His tie was messed up, pulled out a little probably by some woman, "Hello there, darling!"


    An Luxia felt a chill run up her spine in the cold bar as she narrowed her eyes, "Sorry." Then, she turned around to quickly leave without getting herself in any trouble.


    However, the man quickly lunged forward and pulled onto her again, "Where are you going so fast? Come,e. Let''s have some fun! We are missing one girl right now. Come -"


    An Luxia immediately pushed his arm off of hers forcibly, ring at him cautiously, "Sorry, but I have to leave."


    Then, she quickly tried to run away, reaching to pull out her phone as she did, but he would not let her go easily. He grabbed onto her, turning her around more harshly, obviously getting a little impatient.


    "Why are you being so hard? Come, don''t act so innocent, or else you wouldn''t be in this bar."


    "Let go of me!" An Luxia swung his arm off, ring at him as she quickly reached for her phone. Just as she opened her bag and took the phone out, he suddenly reached for her arm and pulled it, causing her to drop her phone.


    "Come with me while I''m being nice. You should be grateful that I am inviting you. Not everyone gets this treatment!"


    An Luxia looked down at her phone and then back up at him angrily, "Sir, please let go of me. There are many people here watching. You don''t want to cause amotion. And, I have people outside waiting for me, so they will know if I am gone for too long. Let go."


    She red into his eyes forcibly, trying to intimidate him, but obviously not seeding as he licked his lips and suddenly turned around, pulling her with him as he walked towards the center of the bar.

 Chapter 82 - Caught In The Bar (2)

    She red into his eyes forcibly, trying to intimidate him, but obviously not seeding as he licked his lips and suddenly turned around, pulling her with him as he walked towards the center of the bar.


    "Let go of me! Help! Help!" An Luxia dragged her feet across the ground, but the slippery marble floor did not create any friction and her light body was easily pulled across the room.


    A few people looked at her from her screaming, but they only nced at her and went straight back to doing what they were doing. It almost seemed as if this was a normal sight here in this bar.


    An Luxia was beginning to regret not leaving sooner and following Li Yn here, although she did get some useful information.


    With nothing else to do, An Luxia''s eyes darted around nervously, finallynding on the man''s hand, which was dragging her. He did not look back at her, so he did not realize as she suddenly leaned forward and opened her mouth.


    Within a second, there was an ear piercing scream inside the bar which could be heard over the loud music as An Luxia dug her teeth into the man''s skin.


    "Ahh!!!!!" The man screamed as he immediately let go, grabbing onto his bit hand with his other hand in pain. He turned around, looking at the teeth marks inside his rough skin as his hand shook.


    An Luxia smiled grimly in sess as she took this opportunity to quickly turn around and run away, but the man had a much faster reaction time then she did.


    He used his other hand to grab onto her, narrowing his eyes as he turned around and looked at therge group of people seated in the middle of the room, "Come!"


    A few men from the table immediately stood up and ran over, wondering what had happened. An Luxia looked at the group of men, her heartbeat speeding up as she suddenly became a little scared. She looked back to find that her phone was still on the ground, thankfully not cracked but too far for her to reach.


    The men looked at her, and their eyes lit up as she saw her. In the midst of women who all wore revealing sexy dresses, a beautifuldy who had a conservative white sweater on and looked like a pure white flower was very attractive.


    Many of them were sick of looking at the same makeup-filled faces and hourss bodies that this blooming lily was like a drug that they were all attracted to.


    "This woman does not seem to know the rules here. She doesn''t seem to know who I am, and who is the boss here? Why don''t you guys tell her?"


    One of the men smirked and walked over to An Luxia, cing one hand onto her chin which she mercilessly pped away. The man''s smile disappeared as he angrily rubbed his fingers together, "You don''t know young master Lin? Of course, people like you probably won''t ever get to interact with people like him. He is the young master of the Lin family and the boss of this bar!"


    An Luxia obviously didn''t care who this disgusting man was, but she immediately got scared when this man started pulling her over to the table in the middle where they were seated.


    "Let go of me!" She looked over at the other people in the bar and found a random person, a man wearing a ck suit at one of the other tables, "You! Yes you in the ck suit! Help me!"


    Of course, her shouts for help went unnoticed. The man did look at her but quickly looked away when he saw who she was with. These disgusting people! An Luxia thought. How could they not at least try to help a helpless innocent girl like her?


    Okay. . . maybe she wasn''t as innocent as she imed, but still!


    She was forced to sit on the ck couch at the table, and the man who she bit finally let go of her, grabbing arge ss cup and pouring it filled with wine, "I will forgive you if you drink this entire ss of wine in one gulp. Fair deal, right?"


    He shoved the ss into her hands and ced one foot onto the empty space on the couch next to her, "Now hurry up. I don''t like waiting. You should know that you have to pay for biting me. You are quite ill-tempered, aren''t you? It doesn''t fit your appearance."


    An Luxia''s fingers tightened around the cup, and she really wanted to just pour the entire cup onto his face, but she knew that it wouldn''t be a good idea and she would regret itter.


    She looked at therge cup and pressed her lips together. She had to leave this bar and her alcohol tolerance level was quite high. However, something just didn''t seem right. Would he really let her go after she finished this ss? Definitely not.


    She slowly lifted the ss up to her lips, and the man smiled as he watched her. However, as An Luxia did it, her eyes watched the man cautiously, thinking through her next move as she slowly raised the ss to her lips, contemting how fast she could ssh the wine onto the man''s eyes and dash out of the bar. Would she be able to make it?


    She closed her eyes, the cold ss touching her lips. Just as she was about to turn the direction of the ss and pour it at the man, the ss was suddenly knocked out of her hands.


    A loud crashing sound could be heard over the loud music as An Luxia immediately opened her eyes, wondering what had just happened as she saw the ss smash into tiny pieces on the floor below her.


    The man was also surprised as he looked up at something, or someone, behind her. She furrowed her eyebrows together, knowing that this was a good opportunity to run, but her curiosity was way too strong.


    She turned around and her mouth fell open in surprise, "Mo Han?!"

 Chapter 83 - The Fight

    She turned around and her mouth fell open in surprise, "Mo Han?!"


    What was he doing here?! Mo Han''s eyes seemed to have mes in them, and if one could cause harm from ring, then the man would have probably died ten times over already.


    "Who are you?! Go away and stop sticking your nose in other people''s business," the man said frustratingly, not afraid of this unknown mysterious man.


    This only made Mo Han''s face darken even more as he furrowed his eyebrows together, ignoring the man as he looked down at An Luxia, walking around the couch and kicking away the pile of tiny ss pieces as he bent down near An Luxia, "Are you okay?"


    An Luxia smiled immediately, nodding her head sweetly as she grabbed onto his hand, "I''m okay now."


    He seemed to always appear whenever she needed him most. Maybe this was also a part of fate and destiny. Mo Han''s expression softened slightly when he heard that and stood up, pulling An Luxia up with him.


    Finally, he turned around and saw the group of men standing in a line behind the main man, staring at Mo Han angrily, "Hurry up and leave if you don''t want to get hurt."


    Mo Han chuckled softly, "I think I should be the one saying that to you."


    The man narrowed his eyes, clenching his fists together as he was slightly drunk, turning around to say to the group of men behind him, "Go teach him a lesson."


    Then he walked away and sat down on the couch far away, taking another gulp of wine as he waited for his people to go and get rid of the annoying man who ruined his ns.


    The men obviously listened to their boss and they slowly walked over to Mo Han, who first pushed An Luxia back away from them and then turned to look at the people nearing him. A small grin appeared on his face as he cracked his finger knuckles, thinking that it has been a while since he had actually gotten into a fight with someone.


    Hopefully his skills are still the same as before. Within a second, one of the men lunged towards Mo Han, screaming as he lifted one arm up and swung it at Mo Han.


    "AHH!!!" The man sitting on the couch looked up with a smile, waiting to see Mo Han on the ground screaming in pain, but obviously seeing the unexpected. He jumped up from the couch when he saw one of his men on the ground, twisting in pain as he grabbed onto his hand, which was bleeding.


    How could he possibly be bleeding from a mere punch?! And then he realized that there was ss on the ground, so the ss must have impaled his hand.


    "What are you guys standing there for?! Hurry up and get rid of him!"


    The other men who were all scared of Mo Han by now when they saw how easily he had grabbed onto the man''s hand and flung him onto the ground immediately took a step back in fear.


    However, one of the people screamed, "Together!" There was no way they couldn''t beat the one guy! Even if the guy was strong, he could not possibly fight against five people.


    The bar had quieted down from themotioning from the middle of therge room, and many people were looking their way now, some with their phones out to take a video of the fight.


    Mo Han grinned as two people lunged towards him at once, using their feet this time. He closed his eyes, sighing as he was slightly disappointed at these peoples'' skills. He had wanted to have a fun fight, but these people were way too bad! It was too easy.


    Without any effort, he grabbed onto the two peoples'' feet as if they were microphones and then with a push, the two men fell back onto the ground, pushing against the other people standing behind them, which resulted in all of them tumbling onto the cold ground.


    Many people in the bar screamed from the loud noise, and some people pped in excitement, almost as if they were watching some boxing match.


    Mo Han frowned unhappily as he turned around, grabbing onto An Luxia''s hand to pull her out of the bar. An Luxia obediently followed like a little sheep following her herder as they walked away from the mess.


    However, of course they could not smoothly leave the site. As they were almost out of the bar, Mo Han felt someone grab onto his empty hand and as he turned around, he suddenly saw something fly towards him from the corner of his eye.


    His first reaction was to push An Luxia away, since she was standing right next to him. This resulted in the punch slightly brushing against the side of his cheeks. The force was very strong, and at once, the faint taste of blood filled his mouth.


    He twisted his lips together in distaste as he moved his tongue to one side of his mouth, lifting one hand up to gently brush it past his lips. He slowly lifted his eyes up to see the man who had first pulled An Luxia away still holding a ss bottle in his hand, ring straight back at him.


    The man shook his hand with his eyebrows tightly furrowed together, thinking why Mo Han''s cheekbone was so hard.


    An Luxia''s eyes widened in surprise as she immediately looked up at Mo Han. It was slightly hard to see in the darkness, but she could tell that he got hit, "Are you okay?"


    Mo Han nced at her and nodded before turning to look at the man, "You can just tell me if you want to die. I can grant you your wish."


    The man rolled his eyes, "You are the one with a death wish. Do you know who I am? I am the young master of the Lin family, the owner of this bar! It seems like you don''t want to walk out of this bar alive!"


    Only now did An Luxia suddenly realize that arge group of people had gathered behind the man, all wearing ck suits that made them look like bodyguards. Fear filled her eyes as she tightly grasped onto Mo Han''s hand, her heart skipping a beat.


    Mo Han didn''t seem to be nervous at all as he calmly bent down, picking up An Luxia''s phone from the ground and handing it to her, "Go."


    An Luxia immediately shook her head but then stopped herself. She could not leave him behind, but she also knew that by being here, she would only cause trouble for him. She had to go get help! There were too many people here. There was no way Mo Han could beat all of them.


    An Luxia exchanged a long stare with Mo Han before turning around to leave. The young master of the Lin family did not stop her because by now, he was more furious at Mo Han than An Luxia. He had only wanted to y around with the girl, but who knew that he had brought on trouble to himself.


    The girl could leave, but this ignorant man could not.


    An Luxia quickly ran out of the bar, looking back once before running out. Before she had taken three steps, she could hear that the fighting had begun from the sound of screaming and punches being thrown as she made her way through the crowd.


    Immediately, arge group of people appeared behind her, also trying to leave the bar because no one wanted to be in the bar when the police came or when someone got hurt from fighting.


    They all came to have some fun but none of them wanted to get in trouble. The flocks of people immediately made it harder for her to squeeze through the crowd and leave the bar, and she tried to move as fast as she could, but there was quite some distance from the main room of the bar to the door.


    The sound of fighting made her want to go back, but she couldn''t stop now and wouldn''t be of any help. She finally made it out of the room after what seemed like forever and saw Mo Han''s car outside.


    K stood outside the car, his eyebrows tightly knit together when he saw the people running out. When he saw An Luxia, he immediately ran over, "Mrs. Mo, where is Mr. Mo?"


    "Hurry up and go help! He''s in - inside!" An Luxia screamed over the loud crowd of people, panting for air.


    K immediately let go of her and tried to enter the door through the crowd, but it was practically impossible with the people trying toe out from the opposite direction.


    With no other choice, K had to stand and wait until everyone had gone out already before being able to enter the room.


    Amidst the crowd, Li Yn also ran out with her clothes slightly messed up. As they were all screaming and running, she did not notice An Luxia, who also did not notice her.


    After several minutes, the group of people had finally all filed out of the room and K was about to run in when a lone figure suddenly appeared in the narrow hallway, slowly walking out.


    An Luxia frowned when K suddenly froze and she walked over to him, looking into the hallway as her eyes widened, "Mo Han!"

 Chapter 84 - Applying Medicine

    An Luxia frowned when K suddenly froze and she walked over to him, looking into the hallway as her eyes widened, "Mo Han!"


    Mo Han was walking towards them slowly in the hallway, brushing the corner of his lips with his finger. His hair was slightly messed up and there was blood on his hands as well as on the corner of his lips.


    An Luxia could not tell if the blood belonged to him or from another person, but it pained her to see it. She immediately ran over to him, wrapping her arm around his elbow as she helped him walk out of the hallway.


    He looked at her, raising one eyebrow with a slight smile, "Why do you seem so surprised?"


    "Did you. . ." An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together. No way. There were at least 15 people inside there and they were all muscr grown men. It couldn''t be possible! How could he have possibly defeated all of these people alone?


    Mo Han smiled and lifted his hand up, brushing his finger down An Luxia''s nose sweetly, "You have to believe in your husband. Those people were no match for me, understand?"


    An Luxia pursed her lips out, still unable to believe it. Was Mo Han some sort of monster or something? How could it be possible?


    However, she still said, "Yes. . ."


    An Luxia looked back down the hallway and couldn''t hear or see anything, which made her wonder what had happened to the people inside the bar?


    "Come on, let''s go home." Mo Han grabbed onto her hand and together, they walked towards the car. Mo Han first opened the passenger''s seat door for An Luxia before walking over to the driver''s seat. An Luxia watched him, wondering if he had forgotten about K.


    K watched his boss nervously as he opened the door for him. Mo Han nced at him with a straight expression, saying two words to him, "Burn it."


    K stepped away from the door and nodded, "Yes, sir."


    Then, Mo Han entered the car and they drove away, leaving K in the cold wind alone. K watched as the car left before entering the bar once again.


    Within a few hours, the words on all the news stations would be the mysterious burning of a bar at the edge of City A. The number of dead bodies inside was unknown.


    Inside the car, An Luxia twiddled her thumbs awkwardly as she pressed her lips together guiltily. After a long time, Mo Han broke the silence, but it only made An Luxia more scared.


    "What were you doing at a bar?"


    An Luxia was quick to exin herself, "I went to go look for Li Yn, and I followed her to this bar! I -" She suddenly lowered her voice as she looked down pitifully, "I''m sorry. . ."


    Mo Han stopped the car in front of the red light, ncing at her to see her sulking with her lips pursed out, which made him smile, "Really?"


    "I promise! I even got pictures of Li Yn." An Luxia pulled out her phone, letting out a breath of relief to find that her phone could still turn on after being thrown onto the ground. She pulled up the images of Li Yn and showed them to Mo Han, who didn''t even bother looking at it.


    "Next time, tell me wherever you go, okay? Or I should just go with you everywhere you go. This only happened because you refused to let me go with you. I am very mad."


    An Luxia could obviously tell that Mo Han was not actually very mad like he imed to be, but she indeed did something wrong, "I''m sorry, husband. I promise to always tell you where I am in the future!"


    Mo Han was still not pleased, "You have to let me go with you to every unknown ce."


    An Luxia frowned slightly but now wasn''t the time to disagree, "Yes sir!"


    Mo Han''s expression finally softened slightly as the car started moving again as the light turned green.


    As they drove in silence again, An Luxia suddenly thought of something.


    "Wait! But how did you know where I was? And why did youe?"


    Mo Han took his right hand off the steering wheel, using it to hold onto her hand as he maneuvered the car using one hand, which was extremely sexy in An Luxia''s eyes.


    "Of course I have my ways to figure out where you are. You were gone for too long, so I went to go look for you."


    An Luxia started to get a little suspicious of whether there was some tracking device in her phone, but when she thought about it. . . The bar was quite far away from Mo Han''s house, which meant he had to have driven for at least 45 minutes to reach the bar.


    So. . . he left the house about ten minutes after she had left?! She had only been gone for ten minutes!


    "Mr. Mo, I was gone for too long? Is ten minutes too long?"


    Mo Han cleared his throat awkwardly and didn''t reply, which was enough of an answer for An Luxia. She shook her head with a faint smile as they continued to drive home.


    ---


    After both of them had finished taking a shower, An Luxia had Mo Han sit on the bed so she could dry his hair for him as "payment" for causing trouble.


    Of course, Mo Han did notin as he was more than happy to have his wifey dry his hair for him. She crawled on her knees onto the bed behind Mo Han and opened up the hair dryer, running her fingers through his damp hair to get it dry before heid down onto the bed.


    But Mo Han wasn''t going to make it easy for her! Halfway through the hair-drying session, he suddenly leaned back, resting his back against her stomachfortably with his eyes closed.


    An Luxia frowned, "Mo Han, can you sit up properly?"


    "No."


    "Fine, I''m not going to dry your hair then!"


    Just as she turned off the hair dryer, Mo Han immediately began whining like a baby, "Ah, my wife doesn''t love me anymore! I''m going to have to go to sleep with a wet head and then suffer from headaches and die!"


    An Luxia couldn''t bear watching Mo Han''s horrible acting skills and she angrily crawled back, pushing Mo Han up and starting to dry his hair again.


    Mo Han smiled proudly from his amazing acting skills and slowly leaned back against his wife again. An Luxia frowned and quickly finished drying his hair.


    She put away the hair dryer and then pulled out the medical kit in the bottom of the cab, sitting down in front of Mo Han this time.


    Mo Han watched her with a slight grin on his face, his hands and feet neatly folded together as he waited for her next step.


    "Sit still." Shemanded as she opened the medical kit and first pulled out a bandage for the scar on his hand.


    Mo Han''s smile widened, realizing that she was going to help attend to his injuries. Maybe he should thank her for going to the bar! She should go to the bar more often and get in trouble for him to save the day! This treatment was once in a lifetime!


    He obediently stretched out his hand as An Luxia carefully stuck the bandage over his wound. She pressed it down smoothly, making sure there were no bumps before turning back around to get the medicine for the scars on his face.


    Mo Han looked down at the small bandage with a faint smile, tapping it with his other hand as he patiently waited for An Luxia''s "service".


    She took a cotton swab and put the medicine on it, turning around carefully and moving onto her knees to reach Mo Han''s face, "Close your lips and don''t move."


    Mo Han was like a little dog listening to his owner''s instructions as he immediately closed his lips and stopped moving like a statue. An Luxia chuckled softly as she softly and carefully dabbed the medicine onto the corner of his lips, then turned around to retrieve more medicine for the other bruise on his forehead.


    Mo Han watched her, deciding to not tell her that he got these tiny injuries often and never cared about it. They would heal by themselves within a few days, and he had never applied medicine onto small scars or bruises. But, he would never say no to his wife, especially in a situation like this!


    In the future, whenever he got a small injury, he would have her treat him like this every time!


    After a few minutes, An Luxia finally finished to Mo Han''s disappointment, and she closed the medical kit, getting off the bed to go put it away.


    However, before she could even get both legs off, Mo Han suddenly pulled her back, resting one hand onto the back of his head and leaning forward, having their lips meet each other in the air.

 Chapter 85 - Winter Dance (1)

    However, before she could even get both legs off, Mo Han suddenly pulled her back, resting one hand onto the back of his head and leaning forward, having their lips meet each other in the air.


    "Mm!" An Luxia eximed in surprise as the taste of medicine immediately entered her mouth. Of course, he did not care as he took this opportunity to push his tongue into her mouth, removing the hand from her head as she reced it onto her waist.


    The kisssted for so long that An Luxia had run out of energy and was on a shortage of breath as she finally escaped from him, "You don''t seem injured at all!"


    Mo Han grinned and murmured softly, "I am!"


    An Luxia frowned as she wiped her lips with her hand, "It tastes of medicine!"


    Mo Han smiled and moved back towards his spot on the bed, "Go put away the medical kit and thene sleep."


    An Luxia obediently put the medical kit away and saw that Mo Han was going to go turn off the lights, so she lifted up the nket and crawled in.


    The room turned pitch ck and An Luxia thought they were going to go to sleep after a very tiring evening, but she was wrong.


    Suddenly, a strong weightnded on top of her as Mo Han pushed her down onto the bed, his face entering An Luxia''s vision in the darkness as a sly grin crept up his lips, "It''s time for your punishment."


    ---


    The next few days, Li Yn did not go to school and had told the teachers that she was not feeling well as an excuse, although everyone at school knew the true reason for why she did not attend ss.


    An Luxia went to school like normal, still receiving looks from people, but not caring. Many people looked at her pitifully, which she seemed to dislike even more than the hateful nces they used to give her. She had posted it not for pity, but to stop unnecessary drama.


    It seemed to work better than she had expected. A few people even came up and apologized to her for misunderstanding her, all which she brushed off lightly.


    An Luxia went to ss normally, paying attention and studying at home with Mo Han while he was working since there were some testsing up.


    Li Yn still did not show up, and An Luxia was not sure if Li Yn went to the bar in these few days, doing the shameless job she chose to pick up.


    Of course, An Luxia did not know that her husband had burned down the bar.


    After about a week of going to school and taking sses, there was an announcement through the school forum.


    An Luxia was seated on the couch next to Mo Han, leaning her back against Mo Hanfortably as they both worked on theirptops. She opened up the school forum to take a break after finishing up her assignment and saw the pinned post.


    ''School Dance Announcement!


    Good evening, students. The annual Winter Dance party ising up in a few days! It will take ce this Friday, starting at 7 P.M. all the way until 12 P.M. in the Grand Hall of the University, which will be closed on Thursday and Friday to set up and prepare for the dance. There will be snacks avable at the party, and the annual Snow Queenpetition will also take ce at the end of the party. See you all there!''


    An Luxia usually did not attend these dances since she thought they were quite a waste of time and did not want to go with a random male student. A lot of boys asked her but she usually rejected all of them. If she had to go, she went with Yu Xinyi, who would drag her along.


    However, this time was different.


    She immediately turned around, patting Mo Han excitedly on the shoulder, "Hanhan! Hanhan!"


    Mo Han looked up from hisptop, removing his sses as he turned to her, "Yes?"


    "My school has a winter dance party on Friday! I want to go!" An Luxia blinked her eyes several times, smiling sweetly.


    Mo Han obviously could understand the underlying meaning to her statement, but he was not going to make it easy for her. He grinned and replied, "Sure, you can go."


    Then, he put on his sses again as he pretended to return to his work, but his focus was not on the document in front of him. An Luxia pursed her lips out unhappily, her eyes looking down as she thought for a few seconds before lifting her hand up, tugging softly at Mo Han''s sleeve, "Little Hanhan, you will go with me, right?"


    Mo Han continued to type, raising one eyebrow as a faint smile appeared on his face, "Is that the right way to ask your husband on a date?"


    An Luxia''s lips twitched slightly as she realized that Mo Han was purposely making it difficult for her! Hmph! She scoffed as she immediately dropped his sleeve, turned around, and moved to the edge of the couch as she said with a cheerful voice, "It''s okay then! I can always go to school tomorrow and search for a random dude in one of my sses and ask him to the dance. I am sure he would happily agree right away!"


    At once, there was a m as Mo Han shut hisptop forcefully, causing An Luxia to flinch. He removed his sses, standing up to move over to An Luxia, leaning forward as he rested his hand onto the backrest of the couch next to An Luxia, "Don''t you dare!"


    An Luxia didn''t back off as she leaned forward, drawing in her distance with him, "Why wouldn''t I dare? You didn''t say you would go with me!"


    The room fell into silence as Mo Han red into her eyes and she did not break eye contact either. After several seconds, Mo Han finally mumbled, "I''ll go with you."


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 Chapter 86 - Winter Dance (2)

    The room fell into silence as Mo Han red into her eyes and she did not break eye contact either. After several seconds, Mo Han finally mumbled, "I''ll go with you."


    An Luxia''s face broke into a pleased smile as she lifted one arm up, patting Mo Han on the head like a puppy, "That''s right, little Hanhan."


    Mo Han''s lips twitched slightly as he realized just how low his position was in this household. An Luxia could say anything and he would literally agree right away! This was not okay!


    He suddenly bent down, closing herptop and throwing it aside before lifting her up in his arms, carrying her out of the room withrge and fast strides.


    An Luxia''s eyes widened as she lightly hit him on the chest, "What are you doing? Let me down!"


    "Did you think you wouldn''t have topensate me for going to the dance with you?" Before long, they were inside their bedroom as Mo Han kicked the door shut, not bothering to lock it.


    ---


    An Luxia excitedly returned home on Friday after her only ss in the afternoon and got ready for the dance. It was only 6 P.M. but the sky outside was dark already as it reached winter time.


    Mo Han entered the room and saw her holding the white dress that she had bought a few days ago for the winter dance party and the Snow Queen contest.


    An Luxia also noticed him and quickly pulled him into the closet, "Go change into the white suit I picked for you! We will be the Snow Queen and King!" She eximed excitedly.


    Mo Han nodded his head and obediently went to go pick up the white suit that An Luxia had picked, looking at it once before putting it back down and beginning to unbutton the current suit he was wearing.


    An Luxia turned around to admire her beauty in the mirror and she looked down at the white and blue dress she was wearing, deciding that she would wear this one to the dance. She reached behind to zip up the dress but couldn''t reach it.


    She had always been able to zip up dresses herself, so she reached farther. She could feel the zipper against her skin already, but she just couldn''t grab ahold of it.


    Suddenly, another hand grabbed onto it and easily pulled it up. There was only one other person in the room, so An Luxia obviously knew who it was.


    "Thank you, Hanhan." She turned around and her eyes widened immediately from what she saw. It was indeed Mo Han, but. . . but he was naked! Half naked to be exact!


    An Luxia immediately looked down and saw that he was holding the shirt of the new suit in his hand, "Why aren''t you wearing anything?"


    "I''m changing," Mo Han replied simply, putting on the shirt and standing right next to An Luxia to look in the mirror as he put on the suit.


    An Luxia nced at Mo Han, eyeing his strong chest muscles and defined abs. They ate the same meals every day, and she did not see him exercise often, so howe he was still in such good shape?


    An Luxia pursed her lips out and turned around, grabbing the ne and earrings she was going to wear before walking out of the closet, "I''m going to go do my makeup."


    ---


    Half an hourter, they were on their way to the school. The car stopped at the front driveway of the school, and there were several cars in front of them in a line, all waiting to reach the center to get off.


    An Luxia and Mo Han sat patiently, waiting for the cars to slowly drop off the people and then leave one by one. The driveway was abnormally crowded today since everyone was here for the dance, and everyone who came off were all dressed up.


    The people came in pairs since the dances usually "required" for people to have a partner. There really wasn''t this requirement, but it would be embarrassing to arrive alone, which is also why An Luxia rarely went to the dances. When she did, her partner was Yu Xinyi.


    The cars in front of them finally left and when their ck car reached the front of the driveway, the driver came off to help open the door for An Luxia and Mo Han.


    When they got off, everyone that had already gotten off and the people behind them turned around to look at the breathtaking couple. They easily recognized An Luxia, but no one knew who the man next to her was.


    "An Luxia! Look! It''s An Luxia! Her dress looks so pretty. . ."


    "Ah, I tried so hard to prepare for the Snow Queenpetition this time, but it seems like there is still no hope."


    "Ch, are you stupid?! Of course there is no hope. I don''t even bother to try."


    "But who is that man next to her? Ah, he looks so handsome!!"


    "I don''t know. . . Does he go to our school? I don''t recognize him. That''s not her brother either. Is he maybe -"


    "Oh!!" One of the girls suddenly screamed, "I know him! He is the one in the picture that was taken in the cafeteria! Remember! He seems to be An Luxia''s boyfriend!"


    There were a few seconds of silence, "Oh!! I remember! Yes, it''s him. Wait, let me check."


    An Luxia could hear some of the talking going on, but she didn''t care as she walked hand in hand with Mo Han into therge hall where the dance would take ce.


    Along the road, everyone turned to look at them in awe, and this was exactly the reaction An Luxia had expected, but she did not like it. She did not like all the stares and looks Mo Han was attracting!


    These girls! How dare theyy their eyes on her man?! An Luxia frowned as she dug her nails into Mo Han''s suit. He quickly noticed and saw An Luxia''s cute jealous expression. At the same time, he was also getting jealous at all the guys turning to look at An Luxia. Maybe he should actually get her to drop out of school.


    It was too dangerous.


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 Chapter 87 - Winter Dance (3)

    Slowly, everyone gathered inside therge hall since the party was going to get started soon. The hall had been decorated using mostly snow and winter decorations, hence the reason for the party.


    The lights were all turned off, and the only source of light wasing from the stage, where a band was ying to the side.


    The food tables were to the left, and many people were talking around there. There were also many photo zones, and the floor had specks of white that were meant to represent snow.


    The talking grew louder as more and more people entered, covering the sound of the band, who were ying winter and Christmas songs.


    Everyone had basically arrived and the chatter was slowly dying down as everyone turned their focus to the stage, waiting for the announcement of the party starting to be made.


    However, that did not happen, for the closed door was suddenly pushed open again as another couple entered the room. As the doors had been closed already, everyone turned their attention to the door, wondering who waste.


    At once, gasps filled the room as they saw who it was.


    "It''s Li Yn!" Someone screamed, which caused An Luxia to furrow her eyebrows together as she looked up from the slice of cake she was eating. Indeed, the person at the door was Li Yn.


    But there was someone else next to her.


    --- The previous night


    The bar had been burned down, but of course Li Yn had a back up n. She could not only rely on the bar for "work".


    Her high heels clicked against the ground as she stepped into the lobby of a grand five-star hotel, and the workers bowed down as she stepped in.


    When she had walked in, the guards looked at each other in awe, "She''s so pretty!" One of them eximed. The other one nodded his head in agreement as they both turned around to take another look at the sexy figure of the woman they had just seen.


    Li Yn walked past the lobby and into the elevator, clicking the top floor as the door closed. It took almost a minute for the elevator to reach the top floor, which only had 20 rooms as the VIP section of the hotel.


    She walked around, finally finding the room she was looking for and knocking twice. No one replied for a moment before someone finally opened the door, and he smiled when he saw Li Yn.


    "Good evening, President Qi." Li Yn said with a smile before stepping into the room.


    The man inside was wearing a white bathrobe and his hair was slightly damp, showing that he had just taken a shower.


    He was quite young, which was rare for Li Yn''s clients. His facial features were not exactly handsome, but he wasn''t ugly either. However, that was not his main selling point. He was the eldest son of the famous Qi family, the one who would take over the business.


    He was known in the upper ss circle as the next generation of City A business. Li Yn set her handbag down on the table and sat down on the bed, licking her lips as she looked over at him.


    She was very happy when she received a message from him yesterday, asking her out once again. He was definitely her favorite client since he was not old and fat like most of her clients, and he was very famous in the upper ss society.


    However, he rarely contacted her.


    "You seem to be quite in a rush," hemented as he opened a bottle of red wine, poured it into two sses, and handed one to Li Yn.


    "Of course, President Qi. You barely ever ask me out, so I have to make the most out of it." Li Yn pursed her lips out unhappily, scooching over to Qi Jun and gently brushing her chest over his arm.


    He furrowed his eyebrows together slightly at his motion, ncing at her before finishing the wine in his ss in one gulp and setting the cup down on the table next to him.


    Then, he took Li Yn''s ss from her, setting it away as well before pushing her down onto the bed.


    --- An hourter


    Li Yn watched as Qi Jun pulled a cigarette out, lighting it up and taking a long draw from it.


    "President Jun, have you been busy these past few days?" Li Yn asked, knowing that he usually asked her out when he was feeling stressed.


    Qi Jun nced at her before nodding his head, taking another draw from the cigarette.


    They sat in silence for several seconds before Li Yn suddenly thought of something and narrowed her eyes together. She gulped and decided that now was the best time to ask. She ced one hand over his chest, smiling up at him seductively, "Do you want to have some fun then?"


    "Hm?" Qi Jun asked, looking at her.


    ''I have a school danceing soon, and I am still looking for a partner. Do I have the honor of asking you to go to the dance with me?"


    Qi Jun furrowed his eyebrows together, thinking for a few seconds before asking, "When is it?"


    "It''s tomorrow, and it starts at 7 P.M." Li Yn''s eyes lit up, thinking that there was hope.


    To her excitement, Qi Jun nodded as he threw the cigarette away into the ash pan next to him, "Sure, it is time for a break."


    --- Present


    "It''s Li Yn!"


    "How does she still dare toe to school after what happened? She really has no face!"


    "Yeah. Why would she write about her own sister?"


    Li Yn lifted her chin up proudly, not caring about thements as she wrapped her arm around Qi Jun, walking in. The people naturally moved aside as they walked to the center of the room.


    Suddenly, someone''s eyes widened as they eximed, "Wait! That guy! He looks so familiar! Isn''t he the young master of the Qi Family?"


    Li Yn heard that as the room had turned quiet after she had walked in. Her lips lifted up into a pleased smile as she straightened her back.


    "Oh my, it is! I recognize him! I saw him on the news the other day!"


    At once, the room blew up as the news spread quickly, and many other people also began recognizing the famous son of the Qi family.


    "How is he with Li Yn?!"


    Li Yn smiled as she wrapped her hand tighter around Qi Jun, and luckily, he did not push her away.


    The room finally silenced as a spotlight was ced onto the stage and the principal of the school walked onto the stage, "Wee to the Winter Dance party! Winter break will be starting in a few weeks, so please enjoy your time here at school before you leave for break. Enjoy the party!"


    Then, the band began ying again and the principal walked off the stage to enjoy the party herself as well.


    Everyone turned to look at Li Yn, who was talking with Qi Jun by now.


    "That really is Qi Jun, Why is he so close to Li Yn?" Several people asked.


    Xu Xin, who was also at the party, walked over to Li Yn, smiling at Qi Jun, "Yn, who is this man you have next to you?"


    Li Yn''s smile disappeared as she red at Xu Xin, who was supposed to be her friend, but was acting like a seductive vixen right now, "This is Mr. Qi, my partner."


    Qi Jun did not look at Xu Xin and instead let go of Li Yn, walking over to go get a ss of wine. Xu Xin''s eyes followed him before returning to look at Li Yn, "So he really is the young master of the Qi family!"


    Li Yn was not feeling very good about Xu Xin asking her about Qi Jun, and she shrugged, "Yes."


    "Wow! How did you get to know him?"


    "He found me," Li Yn replied simply, the lie slipping through her teeth without even blinking an eye.


    Xu Xin couldn''t hide the jealousy in her eyes, which made Li Yn feel better.


    "Oh, and did you see! Your sister also brought a man over today," Xu Xin finally said, switching topics.


    Meanwhile, as Qi Jun picked up a ss of champagne since there was no red wine, his eyes suddenlynded on a woman who appeared in front of him to grab a cup of juice.


    His hands froze as he saw the woman, who picked up a ss of punch and took a sip from it. He furrowed his eyebrows together, wondering if this beautiful woman was also in this school.


    Didn''t Li Yn say she was the prettiest girl in the school? Who was this woman?


    An Luxia finished the ss of punch in one gulp since she had just eating something very salty, and when she put the cup down, she noticed that someone was staring at her.


    She looked up and saw that it was the man who was next to Li Yn. She frowned, wondering why he was looking at her and where Li Yn was.


    Then, she suddenly heard the annoying voice of the person she had just thought about.


    "Sister, are you here alone?"

 Chapter 88 - Winter Dance (4)

    Then, she suddenly heard the annoying voice of the person she had just thought about.


    "Sister, are you here alone?" Li Yn walked over to them, swaying her hips left and right as she came to a stop next to Qi Jun and wrapped her hand around his elbow.


    "No." The one who answered wasn''t An Luxia, but instead, Mo Han, who suddenly appeared next to An Luxia, ring at the couple across from them.


    Li Yn gulped for a reason she didn''t even know of when she saw Mo Han, and then she chuckled softly, "Brother-inw!"


    Luckily, the music and talking were all so loud that no one heard Li Yn''s words. Mo Han obviously liked the title, but he did not like the one calling him it.


    Several people looked their way and of course, that ignited the rumors about the scene right now.


    "Wow! Doesn''t Li Yne from a poor family in the rural area? How can she date the young master of the Qi family? And An Luxia. . . . Wow, the roles really have switched! An Luxia''s boyfriend does look handsome, but he is definitely not as rich as Qi Jun."


    Several people agreed to thatment, thinking that it was still more cool to be the girlfriend of a rich young master than being adopted into a good family.


    "This is your sister?" Qi Jun finally spoke, turning to look at Li Yn as he waved one finger at An Luxia, who furrowed her eyebrows together.


    Li Yn smiled proudly and nodded, leaning closer to her "boyfriend", "Yes, but she was adopted at a young age. Her name is An. . . Luxia now."


    "An Luxia," Qi Jun repeated slowly in a tone that An Luxia could not decipher, "Nice to meet you, I''m Qi Jun."


    Out of politeness, An Luxia replied, "Nice to meet you too," which made Mo Han furrow his eyebrows together in displeasure.


    He grabbed onto An Luxia''s hand, ring at both Li Yn and Qi Jun before turning around and walking away without any words.


    Li Yn''s smile widened, thinking that it was because they were jealous of her, but her smile immediately disappeared at Qi Jun''s next words.


    "Why did you never tell me before that you had such a beautiful sister? Bring her along with you next time."


    Li Yn''s face turned green at once, and she tried to hide it as she ran her hand down Qi Jun''s chest, "Young master Qi, aren''t I enough? Why do you need another one?"


    Qi Jun nced at her for a few seconds before smirking, lifting his ss of wine up and finishing the remaining contents all in one gulp.


    "Meet me in the restroom." Then, he pushed her hand off and walked away. Li Yn watched as he made his way through the crowd of people, brushing off the people who tried to strike a conversation with him. He entered the women''s restroom.


    Mo Han pulled An Luxia to the corner of the room, where no one could see her, holding her close to him as if he was afraid that anyone would take her away if he let go even the slightest.


    "Why did you talk to him?" He whined unhappily.


    "What?" An Luxia tilted her head slightly, unsure of what he meant.


    "Why did you talk to that guy?"


    An Luxia thought back and finally remembered saying ''nice to meet you'' to the young master of the Qi family. Upon remembering, sheughed and turned around, falling into Mo Han''s embrace as he held her up by her waist, "Why? Are you jealous?"


    Mo Han rolled his eyes, lightly pinching her waist, "No!" He said proudly.


    "Liar! If you aren''t, then I will go talk to him again."


    "Don''t you dare!" Mo Han warned dangerously, squeezing both sides of her waist, making her giggle because it was itchy.


    "Stop! Ah, I won''t go. Ch! You''re so selfish," An Luxia pursed her lips out, rolling her eyes to only receive another eye roll from Mo Han.


    "Yes, I am very selfish." Then, he suddenly pulled her closer towards him, bending down slightly to meet her red lips.


    Luckily, they were both standing in the very corner of the room, where no one looked, so no one realized the romantic scene going on in the corner of therge room right now.


    At the same time, no one noticed the romantic scene going on in the restroom as well.


    After a very long kiss, An Luxia finally pushed Mo Han away in fear of someone noticing. She red at him, repeating one word in her head over and over again, ''Shameless! So shameless!''


    She stepped away, rubbing her hand over her lips, "My lipstick has been smudged now! You shameless beast!"


    Mo Han grinned, lifting one hand up to wipe off the smudged lipstick at the corner of her lip, "Thank you Mrs. Mo for thepliment."


    "Shameless," An Luxia repeated, "Too shameless! Oh my, he is a bad influence to stay around for too long."


    She turned around, walking away to the restroom to reapply the lipstick before the contest would take ce although she was confident she would win with or without lipstick.


    Mo Han watched as she went with a smile and watched as she entered the women''s restroom.


    Once An Luxia entered the public restroom, she noticed that something was wrong. Well, maybe not wrong. More like. . . something that wasn''t fit for anyone under 18 to run into.


    Luckily, An Luxia was over 18 and she had experience in this sector herself so she knew perfectly well what was going on. Her face turned a dark shade of red immediately from embarrassment as she wondered if she should go in or leave to let them finish their "business."


    The sound of the moans could be heard over the loud musicing from outside, and the people inside seemed to be too immersed in their activity to notice that someone else had barged into their affair.


    Just as An Luxia had decided to leave, she suddenly noticed the dress thatid on the white restroom floor. The familiar sparkly red dress that she must have seen somewhere before. It did not take long for her to remember.


    Li Yn was wearing that dress! Then, An Luxia suddenly remembered seeing Li Yn enter the women''s restroom a few moments ago, and all of a sudden, she gasped, covering her mouth with her hands to prevent the people inside from hearing.


    Of course, they did not hear as they were too focused on the task at hand.


    An Luxia slowly closed the restroom door, blocking out the sounding from the party. She lifted her dress up, tiptoeing over to the sink and pulled out her lipstick to reapply her makeup, still not believing what she had just learned.


    If it was Li Yn inside there, was the other person Qi Jun?. . . An Luxia remembered watching Li Yn enter the bar and learning about her "job", and everything made sense at once.


    An Luxia twisted her nose up in disgust, rolling her eyes as she neatly applied her lipstick.


    "Ah, don''t stop! It feels so good!"


    And her guess had been proved to be right. There was no way she could not recognize the voice she had just heard. It was indeed Li Yn inside there. So the other person was Qi Jun, her customer?


    Did she really bring her customer here to do it in the restroom?! Just thinking about it made An Luxia want to throw up in disgust as she scrunched her face up.


    She quickly closed her lipstick again and just as she was about to open the restroom door again, an evil thought crept up her mind.


    An Luxia''s lips curled up menacingly as she turned back around, looking at the two legs she could see from the small bottom opening of therge restroom stall.


    The sound of skin pping against each other and the moans was more than familiar to An Luxia, since it happened quite often in her bedroom with Mo Han, and she usually had no problem hearing it when it was herself. However, now, she felt absolutely disgusted.


    She would probably feel disgusted hearing it nowing from herself and Mo Han after this surprise encounter, and then she would have to exin to her husband why she was refusing affection.


    This only made An Luxia want to be evil even more, and she smiled as she opened her mouth and suddenly cleared her throat loudly.


    At once, the restroom turned silent as the sounding from the person outside the stall and the two people inside the stall all disappeared.


    An Luxia covered her mouth with her hands to hide the sound of herughter, and she cleared her throat purposefully again, making sure the sound was loud enough for Li Yn and the other person in the room to hear.


    When she was certain that the people inside were probably dying from shock and fear, she whistled happily as she opened the door and left.

 Chapter 89 - Snow Queen Competition

    When she was certain that the people inside were probably dying from shock and fear, she whistled happily as she opened the door and left.


    Even after An Luxia left, Li Yn and Qi Jun stood in utter silence for several seconds until they were sure of the fact that they were alone again.


    "Didn''t I tell you to close the door?" Qi Jun said angrily, ring at Li Yn, his face slightly red from embarrassment.


    Li Yn was even more embarrassed, worried that the person who had barged in might have figured out that she was the one inside the restroom stall. Then, she would be screwed! If news spread that she was doing. . . in the restroom while the party was going on, then her reputation would definitely fall into the gutter! Not like it wasn''t already in the gutter.


    "I did -"


    "Well then how did someonee in?!" Qi Jun ran his fingers through his hair frustratingly, sighing as he put on his pants again.


    Li Yn watched him in shock, still scared about the person who hade in. No. . . There was no way the person figured out that she was in here! It can''t happen! The entire atmosphere that had developed inside the restroom stall immediately broke into pieces right away as Qi Jun put on his clothes one by one.


    "Are you. . . But we haven''t even finish -"


    "I''m leaving." Qi Jun said simply, holding the suit jacket in his hands.


    At once, Li Yn''s face turned green as she grabbed onto Qi Jun''s arm. No! He couldn''t leave! What would the people think if he suddenly left halfway through the party and left her here alone?! Her reputation had finally turned good again. It couldn''t get ruined again!


    "No, the party isn''t over yet! Don''t leave."


    Qi Jun red at her and pushed her arm off, "It''s gettingte and I''m not in the mood to party anymore. I''m going to leave."


    Then, he walked towards the door, making sure that no one was inside the restroom anymore before pushing it open and walking towards the sink to wash his hands.


    Li Yn still stood naked in the stall, her eyes wide in shock and frustration. She couldn''t leave! She hade to regain her reputation and also win the title of Snow Queen! If she left now, she would havee for nothing and the Snow Queen would most likely go to An Luxia!


    She couldn''t let that happen!


    But if she didn''t leave, people would definitely spread rumors about why Qi Jun left without her. Ughh!! Li Yn ran her fingers through her hair frustratingly, gritting her teeth in anger.


    If she knew who the person who had barged in was, she would definitely go rip her face out!


    Qi Jun wiped his hands with a towel and turned around to leave. However, just as his hands reached the door handle, Li Yn suddenly said, "Wait! I. . . I''ll go with you."


    Her lips twitched in anger as she quickly put her dress back on. Luckily, Qi Jun was gracious enough to actually wait for her and the two of them quietly left the restroom together.


    No one looked at them since there was a dance going on at the moment, and everyone was dancing to the music. Li Yn walked out of the room with her head down and shoulders slouched, her fists clenched together in anger at whoever it was who had purposefully coughed in the restroom.


    Just like that, her grand entrance had turned into a sad departure.


    After Li Yn and Qi Jun had left, no one noticed that they were missing as everyone else continued to enjoy the party.


    An Luxia did not tell Mo Han about what she had seen in the restroom and they enjoyed the party together, dancing on the dance floor.


    An Luxia rested her head against Mo Han''s chest, ignoring all the looks they were receiving, most of them filled with admiration or jealousy.


    The music was soft and slow, and their bodies swayed to the beat of the band, moving left and right slowly in the center of the room. After a while, the music stopped and the band got off the stage. The people on the dance floor also stopped dancing, including An Luxia and Mo Han.


    Then, the principal returned to the stage and the spotlightnded on her, "I hope everyone is having a good time. It is time for one of our annual ceremony now, the Snow Queen contest. The initial round of voting has already happened on the school forum, and we have two candidates, An Luxia and Li Yn"


    An Luxia made her way towards the stage, but no one else did. The principal looked around the room confusedly, "Did Li Yn note?"


    From the crowd of people, Xu Xin chimed up, "Ma''am, she was here a moment ago, but she must have left!"


    The principal took onest scan at the crowd before looking at the paper in front of her and clearing her throat, "Well then, the runner-up will be. . . Xu Xin."


    Xu Xin''s smile widened as she immediately made her way towards the stage, wondering where Li Yn had gone but happy that she was gone. Their friendship was just as "genuine" as that.


    In a few seconds, An Luxia and Xu Xin were on the stage next to each other. Xu Xin fakely smiled at An Luxia, who didn''t bother to acknowledge her.


    The voting soon started and people came up one by one to put their votes in the two containers in front of them. Before even half of the people had gone onto the stage, it was evident who the winner would be.


    Xu Xin had barely any votes in her container, and her expression was getting more and more ugly as she watched people walk past her straight to An Luxia to ce their vote in her container.


    An Luxia smiled at each person, saying thank you as they walked past. She then looked towards Mo Han, who was standing on the bottom, carefully eyeing each male that walked up to An Luxia almost as if he was scared they would suddenly pull out a weapon and hurt An Luxia or something.


    The votes quickly passed and it was clear who had won.


    The principal looked at the two containers and the line on her script was for her to tell the judges on the bottom toe up and count the votes, however that did not seem to be necessary. . .


    She cleared her throat a little awkwardly and smiled, turning to the crowd, "Um. . . Well, the winner of this year''s Snow Queen contest seems to be clear. Congrattions to An Luxia! And also congrattions to Xu Xin."


    The crowd broke into apuse and Xu Xin silently clenched her teeth together as she forcefully pped stiffly. Then, she walked off the stage.


    Two people holding a sash with the words ''Snow Queen'' on it and tworge crowns. The person put the sash over An Luxia, who smiled happily.


    "Ms. An, do you have a partner with you today?"


    An Luxia looked up at the principal and quickly smiled, "Yes, ma''am! I do have a partner with me today!"


    This attracted everyone''s attention as they followed An Luxia''s gaze towards the man standing next to the stage, holding a ss of champagne in his hand.


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, his eyes only on An Luxia. Seeing that he was noting up, An Luxia frowned and waved at him, and he finally stepped forward, dropping the ss of champagne as he made his way up the stage.


    On the stage, many people gasped when they saw the man''s face in the light. He absolutely was. . . perfect! Not just his face, his body, his temperament, and especially the way he looked at An Luxia! Tonight, Mo Han was bound to catch the hearts of many women. But of course, he would drop all of those hearts mercilessly unless it was An Luxia''s heart.


    A crown was put onto Mo Han''s head as well as the partner of the Snow Queen was automatically given the title of ''Snow King''.


    Mo Han grabbed onto An Luxia''s hand as they turned to the audience, who looked at the couple in awe. An Luxia smiled happily, although she had already known that she would win. Meanwhile, Mo Han had no expression on his face as he stared at the crowd below him as if he was the king looking at his peasants.


    Then, he furrowed his eyebrow together when he noticed all the admiring and impure stares his wife was receiving from the men in the crowd. His fingers tightened around An Luxia''s hand but that was not enough to suppress his anger.


    An Luxia was busy smiling at the crowd when suddenly she felt a hand on her waist as she was turned around towards Mo Han.. Her eyes widened when a face suddenly blocked her view and then a strong force pressed against her lips.

 Chapter 90 - The Underworld Kings Beloved Wife

    Her eyes widened when a face suddenly blocked her view and then a strong force pressed against her lips.


    "Mm!" An Luxia eximed, her brain taking some time to process what had happened.


    "Ah!" She suddenly felt a pain as Mo Han bit her lips, making her scrunch her nose up in pain and confusion, "Mo -"


    The crowd below them immediately blew up, gasps and screams filling the room. Even the principal next to them was surprised as this had never happened before, and as an old woman with no partner, she couldn''t help but blush from the sight.


    Soon, the crowd blew up into apuse as they watched the romantic scene in front of their eyes that seemed to jump out of a movie.


    ---


    After a long rest of the night, An Luxia and Mo Han finally returned home. On the way up the mountain, An Luxia fell asleep in the cool andfortable atmosphere of the car.


    Mo Han carefully carried An Luxia into the house and set her on the bed, taking off her shoes and helping her change into her pajamas before covering her up with the thick nket.


    The temperature was dropping rapidly as the winter came, and An Luxia quickly snuggled up in thefort of the bed.


    After a while, Mo Han also joined her on the bed, closing the lights and kissing her good night.


    ---


    After a happy weekend together, An Luxia returned to school to see the one person she did not want to see in her first ss.


    A group of people crowded around Li Yn, all with the same question.


    "Yn, is the young master of the Qi family really your boyfriend?! How did you two meet?"


    An Luxia rolled her eyes as she walked down the stairs, refusing to acknowledge Li Yn as she sat down next to Yu Xinyi.


    Yu Xinyi looked at her and then turned around to re at Li Yn, "Luxia, is your dumb sister really dating the young master of the Qi family?"


    "No," An Luxia replied simply, taking a sip of water.


    Yu Xinyi scoffed, rolling her eyes as if she had expected that answer, "I knew it! Even if she was dating him, look how ugly that dude is. Mr. Mo looks so much better!"


    An Luxia grinned, opening her backpack with a smile, "That is right!"


    Yu Xinyi yed around with the pen in her hand, knitting her eyebrows together, "But what does Mr. Mo even do as the. . . you know what? Does he do work?"


    An Luxia shrugged, frowning slightly, "I''m not sure. . . He doesn''t seem to have much work."


    ---


    On the car ride home, An Luxia suddenly remembered that question and turned to look at Mo Han, "Hanhan, you say you are the leader of the HLX, but what do you even do?"


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, tilting his head slightly to look at her, "What do I do? Hm. . . I am just the boss. I make the decisions."


    An Luxia waited for more, but after several seconds, it was evident that none wasing, "That''s it?"


    Mo Han nodded, "Yeah, I don''t do much. The money goes to me."


    He said that lightly, shrugging as if it was more than natural. Of course, he left out the part that when there were action ns, he would obviously take part in the front line himself.


    An Luxia pursed her lips out, slouching down into the car seat, "Ah, I wish I could do that."


    Mo Han looked over at his wife, who seemed like she wanted to be one with the car seat and chuckled, reaching his hand over to pat her on the head, "You don''t have to be envious, because everything I have is also yours. You don''t have to do. . . anything."


    An Luxia''s eyes nced up at Mo Han, blinking her eyes a few times before arge smile appeared on her face and she straightened up her back, "My Hanhan is the best!!"


    ---


    The rest of the car ride home, An Luxia was quiet because she had thought of an idea that was very exciting. Once the car came to a stop in front of the house, An Luxia jumped off, forgetting about her bag and ran into the house.


    Mo Han looked at her confusedly and grabbed her bag for her before entering the house after the rushed figure.


    An Luxia went straight for the work room, where herptop was resting on the table. She opened it up, creating a new nk document. The story she was writing was ending soon, and it did not receive much recognition all the way till the end.


    With no new ideas in mind, she had originally nned to stop writing as school was also getting quite busy. However, now she could not stop writing, for she had a new book idea!


    "The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife"


    Without even having one chapter written yet, An Luxia created the story on the tform in which she wrote on, and yes, you guessed it, this story was going to be about her and Mo Han.


    Just in the car, An Luxia had thought that Mo Han would make a great male lead for a romance story, so here she was, ignoring Mo Han''s calls for dinner to finish writing her first chapter.


    "What are you doing? Come eat dinner?"


    An Luxia clicked publish and immediately closed herptop, blinking herrge round eyes up at him innocently, "Nothing! Let''s go eat."


    ---


    The next day at school, An Luxia had the script reading ss with Li Yn first thing in the afternoon, which was also the only ss she had that day.


    "Wow! I heard of that director!" An Luxia immediately heard when she stepped into the room. She furrowed her eyebrows together when she saw a crowd of people gathered around Li Yn again. Were they still not over what had happened at the winter dance party?


    However, it did not seem like they were talking about the winter dance.


    "How did you get it?"


    Li Yn twisted her hair in her fingers, her chin held up high, "I auditioned and the director picked me once I finished my audition. He must have liked me a lot."


    "Wow!!" The crowd around her immediately exploded into gasps and admiration as they started murmuring amongst themselves, making Li Yn more happy.


    As An Luxia walked down the steps to her seat, Li Yn turned around and looked at her, not afraid to raise her eyebrow at An Luxia, who rolled her eyes in return.


    An Luxia dropped her bag down next to Yu Xinyi, who seemed quite unhappy, "What is happening?"


    Yu Xinyi rolled her eyes and lowered her voice, "Apparently, your ugly sister got herself the second female lead role in this drama that ising out under XX Entertainment. I don''t know exactly how she got that role, but she is saying that the director handpicked her. Ch! Does anyone even believe that?!"


    An Luxia looked at the group of people around Li Yn, "It looks like everyone does."


    Yu Xinyi seemed to get even more unhappy as she grudgingly pulled out her notebook, mming it onto the desk loudly so several people turned around and looked at her weirdly.


    An Luxia looked at her best friend and chuckled, "Why are you so mad? We both know that she probably got it from shameless reasons. It''s nothing to be proud of."


    And An Luxia was right. Yu Xinyi had indeed gotten the role from shameless reasons she could not say to other people. She had slept with the CEO of thepany investing in the film and got him to give the role to her.


    Since she was in the acting major, it was natural for her to get herself acting opportunities when she had the chance. And for her, she had "many" chances.


    Yu Xinyi frowned and nodded her head as the professor walked into the ssroom.


    ---


    At home, An Luxia finally finished up her homework and pulled up the document to continue writing. As expected, this new book also did not receive a lot of attention although it was still only the first chapter, but she did not care much.


    She would just write this for fun.


    As she continued to write, she soon fell asleep because it was gettingte and the room was quiet as Mo Han did his own work at his desk.


    An hourter, Mo Han noticed that she had fallen asleep, and he closed hisputer, walking over. An Luxia''sptop screen had turned dark, and Mo Han took theptop off of her and onto the table. As he did so, the screen lit up and showed the unfinished chapter An Luxia was writing.


    His eyes quickly scanned through the screen and he was just about to close theputer again when his eyes fell on a few words.


    "The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife"


    Hm?

 Chapter 91 - Winter Break

    After putting his wife to bed, Mo Han disappeared into the bathroom, closing the door and pulling out his phone.


    A small smile appeared on his face as he remembered what he had read earlier as he called Gu Yechen and Qin Wei.


    The two of them picked up at the same time, and immediately, two annoying voices entered the bathroom.


    "Why are you calling thiste at night?!" Qin Wei groaned unhappily.


    "I am sleeping, this better be important," Gu Yechen said coldly, both of them seeming to have forgotten who their boss was.


    Mo Han leaned back against the sink, crossing his arms together, "I have an order for both of you to get done as soon as possible."


    "Sir, if you haven''t realized, it is midnight right now!" Qin Weiined.


    "I don''t care, then get it done tomorrow morning. I need to see it done by tomorrow."


    Gu Yechen sat up on the bed, rubbing his eyes, "Hurry up, what is it?"


    "I don''t care how you do it, but get all of your employees to go to a reading site called XX and vote for a book called ''The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife'', understand?"


    ". . ." Both Qin Wei and Gu Yechen looked at each other weirdly, "When did Mr. Mo suddenly get into reading contemporary romance novels?"


    Mo Han rolled his eyes, "Whatever, just go open it. Good night."


    Then, he hung up on the two of them, putting his phone away and going to bed himself.


    ---


    The warm sunlight spilled into the room, waking An Luxia up. She rubbed her eyes as she looked out the window. Noticing that Mo Han was still asleep, she decided toy in bed for a little longer.


    She grabbed her phone, opening it up to scroll through social media. Then she opened the reading tform app she wrote on to read some books but to find a surprise waiting for her.


    She clicked open her book and her mouth immediately fell open as she wondered if she was dreaming.


    ''Power ranking: #7''


    What in the world was happening?! No, she must be dreaming! An Luxia closed the app and even went to the extent of powering off her phone and reopening it. However, the app still revealed the same exact information.


    There must be a glitch. There must be a problem with the app. Not only was there no way her novel had suddenly be this popr overnight, but her novel was also new, so there was no way it could be in the top 7!


    All books in the top 10 had at least 100 chapters, and here she was with less than 10 chapters. Nonsense! Was someone spamming?


    However, as An Luxia scrolled through her novel, she realized that thements and reviews had also increased. How did this happen?!


    And, many new readers were finding her book because of the sudden increase in poption. An Luxia''s heart pounded as she quickly went to get herptop to upload a new chapter.


    However, before she could step foot off the bed, she suddenly heard Mo Han''s voice, "Where are you going?"


    An Luxia excitedly whirled around, jumping back onto the bed and practicallynding on top of Mo Han, "Oh, little Hanhan, you are my lucky charm!!! Guess what happened?!"


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, already able to guess what had happened, "What?"


    An Luxia hadpletely forgotten about the fact that the novel should be a secret to Mo Han, since it was their story, but she was way too excited.


    "I started writing a new novel recently, and it reached the top 10!!!"


    Seeing An Luxia''s eyes sparkling with happiness, Mo Han couldn''t help but also smile. It seemed like Gu Yechen and Qin Wei had done their job well. Pay raise!


    He gently rubbed her head and pulled her down for a quick morning kiss, "That''s great!"


    "I''m going to go upload a new chapter, and then I''ll cook breakfast today!" She said excitedly, hopping off the bed.


    As An Luxia went to upload a chapter, Mo Han reached for his phone and sent Gu Yechen and Qin Wei two words: "Good work."


    Within a minute, Qin Wei replied with a cute smiling emoji of a cat and Gu Yechen did not express any reply.


    After uploading a chapter, An Luxia happily skipped into the restroom to get ready for the day and then went to cook. This time, she agreed to letting Mo Han help her in the kitchen, although that did not turn out great.


    Together, they ate breakfast happily during this early winter morning.


    ---


    Winter break started in about two weeks and everyone happily went home after taking their finals. Li Yn was nowhere to be seen because she had started filming for her drama, which wouldst the entire winter break.


    It was a short drama and the other characters had already been filming for several months already, as Li Yn was added into it midway by the investor.


    The winter break wouldst for a full month and school would resume mid-January.


    An Luxiaid her entire body onto Mo Han''s legs as the car smoothly drove up the mountain back home. They were going home quickly before going back down the mountain to go visit the An family for a family dinner.


    An Luxia looked up at Mo Han, who had his eyes closed calmly as he gently stroked An Luxia''s head. She smiled sweetly, turning her head around slightly and wrapping her arms around his waist as the car entered the gate.


    Before long, they returned home and An Luxia excitedly disappeared into the room to change into afortable sweater for the family dinner.


    They entered the An house a few hourster, and the delicious smell of food immediately greeted them. Together, the family ate a pleasant meal.


    --- Many dayster


    "Come,e. Eat fruits, eat fruits!" The entire family of five gathered around the living room to eat fruits after a Christmas dinner.


    Yes, time during break seemed to fly like the wind, and before long, it was towards the end of the year already.


    An Luxia leaned her head against Mo Han''s shoulder sweetly, waiting for the fruits to be fed to her mouth. In the mere span of half a year, so much has changed.


    She got married! She was no longer a single woman, but the wife of a man. And not just any man! The man she had known practically since birth. . . Well maybe not at birth, but since she was very young.


    Together, the family yed cards and had fun. An Luxia and Mo Han stayed at the An family''s house Christmas night, and they were going to stay all the way till New Years.


    After a long night, the only thing An Luxia wanted to do was go to sleep. She changed into her pajamas andid down on her small bed inside her bedroom, which she hadn''t returned to in a very long time.


    The nkets had been washed clean, and it truly felt like she was back home. An Yuchen would also be staying in the home for thest few days of the year.


    She replied to somements while waiting for Mo Han, but put her phone away since she was really getting tired. As her eyes slowly shut, she suddenly heard a click as the lights in the room were turned off.


    She knew it must have been Mo Han who turned it off, and she didn''t think much as she continued to sleep. Then, she felt a sudden gust of cold wind enter the closed nket, causing her to shiver as it was very cold during the heavy wintertime.


    She had expected for Mo Han to quickly crawl in and trap the heat inside the nket again, but it continued to feel cold after several seconds.


    She slowly blinked her eyes open, wondering why Mo Han was still not on the bed when suddenly, she felt a heavy weight on top of her and his face entered her view.


    She frowned, "Mo Han, what are you doing? It''s cold, hurry up and go to sleep."


    A corner of his lips lifted as he looked to the side, using one finger to lift her chin up, "Mrs. Mo, you seem to have forgotten that you have a husband that you didn''t even save a space on the bed for him."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow as she looked to her right and then her left and realized that she indeed did not leave any empty space for Mo Han to sleep on. She must have rolled around when she was slightly unconscious and due to the small size of the bed, it was hard for arge man like Mo Han to squeeze in.


    "Oh, I''m sorry." She tried to move but Mo Han would not get off of her, "Let me -"


    "It''s okay, you don''t need to move. There is no problem with both of us sleeping in the middle of the bed."


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together, rubbing her eyes, "How? It''s okay, there is no space -"


    "I''ll just sleep on top of you."


    Before An Luxia could react, his lips were on top of hers, blocking out her view of anything else but his face.


    In a few minutes, the cold room naturally heated up as a romantic atmosphere filled up the space.

 Chapter 92 - Celebration

    The next morning, An Luxia did not want to move at all as she stayed cuddled inside the warmth of her nket.


    "Can''t you have some self control? What if my brother or parents heard?!" Sheined as Mo Han suddenly turned around and pulled her into his warm and. . . bare embrace.


    Mo Han smiled sheepishly, obviously not feeling any sense of remorse, "Don''t worry, there is no problem with a husband sleeping with his wife. I am sure mother and father would understand, as they have experience themselves."


    An Luxia''s face turned as red as a tomato as she buried her head deep into the nket, "You shameless human," she murmured underneath the nket, causing Mo Han to smile.


    Soon, there was a knock on the door as Qi Lanyu''s voice entered the room, "Wake up, wake up! It''s almost the end of the year, don''t waste it in bed!"


    An Luxia did not want her mother to enter the room and see both of them naked, so she quickly screamed, "I know, I know! We will be down soon!"


    After checking to make sure that her mother was gone, she quickly jumped out of the bed, gasping from the cold air as she ran into the closet to put on clothes.


    After getting ready, the two of them went downstairs to eat breakfast.


    --- Another part of City A


    In another part of City A, another family was enjoying their Christmas breakfast while watching the television.


    Li Yn smiled proudly as she watched her own face on the television, and both of her parents were also smiling.


    "Yn, how much money did you say they were going to pay you for this thing?"


    Li Yn did not like that her father was mentioning the money, but she still proudly replied, "250 thousand dors."


    Seeing her parents'' shocked faces, she couldn''t help but add on, "I am still a newbie so that is not that much. I am sure that I will be paid more in the future."


    Her mother excitedly pped her hands together, rubbing them as she looked like she wanted to jump up and down in excitement, "Oh, oh. . . My daughter is so talented! Oh, you have to eat well, right? After all, you are an entertainment figure now. Oh, I''ll go make you another boiled egg."


    Li Yn''s lips curled up into a proud smile as she flipped her hair to the back of her ears, turning over to watch herself on the television as well.


    The drama she had acted in hade out a day ago during the Christmas season, and it was already a hit! Due to the poprity of the male and female lead, the drama was doing very well and many people were noticing the likable second female lead as well, Li Yn.


    Before long, she would be the top star of the entertainment industry!


    --- New Year''s Eve


    "Happy new year!" An Yuchen eximed happily, popping over a bottle of champagne with one hand and beginning to pour it into several sses.


    When he reached An Luxia''s ss, he stopped, narrowing his eyes as he moved on to Mo Han.


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together, "Brother, you missed my ss!"


    An Yuchen nced at her, pressing his lips into a thin line unhappily, "Did you forget what time of the month it is?"


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together, looking at everyone seated at the table, "It''s New Year!"


    This time, Mo Han was able toplete the statement for An Yuchen, "and it is also your special time of the month," he said, emphasizing the word special.


    It was easy for everyone to understand what it meant. An Luxia''s face turned slightly red immediately, but she used the excuse of saying that it was too cold, "How. . . How would you know, you creep?"


    Mo Han smirked softly, lifting a corner of his lips up, "You are my wife, of course I would know."


    Then, he stood up, taking An Luxia''s empty ss away as he walked over to the kitchen table, "Mom, is there warm brown sugar ginger tea?"


    Qi Lanyu was obviously happy to see her son-inw treating her daughter so well, and she immediately stood up to look for it, "I don''t think we have it. But we do have ginger and brown sugar."


    Mo Han nodded, "No problem, I can make it myself."


    Therefore, thest meal of the year ended up getting pushed back slightly because Mo Han had to brew up some warm tea for his wifey. Of course, no one had anyints.


    Once An Luxia was finally able to take a sip of the tea, the New Years'' Eve dinner began.


    After eating dinner, they sat down to y games and watch the countdown together as a family. Three minutes before the new year would officially begin, they stopped talking and turned their attention to the clock and the television.


    Mo Han had covered An Luxia''s lower body with a nket, and shefortably leaned over towards Mo Han, resting her head onto his chest.


    Mo Han very cooperatively moved over to her, wrapping his arm around her waist and gently rubbing her stomach since he knew that she might be having cramps due to the cold weather and her health circumstances.


    He used his other hand to gently stroke her hair, his attention turning away from the television to look at her.


    He was used to "celebrating" new year''s alone for many years by now. He had never really cared about the new year, because there was no difference. Every year was the same, and he truly did not understand why people were so happy for a new year.


    However, this year was different.


    This was the first year he was with her, celebrating the passing of a year gone by anding of a new year together. It did not matter which year it was, or how many years they were together, his love for her would never change or go away.


    That is one thing he was certain would never change or fade away even with the passing of time.


    "YAY!!! Happy new year!" He suddenly heard An Luxia scream, pulling him out of his thoughts. She turned around, herrge round eyes sparkling at him as she screamed happily, bouncing up and down the couch slightly.


    This year had been a great year for both of them, and they were certain that this new year would be even better, bringing on more great things and experiences together.


    --- One weekter


    A weekter, it was An Luxia''s birthday.


    Her birthday was in the cold winter time on January 7th, and it wasn''t the first birthday she was celebrating with Mo Han.


    In the adoption center, they had celebrated a birthday together in their own room, and although there was no cake or anything special, Mo Han had made a promise to her back then to give her the best birthday present ever in the future.


    And of course, Mo Han did not break his promise.


    An Luxia was in a very bad mood from the morning since not only did she not get to sleep in during her birthday, but she was woken up very early in the morning from Mo Han''s kissesing one after another.


    She grudgingly blinked her eyes open, lifting her hand up to rub her eyes but identally pping Mo Han across the face.


    "Ah!" Mo Han groaned, rubbing his cheek, "Mrs. Mo, I know it is your birthday today, but that doesn''t mean you can try and murder your husband, okay?"


    An Luxia pursed her lips out, rolling her eyes as she wiped her face, "What are you doing this early in the morning?"


    Mo Han grinned, starting to kiss her over her face again, "Of course giving you an early morning birthday surprise! Mrs. Mo, how about a baby for a birthday present?"


    Before An Luxia could even figure out what was going on, Mo Han gave her his first "present" of the day, a great morning exercise that An Luxia did not ask for.


    ---


    An Luxia and Mo Han came downte for breakfast today, and everyone thought that it was because An Luxia had slept in, but only they knew about the true reason.


    They ate arge breakfast together and then Yu Xinyi came to wish An Luxia a happy birthday. She had juste back from a trip with her parents to Country Y, and she brought back many gifts for An Luxia, and of course. . . An Yuchen.


    "Thank you, Xinyi," An Yuchen smiled at her as he took over the pink bag Yu Xinyi held.


    Yu Xinyi blushed just from his words, but it was hard to tell since everyone''s faces were slightly red from the cold temperature, "You''re wee, brother Yuchen."


    She nced at him, her heart thumping inside her chest before she quickly turned around and ran off, "I''m going to get going then! Happy new year!"


    An Luxia giggled from behind, thinking that Yu Xinyi was such a scaredy cat in front of her brother.


    The rest of the day went by happily, and they did not do much, but it was the happiest birthday An Luxia had ever had in her entire life because of who she celebrated it with.


    In the end, she ate too many slices of cake because it was so delicious and couldn''t fall asleep because her stomach was so bloated.


    She was originallyining to Mo Han about not being able to fall asleep because she ate too much, but she immediately regretted it when the evil devil used herints as an excuse to do some exercise with her.


    Ugh, the most shameless person in the whole wide world award would definitely go to Mo Han without any objections.

 Chapter 93 - The Interview

    After winter break, An Luxia did not want to return to school at all. When Mo Han brought up the suggestion of having her drop out, she seriously considered it but thought better of it.


    She grudgingly dragged herself out of bed in the cold weather, extremely unhappy as she marched into the restroom to get ready for the first day back to school.


    She had slept early yesterday so she could wake up early today without feeling tired, but of course Mo Han had better ns. She cursed Mo Han over and over again as she brushed her teeth, almost falling asleep standing up.


    Then, she put on a thick white sweater and some jeans before rushing out of the house. She did not want to bete for the first day of school.


    ---


    At school, it was evident that most people were extremely tired after the long break and many of them were also runningte.


    Seeing that there were still people outside, An Luxia calmed down a little bit as she waved goodbye to Mo Han and walked onto the school grounds.


    However, as she walked over to the building, she immediately noticed that something was wrong. An Luxia looked around, unable to ignore the stares she was receiving, the unfriendly stares. She easily recognized it for she had experienced the same look before, when the rumors about her had spread due to Li Yn.


    Couldn''t she have a month of peace?! Why do so many people have the same hobby of spreading rumors about her?


    An Luxia pulled out her phone as she continued to walk, trying to reach her first ss''s building as quickly as possible. She pulled open the school forum and immediately furrowed her eyebrows together, refreshing the page.


    The school forum was empty and the top post was still the post of school starting again after winter break. She scrolled through and was certain that there were no posts about her. So what had happened?


    She entered the ssroom and her doubts were once again proven to be right when several pairs of eyesnded on her again.


    She quickly sat down next to Yu Xinyi, who waved at her upon seeing her, "What happened? Why are people looking at me again?"


    Yu Xinyi was just about to open her mouth when An Luxia beat her to it again, "Don''t tell me it is Li Yn again."


    Yu Xinyi nodded her head, "You haven''t seen the news yet?"


    "News, I didn''t see any news."


    "It came outst night," Yu Xinyi eximed. No wonder she didn''t see it! She had slept earlyst night and obviously did not get any chance to see the news since then.


    "You know how that disgusting b**** went to star in a movie?"


    An Luxia frowned and thought for a few seconds before nodding, "Oh yeah, I remember. Why, what happened?"


    How does that have any rtion to her?


    "Well, she got pretty famous and she went to an interview, which came out yesterday." Yu Xinyi lowered her voice as she began exining what had happened, "And she said some things about you in the interview. . ."


    An Luxia twisted her nose together in disgust as she pulled out her phone and began searching. At once, the news came out. Just by searching Li Yn''s name, there was news about her and even a picture of her in the headline.


    She found a video of the interview, which was half an hour long in total, but only five minutes of it was actually about her.


    An Luxia skipped through most of the interview until she stopped when a question was asked about Li Yn''s family towards the end of the interview.


    Li Yn sighed and looked down, folding her hands together on herp, "Yes, my parentse from a poor background so I grew up in a poor family as well, which is why I am determined to work very hard and repay my parents for all that they gave me."


    An Luxia frowned, thinking that Li Yn was very fit for the job of being an actress. She was indeed very good at acting.


    "However, I actually also have an older sister," Li Yn said softly, looking up into the camera.


    An Luxia narrowed her eyes, continuing to listen, "She is four years older than me and also goes to the same college as me. She was adopted by another family and goes by the name of An Luxia now."


    An Luxia gripped the phone tightly, wondering if it was legal for this interview to evene out? How could they put out private information about her without getting in trouble?


    "Ah," Li Yn looked towards the interviewer pitifully, "Is it okay if I say something to my sister here? I''m not sure if she will hear it but I really hope she will."


    The interview obviously agreed, "Yes, yes, for sure."


    Li Yn looked towards the camera, tears appearing in her eyes as they sparkled under the studio lighting, "I just want to tell my sister, An Luxia, something. I know you may still be mad at mom and dad, but they really didn''t mean to abandon you!"


    Li Yn looked down momentarily, pretending to wipe her nonexistent tears before looking up again, "I know you are in a better family now after being adopted, but it is still wrong for you to not care about mom and dad anymore."


    She moved forward on the chair, cing one hand over her chest, "If it is for the money, I have money now! I will give you all the money I earned from the drama I filmed."


    She pressed her lips together, saying a little softer but loud enough for everyone to hear, "I know you found a rich man and you sleep with him for money, but you don''t have to do that. Mom, dad, and I all don''t want you to do something so. . . shameless like that. You don''t have to forgive us and. . . I know you don''t want to take care of mom and dad, but at least don''t give up on yourself like that."


    Then, Li Yn suddenly started crying for whatever reason and the interview came to an end. An Luxia rolled her eyes, wondering how bored Li Yn must be to waste her time on doing something like this.


    Yu Xinyi blinked her eyes a few times as she watched An Luxia put down the phone calmly as the professor entered the room, "Are you not mad? What are you going to do about it?"


    An Luxia shrugged, "Why should I be mad? By doing this, Li Yn is just acting like a little clown hopping around me trying to make me angry."


    She rolled her eyes, opening her textbook for the ss was starting, "Don''t worry about it, things will die down."


    However, things did not seem like they would die down soon. Not only did this blow An Luxia up greatly, but it also blew Li Yn up. For people who did not know her yet, they ended up knowing who Li Yn was after the interview.


    People all over the country were mad at An Luxia for being a "disgrace" to the country, and everyone was feeling bad for Li Yn, even people who weren''t her fans.


    Under the interview, thements were increasing by the second.


    ''Person 1: Being raised in a good family does not mean they will be a good person."


    ''Reply: Exactly! Although our Lan wasn''t born in as good of a family as her sister, she is a much better person!''


    ''Reply: This is the deepestment in this entirement section hahaha.''


    ''Person 2: Who is this disgusting person?! An Luxia, is it? She deserves to go die in a hole! Get out of our country, you disgrace!''


    ''Person 3: Although I didn''t know who Li Yn or An Luxia was until seeing this, but I already hate An Luxia just from this half an hour interview. Even if you were adopted, that doesn''t mean you should just forget about your biological parents that gave birth to you!''


    Underneath, thements against An Luxia and for Li Yn were piling up as the interview was pushed up in the entire country so more and more people could see it.


    Before long, the entire Inte was talking about Li Yn and scolding An Luxia.


    ---


    An Luxia looked through thements as she walked out of school, ignoring thements she was receiving. By now, the people in her school weren''t scared to openly talk bad about her anymore, and they took pictures of her while trash talking her, a few of them even trying to throw things at her.


    An Luxia clenched her fists together, wanting to fight back but thinking better of it since they were all filming, and it would only make things worse for her if she talked back right now.


    The entire country was against her right now, so fighting back against a few ssmates was utterly worthless.


    She entered the back parking lot and the talking around her finally died down as she put away her phone and walked to the empty space, looking around for Mo Han.


    However, before she could see anything, her head was suddenly covered by something and a strong force hit her from behind, knocking her out.


    What in the world?! Not again!

 Chapter 94 - Kidnapped. . . Again

    An Luxia blinked her eyes open, frowning when she felt the soreness and pain in her body, specifically on her back.


    It didn''t take long for her to remember what had happened when she was still conscious, and she realized that she had gotten kidnapped. . . again.


    An Luxia lifted her hand up, d that she was no longer tied together this time. She rubbed her eyes, opening them up again to find that she was in a dimly lit room. She could barely get her head off of the floor as she looked around.


    She wasn''t on the floor! She felt the soft material underneath her and realized that she was on a bed, and this ce. . . It looked like a hotel room, an expensive hotel room.


    What was happening? Who had kidnapped her?


    Just as An Luxia tried to push herself off the bed, she suddenly heard the click and she quickly fell back down onto the bed, pretending to be unconscious.


    Since she had no clue what was going on, the best n was just to pretend to be dead. Yes, a very perfect n!


    Her eyshes quivered as she opened her eyes slightly, just enough for her to get a blurry look at the room she was inside of. The hotel room was huge, and it was quite obvious that this room would have been expensive from the size and decorations inside the room.


    Suddenly, another figure entered her vision, and she opened her eyes a little more when she realized that the person had his back facing her.


    From the back, An Luxia could tell that the man was quite fat and he was also bald. He wore a white bathrobe and seemed to be doing something. Then, he turned around, revealing his old face and sinister expression as he rubbed his hands together.


    An Luxia quickly closed her eyes when the man turned around, still keeping them slightly open so she could look at who the man was.


    She did not recognize him and he looked quite. . . disgusting. His eyes were tiny and absolutely disgusting in the way he was staring at her right now, and his skin was dark and rough, with uneven patches on it.


    He slowly made his way over to the bed, sitting down next to An Luxia, who didn''t dare turn her head around and look at him, since he was behind her at the moment.


    She held her breath, afraid to even breathe in fear of him noticing that she was awake. She almost shook when she suddenly felt a touch on the side of her face, but she stopped herself as she dug her fingers into the bedsheet.


    Was he touching her?


    She would definitely have Mo Han chop his fingers offter!


    Then, his rough voice entered the room, "Oh, you are indeed a beauty, just like your sister. That glowing skin. . ." He ran his fingers through her hair as he spoke and moved closer to her, turning her around so sheid t on the bed.


    He licked his lips in a menacing manner, beginning to untie his bathrobe and revealing his fat body, "You look delicious."


    Then, he slowly leaned in, taking his time to enjoy the feast in front of him. However, he did not expect what happened next.


    An Luxia''s eyes suddenly burst open, and she narrowed them as she swung her arm up, straight for the man''s chin. The next second, there was a painful groan as the man fell off the bed from the force, crashing down onto the floor with so much force that it almost felt like an earthquake.


    An Luxia immediately jumped up from the bed once she finished her attack, using this chance to run. The man also took a long time to recover from his shock, and his entire body hurt as he lifted his hand up to rub the back of his butt, which was burning with pain right now.


    "You b****! How dare you hit me?! How aren''t you asleep?!" The man pushed himself up from the floor, still hissing in pain. How did she wake up so fast?!


    At this time, An Luxia ran over to the hotel room door and pulled on it, only to find that it was locked. She tried again but it was still locked. How could the door be locked from the inside?!


    When she turned around, the man was wobbling towards her, his eyes filled with anger as one of his hands still rested on his bottom.


    An Luxia sighed, rubbing the back of her head as it hurt very badly. The man was getting closer and the hallway of the door was too narrow for a fight, so there was no way she could win.


    Since there was no option of flight right now, all she could do was fight. She stretched her neck and went straight for the man, who obviously didn''t expect for her to suddenly lunge towards her.


    "Urgh!" Before the man could even react, she jumped up andnded a kick straight t onto his chest.


    "Ah!" Once again, the rest of the rooms on this floor and possibly the floor underneath probably thought that an earthquake had just happened.


    "You disgusting b****! How dare - AH!" The man covered his face with his arms, afraid for his life right now as kicks and punches were thrown at him without any mercy.


    "You are the disgusting b - person here right now! How dare you try and do that to me?! Do you have a death wish?! Well, I''ll grant you your wish!" She screamed, practically jumping on top of the man as she mmed her fists down at him. As a small woman, one would think that she did not have much strength, but she had trained in self defense before!


    The man was already hurt so it was easy to make sure he couldn''t stand back up!


    Just as An Luxia was getting tired, the door suddenly burst open.

 Chapter 95 - Injuries And

    Just as An Luxia was getting tired, the door suddenly burst open.


    She whirled around, afraid that the man had called helpers, because she would be screwed if he did. However, she immediately rxed from what she saw.


    K first burst into the room with several other men behind him, and he had a. . . a gun in his hand! An Luxia''s eyes widened, wondering why he was armed as she unconsciously took a step back.


    After the group of men had walked in, they lined the two corners of the hallway, giving room for An Luxia''s husband to enter, the big boss - Mo Han.


    However, he was not calm and steady like he always was. Instead, he burst in, only to calm down slightly when he saw An Luxia.


    "Are you okay?!" He ran over, grabbing onto her and turning her around, "I''m so sorry."


    Mo Han tightly knit his eyebrows together, and it was evident that he was very angry. But not angry at the man or An Luxia, but at himself. He did indeed put a tracking device into An Luxia''s phone, but he was stillte!


    He still came here sote!


    He looked around the room to see what had happened, and his eyesnded on the man writhing in pain on the ground. He raised one eyebrow, looking back at An Luxia, "This. . ."


    An Luxia pressed her lips together and looked away as she stuck her tongue out yfully.


    Mo Han did not know how to respond, and decided to bring An Luxia home first beforeing back to deal with the situation. However, as they walked out of the room, a group of police suddenly entered the room.


    They asked An Luxia a few questions, and to all of their surprise, An Luxia had to go to the police station and the man would be sent to the hospital for further investigation.


    There was no evidence that the man had kidnapped and attempted to ra*e An Luxia, so they would need to investigate the situation further since the man was also injured in the process.


    Mo Han was not happy about how things turned out, and he wondered who had called the police as they were forced to go to the police station.


    In the police station, An Luxia was asked several questions, all of which she replied truthfully. In the end, she was forced to stay inside the station as they waited for more information.


    Hours went by and the sky outside had turned dark already when a female police officer came and opened the door, "We apologize Mrs. Mo to keep you waiting. We have acquired more evidence now and you may leave."


    An Luxia blinked a few times as she stood up, more than ready to leave this cramped room, "May I ask you what evidence?"


    The female officer looked at her and grinned softly, "We have acquired the CCTV footage from the hotel and saw that you were indeed carried into the hotel room while being unconscious."


    She opened up a door and An Luxia stepped out to see Mo Han seated in the police station, his arms and legs crossed as he red at the two police officers in front of him.


    The two police officers seemed to be very scared as they looked down at the ground, too scared to even look into Mo Han''s eyes.


    Mo Han looked up when he heard the door open, and his gaze finally softened slightly when he saw An Luxia, "Officer Yu, can my wife go home now?"


    The old officer standing to the right immediately nodded his head, "Yes, yes. I apologize for the trouble caused, Mr and Mrs. Mo. Thank you for your cooperation."


    Mo Han stood up and red at the police officers once more before turning around to leave. He grabbed onto An Luxia''s hand and together, they walked out of the police station.


    It was nighttime already when they left the station and started driving home. The hotel was quite far from the school, so the car ride back to the mountain also took a while.


    An Luxia looked out the window deep in thought at the chain of events that had happened today. First, the interview about her had spread all over the Inte, and the entire country was scolding her right now.


    Then, she was kidnapped and almost ra*ed by a random stranger! This entire day was absolutely crazy. After careful thought, she turned and looked at Mo Han, "Let''s go to the hospital."


    ---


    Mo Han did not question her decision at all, and it almost seemed like he knew what she was thinking of. They entered the hospital and quickly found the man who had tried to dirty her because there was a group of police standing outside the door.


    An Luxia hade because she had some suspicions on who was behind the kidnapping. There was no way this random stranger would just choose to kidnap her and dirty her. There had to be someone else behind it, and she had some guesses on who it was.


    "Hello, police officer. I am An Luxia."


    The police officer was the one who had first entered the hotel room, and he recognized An Luxia, "Yes, good evening Mrs. An. We are sorry for keeping you."


    An Luxia grinned, "No worries. Thank you foring in time during that situation." She looked towards the hospital door, "Is he. . ."


    "He is still unconscious. Mrs. An, you are quite a tough fighter." The policeughed, "The man had several injuries but you do not have to worry, because they will all be counted as self defense because he is at fault."


    An Luxia nodded, "Is he still unconscious?"


    The police officer nodded.


    "Are the injuries bad?"


    The officer cleared his throat, debating on whether he should tell her or not. Finally, he said, "The injuries aren''t too bad. They should heal quickly. However, there is something else. . ."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow, "What is it?"


    "Well. . . he may have. . .." The police officer looked down and his face turned slightly red, "erectile dysfunction."

 Chapter 96 - The Police Officers Call

    "Well. . . he may have. . ." The police officer looked down and his face turned slightly red, "erectile dysfunction."


    An Luxia was very surprised to hear this as well, and she took a step back. Did she cause this? She did not really pay attention to where she was attacking, so she just punched and kicked him wherever. Were her attacks really that aggressive?


    Mo Han also heard this from behind An Luxia, and he raised one eyebrow as a small smile appeared on his face.


    An Luxia cleared his throat and took a step back, "Then if he is still unconscious, I will get going. Can you please help me ask him during the interrogation if someone else is behind this? I have a feeling that he was instructed to kidnap me by someone else. Please let me know."


    The police officer nodded, "Yes, Mrs. An. We will definitely let you know. Have a good night."


    An Luxia nodded and quickly walked away, not wanting to stay here. Although she knew that the man was at fault, she was certain that he would be furious if he heard of the news that he was. . .


    Inside the car, An Luxia thought about the result of his injuries, and couldn''t help but feel a little guilty. After all, that "body part" was indeed a man''s life, especially for a disgusting man like him.


    However, she quickly brushed those pitiful thoughts away. He deserved it. He was using his "body part" for bad and disgusting purposes, so he deserved what he received.


    Mo Han nced at her and immediately knew what she was thinking about, "He deserved it," he said, cing his hand over hers and grabbing onto it.


    Although he hadn''t said anything after the incident, he was very relieved that nothing had happened to his Xiaxia. If something had, he would definitely not leave the man to the police. He would make him suffer himself.


    ---


    Li Yn looked at her phone and frowned. Why was he not picking up her calls?!


    These irresponsible people! She had given him the money and now he wasn''t even responding to her calls!


    Well, of course he wouldn''t respond to Li Yn''s calls. What she doesn''t know is that her "worker" is already rotting in a cell in prison by now.


    Li Yn called once again, but after a minute, still no one picked up. She frowned annoyedly and threw her phone onto the bed. Whatever! He probably seeded.


    ---


    An Luxia entered her bedroom feeling relieved once she stepped in, but it wasn''t over yet. She entered the bathroom, untying her hair and starting to take her clothes off to take a shower since she felt extremely gross after being touched by that disgusting worm.


    She narrowed her eyes as she stared at her reflection in the mirror, opening the sink and suddenly sshing her face with the good water.


    Her innocence was almost taken away by her sister! Although An Luxia could not be certain whether Li Yn was behind this or not, she could make a pretty good guess that it was Li Yn.


    After all, Li Yn had just spoken trash about her in the interview, but there was no evidence to back her ims up. She probably needed some sort of evidence.


    Plus, who else would do this to her? An Luxia clenched her fists together, stepping into the shower ce and was just about to turn on the water when she suddenly heard her phone ring.


    She stepped out, grabbing her phone and quickly taking the call since it was quite cold outside.


    "Hello?"


    "Hello, is this Mrs. An?" A male''s voice spoke.


    An Luxia looked at the phone number on the screen before replying, "Yes, who is this?"


    "I am the police officer that was at the hospital earlier. Sorry for disturbing you thiste but I got an answer for your question."


    An Luxia forgot about what question she had asked and it took a moment for her to remember, "Oh, you did! Yes, what did he say?"


    "He said that he was messaged by someone and does not know the person''s full name. However, he did tell us that it is a young woman with the surname Li. Mrs. An, do you know anyone that might be the person behind it?"


    An Luxia''s grip on the phone tightened as her guesses were proven to be right. A young woman with the surname Li. Who else could it be?


    "I -" An Luxia was about to tell him that she knew who it was, but she suddenly stopped herself. If she told him, then the police would definitely go and arrest Li Yn to interrogate her. If the evidence isn''t sufficient, then Li Yn would be let out without any punishment. And, Li Yn would know that her n had failed and that An Luxia knew she was behind it.


    That did not seem like a very good n. . . An Luxia cleared her throat and said, "I can''t really think of anyone yet. I will definitely let you know once I think of someone."


    The police officer nodded, "Okay, no problem. Have a good night, Mrs. An."


    "Good night."


    She hung up the call and stepped into the shower, turning on the water, which was freezing cold at first for a few seconds.


    Li Yn. . . So it really is her. An Luxia had originally nned to let it go after seeing the interview this morning, because she knew the rumors would pass and she did not want to waste her time dealing with trash like her.


    However, it seemed like Li Yn truly had a death wish. She can''t let Li Yn keep doing whatever she wanted, or else she would get out of hand. She was already getting out of hand.


    An Luxia stepped into the water and let the warmth ovee her body, from her head to her toes. Li Yn. . . You were looking for this.


    ---


    Li Yn sat inside arge office room with two other people inside. They were talking to her and she seemed to be not focused as she was chewing gum and looking at her phone.


    She finally looked up when her manager said something, and she smiled when she heard the poprity she was receiving from both the drama and the interview.


    She was getting many deals for sponsorships and other opportunities now because of what had happened, and of course, with the famees money.


    The manager started talking about the sponsorships and Li Yn yawned before standing up, "Can we talk about this tomorrow? It''s gettingte, okay? Good night!"


    Then, she walked out of the room ignoring the rest of her manager''s words. After she was gone, her manager looked at her assistant, both in disbelief.


    "What in the world just happened?! Who does she think she is?!"


    ---


    At night, An Luxiaid t on the bed with her eyes closed, waiting for Mo Han to get onto the bed as well. She felt the side of the bed go down, and then the nket was lifted up, letting in the cold air.


    In a few seconds, she was turned around and inside Mo Han''s embrace. She took a deep breath, smelling in the unique fragrance from Mo Han and moved in closer to him.


    "I''m sorry for finding youte," Mo Han said again.


    An Luxia looked up, raising one eyebrow, the thoughts that were flying through her head disappearing right away when their eyes met, "You don''t have to apologize. You weren''tte. . . Plus, how did you even find me?"


    Mo Han cleared his throat and lifted his hand up, cing it over An Luxia''s eyes, "Go to sleep. It''s gettingte."


    An Luxia stuck her tongue out unhappily, rolling her eyes before saying, "Good night."


    The next day would be a good day.


    ---


    Li Yn blinked her eyes open, frowning as she was in a very bad mood. She looked at the rm clock next to her bed and her frown deepened when she saw how early it was.


    It was actually almost 10 in the morning already, but since she had no early sses today, she had wanted to sleep in and enjoy the life of fame.


    She did not wake up naturally. A stupid phone call had woken her up. She sat up and frustratingly grabbed her phone, hanging up the call and powering her phone off before going to sleep again.


    --- 1 hourter


    Li Yn woke up again in a much better mood this time, and she looked at the clock again - 10:36.


    She reached for her phone, powering it on which took several seconds. When she opened it, her eyes practically fell out at what she saw.


    21 missed calls?!


    Who in the world was calling her this many times?! Were they crazy?


    She looked and saw that it was her manager. This woman is crazy! Does her manager not know that she is sleeping?!


    When she called her manager back, she quickly picked up, "Li Yn, why didn''t you pick up my calls?! I called you at least 20 times! What were you doing?"


    Li Yn twisted her nose up in distaste, very unhappy at her manager''s attitude, "I was sleeping! Don''t you know not to call me so early in the morning."


    The manager was also getting sick of Li Yn and her disgusting attitude. She was quite new to the entertainment manager field, but even so, Li Yn was still respectful to her in the beginning.


    However, after receiving some fame, Li Yn was trying to ride on top of her now!


    The manager did not have any patience, and she merely said, "You are in big trouble! Go see what happened this morning online and you will know why I was calling you."


    Then, she hung up.

 Chapter 97 - An Luxias Response

    Then, she hung up.


    Li Yn stared at her phone bbergasted, unable to believe that her stupid manager had the guts to hang up on her!


    However, what was she talking about? Why was she in trouble? What trouble could she be in? Li Yn turned around and decided to not care about what her manager had said, and instead started scrolling through social media.


    She very quickly noticed that something was indeed wrong. She had posted some selfies of her in her room yesterday, and she was looking forward to reading all the positivements andpliments she received overnight.


    However, to her surprise, thements all seemed to be talking about something she did not understand and were scolding her. Li Yn knit her eyebrows together, her manager''s words returning as she left social media and quickly went online to search for her name.


    In the past, the interview clips would be at the top of the search engine, but they had been reced with something else.


    Li Yn''s eyes widened as she stared at her phone screen in disbelief, "An Luxia?!"


    ---


    An Luxia woke up extra early this morning although she had no sses today. Her n had originally been to focus on writing her book, because it was getting more and more sessful with each passing day, and many people were curious on how the cold underground King would steal the young woman''s heart.


    However, her ns had changed after what happened yesterday. She needed to write something else, something more important.


    She silently got out of bed, hoping that Mo Han wouldn''t wake up, but he was a light sleeper and woke up right away, "It''s so early, why are you getting up?"


    An Luxia turned around and patted him on the head with a sweet smile, "I have some things to do. You can keep sleeping, little Hanhan."


    Mo Han felt his heart melt from her sweet smile and cute words, and he nodded as heid down again to keep sleeping. He would listen to whatever his wife said!


    An Luxia went to quickly wash her face and grab a cup of water before sitting down and starting to write. After the interview, manyizens had somehow found her social media ounts and they were getting flooded with negativements about her that she had not opened up her social media since the interview hade out yesterday.


    Upon opening it, she saw that she had over a thousand messages from strangers, all of which were probably telling her to die. Her only post she had posted on her birthday was also flooded withments by now, all of which were telling her that she was ugly and for her to die as well.


    She ignored them and began writing another post. First, she uploaded a picture and wrote one simple line.


    ''Is there anything wrong with sleeping with my husband?''


    ---


    The post An Luxia sent first was also the first post Li Yn saw. An Luxia had attached an image of her marriage certificate with Mo Han and the simple line she wrote exined everything.


    Underneath the post, many people were expressing their astonishment at how beautiful An Luxia looked. She had blurred out Mo Han''s face so theizens could not figure out who her husband was, but the image was enough.


    Underneath that post, another long post with no images and a lot of words was also blowing up, and underneath, many people were trash talking Li Yn, and also her parents.


    ''Good morning, everyone. I am An Luxia, and most of you probably know me through Li Yn''s interview, where she talked about me and my story about getting adopted. I read the story myself and noticed that there was a lot of. . . false information and usations. So, I am here today to exin the true story of my adoption once again.


    When I was 3, my mother, Mrs. He Muya, got pregnant with Li Yn. The doctor had told her that it was a boy. My parents did not have the resources to raise two kids, so I overheard a conversation of them deciding to throw me away since I was a girl.


    It was not some ident like Li Yn imed to be, but instead, my parents purposefully decided to throw away a 3-year-old child over an embryo that was not even fully developed yet. Furthermore, I am not "heartless" like Li Yn imed and my husband had given my parents 100 thousand dors, like they demanded.


    They found me after 20 years and came to my house, demanding me to give them money even though they had not raised me for most of my life and threw me away. I am sure that many people will be able to understand the anger and frustration I felt. Even so, my husband was generous enough to give them 100 thousand like they had demanded.


    Of course, I do not think they deserve that money. That is the true story of my biological family, and it is nothing like Li Yn ims it to be. I am certain that theizens will be able to decipher what is true and what is false themselves. Thank you.''


    At the end, she had attached a recording, the same one that she had attached to the school post of the conversation between her and her biological parents.


    The recording backed up her post and officially proved that Li Yn was lying.


    Li Yn''s hands were shaking by now as she stared at the post, listening to the recording from beginning to end. However, it was not over yet.


    When Li Yn saw the third and final post that An Luxia had posted, she burst into tears of anger as she threw her phone at the door, causing a hugemotion as she pulled on her hair, "URGHH!!"


    ---


    An Luxia finally finished her third post, and grinned as she posted it. The final post had five pictures, one video, and only one sentence again.


    However, a picture is worth a thousand words, and theizens would definitely be able to craft up their own stories from the five pictures alone.


    The first picture was Li Yn walking into a building with a very revealing dress. Then, it was a picture of her inside the bar, entering a room. The five pictures exined themselves easily, and the short video tied the story together.


    It was when An Luxia had talked to the man in charge of the bar, and how he exined what Li Yn''s job was. The video was short, but everything made sense from when the man said he knew who Li Yn was and what job she was doing here at the bar.


    Thest sentence was simple but strong, and it lit the whole Inte on fire.


    "Who is the actual one sleeping with men for money?"


    ---


    It took several minutes before Li Yn finally calmed down slightly, and her eyes were blood red as she grabbed her phone, pressing the power button several times for it to open.


    She immediately called her manager, who purposely didn''t pick up for several seconds.


    "What is it?" The manager said with a grim smile.


    Li Yn was furious at her manager''s attitude right now, but she had to hold it in, "What do I do now, sister Yang?!"


    The manager couldn''t help but scoff as she said, "Come to thepany now."


    Then, she hung up.


    ---


    A few minutester, Li Yn dashed into thepany, still in her pajamas as she quickly went up to the floor where her manager was waiting for her.


    However, it wasn''t just the manager. There were many other people, and even some of the top executives of thepany were inside the meeting room when Li Yn burst in.


    She looked at the table filled with people and her heartbeat sped up even more as she felt more scared. All eyes were on her, and she could tell from her manager''s re that she was in trouble. Very, big trouble.


    She sat down and her manager spoke first.


    "All of thepanies that had reached out to you for an endorsement have called to take back the offer. And the twopanies you epted also called the cancel the contract and also sue you for breach of contract."


    Li Yn''s fingers shook as she stared down at her toes, unable to believe this was happening. Breach of contract?! The contract did indeed have a section that stated that she needed to keep a good reputation during the period of the contract taking ce.


    However, that wasn''t even the worst news.


    The man who was sitting at the middle of the table suddenly spoke up, his voice cold and angry, "Li Yn, do you realize what you have done? You are merely a newbie to the industry, and not only have you ruined your reputation, but also thepany''s reputation. You also breached thepany''s contract that you signed, and we will not waste any resources on you since this is all your doing."


    He threw a file folder onto the table, "Sign this now to cancel the contract before you get yourself in more trouble -"


    Li Yn immediately jumped up, shaking her head furiously, "No! No! Please give me another chance! I can''t leave thepany! You have to help me -"


    The man stood up, ring at her, "If you don''t sign it, then we will bring this to court. You can choose. Meeting adjourned!"


    Then, he marched out of the room without even looking back, and the other people followed until the only two people left were Li Yn and her manager.

 Chapter 98 - Breach Of Contracts

    Then, he marched out of the room without even looking back, and the other people followed until the only two people left were Li Yn and her manager.


    Li Yn was shaking on the ground, tears flooding out of her eyes. After everyone had gone, she looked up and saw her manager standing a short distance away from her. Her eyes immediately lit up as she crawled over to manager Yang and grabbed onto her leg, "Manager Yang, you have to help me!"


    Yang Qi looked down at Li Yn without any pity and scoffed, "Help you? Why would I help you?


    Li Yn''s expression stiffened as she looked up, "You. . . You are my manager! Manager Yang, you have to help me! Please!"


    Yang Qi rolled her eyes and took a step back, "I do not have to help you! Plus, I am not your manager anymore. Didn''t you hear? You are getting kicked out of thepany!"


    Li Yn''s shoulders were shaking by now as she shook her head, unable to believe that her manager was treating her like this, "You -"


    Yang Qi interrupted her, "You should have known this would happen when you were so rude to everyone in thepany after you had the littlest bit of fame. Don''t you know anything about being humble?"


    Yang Qiughed and reached over to grab the folder with the document to cancel the contract with Li Yn, "Hurry up and sign this so I can go give it to my boss."


    She threw the folder onto the ground, and Li Yn immediately kicked it away, "No, no! There must be something you can do! It''s not that bad! It''s just that b****! She did all of this! There must be a way to turn the tables around again! I can''t just be ruined like this!"


    Yang Qi gritted her teeth together in annoyance, "Why don''t you understand?! Even if there is a way to get past this storm, thepany won''t do that for you. Did you really think that you were some A-level celebrity after some dumb interview? Have somemon sense, okay?"


    Li Yn was ring up at Yang Qi with red eyes now, but Yang Qi kept going.


    "You were nothing but a sudden blowup in the industry, and with thepany''s experience, even if it weren''t for this incident, your fame would still die down as quickly as it came. Looking at you. . ." Yang Qi looked at Li Yn''s face and scoffed, "At most, you can probably make it off as a ninth or tenth tier celebrity."


    "You disgusting -" Li Yn screamed, trying to crawl over to Yang Qi. How dare that lowly manager speak to her like this?! She was famous! Yes, she was famous!


    Yang Qi walked away slowly, rolling her eyes, "Yes, maybe thepany can help a celebrity to get over a storm like this easily. The public rtions department can easilye up with a solution, but why would thepany waste it''s time and resources on you?"


    Yang Qi grinned, enjoying Li Yn''s expression right now very much, "Know your ce, Li Yn. Now hurry up and sign this if you don''t want thepany to bring it to court. Since I was your manager for some time, I will be nice and tell you that signing this document is a much better choice than going to court. Then, not only will you have to pay for thepensation of breaching contracts with thepanies you signed with, but you will also have to pay thispany when you lose the case."


    Yang Qi''s smile widened as she bent down, picked up the contract and flung it to Li Yn again, "I have other work to do too, and I don''t want to waste time here with you. I''ll give you ten seconds."


    Li Yn looked at the contract and the pen next to her. No! She wasn''t going to sign this! She can''t sign this and just leave like this! How embarrassing would that be?! This wasn''t the end!


    "10. . . 9. . . 8. . . 7. . ." Yang Qi frowned, "If you don''t sign it, I will go tell the CEO right now that you want to go to court for this case and have the entire countryugh at you."


    "6. . . 5. . . 4. . . 3. . . 2. . ."


    Li Yn''s expression was incredibly ugly right now as her fingers shook. She also did not have the time the put on makeup this morning, and the difference was quite big. Yang Qi frowned, wondering why she used to be so patient with such a hopeless person like Li Yn.


    "On -"


    Li Yn quickly picked up the pen and her hands shook as she grudgingly signed the contract on the bottom of the page. Yang Qi smiled as she bent down, snatched the folder from Li Yn and marched out of the room, leaving Li Yn alone.


    "AHHH!!!" Li Yn screamed, pulling at the roots of her hair aggressively, kicking into the air. Why?! Why?! How could this happen?!


    Yesterday, she was still the talk of the country! Why is - It is all An Luxia''s fault?! Li Yn''s eyes narrowed as she red a hole into the wall, "An! Lu! Xia!"


    ---


    Li Yn slowly stepped back into the apartment they lived in. After Li Yn had received her pay for the drama, they had been looking for new and more high-end apartments to live in, and they had just paid the down payment for an apartment in the center of the city two days ago.


    When she walked in, her parents immediately ran over, both of them with shock on their faces. They must have seen what happened.


    "Yn, what happened?! Was it that disgusting girl?!"


    Li Yn red at her parents, very angry with no ce to release her anger, "Yes! It was your disgusting, annoying daughter!


    He Muya was slightly taken aback, but she quickly turned around, "I''ll go call her now and have her take it down and apologize for lying! That disgusting girl!"


    She called An Luxia and the call went through quickly, "An Luxia, you ungrateful brat?! How could you do that to your sister?! Take it down now and apologize for lying!"


    There were a few seconds of silence before An Luxia scoffed, "Lying? Who is the one lying? Your beloved daughter was the one who lied first and spoke trash about me. She even tried to have someone take away my innocence!"


    Li Yn''s eyes immediately widened when he heard that, and she fell back, her back hitting the wall behind her. How did she know?! So. . . did the man not seed? No way!


    He Muya had obviously seen the interview, but she did not care about it since Li Yn had received more money from that interview, "So. . . So what?! I don''t care! Take it down now!"


    An Luxia had no words for these shameless people, and she did not care to waste the time talking to them, "I won''t take it down and it will stay up there forever. Instead of trying to get me to do something I won''t do, why don''t you and your precious daughter think about how you will fix the issue? By now. . . Li Yn is probably under a huge pile of debt, right?"


    Upon hearing that, Li Yn''s lips twitched in anger as she lunged forward, snatching her mom''s phone away from her and mming it onto the ground, stepping on it aggressively as she screamed curse words at An Luxia.


    However, An Luxia had hung up the call already.;


    He Muya stared at her phone and then at Li Yn. That phone was new! She had just bought thetest model from the shopst week!


    "Yn, Yn! Stop! Stop!" It took several minutes before Li Yn finally calmed down, and He Muya looked at her and then at Li Qiyu, "Yn. . . What was that girl talking about? What does she mean you are under debt?"


    Li Yn''s eyes quivered as she took a step back, since her parents did not know about the fact that she was under debt, "Mom, dad, you know the money I gave to you a few days ago?"


    Her dad immediately stepped back, "What about it?"


    Li Yn lifted her chin up, trying to be more confident, "I need it. Because of what happened, all thepanies want to cancel the contract so I need the money."


    Li Qiyu immediately crossed his arms together, "Well, find a way to get the money! We don''t have money!"


    "What do you mean you don''t have money?! I gave you half a million a few days ago! That is my money! I need it now."


    He Muya immediately ran forward and grabbed onto Li Yn''s arm, "Yn, we really don''t have the money! You know, we spent it on the new house, and me and your father. . . Well, we bought some other stuff."


    Li Yn''s mouth fell open, "What do you mean you have no money anymore?! That was half a million! Half a million!"

 Chapter 99 - Li Yilans Attack

    Li Yn''s mouth fell open, "What do you mean you have no money anymore?! That was half a million! Half a million!"


    Li Qiyu rushed forward, pointing an angry finger at his daughter, "Why are you getting mad?! This is all your fault! Don''t you have apany?! Let them help you fix this! You gave the money to us! Plus, because of you, me and your mom are getting hate on the Inte as well now! Hmph!"


    Li Qiyu turned around and entered his room, mming the door shut from behind.


    Li Yn did not expect such a reaction from her father, and it only made her more mad. She also disappeared into her room, bursting into her tears as she started mming things onto the ground.


    Why was this happening to her?! Why did everything change overnight?!


    She fell onto the bed, her fingers tightening around the soft nket. It was all because of An Luxia! It is all her fault. . . If it weren''t for her, none of this would be happening!


    Li Yn sat up on the bed, her eyes red with rage.


    An Luxia deserved to die.


    ---


    An Luxia and Mo Han walked out of the house in a very good mood. Well, An Luxia was in a much better mood than Mo Han.


    After what had happened, Qi Lanyu and An Ping had obviously also seen the news on it, so they had been asking for An Luxia toe home since the interview came out.


    Now, with the time, An Luxia was finally going home to eat a meal with her family. However, Mo Han had an important meeting he could not postpone any further, so An Luxia was going alone.


    "I''ll be back soon, okay?" An Luxia said, turning around to give aforting hug to Mo Han.


    "Be quick."


    An Luxia smiled and got into the car. After waving goodbye to him, the car drove off to the An family''s house.


    When she arrived, Qi Lanyu and An Ping were both outside waiting for her. She got out of the car and Qi Lanyu immediately ran over, "Oh, my daughter! Are you okay?"


    An Luxia nodded, turning around in a circle, "Of course! There is absolutely nothing wrong!"


    Qi Lanyu frowned slightly, pulling her daughter into the house, "I was so worried after what had happened! How can that girl do something like that?! So young yet so evil already!"


    An Luxia grinned, "Don''t worry, mom. I already got rid of the problem."


    "Okay, good, good. Come, the food is ready already. It''s getting cold. Go wash your hands and let''s eat."


    An Yuchen was also home already and he had also seen the news. He sat down to eat and smiled, "I saw your response today. You did not lose face for me as my sister!"


    An Luxia rolled her eyes and punched An Yuchen on the arm lightly, "Ch! You''re the one losing face for me, okay?"


    "What?! How -"


    "Eat," Qi Lanyu said, ring at her son.


    An Luxia grinned as she looked down and ate, sticking her tongue out at her brother yfully. Throughout the meal, An Yuchen kept on getting notifications from his phone and he would pick it up to look at it and then put it down without doing anything.


    This went on for some time before An Luxia finally couldn''t hold her curiosity anymore, "Brother, who is texting you?"


    An Yuchen sighed, putting one hand up to his forehead, "A new nurse that just got transferred to our department. She is really getting on my nerves."


    An Luxia could sense the unusualness of his words, and she reached for his phone, "Let me see."


    An Yuchen had no problem with her looking at his phone, and he continued to eat.


    ''Nurse: Brother Yuchen, are you eating lunch?''


    ''Nurse: Brother Yuchen, why aren''t you at the hospital? Where are you?''


    ''Nurse: Brother Yuchen, I have a question for you. Should I wait in your office for you toe back?''


    An Luxia could sense the white lotus energying out from the messages, and she twisted her lips together in distaste. It was time to be of some help to both her brother and her best friend.


    She unlocked her brother''s phone and furiously typed a message back, clicking send quickly.;


    ''Brother, brother, brother brother, are youying eggs?!* Are you rted by blood or by family?! Go find your own brother! Why does it matter to you where he''s eating lunch?! If you have a question, go find the answer yourself! Have you no brains?! Stop bothering MY brother Yuchen! So long, see you never!''


    *helemon''s note: Brother in Chinese is gege, and there is this popr saying in China right now tobat white lotuses, since white lotuses like calling men gege (brother), it sounds like hens when theyy eggs (I believe hahaha).


    Then, she blocked the nurse''s phone number on An Yuchen''s phone.


    An Yuchen looked up from his bowl and took over his phone, seeing that the messages had disappeared, "What did you do?"


    "Nothing, just kindly sent her a message telling her to stop politely." An Luxia smiled, and continued to eat.


    An Yuchen did not question her and they continued to eat.


    ---


    After eating a meal together, An Luxia returned home just like she had promised to Mo Han. It was the afternoon time already, and she could already see the frown on Mo Han''s face when she arrived home.


    She said goodbye to her parents and watched them close the door before leaving the doorstep and walking to the street to catch a taxi. However, what greeted her first was not a taxi.


    She stood on the street, waiting for a taxi since she had told the driver to go home and she could go home herself. As she stood in the cold winter weather, she noticed a figure walking up to her from the corner of her eye.


    She tilted her head towards the person slightly as a natural instinct just as the person was about to walk past her and a bad gut feeling arose inside her for no reason.


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together, her left eyelid starting to jump as her eyes met with the person walking by. At once, An Luxia''s eyes widened as a message was sent to her brain.


    Those eyes. . . In the split second from An Luxia realizing who the person was to the person pulling out a sharp object from her pocket, it was way too fast to react.


    Li Yn! An Luxia''s brain screamed, which was quite surprising even to herself since the person was dressed in a ck hoodie with the hood up and a ck mask that covered up half of her face.


    Then, from the corner of her vision, An Luxia caught sight of a sh of silver light and just as she looked down to see what it was, she noticed the sharp butcher knife swinging straight at her.


    An Luxia''s pupils dted as her heartbeat sped up within a second, and the rush of adrenaline forced her to react as she reached out and grabbed onto the person''s arm.


    By doing so, the knife identally scratched past the side of An Luxia''s hand and across the side of her forearm, and the blood immediately came gushing out.


    An Luxia was a ck belt with experience in self defense, so she was quite strong and the person seemed to also realize that as her eyes shot up in surprise.


    Taking the moment of surprise, An Luxia reached her other hand over and aggressively pulled the mask off of the person''s face.


    An Luxia''s eyes widened although she was not very surprised at who she saw.


    Li Yn.


    Li Yn was toote to stop An Luxia from taking off her mask, and her eyes darted around in both fear and confusion. She did not have much time to think and without thinking through her decision, she dropped the knife onto the concrete ground and forcefully pulled her arm out of An Luxia''s grasp.


    The pain from the injury was reaching An Luxia''s brain, and it burned horribly. It did not take much effort for Li Yn to escape due to An Luxia''s injury, and she could not stop Li Yn.


    Without bothering to take the knife away, Li Yn did not even look back as she quickly ran away. An Luxia looked at her leave and did not have the energy or heart to go chase her.


    She used her other arm and grabbed onto the injured arm. She looked down at the overflowing blood that had stained her clothes and she felt her breathing quicken, and she felt as if she could not breathe, like the air was gone.


    Her chest rose and fell quickly as both arms shook, and the blood dripped down onto the ground. After a while, An Luxia felt the world around her starting to blur, and the only thing that was clear was the blood.


    Then, her vision suddenly turned ck as she copsed onto the ground.


    --- Author''s Note


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 Chapter 100 - Mo Hans Anger

    When An Luxia finally woke up, it was a little over an hourter, and she found herself on afortable bed, her bed.


    The first thing she saw after waking up was Mo Han, and she blinked her eyes a few times, still in shock from what happened, "Mo Han. . ."


    Mo Han was evidently not in a good mood, as his hair was messed up, eyes were red, and his suit was unorganized. However, upon noticing that she had woken up, he immediately sat down on the bed next to her and looked her up and down, "You''re awake! How are you feeling? I''ll go call the doctor."


    An Luxia immediately stopped him, "It''s okay, I am much better now. The gash isn''t that deep. I must have been surprised at so much blood, so I passed out. It''s not that bad."


    As she spoke, she lifted her arm up and turned it around slightly. At once, she regretted her actions. It hurt so bad! Even with the medication, it still burnt with pain when she moved it.


    Mo Han looked at her arm, which was wrapped with arge cottonpression wrap, "Who was it?"


    An Luxia gulped as her eyes narrowed, "Li Yn."


    She immediately felt as if the temperature in the room dropped by several degrees, and the anger on Mo Han''s face was scary even to her.


    Although she wasn''t showing it as much as Mo Han, she was also furious. How did Li Yn have the guts to do that?! That was against thew! There was no way she would let her go after this.


    It seemed like Mo Han had simr ns. He stood up and called K into the room, andmanded him a simple two-word order, "Find her."


    K nodded his head, "Yes sir," and ran out of the room in a very weird manner, almost as if he was hopping around the floor.


    An Luxia was slightly confused and she pushed herself up with her uninjured arm to see that the bedroom floor was in a mess! It was almost as if an earthquake had taken ce!


    A lot of things were thrown onto the ground, and a ss vase had shattered into pieces, but the sharp pieces of small ss were pushed aside to one corner of the room.


    "What happened?!" An Luxia asked, her head still feeling light, probably from the loss of blood.


    Mo Han licked his lips a little awkwardly before saying softly, "Well. . . I went to go find you since it was gettingte and saw you injured. When I came back, well let''s just say that I was a little mad."


    An Luxia gawked at Mo Han in surprise, "You did this?!"


    Mo Han gulped and brushed the topic away, "That isn''t important right now, okay? I''ll go find someone to clean it up. Youy down properly and rest."


    An Luxia pursed her lips out, "It''s not that bad, okay? It''s just a cut -"


    "A cut?! That is not a cut, An Luxia," Mo Han said seriously, the first time in a while he called her by her full name.


    An Luxia frowned slightly, noticing that he was mad so she reached over to his hand and swung it left and right, "Don''t be mad, okay?"


    Mo Han''s expression softened slightly, "I''m not mad at you. I''m mad at. . . myself for not being able to protect you well."


    An Luxia twisted her nose up in distaste, "Why are you mad at yourself?! It''s not your fault, if you were really to be mad at someone, it should be Li Yn!"


    Mo Han nodded, his eyes narrowing into a very scary re, "I will make her pay."


    An Luxia shuddered slightly from his scary expression, but she nodded her head in support of his words. She was not going to let go of her this time either. She had to pay for what she did!


    ---


    An Luxia ended up staying in bed for the next few hours until the doctor came and told Mo Han that it was okay for her to get out of bed. Only then did Mo Han finally let her walk like a normal person.


    An Luxia slowly got out of bed, still able to feel the paining in shocks up her arm, "I didn''t lose a leg or something. Ch!"


    Mo Han red at her and flicked her on the head, causing her to re back at him. As they walked out of the room to go eat something, An Luxia held onto Mo Han''s arm, thinking, "Hanhan, as the King of the Underworld, haven''t you seen many injuries before? Maybe even death?"


    She clicked her tongue several times, "Imagine the King of the Underworld being scared and panicked for a little gash!"


    Mo Han looked at her and rolled his eyes. Of course he has seen many injuries before, big and small, big meaning death. He had also suffered much worse injuries before, but none of thatpared to her getting hurt.


    If he couldn''t even protect his wife, the person he loved most in his life, then how weak and sad would that be?! Of course he was mad.


    They entered the dining room, and a maid carried over arge bowl of soup for An Luxia.


    Upon seeing the soup, An Luxia''s face fell as she looked up at Mo Han, "Mr. Mo, can you use your brain and think about it a little. I''m not sick, okay? Soup! Are you kidding?! My life was on the line and my first meal after surviving an attack is soup?! I was expecting at least a feast!"


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow and looked at her, "Eat it."


    An Luxia frowned, ring at Mo Han unhappily, but her stomach could not hide its hunger. She finally lifted her spoon up and started to drink the soup, which also wasn''t bad.


    Just as she finished up the entire bowl, K walked into the dining room, bowing down in front of Mo Han slightly, "Sir, we have found her parents and brought them here."


    --- Author''s Announcement:


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 Chapter 101 - Li Yilans Parents

    Just as she finished up the entire bowl, K walked into the dining room, bowing down in front of Mo Han slightly, "Sir, we have found her parents and brought them here."


    Mo Han looked up, "Her parents? Where is she?"


    K lowered his head, pausing for a moment before replying, "We could not find her."


    Mo Han frowned as his eyebrows snapped together and he stood up, making his way out of the dining room. An Luxia watched him and stood up as well, "Are you going to them? I''ll go with you."


    Mo Han did not voice any objections and waited for her as they walked out of the dining room together. They made several turns inside the house until they reached a corner of the house where An Luxia had never been before.


    She looked around curiously, wondering where this ce was. The hallway was narrow and it was dimly lit. There were no windows so no sunlight was able to enter and the only noise that could be heard was their footsteps as they walked towards the end of the hallway, which was a dead end.


    An Luxia was wondering why they were walking straight to a wall when they reached the end and K lifted his hand up, pressing against the wall, which indented inwards, creating what seemed like a button.


    At once, a door opened and revealed a dark area. Mo Han could sense the shock and nervousness from An Luxia and he grabbed onto her hand as they entered the secret passageway.


    As they entered, a light turned on and An Luxia noticed that it was a staircase leading down to the underground. As they walked, one light turned on one by one until they finally reached the end of the staircase.


    There was another door, which Mo Han unlocked and pushed open, revealing a very familiar voice.


    "You cannot keep us here! This is against thew! I''ll have all of you put in prison!" The familiar voice of An Luxia''s biological mom could be heard from a distance away, but it was loud enough for them to hear what she was saying.


    An Luxia''s grip tightened as she walked in with Mo Han, turning several times before they came to a stop in front of another locked door. When this final door was opened, An Luxia saw her "parents", He Muya and Li Qiyu.


    They also saw her just as she walked in, as they were hopeful that the door had opened. However, when they saw who it was, their shoulders immediately sagged. The first person to walk in was Mo Han, and after him, An Luxia entered.


    When they saw An Luxia, both of them got excited again, "Save us, daughter! Hurry and save us! Your husband sent people and kidnapped us here! Help us! Call the police!"


    An Luxia knit her brows tightly together, thinking that her parents were quite dumb to think that she would actually help them over her own husband. Plus, did they not know about what had happened?


    Did Li Yn not tell her parents about what happened? Was it her own n? Even if it was, her parents were also to me for raising their child up wrong.


    Mo Han pulled another chair over and ced it in front of An Luxia for her to sit down next to him. They directly faced He Muya and Li Qiyu, who were surprised that An Luxia sat down too.


    "What are you still doing here?! Hurry up and help us, you disgusting brat!"


    Mo Han frowned and tilted his head slightly, "It seems like they still don''t know what is going on yet. Maybe it is too hot in here that their brains are getting fried. Why don''t we help them cool down a bit?"


    Mo Han''s workers immediately got the signal as they suddenly got a bucket of ice water from nowhere and walked over to He Muya and Li Qiyu, who were shaking as they screamed, "What are you doing?! What are you trying to do?! Get away from us! This is illegal!"


    Before they could speak anymore, a whole bucket of ice cold water was dumped onto their heads.


    ''Hot in here?'' An Luxia asked. It was freezing down here in the cold winter weather underground! Maybe Mo Han''s brain had gotten frozen, but either way, she liked his method of "clearing their brains up"!


    "Now tell me, where is your beloved daughter?" Mo Han asked, his lips twitching sinisterly as he leaned forward. An Luxia did not do anything as she stayed in the same position and let Mo Han do the work.


    With the cold water still dripping down from their hair onto their clothes, both of them did not have the energy to reply.


    "It seems like they are still having some trouble thinking. How about another bucket?"


    "No, no! Stop!" Li Qiyu screamed, "We don''t know! We don''t know where she is! She left in the morning and never came back!"


    An Luxia and Mo Han both stared at them as they spoke, and after a few seconds, they said together, "Lying."


    They looked at each other, wondering how they were able toe to the same conclusion at the same time, but they both knew that the old couple was lying. From their expressions and small signs that were hard to notice, Mo Han and An Luxia knew that they did indeed know where Li Yn was.


    "Where is she hiding?" An Luxia asked, "I know you are lying. Your best choice now is to tell me where she is."


    He Muya red at her older daughter and cocked her head to one side, "We don''t know where she is?! Did you know that what you are doing is illegal?! Hurry up and let us go!"


    Mo Hanughed, "Illegal? Then do you know that attempting murder is also illegal?"


    The change in both of their expressions was evident, and they quickly tried to hide it although it was toote, "Wha - what are you talking about? I. . . I don''t know what you mean! What do you mean by attempting murder?"


    "You do know what he means," An Luxia said, narrowing her eyes, "Now tell me if you don''t want to suffer, where is she?"

 Chapter 102 - Torture

    "You do know what he means," An Luxia said, narrowing her eyes, "Now tell me if you don''t want to suffer, where is she?"


    He Muya shuddered at the way An Luxia looked at her, but she kept her stance, "We don''t know where she is."


    Of course she couldn''t tell An Luxia! Li Yn was their only child! Of course they couldn''t let her go into jail for what she did. Even though they also knew that what Li Yn did was wrong, they still couldn''t just watch her go into prison and ruin her life!


    Plus, where would their moneye from if Li Yn went to jail? They couldn''t let that happen! So, they had to keep their lips sealed no matter what!


    "Get another bucket," An Luxia said this time, leaning back against the chair as she crossed her arms together, Mo Han looked at her, slightly surprised that she was like this. However, he had noints! He liked this side of An Luxia as well.


    The workers also listened to their boss''s wife and grabbed another bucket of ice cold water. The cold temperature only made it ten times worse.


    "No! No! An Luxia, you can''t do this to us! We are your parents! You ungrateful b****! How did I give birth to you?! I - Ah!" The bucket of ice water was dumped mercilessly onto both of their heads and they shivered violently in the coldness.


    "Tell me! Where is she?"


    "We won''t!"


    An Luxia jumped up from the chair, lunging forward and grabbing onto Li Qiyu''s neck with her hand, her eyes ring at the both of them. They could not move since their arms and legs were tied to the back of the chair, and Li Qiyu started coughing aggressively.


    Mo Han also jumped up, walking over to An Luxia. He did not stop him since he has done much worse things to victims in his hands, but he did not want her to get blood on her hands.


    After a while, she let go and brushed her hands past her hair, slightly surprised by her own actions. However, it was natural that she was cruel right now! She had almost died because of their daughter and now they were still protecting her!


    "We won''t tell you!" Li Qiyu screamed after he had stopped coughing. He had to protect her daughter! After all, if she went to prison, then they would be left to pay all the debt and provide for themselves. That couldn''t happen!


    An Luxia turned to Mo Han this time, her eyes fired with anger, "Do you have any other things I could use?"


    The way she said it almost sounded like she was excited to torture her parents, and Mo Han smiled, thinking that he was a very good influence on An Luxia!


    He immediately turned around, excited to show his wifey his amazing collection!


    "Go bring my knife and gun collection!"


    At once, He Muya and Li Qiyu screamed together in fear and they almost peed their pants in fear.


    An Luxia was also surprised and she quickly stopped the person who was going, "Wait, wait! I don''t mean like actual weapons. . ." She leaned closer to Mo Han and lowered her voice, "We don''t actually want to get in trouble, right?"


    Mo Han could not hide his disappointment but he agreed. He did not want any trouble to find her, "Okay. . . Then go get the electric chair."


    Hearing this was not much better and both He Muya and Li Qiyu looked at each other in fear. They were obviously both thinking about just telling An Luxia where Li Yn was, but they still held on by biting their lips and not saying anything.


    In a minute, arge and very heavy-looking chair was carried into the room, and it was just like the electric chairs in the movies.


    An Luxia turned and looked at her parents with a grim smile, "Now tell me, which of you would like to go first?"


    Both of them avoided all eye contact and tried to move away as far as they could, which only made An Luxia smile more.


    She straightened her back and tilted her head slightly, "Hm. . . How about I''ll be generous."


    She smiled, "If you tell me where Li Yn is, I will give you guys 5 million dors. Now doesn''t that sound like an amazing deal?"


    From hearing this, everyone in the room was shocked, including Mo Han. She didn''t have to! He had a ton of torture methods up his sleeve that would force them to tell the truth. However, he trusted An Luxia and did not say anything.


    He Muya and Li Qiyu exchanged a very long nce and they were obviously very intrigued but they had also promised their daughter to not tell An Luxia no matter what.


    They were in a very big dilemma and both of them had their lips tightly pressed together, probably to avoid slipping out the answer.


    Finally, He Muya turned to look at An Luxia, "Where would you get this money from?! How would you even have this money to give us?! Ch!"


    Li Qiyu also realized this and he turned to look at his daughter, "Exactly! Do you even have this money?! Stop trying to lie to us!"


    An Luxia grinned and pushed her hair to the back of her ears, stepping back and wrapping her arm around Mo Han''s elbow, "You are right. I indeed don''t have this money. . ."


    He Muya and Li Qiyu both scoffed and rolled their eyes.


    ". . . But my husband does." An Luxia''s smile widened, "I can promise you that I have this money, so you do not have to worry about me having this money or not."


    Both He Muya and Li Qiyu were very surprised by this answer, and they turned their attention to Mo Han, "Really? I don''t trust you! What does he even do to have this amount of money?"


    An Luxia shrugged, "It is up to you whether you trust me or not. Since you don''t want this deal, then let''s just continue with the other messages."


    She turned around and looked at the men standing at the door, "Go and tie my beloved father to the electric chair."


    "No, no!" Li Qiyu screamed, but the men listened to theirdy boss and untied Li Qiyu from his original chair and over to the electric chair.


    "You can''t do this to me! I am old and I will get a heart attack! If I do, you will go to jail!"


    He Muya was also crying tears of fear by now, "Yes! An Luxia, you can''t do this to us! You will get in trouble!"


    An Luxia didn''t care as she had the people start the chair, and once the chair was started, Li Qiyu started screaming at once as electric shocks came in waves.


    After a few seconds, An Luxia could not stand the screaming anymore. After all, even though she hated them and wanted them to suffer for their actions, her heart seemed to jump out of her chest with every scream. It was a sense of torture to her too.


    "Stop it," she said. However, she could not let her act go through, "Now go bind my mother to the chair! I should be fair, right? I can''t be partial, right?"


    "No, no!" He Muya screamed, "I am your mother! You can''t do this to me!"


    Well, An Luxia can since in a minute, He Muya was on the electric chair and Li Qiyu was bound back onto the rough wooden chair. He had his eyes closed and An Luxia could not tell if he was unconscious or not as he was mumbling something.


    For He Muya, the electric shocks did notst a long time either, and An Luxia only had it turned on for about half a minute before having the people turn it off.


    However, for He Muya, the thirty seconds felt like a lifetime.


    As the people carried He Muya back to the wooden chair, she gasped, "Oh, I''m going to get a heart attack. I''m going to die. . ."


    An Luxia gave them a minute to regain full consciousness as she took a sip of water and looked over at Mo Han, who smiled back at her. He sat right next to her, not doing anything and only watching the amazing show in front of him.


    After a while, Li Qiyu opened his eyes and said, "She is your sister!"


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together.


    "Even if she did something wrong, you should still forgive her as her older sister! Plus, we are your parents too! You -"


    "If she was my sister, she wouldn''t try to murder me!" An Luxia jumped from the chair, unable to hold her anger.


    Why were they so partial?! She was also their child! Was she not their daughter? Was Li Yn not her sister?! These three people were absolutely disgusting!


    An Luxia clenched her fists together, thinking that the most fortunate thing that has ever happened to her in her entire life must be that she was thrown away from this family.


    "Yes, I am her sister so I tried to let some things go and convince myself that she is not worth my time, and you guys too aren''t even worth a second of my time. However, she is insatiable! She keeps testing my limits, and today, she tried to kill me! If she were my sister, she wouldn''t do that, and if you were my parents, you wouldn''t be standing on her side now!"

 Chapter 103 - Finding Li Yilan

    "Yes, I am her sister so I tried to let some things go and convince myself that she is not worth my time, and you guys too aren''t even worth a second of my time. However, she is insatiable! She keeps testing my limits, and today, she tried to kill me! If she were my sister, she wouldn''t do that, and if you were my parents, you wouldn''t be standing on her side now!"


    An Luxia''s voice cracked as she spoke in the end, and she resisted the strong urge she had to kill the people in front of her right now.


    Finally, she sat back down and gulped, "Now, let''s go again! Now that you have a test round, let''s go for longer. How does five minutes sound?"


    After testing it out once, both of them did not want to ever go on that chair ever again. Just thinking about it made them shudder in fear.


    The first to break in was Li Qiyu, who turned to look at his wife with tears, "Muya, why don''t we just tell her?"


    He Muya turned to look at her husband, and her eyes revealed her simr thoughts. None of them wanted to get tortured anymore, and as they were old and their bodies were not as strong as before, who knew what would happen if they continued to get tortured like this?


    "We won''t be tortured anymore, and with the five million dors, we could pay off all the debt and also live afortable life!"


    He Muya looked down, "But what would they do to Yn?"


    An Luxia spoke at this time, "You don''t have to worry about that. I have control and she will only get what she deserves. . ."


    She then added softly, "and maybe some more."


    He Muya and Li Qiyu exchanged a long nce before He Muya closed her eyes and said weakly, "Li Yn is at our old house."


    An Luxia and Mo Han smiled at this answer, and they both stood up simultaneously.


    An Luxia walked over to her parents and bent down with a smile, "Thank you, mother and father. See how easy this could have been if you were cooperative from the beginning! We could have not wasted all of this time and you could be happy and dry right now. What a pity! Now tell me, what is the address of the old house?"


    Now that they had told An Luxia already, there was no point in hiding it any further. He Muya honestly told An Luxia the address of their old house, which was in the rural part of the country, outside the city borders.


    An Luxia smiled and stood up, turning around to leave with Mo Han.


    As they reached the door, Li Qiyu suddenly asked, "What about the money?! When are you going to give it to us?!"


    An Luxia stopped in her tracks and tilted her head slightly, enough for her parents to see the grin on her face, "Money? When did I say I would give you money?"


    At once, both of their faces paled as all color drained out of them and then they began twisting and writhing inside the chair, trying to get out, "YOU LIAR! HOW DARE YOU LIE TO US?! YOU B****! WHY DID I GIVE BIRTH TO YOU LITTLE DEVIL? I SHOULD HAVE JUST KILLED YOU ONCE YOU WERE BORN!"


    An Luxia''s heart pained when she heard this as she walked up the stairs, but the pain quickly faded as she had lost all hope in those two people.


    Whatever they said had no rtion to her anymore. The screaming sounds only stopped when they finally got out of the underground chamber and back into the house. Mo Han looked at An Luxia and didn''t know if he should be worried that she showed no emotion on her face. She seemed to be perfectly fine.


    But perfectly fine meant that she was not fine.


    He grabbed onto her arm and stopped her, "I''ll go and find her and take her back. You go and get some rest."


    An Luxia smiled softly as she looked up at Mo Han and moved in closer to him, "Don''t worry about me. I''m going to be fine. Of course I can''t miss out on seeing her reaction when she sees that we found her and her parents betrayed her for a petty 5 million! I''m going with you."


    Mo Han knew that he could not stop her, since although she had a smile on her face now and seemed to be joking around, there was also a certain assertiveness to her tone that left no room for discussion.


    Mo Han quickly walked up to An Luxia and decided not to stop her as they left the house and entered the car. It was going to be quite a ride to get to the rural countryside where the Li family''s old house was.


    It was near the city but also at the edge of the country, where the technology wasn''t very advanced and a lot of old people lived.


    If An Luxia had not been adopted, she would have probably grown up there too. The sky was already dark when they drove to the house.


    Since it was wintertime, the night was still very cold and dark. There were not many cars out, especially when they reached the border of the city.


    Halfway through the ride, An Luxia closed her eyes although she wasn''t asleep. The pain from her arm was beginning to numb, but she could still feel it underneath the thick cotton.


    Mo Han kept on looking towards her as the driver drove in the front seat, and finally, he said, "You can go to sleep. I''ll call you up when we arrive."


    An Luxia opened her eyes, wondering how he knew she was not asleep, and turned to look at him. There were no cars around, and there had been no cars for the past thirty minutes already, so An Luxia pushed the part of the seatbelt over her body to the back andid down, turning around and resting her head onto Mo Han''s leg.


    *helemon''s note: Don''t learn from evil Xiaxia! Wear your seatbelts, everyone!


    The position was quite ufortable and An Luxia and Mo Han both didn''t move. Finally, after a few minutes, An Luxia fell asleep like Mo Han had told her to.


    Mo Han also closed his eyes and thought about everything that had happened in the mere span of a day. Li Yn seemed to really have a death wish.


    She dared to try andy a finger on his wife?! This time, there was no way he would let her go! And this included her beloved parents too!


    About half an hourter, they finally reached the small vige where the house was located. The cars were not allowed to enter since the roads were all made of dirt and they were too narrow for a car to fit through.


    Mo Han called An Luxia up and they got out of the car together. The driver, who was one of Mo Han''s bodyguards, also got out and locked the car. There was another one of Mo Han''s workers in the passenger''s seat and the two of them followed behind them as they walked into the dark vige.


    The Li family''s house was at the end of the road, and they walked past several houses that all looked quite shabby with piles of hay outside.


    An Luxia flinched when she suddenly heard the sound of chickens clucking loudly. She lived here until three but had no memory of living in this poor condition and environment whatsoever.


    Mo Han grabbed onto her hand as they continued to walk, and as they did, they reached a house where the door suddenly opened and an old woman walked out.


    They looked at her cautiously as she dumped a bucket of water onto the ground and then disappeared into the house once again.


    When they finally reached the address He Muya had given them, they noticed that the lights of the house were open.


    An Luxia''s eyes narrowed as they walked over to the door. With one kick, Mo Han kicked the wooden door open, which copsed down onto the ground.


    At once, the two bodyguards who were behind them rushed to the front and barged into the house, creating a loudmotion that other houses could probably hear.


    "Ah!" A female high-pitched scream came from inside as An Luxia and Mo Han walked in as if it were their house.


    In a few seconds, Li Yn, who was still wearing the ck hoodie she had worn when she attacked An Luxia, appeared.


    When Li Yn saw the two bodyguards, she gasped as all the color disappeared from her face.


    Her lips quivered as she screamed, "Ah! How did you guys get in?!"


    The two bodyguards rushed over and grabbed onto both of her arms, pushing her onto the ground, "Ah! Let go of me! Let go of me! I''m going to call the police!"


    An Luxia stepped into the house, walking over to Li Yn, who finally noticed that there were two more people here.


    When she saw An Luxia, she fell silent as her arms began to shake from fear and shock, "An Luxia?!"

 Chapter 104 - Li Yilans Pleading

    When she saw An Luxia, she fell silent as her arms began to shake from fear and shock, "An Luxia?!"


    "How - How did you find me?! How did you get here?!"


    An Luxia grinned and leaned down slightly, "Never thought about it, huh? Never thought that your beloved parents would betray you too for money one day, right?"


    Li Yn''s eyes widened as she shook her head. No! It couldn''t be true! They wouldn''t tell An Luxia where she was! It must be a mistake!


    "Get out! Get out! This is against thew! I''m going to call -"


    "Then do you also know that attempting murder is also against thew?" An Luxia screamed back, causing Li Yn to stop immediately.


    After a few seconds, Li Ynughed, "What are you talking about?! An Luxia, you have no evidence! I did not do anything!"


    This time, Mo Han stepped forward, "Evidence? We don''t need evidence to make you suffer?"


    Li Yn turned her attention to Mo Han, and she shivered from the cold and scary presenceing out of Mo Han. Or, maybe it was just because the temperature was too cold. As she looked at Mo Han and An Luxia, she suddenly remembered something.


    She startedughing hysterically as she pointed one finger at them with her arms still held by the two people, "You, Mo Han, right? How are you still with her?!"


    Li Yn smiled sinisterly, "Do you know that she cheated on you?! She has slept with multiple other men! A few days back, in a hotel, she slept with another man!"


    Upon hearing this, Mo Han finally lost his cool as he stepped forward, his face turning dark, "You dare say that one more time?!"


    However, Li Yn seemed to have gone crazy as she was not intimidated by Mo Han but instead continued tough hysterically, "I just don''t understand, Mo Han. . . Do you have some problem or weird liking or something? Do you know how many men An Luxia has slept with?!"


    An Luxia also got furious from Li Yn''s words. Of course she has not slept with any other men and Mo Han knew that, but Li Yn didn''t. So it was indeed Li Yn! All the past "unfortunate idents" that had happened to her were all nned by Li Yn.


    How evil could she get at such a young age?!


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows tightly as she took a step forward, but Li Yn continued, "Mo Han, you just love sharing your woman with other men, don''t -"


    Mo Han''s eyes reddened with mes of anger as he clenched his fists together, and the next second, both Li Yn and An Luxia froze


    Li Yn''s lips quivered as she felt a chill run up her spine as the hairs on the back of her neck stood up immediately. She gulped as she stared at the ck object in front of her, pointing straight at her forehead.


    An Luxia also gasped as she fell back a few steps. Mo Han had a gun?!


    Meanwhile, Mo Han was not in the least calm as he pulled a ck gun out, pointing it directly at Li Yn as he red at her in rage.


    "Are you deaf?! I told you to shut up!" Mo Han screamed, his voice thundering in the tiny room so the neighbors could probably also hear. The silence was deafening as the time slowly ticked by.


    "AHHH!!!" Li Yn screamed, flinging her arms as she practically crawled like a dog back to the couch in the corner of the room, hiding in the very corner as she trembled with fear.


    "Ahhh! Sister! Sister, save me! Save me!" She screamed at An Luxia, but her eyes stayed on the gun as she tried to move further back but the wall stopped her from getting any further.


    An Luxia did not have any pity for Li Yn, but she could also tell that Mo Han was more than furious right now. She stepped forward, grabbing onto Mo Han''s elbow.


    "Mo -" She had just started speaking when Mo Han immediately cut her off.


    "Do not question me. If you are scared to look, then just turn around."


    An Luxia trembled in fear even though she was not the one in danger, but Mo Han''s expression was incredibly scary right now. She had never really seen the "King of the Underworld" side to him, but now she knew why he had that title.


    When he was mad, he was truly like a tyrant that could and would kill anyone or anything in his way.


    Mo Han clenched his teeth together as he narrowed his eyes, "I''m going to kill her today!"


    Although An Luxia was mad, she could not tell why Mo Han was this mad. After all, he knew that she did not actually sleep with other men, but he was still furious. More mad than she had ever seen him be.


    An Luxia took a step back, not knowing what to do as she stared at Mo Han worriedly. What should she do? What could she do? Even if Mo Han was generally nice and patient to her, she could tell that the Mo Han right now would listen to no one, including her.


    The two bodyguards received the small but noticeable nod from Mo Han and rushed over, grabbing onto Li Yn''s arms and pulling her off the couch to the floor, keeping her in ce no matter how hard she fought.


    "Sister! Older sister! Luxia! Save me! Please save me!" Tears were flowing down Li Yn''s face by now as she pleaded helplessly, her face pale with fear as she continued to try and escape the two men.


    "I apologize! I know I am wrong! I am at fault! But my mistakes aren''t bad enough to have me dead! Sister, save me!" Li Yn could not even talk properly as she stared at the gun, pleading towards An Luxia who did not give any response or even look at her.


    Mo Han''s anger did not dissipate at all with time, and he ordered, "An Luxia, turn around now!"


    An Luxia looked at the gun for several seconds, staying in ce before she finally jumped forward and grabbed onto the gun and Mo Han''s hand, "I''m not going to turn around!"


    Mo Han turned to look at An Luxia in disbelief, "An Luxia, what are you doing?!"


    An Luxia''s expression softened slightly as she looked up at Mo Han, "Give me the gun. Be careful, don''t identally shoot."


    Mo Han still held onto the gun tightly, knitting his brows together tightly as he looked down at An Luxia hesitantly. Finally, after several silent seconds, Mo Han let go of the gun and looked at An Luxia.


    "An Luxia, you are still going to be softhearted and forgive them?!" Mo Han was slightly mad at An Luxia this time, and it was the first time he had talked this loudly at her.


    However, An Luxia was not mad or unhappy towards Mo Han''s attitude, because she would feel the same way if she had thought that she would just Li Yn go without any punishment.


    A corner of her lips turned up slightly as she turned to look at Li Yn, blinking her eyes slowly, "Mo Han, even if she should receive a punishment, you shouldn''t be the one to punish her."


    She slowly opened her eyes again and lifted the gun up in a second, pointing it straight at Li Yn again, "It should be me!"


    Li Yn, who had just rxed slightly, immediately tensed up in disbelief as she stared at the gun and then at An Luxia.


    An Luxia had gone to the shooting range with Mo Han, so she was able to know how to operate the gun as she pointed it at Li Yn, her hands shaking slightly since she had never pointed a gun at a person before.


    "Li Yn, this time. . . It is time for you to receive your deserved punishment."


    Li Yn gritted her teeth in anger on the inside, but she knew that she was helpless right now, so she could only plead, "Sister! Sister, I know I am wrong! Please forgive me! I will never hurt you again! I promise! Please!"


    Li Yn shook her arms and legs as she tried to escape but failed, "Please forgive me! Even if it is for the fact that our parents gave birth to you and raised you for a few years, please let me go!"


    An Luxia scoffed, "For our parents? Truthfully ask yourself, have you ever thought of me as your older sister? Would a true sister try once and again to destroy her older sister''s life and even kill her?!"


    An Luxia frowned as she thought about how stupid she was, "And me. . . Because of this so-called sister blood rtionship, I let you go several times. But you? You kept on stepping on my boundaries and never knew when to stop!"


    Li Yn cried more violently, "I''m wrong! I really know that I am wrong now! Sister, please forgive me!"


    An Luxia smiled faintly, "When I figured out that the person who sent the man to take away my innocence was you, I told myself that this time, I would definitely not forgive you."


    "No. . . No. . ." Li Yn said, shaking her head as she finally got tired of screaming.


    At this moment, several people suddenly entered the house.

 Chapter 105 - Li Yilans Punishment

    "No. . . No. . ." Li Yn said, shaking her head as she finally got tired of screaming.


    At this moment, several people suddenly entered the house.


    He Muya and Li Qiyu were pushed into the house, and when An Luxia turned around and saw them, she almost dropped the gun in surprise.


    Why were they here?! The two bodyguards behind them removed their blindfolds and they immediately jumped forward when they saw their daughter. . . Well, their younger daughter.


    An Luxia turned to look at Mo Han, who didn''t seem surprised at the arrival of the two guests, "Did you call them over?"


    Mo Han nodded, still angry about the situation, "I want them to see just how their beloved daughter dies in my hands."


    "Dad! Mom! Save me! Save me!" Li Yn suddenly started screaming, her eyes sparkling as if she had found hope. The bodyguards let go of her arms and she immediately lunged into her mother''s embrace, trembling in fear.


    An Luxia turned around to look at them again, holding the gun up.


    "Luxia, she is your sister! Your younger sister!" He Muya pleaded.


    Li Qiyu also jumped in front of his daughter and pleaded, "Luxia, please forgive her! It is all my fault! It is our fault! I didn''t raise her well, it''s all my fault! If you want to kill then kill me!"


    Even Li Qiyu, who was usually proud and would definitely not kneel down, especially in front of An Luxia, kneeled down and started pping himself as he pleaded her.


    He Muya immediately nodded and went along, "Yes, yes! It is all our fault! Please forgive your younger sister! It is all our fault!"


    An Luxia''s grip on the gun tightened. Her parents, who were both very selfish people, were willing to bend down to this low for their daughter, But she was also their daughter! But they would definitely not do this for her.


    Seeing An Luxia''s expression, Mo Han frowned slightly as he stepped forward, "Give me the gun. You are doubting yourself again now, right?"


    An Luxia immediately returned from her stupor as she held onto the gun tightly again, "No, I don''t want you to do it for me. I''ll do it myself."


    She raised the gun up to Li Yn''s forehead, who immediately hid in her mother''s arms, trembling in fear. However, the bodyguards immediately walked forward after receiving Mo Han''s signal and dragged He Muya and Li Qiyu away from Li Yn, leaving her alone in the middle of the room.


    He Muya and Li Qiyu fought as hard as they could, but they obviously couldn''t beat the strenght of Mo Han''s people.


    "No! Luxia, don''t do it!" He Muya screamed. All three people were screaming and it was really loud. A crowd of people had gathered outside their house, trying to look in but Mo Han''s people were blocking them from entering.


    An Luxia could hear the murmurs and discussioning from the neighbors that had gathered to watch the drama unfold.


    After realizing that her parents couldn''t help her anymore, Li Yn had no choice but to turn back to An Luxia, "Sister, no! No, don''t kill me!"


    An Luxia pointed the gun up to the ceiling and swung it around calmly, "Li Yn, you keep hurting me, so there is no way I will let you go without any punishment."


    Then, An Luxia turned around and looked at Mo Han and the people outside before walking over to Li Yn and pulling her up from the ground by grabbing her throat, choking her as she had no mercy in her grip.


    "However, I know that murder is an unforgivable sin, and murderers pay for the blood on their hands. I am not like you, and I don''t want to go the he*l after I die. . . So, stop saying that I owe your family for being born!"


    An Luxia let go of Li Yn''s neck, flinging her back down onto the ground as she coughed for air. An Luxia felt better after saying that, but Mo Han suddenly stepped forward and grabbed onto the gun.


    "An Luxia, are you saying that to me?! You might not be able to kill a lowly human, but I can!"


    An Luxia looked up at Mo Han and her heart softened slightly. Only by saying that could she stop Mo Han from killing a person. . . Although she did not know how many people he had killed before.


    However, she did not want to be a devil, and even if Li Yn had done a lot of bad things to her, by killing Li Yn, she would have to pay too. Whether it was her or Mo Han, they would both have to pay.


    There was never an excuse for killing someone who didn''tmit a serious and unforgivable crime, even if you hated them so much you could kill them a million times. And Li Yn. . . although she didmit several unforgivable crimes to An Luxia, in thew today, it was not bad enough to take her life away.


    She could not put herself or Mo Han in a bad position by killing a person not worthy of killing and getting blood on her own hands. It was not worth it.


    "Mo Han, send Li Yn and her parents away to a different country. I don''t want to see them ever again."


    Even though she was also very upset about the final result, but she could not let Mo Han or herself carry the sin of having killed someone.


    Mo Han was obviously upset by the final result, and he pinched the area of skin between his eyebrows. However, he knew why An Luxia made that final decision, and he finally sighed and turned around, "Okay, okay! Let''s get out of here!"


    He grabbed onto An Luxia''s arm that was not holding the gun and pulled her towards the door.


    Seeing them leave, Li Yn and her parents all let out a sigh of relief. The bodyguards let them go, and they all copsed onto the ground in relief until -


    Boom!


    Everyone in the room and outside the room gasped in surprise, including Mo Han as they all turned to look at what happened. When they saw, everyone''s eyes widened as they could not believe what had just happened.


    "AHHHHHH!! URGHHH!!!!" Li Yn screamed as she fell back, holding onto her right leg as she writhed in pain. Her entire shin was covered with bright red as blood flowed down from her knee all the way to her foot and onto the ground.


    An Luxia let out a breath of cold air as her arm stayed in the same position with the gun held up, pointed straight towards Li Yn. She had originally aimed for her upper leg, but since she did not have much time to react and her shooting skills weren''t perfect, she missed slightly but still hit Li Yn''s leg.


    She slowly lowered the gun, her heart beating faster than ever before as it was the first time she had shot a living human.


    He Muya and Li Qiyu recovered from their shock after several seconds, and they immediately lunged towards their daughter, "Yn! Yn!"


    "Ah! Call the doctor! Hurry and call the doctor!" Li Qiyu screamed.


    They both stared at the puddle of blood forming underneath Li Yn''s leg, not knowing what to do. The blood flowed out like a river, and the scene was absolutely horrifying to look at, even to the person who created it; An Luxia.


    An Luxia almost dropped the gun until the floor as she trembled in fear after her brainpletely processed what she had just done. The injury looked horrifying!


    She stepped back and immediately felt an arm wrap around her waist and a hand grab onto her hand. She allowed herself to fall back into Mo Han''s arms as she stared at Li Yn, who had fainted from either too much blood loss or fear.


    "Yn! Yn! Wake up!" Her parents called. "Yn, don''t scare me! Wake up! Wake up!"


    Mo Han stared at them and rolled his eyes, "This is the lightest punishment she could receive. Good job, wife!" He smiled and added, "Although I would have just aimed for the heart."


    Mo Han then looked down at An Luxia and noticed how pale her face was. Even though she was the one who had shot, she was still scared to look at the actual injury.


    It was the first time she had seen so much blood.


    Mo Han gulped and turned around, taking her with him to the door, lowering his voice gently, "Let''s go. If you scared, then don''t look. Come on, let''s go home."


    As they reached the doorstep, Mo Han stopped for a quick second and turned around, telling K, "Send the entire Li family to Country U. I do not want to see them any more in Country Z, and if theye back, then I will surely have all of them killed. Understand?"


    K nodded, "Yes, Master Mo.. I will definitelyplete the job well."

 Chapter 106 - Country U

    K nodded, "Yes, Master Mo. I will definitelyplete the job well."


    As they walked out of the house, An Luxia could still hear a ringing of the gun shot sound in her ears, and in the background, she could hear Li Yn''s parents screaming to have her wake up.


    The group of neighbors all stared at them in fear as they did not know what to do. Should they call the police? But that didn''t seem like a very smart idea.


    They naturally made way for An Luxia and Mo Han as they walked out of the house and back to their car. The entire walk to the car was silent and the world around them was also a deafening silence until they finally entered the car.


    Country U was not just some normal country, but it was known as a "living he*l." During mid-spring to summer, the entire country was burning hot, and with very bad infrastructure and Inte connection, very few areas had air conditioning or cold areas.


    However, during the winter and fall, the country seemed to be a whole different ce, as it was freezing cold. The country included both extremes in temperature, but that wasn''t even the worst.


    The country was incredibly dangerous, with many terrorist groups and also underworld organizations. Many people had gone missing in the country, although no one would know, and it was rumored that they were captured as ves or even killed.


    If Li Yn and her parents were to go there. . . Who knew if they would be able toe out alive? However, that wasn''t An Luxia''s problem.


    ---


    It was nighttime, so An Luxia and Mo Han directly went home without going anywhere else. On the car ride home, An Luxia fell asleep very fast and positioned her headfortably against Mo Han''s shoulder as she slept.


    When they arrived, she did not wake up and Mo Han carried her into the house, carefully setting her on the bed. When she was ced on the bed, An Luxia blinked her eyes open, her heartbeat speeding up again as she immediately sat up on the bed.


    "I''m going to go take a shower," she told Mo Han before entering the bathroom. When she entered the shower ce, she immediately turned on the water, which was cold at first. The ice cold water sshed down onto her entire body, causing her to shiver in the cold.


    However, soon, the water turned hot and as she had turned the shower all the way onto the hottest setting, the water was burning. She quickly jumped out of the water and moved the control to medium.


    The water did help her wake up a lot, but it also brought back shbacks of the blood she had seen. An Luxia shook her head and stepped into the water again, trying to stop thinking about it.


    She quickly took a shower and changed into her pajamas before entering the bedroom. When she opened the door, she saw that Mo Han had also taken a shower, probably in a different room.


    He sat on the bed, waiting for her. When he saw her, he stood up and walked over, pulling her onto the bed. Without saying anything, he began drying her hair.


    The hair dryer was loud, and neither of them said anything until An Luxia''s hair waspletely dry.


    "Let''s go to sleep." Mo Han put away the hair dryer and closed the lights on the way, engulfing the room in darkness. As he got onto the bed, he immediately pulled An Luxia into an embrace and closed his eyes, holding onto her tightly.


    An Luxia also closed her eyes and gently ced her hand onto his waist, not saying anything.


    "I''m sorry about raising my voice at you earlier today. I was. . . mad." Mo Han said, his hands tightening around An Luxia as he spoke, realizing how he might have scared her in the Li house earlier.


    An Luxia did not open her eyes but responded, "It''s okay, I understand. . . I was mad too."


    The room silenced as all they could hear was the air conditioning running in the room. Finally, An Luxia added, "Good night," and both of them went to sleep.


    ---


    K was indeed fast at his job as the next day, Mo Han had received a message from K saying that his job was done.


    ''K: Sir, He Muya, Li Qiyu, and Li Yn were both sent on a ne to Country U today. They should arrive by tomorrow. We have also sent people to watch on them to make sure they will never return again.''


    Mo Han read the message and closed his phone, going to bed again since it was early in the morning. However, An Luxia had woken up from the movement.


    "Who was that?" She asked, her voice slightly hoarse after sleeping.


    "K. They are gone now."


    An Luxia nodded her head as a small smile crept up her lips, "They are gone. . . forever?"


    "Forever."


    An Luxia opened her eyes, "So it is only us now? They are gone. . . There will be no one to disturb our life anymore, right?"


    Mo Han could see the sparkle in her eyes, and he nodded his head, "Yes, you''re right."


    An Luxia''s smile widened as she rubbed her eyes and sat up on the bed, "Come on, let''s go visit my parents and eat breakfast there today. I have to share the good news with them."


    ---


    Half an hourter, An Luxia and Mo Han arrived at the An family''s house and they had not told the An couple they wereing, so An Luxia''s dad hurriedly went to go make breakfast for them as they sat down on the couch to talk to An Luxia''s mom.


    The breakfast was quickly made and they went to eat together. An Yuchen had gone to the hospital already, so it was only the four of them.


    "Mom, dad. I have something exciting to tell you," An Luxia said with a smile before beginning to eat.


    "What is it?"


    "You know my biological parents and Li Yn," An Luxia frowned slightly from mentioning their names.


    Her parents did too, "Yes. . . What about them?"


    "They are gone." An Luxia smiled, deciding not to tell her parents the details, "They left for another country, and they won''t being back."


    An Ping and Qi Lanyu both looked up excitedly, as they both had worried about the Li family and their daughter, since they were all not sensible people.


    "Really?! That''s great! Finally, they are gone!" Qi Lanyu pped her hands together excitedly and looked down at the table, "Come on, that''s great news! Eat, eat!"


    An Luxia smiled and picked up her chopsticks to begin eating. She watched as Mo Han ced some food into her bowl and didn''t move.


    She stared at her bowl for a long time before looking up, her eyes sparkling as the tears rolled around inside of them, "Thank you, mom, dad. . . Thank you for giving me a family."


    Everyone was quite surprised at An Luxia''s sudden emotional words, and Qi Lanyu and An Ping looked at each other in shock before they both also got emotional.


    Qi Lanyu immediately dropped her chopsticks and grabbed onto her daughter''s hands, "What are you talking about? Why are you thanking us?! We should thank you! You are the best daughter I could ever ask for!"


    Seeing that this only made An Luxia''s crying worsen, Qi Lanyu immediately added, "Plus, you are much better than that dumb brother of yours! What would I do without you?!"


    An Luxia chuckled slightly after hearing this and used one hand to wipe away her tears. Why was she crying? She should be happy right now.


    The most annoying people in her life were gone and everything was perfect now. She had her family and Mo Han, everything she could ever ask for.


    An Ping also smiled softly from his side of the table. As a man, he obviously wasn''t as emotional and considerate as the two girls in his household, but his heart also softened at the emotional scene in front of them.


    He smiled and ced some food into her daughter''s bowl, "Eat, eat."


    An Luxia nodded, knowing that this was the way her father cared for her, and she picked up her chopsticks to start eating.


    Mo Han did not want to speak during this time for family, and he silently ced food into An Luxia''s bowl, watching her eat with a faint grin on his face.


    From the other side of the table, Qi Lanyu also silently wiped away some tears.


    ---


    After a very long and enjoyable meal, An Luxia and Mo Han went back home. At the door, An Luxia turned around and hugged her mom and dad before leaving, promising toe back and visit soon.


    The car was waiting outside and Mo Han and An Luxia got in together. Not until the car hadpletely gone out of sight did An Luxia''s parents finally return home.


    Inside the car, Mo Han drove as the driver did note with them today. An Luxia was in a much better mood by now, and it seemed as if all of the troubles had gone.


    After a moment of silence, Mo Han suddenly asked, "Do you remember?"


    An Luxia looked up, "Remember what?"


    "19 years ago, you foresaw the future," Mo Han said, a small grin appearing on his face.


    An Luxia tilted her head slightly, confused on what he was saying, "What?"


    The car stopped in front of a traffic light and Mo Han turned around to look at her, smiling as he said, "19 years ago, you said you would marry me when you grew up, and you did."

 Chapter 107 - Marry You

    The car stopped in front of a traffic light and Mo Han turned around to look at her, smiling as he said, "19 years ago, you said you would marry me when you grew up, and you did."


    An Luxia''s eyes widened slightly as she tried to think back to 19 years ago, but she did not remember anything of what Mo Han was talking about.


    --- 19 years ago


    It was nighttime, and all the kids were returning to their rooms after a bedtime story in the adoption center.


    Because all the kids were scared of Mo Han and no one liked An Luxia, in the end, the two of them were split into one room. Technically, this was not allowed in the center since boys were usually in one room and girls in the other.


    However, the owner of the adoption center had agreed to let them stay in the same room together, and that was how they lived for a long time.


    An Luxia followed her brother Yelin back to the room and the person in charge came around to close the lights in all of the rooms.


    After the lights were closed, An Luxia and Mo Han both closed their eyes to fall asleep. However, none of them were asleep for a long time. Even though the room was silent, they both knew that neither of them had fallen asleep yet.


    Suddenly, An Luxia pursed her lips out and said softly in the darkness, "Brother Yelin, can I sleep next to you tonight?"


    Mo Han was much older than An Luxia at this time already, so he obviously knew that a boy should not sleep with a girl, even though they were kids. However, young little An Luxia did not know.


    "Why?"


    An Luxia frowned, opening herrge round eyes as she sat up on the bed, "The bedtime story tonight was scary, wasn''t it? I am scared the witch is going toe find me while I''m sleeping and take me away."


    Mo Han also sat up and rubbed his eyes, smiling helplessly, "Don''t worry, she won''t. Witches aren''t real."


    "Yes, they are. Miss Lin told us about witches. Were you not listening?"


    ". . ." Mo Han did not know how to deal with the little girl, and he finally sighed and moved over slightly on the tiny space, "Okay,e over. I''m tired. Let''s go to sleep."


    An Luxia''s eyes lit up as she jumped off the bed and ran over, climbing onto the bed again andying down next to Mo Han.


    She could not see very well in the darkness, but she could feel the warmth of the bed and could also smell the faint fragrant smelling off of her brother Yelin''s body.


    After joining him, the two of them did not talk anymore and An Luxia slowly felt her eyelids get heavy as she slept.


    Her body turned around as she was half asleep, and her small hand identally fell onto Mo Han''s chest. He was not asleep yet, as it was quite hard to fall asleep with another person next to him.


    He was used to sleeping alone.


    He tried to move her hand off, but it almost seemed like her hand was glued onto him. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn''t move it.


    "Mm. . ." An Luxia moaned in displeasure as she furrowed her eyebrows together.


    Mo Han looked at her and frowned slightly, "Yixin, you - What are you doing?"


    An Luxia obviously did not hear him, as she continued to sleep. Mo Han was about to say it again and tell her to move her hand, when An Luxia suddenly mumbled something.


    It was very soft, but since they were very close to each other and the room waspletely silent, Mo Han heard every word of what she said.


    "Brother Yelin. . . When I grow up, I will marry you."


    Mo Han''s face immediately turned as red as a tomato and his body frozepletely, but no one else was in the dark room to tell.


    His eyes darted around nervously as he did not say anything and he finally looked at An Luxia, who was sleeping soundly by now, her hand still on his chest.


    He gulped and finally closed his eyes as well, staying in the same position as he slowly fell asleep, "Then hurry and grow up."


    --- Present


    After hearing his story, An Luxia tightly furrowed her eyebrows together.


    "You''re lying," she said bluntly.


    Mo Han was slightly surprised at her reaction as he started the car and continued to drive, "I am not. You don''t remember because you were almost asleep, but I remember clearly."


    An Luxia frowned slightly and thought back, but could not recall any memory of saying those words, "Are you certain? I''m sure you''re lying."


    Mo Han chuckled softly, "Yes, I am."


    An Luxia nced at him suspiciously and didn''t say anything. Maybe this was destiny. . .


    They drove in silence for a while longer until they reached the bottom of the mountain. As the gate opened, they started driving upwards to their house.


    The rest of the ride was in silence and An Luxia also didn''t know why, but there seemed to be an edge of seriousness and coldness inside the car.


    She nced at the temperature inside the car and saw that it was normal. She pressed her lips together as she looked out the window at the greenery, waiting to finally return home.


    They had spent quite a while at the An house so when they returned home it was past lunchtime already, and nearing dinner time.


    The car finally arrived at the top of the mountain, and Mo Han parked the car in front of the house. Together, they entered the house and An Luxia wrapped her arm around Mo Han''s elbow, who smiled but didn''t say anything.


    They entered the house and went back to their room. Due to the series of events that had happened the past few days, An Luxia hadpletely forgotten to upload.


    Now that her story was very popr, and had be the most popr novel on the whole tform, many readers were waiting for her chapters. Luckily, because the story was based on her own life and events, it was quite easy to write.


    This made her think sometimes. . . Was her life actually so interesting that it could be a story? A story that so many other people were interested in?


    As she finished typing up a chapter, An Luxia yawned and closed herptop, turning around and taking a long look at the bed. Just as she was gazing off at the bed, her mind wandering off, the door opened and Mo Han walked in.


    One look at her and Mo Han asked, "Are you tired?"


    An Luxia nodded and stood up.


    "Come on, let''s take a nap together." Mo Han walked over to the bed and lifted the nket up. After changing intofortable clothes, An Luxiaid downfortably in Mo Han''s embrace and quickly fell asleep.


    With her inside his arms, Mo Han also closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.


    ---


    When An Luxia woke up again, the sky outside was dimming already, telling her that it waste into the afternoon. Her rumbling stomach also told her that it was time for dinner.


    She opened her eyes and saw that she was stillying on the bed, but there was no one next to her. The night was silent, and with no one inside the room, An Luxia felt a chill run up her spine.


    She sat up on the bed and got off, putting on her slippers as she walked out of the room. The entire mansion was quiet, like usual, with few people walking down the hallways.


    She walked to Mo Han''s office, guessing that he would probably be there.


    She was right.


    The door was slightly open, and she could see Mo Han standing at his desk. She walked in, her soft bunny slippers not making any sound.


    Mo Han''s back was facing him and he had one arm up to his ear with a phone in his hand.


    "He finally made a move again," Mo Han said to the other end of the phone, his voice colder than the night outside right now.


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together as she froze. He? Who''s he? Made a move? Again?


    She could not hear what the other person at the end of the phone said, but Mo Han did not say anything for several seconds before finally saying coldly, "I''ll go tomorrow."


    Then, he ended the phone call.


    When he turned around, his cold and dark eyes immediatelynded on An Luxia, who was a few feet away from him.


    An Luxia blinked a few times, and then smiled at him.


    ---


    Together, they walked into the dining room to eat dinner since they were both hungry. As they entered, no one said anything and there was nothing needed to be said as they both sat down.


    The food was delicious just like normal and they both ate happily, immersed in their food and not talking.


    However, after a few minutes, the silence was broken as Mo Han looked up and said in a very serious tone, "Xiaxia."


    An Luxia looked up, still chewing at her food as she blinked herrge round eyes at him, "What?"


    Although her tone was very rxed and calm, a heavy feeling built up inside her.


    "I need to go on a business trip tomorrow."

 Chapter 108 - Departure

    "I need to go on a business trip tomorrow." Mo Han stared intensely into An Luxia''s eyes, catching any movement. In her bright and round eyes, he noticed a quick sh of disappointment, or was it. . . nervousness?


    An Luxia looked down and shrugged, "Oh, okay. . . How long are you going for?"


    She reached over to pick up a small piece of cucumber, but no matter how many times she tried, the cucumber kept on slipping through her chopsticks. She finally sighed and gave up, turning to eat from the other dishes, avoiding Mo Han''s eyes.


    "Possibly. . . A long time." After saying this, Mo Han noticed An Luxia''s hand holding the chopsticks freeze for a second before it continued to move.


    An Luxia smiled a little crookedly, "What''s happening? Why are you going. . . where are you going?"


    Mo Han put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked towards An Luxia seriously, "There is some trouble in our business in Country B, so I have to go there and figure some things out."


    An Luxia nodded, continuing to eat, "Okay."


    "I''lle back as soon as possible."


    "Mhm," An Luxia responded, continuing to eat with her head buried into her bowl.


    "Look at me," Mo Han said, reaching his arm forward and gently grabbing onto her chin with his hand. He lifted her face up, forcing her to look at him.


    An Luxia was still eating, and a bit of rice was stuck to the edge of her lips as she looked at Mo Han. Mo Han gulped, staring at her before slowly leaning forward towards her, tilting his face as he skillfully used his tongue to "clean up" the food on the edge of her lips and then directly moved to "eat" her lips themselves.


    An Luxia dropped her chopsticks and her eyes widened slightly until several secondster, she finally returned the kiss.


    The kiss was long and beautiful, but in the midst of it, there was also a little bit of sadness. . .


    After what seemed like forever, Mo Han finally let go of her lips and said, "An Luxia, wait for me."


    His voice was slightly hoarse as he sat back down. An Luxia stared at her, a little ufortably in the heavy atmosphere so she responded, "If I meet someone who is more handsome than you, richer than you, and nicer to me, then I can''t promise that I will wait for you toe back!"


    Once she said that, the temperature inside the room immediately froze as the heavy atmosphere only got even worse.


    Mo Han stared at her, raising one eyebrow, and she stared back, not in the least afraid of him. Instead, she lifted a corner of her lips up slightly, almost as if she was challenging him.


    Suddenly, Mo Han jumped up from his chair, pushing it back so hard it fell back to the ground. He walked quickly towards her, bent down, lifted her up from her chair, and carried her out of the dining room and towards the direction of the room.


    "Ah! Mo Han! What are you doing?!"


    Mo Han red at her, the one smiling was him now, "I need you to remember me when I''m gone! So even if another manes by, you shall never forget me!"


    Then, he kicked the door to the room open and closed it, throwing her onto the bed, knowing that the bed was soft so she wouldn''t get hurt.


    An Luxia was at a loss for words, instantly regretting trying to joke around with Mo Han.


    This night was definitely going to be a very tiring night. . .


    ---


    The next morning, An Luxia woke up from Mo Han''s kisses. His eyes stared deeply into hers, and she blinked a few times before whimpering, "Mo Han. . ."


    Then, she wrapped her arms around his strong and sturdy waist, moving closer to him, resting her face against his warm chest.


    Mo Han let out a breath of relief and looked down at her pale and smooth skin. He couldn''t help but kiss her again, causing her to raise her eyebrows, moving closer to him.


    "Wait for me toe back," he said again.


    An Luxia nodded slightly in response, letting the silence sink in.


    "An Luxia." Mo Han suddenly said.


    "Hm?" An Luxia looked up slightly, meeting his eyes.


    "I love you!" Mo Han suddenly said, louder than his tone a moment ago.


    ". . ." An Luxia did not say anything from surprise and shock from the sudden confession, and she could hear her own heartbeat, beating strong and loudly in her own ears.


    She did not say anything in return, because she wanted to say it to him after he returned.


    ---


    When Mo Han left, An Luxia was sitting outside on the balcony finishing a chapter of her story. She looked out the balcony and saw him enter the car.


    He did not look back as he entered, but she continued to look at him. They had said their goodbyes already but An Luxia still felt a pain in her heart as she watched him leave.


    But he woulde back soon. . . she told herself.


    She stopped typing and watched as the car left the gate and then went down the mountain, and before long, it waspletely out of sight.


    She then turned her attention to the vase on the balcony with pink roses in it. There were seven buds, all yet to bloom. The one in the middle was in full bloom already and the others were slowly catching up.


    They swayed gently in the winter wind, almost as if they were saying goodbye as well.


    Maybe, after all of these flowers had bloomed, he would be back. An Luxia smiled as she thought of this and then closed herptop to return back into her room.


    However, her thoughts were more than wrong. She stayed in the house for several, going to school like usual. However, the flowers bloomed and died three times already, yet Mo Han was still not back.


    He did not call her, and she also didn''t call him. If she didn''t call him, then there would be a surprise when he dide back! Thinking like this made the situation a little more hopeful.


    Wait just a little more.


    She continued to go to school and then came back home excitedly, hoping to see the ck car with the familiar car te number back inside the parking lot when she came back home.


    However, each day passed and the pedals on the roses continued to wither and drop until the ground one by one.


    ---


    This day was the start of a new week, and An Luxia woke up early to go to school. She quickly pushed upload on a chapter, and as her story was getting more and more popr, she had to force herself to stay upter and wake up earlier to write for her readers.


    However, another reason behind her sleepingter was because it felt weird to have the space next to her on the bed empty. She couldn''t fall asleep.


    She entered the car and they drove to school. Everyone had stopped talking about why Li Yn was suddenly gone, but you would hear of some rumors about her once in a while.


    Besides An Luxia, no one knows where Li Yn had gone. Even Yu Xinyi did not know. An Luxia did not find a need to tell anyone what had happened between her and Li Yn.


    She entered her ssroom and found Yu Xinyi sitting in the second row. She joined her and quickly pulled out her notebook since the ss was starting.


    Yu Xinyi looked towards her and raised one eyebrow, "Still missing your husband?"


    An Luxia nced at her and rolled her eyes, "Ch! At least I have a husband! When are you ever going to tell my brother you like him?! How can you be such a coward?! Over 10 years! 10 years! Yu Xinyi, when are you ever going to confess?"


    Yu Xinyi gulped and looked away, shrugging it off, "Soon, soon."


    "Ch! You always say that." An Luxia sessfully drew the attention away from talking about Mo Han being gone, and she also looked away as she took out a pencil. They stopped talking as the professor walked in.


    However, the professor was not alone.


    There was another girl standing next to the professor, and the girl seemed to be quite young. She was wearing a white dress and looked very cute and elegant, walking in with a smile.


    Everyone looked towards her, and she scanned the room. Her eyes seemed tond on An Luxia, but she could not be sure.


    An Luxia smiled at her and she smiled back, which proved that the new girl was definitely looking at An Luxia.


    The professor stopped and cleared his throat, "Attention, everyone. We have a new student. Please introduce you."


    The girl smiled sweetly and said, "Hi everyone. I''m Shen Liya. Nice to meet all of you!"


    The room broke into apuse and the professor quickly quieted everyone down to start the ss. The girl walked towards the seats and stopped at the second row, looking towards An Luxia with a smile and pointing to the seat next to An Luxia, "May I sit here?"

 Chapter 109 - Shen Liya

    The girl walked towards the seats and stopped at the second row, looking towards An Luxia with a smile and pointing to the seat next to An Luxia, "May I sit here?"


    An Luxia looked up, a little surprisedly, but she hid it very well. On the other hand, Yu Xinyi was very taken aback as she blinked a few times in surprise, but the new girl Shen Liya was not looking at Yu Xinyi.


    An Luxia smiled back faintly, "Yes."


    The girl''s smile widened as she ced her bag onto the table and sat down, taking out her notebook to start listening to the professor as the ss was starting.


    For the rest of the ss, the two of them did not talk to each other, although An Luxia did feel a little weird to have someone sitting next to her besides Yu Xinyi.


    "Okay, I will see all of you next week. Remember to finish the homework." The professor stopped talking and started packing up his stuff, as the other students inside the ss did the same.


    All of the students started talking about where they were going to go next, some to other sses and others going home to eat lunch.


    An Luxia was going home since the next ss she had was in the afternoon. As she started packing up, she heard Shen Liya finally speak again.


    "The professor was talking so I couldn''t properly introduce myself! Hi, I am Shen Liya. You are. . ."


    An Luxia turned to look at her and so did Yu Xinyi, "I''m An Luxia. Nice to meet you."


    Shen Liya smiled sweetly, very fit for her overall appearance, which seemed sweet and cute, "I came from Country A so I am new here and don''t know anyone. If it is okay with you. . . Do you want to be friends?"


    An Luxia found her to be very cute, and the way she was cautious with her words made it impossible for An Luxia to say no. However, before she could respond, Yu Xinyi did first.


    "Yes, yes! Nice to meet you, I''m Yu Xinyi!" Yu Xinyi said with a big smile, obviously falling into the trap of Shen Liya''s cute expression.


    Seeing Yu Xinyi, Shen Liya''s smile widened as her eyes sparkled, "Really?! Thank you! Nice to meet you!"


    The three of them walked out of the ssroom together, and Shen Liya had one more ss a few minutester, so they had to go separate ways.


    "I''ll treat you guys to milk tea tomorrow!" Shen Liya said happily as she waved them goodbye, quickly running off so she wouldn''t bete.


    An Luxia stood with Yu Xinyi, who still had a smile on her face, "Liya seems nice, right?"


    An Luxia nodded, also having a feeling that Shen Liya was a very nice and sweet girl. There was nothing wrong with making another friend, right?


    After talking with Yu Xinyi for a bit, An Luxia returned home to eat lunch and prepare for her next ss. It has been several weeks already since Mo Han had left, and he still hasn''t called her even once yet. She also did not call him.


    She knew that his upation was quite special and his "business trips" weren''t also like any other normal business trip. An Luxia did not want to disturb Mo Han''s work, especially since it seemed quite serious when he left.


    In all of the novels and dramas, An Luxia had learned that it was not a good idea to call the male lead when he was working or when he was gone! It usually always resulted in some ident, especially for someone like the King of the Underworld.


    An Luxia smiled softly as she entered the car, thinking that she was a very smart and considerate wife! Of course, this was another excuse to keep her from worrying about where Mo Han was at the moment.


    After returning home, An Luxia ate lunch alone, then went to school alone, then came home alone, and finally went to sleep alone.


    ---


    The next day, An Luxia went to ss and the first ss went by quickly as she had to take a test. As she walked to her next ss, she was surprised to see Shen Liya entering the same building.


    She quickly called her, "Liya!"


    Shen Liya turned around, equally surprised to see An Luxia, "Luxia, do you have a ss in this building too?"


    "Yes, I have a literature analysis ss."


    Shen Liya''s eyes widened, "Are you in room 207?"


    An Luxia was equally surprised as she nodded, "Are you taking that ss too? We can go together."


    The two of them walked to ss together and sat down next to each other, just in time for the ss to start.


    ---


    After ss ended, Shen Liya asked An Luxia if she wanted to go get milk tea together. With not much work to do and nobody waiting for her at home, An Luxia agreed.


    The two of them talked in the car as they went into town to a milk tea shop Shen Liya rmended. An Luxia felt better with Shen Liya, as it has been a while since she went out with someone.


    They ordered the milk tea and sat down, continuing to talk about random things as they waited for the drinks. In the process, An Luxia found that the two of them had quite a lot inmon.


    "Number 371!"


    Shen Liya looked down at the receipt and stood up, "It''s ours. I''ll go get it."


    She quickly ran over to the worker and grabbed the tworge cups of milk tea. They had ordered the same drink, which was the shop''s ssic.


    As the two of them both took a sip, An Luxia''s eyes widened as she chewed on the boba pearls inside, "This is so good!"


    "I know right!" Shen Liya shook her cup before drinking, "It''s my favorite shop."


    An Luxia smiled as she put down her cup, looking towards Shen Liya, "Thank you for treating me to milk tea today. My parents run a cake shop. Next time, we can go eat cake together!"


    Shen Liya smiled sweetly, "Okay, I''ll be waiting!"


    An Luxia lifted the cup up again for another sip and Shen Liya looked towards An Luxia''s drink, which was going down quickly, before taking another sip herself.


    ---


    After going home, An Luxia did her homework before continuing to write. She moved herptop onto the balcony so she had a good view of the front gate.


    Her story had risen to be number one on the whole tform, and it all seemed like a dream to her. What started off as just a novel to record her story with Mo Han had turned to be a hit in Country A!


    Hundreds of thousands of people were reading it and waiting for uploads, and An Luxia has never imagined to ever be this sessful in her hobby.


    She finished writing a chapter and looked up, realizing that the sky had turned dark already. Time seemed to pass very fast when he was gone. . . but also very slow.


    She closed herptop and entered the room again, closing the door as another pink pedal fell onto the ground.


    She continued to wait, day after day, her excitement each day slowly draining when she saw the empty parking lot.


    Finally, she decided to stop waiting


    ---


    This day, An Luxia finished school on a Friday and entered the car, saying hello to the driver like every other day.


    Most of the people she was familiar with, like K and the driver, had all gone with Mo Han, but the other workers were also very professional people.


    As the driver started the car, An Luxia put on her seatbelt and said, "Let''s not go home today. Go to the Gu Corporation."


    The driver nced at An Luxia through the back mirror and nodded. Without saying anything, he started the car and began driving to the Gu Corporation.


    ---


    They arrived about half an hourter, and the driver parked the car in front of the building. An Luxia took only her phone and got out of the car, stepping into the sunlight.


    Country A was already starting to warm up as hints of spring appeared. An Luxia shut the car door close and stepped into the cool building, walking over to the front desk.


    Thedy working at the front desk stood up, asking, "Hello, miss. Are you looking for someone?"


    "Yes, your boss, Gu Yechen. Please tell him that An Luxia wants to see him."


    The girl blinked a few times, curious at who this person may be, but she still grabbed thendline phone and dialed a number. After a while, she put down her phone and smiled politely, "This way, Miss An."


    An Luxia followed the girl into the elevator and up to the top floor. As the elevator door opened, An Luxia couldn''t help but be slightly surprised.


    The top floor was gorgeous, with ss walls that looked out into the city from above. Towards the front, there was a staircase that led up to one room, which probably belonged to Gu Yechen.


    Under the eyes of all the people on the top floor, An Luxia walked up the stairs and knocked on the door.


    "Come in."

 Chapter 110 - Mo Hans Situation

    "Come in."


    The familiar cold voice could faintly be heard from inside the room as An Luxia pushed the door open, surprised to find that it wasn''t locked.


    Once she stepped inside, she saw Gu Yechen staring at hisputer screen, typing away without even looking at her. She wasn''t surprised by his cold and slightly rude attitude, as he wasn''t Qin Wei.


    She walked over and sat down in the chair across from him, crossing her legs together as she waited for him to finish typing.


    However, Gu Yechen did not seem to have any intention of stopping as he continued to type for almost a minute as An Luxia sat there in silence, waiting impatiently.


    Finally, An Luxia realized that he would never stop and she cleared her throat, leaning forward, "Mr. Gu, do you know where Mo Han is?"


    Hearing this, Gu Yechen finally stopped typing and looked up at her, replying simply, "Yes."


    An Luxia waited for more, but nothing came as Gu Yechen started typing again. An Luxia was getting a little impatient at his very annoying attitude, but she suppressed her urge to punch him in the face and asked, "Can you tell me where he is?"


    Finally, Gu Yechen stopped typing as he put his hands down and turned to look at her, squinting his eyes slightly, "Why don''t you just call him?"


    An Luxia stopped talking, pressing her lips together into a thin line.


    Why didn''t she call him?


    Maybe. . . She didn''t dare to.


    Gu Yechen''s lips curled up slightly as he said, "Is it because he did not call you, so you think he isn''t thinking of you, so you don''t want to call him?"


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together, thinking about it and realizing that what Gu Yechen had said was slightly true. Finally, she said, "I''m afraid."


    When he left and told her to wait for him, she had a bad feeling inside her. And, Mo Han was the type of person to immediately call her after arriving in Country B, but he did not call her this time."


    By the second day, An Luxia had gotten more afraid. She had picked up her phone several times, but never brought herself to actually call him.


    Gu Yechen did not say anything for a long time before finally pulling out a paper from the cab nearby, handing it to her, "The address is on here."


    An Luxia took over the paper and looked at the words written on it for a long time before asking, "Did something happen to her?"


    It was a sixth feeling inside of her that told her something was off. However, Gu Yechen''s answer did not help:


    "If you are worried, then just call him. I''m sure he would love for you to call him." Gu Yechen grinned slightly before turning around and starting to type again.


    An Luxia looked up at Gu Yechen and after several seconds, she stood up. She said a quick thank you to him, which did not receive any response, before leaving the room.


    Outside the building, she entered the car and pulled out her phone, thinking that if Gu Yechen said there was no danger in calling him, then there must not be any danger.


    She found his contact and after a few seconds of staring into space, she clicked on it. The phone only rang once before the other side picked up. It was almost as if the other person had been holding onto the phone waiting for this call.


    "Mrs. An, you have finally remembered your poor husband." Mo Han said from the other end of the phone, his voice unusually deep and hoarse.


    An Luxia frowned slightly, "What happened to your voice?"


    Right now, in the top floor of a private hospital in Country B, Mo Han wore a patient''s outfit. His dark ck hair had all been shaved, and it was reced with a white bandage, wrapped tightly around his head.


    However, this did not lower his appearance in the slightest. He sat on the bed, holding his phone to his ear with a faint smile, "Isn''t it more attractive now?"


    An Luxia felt her heart finally drop slightly after hearing his joke, but she was still a little worried, "Why didn''t you call me?"


    Mo Han closed his eyes, leaning his head back against the headboard, "I was waiting for you to call me first."


    An Luxia felt a little pain in her heart for not calling him earlier, but she still couldn''t help but feel a little sour, "So if I never called you, then you would have never called me?"


    At this moment, another man walked into Mo Han''s room. When he saw Mo Han''s phone, he immediately furrowed his eyebrows together and pointed at it, raising one eyebrow.


    When Mo Han saw the man, his face immediately fell. The man also did not seem happy as he walked over to Mo Han, reaching his hand out.


    "Luxia, take good care of yourself. I''ll be back soon. I have some things to take care of, goodbye." Then, he hung up the phone and immediately, the man snatched Mo Han''s phone away.


    "Mo Han, do you not know what situation you are in right now? How can you use electronic devices? Don''t you know it will be bad for your body?! If you miss her, then just tell me and I''ll go get her -"


    "No!" Mo Han immediately said,ying down on the bed and turning around, looking out the window angrily. It has been over a month already since hest saw her. . .


    The man sighed, saying, "If I was a girl and my husband did not call me once or care about me for a month, then I would certainly divorce!"


    At once, Mo Han turned his head around, ring at the man. If eyes could kill, then the man would have probably died by now.


    The man gulped and quickly took a step back, "Okay, okay. But you''re getting better now, why don''t you just tell her?"


    Mo Han did not reply, pursing his lips out unhappily as he thought about how she had not called him until now.


    The man was able to read Mo Han''s thoughts andughed softly, "It''s your first time in a rtionship, so you don''t know. As a man, shouldn''t you call her first? After a few days, it will be even harder for her to call you if you don''t even call her. Plus, she doesn''t know if the reason why you aren''t calling her might be because you have another woman outside."


    Mo Han''s face was getting darker and darker.


    "You shouldn''t keep it from her. I know you don''t want her to worry about you, but if you don''t tell her, then she will think that you don''t trust her. Plus, wouldn''t it be good for her to be next to you at times like this? If I were you, I would just tell her toe."


    "Are you done talking?" Mo Han finally said, interrupting Qi Yu, the best doctor in the HLX Organization and Mo Han''s "friend."


    Qi Yu was about to say no, but when he saw Mo Han''s expression, he immediately swallowed his words, "Yes, yes. I''ll leave!"


    Qi Yu frowned slightly as he ran out of the room. He had flown all the way from Country A here to do surgery on him for seven whole hours! Then, he had to sit through a meeting with the other best doctors in the world to discuss his injuries, and then took another two weeks to finally get his health situation from critical to normal.


    And now, after being unconscious for another half a month, he was finally awake! Not only did he not appreciate his work, but now Mo Han was getting mad at him for giving him rtionship advice! Ch!


    Just thinking about it made Qi Yu mad as he walked out of the room unhappily, murmuring, "Ah, my life. . . I want to go home. . ."


    ---


    Meanwhile, on the other side, An Luxia held her phone in disbelief. She stared at the screen for several seconds until it turned ck before opening her mouth in shock.


    Mo Han hung up on her! She had finally called him, and he did not even speak to her for a minute, and he hung up!


    Her lips twitched in anger and disbelief as she almost wanted tough from anger. She stared at the paper in her hand and crumpled it up into a little ball.


    Just as she was about to toss it in the trash, she raised one eyebrow with a smirk. What was he hiding? Ch! Since he did not want her to go, then she was purposely going to go!


    Whatever he was hiding, she was going to catch him!


    ---


    The next day, An Luxia walked out of the school with a slip in her hands that allowed her a few days off of school for a "family emergency".


    She entered the car, which had her luggage inside already, and before long, she was on the ne to Country B.

 Chapter 111 - What Happened?

    After a several hour long flight, An Luxia finallynded in Country B.


    She took a taxi to the address that Gu Yechen had given her, and the car stopped in front of arge building. There were no words on it, and it seemed to look like a hotel. . . A hotel!


    An Luxia narrowed her eyes as a very dramatic scene entered her brain, but she quickly pushed it away. No way! If it was true, she would certainly chop his legs off!


    She entered the building and immediately noticed the people walking around, either wearing long white robes or a blue shirt and pants. At once, she realized what this ce was.


    A hospital!


    An Luxia frowned deeply, looking around and then at the address on the paper. Why was he at the hospital?


    An Luxia''s footsteps quickened as she found the elevator and took it up to the 9th floor, which was also the highest floor.


    The elevator door opened and she stepped into the area, finding that it waspletely silent. There was no one around and she felt her heartbeat quicken as she cautiously stepped out of the elevator, looking around.


    As the elevator door closed again, she walked down the hallway, finding no one and no rooms either. She looked at the address again and checked to see that she was in the right ce. She was just about to turn around to try the other direction when she suddenly heard a voice.


    "Excuse me, miss. Who are you looking for?"


    An Luxia turned around in surprise and saw a nurse. She showed her the address and the nurse looked up at An Luxia, "Miss, the address on your paper is the VVVIP room of the hospital. You would have to get permission to enter. And the patient in the room you are looking for has also made it clear that he would like to see no one. I apologize but I would have to ask you to leave."


    An Luxia blinked a few times, looking around again before asking, "May I ask who is inside that room?"


    The nurse frowned slightly, getting a little suspicious, "Miss, that is confidential information. We cannot tell you."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow, looking around as she wondered what type of hospital this was to be so private and secretive. With no other choice, she slowly walked back to the elevator, looking around which only raised the nurse''s suspicions.


    The nurse quickly made her way to the elevator and clicked on the down button, waiting a little impatiently. If her manager were to see a random person up on this floor, she would certainly be fired!


    Ding! The elevator door opened and the nurse let out a sigh of relief as she turned around, facing An Luxia, "Miss, please."


    An Luxia pursed her lips out slightly as the elevator door slowly opened. When it was halfway open, she could make out a person that seemed to be seated in a wheelchair with a ck nket covering his or her legs.


    There was another person standing behind the person seated in the wheelchair. An Luxia did not care much as she scanned the area once more before stepping forward as the elevator door waspletely opened.


    However, she immediately froze when her eyesnded on the person in the wheelchair. She stared at the patient in disbelief, unable to process what she was seeing.


    Mo Han?! That really was Mo Han! An Luxia''s eyes stared at Mo Han, looking him up and down almost as if she could not recognize him anymore. Well, that would be an appropriate excuse as Mo Han had his thick hair all shaved, and he was. . . on a wheelchair!


    He had also gotten much skinnier in this time, and although he was also skinny, this type of skinny was more of an unhealthy and frail thinness.


    The nurse gasped when she saw the VVVIP patient in the elevator, and she closed her eyes, thinking that she was certainly screwed.


    An Luxia took a step forward, her eyes tearing up as she stared at him, "Mo Han, is that you?"


    Mo Han was also momentarily surprised to see An Luxia here, but the shock did notst for many seconds as he quickly recovered, and a small smile appeared on his face.


    The smile alone was a sufficient answer as An Luxia bent down slightly, kneeling in front of Mo Han as she ced one hand on hisp, "What happened?"


    Her voice cracked as she spoke, and she could no longer stop the tears. She did not even know what she was crying about yet, but she had missed him so much and the sight of him so frail and weak made her heart ache with pain.


    The man standing behind Mo Han originally had his eyebrows furrowed together, but he rxed when he realized who it was.


    The nurse also noticed the man, and she immediately bowed down in shame, "Doctor Qi, I. . . I -"


    Qi Yu waved the nurse off and pushed Mo Han out of the elevator, speaking for Mo Han, "Hello, sister-inw. I am Qi Yu, Mo Han''s doctor during this time."


    Mo Han frowned slightly, sick and tired of Qi Yu''s voice, but he was too happy right now to scold him, "Let''s go talk in the room."


    An Luxia wiped her tears and followed Qi Yu into the room at the very end of the hallway, and upon entering, it was more like a suite.


    There was a living room, a kitchen, a balcony, and arge bed for Mo Han to sleep on. It looked even more like a hotel than a hospital room.


    Qi Yu pushed Mo Han onto the balcony and An Luxia followed. Qi Yu then stood at the edge of the balcony, getting ready to turn around and close the door when he received a scary re from Mo Han.


    He frowned and rolled his eyes before grudgingly stepping out of the balcony and closing the door before walking away.


    An Luxia sat down in the chair on the balcony and looked towards Mo Han, her eyes blood red from crying, "It has only been a little over a month. . . What happened to you?!"


    Mo Han could not bear seeing her in pain, but at the same time, he could not help but feel a little happy to see that she cared about him and was worrying about him, "So you still care about me? I thought you''ve long forgotten about your sad, little husband."


    An Luxia''s lips twitched as she looked away, sobbing even more now, "Of course I care about you! I''m your wife. . ." She spoke, her voice dying down slowly.


    Mo Han''s smile widened upon hearing this and reached over, grabbing onto her hand and holding it in his tightly. It has been so long since hest felt her skin against his, and just a simple touch seemed to ignite a me inside him.


    Of course, now was not the time and he quickly suppressed it before continuing, "We were on a mission, and there was a small ident."


    An Luxia looked at him and narrowed her eyes, "A small ident?"


    Mo Han blinked a few times and nodded, "Yes, don''t worry about me. I''m alive."


    An Luxia felt an unknown anger build up inside her, as she wondered how he could care so little about his body and health condition. Well, yes he was alive, but barely!


    "Alive?! Mo Han, can''t you take care of yourself a little more! I don''t know how dangerous your missions are, but you can''t put your life on the line! What would I do without you?!" An Luxia blurted out,pletely not thinking too much as she spoke what she felt in her heart. At once, she regretted her cheesy words, but it was toote.


    Mo Han''s smile widened as he inteced his fingers with hers, saying gently, his voice still slightly hoarse, "Don''t worry, I will never leave you alone. I will be more careful from now on."


    An Luxia''s cheeks turned red as she quickly looked away, pretending to be admiring the view from the top of the hospital, "So, what happened? Why are you bald?"


    After a moment, she decided to add, "I don''t like bald men."


    Mo Han chuckled softly, running his empty hand over his bald head, "Why? Doesn''t it look sexy?" He nced up at her, raising one eyebrow in a seductive manner.


    An Luxia nced at Mo Han and couldn''t help but acknowledge that Mo Han did indeed still look incredibly handsome bald. Theck of hair entuated his facial features, making them look more prominent, and it also added a hint of maturity to his appearance.


    "Well. . . maybe." She said softly.


    Mo Han grinned, dropping his hand as he said casually, "Nothing much. I just got stabbed on the head."


    An Luxia''s eyes widened as she jumped up from the chair, "Stabbed?! On the head?!"


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 Chapter 112 - Seducing Me

    An Luxia''s eyes widened as she jumped up from the chair, "Stabbed?! On the head?!"


    Mo Han was surprised by her reaction as he slowly nodded, "Yes. . ."


    "How is that nothing much?!" Just thinking about it made An Luxia shudder. No wonder why there was a bandage wrapped around his head.


    "What about your legs?"


    "Shot."


    "Shot?!" An Luxia screamed even more loudly, scaring a flock of birds in a nearby tree as they flew away, "Shot by a gun?!"


    Mo Han nodded, getting a little scared that his little wife might suffer from a heart attack. He had not died, so it would be very unfortunate if she identally died from hearing about him almost not dying!


    An Luxia sat down, still processing the information as she quickly jumped up again, opening the balcony door and pushing Mo Han back into the room, "Why are you outside then?! It''s so cold! Who even is that doctor? So unprofessional."


    As she pushed him back into the room, Qi Yu cleared his throat a little awkwardly, "Sister-inw, I am Qi Yu, the best doctor in the entire Country A. Of course, not many people know that since I only serve specific people."


    An Luxia blinked a few times, a little embarrassed as she chuckled awkwardly and closed the balcony door, pushing Mo Han over to therge bed.


    "Get onto the bed and rest," shemanded, pointing towards the bed.


    Mo Han, who would never listen to Qi Yu if he had told him to do that, obediently went onto the bed and sat there like a small child, afraid to even move.


    "What have you been eating all this time?" An Luxia asked, wondering what foods he could possibly eat in this situation.


    Mo Han thought back and shrugged, "I haven''t been eating for the first few weeks," he said, pointing towards the IV drip connected to his arm.


    "Recently, I have been eating some porridge."


    An Luxia looked towards the kitchen in the suite and stood up, "Do you have ingredients here? I''ll go make some porridge for you."


    Mo Han''s eyes lit up, having not eaten her food in a very long time, but he quickly remembered that there was absolutely no food here.


    An Luxia realized this too as she pulled open the fridge door and found it to bepletely empty. She blinked a few times and turned around, reaching for her bag, "I''ll go out and buy some food. Stay there and don''t move." She orderedmandingly.


    However, Mo Han did not want his wifey to leave his sight for even one second after not seeing her for so long, "It''s okay, you stay here. I''ll have Qi Yu go and buy some food."


    He turned around slightly, as much as his body allowed him to, and pushed a red button. In no time, Qi Yu came tumbling in, his face filled with annoyance, "What now?"


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, not pleased with his attitude, and Qi Yu''s back immediately straightened.


    "I want to eat porridge. Go buy the ingredients for me." Mo Han ordered impatiently.


    Qi Yu''s mouth fell open, "Excuse me, there are chefs here in the hospital who can make the porridge for you, or you can just order from outside. Why do you need me, a doctor, to go out and buy food for you?!"


    Mo Han frowned deeply, "I don''t'' want to eat the porridge made by those dumb chefs, now hurry up and go."


    Qi Yu clenched his fists together as he scrunched his nose together before turning around and marching off, repeating in his head how much he wanted to go home.


    An Luxia watched this entire scene go on and was not very surprised. It was just like how Mo Han bossed Qin Wei around!


    "Now you, sit here," Mo Han ordered, pointing to the chair next to the bed. Then, after a few seconds, he shook his head and then pointed to the empty space next to him on the bed, "Here."


    An Luxia looked at the bed and then at herself and put her bag down, "Let me take a shower first. I came here straight away after getting off the airne, so I am still very dirty."


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, "Why did youe so suddenly? I told you that I would be back soon."


    An Luxia looked at Mo Han and scoffed, "You? Back soon? Ch! By the looks of it, there would still probably be another month. Plus, I was sca -"


    An Luxia immediately stopped herself. Of course she could not tell Mo Han she was scared that he was up to no good outside! He would certainly get mad at her! Just thinking about it made her mad at herself right now. Of course Mo Han would do nothing like that.


    "Never mind, I''m going to go take a shower," she said, shaking her head as she ran into the bathroom. She quickly took off her dirty clothes, piling them on the ground as she hopped into the warm shower.


    The feeling of the warm water against her bare skin finally calmed down her running heart. It has been over one month, and her guesses had been right.


    Before he had left, she had a bad feeling about this trip, but she did not think that he would get injured so horribly. She opened her eyes and began washing her hair, thinking that there was no way she could leave him here alone.


    After all, she was his wife and it was bad enough that she had not been with him when he had first got injured and was recovering, so there was no way she would leave now.


    She would have to call the school and request a longer break. . .


    ---


    An Luxia stepped out of the shower and grabbed a nearby towel, wrapping it around her dripping wet hair. She then looked around and gasped, remembering that she hade into the restroom in such a rush that she had forgotten to grab clothes to change into!


    She looked around, pressing her lips together thinking that she was so stupid. Finally, she pushed open the door slightly and whispered, "Mo Han?"


    With no reply, she spoke louder, "Hanhan?"


    Finally, there was a reply as Mo Han asked in his hoarse voice, "What is it?"


    An Luxia cleared her throat a little awkwardly, "Um. . . I forgot to grab my clothes to change into. Can you open my luggage and grab the nightgown inside. It should be on the top."


    Mo Han was just about to push himself off the bed when he suddenly stopped and a tiny smirk crept up his face. He leaned back against the bed and stretched his back, "Baby Xiaxia, did you forget that I am injured? I can''t just get off the bed and go flip through your luggage."


    An Luxia thought about it for a few seconds and realized that he was right, and her expression worsened, "Um. . ."


    Seeing that he was still not getting it, Mo Han decided to add in another spark, "It''s okay. It''s not like I haven''t seen all of you before. Juste out and get it yourself."


    An Luxia scrunched her nose up, debating inside her head before she finally pushed the door open a little further and stepped out, peeking her head out of the door first. She looked around for her luggage and saw that it was next to the bed, right in front of it so Mo Han could look straight forward and see it.


    An Luxia frowned, saying, "Close your eyes."


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow and did not do anything.


    "Mo Han, cover your eyes!" After all, it has been over a month already and walking in front of himpletely bare was still quite embarrassing and weird.


    Mo Han grinned, shrugging, "I''m injured. I can''t lift my hand up -"


    "Mo Han!" An Luxiamanded, ring at him annoyedly. Mo Han finally lifted his one hand up, covering up his eyes.


    An Luxia quickly ran out of the bathroom, bending down in front of the luggage and unzipping it as fast as possible, flipping through it aggressively in search of her pajamas.


    She found her nightgown and quickly stood up, ncing at Mo Han to find that there was a gap between his two fingers, and his hand also did not cover the smile on his face.


    "Mo Han!!" An Luxia screamed, ring at him and throwing his pajamas at him, hitting his chest. He chuckled softly, grabbing the nightgown andpletely uncovering his eyes as he lifted up the nightgown, looking at it.


    An Luxia pursed her lips out and bent down, reaching her arm out, "Give it to me."


    Mo Han waved it, saying yfully, "Come get it."


    An Luxia red at him angrily, but Mo Han only continued to smile, waving the nightgown at her almost mockingly. An Luxia finally hopped over to the edge of the bed next to Mo Han and reached her arm out to grab the nightgown.


    However, Mo Han did not let go but instead pulled on the nightgown, in turn pulling An Luxia down so shended straight on top of her.


    Mo Han hissed slightly in pain as she hadnded on his legs, and An Luxia immediately gasped in fear as she tried to push herself up. However, Mo Han had no ns of letting her go as he looked down at her gently.


    "An Luxia, you are seducing me," he said in his deep voice, which had just gotten even more hoarse.


    An Luxia''s lips twitched, "Huh?"

 Chapter 113 - Old Mo Han

    "An Luxia, you are seducing me," he said in his deep voice, which had just gotten even more hoarse.


    An Luxia''s lips twitched, "Huh? Me?"


    She blinked a few times in confusion, "Excuse me, Mr. Mo?! Me?! Seduce you?! Can you get your facts straight, okay?"


    Mo Han''s smile widened as he ced his hand onto her smooth and soft back, which was almost like touching fire for him as Mo Han immediately felt a spark ignite inside him.


    "Luxia. . ." He called, his voice scarily hoarse and deep. That tone was all too familiar to An Luxia, and she immediately knew what he was thinking of.


    "Mo Han, Mo Han," she called, trying to push herself away, "Stay calm! Don''t forget that you are still injured. Control yourself!"


    Mo Han licked his lips as he breathed in, not letting her run away, "It''s okay, you can be on top this time."


    ". . ." An Luxia immediately felt her cheeks warm up as they became red as a tomato. It has been too long since she hadst faced Mo Han''s shameless words that she was getting not used to it.


    "That. . . That isn''t the problem," An Luxia said softly, looking down.


    At this moment, they both suddenly heard a voice and footsteps getting closer and closer. An Luxia gasped as she immediately began moving more aggressively, "Mo Han, Mo Han! Let me go! It must be Doctor Qi!"


    Mo Han knit his eyebrows together tightly as he looked down at An Luxia''s body and then let her go, "Hurry and go change."


    An Luxia red at him angrily as she snatched her nightgown away and sprinted into the restroom just in time before Qi Yu opened the door and walked in.


    Qi Yu seemed to be very proud about his journey to the supermarket as he walked in while humming and holding two full bags of groceries. However, the first thing to greet him was Mo Han''s cold and slightly angry face.


    Qi Yu blinked a few times, raising one eyebrow to make sure he wasn''t seeing things. What did he do wrong now?!


    His good mood was immediately shattered as he cautiously put the two bags of groceries onto the chair and quickly left the room. As he walked out, the restroom door opened and he saw An Luxia, whose face was weirdly red.


    An Luxia nced at Qi Yu and smiled faintly before walking back into the room. She looked and saw Mo Han, who seemed to be in a very good mood and wondered why Qi Yu seemed to be so moody.


    She then looked at the bags on the chair and smiled, "I''ll go make some porridge for you."


    She then quickly grabbed onto the two bags and ran into the small kitchen. There was everything inside, including a fridge, stove, and everything needed to cook.


    Because the rice has to be cooked, it took over an hour before the porridge was ready and An Luxia carefully carried out onerge bowl.


    When she reached the bed, she noticed that Mo Han had fallen asleep. Seeing how deep of a sleep he was in, An Luxia did not want to wake him up and she gently set the bowl down onto the nightstand table next to him, sitting down in the chair herself.


    She looked at his long eyshes, which did not move at all as heid there silently, his chest rising up and down steadily. It had only been one month yet so much had changed. What had happened to him?


    Although he had told her why he had gotten those injuries, he had not told her specifically what type of mission he was on. Who had caused those injuries? What was he doing?


    However, she was not in a fit position to ask those questions, as the HLX was no small business after all, and he was not some normal boss.


    An Luxia sighed andid her head down on the bed, closing her eyes as well.


    ---


    When Mo Han blinked his eyes open, the room was dark already. He looked towards the balcony and saw that the moon was high up in the sky already and the stars dotted the dark sky.


    He then looked down and saw the little kitten bent up near him, her head buried inside her two arms. He then looked towards the bowl of porridge on the nightstand, and it was probably cold by now.


    He sat up on the bed, trying to not make any sound, but it was hard to move with all the injuries. An Luxia was woken by the movements and she looked around a little confusedly before realizing where she was.


    She looked at Mo Han and rubbed her eyes, saying, "I''ll go open the lights."


    Mo Han watched as she ran over and opened the lights, flooding the room with brightness immediately. An Luxia squinted her eyes together, not used to the light yet.


    She then looked at the porridge and frowned, "It''s cold already. I''ll go pour you another bowl."


    "It''s okay. You can just heat it up," Mo Han said with a smile but An Luxia did not listen as she entered the kitchen and got another clean bowl to pour another bowl of porridge that was warm from the pot.


    Sitting down, An Luxia blew gently at the porridge inside the bowl before reaching it forward to hand it to Mo Han, who raised one eyebrow, "You are not going to feed me?"


    An Luxia blinked a few times, "Your arms are injured too?"


    Mo Han grinned and pursed his lips out pitifully, nodding his head. An Luxia sighed, ring at him before carefully using therge spoon to feed the porridge to Mo Han, who ate it obediently.


    He smiled after eating, nodding his head, "My wife''s food is still the best."


    Hearing that, An Luxia smiled as she continued to feed him until the entire bowl was gone. Mo Han patted his stomach satisfactorily and looked towards An Luxia, who stood up to put the bowl into the sink.


    "What are you going to eat?" Mo Han asked, knitting his eyebrows together.


    An Luxia shrugged and stepped into the kitchen, "I''ll just eat another bowl of porridge. You go to sleep. It''s sote already."


    Mo Han frowned. How could he go to sleep while his wife was on an empty stomach?


    "Come eat out here," Mo Hanmanded, waiting until An Luxia walked out of the kitchen with a bowl of porridge herself.


    "Are you sure you just want to eat porridge? I''ll get Qi Yu to go out and buy something for you."


    An Luxia thought about it and shook her head, "It''s okay."


    Doctor Qi seemed to be in a pretty bad mood earlier, and it wasn''t exactly fit to ask him, a doctor, to go out and buy food for her. Porridge would do for now.


    After watching her eat and waiting for her to get ready for bed, Mo Han finally agreed to sleep as they slept on the same bed together after several weeks.


    An Luxia covered her body with the nket and moved over to Mo Han, carefully cing her hand on top of his stomach gently.


    She closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep without saying anything, as she was very tired from the flight and everything that had happened today.


    In less than a minute, she was fast asleep already, and Mo Han did not say anything as he stared at her, kissing her on the forehead onest time before going to sleep himself as well.


    ---


    This night was the best sleep Mo Han and An Luxia had in a while, and they both woke up way after the sun had woken. It was long past dinner time and the two of them were still sleeping soundly.


    Mo Han opened his eyes and saw that a pair ofrge and round eyes were staring straight at him. He smiled and moved closer to her, resting his hand on her waist, "What are you looking at?"


    An Luxia tilted her head slightly towards the pillow, murmuring, "Maybe you should just stay bald forever."


    Mo Han furrowed his eyebrows together and chuckled, "Is that apliment?"


    "Mhm," An Luxia nodded.


    Mo Han scoffed and shook his head, "It makes me seem too old."


    At this moment, there was a knock at the door and Qi Yu walked in with a nurse behind him. Mo Han sat up straight on the bed routinely and An Luxia also pushed herself up, wondering what they were doing.


    The nurse started setting things up as Qi Yu performed a few tests on Mo Han, making notes on a clipboard. After a while, he sighed and put the clipboard away.


    "I told you to bring her over sooner. See, it has only been one day and your condition is already getting better."


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, "Are you even professional?"


    Qi Yu''s lips twitched as he suppressed his annoyance, "Of course I am! Ch! Whatever!"


    Then, he turned around and marched out of the room dramatically. The nurse had finished setting the pills Mo Han had to take on the table and she quickly left too, staring at the ground the entire time.


    An Luxia watched the nurse leave and then hopped out of the bed, grabbing her phone.


    "What are you doing?" Mo Han asked.

 Chapter 114 - Going Back Home

    "What are you doing?" Mo Han asked.


    "I''m going to stay here," An Luxia responded, "Until you can go back to Country A with me."


    Mo Han frowned, "You still need to go to school. I''m fine, I''ll be able to go back soon."


    "Then that''s good, because I don''t want to miss too much school as well." She then put the phone up to her ear and waited for a while until she heard a voice from the other end.


    "Hello, I am An Luxia, studying for my master''s degree right now. I requested a break and I would like to extend it."


    There was some typing from the other end of the phone until the person found her, "An Luxia, right? How long do you n to be on leave?"


    An Luxia looked towards Mo Han, who had his eyebrows tightly furrowed together, "How long?" She mouthed.


    Mo Han did not say anything and instead said, "I''m fine, go to school."


    An Luxia frowned, thinking that he sounded quite like her parents. Fine! If he won''t tell her, she''ll go find Qi Yu then.


    Seeing that she was not going to give up, Mo Han finally said, "One month."


    Technically, Qi Yu had told him that it would take at least two months, but he was not that frail. If she was going to stay here with him and miss school, then he had to recover quickly.


    Of course, Mo Han was not going toin. He was totally fine with being alone with his wife for a month, and even if she did not go to school, he could totally just take care of her forever.


    "One month, but I might have to extend itter."


    The person was obviously surprised at the answer, and there was no response for a few seconds, "You would have to send a form specifying why you are requesting such a long break, and this may affect your graduation requirements if you are missing so much school."


    An Luxia frowned upon hearing this, "I can send the form over, but would it affect my graduation if I still take the tests?"


    "That will depend on what sses you are taking."


    An Luxia turned around and looked at Mo Han before saying, "Okay. Can you send over the form? I will return it as soon as possible."


    "Okay, goodbye. Have a great day."


    An Luxia ended the call and turned around and stared at Mo Han, who smiled back at her.


    ---


    For the next few days, An Luxia had officially changed her upation from a writer to a nurse. She fed Mo Han his medication, helped wipe down his body with a towel - which took quite a while for some "unknown" reasons, and prepared meals for him.


    Meanwhile, Mo Han enjoyed this VIP service without anyints. Within two weeks, Mo Han''s injuries had healed greatly, and he was beginning to start walking already.


    Even Qi Yu said it was a miracle because it would usually take normal people at least a month to be able to transition from a wheelchair to crutches. However, Mo Han had given Qi Yu a big fat eye roll and made it clear that he was not just some "normal person".


    A monthter, Mo Han was basicallypletely healed except for the gash on his head, which still took some time.


    An Luxia kept in contact with Yu Xinyi about the sses and the tests. She had very good grades and the professors had said that as long as she passed the tests, she would be fine.


    This day was the day before when they would be returning to Country A.


    Qi Yu entered the room and performed a series of tests on Mo Han, who was getting annoyed as he watched An Luxia study on the balcony.


    Meanwhile, Qi Yu was in a very good mood as he hummed while performing the tests. He was finally going to go back home! He could finally stop enduring Mo Han''s scary res andmands.


    After the tests, Qi Yu put away his equipment, "Go to sleep now. I''ll see you tomorrow!" He said happily as he skipped out of the room.


    Mo Han watched him with a disgusted expression as he clicked his tongue and got out of bed, slowly walking over to the balcony, "Baby, let''s go to sleep now."


    An Luxia closed her books and rubbed her eyes, entering the warm room. A few minutester, the room waspletely dark as the two of them went to sleep.


    ---


    The next day, they were on the airne back to Country A, in a private jet of course. Mo Han sat next to An Luxia, his eyes closed as the ne glided through the sky.


    An Luxia looked at him and then at her packet of work before closing her eyes as well, leaning towards him and resting her head onto his shoulder as she fell asleep.


    The nended and the two of them entered a car, finally back in Country A. Right after theynded, An Luxia received a call from her parents.


    She had told them about what had happened, leaving out some details. She had told them that Mo Han got into a bad car ident while on a business trip, and they believed it.


    However, they were still very worried about her, since she had never left the country for such a long period of time. So, the first thing they did after returning was go to the An family''s house.


    Mo Han did not go because things might go wrong if they saw how Mo Han was bald and had a huge gash across his head.


    An Luxia stepped out of the car and waved goodbye to Mo Han, who unwillingly went home first.


    The temperature in Country A had started warming up as it was April already and the flowers were blooming outside the house.


    Upon seeing her daughter, Qi Lanyu immediately ran out and turned An Luxia around, checking left and right to make sure she was okay.


    "Why didn''t you tell us before leaving? We could have at least prepared."


    An Luxia smiled, walking into the house where her dad was also waiting, "I''m sorry. I was in a little bit of a rush."


    "Oh, it has been almost two months since Ist saw you. Why do you look skinnier? Lunch is ready. Hurry ande eat."


    An Yuchen was also home, and he red at his sister, scolding her for leaving for so long. As the only one who knew about Mo Han''s true upation, he was obviously skeptical about the car ident story, but he did not say anything.


    "What happened to Mo Han?" Qi Lanyu asked, "Was the car ident bad?"


    An Luxia cleared her throat and nodded, looking down to avoid getting caught, "Yeah. . . The injuries were pretty bad. He''s back home now, but he''s still recovering."


    "I made some chicken soup earlier. Bring some hometer for him."


    An Luxia nodded and continued to eat. After a long meal, An Luxia had to go home because Mo Han was getting a little impatient with his wife away.


    However, Mo Han had to continue waiting because An Luxia had to go to school to report that she was back.


    At school, she walked out of the office after signing some documents and hearing about the test tomorrow, looking at her phone in search of Mo Han''s phone number to call him.


    As she reached the parking lot, she suddenly heard someone call out her name.


    She turned around and was surprised to see Shen Liya, who she hadn''t seen in a long time, "Liya, what are you doing here?"


    Shen Liya smiled, munching on arge cookie, "I just finished my sses. Where have you been?"


    An Luxia smiled and walked towards her, closing her phone, "Family emergency so I was gone for a while. How are you?"


    "Good," Shen Liya smiled, and then almost as if she suddenly remembered something, reached into her bag and pulled out a small paper bag, which had another cookie inside, "Do you want a cookie? I made them myself."


    An Luxia smiled and although she wasn''t hungry, she could not reject her kind gesture. Plus, she was in a pretty bad mood after hearing about the test.


    "It''s so good!" She eximed after taking a bite, preparing to take another bite when she suddenly received a phone call.


    ''Mo Han''


    An Luxia pressed her lips together and looked up, "I''m sorry, but I have to go. I''ll see you at school tomorrow."


    Then, she quickly ran off afraid that her husband was in a bad mood. In the back parking lot, An Luxia immediately saw the familiar ck car and she gulped before entering.


    "I''m hungry," Mo Han immediately said when she got on, obviously unhappy that his wife had left him alone in the house.


    An Luxia chuckled awkwardly and nodded, "I''ll cook dinner when we get home."


    A smile immediately appeared on Mo Han''s face, "Okay! Let''s go home!"


    --- Author''s Note


    hello readers ~


    Ahh thank you guys so much for all of your Summoning Pens! You guys sent over 200 of them *o* I am so d that many of you like this story :) and I really feel bad looking at all those pens but not being able to release a bonus chapter ToT


    My school started and I don''t have much time now to write, and I can barely keep up with daily uploads :( I promise to release bonus chapters as soon as I can! Thank you guys so muchh <3


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 Chapter 115 - Very Thick Thigh

    "AHHHH!" An Luxia screamed, jumping up from the bed, causing a flock of birds outside the window to immediately fly away in fear.


    Mo Han, who had just been sleeping, also frowned as he slowly opened his eyes, "Baby, what happened? It''s so early," he said, looking at the clock nearby that read 7:17.


    An Luxia sat up straight as she reached her arm over and began tapping Mo Han on the face in excitement. . . Well, more like pping.


    Mo Han scrunched his face up as he sat up, scratching his head, "What''s happening?"


    An Luxia turned around, mming her phone into Mo Han''s face, shaking it left and right, "Look at what email I just received!!"


    Mo Han grabbed onto the phone and quickly skimmed through the email, which read:


    "Dear summerwind, I am the manager of the content department at XX Film Company. After reading through your amazing novel, ''''The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife," we wanted to offer you an invitation to adapt your novel into a TV series. We can negotiate the contract terms in person if you would prefer. Feel free to contact me at this email. Thank you and I look forward to your reply"


    An Luxia was still screaming as she jumped up and down on the bed, hugging a pillow as if it was a million dors. She then fell back down onto the soft bed, grabbing the phone back from Mo Han, muttering to herself, "I have to hurry up and reply before the offer expires!"


    Mo Han watched his little wife and couldn''t help but smile, rubbing her head gently, "Dummy, the offer won''t expire."


    An Luxia stuck her tongue out yfully as she replied to the email as fast as she could, turning to look at Mo Han, "Little Hanhan, my dream ising true. I never thought that this novel would do this well."


    Mo Han grinned, "Of course! The novel is about us, so of course it would do well."


    "I know -" An Luxia froze mid-sentence as she narrowed her eyes, "Wait a second. . . How do you know what this novel is about?"


    Mo Han blinked a few times innocently, just realizing that he had identally said the wrong thing, "Um. . . I. . . Well. . ."


    An Luxia thought back and something suddenly clicked inside her as she gasped, "Did you?! No way? Were you the one who voted for me in the beginning? But how do you have so many. . . Did you force people into voting for me?!"


    Mo Han smiled awkwardly, scratching the back of his head, "Let''s not talk about that now haha. Sleep, sleep."


    He said,ying down on the bed and pulling An Luxia down with him. However, An Luxia was not going to let him off the hook so easily, "Tell me! Was it you?"


    Mo Han finally gave up as he nodded, "Yes, yes, but the rest was all of your hard work! I only did it because I truly liked your story, nothing else!"


    An Luxia did not say anything and Mo Han thought that she was mad, and he internally pped himself and his quick mouth for talking too much. However, the next second, An Luxia lunged herself into his embrace, forgetting that his injury was still notpletely healed yet.


    "Ah! My little Hanhan is the best! I finally understand how it feels to be the female lead inside a novel that can just grab onto the thick thigh of her husband! It feels so nice!"


    Mo Han was shocked by her reaction, and he stared at her for a few seconds beforeughing, "Is my thigh really that thick?"


    "Yes, the thickest thigh in the whole world!" An Luxia stopped, licking her lips as she thought for a second, "Talking about thighs is making me hungry. Why don''t we eat fried chicken today to celebrate?"


    Mo Han chuckled, thinking that her area of focus was quite weird. Why was she thinking of food right now?


    After An Luxia had finally quieted down slightly, Mo Han''s eyes dimmed as his focus also turned to food, a very delicious food.


    "Since you can''t sleep, why don''t we do something else?"


    An Luxia''s eyes lit up, "What? Eat fried chicken?"


    ". . ." Mo Han gulped, wondering how in the world he got himself caught up with a girl like her, "No, eat you!"


    And before An Luxia could react, Mo Han showed him exactly how thick his thigh is.


    ---


    Mo Han walked out of the bathroom after taking a shower, water still dripping down his hair and body. He put on a ck silk bathrobe and grabbed a towel to dry his hair.


    His eyesnded on the small figure still deep asleep on the bed, all of the excitement earlier gone. Instead, it was reced with fatigue from too much exercise.


    He smiled and grabbed his phone, sending a quick message to K for him to check the email that had sent An Luxia a message to make sure it was legit.


    He did not want his baby to get scammed. Plus, he did not understand why she was so excited. If she had told him, he could have easily arranged an adaptation agreement for any of her novels.


    He looked at her on the bed and sighed before leaving the room to get some work done.


    --- Three dayster


    Because An Luxia did not have many concerns and was happy with whatever terms thepany gave her, she quickly got the contract signed with one of the biggest film entertainmentpanies in the country.


    Apparently, thepany was tied with the writing tform she wrote on, and the writing tform had rmended her book to be adapted. Everything had happened too fast, and it was all like a dream that even when she told her parents, they did not believe her at first.


    After signing the contract and getting the first check with the down payment, An Luxia happily skipped out of the building, entering the car where Mo Han was waiting for her to eat dinner.


    There was no driver so she sat in the passenger seat and Mo Han drove.


    When she entered the car, the first thing she did was wave the check in front of Mo Han with arge smile on her face, "50,000 USD!"


    Mo Han smiled at her, not wanting to tell her that 50 thousand was not a lot for an adaption, "Yes, my rich wife. Where do you want to go to eat? Don''t you think that you should treat me tonight?"


    An Luxia waved the check and grinned, "No problem! We can eat whatever you want!"


    Mo Han could not help but smile at her smuggish expression as he leaned his head onto his arm, joking, "My wife is rich now, isn''t she?"


    "Mhm!" An Luxia nodded, "Very rich! I can be your sugar mommy now," An Luxia spoke proudly, chuckling at her own words.


    Mo Han smiled, nodding, "Okay, then I am going to have to depend on you for the rest of my life."


    An Luxia rolled her eyes, crossing her arms together, "Hmph! Then you have to treat me well. Or else, one day, if I''m unhappy, maybe I will just throw you away on the streets and run away with my money!"


    Mo Han chuckled as he reached his hand out and pinched her nose, "Then I will be very sad. It seems like I will have to treat my sugar mommy very well."


    "That''s right!" An Luxia put on her seatbelt and happily licked her lips, "Let''s go eat dinner!"


    ---


    The next day, An Luxia had to go to school so she could not stay home and continue to write. After what had happened, she was much more motivated to write now.


    Thepany had called her and said that they wanted the drama toe out during the holiday season, so they would have to be quick. They would start looking for actors right away and the auditions would start next week.


    An Luxia had to take her tests for school early because she wanted to participate in picking actors. Although when she was writing the characters, she had based them off of herself and Mo Han, she was still interested in picking her An Xia and Han Mo, the two main characters in her novel.


    And yes, An Luxia had absolutely no skill in making up names, so the characters'' names were obviously very unique.


    At school, she waved at Shen Liya, who she knew was in the same ss, and she waved back.


    "Luxia, here! I bought you milk tea," she said, pushing arge cup towards An Luxia, who smiled gratefully.


    "You don''t have to. I''ll treat you next time."


    Shen Liya nodded as she took a sip herself, "Then I will thank you beforehand!"


    An Luxia, Shen Liya, and Yu Xinyi had be quite close over this period of time although Shen Liya was one year younger. She was a very sweet girl and rarely ever had an attitude.


    After taking the ss and also staying to take the test early, An Luxia returned home, eager to write.


    ---


    At night, Mo Han entered the room with a cup of warm milk, setting it onto the table loudly as she sat down next to her.


    "Ms. Author, do you want to watch a movie together? We can watch a horror movie," he persuaded, only to receive a rejection from An Luxia.


    "No, I have to write."


    Mo Han frowned, "You have been writing so much these past few days, I''m scared your fingers are going to get glued to the keyboard."


    An Luxia chuckled and looked up, stretching her neck as she had been seated in the same position for too long. Finally, she closed herputer and stood up, grabbing the cup of milk with one hand and Mo Han''s hand with the other, "Fine, I want to watch a shark movie!"


    Mo Han gulped as he was pulled out of the room.


    Is it toote to regret his decision?

 Chapter 116 - Role Auditions

    An Luxia entered therge room, where rows of seats were ced inside and groups of people were talking to each other.


    Her high heels clicked against the cold marble ground as she walked past the group of people, who had quieted down as they looked at her.


    One girl who was seated in the second row whispered to her manager, "Who is that? Is she here to audition too?"


    The other girl frowned, "Who knows? She does look kind of familiar, but where have I seen her before. . . Is she an actress too? Why don''t I recognize her?"


    All of the girls who were here today began murmuring, many of them getting afraid because of how much An Luxia resembled the character An Xia inside the novel.


    An Luxia nced at the people and smiled before walking towards the closed door, pulling it open and walking in.


    At once, all the girls began talking again.


    "Who was that? Why did she walk into the audition room?! Is she going first?"


    "Do you recognize her? Who was that?!"


    "Don''t you think she looks like An Xia? She fits the description in the novel so well."


    An Luxia stepped into the cold room and bowed down slightly, walking towards the people seated at the long table towards the front of the room.


    One by one, she shook their hands, "Good afternoon, Director Liu, Producer Qu."


    Then, she finally sat down in the seat next to the director, looking at the folder with all the actors'' information auditioning today inside.


    "Since everyone is here, shall we get started?" The director asked, and then turned to his assistant, who went out to call the first auditionee.


    The first person toe in was a girl who was auditioning for the role of An Xia. She was quite famous in the industry right now, especially since one of her dramas she acted in as a third female lead blew up.


    However, she did not match An Xia''s description, as she had a more pointy face and looked a little mean when she had a straight face.


    "Let''s do. . . scene 38," the director said, and the actress nodded before beginning right away.


    "Han Mo, the movie is so scary!" At once, An Luxia''s expression stiffened as she gulped, wondering how in the world this actress was even selected for the first round.


    Her acting was not even dramatic, it was very dramatic. She pursed her lips out way too far and furrowed her eyebrows together, cing both hands on her hips as she spoke in a high-pitched voice.


    Of course, the director also noticed this as he immediately called, "Cut! Cut! Cut!"


    The director was famous in the industry and had no time for nonsense, "How did you even get selected?! Leave, leave."


    The actress was very taken aback by the director''sments, and she gasped before running off, wiping away tears as she mmed the door shut.


    The director sighed as he pinched the area between his eyebrows, "Next."


    The next toe in was a young girl who seemed to look like a teenager, much too young to be An Xia. Her acting was better than the first but she did not match the character, so the producer passed her off.


    One by one, girls stepped into the room and performed the scenes, most of them immediately rejected while some of them were put on hold.


    After two hours of auditions, An Luxia yawned as she stretched her neck out, looking at the clock wondering when lunch would be.


    The director noticed this and looked towards his assistant, "Let''s take a thirty minute lunch break."


    They all filed out of the room and announced this to the auditionees before going to eat lunch themselves. An Luxia ate with the director and producer and they talked about the book, the auditionees, and more as they quickly ate.


    "Director Liu, are all the people auditioning today for An Xia?"


    The director nodded, "Yes. The role for Han Mo has already been set so the auditions will be for An Xia and the other characters."


    An Luxia''s eyes widened, "It was set already? Who is it?"


    "You don''t know? Oh, thepany set it as Yu Xiao because he is an artist under XX Film Company, so of course they would select him above others. He also auditioned and his acting is pretty fine and he fits the character."


    "Yu Xiao. . ." An Luxia has heard of Yu Xiao before. He was very famous in Country A right now because of his cold but handsome appearance and strong acting skills.


    An Luxia had also watched one of his dramas, and she had to admit that he was very good looking, although it couldn''tpare with Mo Han.


    After lunch, they went back to watching auditions and one by one, people went back home or stayed for the second round.


    ---


    By dinner time, they were finally left with ten people to finish their audition.


    The door was pushed open and a girl about An Luxia''s height walked in, looking around a little nervously before stepping in and walking towards the middle of the room.


    "Good afternoon. I am Qin Hui, 22 years old."


    An Luxia looked at her and then at the information she provided. She had no experience in the industry and wrote that she only came because she was a big fan of the novel.


    This caught An Luxia''s attention, and as an author, she did not really care about her experience. With a smile, An Luxia leaned forward and asked the first question, "You are a fan of the novel?"


    Hearing this, the girl rxed a little as her eyes lit up, "Yes, yes. I have been reading it since the very beginning!"


    The director looked the girl up and down and whispered to An Luxia, "She does fit the description of An Xia quite well, right?"


    An Luxia paused for a few seconds before nodding, "Yes."


    Although in An Luxia''s mind, she alwayspared the actresses to herself because she wrote An Xia based on her own appearance, this girl was quite simr.


    "Please start your audition. Scene 56."


    Scene 56 was the scene of when An Luxia''s biological parents hade to their house, and the drama had altered it slightly to make it more dramatic.


    The girl took a deep breath and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, they were filled with rage, "All you did was give birth to me!"


    "All you did for me was bring me to this world and raise me for 3 years. And then you threw me away for a baby that wasn''t even fully developed yet!"


    An Luxia watched intriguingly and couldn''t help but be reminded of when this scene had actually happened in front of her own eyes, when she had said those words herself.


    "Cut!" The director said, looking towards the producer and then at An Luxia, whispering, "I think her acting skill is pretty good and she is a newbie. Under Yu Xiao, we might be able to create another star through this film."


    "Plus, it might be good to pick someone the audience has never seen before, because most people will be watching this for the novel, so it is a perfect opportunity to bring some new people."


    An Luxia smiled and had no objections. She quite liked this little girl.


    "Then it''s decided?"


    The producer and An Luxia all nodded.


    "Qin Hui, right? If you are to get this role, would you be okay with signing under XX Film Entertainment," the director asked, because they would not be able to use someone who is not signed under any agency.


    The girl was too shocked to speak for a few seconds before she replied shakily, "Yes. . ."


    "Then congrattions, we have decided for you to y the role of An Xia."


    The girl put both hands up to her mouth, still unable to believe the news for several seconds. An Luxia chuckled at her cute behavior and stood up, pping as everyone in the room joined in.


    However, they still had to go through the process and they finished watching the final nine peoples'' auditions before sending them all home.


    Now that the main leads were all picked, the filming was going to start.


    ---


    It was the first day of filming, and luckily, it was a Sunday, so An Luxia went to see how things were going.


    Mo Han was not very happy about having less time with his wife, but he still sent her over to the set before leaving,manding her, "Remember that I''ll be here at 12 to eat lunch together."


    "I know, I know. Okay, bye!" An Luxia excitedly entered the set, having never been to a film set before.


    They were starting with the first scene, which was at a hotel, since just like the novel, it began in a hotel room.


    The hotel was closed to the public for the filming, and when An Luxia showed the guards her pass, she was able to enter.


    Many fans were crowded outside, but they were not able to enter.. An Luxia walked over to the elevator since the filming was on the 14th floor, and when the elevator door opened, she immediately saw another person inside.

 Chapter 117 - Yu Xiao

    Many fans were crowded outside, but they were not able to enter. An Luxia walked over to the elevator since the filming was on the 14th floor, and when the elevator door opened, she immediately saw another person inside.


    Yu Xiao pushed his sunsses up when he heard the elevator door open, afraid that it would be a fan, and his assistant also stood in front of him to be careful.


    When they saw that it was a little girl, they were even more certain that it was a little fan of Yu Xiao who had somehow got into the filming set.


    The manager immediately crossed his arms together, ring down at An Luxia, "Excuse me, miss, but can you please catch the next elevator?"


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow, wondering why. Then, she looked further back and saw the tall and thin man wearing a ck mask and sunsses. From the looks of it, he seemed to be Yu Xiao.


    Seeing that she still hadn''t moved and was now looking at Yu Xiao, the manager was even more certain of An Luxia''s identity, "What are the guards doing? Can''t they stop a little girl like you?"


    "Miao Mu, be polite," the man standing behind Miao Lu spoke, his voice deep and very attractive, like a warm cup of hot chocte during a cold winter night.


    An Luxia looked between Yu Xiao and Miao Mu and quickly realized that the assistant had probably messed up her identity, so she held up the worker''s name tag, "I''m An Luxia, the author of the novel."


    She smiled, "I''m here to watch the filming."


    At once, Miao Mu''s face fell open in surprise as she looked at the image on the name tag and then at An Luxia, almost as if he couldn''t believe that the girl standing in front of him was the author of the original novel.


    While Miao Mu was in shock, An Luxia entered the elevator and let the door close, turning around to face the door.


    After the door had shut, Miao Mu finally came to his senses and tried to hide the excitement on his face, "You are summerwind?"


    An Luxia nodded, turning around slightly to look at Miao Mu, whose eyes were still wide open.


    "Oh my," Miao Mu suddenly screamed, "I am your big fan! Well, I am a huge fan of your novel! I have been reading it since before Xiaoxiao got the offer to act in this drama."


    An Luxia was quite surprised at Miao Mu''s 180 degrees change in attitude, but she was happy to hear from a fan who liked her novel. She could tell that Miao Mu was being genuine and he wasn''t purposely saying that just to make her happy.


    For the rest of the quick elevator ride, Miao Mu continued to talk to An Luxia about the novel, ranging from asking for spoilers to asking her where her inspiration for the novel came from.


    When the elevator door finally opened, An Luxia was slightly relieved as she stepped out onto the 14th floor, where the filming was going to take ce today.


    She stepped aside so Yu Xiao and Miao Mu could walk out too, and as Yu Xiao walked out, he tilted his head slightly to look at her.


    "I''m sorry about that. He is new to the industry so he got a little. . . excited."


    An Luxia could not tell if Yu Xiao was smiling from the mask, but she smiled at him and nodded, "No worries."


    Yu Xiao removed his sunsses and revealed his sparkling eyes, which curved into crescents when he smiled, "I am a fan of your novel too, which was why I agreed to fit this into my schedule and cancel another agreement."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow, surprised that actors actually had the spare time to read novels, "Really? Thank you."


    Yu Xiao grinned, turning to see his assistant waiting for him, "Let''s go."


    The three of them walked into the room together, and they had to squeeze through the people as there were a lot of people crammed inside the one small hotel room.


    This included the production crew, director, cameras, lights, and more. The actors were getting ready in different rooms, but even with these people alone, it was already quite tight.


    "Director Liu," An Luxia called with a smile as she waved at him.


    "You''re here! Come look. We n to shoot from this angle at the very beginning. What do you think?"


    An Luxia took a quick look and nodded. She did not have much experience in this area so she did not know what was best for the drama.


    "Director," Yu Xiao called, removing his mask as well to reveal the rest of his handsome face. He smiled, bending down slightly to talk to the director, who was shorter than him.


    "Yu Xiao, you''re here! The makeup artist is waiting in room 1407, which should be right next to this room. Hurry and get ready. We will begin filming in half an hour."


    Yu Xiao nodded and quickly left the hotel room to get ready, and An Luxia found a chair to sit down in and wait.


    As she did, she opened her phone and sent a message to Mo Han, taking a selfie of herself with the cameras behind her.


    Mo Han replied within a few seconds, almost as if he had been waiting for this message, "Work well. I will be there soon to eat lunch."


    An Luxia sighed helplessly with a smile on her face and replied, "Okay, okay. At this rate, I am going to be as fat as a pig in no time!"


    Mo Han quickly replied, "Then you will be a very pretty pig."


    An Luxia chuckled softly, sending over a sticker of a pig dancing before closing her phone. About half an hourter, the director called everyone to start filming.


    The first scene was also the first scene in the novel, which began when they had first met in the hotel room, after Mo Han had "kidnapped" An Luxia.


    Qin Hui had also arrived, and she stood in the corner with her new assistant after signing a contract with the XX Filmpany. As a newbie, she had no clue what to do and her eyes nervously darted around, waiting for filming to start.


    "Qin Hui, you go lie down on the bed and get ready. Hurry!"


    Qin Hui obediently crawled onto the bed, sitting there criss cross applesauce like an elementary school student.


    When the director saw this, he furrowed his eyebrows together, "Qin Hui, what are you doing?! Did you read the script?! The first scene! You are supposed to beying down!"


    Qin Hui flinched from nervousness as she quicklyid down and within a few seconds, Yu Xiao came, pressing down on top of her.


    They had met before once and Yu Xiao smiled, "Hello, Qin Hui."


    Qin Hui had been a big fan of Yu Xiao for two years already, and she immediately blushed from the simple greeting, "I - Hello."


    Yu Xiao smiled as the director called, "Is everyone ready? Let''s get started!"


    An Luxia stood up from the chair, walking over to get a better look at the first scene of the drama. Her heart thumped inside as memories flooded back from not too long ago.


    "The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife, Scene 1, Take 1. Action!"


    Qin Hui closed her eyes and waited for a few seconds before blinking her eyes open slowly, and then -


    "Cut!" The director immediately called, standing up, "Qin Hui, rx, okay? You don''t know what has happened yet?! Why do your facial muscles look so tense?!"


    Qin Hui gulped and quickly nodded, "Yes, yes. Sorry, director. Can we try again?"


    The director sat back down.


    "The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife, Scene 1, Take 2. Action!"


    This time, Qin Hui''s muscles were more rxed as she opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was Yu Xiao''s face.


    They stared at each other for a few seconds before Qin Hui opened her mouth, her voice cracking as she asked nervously, "What''s your n - name?"


    "Cut!" The director stood up again, getting impatient, "Qin Hui, can you even act?! This is such an easy scene! What are you doing?! If you can''t do it, then we will give the role to someone else."


    Qin Hui nervously sat up on the bed, her head exactly banging against Yu Xiao''s, "Ah! Director, I''m sorry. I. . ."


    Just looking into Yu Xiao''s eyes was such a distraction to her that it was hard to remember her lines, "Can we try one more time?"


    "One more," the director sighed. An Luxia also looked at Qin Hui, frowning slightly. This scene was indeed easy in terms of acting and she was certain Qin Hui had the skills to do it well.


    Was she nervous because this was the first time she was acting in front of a camera?


    "The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife, Scene1 , Take 3. Action!"


    Everything went smoothly this time, and Yu Xiao sessfully said his first line, announcing his name, "Han Mo."


    His voice was cold and his face seductive, just like how everyone imagined it to be when reading the novel.


    However, this was of no help to Qin Hui, who immediately tensed up again, stuttering, "Han - Han Mo. . . A - Age?"


    "CUT!!"

 Chapter 118 - First Scene

    "CUT!!"


    Director Liu mmed the headphones onto the table, obviously furious. He was known in the industry for having a bad attitude, and Qin Hui''s skills were not helping.


    "I''m sorry, director. Please give me another chance!"


    Yu Xiao was also getting a little frustrated as he sat down on the bed, pinching the area of skin between his eyebrows as he stretched out his neck. He looked towards Qin Hui with mixed emotions on his face, not sure of what to think about this unknown new girl.


    The workers standing nearby also voiced theirints, whispering, "Who even is that girl?"


    Another person joined in, "I don''t know. . . Is she new? Why would Director Liu pick a newbie for this role? Plus, she sucks at acting. Can she even act?"


    "Who knows? I have never seen her before. Maybe she came in through some unknown reasons," another worker added, purposefully emphasizing the word "unknown".


    All of this entered Qin Hui''s ears as the room was quite small, and she looked down pitifully. The director took a deep breath and did not want to change the actor as the list had already been announced to the public.


    He licked his lips and sat down, "Take a short five minute break. If you still can''t do it, then we are recing you."


    "Thank you, director. Thank you," Qin Hui said, quickly jumping off the bed and leaving to go to her own private dressing room.


    After she left, many workers rolled their eyes, "It had only just started, and already a break. We should just rece her."


    The other people voiced their agreement.


    An Luxia looked around before slowly stepping out of the hotel room herself, finding the room with the door slightly open. She looked twice before entering, walking in to find Qin Hui seated on the chair in front of the mirror, furiously reading through the script.


    An Luxia cleared her throat and Qin Hui looked up, surprised to see An Luxia in her room. She immediately jumped up from her chair, turning around nervously, "Ms. An, I. . ."


    She looked down, "I''m sorry. . . I''m a little nervous today. I don''t know why."


    An Luxia smiled, sitting down in the empty chair, "It''s okay. I understand. It''s your first time acting in front of a camera, right?"


    Qin Hui nodded, trying to suppress the tears that were beginning to build up in her eyes.


    "Don''t worry too much about it. You did very well in the audition. . . You just have to act like you did in the audition. . ." An Luxia had also noticed Qin Hui''s reaction towards Yu Xiao, so she added, "And you can just pretend that Yu Xiao is a carrot."


    Qin Hui chuckled, "A carrot?"


    "Yes, a carrot."


    ---


    An Luxia and Qin Hui walked into the room together, and everyone turned to look at them, filled with different emotions.


    The director took arge gulp of water and called, "Ready?!"


    Qin Hui quickly got into position on the bed and they began shooting again. No one was engaged in the filming anymore, and a few people were even whispering and chattering, thinking that there was no way this clip would pass.


    However, to their surprise, when the director called cut this time, it wasn''t to redo the scene or kick anyone away.


    "You! In the back!" The director jumped up, pointing at a group of girls standing in the back talking. They all straightened their backs in fear and turned around, "Yes, Director Liu?!"


    "What are you all talking about?! Do you not even know that you can''t talk while filming is going on?! If you don''t know what to do, then pack your bags and leave!"


    At once, all the girls standing in the back shut up, not daring to even mutter one more word. The director then turned to Qin Hui and nodded, "This time was better. Let''s go again."


    "Action!"


    "What''s your name?"


    The scene began and everyone focused this time, not daring to speak or even move after the director''s warning.


    Qin Hui seemed to have rxed a lot more now, and the seductiveness that was necessary in this scene was beginning to show.


    "That is the n," Yu Xiao said, lifting a corner of his lips into a cunning grin.


    Qin Hui did not move for a few seconds, seeming to have forgotten her next move, but she quickly snapped out of it and lifted her neck off the pillow, shutting her eyes tightly as her lips met with Yu Xiao''s.


    They were both doing all the stunts and intimate scenes themselves, except the most intimate scenes, since Yu Xiao''s fans would definitely throw a tantrum.


    Yu Xiao was surprised by the straightforwardness, but luckily, Han Mo in the film was also supposed to be surprised. He quickly returned to the scene and kissed her back, pressing her back down into the silk pillow.


    "Cut!" The director stood up with a slight smile on his face, "Good job this time, both of you. Let''s try one more take and go on. Qin Hui, you don''t have to wait so long for the kiss."


    Qin Hui nodded, repeating in her head, "Carrot, carrot, carrot, carrot. . ."


    ---


    "Let''s take a 45 minute lunch break, okay? I want everyone to be back by 1 P.M."


    An Luxia jumped up excitedly, her stomach growling with hunger already. Although it was interesting, being on set was actually quite boring since most of the time wasn''t spent filming.


    She walked out of the room and over to the elevator, going down since Mo Han was waiting for her outside of the hotel.


    As she waited for the elevator, she suddenly heard someone call her from behind, "Ms. An!"


    She turned around and was slightly surprised to see Yu Xiao with his assistant trailing behind him, "Ms. An, are you going to eat lunch? Care if I join you?"


    An Luxia blinked a few times, about to respond when the elevator suddenly arrived. There was a ding and the door slowly slid open.


    She stepped into the elevator, turning around and smiling, "I''m sorry, but I''m eating with someone already. Maybe next time?"


    Seeing that he was not entering the elevator, she clicked the first floor and closed the door, not wanting the situation to get awkward.


    On the first floor, she put on sunsses and stepped outside into the sun, immediately seeing the ck car outside of the hotel.


    Mo Han was driving the car, and he had kindly prepared a smoothie for her already.


    "Ah, how did you know I was starving?"


    Mo Han smiled, reaching over to help buckle her seatbelt for her, "Maybe it is because our hearts are connected?"


    An Luxia nced at him and rolled her eyes, although a small smile appeared on her face as she took a sip, "Where are we going to go eat?"


    "I already booked your favorite restaurant. Let''s go now," Mo Han said, starting the car and driving away.


    An Luxia looked out the window, seeing that a group of fans had crowded around the hotel door again, probably waiting for Yu Xiao. Were they not hungry?


    ---


    The food arrived quickly, and since there was only a 45-minute break, An Luxia ate in a rush.


    "No need to be rushed. Just go back a littlete," Mo Han said, not thinking that it was a big deal. What could they do about her beingte? Fire her? Then he would burn all of them!


    An Luxia continued to stuff food in her mouth, asionally taking a quick break.


    "How was it?" Mo Han paused for a second, "Any male actors there?"


    An Luxia coughed slightly, noticing the hint of curiosity in Mo Han''s voice although he tried to make it sound like he was just casually asking her.


    "Yes, a very famous actor. Yu Xiao, ever heard of him?"


    Mo Han frowned, "No, but it doesn''t matter. There is no way he is more handsome than me."


    An Luxia began coughing, having choked on a piece of steak she had been swallowing. Mo Han looked up, raising one eyebrow at her reaction a little unhappily as she quickly reached for the water.


    After drinking the water, she smiled and nodded, "Of course! No one is as handsome as my little Hanhan!"


    He forgot to respond for several seconds from shock, and he stared at her closed eyes and fluttering eyshes for a while before he knit his eyebrows together, closed his own eyes, and returned the kiss.


    ---


    Mo Han unwillingly let An Luxia go and watched her enter the hotel before leaving. There were some other scenes to be filmed in the hotel, and then they would be moving to a different location.


    As she waited for the elevator, she pulled out her phone to scroll through social media. When she heard the ding of the elevator, she took a step forward, not looking to see who was inside.


    Only when the elevator door had closed, did she suddenly hear a familiar voice:


    "What a coincidence! Isn''t it fate that we are in the same elevator twice?"

 Chapter 119 - True Yu Xiao

    Only when the elevator door had closed, did she suddenly hear a familiar voice:


    "What a coincidence! Isn''t it fate that we are in the same elevator twice?"


    An Luxia looked up surprisedly and saw Yu Xiao standing in the elevator, alone without his assistant nearby. He took off his sunsses and mask and smiled charmingly at her, "What did you go eat?"


    An Luxia smiled politely as she stood a distance away from him in the elevator, maintaining a distance, "I went to go eat some Italian food."


    Yu Xiao raised an eyebrow, "Did you eat alone?"


    An Luxia shook her head, "No."


    Yu Xiao did not ask her anything else as the elevator went up to the 14th floor and they stepped out together. Yu Xiao walked behind her and watched her as she entered the room, quickly following behind her.


    "Good afternoon, Director Liu," An Luxia said with a smile as she sat down.


    A whileter, Yu Xiao walked over to the director, ncing at An Luxia before saying, "I bought everyone some coffee. Director Liu, what would you like?"


    Director Liu looked up and quickly replied, "Americano, please."


    Yu Xiao nodded and then turned to look at An Luxia, "Ms. An, what about you?"


    An Luxia grinned, "I don''t drink coffee. Thank you."


    Yu Xiao did not look offended at all and smiled wider, "That''s okay. I got smoothies too. I''ll get you a strawberry smoothie."


    Without waiting for a reply, he turned around and went to go get the coffee. With his assistant, he passed out coffee to every worker beforeing over to An Luxia and the director, giving an Americano to the director and arge cup of smoothie to An Luxia.


    An Luxia thanked Yu Xiao and took a sip, a little thirsty after sitting here for so long. They were going to get started filming and An Luxia looked around, realizing that she was the only one drinking a smoothie. She looked down at her cup for a second before putting it down as filming was starting.


    ---


    After the filming had ended in the hotel, it was dinner time already. The sky was beginning to dim but the filming wasn''t over yet. The filming crew and actors were still going to go somewhere else to film and since the night was more quiet, it was a good time to film scenes outside.


    An Luxia was not going to go since she was certain Mo Han wouldin, and indeed, when she left the hotel, Mo Han was there already, impatiently waiting outside the car, looking like he would march into the hotel if An Luxia hade out a secondte.


    An Luxia quickly ran over to him, smiling widely, knowing that he was unhappy. She threw herself into his embrace, looking up at him cutely, "Hanhan, I''m hungry."


    At once, Mo Han''s expression softened as he cleared his throat, looking up at the sky proudly, but his reply exposed his attitude, "Let''s go home. I''ll cook."


    However, that wasn''t what An Luxia wanted to hear, "What?! You''ll cook."


    Sheughed awkwardly as Mo Han opened the car door for her, "That''s okay. . . The chefs can cook."


    Mo Han frowned as he shrugged, closing the door as he walked around to the other side of the car and entered.


    After the car had driven off, Yu Xiao walked out of the hotel building, looking down the road where the car had disappeared before entering his own van.


    ---


    At home, Mo Han did not cook, fortunately, and they ate dinner cooked by the chefs. An Luxia told everything that had happened today to Mo Han, and he was not happy about hearing about Yu Xiao.


    After eating dinner, Mo Han entered his office and called K in.


    "Research about this Yu Xiao guy. Everything about him, I want to know."


    K nodded and left, leaving Mo Han alone inside his office. A whileter, An Luxia also entered so they could work together before going to sleep.


    ---


    The next day, An Luxia went to work again, this time in the house that was supposed to represent the An family''s house in the novel and film.


    The house was quite big, and the scene was in the kitchen. Because there were too many people, An Luxia stayed in the living room while waiting for the filming to start.


    She looked at the script, looking over the scene on the couch. A whileter, she felt the other side of the couch go down slightly and she looked up to see Yu Xiao.


    She frowned slightly. Maybe it was a woman''s sixth sense, but she had a bad feeling about Yu Xiao for some reason. He seemed like a kind guy, and he was incredibly handsome, so she wasn''t sure where this feeling wasing from.


    "Good morning. Did you sleep wellst night?" He asked.


    An Luxia nodded, "Thank you."


    Then, she stood up from the couch, "I''m going to go talk to the director quickly."


    Yu Xiao watched her leave and the smile disappeared from his face. After a while, he scratched the back of his head before standing up from the couch, walking over to the dining room as well.


    The filming started and for the rest of the morning, An Luxia watched.


    ---


    At home, K knocked on the door and heard Mo Han say "enter" before opening the door and walking in.


    Mo Han was scrolling through hisputer and looked up when K ced a folder onto his table, "This is the information about Yu Xiao you were looking for."


    "Okay, you can leave now."


    K nodded and left the room, closing the door behind him. Mo Han opened up the folder, leaning back against his chair as he looked at the picture on the front of the page.


    He ced his thumb and pointer finger on his chair as he looked at the picture for a moment, raising one eyebrow before flipping to the next page, muttering, "He isn''t even handsome."


    Name: Yu Xiao


    Age: 26


    upation: Actor


    Family Background: Born into a middle-ss family, but his parents divorced when he was 10 years old. His father married another woman and gave birth to another boy when he was 12. His mother raised him up and was always very strict with him, in school and in life.


    Mo Han skimmed through the next few pages quickly, not really interested in his life story. K had really gotten every information he could find, including how many followers he had, how many awards he won, how many films he had starred in, and everything about him, his life, and his career.


    Mo Han was about to stop reading when he finally reached the rtionship status part. He made a note to tell K to put this in the beginning the next time, because all of the other information was useless.


    Ah, when K gave too little information, his boss was mad. But when he gave too much, his boss was also mad! What should he do?


    Rtionship Status: Single. Had one girlfriend when he was in high school, but they broke up half a yearter when Yu Xiao joined XX Entertainment as a trainee because it stated in his contract that he could not be dating anyone.


    Has been reported to be single since then.


    Mo Han flipped to the next page, and his eyebrows raised slightly when he saw several images on the bottom half of this page, which was not what he had expected.


    They were images of Yu Xiao on the bed, most of them showing bare skin. However, the images only showed his upper body, and most of it was covered under a nket.


    Then, there were also pictures of many girls, some inside the image with Yu Xiao and others of the girls alone.


    ''However, Yu Xiao is notpletely single. He has hung out with multiple women within these years of his career, and is rumored to have had one-night stands with at least ten women. This is not known to his fans and they think he is pure and has no rtionship with any women.


    He has also gotten two women pregnant, one a year ago and the other three years ago. However, these women have all aborted the baby. It is unknown whether they were forced to abort the baby under Yu Xiao''s pressure.''


    At the very end, Yu Xiao also included a line:


    ''He is currently starring in the film series, '' The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife'', which is an adaptation of Mrs. Mo''s novel."


    Mo Han shut the folder and threw it onto the table, his eyebrows tightly knit together. Of course he knew that!


    He frowned and folded his hands together, thinking for a moment in the silence of his office.


    Yu Xiao. . . He had not done anything yet to An Luxia, so he will stand aside and watch. Although Mo Han was disgusted at men like Yu Xiao, as long as he did not get in An Luxia''s path, then Mo Han would leave him be.


    However, if he did. . .


    Mo Han stretched out his neck and continued to work.

 Chapter 120 - Stay Away

    An Luxia stepped out of the house after filming had ended for that day, and she waited outside since Mo Han had not arrived yet.


    The other workers were waiting too, some for taxis to go home and others for their family toe to pick them up as well.


    After a while, Yu Xiao walked over, standing next to An Luxia, "Do you need a ride home?"


    An Luxia nced at him and shook her head, "It''s okay."


    Yu Xiao nodded and looked ahead, pausing for a second before asking again, "Is someoneing to pick you up?"


    An Luxia nodded, thinking for a second before adding on, "My husband."


    Yu Xiao was slightly taken aback by this response, and he paused for a second, his mouth open, before clearing his throat and looking away once again, "You''re married?"


    An Luxia smiled, nodding her head proudly, "Yes, for a while now."


    Yu Xiao chuckled softly, replying as if he was joking, "That''s unfortunate. I was hoping that maybe I would have a chance. Do I still do?"


    As he spoke, he leaned down slightly, tilting his body towards her and smiling. An Luxia turned her head slightly and their eyes met, a few inches away from each other.


    At this moment, a ck car pulled up into the front of the hotel, and a tall figure quickly got out of the driver''s seat, walking around the car inrge strides and standing next to An Luxia.


    An Luxia had noticed the car, and she frowned before quickly taking a step back and away from Yu Xiao. Yu Xiao also straightened his back when he noticed that a car hade, and he put on his sunsses again, ncing at the car before back at An Luxia.


    He then noticed a tall man get out of the car, and just as he was wondering who this man was, he watched as the man walked over to An Luxia and grabbed onto her hand, pulling her back.


    Yu Xiao raised on eyebrow, removing his sunsses again. Husband?


    The tension in the air rose as Mo Han and Yu Xiao stared at each other, one with curiosity and the other with warning and a slight hint of anger.


    Yu Xiao tilted his head slightly, removing his gaze from Mo Han partially because his re was way too strong. He turned to An Luxia and smiled, "Is this the person picking you up?"


    An Luxia moved over to Mo Han and nodded, "Yes. I will get going now."


    Mo Han first opened the passenger''s door for An Luxia and after she had got in, he did not go over to the driver''s seat right away. Instead, he walked over to Yu Xiao, standing next to him, close enough so he could hear him say, "Stay away from her."


    His words were ice cold, and Yu Xiao felt a chill run down his spine, but he still stood tall and grinned slightly as he watched Mo Han enter the car.


    After the car had driven off, Yu Xiao gulped as he sped his hands together, wondering who that man was as his presence was so strong. . . in a negative way.


    "Xiaoxiao, what are you doing out here in the open?!" Yu Xiao''s assistant ran out of the hotel, quickly covering Yu Xiao and looked around cautiously to make sure no one had seen him.


    "Come on, let''s go. The car is waiting at the back."


    Yu Xiao narrowed his eyes before turning around and walking back into the hotel.


    ---


    Inside the car, An Luxia noticed the pressure inside the car as Mo Han drove down the road without speaking a word.


    "Um -" She opened her mouth to speak, but was immediately cut off.


    "Stay away from him," Mo Han said simply.


    An Luxia immediately nodded her head, knowing that there had to be a reason for why Mo Han was saying that, even if the reason was just that Mo Han was jealous.


    "I know! I already told him that I was married," An Luxia exined eagerly.


    Mo Han nced at her, stopping the car in front of a traffic light, "Really?"


    "Yes, I told him today."


    Mo Han nodded, deep in thought. The light had turned green but he hadn''t started the car, and only until the car behind them honked at them did Mo Han finally continue driving.


    An Luxia wondered what he was thinking about, the sixth feeling inside of her growing as she knew that there had to be something wrong with Yu Xiao.


    ---


    Once they returned home, An Luxia''s picture was all over the news already.


    ''Superstar Yu Xiao seen with Unknown Girl Outside of the XX Hotel''


    An Luxia gaped in surprise when she saw the article on the front of the website, and she scrolled down quickly, stopping when she saw pictures. Pictures?!


    There was an image of her standing next to Yu Xiao, and whoever had taken the picture had taken it from a perfect angle, as the picture was taken when Yu Xiao had bent down and moved in closer to An Luxia, so it almost looked as if they were on the verge of kissing.


    It was a very intimate picture and thements below were exploding as everyone was wondering who An Luxia was and why Yu Xiao was so intimate with her.


    It was also obvious from the image that Yu Xiao was initiating it as he had bent down himself, cing himself at the same level as An Luxia.


    They were going to eat dinner, so An Luxia closed it, thinking that the news will pass. If it didn''t, she could just rify on her social mediater.


    However, after eating dinner, she noticed that it would be much harder to rify. While she was eating dinner with Mo Han, Yu Xiao had "rified" the news on his social media, and his reply had pushed the news up to the hottest news in the country.


    ''Yu Xiao: Hello, everyone. I would like to respond to the news posted about me earlier tonight. That is indeed me, and the female lead in the image is the author of the novel, ''The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife''. The image was taken after filming for the TV series, and we were indeed talking.''


    ''However, the person who had taken the image took it from an interesting angle. I would like to rify that we were not kissing or doing any intimate action one would think we were doing from the image. Even so, the person who had taken the picture did get one thing right. I do have feelings towards Ms. An, the girl you see in the image.''


    Then, he ended the post abruptly, without even signing his name at the bottom. Many fans were saying that this post was fake and that someone had hacked into his ount and wrote it for him.


    There were other fans that had noticed and recognized An Luxia, and many had dug out the interview of Li Yn from long ago since An Luxia had also been involved in that.


    Soon, a ton of information about An Luxia had been uncovered, including what school she had went to, the information of her biological family, and more.


    At night, An Luxia did not know how to write a response to that post, and in the end, she chose not to reply online and just talk to Yu Xiao face to face tomorrow.


    However, Mo Han seemed to have different ns as he saw the post as well.


    After getting ready for bed, An Luxia sat on the bed and waited for Mo Han toe out of the restroom after taking a shower.


    He soon walked out after a few minutes with a towel wrapped around his lower body, water still dripping down his wet hair.


    "Mo Han -" She was about to tell him about the news but Mo Han sat down on the bed and instead said, "Come on, it''ste. Let''s go to sleep."


    An Luxia could not say anything after that, so she got into the nkets and watched as Mo Han first entered the closet to change into his pajamas, then closed the lights.


    "Your hair is still wet," An Luxia said as Mo Han sat down on the bed, but he wrapped his arm around her waist and said, "It''s okay. Go to sleep. I have some work to doter so I''ll go do that after you fall asleep."


    An Luxia looked at him in the darkness and nodded before closing his eyes. In a few minutes, she had fallen asleep.


    Mo Han slowly sat up on the bed, moving quietly and walking out of the room, closing the door behind him as he left.


    He entered the office, where K was waiting for him already. He sat down in the chair, turning around as he folded his arms together.


    "I haven''t done anything to anyone in a long time already, right?" Mo Han said, talking to the air but also talking to K.


    "That isn''t fit for my name and my reputation." Mo Han grinned, "People are getting so brave to even set their eyes on my woman!"


    K looked down at the ground, thinking, ''Um. . . I don''t think they even know your identity or reputation.''


    Mo Han closed his eyes and said, "It''s time to teach him a lesson."

 Chapter 121 - Yu Xiaos Punishment

    The next day, An Luxia left for work and entered the set location, which was at a movie theater this time. The theater was emptied of all other people, although there were a lot of extras waiting inside to film.


    When she arrived, she sat down in her usual spot next to the director, looking around and seeing Qin Hui sitting not too far away, reading her script.


    Meanwhile, Yu Xiao was nowhere in sight, which An Luxia found quite weird. She had wanted to rify some things with him today.


    Several minutester, it was two minutes before the set time to start filming, but Yu Xiao had still not arrived. Director Liu stood up, looking around with his eyebrows tightly knit together.


    "Have any of you seen Yu Xiao yet?! Where is he?" He screamed through his speaker, and everyone shook their heads as they looked around as well.


    Qin Hui looked around, also a little surprised. Director Liu was also getting impatient as he pulled out his phone and dialed Yu Xiao''s number.


    After a few silent seconds in therge movie theater, he angrily hung up the call, screaming to his assistant, "Call hispany! What is he doing?! Not showing up without even telling us."


    ---


    Beneath the ground inside the Mo mansion, Yu Xiao slowly blinked his eyes open, taking a while before he got used to the dim lighting inside the room.


    He knit his eyebrows together, wondering where he was. This wasn''t his room. After a few seconds, he realized that he was not alone inside this room, and he looked up, his eyes meeting with Mo Han''s.


    "Who are. . ." Then, Yu Xiao''s eyes widened slightly as he remembered who this man was, "You''re An Luxia''s boyfriend!"


    Mo Han''s face darkened as he bent down, narrowing his eyes, "Husband. Get it right."


    Yu Xiao furrowed his eyebrows together, looking around at the dark and cold room he was in, and he wasying on the cold ground, sending chills through his entire body.


    "Where are we?"


    Mo Han scoffed, "You mean where are you? This is my house."


    Yu Xiao looked around the tiny space, scrunching his nose up in distaste, "Your house? Well. . ."


    Although he did notplete his sentence, the look on his face exposed his inner thoughts. However, Mo Han did not really care about his thoughts and he did not want to waste any time on him as well, so he bent down and simply said.


    "I told you to stay away from Luxia, but you didn''t seem to understand, so I will tell you again. I am certain that after today, you won''t dare go bother her ever again."


    He then turned around and walked out of the room, and two other men entered, both of them tall and strong, "Make sure you don''t attack his face. After all, that''s what he lives on," Mo Hanmanded with a smile before leaving the room.


    Yu Xiao was left alone with the two men inside the cold area.


    ---


    When Yu Xiao woke up, he was somehow inside his own room again with the nket covering him as if nothing had happened.


    The afternoon sun shone into the room, and he pushed himself up, his entire body sore and burning with pain. However, when he rolled up his sleeves and his pants, there were no marks on it.


    And, there was absolutely no clues or evidence of what had just happened except for the pain only he felt, and it made him wonder if it had all been a dream.


    However, when he struggled to stand up and saw the slip of paper resting on his nightstand, he knew that it hadn''t been a dream.


    The paper read: ''Remember what I said.''


    Right after he read it, the paper burst into mes, catching him by surprise. He stumbled back, losing his bnce and falling down onto the bed again with a thumb as he watched the tiny slip of paper set on fire, burning into nothing as the mes disappeared as well.


    What type of magic was that?! He must be seeing things!


    He grabbed his phone and looked at the time and date, and he gasped when he realized that he waste for filming already. Half a dayte! And it was all because of that guy! He would certainly get back at him.


    There was no way he would let that guy run away after doing this to him. With his fans and influence, he would certainly put that guy to jail!


    As he hurriedly entered the restroom, he heard his phone ring so he ran back to his bedroom, hissing in pain and picked up his phone. It was his assistant.


    "I know, I know. An ident happened to me so I''mte. Tell the director I''ll be there in half an hour."


    The assistant did not reply for several seconds, and he stuttered several times before finally saying, "Xiaoxiao, don''t go to the filming set. Come to thepany and hurry!"


    The tone in Miao Mu''s voice made Yu Xiao uneasy as he knit his eyebrows together and asked, "What happened? Why -"


    "Ah, juste and hurry!" Then, Miao Mu hung up, leaving Yu Xiao in confusion as he stared at his phone until it turned dark and closed.


    Yu Xiao quickly changed and put on sunsses and a mask before leaving his house. Thepany was not too far away, and he arrived within twenty minutes. However, once he arrived, he knew that something was wrong.


    Outside thepany, arge group of people were gathered in front, all holding signs that he could not read. He frowned, wondering how his fans figured out that he wasing. How was he going to enter thepany with all these fans crowded outside?


    Ah, troubles of being too popr. He put on a hat that covered his upper face and parked the car a distance away from the group of fans, trying to get out of the car and enter thepany. However, once he shut the door, one of the fans noticed him and immediately pointed at him, screaming to the others of his arrival.


    At once, they all began charging towards him, and Yu Xiao quickly hid back into the car, locking the doors and quickly driving away. As he watched the fans, he frowned as he noticed something wrong with their reaction.


    Shouldn''t they all be surprised and excited about seeing him? Why did they seem. . . angry? The sports car quickly charged away, and he roughly saw one of the signs, and he seemed to read the word ''ban'', but he couldn''t be sure.


    As he drove away from thepany, he angrily called his assistant, "Mu Miao, what are you doing?! There are so many people outside thepany! How am I supposed to get in?"


    "Oh, they still haven''t left yet! Why don''t you go to the underground parking lot then."


    Yu Xiao sighed annoyedly and hung up without another word, turning back around to go park in the underground parking ground.


    After shutting the door, he took the elevator up to the top floor, where the meeting room was. He waste to filming and they wanted to hold a meeting? What for?!


    He walked into the meeting room and couldn''t hide the shock when he saw a ton of people inside, including his agent, the manager of his department, and even the director.


    They all turned to look at him as he walked in, and he felt a little ufortable as he sat down in the chair, "What is this meeting for? I''mte to filming -"


    "Why were youte to the filming?" His agent immediately asked him. His agent was a middle-aged woman, and she was a very strict and serious woman, which was shown in the same ck suit she wore every day and the box sses she wore over her narrow eyes.


    "I. . ." Yu Xiao didn''t know how to phrase it.


    ''Oh, I was kidnapped by the husband of An Luxia, who by the way is the author of the book that was adapted into the film I am starring in right now. He brought me to his house and had people hit me, but there are no bruises or scars on any part of my body but yes, they hit me. And then they sent me back to my room somehow, and when I woke up, it was already noon.''


    Yes, if he said that they would totally believe him - Of course he couldn''t say that!


    "Something happened and I couldn''t make it. You guys will know about itter."


    This only made his agent more mad as she mmed her fist onto the table, "Then what about the news?"


    Yu Xiao frowned, "What news? Sister Yang Xin, do you have to be so mad just because I was a littlete for one day? Couldn''t they film the other scenes first?"


    Yang Xin did not calm down because of what he said, but instead opened up her phone and tossed it across the table, "You tell me what news."


    Yu Xiao was confused and angry as he snatched the phone and looked at the article that was opened. At once, his face fell.


    ''Superstar Idol Yu Xiao is a yboy?''

 Chapter 122 - End Of Yu Xiao

    ''Superstar Idol Yu Xiao is a yboy?''


    Then, there were several pictures included of him walking into hotels with several different women, and also them entering a room. The pictures showed his face, and although they were a little blurry, it was easy to tell that it was him.


    Just with the pictures, there was still a chance for him to redeem himself. But, there was finally a video at the end. When he yed it, his face immediately turned red as he turned down the sound.


    It was a video of him doing an exercise that is not to be named with another woman, and his face was clear in the video, although all other areas were blurred out.


    He gulped as he slowly closed the phone, looking around the room, which was gravely silent.


    "I. . ."


    "That''s you, right?" This time, it was the manager who asked.


    Yu Xiao did not know what to say. It was obviously him, but he didn''t want to admit it! His fans all thought of him as a pure boy, and that was also the image thepany had built for him. However, lying to his agent now was not a good idea, because the main problem was the fans and not his agent.


    "Yes."


    His assistant gasped in surprise, and Miao Mu immediately covered his mouth with his hands to hide his shock. Yang Xin and the other people inside the room were rtively calm, as they had guessed this already.


    Many idols, after getting famous, let their inner true selfe out, thinking that they now have the money and power to do whatever they want. This seemed to include Yu Xiao. . .


    Yang Xin did not hide her disappointment, as she had hoped that Yu Xiao would be a good person. The people who started to indulge in bad or immoral pleasures after bing famous did not turn bad. They were bad people all along.


    Money and fame did not make someone bad. If you were innately good, then no matter with how much money or fame, no temptation could win over you. However, there was a devil inside everyone.


    Some people, like Yu Xiao, just could not turn it away.


    The director, who was sitting at the center of the room, sighed and said, "Well, now we have to figure out a way to fix this, right? The fans can''t know this."


    Thepany had spent a lot of effort and money on Yu Xiao, so there was no way they would give up on him so easily. Now, they just had toe up with a solution.


    However, the society and even the fans did not seem to care anymore. Many of them had no tolerance for r*pe, and the fake image of Yu Xiao being a pure and innocent man only made fans more angry.


    Just as they beganing up with a response on social media, Yang Xin received a call. It was the producer of ''The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife''.


    "Hello, Producer Qu," Yang Xin said with a smile, trying to sound pleasant but it wasn''t working.


    "Ms. Yang, I am certain you knew what had happened. . ." Although the producer had not directly said anything yet, Yang Xin was more than familiar with that tone and what he was hinting at.


    "I know, but trust us. We will solve the issue right away."


    The producer sighed, "We know, but that isn''t the problem now. In the contract, it specifically stated that there can''t be any negative news about Yu Xiao thates out during filming. And this isn''t small news. . ."


    There was an awkward silence before the producer said, "Filming had just begun, and it would really affect the progress of filming because of Yu Xiao. Here, how about this? We will find another actor but we won''t ask for anypensation for breach of contract from Yu Xiao."


    Hearing no response, the producer added, "This is already very generous of us to not ask for anypensation, since we will still have to go find another actor and film all of those scenes over again."


    Of course Yang Xin understood this, and she said, "Okay, thank you very much Producer Qu. I''m so sorry for -"


    Producer Qu cut her off, "Just focus on fixing the issue now."


    Then, he hung up.


    Right after the call, the social media ount for the drama crew released the announcement that they would be changing a male lead and the reaction to it was rtively positive, as everyone was angry at Yu Xiao right now.


    "Sister Yang, how could you do that?!" Yu Xiao stood up in anger, "The -"


    "What can I do?! Look at the trouble you caused for thepany! I -"


    Just then, she received another call. This time, it was from the perfumepany Yu Xiao was advertising for.


    One by one, calls came from all differentpanies as all of them requested to cancel the contract with Yu Xiao. In the end, Yu Xiao was left with no sponsorships or projects and a whole lot of debt.


    Yang Xin had left the room to settle the calls, so they were left with the director and manager inside the meeting room.


    "Hurry up and post on your social media, saying that it wasn''t you, and that this is all fake information." The director thought for a second, "Say that the person in the image just looks like you, and that it actually isn''t you."


    Yu Xiao did as he said and after the post had been uploaded, no one believed it. The people weren''t stupid. It was obvious that the person inside the picture was him.


    After several hours of meeting, they were left with no other choice than to apologize.


    "Yu Xiao: Hello everyone. I am sincerely sorry for all of the trouble I have caused due to my actions. I apologize to my fans and everyone that supported me. I truly understand the harm I have caused, and I promise to nevermit the same mistake again.


    I will also be taking a break from the entertainment industry. Sorry and I will see all of you soon."


    The break was true, but the final line wasn''t. After admitting it, there was no way he would return to the industry ever again. All he could do was hide and try to avoid getting eggs thrown at him whenever he walked outside.


    Thements underneath were also very violent, especiallying from his disappointed fans, although there were still a few dumb fans who "believed" that Yu Xiao was a good person.


    ---


    As she ate dinner, An Luxia scrolled through thement section and the post, forgetting to eat from surprise.


    Mo Han looked up and nced at her phone, realizing what she was looking at. He licked his lips and didn''t say anything as he continued to eat. After a while, he reached over and grabbed her phone, closing it as he ced it on his side of the table, away from her.


    "Eat."


    An Luxia frowned as she started to eat, still in shock, "I can''t believe it! I didn''t think he was that sort of person."


    Mo Han raised on eyebrow, "Then what sort of person did you think he was?"


    An Luxia tilted her head slightly, shrugging, "I''m not sure, but I did have a bad feeling about him."


    She nodded, smiling proudly, "My eye for people is quite good, right?!"


    Mo Han chuckled softly and didn''t say anything as they continued to eat dinner.


    ---


    The new actor that was picked was another male actor who was not as famous as Yu Xiao but also had a strong fan base.


    He fit the character very well, as his personality was quite cold, just like Mo Han. And, many fans of the novel had pointed out how he fit the character very well, so the novel fans were all very happy to let him star in the film.


    ---


    An Luxia did not go to the filming set today because she had to go to school and take a test. As she was walking to ss, she met Shen Liya, and she ran over, tapping her on the shoulder.


    "Liya!"


    Shen Liya turned around in surprise, "Luxia! Where were you?! I haven''t seen you in school for so long."


    They walked to ss together and An Luxia exined the situation to Shen Liya, who was very excited about it.


    "I didn''t know you wrote novels!"


    An Luxia smiled, "Yeah, it''s just a small hobby."


    After taking the test, Shen Liya suggested going to get coffee together to celebrate, and with no other thing to do, An Luxia agreed.


    In the coffee shop, Shen Liya brought over the two smoothies they had ordered, as both of them did not drink coffee.


    They sat down, and the atmosphere turned silent. After a while, An Luxia asked, "Liya, is your family in a different country?"


    Shen Liya''s expression stiffened slightly before she looked up with a faint smile, "I''m actually an orphan."

 Chapter 123 - The Press Meeting

    Shen Liya''s expression stiffened slightly before she looked up with a faint smile, "I''m actually an orphan."


    An Luxia could not hide the surprise on her face as she did not expect this answer, "You. . ."


    Shen Liya chuckled, not really affected by the topic, "But it''s okay, I''m used to it already."


    She stopped talking as she drank the smoothie.


    To avoid the awkwardness, An Luxia smiled and said softly, "I wouldn''t say our situation is simr, but I don''t have biological parents as well."


    Shen Liya looked up, licking away the pink smoothie on the corner of her lips, not saying anything.


    "I was adopted when I was young into the family I am in now. My biological parents. . . Well, let''s just say they are gone now."


    Shen Liya grinned, setting her smoothie down onto the table, "Really? I have heard some things about your family before in school, but I didn''t know much about it. What about. . ."


    ---


    As summer neared, the weather heated up, making An Luxia bothzy, not wanting to go to school or watch the filming.


    The new actor, Lu Ming, did his job very well, and he was very cold, keeping a distance from all women, whether it was An Luxia or the female workers. However, he would hang around Qin Hui often when they were filming, using the excuse of going over the script.


    The days passed by quickly, all of them busy with their own work. . . except Mo Han, who really didn''t seem to have much to do except follow his wife around wherever she was.


    Before long, summer had officially arrived in June, and it was also time for An Luxia to graduate from her first year of her master''s degree. One more to go and she would be finished with school!


    "Goodbye," An Luxia said to Yu Xinyi and Shen Liya as she ran over to Mo Han, embracing him in a hug as they entered the car together, "It''s summer break!"


    "I know," Mo Han replied with a smile. He was possibly even more happy than her! This would mean that they would have more time to spend with each other.


    It had been summer break when they first met, and he really missed those times when they could actually go on dates together, but. . .


    "Today is thest day of filming for Qin Hui. I have to go and watch, but I will be back before dinner," An Luxia said as she entered the car, "It''s at the house today."


    She showed the address to the driver, who turned to look at Mo Han for approval. Mo Han grudgingly nodded his head, and the driver started the car.


    "I''ll go with you today," he insisted, and An Luxia did not say anything because he had been following her to filming for a very long time now.


    They arrived at the house, and filming had begun already so they entered quietly, watching the final scene take ce.


    "Cut!" The director screamed, and at once, everyone broke into apuse.


    Qin Hui stood up with a smile, bowing as arge bouquet of colorful flowers was handed to her. From the chair next to her, Lu Ming also apuded with a slight smile on his face, which surprised An Luxia since she had never seen him smile before.


    Her very urate sixth sense told her that something was off. . .


    "Congrattions, Qin Hui," Director Liu said, patting her on the shoulder, "You did well."


    Qin Hui held back her tears as she bowed down several times, "Thank you, director. Thank you for giving me this opportunity."


    Then, she noticed An Luxia and she walked over, pulling An Luxia into a hug, "Thank you, Ms. An."


    An Luxia smiled and looked at her, lifting her hand up to wipe away the tears that had fallen, "You don''t need to thank me. Great job. . . If I write future novels that get adapted, you would have to star in them, okay?"


    Qin Hui nodded excitedly, "Of course!"


    Qin Hui had finished all her parts, but there were still a few more scenes left that would be finished in the uing week.


    Then, there would be a press meeting and the show would start broadcasting in two weeks.


    ---


    An Luxia put on a light blue dress, turning around in front of therge mirror, "Hanhan, does this dress look good?"


    Mo Han walked into the closet a momentter, looking at her beautiful wife, "You look good."


    An Luxia pursed her lips out with a small smile, "I was asking you about this dress."


    "I know. You look good," he repeated.


    An Luxia sighed, knowing that asking him would be of no help. She had tried on three dresses already for the press meeting that would start in an hour, and she ultimately decided to go with this one.


    She put on a ne and matching earrings, turning around to find Mo Han still inside the room, "Are youing to the press meeting with me?"


    Mo Han nodded. Of course he was not going to miss out on this important moment for her!


    An Luxia looked at him, as he was still dressed in his pajamas, "Are you going to wear that?"


    Mo Han looked down and frowned, "Are you saying I look ugly in this outfit?"


    An Luxia grinned, walking over to him, "Of course not! My little Hanhan looks cute in everything!"


    "Cute?" Mo Han raised one eyebrow. That was how she described him?


    "Mhm! Now go get changed," An Luxia said cheerfully, walking out of the closet, "We are leaving in five minutes."


    ---


    Half an hourter, they had arrived in front of the hotel where the press meeting would take ce. Several reporters stood outside, shing their cameras at the actors who walked in and the director.


    When the ck car arrived in front of the building, many of them took their cameras out to get ready to take pictures, but the first man who walked out of the car left them frozen.


    Who was this man? They did not recognize him to be anyone in the industry, but he certainly looked like it. Was he in the entertainment industry? Maybe a newbie?


    Even though they did not know who it was, the reporters still started taking pictures. It was better to have pictures than not to!


    Then, another woman stepped out, equally enchanting as she held onto the man''s hand. She smiled at the reporters, who also did not recognize her as someone to be part of the film.


    Together, they entered the hotel and walked into the hotel lobby, where more reporters were waiting.


    In a few minutes, the meeting began as the director, producer, An Luxia, and the female and male lead actors stepped up to the stage and sat down.


    "Wee, everyone," the director spoke, "to the press release meeting of the drama, ''The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife''. The drama will begin broadcasting in three days on XX Television Station."


    He then turned to his left, "I will let the actors first introduce themselves."


    "Hello, everyone. I am Qin Hui, starring as An Xia in the drama."


    "Hello, I am Lu Ming," he said simply, not saying anything else.


    The director cleared his throat a little awkwardly at the silence, and then looked over at An Luxia, "And let''s also have our writer introduce herself."


    An Luxia picked up her microphone and turned to the audience, "Good afternoon, everyone. I am An Luxia, the author of the novel, ''The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife''."


    "Now we will be open to any questions," the director said, sitting back to let the reporters ask their questions.


    The first reporter started off strong, "Lu Ming, how do you feel about picking up the character actor Yu Xiao once had?"


    Lu Ming slowly picked up his microphone, staring at the reporter, "How should I feel?"


    The reporter did not ept to be asked a question back, and he blinked a few times in confusion before slowly responding, "I''m asking you. . ."


    Lu Ming grinned and said, "Well then, I''ll say that I don''t have any feeling. It is just any other job. Is it any different that someone else had the role before and lost it due to his own carelessness?"


    The reporter was left with no words and set a standard for all the other reporters in this room to not ask any stupid questions, especially to Lu Ming.


    So, the next reporter decided to attack the newbie, Qin Hui.


    "Qin Hui, who did you like working with more, Yu Xiao or Lu Ming?"


    Qin Hui was new to all of this, and she did not really know how to respond as she picked up her microphone, stuttering several times before saying softly, "Well, I didn''t really work with Yu Xiao for a long time. . ."


    Watching her, Lu Ming then picked up his microphone, turning to the reporter, "I am certain she liked working with me more."

 Chapter 124 - The Interview

    Watching her, Lu Ming then picked up his microphone, turning to the reporter, "I am certain she liked working with me more."


    Qin Hui turned to look at Lu Ming in surprise, not expecting him to be so direct, but she voiced no objections. The reporter nodded and did not say anything more.


    "I have a question for the author, Ms. An." A female reporter stood up, "I personally am a fan of the book, and I realize that you yourself quite match the description of An Xia in the novel. Perhaps, did you maybe base the character on yourself?"


    An Luxia smiled, "Yes."


    The reporter then added, "What about the story?"


    An Luxia hesitated before saying, "It is a true story."


    All the reporters in the room gasped, and the female reporter couldn''t help but ask excitedly, "So Han Mo is also a real person?"


    An Luxia instinctively turned to look at Mo Han, who was sitting in the back of the room, and he looked back at her with a slight smile. She realized that she could not say anything further, because Mo Han''s upation was indeed the same as Han Mo''s.


    So, she merely nodded and quickly said, "Let''s turn the attention back to the actors of the film."


    However, the reporters did not want to give up on this amazing opportunity to ask the author questions, and the reporters continued to ask about where the inspiration came from, whether she liked how the film turned out, and more.


    Finally, after almost an hour, the press meeting was over and the reporters were sent home.


    An Luxia walked down the stage, tired just from sitting there. After saying goodbye to the director and the actors, she walked out of the hotel, wondering where Mo Han had gone.


    Outside the hotel door, she pulled out her phone to text him when a woman walked up to her, "Hello, Ms. An. I am the manager of the directing apartment of the XX Show. I was just inside during the press meeting," the woman said, handing An Luxia her business card.


    "We would like to invite you for an interview that would be live on the XX Show. It would be very quick."


    An Luxia had heard of the XX Show as she had watched it herself before. The interviewer on that show was very famous, and was the host of many famous and popr shows.


    "I would love you. Can you email the details to me? My email address is. . ." An Luxia nced over at the road and saw the ck car driving towards them, so she quickly wrote her email address down and gave it to her.


    "Okay, thank you."


    An Luxia nodded towards her and entered the car, seeing Mo Han seated at the driver''s seat.


    "Who was that?" Mo Han asked as he started the car, "Let''s go eat dinner."


    "Oh, just someone from the XX Show inviting me for an interview. What are we going to eat tonight?"


    Mo Han looked over at her and did not say anything else.


    ---


    The film came out a few dayster and the day that it was released, there were over 300 million views on it, breaking a record that has not been seen for a long time already.


    With the poprity of the drama, An Luxia''s novel also blew up. Many of the viewers were fans of the actors in the film, and after hearing that the drama was an adaptation from a novel, they naturally went to go search for the novel.


    Now, An Luxia was receiving tons of emails looking for coborations, contracts for her to write more novels, or interviews.


    She had agreed to the interview on the XX Show, and the overflow of emails was like a huge pile of rocks on top of her. In the end, Mo Han found an assistant for her to take care of all the inquiries, and An Luxia was finally free again.


    Of course, Mo Han did this mainly because he had no time with his wife anymore after the novel had blown up.


    This day was the day of the interview that An Luxia had agreed to, and she left the house early in the morning, too nervous to eat breakfast. In the car, An Luxia must have checked her hair and makeup at least ten times, trying to suppress the light feeling in her head and stomach, making her a little ufortable.


    "You should have eaten something," Mo Han pointed out, "And you look beautiful. Stop checking."


    "I''m scared," An Luxia whined, "I''m not hungry. I''ll eat after the interview."


    In a while, they arrived in front of therge building, with the words XX Company in front of it, thepany that had started the show.


    An Luxia checked her makeup onest time before turning to look at Mo Han, "It shouldn''t take too long. I''ll text you when it''s over."


    Mo Han frowned, "Are you sure you don''t want me to go with you? I have nothing to do."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow, "When do you ever have anything to do? I''m fine. We can eat lunch together."


    Then, she opened the door and got out of the car, waving goodbye to Mo Han before entering the cold building. As it was summertime already, the weather outside was unbearably hot, and just a few seconds in the heat made the air conditioned building seem like heaven.


    At the front desk, there was already a person waiting there, and he walked over upon seeing An Luxia, "You must be Ms. An, right? Please follow me."


    An Luxia walked behind the worker over towards the elevator, and when they entered, the worker pressed the 12th floor.


    When the elevator arrived, the door opened and they entered what seemed like a normal working area at apany. Then, they turned right to what seemed like only the wall, but there was another door to the left.


    The door opened and revealed a muchrger room. It was dark and the walls and floor were all ck. Inside, there were a lot of people bustling around, setting up the cameras, pushing equipment around, or talking with each other.


    "Ms. An, this is where the interview will be shot." The worker let her into the room and she followed closely behind her until they reached the host of the interview, who was a middle-ageddy.


    "Mrs. Li, I brought her over."


    Li Yun looked up and beamed when she saw An Luxia, "Ms. An, wee!"


    An Luxia smiled back and they shook hands with each other lightly.


    "The interview should be starting in about half an hour, so there is still time. I see that you did your makeup already. Would you like someone else to do it for you again or are you fine?"


    "It''s fine, thank you."


    "Then would you like anything to eat or drink?"


    An Luxia smiled, shaking her head, "I''m good. Can I take a seat somewhere?"


    "Oh yes, feel free to sit on the chair over there on the set. We will be starting soon since you are ready."


    An Luxia nodded and walked over, feeling a little light-headed, probably from hunger. When she sat down, she felt a little better but her head was beginning to hurt slightly.


    She closed her eyes, trying to focus, and when she opened them again, it was because the host called, "Let''s get started!"


    The host sat down next to her and gave her a reassuring smile, "Don''t worry about it. It will just be a chill interview."


    An Luxia nodded, "Thank you."


    A few minutester, they had started the live broadcast, "Wee, everyone, to the XX Show! Today, we have another very special guest with us."


    The camera moved over to An Luxia, "An Luxia! The writer of the famous novel ''The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife!'' Let''s begin with a self introduction."


    An Luxia smiled at the camera, "Hello, everyone. I am An Luxia, 24 years old, and as you guys know already, I am the author of ''The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife!''"


    "So, Ms. An, I am sure many people are wondering about how you got the inspiration for writing your novel? I heard it was inspired by a real life story?"


    An Luxiaughed, "Yes, it was actually my own story, so I am quite surprised that it received the attention it did. Of course, I did alter a few things to make the novel more interesting."


    "That''s amazing! So Han Mo is a real person as well?" The interview added, voicing her own curiosity and the interest of many fans out there.


    An Luxia smiled politely and merely nodded, "Yes. . . but of course, there were some changes that were made."


    "So it seems like Ms. An has a boyfriend already, or. . ."


    "We are actually married already," An Luxia stated proudly,pleting the interviewer''s question.


    "Wow! For how long?"


    "About a year now. I wrote the story after we were married," An Luxia smiled, thinking about it. A buzzing sound was entering her head now, and she attributed the cause of the sound to the earbud she was wearing.


    "Congrattions! Well, let''s see. . . What about the film series that came out recently? Are you pleased with how it came out?"


    An Luxia folded her hands together, which were sweating, and smiled, "Yes, I -"


    She paused as a sharp pain in her head suddenly cut off her thoughts, and she lifted one hand up to press it against her head, but it didn''t help.


    "Ms. An?"


    An Luxia shut her eyes tightly, and when she opened them again, the world around her began turning blurry.. Before long, the world was starting to spin as she shut her eyes again, losing her consciousness.

 Chapter 125 - Its Working

    The entire room exploded as no one knew what to do, including the host. This had never happened during an interview before, and the interview was supposed to be live broadcasting, so the audience were also shocked.


    The first thing that happened was that the shooting was stopped and the live broadcasting ended abruptly, and someone immediately screamed to call the ambnce.


    The host tried to wake An Luxia up, but she wouldn''t wake up. Within twenty minutes, an ambnce truck was rushed to thepany, and An Luxia was ced on a stretcher and pushed out of the building to the hospital.


    Everyone inside the room was busy guessing what had happened.


    "Is she perhaps sick? What happened?"


    "I don''t know. . ."


    The workers looked amongst themselves and no one said anything as the interview ended abruptly.


    ---


    About an hourter, An Luxia woke up again in a hospital room with Mo Han right next to her bed. He had his head buried in his hands and he looked up when he heard the tiniestmotion.


    When he saw her eyes open, his mouth fell open as he jumped up from the chair, turning around as no words came out of his mouth. Finally, he reached for the red button at the end of the bed and pressed it.


    An Luxia noticed that his eyes were red and she couldn''t help but wonder if it had been that he was crying? No way. . . Mo Han never cried.


    "I''m okay. . . It must have been that I didn''t eat breakfast, so I fainted."


    Mo Han frowned, "I told you to eat breakfast."


    The doctor had said that An Luxia had fainted because ofck of energy as well. Her blood sugar was too low and so she had fainted, but this had never happened before, especially under Mo Han''s care, so he was especially concerned and slightly angry.


    The doctor entered the room and did a few tests on An Luxia before nodding, turning to Mo Han, "Do not worry, she is fine now. Her blood sugar is normal now. It was too low earlier, probably because she did not eat anything."


    An Luxia smiled weakly, still hungry as she watched the doctor leave the room, "Can we go now?"


    Mo Han looked at the hospital bed and nodded, "Yeah, let''s go."


    "Good, I want something to eat."


    ---


    After the interview, the small portion that did end up getting broadcasted blew up, partially because of how pretty An Luxia was, and mostly because of how she fainted on set.


    Somehow, she managed to make it up to the most popr news of the day, the title being, ''Author of ''The Underworld King''s Beloved Wife'' Faints During an Interview''. Not exactly what she wanted to be known for, but she did notin.


    Theizens also quickly noticed how simr she was to the description of An Xia in the novel, and after watching the interview, they immediately knew why.


    A fewments also mentioned how if the novel was based on a true story, then would Han Mo''s upation also be real in the real world. . . Of course, many did not believe it and said An Luxia must have altered it to make the story more interesting.


    The day after the interview had gone out, more news was dug out, including the news from when An Luxia was in college. The news that Li Yn had posted.


    Before long, Mo Han was also dug out.


    Apparently, someone recognized her when she was going to eat dinner with Mo Han at a restaurant and took a picture. The picture spread like wildfire on the Inte, and guesses of whether Mo Han was Han Mo was overtaking the entire country by now.


    It was quite obvious, since the physical description of Han Mo in the novel matched Mo Han perfectly. It did not take much guessing to figure it out.


    Now, thements were all talking about how great a couple they are, and how much they fit each other. Girl is pretty and the boy is handsome, absolutely perfect!


    At night, An Luxia scrolled through thements with a wide smile on her face, looking through all thepliments.


    Mo Han walked out of the bathroom and saw her smiling sheepishly, "What are you looking at?"


    An Luxia looked up and waved the phone at him, "Thements. You know how the picture of us eating dinner got leaked. Well, now everyone ismenting on how ideal a couple we are."


    "Look at this!" An Luxia sat up on the bed, "This person says that we are a match made in heaven."


    She giggled, leaning back against the bed again happily. Mo Han watched her with a faint grin and did not know what to say, as he was quite happy about thements himself.


    "Okay, let''s go to bed now. You can read thements tomorrow."


    "But thements will pile up by tomorrow," An Luxia said, furiously scrolling through thements until Mo Han snatched her phone away.


    An Luxia frowned and buried her head underneath the nket until a momentter, the world darkened and Mo Han joined her on the bed.


    "I can''t fall asleep," An Luxia whined after a few minutes, "I''ll go read a few morements."


    "We can always do something else if you can''t fall asleep," Mo Han said, taking this perfect opportunity to begin doing the "something else".


    ---


    The next morning, An Luxia woke up early because she was going to go help her parents out at the bakery. As she got out of bed, she reached over to the cab nearby and pulled out a birth control pill container.


    As she took out two pills to swallow it, she noticed a pair of eyes on her. She turned around and saw Mo Han staring at her, a hint of anger in his eyes.


    Her lips twitched and she smiled at him, grabbing onto his arm, "Soon."


    One more year of college to go.


    Mo Han''s expression lightened up slightly, but he had to keep up his grudge as he turned around and got off the bed, entering the restroom.


    An Luxia quickly took the pills and ran into the restroom after him to go andfort the angry kitten!


    ---


    An hourter, An Luxia arrived in front of the bakery.


    When she entered the back of the bakery, her parents were busy working inside.


    "Mom! Dad! I''m here," she called as she entered. They didn''t even bother to look at her as her mom replied, "Hurry ande help me!"


    An Luxia grabbed an apron and ran over, helping her mom ice the cupcakes.


    As she iced the cupcakes, she talked with her mom, who had moved on to make some cookies.


    "How is it going between you and Mo Han?" Her mom asked.


    An Luxia looked up, thinking for a few seconds as her dad perked his ears up to listen as well, "Good. We are doing fine."


    Her dad knit his eyebrows together, "Just fine? Is he not treating you well?"


    An Luxia chuckled, "No, he is treating me very well!"


    Qi Lanyu stayed silent for a moment as she mixed the batter, opening and closing her mouth several times before she finally let those words out, "Then when will we get grandchildren?"


    An Luxia almost choked on her own saliva as her hands shook and the icing on the second tost cupcake messed up slightly, "Grandchildren?! Mom, I''m still in college!"


    "I know! But for women, it''s better to get pregnant early. You are healthy right now, so if you can, then it''s better early thante. Listen to mom," Qi Lanyu said, nodding her head as she spoke.


    An Luxia did not know how to respond, and she sighed as she continued to finish off the icing. As she did, she thought. . . Maybe it was time to consider it.


    After all, they had been married for over a year now. . .


    ---


    An Luxia worked at the bakery for several hours, spending time with her parents and stealing a few treats as she worked.


    After a while, she sat down to enjoy a cup of tea before Mo Han came to pick her up to go back home. She opened her phone and began scrolling through thements again, smiling as she went.


    Her parents had also heard of her poprity, and they also asked her if the part about Mo Han''s job being the king of the underworld had been altered.


    To not make them worry, An Luxia just told them that she had indeed changed it to make it more interesting. That had them rx a little bit more.


    As she finished the tea, Mo Han sent a message over: I''m almost here. Three more minutes.


    An Luxia stood up, bringing the empty cup to the back kitchen and saying goodbye to her parents before leaving.


    Outside, she waited on the sidewalk for Mo Han''s familiar ck car. When she finally saw it, she began slowly walking over to it when suddenly, she felt the world spin slightly as she fell backwards a few steps, her eyes closing as she felt dizzy.


    It was like when you suddenly stood up after sitting for too long. . . After a few seconds, the feeling went away and she shook her head, noticing that the car was in front of her already.


    She blinked a few times, thinking that it must have been because it was so hot outside and she had been in the air-conditioned room for too long.


    She entered the car and did not say anything to Mo Han as they drove back home.


    Meanwhile, from behind a wall, a person wearing a ck jacket and hat peaked his head out as a small grin crept up his face.


    The person pulled out his phone and made a call, saying to the other end, "It''s working."

 Chapter 126 - Hospital Meal

    The person pulled out his phone and made a call, saying to the other end, "It''s working."


    Then, the person hung up, putting the phone away again before turning around, her long hair swaying in the air as she left.


    ---


    Yu Xinyi held onto the warm box tightly as she entered the hospital, looking around for the office with the name An Yuchen on it.


    When she found it, she noticed that the door was closed and she leaned her ear towards the door, unable to hear anything. Then, she knocked twice, waiting for a response.


    After a while, when she still did not hear anything, she tried to push the door open, only to find that the door was locked. It wasn''t lunch time yet. . . so where was he?


    She leaned her ear towards the door once more, pressing it tightly against the opening, bending down in a very awkward position.


    "What are you doing?" She suddenly heard a man''s voice say. It only took a moment for her to recognize the voice, and her eyes widened as she jumped back immediately, bumping into a person. . .


    The person instinctively reached his hands out, grabbing onto Yu Xinyi as she quickly whirled around, her eyes meeting with An Yuchen.


    "Ah! Sorry," she said right away, looking at An Yuchen''s arms, which were still up in the air.


    An Yuchen smiled, lowering his arms, "It''s okay. What were you doing?"


    Yu Xinyi looked back at his office door and gulped, "Um. . . I was. . ."


    Not knowing what to say, she looked down and she noticed the warm container she was holding in her hands, so she quickly held it up, switching the topic, "I made some warm cookies and identally made extra, so I brought some over."


    An Yuchen looked at the container and a warm smile appeared on his face as he took it over, "Thank you."


    Both of them stopped talking as they stood outside his office, and An Yuchen cleared his throat as he walked over and unlocked his office door, "Do you want toe in?"


    Yu Xinyi immediately nodded her head.


    Inside the office, Yu Xinyi looked around, noticing nothing but a pile of papers and folders on An Yuchen''s table and a couch, which had a coat that probably belonged to him draped over it.


    "Where were you?" Yu Xinyi asked, breaking the awkward silence.


    An Yuchen looked up at her as he sat down, "I went to the restroom."


    "Oh. . ."


    An Yuchen then opened up the box of cookies, looking at them as he picked one up and took a bite. He raised one eyebrow as a sparkle shed past his eyes, "I didn''t know you knew how to bake. These cookies taste amazing."


    Yu Xinyi looked up, her heart pounding, "Really?! Oh. . . I just do it for fun."


    She couldn''t tell him that she had been searching and testing out recipes for the perfect cookies all summer long just for this moment! How embarrasing would that be?!


    An Yuchen finished the cookie in a few bites and looked at the clock on the wall, "I have a thirty minute break before my next patient is here so I have to go eat lunch now."


    He stood up, walking around the table and stopping in front of her, hesitating a moment before asking, "Do you want toe with me?"


    Yu Xinyi''s mouth fell open for a moment when she heard that and she quickly nodded, afraid he would take back his words the next second, "Yes, yes. Sure!"


    ---


    The two of them entered the hospital cafeteria, where a lot of nurses and other doctors were also eating. When they saw the most popr surgeon in the hospital walk in, many nurses and female doctors turned their way, surprised to see another woman standing next to him.


    An Yuchen was undoubtedly the most famous and popr figure in the entire hospital. Not only was he one of the most talented and youngest surgeon, he was also tall, handsome, and nice.


    The dream of most, if not all, the nurses here were to somehow get Doctor An''s attention. Therefore, the sight of him entering the cafeteria with another girl was a shock to many people in the hospital.


    Yu Xinyi obviously noticed all the stares she was receiving, and she followed closely behind An Yuchen as they walked over to the food court to get their tray.


    Yu Xinyi looked at the array of dishes and saw several meat dishes and several vegetable dishes. . . Among the meat dishes, there was a pork ribs dish and a pork belly dish. She looked at the ribs, which appeared very appetizing, but frowned.


    She couldn''t eat ribs in front of him! She would certainly get the red sauce all over her mouth and teeth. How unsightly would that be?! So, she was left with the choice of the pork belly.


    An Yuchen was before her, and he chose the pork belly as well, so when Yu Xinyi walked up, she also picked the pork belly.


    After getting their dishes, the two of them returned to their seats. They sat at an empty table, where there was nobody else, but eyes all over the room were on them.


    Yu Xinyi lowered her head as she began eating, assionally peaking up at An Yuchen.


    The nurses around the room were all murmuring, wondering who that girl was.


    "Who is that girl next to Doctor An? Why are they eating together?"


    "Who knows. . . I heard Doctor An has a little sister. Perhaps she is his sister?"


    Another nurse spoke up, "No, it isn''t. I''ve seen Doctor An''s little sister once before. It''s definitely not her."


    The other nurses gasped, "Then who is this girl? Why does she get to eat with Doctor An?"


    "Who knows? Maybe they are just friends. . ."


    The nurses all fell silent.


    Yu Xinyi quickly ate her food, and she first finished her pork belly, which tasted unexpectedly delicious! She did not know that the hospital meals were this good.


    Afterwards, she was left with vegetables, which she ate slowly. Her head dug into the food te, and she couldn''t help but feel a little awkward as both of them were not talking.


    Suddenly, she noticed another pair of chopsticks reach over to her te as they ced several slices of pork into her te.


    Her eyes darted up, and she saw An Yuchen moving his meat over to her te.


    "Brother Yuchen, it''s okay, you should. . ."


    An Yuchen smiled and continued to eat his vegetables, "You are still growing. You need to eat more meat."


    Yu Xinyi pursed her lips out, "I''m not a child! I am a grown woman already!" She said, pushing her chest out into the sky.


    An Yuchenughed and shook his head, "Eat your meat."


    Yu Xinyi slouched down unhappily, thinking that An Yuchen thought of her as a little sister, but she was a fully grown woman already! She did not need to eat this much meat!


    Yu Xinyi grabbed the meat with her chopsticks, cing half of the pieces back into An Yuchen''s te, "Well, brother Yuchen, you need energy to work, so you should eat more meat too."


    An Yuchen looked at the meat and chuckled, picking it up and eating it, "Okay, okay. Thank you, sister Xinyi."


    He replied, emphasizing the word sister, which made Yu Xinyi frown as she buried her head into her te and began eating gloomily again.


    This sightnded in the eyes of the nurses around them, and the chattering grew even louder.


    "They are definitely a couple! Why are they sharing food?"


    "Who knows. . . mabye. . ." But there was nothing left to say.


    Another male doctor near them heard them and rolled his eyes, "You guys. . . So what if they are a couple? Or what if they aren''t? Even if they aren''t, do you guys think you stand a chance."


    The doctor had spoken the truth, but it did not go well with the nurses as they pursed their lips out and stood up, leaving the doctor to eat alone.


    The doctor''s eyes widened as he watched all the girls leave, wondering what he had did wrong.


    ---


    After eating the meal, An Yuchen and Yu Xinyi returned as An Yuchen had to start seeing patients again.


    An Yuchen entered the office and Yu Xinyi followed him, staying at the door when he entered.


    Yu Xinyi was happy after staying with him for this long already, and she did not want to be annoying, "Brother Yuchen, I still have some homework to do, so I''ll get going."


    "It''s summer break, what homework do you have?"


    Yu Xinyi scratched the back of her head a little embarrassedly, "Summer homework."


    "Okay. . . Thank you for the cookies."


    Yu Xinyi smiled and waved goodbye to him before leaving the office just as the first patient entered.


    Yu Xinyi skipped out of the hospital happily, thinking about all the moments with An Yuchen before entering a taxi to go back home.


    At this rate, maybe she would have the courage to confess some time soon!

 Chapter 127 - Mo Hans Father

    An Luxia left the house after eating lunch with Mo Han to go work at her parent''s cake shop again. In the summer, the shop often had very good business, so they needed more help.


    She arrived at the shop and Mo Han watched her enter before returning back home. Back to doing nothing and being angry at his workers for the next few hours.


    He entered the house, where K was already waiting for him to do work. He entered his office and sat down in therge chair, turning back and forth as he began flipping the pen around through his fingers as K reported some information about all the different groups of the HLX around the globe.


    "The people in Country A still haven''t found the group leader. . . They haven''t been able to track where the base of the group even is."


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, narrowing his eyes, "Do I have to go over myself?"


    K thought about it for a second, as a million thoughts ran across his mind. If he said yes, then his boss would certainly get mad at him for tearing him apart from his wife. But if he said no, then his boss would wonder why the people in the HLX still haven''t been able to track the group yet.


    So what should he say?


    "Maybe. . ." K finally replied softly.


    Upon hearing this, Mo Han frowned and threw the pen onto the table, "Maybe? What''s maybe? What is even the point of having you?"


    K immediately looked down at the ground, silently sighing at his picky boss and also at his dumb brain. He should have just not said anything!


    "You can go," Mo Han said.


    "But there is still some information I haven''t reported yet. . ." K looked up, only to receive a re from his boss, so he immediately left the room and closed the door behind him.


    Mo Han opened hisputer after K had left and clicked on a ck application on the desktop of his screen. The screen turned ck and after a while, a few green letters popped up.


    He entered in passcode after passcode, and then several fingerprints before the application finally read, "Sess! Application opened."


    Then, Mo Han clicked on Country A, and tons of random green numbers popped up on the screen. Mo Han pressed on the keys furiously, and after several minutes, another red word appeared on the screan.


    "Error. No information found."


    Mo Han knit his eyebrows together and angrily mmed his fist onto the keyboard, causing another error message to appear.


    This was the first group that he could not track any information of. . . Who was the leader behind it? The group he was looking for was probably behind a ton of illegal dealings and attacks, but few people even knew of it''s existence.


    Why couldn''t the HLX find it?


    Just as he was about to try again, there was suddenly a knock at his office door.


    ---


    An Luxia entered the kitchen to find Yu Xinyi also in her parent''s bakery.


    She raised one eyebrow, "What is Ms. Yu doing here?"


    Yu Xinyi grinned and ran over, "An Luxia, you''re finally here! I have to tell you something!"


    An Luxia was forcefully dragged out of the back kitchen and to one of the tables, seated down to talk to Yu Xinyi.


    Without wasting any time, Yu Xinyi immediately began herplicated love story, "So I went to go find An Yuchen at the hospital, and you know how I have been practicing baking recently?"


    An Luxia did not even nod her head and Yu Xinyi continued, "So I brought him the cookies I baked and guess what. . . He told me they tasted delicious!"


    An Luxia smiled a little awkwardly, not wanting to tell Yu Xinyi that her brother was the type of person to tell anyone their cookies tasted good even if they weren''t actually good.


    "And then we went and ate lunch together, and he gave me his pork belly! Pork belly! And then I gave him some of his back and then we ate lunch together! And then. . . I left," she said, slouching down against the chair.


    An Luxia sighed and leaned forward closer to Yu Xinyi, "So when are you ever going to confess? I''m telling you, my brother has a ton of pursuers, in the hospital and out! If you don''t hurry up and confess, then you won''t have an opportunity anymore."


    Yu Xinyi frowned, pursing her lips out unhappily, "What are we friends for? I need you to keep those evil vixens away from my brother Yuchen!"


    An Luxia sighed, "I know, I know. But I can''t do it forever. . . I want to have a sister-inw too, okay?"


    Yu Xinyi smiled, blinking her eyes dramatically, "How do I look?"


    An Luxia rolled her eyes, smiling as she folded her arms together, "Ch!"


    Yu Xinyi frowned again as she slouched down against the chair once again, "Ah, what am I going to do? How am I going to confess? An Luxia, you have to help me!"


    "I know!! How about. . ." An Luxia thought for a second and her eyes lit up as she snapped her fingers together, leaning towards Yu Xinyi excitedly, "I have an idea! So, it is time for you to confess! We can do it. . . here!"


    An Luxia said, lifting her arms up, "In this coffee shop! We will have the lights all closed and empty out the shop. Then, I''ll find a way to get my brother here. You will stand in the middle of the room in a pretty, flowing white dress."


    As she spoke, An Luxia closed her eyes as her dream began once again, "And, my brother will walk in, and the lights will suddenly turn on! He will walk over to you and you will ask him if he wants to be your boyfriend! And then. . . he will say yes! And oh, I will have a sister-inw!"


    Yu Xinyi watched An Luxia and gulped, not sure how to respond, "Okay?"


    She wasn''t so sure if that was a great n because she did not want to take the initiative and confess, but it seemed like she had no other choice but to go with that n.


    However, the next second, just as An Luxia was going to continue on with her n, she received a phone call. She pulled her phone out and blinked a few times when she saw the name on the screen.


    Then, she waved her phone at Yu Xinyi excitedly, who also widened her eyes when she saw the name.


    "An Yuchen?! How does he know we are talking about him?!"


    An Luxia put a finger up to her mouth, signaling for her to be quiet as she took the call and put it on speaker mode, "Brother, what is it?"


    An Yuchen seemed to be driving as there was the sound of cars honking all around him, "Xiaxia, where are you?"


    "I''m at mom and dad''s shop. Why? Are youing?" An Luxia said excitedly, raising one eyebrow at Yu Xinyi, who felt her heartbeat also speed up.


    "Yes, I''lle over," An Yuchen responded, which made Yu Xinyi shriek softly as An Luxia quickly put a finger over her mouth.


    However, An Yuchen''s next words crushed all of Yu Xinyi and An Luxia''s thoughts into tiny little pieces, as they shattered down onto the cold ground.


    "I am with my girlfriend right now. I''ll bring her over and introduce her to you, mom, and dad." An Yuchen spoke, unable to hide the hint of excitement in his voice.


    An Luxia and Yu Xinyi''s face fell right away and An Luxia was also very surprised to hear about this news, no less than Yu Xinyi. After all, she had not really thought of her brother having any other girlfriend except her best friend.


    "What? Girlfriend. . ." An Luxia muttered softly.


    "Yes, she was my college ssmate. We will be there in about ten minutes."


    Seeing Yu Xinyi''s depressed expression, An Luxia also knit her eyebrows tightly together as a rush of anger overflowed her from nowhere. She lifted the phone closely up to her mouth, screaming into it so loud that the other customers nearby looked towards her.


    "You don''t have toe anymore! I''m leaving!"


    Then, she hung up the phone, mming it onto the table.


    ---


    Just as he was about to try again, there was suddenly a knock at his office door.


    Mo Han looked up a little annoyedly and said, "Come in."


    K entered the door and looked down, his hands folded together, "Mr. Mo, there is a man at the door that wants to see you."


    "Who is it?"


    "I don''t know. . . I have never seen him before. However. . ." K''s voice died down.


    "What?"


    "The man. . . kind of looks like you, Mr. Mo."


    Mo Han looked up from his screen, frowning as he stood up and walked out of the office, marching over to the front door.


    Indeed, there was an old man that appeared to be around his 50s standing at the door in a ck shirt and ck pants.


    When he saw Mo Han, a crooked smile appeared on his face as he stepped forward.


    "Who are you?" Mo Han immediately asked when he saw the man, not in the mood for any nonsense.


    The man was not taken aback by his words, but instead, his smile widened even more as he slowly replied, "I am your dad."

 Chapter 128 - Mo Siyan

    The man was not taken aback by his words, but instead, his smile widened even more as he slowly replied, "I am your dad."


    Mo Han''s body froze as his eyes narrowed slowly, eyeing the man in front of him up and down, "You''re lying."


    The man shook his head, "I''m not."


    Mo Han did not respond and looked at the man for a while longer. From what he could see, this man was not some simple person. Although he was old, he was tall and also had a strong built. His eyes were like dark holes, staring straight into Mo Han''s soul.


    Most of his skin was hidden underneath his outfit, and his hands were ced into his pant pockets, but just from the area of skin exposed by the low neckline of his shirt, Mo Han could see the edge of a scar. The man had a slight grin on his face, but it wasn''t a kind grin, but a more menacing one.


    However, Mo Han was also not easy to deal with. If it were some normal person, maybe they would have already peed their pants in the presence of this old man, but Mo Han maintained hisposure. Maybe it was also because this man was his father. . .


    "Are you not going to invite me in?" The man asked.


    Mo Han did not respond, and after several seconds, the man smiled faintly and stepped into the house himself, walking straight past Mo Han.


    It took a moment for Mo Han to react as he shut the door and followed the man into his own house. The man somehow managed to find his living room and took a seat on the couch, looking around, "Nice ce."


    "Get out," Mo Han said.


    "That is not the attitude to treat your dad."


    "I don''t care if you are my dad or not. I''m telling you now to get out. . . I won''t be soft on you just because you are my dad." Even though Mo Han did not want to admit that this man was his dad, but there was a strong feeling inside of him telling him that this man was indeed his father.


    From the appearance to the overall temperament, it was quiet obvious that this man was not lying.


    Hearing Mo Han''s threat, the man was not in the least afraid, but insteadughed out loud, which made Mo Han very irritated.


    "What? Are you going to use your HLX methods on me?"


    Mo Han''s pupils dted as he wondered how his dad knew about his upation. Even if he was his father, there was no way he figured out what his job was.


    "How. . ."


    "What can I say? Like father like son," the manughed, "I have to say I am quite surprised, but also not surprised. Maybe it is in the gics?"


    "What are you talking about?" Mo Han stayed standing as stiff as a stone, clenching his fists together.


    "You have been looking for the Si Organization recently, right?"


    Mo Han fell back a step, knitting his eyebrows tightly together. How did he know? Seeing this reaction, the man''s smile widened.


    The Si Organization was Country A''s scariest terrorist and underworld group, possibly even worse than the HLX, since they had more frequent movements and attacks than the HLX. Mo Han and his people had been trying to track them down recently but with no result.


    "What if I tell you that I am the person you are looking for? The leader of the HLX? Mo Siyan? Si?"


    Mo Han felt the temperature in the room drop as he held his breath, unable to believe everything that was happening.


    His father was a figure in the underworld as well? Such arge figure at that? Mo Siyan. . . Mo Han did not recognize that name but he certainly knew the code name Si*. It was the name of the leader of the Si Organization.


    *helemon''s note: Si is the pronunciation for the word death in Chinese! Interesting :)


    Mo Siyan seemed to be very pleased with Mo Han''s reaction as he pointed towards the couch across from him, "Come on, sit down, sit down. We have a lot to talk about."


    As if he was under a curse, Mo Han moved over to the couch and sat down, wanting to hear more. What was his father doing here now?


    "Why are you looking for my organization?" Mo Siyan asked, raising a curious eyebrow.


    "So I can get rid of you," Mo Han was honest in his words, not hiding his true intentions.


    Mo Siyanughed a little maniacally, "Get rid of me? With your tiny little organization? Good luck with that. . . Remember, Mo Han, I am your father. Do you think a son can beat his father?"


    Mo Siyan continued tough, "But it''s okay. You do not have to get rid of me anymore. There is no need for that, because. . ." Then, he suddenly stopped talking.


    He slowly put one finger up and shook his head, "I''ll get to thatter. Let''s first talk about you. Haven''t you ever been curious about your father and mother? Why you were born into an adoption center?"


    Mo Han dug his nails into his skin, ring at Mo Siyan, "No."


    Mo Siyan ignored his answer, almost as if he hadn''t heard it, "Well, let me tell you. I think we should start with your mother, yes, a very beautiful woman. The most beautiful I have ever seen. I was away on a mission trip in another country, you see. This country, Country Z."


    Mo Siyan leaned back against the couch, starting his story. Mo Han wanted to cut him off and tell him he wasn''t interested, but for some reason, he couldn''t open his mouth and say those words. Maybe it was because deep down, he was indeed interested.


    "I was injured. Seriously injured. I hid in the backyard of a house, since I had been injured in the residential area. And yes, that was your mother''s house. Your grandparents'' house to be exact. Your mother was a nice woman, and she had saved me, not knowing who I was."


    Mo Siyan''s eyes softened as he spoke about Mo Han''s mother, "So, after the mission was over, I went back for her. I was going to marry her. She was mine."


    Then, Mo Siyan''s expression hardened, "But she was engaged already! How could she be engaged? I wasn''t going to let that happen."


    He turned to Mo Han, "We are quite simr, you see. I was going to get what belonged to me. So, I took her to Country A, where I was. She must have enjoyed the stay there with me."


    For some reason, Mo Han did not believe that final line. He did not think that his mother actually enjoyed it. His father seemed a little. . . crazy.


    "She got pregnant. . . with you." Mo Siyan paused as his expression darkened and when he spoke again, his voice was deeper than earlier, "But then she ran away! I don''t know why she ran away. . . It must have been an ident. And then she gave birth to you and. . ."


    Mo Siyan clenched his fists together, "I don''t know where she is now."


    She must be dead, Mo Han thought, and a hint of sadness swept him, even though he had never seen his mother before.


    "But I finally found you after all these years!" Mo Siyan pped his hands together upon remembering this and he seemed to suddenly remember the reason he was here as he smiled.


    "I finally found you, my only son." Mo Siyan sighed, "I am getting old, and I cannot pass the Si Organization to anyone but you. So, you will be my heir."


    He was not asking him to be his heir, he wasmanding him to be his heir. This, Mo Han did not like.


    Mo Siyan excitedly moved over, scooching forward on the couch as he spoke, "You will be the next leader of the Si Organization, and for your HLX. . . Well, give the HLX to me, and together, we will create the strongest underworld group ever to have been seen on this!"


    He excitedly turned to look at Mo Han, eagerly anticipating his son to agree to his wonderful n, but his face immediately fell when he heard Mo Han''s response.


    "No," Mo Han said simply. There was no hesitance or any thought to his answer, and there didn''t need to be.


    He was not going to give the HLX to him, he was not going to join the Si Organization, he was not going to inherit the Si Organization from him, and most importantly, he was not going to go to Country A with him.


    Mo Siyan''s face fell and for several seconds, the room was scarily silent. Finally, after what seemed like forever, Mo Siyanughed. Heughed for several seconds and suddenly stopped, looking straight into Mo Han''s eyes as he asked:


    "Is it because of An Luxia?"

 Chapter 129 - Mo Hans Anger

    An Luxia opened the door to the house after returning from the cake shop without helping her parents out at all because of the sudden news. Yu Xinyi hade over with her since she had been bawling her eyes out since she heard the news.


    An Luxia did not even know how tofort her, and all she could do was bring her back home to continue talking to her andforting her. However, to be honest, An Luxia was just as surprised. How did her brother suddenly get a girlfriend? When did he even have time to get a girlfriend?


    An Luxia narrowed her eyes. She would certainly go and scold her brother when she saw him! How could he do all of that without even telling her?! Were they still siblings?!


    "Oh, it''s okay, Xinyi. Come on, let''s go eat some good food," An Luxia said, patting Yu Xinyi on the back as she unlocked the door and pulled it open.


    When she walked in, she called Mo Han''s name as she bent down to take her shoes off, and the next second, she heard the sound of very heavy and fast footsteps.


    She looked up a little confusedly, wondering why Mo Han had to be so excited. She had only been gone for a little over an hour. Did he have to be this excited?


    Mo Han appeared at the doorway, and An Luxia immediately noticed that something was wrong. He did not have the happy and excited expression on his face like she had expected, but instead looked nervous.


    His eyes were red from. . . was it anger? Upon seeing An Luxia, Mo Han immediately ran over, not even noticing Yu Xinyi as he grabbed onto her shoulders aggressively, turning her around once.


    An Luxia hissed in pain as his grip was very strong, and she was just about to ask him what he was doing when he said, "Are you okay?"


    An Luxia frowned, wondering what his problem was when she remembered the news she had just heard. Was he spying on her again?


    "I''m okay, but Xinyi isn''t. Are you following me again?" An Luxia nced at him, "Do you have to be this scared? It''s just my brother is dating someone, it''s not like he lost an arm or something. Plus, it doesn''t have anything to do with me, right?"


    Hearing this, Yu Xinyi started crying even more loudly.


    Mo Han nced back at Yu Xinyi and furrowed his eyebrows together before focusing his attention back on An Luxia. Although he did not know what she was talking about, he didn''t say anything and instead asked again, "Do you feel okay?"


    An Luxia was a little confused but she nodded, "Yeah, I feelpletely fine. What is happening? Are you okay?"


    She lifted one hand up, cing it onto Mo Han''s forehead and noticed that there was nothing wrong. Why was he acting so weirdly today?


    Mo Han took a deep breath and grabbed onto his hand, not saying anything for a few seconds before replying, "Yeah."


    "What''s wrong? Why are you asking me that?"


    "Nothing. . ." He turned around to leave and then suddenly remembered something and said sternly, "Do not drink or eat anything strangers or people give you, understand?"


    An Luxia is confused by his sudden attitude, but she nodded.


    Then, Mo Han turned around and walked away. Although An Luxia was a little confused and upset about his attitude, she did not follow him since there were other matters at hand to take care of.


    She turned around and led Yu Xinyi into the living room, sitting down on the couch, "Oh, it''s okay. I promise you that he''s probably joking. . ."


    Even An Luxia did not believe herself. It was obvious that An Yuchen wasn''t joking.


    "You''re lying," Yu Xinyi whined, sobbing as she thought about her childhood crush for all these years was gone! Completely gone! Her beautiful dreams had been shattered!


    An Luxia reached over to the table to grab a tissue for her, and she noticed two cups of tea on the table. Two? Did someonee over?


    She didn''t think too much about it as Yu Xinyi whined more heavily and gave her a tissue, "Don''t worry too much. I promise you I''ll go figure out what happened and who that evil vixen is! I''m sure she wouldn''t be as pretty and cute and kind and smart and lovely as our little Xinyi, right?"


    Yu Xinyi blew her nose loudly like an elephant and nced over at An Luxia, "Really?"


    "For sure!"


    Yu Xinyi was silent for a few seconds and An Luxia thought that she was better now, but then the next second, she started sobbing again, even more aggressively than earlier.


    An Luxia sighed and continued on her mission tofort her friend.


    ---


    At night, An Luxia was finally able to send Yu Xinyi home, and her eyes were blood red when she left. An Luxia went to the office to look for Mo Han, who has note out of his office since she had arrived back home.


    For some reason, she could feel that something was wrong with him. Well, it was quite obvious.


    She knocked once before pushing the door open, noticing that Mo Han was staring at hisputer screen nkly.


    She called his name softly, "Mo Han. . ."


    She heard no response so she called again as she walked over to him, "Mo Han!"


    When he still did not budge, she got very confused as she tapped him on the shoulder, causing him to flinch as he finally acknowledged her presence, "Xiaxia, when did youe in?"


    "What are you thinking about it? I called your name a million times already!" An Luxia tapped Mo Han''s chair, and he pushed it back slightly, giving room for her to sit down on hisp. She sat down sideways, wrapping her arms around his neck, "Are you angry that I didn''t spend time with you today?"


    She had been too busyforting her friend, so she didn''t acknowledge Mo Han much this entire day, "I''m sorry. I''ll cook dinner tonight."


    Usually, when Mo Han heard this, he would be very happy and excited, but today, he merely nodded and didn''t say anything more.


    An Luxia furrowed her eyebrows together, "My little Hanhan, are you okay? What happened?"


    Mo Han looked at her finally after hearing that, "What? Nothing."


    "Liar. Something is obviously up. You can tell me," An Luxia leaned her head against his chest, rubbing it gently as she tried to get him to tell her what was going on.


    Aftering home from the bakery, something had obviously happened. Or else why was he behaving so weirdly?


    Mo Han squeezed out a smile and patted her gently on the head a little stiffly, "Nothing. I still have some work to do. Why don''t you make dinner for me?"


    An Luxia looked up at him and saw him smiling stiffly. She knew that he did not want to say whatever it was, and she wasn''t going to force him. She sighed and jumped off from hisp, "Okay. I''lle call you when dinner is ready."


    Then, she walked out the room, turning around to see him in a daze again. She frowned and left, going to cook dinner.


    ---


    After dinner was ready, she skipped back to the office to call Mo Han for dinner. As she reached the door, she suddenly heard a loud crashe from inside the room.


    She pushed open the door gently and saw a worker inside the room, looking down at the ground nervously.


    Mo Han had stood up, pointing a finger at the worker, "Is this all you can do?! What even is this?! You''re fired!"


    Hearing this, the worker fell down onto the floor, trembling in fear as he pleaded Mo Han to not fire him. Seeing this sight, An Luxia frowned as she stepped into the room.


    Mo Han was about to scream at whoever had just entered the room without knocking, but when he saw An Luxia, his expression softened slightly, "Is dinner ready?"


    An Luxia nodded and walked over to him, "Why are you so mad?"


    "Nothing,e on, let''s go eat dinner." Mo Han was going to pull her out of the room, but An Luxia stopped him, "Well, there has to be a reason for you to fire him. You can''t just fire him! He won''t have a job."


    At this moment, Mrs. Mo was like an angel to that worker as he burst into tears.


    Mo Han sighed and pointed at the folder on the ground, "He isn''t doing his job properly."


    An Luxia walked over and picked the folder up from the ground, flipping through the contents, "This looks fine to me. I couldn''t do any better!"


    She looked up at Mo Han, who did not say anything. To be honest, the work was indeed fine, but Mo Han was just in a horrible mood and he couldn''t and didn''t want to suppress his emotions.


    Finally, he nodded and turned to the worker, "I''ll give you another chance."

 Chapter 130 - Princess Or Evil Stepsister

    Finally, he nodded and turned to the worker, "I''ll give you another chance."


    "Thank you, Mr. Mo! Thank you, Mrs. Mo!" The worker buried his head in his arms as he bowed down to the two of them and An Luxia smiled faintly before she was pulled out of the room by Mo Han.


    She wanted to ask him what was wrong but she didn''t, because she knew he wouldn''t tell her the truth.


    They went over to the dining room and ate dinner together. At the dining table, Mo Han seemed to be in a slightly better mood as he ate his te of food. However, after he finished, he did not ask for more like usual but instead told her that he would be going to get some more work done.


    "But it''ste already. When are you going to sleep?"


    "You go sleep first. I''ll join you soon. Half an hour." He smiled at her and then left the dining room, leaving An Luxia alone at the table.


    ---


    An Luxia sighed and looked at the bit of food still in her te. She then stood up and left, leaving the dining room as well as she returned to the bedroom.


    ---


    An hourter, Mo Han left the office and entered the bedroom to find the lights still open. However, the little figure on the bed was already asleep as her eyes were shut.


    Mo Han immediately froze as he slowed down and walked gently over to the bed, carefully covering her entire body with the thin nket before sitting down on the edge of the bed next to her.


    He carefully lifted one hand up, brushing her hair aside gently as he looked at her. She moaned softly like a little kitten as she turned around, facing the other side.


    Mo Han sat there, watching her for what seemed like forever, so long that An Luxia woke up.


    When she opened her eyes, she immediately saw him and sat up, "You''re finally done?"


    She looked at the clock and saw howte it was and frowned, "Hurry and go to bed."


    Mo Han nodded and stood up, "You go to sleep again. I''ll get ready for bed."


    Then, he went and closed the lights before entering the restroom. A few minutester, he joined An Luxia on the bed, and she was asleep again, so he carefully pulled her into his embrace, closing his eyes as they went to sleep together.


    One slept well throughout the entire night whereas the other was drowned deep in his ocean of thoughts, unable to sleep soundly.


    ---


    The next morning, An Luxia and Mo Han ate breakfast today. As they ate, An Luxia proposed going on a date together, but as she did, she received a phone call from her mom.


    "Xiaxia, where are you?" Qi Lanyu whispered quietly, causing An Luxia to raise one eyebrow in confusion.


    "I''m at home, eating breakfast with Mo Han."


    Qi Lanyu gasped, "At this time? An Luxia, it''s almost 11 already, and you just woke up?!"


    "Hehe, don''t focus on the details, okay, mom?" An Luxia chuckled and continued to eat, putting the phone on speaker mode so she could put it down onto the table.


    "Do you want toe over for lunch?" Qi Lanyu asked, still in the soft voice. Then, she added, "Did you know, your brother got a girlfriend! He''s bringing her over for lunch. . . Well, they are here already. You should probablye."


    Upon hearing this, An Luxia immediately frowned. She was about to reject the offer immediately to show her attitude, but then she thought about it. Although Yu Xinyi was her friend, she still had to think about her brother!


    What if his girlfriend was a very kind and lovely woman?! Then, maybe. . . just perhaps, just slightly, maybe she would ept her as her sister-inw. After all, it was what made her brother happy, right?


    However, it was going to be hard, since An Luxia already had a prejudice against her brother''s girlfriend. She looked up at Mo Han, who was deep in his thoughts again, and responded, "Okay, I''ll be there soon. Wait for me."


    Qi Lanyu let out a breath of what sounded to be relief, "Okay, okay. I will be waiting for you."


    "Goodbye, mom."


    "Goodbye."


    An Luxia hung up the call and looked at Mo Han, "Did you hear about what had just happened?"


    Mo Han looked up, breaking out of his stupor, "What?"


    An Luxia sighed, "My brother got a girlfriend and brought her over for lunch. I''m going to go back home to eat with them. Do you want toe with me?"


    Mo Han thought about it for a few seconds, "It''s okay. I think it will be better if you go alone. I''ll eat lunch at home."


    An Luxia sighed, not surprised by the answer, "Okay. Then, I''ll be quick."


    After eating breakfast, An Luxia returned to her room, calling Yu Xinyi as she picked out an outfit. She had to look gorgeous today! If her brother''s girlfriend wasn''t as pretty as she was, then it would be minus one point!


    Her brother was so handsome and tall, so only the most beautiful woman was fit for her brother! Although Yu Xinyi didn''t really fit that standard herself. . . . whatever!


    "Xinyi!" An Luxia screamed when the call went through, "Guess what?"


    "What?" Yu Xinyi replied sounding depressed as her voice was still slightly hoarse from crying too much yesterday.


    An Luxia paused, unsure of whether she should tell her best friend or not. Finally, she decided that she had to tell her, "My brother brought that evil vixen home today to eat lunch, and my mom asked me to go back and eat with them. I''m going to meet the evil vixen soon!"


    There was a pause on the other end of the phone and An Luxia thought Yu Xinyi was going to start crying again, but surprisedly she didn''t. Instead, Yu Xinyi screamed loudly and forcefully, "An Luxia, you have to wipe your eyes clean and open them as big as you can!"


    Then, she sighed helplessly, "Even if I can''t be with my Prince Charming, at least he should be with a princess. Ah. . ."


    "Yu Xinyi, are you just going to give up that easily?! Wait for my phone callter, okay? Or you can juste to my house to wait for me to return! I will tell you if she is a princess or the evil stepsister!"


    Yu Xinyi didn''t say anything and merely groaned as she said goodbye and hung up. An Luxia sighed and put her phone away, picking out a light pink dress that really entuated her thin waist.


    Then, she straightened her hair and put a pink headband on, applying a light but girly makeup before leaving the house.


    Before leaving, she made sure to kiss her husband goodbye. Although Mo Han still seemed a little weird, he seemed to be a little better than yesterday.


    However, An Luxia was still confused. What exactly had happened when she was gone at the coffee shop yesterday? She frowned as she left the office, closing the door behind her and slowly walked out of the house.


    She got into the car and the driver knew where the An house was already, and they arrived within half an hour. An Luxia immediately saw her brother''s car parked outside the house when she arrived, and she checked her makeup in the mirror once more before straightening her back and walking over to the door.


    When she rang the doorbell, the first person she saw was her mom. When her mom saw her, Qi Lanyu let out a breath of relief as she pulled her daughter into the house, not saying anything.


    An Luxia could not read through her mother''s reaction and expression, but she had a weird feeling from how her mother had greeted her.


    Her mother''s footsteps were hurried and she did not say anything to An Luxia as they walked down the hallway. An Luxia could already hearughter and chatteringing from the living room as they walked, and they finally entered the living room as theughter died down.


    When she entered the room, she saw her dad seated on the couch, and across from him, was her brother and another woman.


    An Luxia immediately narrowed her eyes when she saw the woman. She seemed to be around the same age as An Luxia, probably a little older.


    She had straight long, ck hair that fell down behind her back like silk. Her skin was as pale as an angel, glowing in the room, and she had a slim figure that also resembled an angel.


    Her eyes wererge and pure, and her face also reminded An Luxia of an angel. Everything about her seemed pure and innocent, and the way she grabbed onto An Yuchen''s hand was also soft and gentle.


    When An Yuchen saw his sister, he immediately stood up from the couch with a smile, and the woman also stood up, "Xiaxia, you''re here!"


    An Yuchen grabbed onto the woman''s hand, "Let me introduce you to my girlfriend, Hu Yiyi."

 Chapter 131 - Hu Yiyi

    An Yuchen grabbed onto the woman''s hand, "Let me introduce you to my girlfriend, Hu Yiyi"


    Hu Yiyi smiled when she saw An Luxia, and she quickly got off the couch and walked over, reaching for An Luxia''s hand, "You must be Luxia. Nice to meet you, I''m Yiyi. You can just call me sister Yiyi!"


    An Luxia allowed her hands to be grabbed by Hu Yiyi, and she stared at the woman for several long seconds, making sure what she remembered was correct. After the old memories resurfaced, she immediately furrowed her eyebrows together and pulled her hands away.


    Hu Yiyi was surprised by An Luxia''s reaction, and she raised one eyebrow, turning around to look at An Yuchen, who was equally surprised.


    "Xiaxia, what are you doing?" The one who spoke this time was not An Yuchen or Hu Yiyi, but instead, An Ping, An Luxia''s dad.


    "How can you be impolite to your brother''s girlfriend?"


    Hu Yiyi chuckled softly and shrugged, "Uncle An, don''t worry. It''s probably not Xiaxia''s intention. It''s my fault for being so thoughtless!"


    An Luxia looked up at Hu Yiyi and then at An Yuchen before chuckling softly and saying, "It was my intention."


    Everyone in the room turned to look at her as An Luxia clenched her fists together.


    --- 11 years ago


    During this time, An Luxia had been adopted by the An family for seven years, and she had turned 12 a few months ago.


    It was her first year in middle school, and she was super excited because her brother was in the same school, but in the high school program!


    An Yuchen was in hisst year of high school already, and even when he was 18, he was very popr in the school for his handsome appearance.


    "An Luxia!" The teacher screamed, mming the piece of chalk onto the table. An Luxia flinched as she immediately jumped up from the table, looking around confusedly.


    There were muffledughs as the people around herughed at her stupid reaction, and she embarrassedly sat down again.


    "An Luxia, why are you sleeping in ss again?! The final exams are starting in a week and you are not paying attention! Do you want me to call your parents to school?!"


    An Luxia scratched the back of her head, still not fully awake, "Teacher. . . I''m sorry. I won''t sleep anymore."


    The teacher sighed and looked at her watch before turning around, "Well, ss is over now."


    An Luxia pressed her lips together and sat down, ncing at Yu Xinyi, who sat a few chairs away. She shrugged and stuck her tongue out yfully, and Yu Xinyi just shook her head.


    The head of the ss stood up and everyone else did the same, "Thank you, Mrs. Wu."


    Then, the teacher left the ssroom and the school day was over. An Luxia packed her stuff up and walked over to Yu Xinyi, who had pulled out a lollipop to eat.


    An Luxia held her hand out and Yu Xinyi rolled her eyes before giving An Luxia another lollipop, "What are we going to do?" An Luxia asked.


    "My parents aren''t home and I have to go find my brother, but the high school kids don''t get out until fourty five minutester."


    Yu Xinyi''s eyes sparkled at the mention of An Yuchen, and she tried to hide it as she shrugged, "Do you want to go y at the back of the school? I heard there is a new baby bird nest at the back of the school."


    An Luxia thought about it for a few seconds before dragging Yu Xinyi out of her chair as they walked out of the ssroom.


    "Are they small birds? Are they cute?" An Luxia asked as they slowly walked to the back of the school, where few to no kids liked to hang out.


    When they reached the back courtyard, they heard the sound of several birds chirping, and An Luxia looked, around, unable to see any nests around.


    "Where is the nest? Are you sure -" Just as An Luxia was about to finish her sentence, the both of them heard a weird noiseing from nearby.


    They whipped around and looked at each other as An Luxia slowly raised one eyebrow, holding her breath as the both of them did not dare to move.


    Teachers and especially the custodian did not like seeing kids hanging out at the back of the school, and if a teacher caught them, they would certainly question them for what they were still doing here after school was over.


    "Did I -" Yu Xinyi was about to ask if she had heard wrongly when the sound came again, and An Luxia immediately ced one hand over Yu Xinyi''s mouth.


    The noise seemed to being from the wall to the back of them. It was the wall of the building they just came out of, and there was a few inches gap between the wall and the wall that blocked the back courtyard from the streets.


    It was filled with weeds and was only wide enough for two people to stand shoulder to shoulder.


    "Who is there?" An Luxia mouthed to Yu Xinyi, who shrugged.


    An Luxia slowly moved, trying not to make any sound as she edged towards the wall, wondering who or what was making the weird noise.


    It came again and it sounded like a girl. She was moaning, almost as if she had gotten hurt. An Luxia frowned, walking on her toes as she moved over to the wall, pressing her hands against the heard brick.


    Yu Xinyi was right behind her as she slowly peaked her head to the side of the wall to see what was going on in the walkway. At once, her eyes widened as she let out a tiny shriek.


    The two people behind the wall immediately stopped as they slowly turned their heads over, and when they did, they saw nothing.


    An Luxia had hurriedly pulled her head back, pressing against the wall tightly as she did not dare to make any sound. Yu Xinyi had wanted to ask what was happening but she refrained herself as well after seeing An Luxia''s reaction.


    Still, she tried mouthing the word ''what'' to her, but An Luxia was too nervous to respond. She tried peaking her head out but An Luxia suddenly grabbed onto her hand and pulled her away.


    They ran quickly, and the sound of the crunching of leaves as they ran could be heard quite loudly. Just as they turned across the wall and disappeared, the two people from behind slowly moved over and looked to see who was there, but they did not see anyone.


    "Are you sure you heard something?" The girl asked. She looked incredibly gorgeous, like an angel with long smooth hair and pale skin. Even in the ugly school uniform, you could still tell she had a great figure.


    "Yes, I''m sure," a boy answered. The boy narrowed his eyes and stepped forward, looking around.


    "Maybe it was a cat or something. Don''t you want to. . ." The girl smiled and dragged the boy away once again.


    After they had ran all the way to the front of the school, An Luxia finally let go of Yu Xinyi, who was still in confusion. Now, she was tired and confused, "What did you see?!"


    An Luxia scratched the back of her head, "It was a girl and a boy. I don''t know what they were doing, but. . ."


    "But what?" Yu Xinyi stammered.


    An Luxia pursed her lips out, "They didn''t have their pants on for some reason, you know, like when you take a shower? And. . . the boy''s hand was inside the girl''s shirt. Is that supposed to happen?"


    A confused and slightly disgusted expression also appeared on Yu Xinyi''s face, "I''m not sure? Maybe they are massaging each other?"


    "It didn''t look like it. . . They were moving?"


    "Moving? How?"


    An Luxia thought for several seconds about it before she finally shrugged, "I don''t know! I didn''t get to see for a long time because I got scared."


    "Well, maybe I''ll know. Let me go see!" Yu Xinyi began running back to the ce they had just been, and An Luxia tried to stop her, but Yu Xinyi persisted to see what was going on. An Luxia did not know why, but she felt a little ufortable looking at them.


    She did not wear clothes all the time, when changing and going to take a shower! Nothing was weird about that. . . Maybe it was because they were old?


    They were at the back of the school again, and this time, An Luxia maintained a distance as Yu Xinyi went over to look herself. They could still hear the weird noise, meaning that the two people were still there.


    Yu Xinyi nced over the wall, and simrly to An Luxia''s reaction, her eyes widened as she quickly pulled her neck back and tiptoed away, trying not to make any noise.


    When she reached An Luxia, the two of them ran away. They made a few turns, and they were just about to turn and go to the second floor of the building when they suddenly bumped into someone.

 Chapter 132 - The Story

    They made a few turns, and they were just about to turn and go to the second floor of the building when they suddenly bumped into someone.


    "Ah," An Luxia eximed as she put one palm over her forehead and looked up with a frown to see her brother, "Brother!"


    "Brother Yuchen," Yu Xinyi called in surprise, a smile forming on her face.


    "What are you two doing here?" An Yuchen asked, looking down at them as he grabbed onto An Luxia''s hand.


    "We were waiting for you. Remember? Mommy told me to go home with you today."


    An Yuchen nodded, "Our teacher let us out a little early today. Let''s go."


    An Luxia waved goodbye to Yu Xinyi and left with her brother, holding onto his hand. As they walked home, she debated on whether she should tell him about what she had seen and ask him what they were doing, but in the end, she did not open her mouth even after they reached the house.


    After that, the memory had been hidden deep inside her brain and she did not mention it to anyone. She had almost forgotten about it until. . .


    --- Present


    "It was my intention," An Luxia said, her frown deepening.


    "Luxia!" This time, it was An Yuchen who spoke, and he was more confused than angry. Why was his sister acting like this?


    An Luxia was about to tell her brother that he cannot date her, but she stopped herself as her mother quickly grabbed onto her arm and said, "Let''s go eat lunch first. Come on,e on, the food will get cold."


    An Luxia nced at her mom and pressed her lips into a thin line. Her mom merely nodded as the five of them walked over to the dinner table.


    As the table only had four chairs usually, a fifth had to be added and Hu Yiyi ended up sitting in An Luxia''s usual chair next to An Yuchen, and An Luxia was forced to sit at the corner of the table. An Luxia felt a very ufortable ball of unknown anger and annoyance beginning to form inside her chest, and she was beginning to like this disgusting woman less and less!


    Well, she never liked her to begin with!


    They started eating, and An Luxia swallowed her words along with the food. She could not just say that now, or else her brother will definitely get mad at her. She had no evidence besides her own story from over ten years ago! Who would even believe her?


    And, that woman can just say she must have remembered wrong, and all the me would be on her! She can''t be stupid enough to just sell her story like that! She had to wait and formte a n. . .


    An Luxia''s eyes rested on Hu Yiyi as they ate, and she grew more and more certain of the woman''s identity. There was no way she would let that woman date her brother!


    However, her brother was still stuck in the trance Hu Yiyi had set him in, and he treated her kindly as he ced food on her te.


    An Luxia''s dad also seemed to like her quite a lot as he asked her about her education, age, hobbies, and a ton of information as they talked andughed. Hu Yiyi had a very sweet mouth lined with honey, and it was easy to gain her dad''s liking.


    An Luxia did not say anything throughout the whole meal, and after she had finished eating, she put her chopsticks down and said she had to go upstairs to get something. As she stood up, she dragged her mom with her, and Qi Lanyu did not say anything as she went along.


    An Ping and An Yuchen watched them and after they had gone, An Yuchen sighed, turning to Hu Yiyi, "She usually isn''t like that. I don''t know why she is behaving weirdly today, I''m sorry."


    Hu Yiyi put on a sad and slightly pitiful expression, but she nodded, "Don''t worry about it, Yuchen. I can understand. I am a stranger after all."


    An Ping looked at them and then at the stairs, and shook his head. He would have to scold his daughterter! Even if he treasured her, she still needed to have manners!


    ---


    Upstairs, An Luxia closed the door to her room and sat down on the bed with her mom.


    "Mom, brother can''t date that woman!"


    Qi Lanyu was quite surprised at An Luxia''s strong reactions, and she nodded her head, grabbing onto An Luxia''s hands, "Xiaxia, do you not like her either?"


    "I. . ." An Luxia did not know what to say.


    "I don''t really like her. . . I don''t know, maybe it is a woman''s sixth sense, but I have a feeling that she isn''t as innocent as she seems. But I don''t want to judge her like that. Luxia, why don''t you like her? Maybe we should -"


    "No!" An Luxia immediately said. She pressed her lips together into a thin line and finally, she let out a deep sigh and decided to tell her mother about the story.


    After she had finished, her mother was in shock.


    "Are you. . . Are you sure it was her?!" Qi Lanyu eximed in shock, unable to believe An Luxia''s story and the fact that the girl in the story was the girl sitting in her dining table right now!


    An Luxia nodded, "I am certain. I can still remember it clearly, especially. . . especially. . ." An Luxia looked down a little embarrassedly, "especially since I know what they were doing now."


    Qi Lanyu sighed, "Well then, my sixth sense was correct. There is no way I can let my son go with a woman like her! I am certain she is with him either because of his looks or because of his upation now!"


    An Luxia also nodded. Not only was her brother tall and handsome, but he also earned a lot from being a surgeon. It wasn''t every day you came across a good looking and young doctor from a good family!


    "But mom, we have no evidence. We have to stay calm. . . Don''t worry about it, I''lle up with something. And don''t tell dad too. . . I''m scared he might not - might identally speak too fast to brother." An Luxia wanted to say that her father might not believe their story, but in the end, she changed her words.


    She grabbed onto her mom''s hands, staring into her eyes sternly. After years of writing face pping and maniptive story plots, she was certain that she coulde up with something to expose this evil fox!


    Qi Lanyu was slightly hesitant, but after a few seconds, she nodded and stood up, "Okay, okay. But I don''t want your brother to stay with her for too long. . . It''s a bad influence."


    An Luxia nodded, "Don''t worry. I''m going to go home then. I don''t want to stay here. . . And maybe she will leave too after seeing me leave."


    Qi Lanyu nodded as the two of them stood up and walked down the stairs back into the dining room. When they reached the first floor, they noticed that the three of them were on the couch in the living room already, and they had finished eating too.


    After the brief conversation, the way Qi Lanyu looked at Hu Yiyi hadpletely changed, and it was filled with disgust and even a bit of hate. Hu Yiyi obviously noticed this quickly enough, and she stood up from the couch as she looked at Qi Lanyu and then at An Luxia.


    An Luxia also realized that her mother''s gaze was a little too obvious, and she pinched her mom softly in the hands. Qi Lanyu looked towards her and did not seem to realize what An Luxia was hinting at.


    "Dad, brother, I''m going to go home now," An Luxia said, reaching for her bag and turning around to leave.


    An Yuchen looked at his little sister, a little upset that she did not even bother to say goodbye to his guest. He sighed and patted Hu Yiyi on the shoulder before following his sister out of the house.


    When they reached the front door, An Luxia quickly stepped out and walked out of the house, preparing to call a taxi to go home.


    "Xiaxia, why are you acting weirdly today? Are you upset?" An Yuchen asked.


    An Luxia put down her phone and looked up at An Yuchen, narrowing her eyes, "Yes, I am upset. I don''t want you to be with her."


    She did not even want to say Hu Yiyi''s name. Hearing this, An Yuchen also got upset as he did not expect for his beloved sister to have a strong reaction towards his decision, "Why?"


    An Luxia wanted to tell him what she had saw but there was no way he would believe her, especially since Hu Yiyi had established the angelic image in her brother and dad''s heart, "I don''t like her. . . You will know why soon enough."


    "Luxia, don''t be so absurd? Are you scared that after I have a girlfriend, I won''t love you as much?"

 Chapter 133 - Just Kill Her

    "Luxia, don''t be so absurd? Are you scared that after I have a girlfriend, I won''t love you as much?" An Yuchen waited for a response but this only made An Luxia more angry as she did not want to talk to him.


    An Yuchen mistook this as a yes, "You don''t have to worry about it! Even if I do have a girlfriend, I will certainly still treat you the same!"


    An Luxia reached her hand out as a yellow taxi stopped in front of the sidewalk. An Luxia pulled up the door and turned around, ring at An Yuchen, "I don''t care whether you have a girlfriend or not, and I am fine with you having a girlfriend, but it can''t be her."


    Then, she entered the car and told the driver the address quickly as they drove off. An Yuchen watched the car leave and he lifted one hand up, pinching the skin between his eyebrows.


    "Yuchen," he suddenly heard a soft and light voice sing. Hu Yiyi stepped out of the house and walked over to An Yuchen, grabbing onto his elbow, "Is there a problem?"


    An Yuchen shook his head, sighing.


    However, Hu Yiyi could already tell what it was. She took a deep breath and grabbed on tightly to An Yuchen''s arm, "I don''t know why she doesn''t like me either? Maybe. . . I don''t know. . ."


    She looked down pitifully, and An Yuchen ced his hand over her hand, "Don''t worry too much about it. I''m sure she will figure it out soon enough."


    He looked up, "Maybe. . . Maybe she is just too shocked by the news."


    Hu Yiyi''s eyshes fluttered as she did not say anything and looked down at her shoes, narrowing her eyes. Why did that little fox have such a strong dislike towards her?!


    Hu Yiyi did not have any memory of evering across An Luxia. . . So what was wrong with her?


    ---


    When An Luxia returned home, she saw that Yu Xinyi''s car was outside of the house. She knew that Yu Xinyi would not be able to hold her curiosity, but as of now, An Luxia did not want to tell Yu Xinyi at all who her brother''s girlfriend was.


    When she entered the house, Yu Xinyi immediately showed up, trying to hide her curiosity, "You''re back," she said simply.


    An Luxia nodded gravely as she walked over to the living room and plopped down onto the couch, closing her eyes as she took a deep breath.


    "What''s wrong? Is it something to do with. . ." Yu Xinyi''s voice died off.


    An Luxia nodded, opening her eyes as she sighed, "You will never guess who my brother''s girlfriend is."


    Yu Xinyi had a bad feeling upon hearing An Luxia say this, and she gulped, "Who is it?"


    An Luxia sat up on the couch, pouring herself arge cup of tea and drinking it all in one gulp before starting, "Do you remember that one time when we were in middle school, I think it was 7th grade. We went to the back of the school to search for a bird''s nest and heard that weird noise."


    Yu Xinyi thought about it, unable to recall the memory at first since it was too long ago.


    An Luxia continued, "And then we saw that boy and that girl. . . Do you remember?"


    After a moment of silence, Yu Xinyi''s eyes widened as she pped her hands together, "Oh! Yes, I remember that now."


    Then, she scrunched her face up in disgust at that memory since she also knew what the couple were doing back there now after growing up and learning some. . . new things.


    "What about. . ." Yu Xinyi was just about to ask what the story had anything to do with An Yuchen''s girlfriend when at once, her face paled, "No way. . ."


    Knowing that Yu Xinyi had guessed it, An Luxia could only nod.


    "No way. . . His girlfriend cannot be that girl -"


    "It is that girl," An Luxia said as she slouched back down onto the couch.


    There was a long pause of silence and then suddenly, Yu Xinyi jumped up from the couch, her fists tightly clenched together, "There is no way we can let brother Yuchen date a girl like her! Just from looking at her do. . . do that kind of thing before she was even 18. Oh my! I am certain she is not some good girl!"


    "I know, but what can we do? I''m trying toe up with something," An Luxia closed her eyes helplessly.


    "Are you a hundred percent sure it is that girl?" Yu Xinyi asked again, not willing to believe the horrific truth, "Why don''t you ask your brother if his girlfriend went to the same high school? Then we will know for sure!"


    An Luxia was certain, but she still sent her brother a quick text, asking him and within a few seconds, An Yuchen replied with the expected, but also not expected, answer.


    "Yes, it is definitely her," An Luxia said, showing Yu Xinyi the text. Upon seeing the text, Yu Xinyi''s face darkened as she sighed.


    "I -" Yu Xinyi was about to continue to talk when Mo Han walked into the room. Seeing him, An Luxia let out a very loud breath and jumped up from the couch, running straight into his chest, "My little Hanhan!"


    Mo Han was quite surprised by her reaction, and he looked down at her a little confusedly before grabbing onto her waist and carrying her over back to the couch. Yu Xinyi pursed her lips out upon seeing this sight.


    "Can you two be all lovey dovey somewhere else? Did you forget that I am still recovering from a heartbreak, you cruel people!" Yu Xinyi slouched down onto the couch, ncing at the couple next to her and then looking away.


    An Luxia let go of Mo Han and ignored her friend as she told Mo Han everything that had happened. After her dramatic story, Mo Han merely shrugged and said something the King of the Underworld would probably say:


    "Easy, don''t stress. I''ll just go and have someone kill that girl and the problem will be solved!"


    ". . ." An Luxia pressed her lips together into a thin line, not sure of how to respond, "Never mind, forget that I ever asked you anything."


    She then turned to Yu Xinyi again, muttering the word ''scary'' under her breath, "Why don''t you go home? I''m hungry anyway. I''ll call you if I think of anything."


    Yu Xinyi sighed, not sure of what to do either so she stood up and went home.


    Afterwards, An Luxia and Mo Han went to go eat an early dinner because An Luxia did not eat well at the An house and Mo Han did not eat at all.


    During lunch, An Luxia still noticed how something was wrong with Mo Han, and she tried several times to get him to tell her, but for some reason, he just wouldn''t tell her anything!


    In the end, An Luxia angrily left the dining room and marched into the room, naturally angry that Mo Han did not trust her with whatever issues he had.


    She entered the room and pulled herputer out to write her book, but her mind was caught up in a million different things. School work, Mo Han''s weird behavior, her brother, Hu Yiyi. . .


    She could not write a single word as she stared at the nk page, her eyebrows tightly knit together. Finally, she scrolled back and began reading her previous chapter.


    Although the novel had been doing very well, she was writing quickly and the story line was catching up to her own life, which was the inspiration for the novel. The drama had made up its own ending apart from the story to be able to finish filming, and An Luxia was nning to end her novel as well, straying away from her own life.


    She had been recently brainstorming anding up with ideas for a new novel, and as she moved to her new novel and read theplicated ideas, she. . . She still couldn''t think of anything!


    An Luxia mmed theputer shut annoyedly, annoyed at herself, Mo Han, her brother, Hu Yiyi, and everything! She jumped onto the bed, trying to use all of her past face-pping writing experience toe up with a n to get rid of Hu Yiyi, but nothing seemed to work!


    In the end, Mo Han''s words reappeared in her head. She was just about to push them aside and think that she could definitely not do that, when another idea sprouted out of Mo Han''s words.


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow as she slowly lifted her head up from the bed, letting the silence in the room sink in. Why was she thinking so hard?


    Wasn''t it very easy?! Why did she need such aplicated n?


    A tiny smile appeared on An Luxia''s face as she sat up on the bed, reaching for her phone to call Yu Xinyi.

 Chapter 134 - The Plan (1)

    "Are you sure that is okay?" Yu Xinyi asked, a little worried as her voice spread to the other end of the phone and entered the empty room.


    An Luxia sat on the bed a little excitedly as her eyes glistened, "Yes, why not? Don''t worry, trust in me and my little Hanhan! He is experienced in this field."


    "But -"


    "Do you want to uncover her disgusting truth or not?" An Luxia asked, getting a little impatient as she had been talking to Yu Xinyi for almost an hour now about her very simple n.


    The other end of the phone was silent for a moment before Yu Xinyi finally sighed, "Okay. Can I be there too when you do it?"


    An Luxia grinned maliciously, "Of course!"


    Then, she hung up the phone and happily skipped out of the room to go tell her husband about her n! This n would need him!


    ---


    The next day, An Luxia and Mo Han left the house together. Mo Han was dressed normally in a ck suit, but An Luxia looked quite different today. She was wearing a ck jacket and ck pants, quite obvious that she was out to do no good.


    An Luxia entered the car and immediately took off her mask and hat, "Oh my, it is so hot today."


    Mo Han looked at her outfit andughed, "It must be hot in that outfit."


    An Luxia rolled her eyes as she slumped down into the car seat and the driver drove off and out of the gate.


    Mo Han pulled out his phone and An Luxia curiously nced over, still surprised at how advanced the HLX''s technology was. Yesterday, Mo Han had merely entered a few numbers and keys into hisputer, and within a few seconds, he had found Hu Yiyi''s address.


    The world today was indeed not safe at all!


    Seeing her gaze, Mo Han instinctively moved his phone a little closer to her and grinned as he felt her eyes watch him. However, after a while, An Luxia could not understand what he was doing, so sheid back down on the seat and closed her eyes.


    After about half an hour, the car stopped in front of an apartment. There were cars behind them and several people got out, entering the apartment.


    An Luxia sat up as she pressed her eyes against the car window, waiting to see what would happen.


    ---


    On the third floor of the apartment, there was a knock at the door. A few secondster, a woman in her pajamas opened the door frustratingly, probably still not fully awake, "Who -"


    The next second, she fell down onto the ground, unconscious or perhaps. . . dead?


    ---


    An Luxia watched as the men who left the car came back. The man in the front held one hand up as a sign and Mo Han nodded, saying to An Luxia, "Sess."


    An Luxia was still watching the men walk back into the car and she noticed that in the middle, two men supported a woman - Hu Yiyi. She seemed to be unconscious and they pushed her into the back seat of the first car behind them.


    A small smile appeared on An Luxia''s face as she wondered why she felt a little excited. Ah, Mo Han was definitely a bad influence on her.


    After they had finished the first part of their mission, An Luxia and Mo Han did not return home. Instead, they drove in a separate direction when they entered the gate to the mountain. An Luxia had not paid attention to this separate small road on dirt before, and she looked towards Mo Han when the car made a slight left.


    "Where are we going? Are we not going to go home?"


    Mo Han grabbed her hand, "We can do this somewhere else. The underground chamber is not a good ce for something like your n."


    An Luxia did not know what to expect, but she trusted him so they continued to drive in the other direction. After about half an hour, they reached a tiny shack that also resembled an abandoned warehouse.


    Mo Han and An Luxia got out of the car. In the silence of the mountains and thick trees, the sound of their feet stepping on the leaves was unusually loud.


    Mo Han led An Luxia into the warehouse and An Luxia noticed two rooms. They entered the one to the left and An Luxia quickly nced at the door to the room on the right before she was pulled into the room on the left.


    There were five chairs inside the room and a table. To the right, there was a mirror, or a ss, and An Luxia immediately noticed the single chair on the other side of the ss.


    "That is the other side?" An Luxia asked, remembering the other door she had seen.


    "Yes. We can see and hear them, but they cannot see or hear us."


    An Luxia''s eyes sparkled as she walked over to the ss and knocked at it. The next second, two workers dragged a body into the room, and she took a step back in surprise.


    Hu Yiyi had a potato sack over her head and it was taken off when they tied her to the chair. When they removed it, she spat at the hair that had gotten trapped inside her mouth.


    She had woken up, An Luxia thought. Hu Yiyi opened her eyes and looked around the empty room, scrunching her face together, which did not resemble her usual angelic image at all.


    "Where am I?" She screamed, unsure if someone could hear her, "Is anyone here?! Help me! Who -"


    An Luxia turned around, not looking at her anymore. Mo Han pressed something and the ss turned ck, so they were unable to hear or see Hu Yiyi anymore. The door opened and a worker walked in, bowing down slightly to Mo Han, "The other people are here. Should I bring them in?"


    An Luxia sat down in the chair and waited as the worker left and a few secondster, walking in again with three more people.


    When they saw An Luxia and Mo Han, their mouths fell open in surprise.


    "Xiaxia, what are you doing here? Mo Han? Have you two been kidnapped as well?"


    An Luxia stood up, grabbing onto her mother''s hands, "Kidnapped? I brought you guys over here to watch something exciting."


    Her eyes traveled to An Yuchen when she spoke, and An Yuchen looked at her confusedly.


    "Xiaxia, what is happening? Is this something you did?" An Ping looked around, speaking uneasily.


    "Yes, dad. Don''t worry, I will exin all of it to youter. For now, sit down."


    She led her mom over to the seat in the middle and they exchanged a long look at each other. An Yuchen and An Ping also sat down, both scared and confused.


    After a while, the door opened again and Yu Xinyi walked in, not very surprised at what was happening. When she saw An Yuchen, she pressed her lips together slightly and then sat down in the only empty chair left, which was next to An Yuchen.


    "Xinyi, what are you doing here?" An Yuchen eximed, in surprise as a sparkle shed past his eyes.


    Yu Xinyi did not say anything and looked at An Luxia, who had stood up and looked at Mo Han with a nod.


    The worker shut the door to the room, and there was a click as he locked it from the outside. An Ping and Qi Lanyu jumped up uneasily, as this ce was not exactly very weing, "Xiaxia, what is happening?"


    An Luxia did not respond as she pressed the button and the ss became transparent again and they saw Hu Yiyi, who had given up on screaming.


    Upon seeing her, An Yuchen was the first to jump up, "Yiyi? What is she doing here? Why is she tied to that chair?"


    After a while, he seemed to have noticed what was going on and he knitted his eyebrows together, "An Luxia, what are you doing?"


    An Luxia looked over at her brother and smiled, "You will see very soon. . ." She looked down and then added, "I am only trying to help you."


    Seeing Hu Yiyi, Qi Lanyu seemed to have understood something as she slowly sat down, her heart thumping loudly in her chest.


    "An Luxia, I know you don''t like her, but you can''t do this. This is illegal!" An Yuchen eximed, worried for Hu Yiyi but also for his sister.


    Mo Han spoke this time, reaching for a small device on the table as he spoke, "Illegal? That word is not in my dictionary."


    He then passed the device over to An Luxia, who flipped it over in her hands and held onto it tightly.


    An Yuchen clenched his fists together, understanding the hidden meaning as he knew about Mo Han''s upation, "An Luxia -"


    He was cut off when An Luxia lifted the small rectangr device to her mouth and said, "Hu Yiyi!"

 Chapter 135 - Hu Yiyis Story

    He was cut off when An Luxia lifted the small rectangr device to her mouth and said, "Hu Yiyi!"


    The person on the other side of the room shook with a start in the chair when she heard the words ringing in her ears, almost as if there were speakers inside the room.


    "Who are you?! What do you want?! What are you doing?"


    An Yuchen tried to reach for the device but the two workers standing at the very back of the room grabbed onto him and "escorted" him back onto his chair.


    "Brother, just watch." An Luxia said angrily. After finding some more information about Hu Yiyi, she was more furious at Hu Yiyi and her brother.


    She had such a good eye for her partner, so what happened to her brother? He really needed to get his eyes checked.


    "Who am I?" An Luxia spoke, her voice changed into a men''s voice through the voice changer, "Remember the boy you were with in high school? Chen Ru?"


    She had figured out the name of the boy she had seen Hu Yiyi with when they were in high school. Apparently, they were dating but then Chen Ru went to jail for trying to save Hu Yiyi from a group of older guys in a bar. He had identally killed someone with a ss bottle. . .


    And then, when he asked Hu Yiyi to stand up for him in court to testify that he was defending her, she refused because if the news that she was in a bar when she was underage spread, then her angelic image would be ruined and she would be punished as well.


    Hu Yiyi of course remembered, because it was the first person she had "did" it with, "You - It''s you!"


    She always knew that he had something against her, and he was furious at what happened several years ago. After he had entered jail, she had lost all contact with him until -


    "What are you doing?! Let me go! It wasn''t my fault!"


    An Yuchen wanted to say something, but he was also curious to see what An Luxia was trying to do. What were they talking about?


    "Not your fault?! You caused me to go to jail!" An Luxia''s dramatic side was slowlying out again as she began to act, "Because you were in a bar underage and got yourself caught up in a group of old men, you caused me to be sent to jail for your own mistake!"


    An Yuchen and An Ping''s eyes widened at these words, and Qi Lanyu was also surprised. However, their surprise only deepened when Hu Yiyi did not say anything against this and instead went along with it, "Chen Ru, that was over ten years ago! Plus, you. . . you were the one who had identally killed that person."


    An Luxia''s lips curled up grimly as she noticed her brother starting to realize what was going on. She scoffed, "Hu Yiyi, let''s not talk about this anymore. I am not here today to get mad at you anyway. I am out of jail now, so let''s be together."


    Upon hearing this, Hu Yiyi looked like she wanted to jump out of her chair, "No! Never! I have a boyfriend already!"


    Hearing this, An Yuchen seemed to suddenly remember this fact as he tried to tell An Luxia to stop again, but An Luxia continued, "Boyfriend? Who? How could you be with someone when you had. . . when you had s*x with me already eleven years ago!"


    An Luxia felt a little ufortable talking about it, but she had to finish her act.


    Hearing this, An Yuchen gasped as he fell back down into his chair, unable to believe this as he looked towards Hu Yiyi, waiting for her to say that this wasn''t true. Eleven years ago. . . She wasn''t even 18 yet!


    However, Hu Yiyi only replied, "That was eleven years ago! I. . . Just pretend that was a mistake!"


    "Mistake? Ch! How many men have you slept with already?"


    Hu Yiyi''s face turned slightly red at the mention of this, but she continued, "I don''t care! I have to be with my boyfriend!"


    "Why?" An Luxia stepped forward as she reached the topic she wanted to talk about, "There is no way you love him, right? You don''t even know what love is."


    Yu Xinyi clenched her fists together when hearing this, and she nced at An Yuchen, who to her surprise, did not look very sad but instead more angry.


    Why wasn''t he sad? Shouldn''t he be sad and disappointed when hearing that his girlfriend did not love him? Unless. . . Unless, he did not love him either? Yu Xinyi''s mouth opened slightly but she quickly pushed this thought away as she focused back on Hu Yiyi.


    Hu Yiyi was getting mad and annoyed as well as she beganughing hysterically and looked straight at the ss in front of her, having a feeling that the person was behind the ss by now, "Love? Of course I don''t know love! But he can give me what I want!"


    "My boyfriend now is good looking and rich! You don''t even know how rich he is! You will never have that much money in your life, especially after going to jail!" Hu Yiyi said in distaste, "He is a surgeon. His annual sry is something you will never see in your lifetime."


    An Ping, Qi Lanyu, and An Yuchen all got angry when they finally heard the truth, the real reason for why they were here today. An Yuchen had forgotten to get mad at An Luxia about this "illegal" n, because he was furious at Hu Yiyi right now.


    However, only he knew that the anger he was showing on the outside was actually not very strong on the inside. Shouldn''t he be more angry and sad? But why did he not feel very angry, but instead. . . maybe some sort of relief? Or. . .


    An Luxia put down the device after hearing this, because she knew that this information was enough. Enough to reveal Hu Yiyi''s true self. . .


    She turned to look at An Yuchen, wanting to say something but not saying anything in the end when she saw his expression. His face was dark and although he did not look as mad as An Luxia had imagined, it was still pretty bad.


    "Hello?! Chen Ru, what do you want?!"


    An Luxia did not know what to respond and she did not have to, because the next second, An Yuchen jumped up from his chair and said gravely, "Open the door."


    An Luxia looked over to the worker at the back of the room and nodded, and the worker opened the door. An Yuchen marched out and entered the room Hu Yiyi was in, and Hu Yiyi''s face when she saw An Yuchen was definitely a sight you did not get to see every day.


    Her mouth fell open and she looked like she had just saw a ghost as she opened and closed her mouth but no words came out, "You - Yu - I -"


    Trying to keep her act up, she quickly reacted as tears began rolling down her eyes, "Yuchen, have youe to save?! Hurry and help me! Someone is trying to kill me!"


    However, An Yuchen no longer believed in her fake act and he maintained a distance away from her as he simply said, "I heard everything you said."


    Hu Yiyi''s face copsed as her shoulders sagged, knowing her chance waspletely gone by now, "CHEN RU!!!" She screamed madly.


    "You did not! Chen Ru,e out here! How dare you! How dare you?!" She began kicking at the chair hysterically and before long, the unstable chair lost its bnce and fell down onto the ground. She continued to kick,pletely losing all of her angelic image.


    An Yuchen knit his eyebrows together at this sight, disappointed and disgusted but not very sad, "Hu Yiyi, I am disgusted."


    He did not know what to tell her and after several seconds of merely staring at her, he turned around and left, returning to the original room. An Luxia exchanged a quick nce at Mo Han and sighed.


    "Brother, it''s okay. It is normal to mistake a person''s true image. . ." An Luxia did not know what else to say, "Let''s go home."


    An Yuchen nodded and stood up, also surprised that he wasn''t as dejected as he had expected to go through his first "break up", although this break up was a little more dramatic than he had expected.


    Together, all of them left the room and as they did, Mo Han trailed behind them. After they had gotten out of the warehouse, Mo Han told two of his workers to bring Hu Yiyi out and sell her to some bar in a faraway country or just throw her into the mountains.


    "Yes sir." The two workers got to work right away and they dragged Hu Yiyi out, as she was still screaming. When they pulled her out, the An family was just getting onto therge car.


    An Luxia and Yu Xinyi were at the end, and An Luxia was about to get on when she heard the screaming. She turned around and saw Hu Yiyi still trying to escape, but it did not work. However, the next second, she suddenly turned around and bit one of the men''s arms like a crazy dog.


    The man obviously did not expect her sudden attack, for he let go and Hu Yiyi took this opportunity to lunge towards them, her eyes filled with red as she pulled out one of her earrings, which was dangly and had a very long hook in the back.


    An Luxia gasped as she noticed that she wasing at them and before she could react, Hu Yiyi went for Yu Xinyi since she was the only one still standing on the t ground. The sharp silver backing dug into Yu Xinyi''s open skin on her arm.


    --- Author''s Note


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 Chapter 136 - Yu Xinyis Memories

    The sharp silver backing dug into Yu Xinyi''s open skin on her arm and she screamed painfully as Hu Yiyi pulled the hook out again.


    Seeing this, An Luxia quickly jumped off the car again and threw herself onto Hu Yiyi, not exactly remembering what she had learned all these years in karate. However, her weight worked as Hu Yiyi copsed onto the leaves, still screaming crazily at the thought of her life and n being ruined.


    The worker quickly ran over and grabbed onto Hu Yiyi again before she could hurt anyone else.


    "Xinyi!" An Luxia helped Yu Xinyi up from the ground, and although she wasn''t seriously hurt, her arm was gushing blood out by now. The earring hook was very sharp and as Hu Yiyi had gone crazy, when she pulled it out, she must have tugged on it because the gash ran down Yu Xinyi''s arm.


    An Luxia''s hands immediately turned red as she grabbed onto Yu Xinyi''s arm and everyone else in the car immediately came back out when hearing themotion.


    Mo Han''s face darkened when he saw the blood on his wife''s hands, and although it did not belong to her, he was still furious, "Can you not even do a simple job well?!"


    He turned to K and K immediately ran over, recing the man who had originally been holding onto Hu Yiyi. The man was dragged off, screaming for mercy but Mo Han did not hear.


    An Yuchen''s face paled when he saw the blood even though he was a doctor, and he ran over to Yu Xinyi, grabbing onto her arm, "Xinyi, are you okay?!"


    The blood in Yu Xinyi''s face had gone as she looked at her arm in shock, her brain still not fully processed the ident yet. Maybe it was because of the loss of blood, or maybe it was because she was too scared, but the next second, the world turned ck as she fell down, straight into An Yuchen''s arms.


    ---


    Beep, beep, beep. . . Yu Xinyi woke up to the sound of monotonous beeping and she slowly recognized the hospital environment she was in.


    She looked around and her eyesnded on An Luxia first, and then An Yuchen, who was next to her.


    "Xinyi!" An Luxia called, jumping up in excitement, "You''re awake! Oh, you scared us so much! There was so much blood. That crazy woman, I''ll certainly have Mo Han kill her!"


    Yu Xinyi smiled weakly, a buzzing sound in her ears as An Yuchen helped her up in the hospital bed, "How long has it been?"


    "A few hours," An Yuchen responded, worry written all over his face, "I''ll go and call the nurse toe check on you. Wait one second."


    An Yuchen walked out of the room withrge strides and An Luxia couldn''t help but grin watching this as she turned to Yu Xinyi, "Xinyi, my brother was the most worried when you got hurt. He carried you into the car and treated your wound himself! You should have seen him!"


    Yu Xinyi looked down, not very excited, "Xiaxia, you don''t have to encourage me anymore. I don''t think he likes me."


    An Luxia''s smile stiffened slightly as she sighed, grabbing onto Yu Xinyi''s well arm, "Really? Are you sure? I know my brother the best, and I have been with you two since we were all kids. From a third person perspective, I can see what is going on the best."


    Yu Xinyi looked up at her and An Luxia continued, her expression serious, "I know you are my best friend, but do you think I would be helping you if I was certain that my brother didn''t like you? I want the best for my brother as well, okay?"


    "But. . ."


    "Think about it," An Luxia quickly said when she heard the footsteps, and the next second, An Yuchen was back with two nurses.


    An Luxia stepped aside and An Yuchen began doing multiple checks on Yu Xinyi, even though it was just a small cut on her arm. Yu Xinyi watched as An Yuchen did his job seriously, and An Luxia''s words reyed themselves in her head.


    --- Memory


    "An Luxia!" Yu Xinyi screamed when she saw the empty te on the table in the An house, "Didn''t I tell you to save a cookie for me?! Did you eat thest one!"


    An Luxia giggled embarrassedly as she scratched the back of her head, "I''m sorry, Xinyi. I must have forgotten!"


    Then, she ran away quickly before Yu Xinyi could go after her. Yu Xinyi looked at the empty te dejectedly and was about to go hunt An Luxia down when An Yuchen came out from the kitchen, holding a napkin.


    He handed the napkin over to Yu Xinyi with a smile, "The cookies are too sweet. You can have mine."


    Yu Xinyi unwrapped the napkin and saw arge cookie inside, and she looked up at her brother Yuchen with glistening eyes, "Thank you, brother Yuchen! You are the best!"


    An Yuchen smiled and his arm next to his legs moved slightly as he considered patting Yu Xinyi on the head. Then, he cleared his throat and walked away, going up the stairs to do homework.


    --- Memory


    "I know right, the ss is so hard. You were so right to not take it," Yu Xinyi whined as she walked into the An house, saying hello to An Yuchen excitedly as they walked past each other.


    An Luxia bumped Yu Xinyi in the shoulder and giggled softly at her reaction upon seeing her brother, and Yu Xinyi rolled her eyes, "Chemistry? I told you not to take it. My brother took it and he said it was horrible."


    Yu Xinyi sighed and dragged her body up the stairs, her backpack filled with homework for the chemistry ss she was taking in high school, "It is! The teacher sucks!"


    An Yuchen heard this as he walked past the stairs and went to go get a cup of water, and as he slowly sipped the ice cold water on the way back up the stairs, he remembered something and ran back down.


    In the storage room, he found a cardboard box and began flipping through the pile of paper inside, finally stopping when he reached one folder. He quickly flipped through the pages and smiled, cing the ss onto the table and walking up the stairs two at a time.


    When he reached the room, he knocked once and walked in, pleased to see that An Luxia was in the restroom and Yu Xinyi was alone on the bed, staring nkly at the ceiling.


    "Xinyi," he called as he walked in, cing the folder onto the bed, "These are my notes from when I took chemistry. Maybe they will help?"


    Yu Xinyi immediately jumped up from the bed and smiled brightly, looking at the folder, "Oh, thank you so much, brother Yuchen! The ss is so difficult."


    An Yuchen did not say anything and smiled before turning around and leaving the room. At this time, An Luxia came out from the restroom, drying her hands, "What happened? Was that my brother?"


    "Yes, he gave me his chemistry notes," Yu Xinyi screamed excitedly, looking at the pages filled with his handwriting, "Isn''t his handwriting so neat? Oh my, it looks so pretty."


    An Luxia clicked her tongue as she shook her head, sitting down on the bed, watching Yu Xinyi as she excitedly read through the notes.


    --- Present


    "Everything is normal, but stay in the hospital just a little longer," An Yuchen said, cing his hands into the pockets.


    Yu Xinyi was still thinking about stuff, and it took a second before she nodded, "Okay. About how long do I need to stay?"


    An Yuchen thought about it and although the nurse was wondering why the doctor had made this patient stay since it was just a cut, An Yuchen responded, "One hour?"


    Taking this opportunity, An Luxia jumped up from the chair, pretending to be surprised, "Oh, brother, can you help take care of Xinyi and bring her hometer? I just realized I have a test today."


    She put on her handbag and froze slightly when she heard Yu Xinyi respond, "Today is the weekend."


    ". . ." An Luxia cleared her throat and whirled around awkwardly, "Sorry, not a school test. A school assignment."


    Then, she sprinted out of the room, winking to Yu Xinyi on the way out, "Bye!"


    An Luxia gulped, wondering how she had such a stupid friend. It was summer break!


    Therefore, An Yuchen and Yu Xinyi were left alone inside the hospital room. An Yuchen looked at Yu Xinyi apologetically, knowing that this was all his fault, "I''m so -"


    "You don''t have to be. . . Just be more careful next time when looking at people."


    An Yuchen looked down and nodded, "I still have some work to do. I''lle back and bring you hometer, okay?"


    Yu Xinyi nodded and watched as An Yuchen left the room slowly, closing the door behind him.


    What were his true feelings towards her?

 Chapter 137 - Rejection

    On the car ride back home, Yu Xinyi did not know how to feel. After everything today and what An Luxia had told her, the hope inside of her could not help but spark again.


    The atmosphere inside the car was weirdly silent, and An Yuchen seemed to also be quite tense as he wanted to say something but he did not know what to say.


    This silence made Yu Xinyi think, think about just how long she had been in this one-sided rtionship already. Over ten years. . . That was half of her life!


    She felt so powerless, merely liking someone silently like this, the other person never knowing unless she did something. Even when An Yuchen had gotten together with Hu Yiyi, the strongest feeling she felt was regret.


    Why didn''t she just tell him? Would she have had a chance if she just told him? Or. . . Or would their friendship have been ruined through her confession?


    The thoughts were like heavy weights on her chest and she looked down at the white bandage around her arm, closing her eyes as the car stopped in front of her apartment.


    "We''re here," An Yuchen said, turning to look at Yu Xinyi with her eyes closed.


    Yu Xinyi blinked her eyes open and slowly took off her seatbelt. An Yuchen got out of the car and quickly walked around the car to the passenger''s seat. He opened the door for her and ced his hand on top of the car so Yu Xinyi wouldn''t bump her head on the way out.


    Yu Xinyi stretched one leg out of the car and looked up at him, their eyes meeting in the hot summer air. She suddenly said, "Are you sad about what happened?"


    An Yuchen was slightly taken aback by the question that he forgot to respond for a second, but almost as if his mouth was telling him what to do, he spoke the deepest answer in his heart without thinking much, "Not really."


    This time, Yu Xinyi was the one taken aback by his answer, "Not really? Why? Don''t you - don''t you like her?"


    An Yuchen furrowed his eyebrows together, frowning slightly, "I don''t know. . . Maybe not as much as I had thought."


    Yu Xinyi had more questions but she did not know exactly what to ask as she stepped out of the car, the summer wind brushing against her skin. Her long hair swayed behind her as An Yuchen closed the car door, turning to face her as well.


    The only sound that could be heard was the wind as they looked into each other''s eyes, and in that split second, Yu Xinyi had the determination to stop waiting.


    To stop waiting for him, to stop waiting for the right time, to stop waiting for the right location, for signs of him liking her back, for. . . to stop waiting for herself.


    "An Yuchen, I like you. Do you want to be with me?" Yu Xinyi said, standing up straighter as she said this. Obviously, this was not what An Yuchen had expected, because he took a step back in surprise as his eyes widened.


    His mouth hung open but he did not know what to say and they stood in silence for another few seconds, "I. . . I -"


    Finally, he stood up straightly, looking down at Yu Xinyi from several inches above with a serious expression, "Not yet. Wait."


    Just those three confusing words, and then he turned around and left, entering the car and driving away faster than he hade, leaving Yu Xinyi standing alone in front of her apartment.


    She blinked a few times, the sadness still hadn''t hit her yet. Was that a rejection? ''Not yet. Wait'' What type of rejection was that?! What type of response was that?!


    She had been waiting for ten years! And now he told her to wait?! Yu Xinyi slowly turned around and entered her apartment, going up to the small room she had rented out.


    She felt better after letting her true feelings out, but she did not expect to receive such a nd and confusing rejection.


    After she had reached her room, she sat on the bed for what felt like several hours, when in reality, it was only half an hour. Then, she pulled out her phone and called An Luxia.


    "Xinyi, how did it go?" An Luxia asked excitedly.


    ". . . Not well," Yu Xinyi said, and then she started on her story, "So I don''t know what hit me, but I stupidly decided to confess my feelings to him when we arrived at my apartment, and guess what he said?"


    "You what?!" An Luxia screamed into the phone, jumping up from her chair, "You confessed?! No way, finally! You should have called me over! How could you do that without calling me?!"


    Yu Xinyi sighed, "That isn''t important, okay? He just told me, ''Not yet. Wait.'' Like what is that supposed to mean?! I know he wants to be nice, but he can just tell me no."


    An Luxia savored those words for a moment and after a while, even the ultimate genius An Luxia could not think of an answer, "I don''t know. . . My brother''s brain works a little differently than normal people so I can''t trante his words for you. Maybe you should just. . . wait?"


    Yu Xinyi red at the phone, "An! Lu! Xia! You are no help, I''m hanging up!"


    "Wait! Wait! Wait!" An Luxia quickly called and Yu Xinyi generously waited for a few seconds to see what she had to say, "Liya called me a moment ago to go get coffee and study for the next school semester. Do you want toe with us?"


    Yu Xinyi sighed, the sadness beginning to hit her from the rejection, "It''s okay, you guys can go."


    An Luxia nodded, "Okay then, bye. Don''t think too much about it, I''m sure my brother. . ."


    Yu Xinyi could tell that An Luxia also did not have any way tofort her, and she merely said goodbye and then hung up, falling down onto the bed again.


    "Yu Xinyi! Yu Xinyi!" She suddenly heard a sounding from far away, and it seemed to be calling her name. She frowned as she dragged herself out of bed, looking around.


    The sound seemed to being from her window and she walked over, pulling away the curtains and saw An Yuchen standing at the bottom of the apartment, holding what seemed to be a bouquet of roses.


    "Yu Xinyi,e down! Yu Xinyi!" He was screaming.


    Other people had also heard the noise and were beginning to gather at their windows to see what was up. Yu Xinyi furrowed her eyebrows together, wondering what he was up to as she slowly dragged her body out of the room and to the elevator.


    She could still hear his voice as the elevator door slid open and she got on in her slippers. Several secondster, she finally arrived on the first floor and she walked out of the door, peeking out to see that he was indeed still there, looking up at her floor screaming, "Yu Xinyi! Xinyi!"


    She walked out, her arms folded together. It seemed like she was mad, and she did not know why, probably from embarrassment, "I''m here. What are you doing?"


    An Yuchen was out of breath as he looked towards her, his face slightly red, "I -"


    He then seemed to suddenly remember something as he held the roses out, "I like you, Yu Xinyi. Will you be my girlfriend?"


    For a second, Yu Xinyi thought she was dreaming as her mouth fell open and she gaped at him. An Yuchen''s face turned more red when she did not respond, and he stretched his arms out even further.


    "Why -"


    "A confession should not be done by the girl. As the older male, of course I should be the one to confess! So just forget about what happened earlier this afternoon."


    Yu Xinyi did not know whether she shouldugh or frown as she looked at the roses, "You - You''re not joking, right?"


    An Yuchen gulped, "I''m not. I thought I was too when I told myself I liked you. Maybe the feeling was hidden underneath the mask of brotherly love I always told myself was what I felt towards you. Wanting to be nice to you, to help you, to protect you. . . I always thought it was only because I treated you as my younger sister, but after what had happened today, I thought maybe I''m wrong."


    What happened today? Yu Xinyi frowned. What happened today? Was it because of the ident? So. . . should she thank Hu Yiyi for this amazing gift?!


    Yu Xinyi still could not believe that this was happening, but she was afraid that if she waited any longer, this amazing opportunity would past, "I -"


    Not knowing what to say, she just took the roses from him, "I agree."


    An Yuchen let out a sigh of relief, "Really?!"


    Yu Xinyi looked down, "Why wouldn''t I? You know. . . what happened earlier -"


    Then, before she could react, she lost a grip of the roses as it fell down onto the ground because she was pulled into his warm andrge embrace. She could feel his heart beating in his chest as she pressed her face against it, her heartbeat also quickening.


    An Yuchen closed his eyes, his mind racing through everything that had happened. The feeling he felt now was almost a sign that told him that she was the right girl for him.


    This excitement, this happiness, this relief, it was something she had never felt before with Hu Yiyi. It exined why he was always nervous and happy when he saw her, why he loved her as much as he loved An Luxia, why his heart pounded like a frantic deer when he saw her in that white dress for prom, why. . . everything was right.

 Chapter 138 - Disappearance

    Just as An Luxia left the house, she received a call from Yu Xinyi. She sighed and picked it up, "What is it now?"


    There was a pause and then Yu Xinyi screamed, "An! Lu! Xia! You will never guess what just happened!"


    An Luxia put the phone a distance away from her ear because of the loudness, and the next second, she heard a deep chuckle that sounded weirdly familiar. . .


    Was that her brother?!


    "Yu Xinyi, why are you with my brother?!" She immediately interrogated, stopping in her tracks and looking at the driver to signal for him to wait.


    There was another pause, "How did you know?"


    "I heard himugh," An Luxia said with a sigh. Just a moment ago, her friend was all sad about being rejected, so what had happened now?


    Yu Xinyi frowned and then quickly shrugged, "Anyways, that isn''t important right now. So, apparently, your brother did not want me to be the one to confess so he rejected me and then confessed to me again and now we are together!"


    ". . ." An Luxia''s brain powered off for the nth time today as she tried to process the information. What?! Her brother is with Yu Xinyi now?! They were joking, right? What type of madness was this?!


    "An Yuchen, is she saying the truth?!"


    An Yuchen took the phone from Yu Xinyi, "Yes, it is. I''m sorry for not telling you about it earlier, but I know I really l -"


    "Yes, you should be sorry!" An Luxia immediately said, swinging her handbag to the back of her shoulder, "You should have told me so I could have nned it with you together?! It would have been much more romantic?! How could you not tell your little sister about this first!"


    An Yuchen sighed as he nodded, "Okay, okay. It was my fault, I''m sorry. I will definitely tell you first before the marriage proposal."


    Hearing this, Yu Xinyi''s face turned red as a tomato as she looked away, pretending as if she didn''t hear. An Luxia smiled when she heard this, not really surprised.


    She had always had a feeling that her brother had more feelings than just sisterly love to Yu Xinyi. Or else, she wouldn''t encourage Yu Xinyi in her one-sided love either. She did not want her friend to get hurt.


    "Okay, okay, you have to tell me about the detailster. I have to go." An Luxia looked at the time and realized she was almostte, so she got into the car and hung up the phone.


    She told the driver the address to the coffee shop and then said, "You don''t have toe pick me upter, because I don''t know how long it will take. I can take a taxi home."


    The driver nodded and started the car.


    She hummed the entire way to the coffee shop, and when she arrived, she immediately noticed Shen Liya sitting at the corner of the shop.


    She waved at her when she arrived, and An Luxia sat down, seeing the cup of coffee on the table already, "Hi! Oh, you ordered for me already!"


    Shen Liya nodded, "Yes. I didn''t know what you liked so I ordered atte for you as well."


    An Luxia looked at it and pressed her lips together slightly, "Ah, I''m sorry, but I don''t drink coffee. Here, you can have this. I''ll go order another smoothie quickly."


    She pushed the cup over to Shen Liya and she walked up to ce another order. Shen Liya raised one eyebrow as she watched her, and she frowned as she wondered how she could have forgotten!


    An Luxia came back a momentter with a smoothie and they began working.


    "What have you been doing during summer break?" An Luxia asked, taking a sip of the sweet smoothie and she smiled, as it had been a good day, especially after what had happened.


    "Nothing much! I found a job and I have been working in a restaurant. What about you? Have you been doing anything?"


    An Luxia shrugged, "Nothing much! Summer break is fun but it gets boring because there is nothing much to do."


    Shen Liyaughed, "Oh, it isn''t boring for me. There is quite a lot for me to do."


    An Luxia raised one eyebrow and they talked a while more before they started doing work, as they had one ss together and there was a lot of summer homework. After over an hour, they had finally finished.


    The cups were all empty as An Luxia stood up, grabbing her bag. She looked out the window and saw that the sun was disappearing behind the mountains already, and before long, the world would bepletely dark, "I should go back. It''s gettingte."


    Shen Liya nodded and looked outside as well, "Yes, I''ll go with you."


    Shen Liya stood up and pushed her chair in, creating a loud creaking sound. The owner looked their way as they were thest people in the shop and said goodbye to them.


    They walked outside and at this time, it was hard to get a taxi, so it took a long time before they finally were able to stop one. An Luxia got into the back seat and kept the door open, "Liya, do you want toe in as well? It is hard to get a taxi at this time."


    Shen Liya looked at her watch and then smiled, "Thank you."


    She got into the car, exchanging a look with the taxi driver as she closed the door and told him her address. It was in the same direction as Mo Han''s ce so An Luxia waited to tell the driver her addresster.


    It was getting dark outside and An Luxia pulled out her phone, scrolling through the recent news. She suddenly stopped when she came across a headline that caught her eye, because it wrote:


    ''Breaking News: Qin Hui and Lu Ming Reported to be Dating!''


    Qin Hui and Lu Ming?! Those names definitely ring a bell in An Luxia''s head. Was it because of the drama they acted in together? An Luxia had noticed something between them when they had been filming, so it was indeed true!


    She could guess that it was Lu Ming who chased Qin Hui! As they had driven in silence, An Luxia turned to Shen Liya to strike a conversation with this news, but just as she looked over, she felt a sharp pain on her back and the next second, the world cked out.


    --- An hourter


    Mo Han walked around the room impatiently on a call, "Did you find her yet? Is she still there?"


    K replied from the other end, "No, we searched the coffee shop already and asked the owner. She is not here anymore and ording to the security camera, she left an hour ago."


    Mo Han frowned as his expression darkened, and he kicked the door open as he walked out of his office to go look for her himself, "Are there any clues?"


    "From the security camera inside, you can see that she left with the girl she went with, Shen Liya. Afterward, there was another security camera outside and they got into the same taxi together. However, Mrs. Mo got into the taxi first and offered to bring Shen Liya home as well, which is why they got on together."


    "Look for where that Shen girl is right now," Mo Han ordered as he grabbed his coat and stepped out of the house.


    "Yes, sir!"


    Mo Han got into the car, driving himself as he pressed down aggressively on the gas pedal and drove down the mountain at a dangerous speed. After a while, he arrived at the coffee shop, which was empty except for the owner and his people.


    His people had pushed everyone out and no one dared to stay after looking at those people. The owner stared at them nervously, his arm shaking as he did not know what was happening.


    "Where is she?"


    K stood up, looking down at the ground, "The girl is gone too."


    Mo Han mmed his fist onto the table, having a basic guess of what had happened. After everything that he knew about, he could guess what had. . .


    At this moment, Mo Han''s phone suddenly rang and he reached into his pocket, his stomach sinking when he saw the number on the screen.


    It was an unknown number, and that was exactly what he was afraid of. It was an unknown number. He sighed and straightened his face as he took the call, waiting for the other end to speak first.


    Indeed, the other end did and he immediately recognized the person''s voice.


    It was a deep and slightly raspy man''s voice, and it was all too familiar because it sounded kind of simr to Mo Han''s voice.


    "My son, are you worried right now?" The man paused, expecting an answer but not receiving one, so he chuckled, "You do not have to worry. I only wanted to meet her."

 Chapter 139 - The Si Organization

    "My son, are you worried right now?" The man paused, expecting an answer but not receiving one, so he chuckled, "You do not have to worry. I only wanted to meet her."


    Mo Han''s face was so cold that the owner almost peed his pants as he turned around and walked into the back kitchen to avoid having to see the scary man.


    "Where is she?" He asked, turning to look at his worker sitting at the table with hisptop open as he typed away.


    "Why are you so scared? Don''t worry, I won''t hurt her! There is no point in doing that. She is enjoying her time with me here in Country A." Mo Siyan closed his eyes as he spoke, twisting the ss of red wine that looked like blood in his fingers.


    Hearing this, Mo Han immediately hung up the call and turned to his worker, "Did you get the location?"


    The worker nodded, "Yes, we got it this time. It is in a. . . it is on the border of Country A. It seems like a forest on the map."


    Hearing this, Mo Han was more certain as he stood up, marching out of the coffee shop, "Prepare the helicopter. We are going to Country A."


    ---


    In less than half an hour, all of them were on a ne in the air. Mo Han continued to type a chain of letters and numbers into theputer as they flew across the sky from Country Z all the way over to Country A, which took a few hours.


    K nced over at his boss asionally, thoughts running through his mind as well. After all these years of working with Mo Han, he had never seen his boss this nervous before.


    When the old man came to the mansion, K had been there too. Was it that man? Who was that man? K looked ahead then back at the people inside the helicopter. Since they were in a rush and they had to fly to a different country, Mo Han had not brought a lot of men.


    Including Mo Han and K, there were only ten people. Although K did not know where they were going, he had a bad feeling that the ten of them would not be enough for whatever was toe.


    "We will bending now," The co-pilot said into everyone''s headphones and right after saying that, everyone in the helicopter felt the ne drop as they began going down.


    About three minutester, they came to a stop on thisrge in of dead grass in the middle of nowhere. There was nothing behind them but in front of them, there was a forest. All you could see was therge patch of trees, and in the darkness, you could only see a few rows of trees before it disappeared into darkness.


    Even in the day, standing in front of the forest would seem quite scary, not to mention that it was nighttime.


    Mo Han jumped off the helicopter,nding on the hard ground as he looked around. He knew that there were more than trees in the forest, but it would be hard to get there.


    The trees were very dense, and it was impossible to ride a car in there, so it meant that they would have to walk.


    With several men behind him, Mo Han entered the forest, his ck shoes making crunching sounds against the leaves on the ground.


    They held shlights, walking through the endless trees, not sure where they were. The only source of direction was from the device K held, giving them directions for where to go.


    It seemed like an hour had gone by, and Mo Han was getting impatient when K said, "We should be getting close. It is a few feet away."


    Right after saying that, Mo Han''s shlight shone onto a wall, the first thing they saw in the forest other than trees. When the light hit the wall, there was a bang as suddenly, several lights turned on, revealing arge building that seemed like a grey warehouse.


    Lights lined the walls, illuminating the forest around them, and there was the sound of birds flying away. They stopped as the door to the warehouse opened and a man walked out, wearing all ck.


    He had a ck shirt on with short sleeves, revealing the green snake tattoo that ran down his left arm, and his bulging muscles were also very eye-catching as he walked towards them.


    "Wee," he said, holding his arms out, "I am Si''s assistant. I will bring you to him."


    Mo Han eyed the man cautiously, reaching his hand into his pocket as he took a step forward, and the men behind him also took a step forward.


    The man merely chuckled but his eyes were fierce as he said, "You do not want to use any weapons on me. It will not be of any good to you, especially since you are on our territory."


    Hearing this, Mo Han''s men stopped and Mo Han also knit his eyebrows together tightly, his fingers grazing against the cold material of the handgun in his pocket. The man''s smile widened by Mo Han''s reaction as he turned around and began walking towards the door, and Mo Han and his men followed.


    However, before the man entered, he turned around and pointed at the men behind Mo Han, his eyes scanning them one by one almost mockingly, "I''m afraid your. . . people can''te with you."


    Mo Han frowned, "Why?"


    The man shrugged, "Si''s orders."


    Mo Han looked behind at the HLX''s people and nodded. The men took a step back, standing a distance away from the building. K frowned, exchanging a nce with Mo Han before he stood back too.


    The man was pleased by this as he walked into the warehouse and Mo Han followed. After they entered, the door shut with a bang.


    The building inside was empty, and there was not a lot of space as it looked like from the outside. Inside, it was a narrow hallway throughout as they turned left and right, walking through several closed doors. Finally, they reached a steep set of stairs going down, and the man turned on the lights as he began walking down quickly.


    Mo Han followed the man down the stairs and it went down very deep before they finally reached the underground level. When the door opened, Mo Han realized that this ce was much more spacious than the upstairs.


    It was like arge house, but also like a business area. They made several turns, and they finally met other people now, all of which also had the snake tattoo.


    After several turns, they reached arge door and the man stepped aside, "Here we are."


    Mo Han looked at the man and then at the door and with one push, he opened the door and stepped in, looking around therge room.


    It was decorated very well, like a royal pce with red carpet, dimly lit candles, bookshelves filled with different colored books, and even arge bed to one side of the room.


    However, his eyes quicklynded on the chair to the other side of the room, because An Luxia was seated on it with her eyes closed.


    He immediately ran over, realizing that her arms or legs were not tied but she was just unconscious, "Xiaxia, Luxia!" He called, and he was surprised when after a few times, she slowly blinked her eyes open.


    She looked around the ce and then at Mo Han, and seemed to suddenly remember what had happened, "I -"


    "Come on, I''ll take you out of here. Let''s go." Mo Han grabbed onto her and she followed, not saying anything as the two of them made their way to the door, which was still open. However, the man that had just been with them had gone.


    Just as they reached the door, another person came in, blocking their way. After the person walked in, the door shut, and there was a click, signifying that the door was locked.


    Mo Han pushed An Luxia back when he saw who the person was, "Mo Siyan, what do you want?"


    The man smiled, folding his arms together as he walked over to the couch and sat down. As he did, Mo Han tried the door, not surprised to see that it was indeed locked.


    "Nothing. Didn''t I tell you I wanted to meet her?"


    An Luxia frowned, totally confused about what was going on. Meet her? Why did this old man want to meet her? Did she even know this old man? An Luxia looked at the back of the man''s head and frowned, a weird feeling filling her gut as her eyesnded on the snake tattoo on his arm.


    What was this ce?


    Mo Siyan crossed his legs together and then turned back with a smile, locking eyes with An Luxia, "I assume you don''t know that you are dying yet?"

 Chapter 140 - The Trap

    Mo Siyan crossed his legs together and then turned back with a smile, locking eyes with An Luxia, "I assume you don''t know that you are dying yet?"


    --- A long time ago


    "You will be the next leader of the Si Organization, and for your HLX. . . Well, give the HLX to me, and together, we will create the strongest underworld group ever to have been seen on this!" Mo Siyan said excitedly.


    "No," Mo Han said simply.


    Mo Siyan''s face fell and for several seconds, the room was scarily silent. Finally, after what seemed like forever, Mo Siyanughed. Heughed for several seconds and suddenly stopped, looking straight into Mo Han''s eyes as he asked:


    "Is it because of An Luxia?"


    Mo Han''s face immediately fell when he heard his wife''s name, and the next second, it was filled with fear. How did he know about An Luxia? Has his father been watching him all this time?!


    Mo Siyan seemed to enjoy watching the mixture of fear and confusion in Mo Han''s face right now as he leaned back against the couch, speaking slowly, "The Si Organization has been working on something amazing right now."


    His face filled with menace as he spoke about this, and he squinted his eyes together like a snake, "It is something that will take the world by storm, changing the world and all underworld organizations forever! I call it the ''Trap''."


    Mo Han looked at his father, his stomach taking a turn when he merely heard the name of the Si Organization''s new invention. The ''Trap''? That name itself did not sound very nice.


    Mo Siyan pressed his palms together, "The ''Trap'' is a new medicine that we created, and it is injected into the body."


    He smiled, "Or it can be mixed into foods or drinks and consumed? Very easy."


    He said this almost as if he was talking about some helpful medication, a proud smile appearing on his face, "The ''Trap'' stays inside the body and you know what is the most cool about it? The Trap can be controlled."


    He sped his hands together, "It can be controlled with a system we have. Once we click start, Trap will activate inside the person''s body and slowly begin to do it''s job. . ." He pressed his lips together into a thin line, "kill the person."


    All color had drained out of Mo Han''s face as he heard his father speak about this crazy invention, "Of course, it isn''t fast, which is one thing we need to improve about it. In the beginning, the victim will just feel easily tired and hungry. That''s it! That is all that happens for a few months."


    Mo Han tried to think back but could not remember anything about her feeling tired or hungry, because she was always tired and hungry! It wasn''t even anything different so how could he tell?


    "Then, after another injection, the victim will begin to feel very tired, and will also start to pass out sometimes. Faint."


    Faint, Mo Han repeated. Hearing this, he clenched his fists together as he was certain about what Mo Siyan had done now.


    Mo Siyan seemed very pleased as he shrugged, "However, there are no other side effects with the Trap and not even the best doctor in the world can see anything wrong with the victim yet. Then, we wait."


    He paused, almost as if he was also waiting for something, "Finally, nine months after the first injection, Trap does it''s magic."


    He held up one finger and began talking very fast, like he was casting a curse, "First, the victim will begin forgetting things and will slowly be crazy, and then one day, she will suddenly faint and then die in 12 hours."


    His lips curled up into a slight smile, "Scary, right? Well, guess what. It is in your beloved wife''s body."


    Mo Han''s eyes narrowed, and although he was not very surprised to hear about this, the words were still like a blow to his chest. The tiny sliver of hope that his guess was wrong was shattered as he red at his father, wanting to pull out a knife right now and just kill him.


    Mo Siyan could tell that Mo Han believed him, and he also knew about the time when An Luxia had fainted in the interview. He leaned back and said slowly, "I will give you some time to decide."


    "Come with me, listen to me, leave everything behind and give me the HLX and I will give her the cure. You know, I don''t just kill random people. Plus, she seems like a sweet young girl. Why should she die?" Mo Siyan said all of this emotionlessly, obvious that he didn''t actually are.


    Mo Han looked into his eyes, "I will give you the HLX, but I won''t go with you. Give me the cure."


    Mo Han had thought that Mo Siyan just wanted to HLX, and he would happily give it up for An Luxia, but he was wrong. Mo Siyan shook his head as he stood up, "No, I want the HLX. . . and you. Think about it, but I''m warning you, we have all the time to waste. . . but her. . . I don''t know about it."


    Then, he walked away, slowly walking out of the living room and then out of the door. No one stopped him.


    --- Present Country A


    An Luxia stared at the images on the table and then thought back to when she had fainted during the interview and the several times when she felt tired and almost passed out.


    She did not believe it. She did not want to believe it, but the way Mo Han looked at her and the evidence on the table proved that it was true. She was really dying.


    She did not want to look at Mo Han, and he could not look at her too. She looked up at Mo Siyan, her eyes filled with shock, "Who are you?"


    Mo Siyan turned to look at Mo Han, "Who do you think?"


    An Luxia was silent for a moment before she slowly mouthed the words, "His dad."


    Mo Siyan chuckled with a nod, "Smart girl, yes I am your husband''s dad. We must be very simr for you to tell right away."


    An Luxia red at him and did not say anything.


    "So what do you say? Don''t you want to live?" He then turned to look at Mo Han, "Don''t you want her to live? It will be very easy. Just stay here with me and give me the HLX, and together we will build thergest underworld organization ever in the world. Wouldn''t that be nice? And. . . she will live."


    Mo Han looked up at Mo Siyan and An Luxia immediately grabbed onto his hand. She did not know what to say. Of course she wanted to live! But. . . She also did not want to live without him.


    Plus, is that what he wanted? Did he want to go with his father and work on this horrible organization? An Luxia did not know his thoughts, but she had a feeling that he did not want to. And if he did not want to, then she did not want him to.


    "I told you, I can give you the HLX. But I won''t stay here with you," Mo Han said painfully, grasping tightly onto An Luxia''s hand. Then, after some thought, he said a little more softly, "Or I can stay here with you, but she will stay too."


    An Luxia looked around and did not want to stay in this ce, far away from everyone, but she did not say anything. She trusted that he had a n.


    But Mo SIyan was not pleased, "No, no. I told you. I stick with my terms. You stay and give me HLX and I give her the cure and set her free. She will live her life, and you will live yours with me."


    "I -" Mo Han jumped up and was just about to speak when there was suddenly a click and the door was pushed open. All three of them turned around to see who it was, and An Luxia felt a breath get stuck in her lungs when she saw the ck boots.


    And then, it was the same ck outfit that everyone else here wore, and the tiny snake tattoo on the top of her arm, which wouldn''t be noticeable if she wore long sleeves.


    It was a girl, with long flowing hair that was tied up in a high ponytail. She walked in, and An Luxia immediately froze when she saw the person''s face.


    "Liya. . ." She mouthed softly as she saw the girl shut the door again and walk over to them, not making any eye contact with her.


    Shen Liya was much different from her usual self, and the sweet smile was gone and was reced with an emotionless stone face. She did not have any makeup on and she looked almost like a statue as she stood behind Mo Siyan.


    An Luxia was just about to ask Shen Liya why she was here when Mo Siyan spoke first with a wide smile on his face, "I''m sure you have met Shen Liya already, my niece."

 Chapter 141 - Shen Liyas Identity

    An Luxia was just about to ask Shen Liya why she was here when Mo Siyan spoke first with a wide smile on his face, "I''m sure you have met Shen Liya already, my niece."


    An Luxia''s mouth fell open as she stared at Shen Liya, and the shock finally truly hit her when she saw no reaction from Shen Liya, which meant that it was the truth.


    Then, all the puzzle pieces finally fit together. A million thoughts seemed to sh past her head at once, and when she finally figured it out, she felt her legs weaken even though she was seated.


    So it was Shen Liya. . . Was Shen Liya the one who. . .


    "Shen Liya, you were the one who poisoned me," she said, not as a question but as a statement. Shen Liya still refused to make any eye contact with her, and no emotion shed past her face as well, almost as if she did not hear.


    Mo Siyanughed again, "Smart, smart. Yes, it was her. It was always her! Hahahaha! She was the one who injected the Trap into your body."


    Shen Liya listened to all of this without any change in expression, as if none of this had anything to do with her. If An Luxia did not know, she would almost think that Shen Liya was a mere robot.


    An Luxia thought back and the memories of the milk tea and times they ate together came back, "When was it?"


    Mo Siyan scrunched his nose together and tilted his head towards his niece, "The first dose. Do you remember?"


    Shen Liya folded her arms together and nodded, "February."


    An Luxia''s eyes widened as she thought back and remembered the first time when she drank milk tea from Shen Liya. It was back in February. . . When she first came to the school, Mo Han was gone. It was before Mo Han had gotten hurt, before her novel had blown up, before. . . before so many things.


    And now, it waste into August already. Six months had gone by since the first dose of Trap had entered her body. Six months. . . She was nearing her death.


    Mo Han also noticed this same thing and his face darkened as he red at Shen Liya, who did not look at either of them, her eyes fixed at a point in the distance.


    "It seems like your death date ising soon, right?" Mo Siyan said cheerfully, and at once, there was a loudmotion as Mo Han jumped up from the couch, pulling out a handgun from his pocket, the one he had been touching outside earlier.


    There was a click as he loaded the gun and pointed it directly at Mo Siyan''s forehead in a position ready to shoot, "Give me the cure or I will shoot you."


    Mo Han had also let the blood and anger get to him, as he did not think and acted rashly, knowing well enough that this was Mo Siyan''s territory and there was no way that threatening him would work.


    Indeed, it did not, because Mo Siyan was not rmed at all as he merely shrugged and at once, the door burst open and the room was filled with people in ck outfits with snake tattoos on their arms pointing their gun at not Mo Han, but An Luxia.


    An Luxia felt her muscles tighten and a chill ran down her spine as all the empty holes pointed at her, all of them ready to kill her within a second.


    "You shoot me, they shoot her," Mo Siyan said simply, rxed as he closed his eyes and leaned forward slightly, closer to Mo Han''s gun.


    Mo Han red at Mo Siyan, not very surprised but he was furious as he slowly lowered the gun, his hand quivering. An Luxia looked at Mo Han worriedly and grabbed onto his hand, pulling him back towards her.


    "You -"


    Mo Siyan quickly cut An Luxia off, not giving her the chance to speak, "Ms. An, don''t be so selfish, right? My sones with me, and you live. Now isn''t that perfect?"


    An Luxia''s heart twisted up in pain and anger when she heard that, and she could not help but think she was being too selfish. But was she being selfish by not wanting to die or being selfish by wanting to be with Mo Han? Or perhaps she was selfish by wanting both.


    Mo Han was not pleased to hear his dad calling his wife selfish and he grabbed onto An Luxia''s hand, pulling her towards the door to leave.


    All of the men immediately rushed towards Mo Han, blocking the door and stopping him from leaving, however, Mo Siyan put one hand up, "Let them go."


    Everyone, including An Luxia, was surprised when they heard Mo Siyan''s words, and it took a few seconds before the men stepped aside, creating a path for the two of them.


    "I will give you time, but I am not a patient person," Mo Siyan said softly, "Once she dies, she''s dead. You cannot bring back a dead person. It will be toote."


    Mo Han''s grip tightened around An Luxia''s hand when he heard this, and then, he marched out of the room in long strides. He led her up the stairs to the ground level and several people looked at them, but no one stopped them as Mo Han found the door and walked out back into the open forest.


    An Luxia breathed in the cold fresh night air and squinted her eyes together by the bright lighting from the shlights.


    "Mr. Mo," several people called as they ran over, checking to make sure he was okay. They were all relieved to see Mrs. Mo as well, but K could tell that something was not right.


    "Let''s go," Mo Han said as he began walking out of the forest, and the men followed. As they got further and further away from the building, Mo Han bent down, his back in front of An Luxia, "Get on."


    An Luxia was indeed a little tired after not getting a lot of rest, but she shook her head, "It''s okay, I''m fine."


    She grabbed onto his hand and pulled him up and Mo Han was going to offer to carry her again, but she began walking forward, so he did not say anything and followed her.


    After a while, they reached the helicopter again, which was on therge in in front of the forest. The pilot and co-pilot were still in the helicopter, and they jumped out when they saw the peopleing back.


    "Mr. Mo," the pilot said, walking over.


    "Let''s go home."


    Mo Han helped An Luxia up onto the helicopter, helping her tie her seatbelt and putting the headphones over her ears as they sat down next to each other. Within a few minutes, the helicopter was up in the sky, flying over thends back to Country Z.


    Because the helicopter sounds were so loud, An Luxia and Mo Han did not speak to each other the entire ride home. An Luxia had her eyes tightly shut together, but her brain was running furiously.


    The thought that she was slowly dying still could not process yet. She was still in her 20s, and there was still so much for her to do. She wanted to have a wedding, have kids with Mo Han, raise her kids up and watch them be adults with their own lives, and. . . how would her family react?


    An Luxia tried not to breathe too loudly as she pressed her lips tightly together. But Mo Han. . . How could he go with a father like that? There was no way he would be happy living with a person as crazy as Mo Siyan.


    She could not let him go to Mo Siyan. Even though Mo Han was the King of the Underworld right now, he was nothing like it. He had a great life and was a kind-hearted and warm man. With his father, An Luxia could be certain that in no time, Mo Han would be unrecognizable.


    She could not let that happen.


    After about three hours, the helicopternded on the mountaintop, and An Luxia opened her eyes, getting off of the helicopter and onto thend of Country Z.


    The sun of the new day was rising already, and the beautiful blend of golden orange set on the mountaintop, warming up the cold and empty mansion.


    An Luxia grabbed onto Mo Han''s hand, "Let''s go home."


    --- Country A


    The people in the room all left and only Shen Liya and Mo Siyan were left inside therge living room. Shen Liya sat down across from her uncle and raised one eyebrow, finally showing a hint of expression on her nk face.


    "Uncle, how are you so sure that Mo Han will end uping with you? What if An Luxia just dies. . . "


    Mo Siyan grinned and shook his head, standing up and walking out of the room, "Don''t worry about it. I did my research.. Mo Han loves An Luxia way too much to just let her die."

 Chapter 142 - End Of Summer Break

    The next day, An Luxia woke up like usual in Mo Han''s embrace. It was a warm day and the sun was out, shining in through the curtains.


    The two of them woke up at around the same time, and An Luxia smiled at him the first thing in the morning, "Good morning."


    Mo Han knew that there was obviously something wrong after what had happened yesterday, but he did not say anything and replied, "Good morning."


    An Luxia buried her head into his chest and he yed around with her hair, both of them not getting out of bed even though both of them had woken up already, "Do you have anything to do today?"


    Mo Han shook his head, "No. What about you?"


    An Luxia looked up with a smile, "No, of course I don''t. Summer break is ending soon. Do you want to go somewhere?"


    Mo Han frowned, "Go somewhere? Go where?"


    An Luxia closed her eyes and thought about it for a while, thinking, "It''s not too hot outside today. Do you want to go out on a walk together?"


    Mo Han nodded, "Okay."


    ---


    An Luxia wore a long flowy yellow dress with a straw hat as she stepped out of the house and into the warm weather, looking around happily, "Mo Han,e out!"


    She put on a pair of sunsses even though the sun wasn''tpletely out today. Mo Han came out dressed in a yellow shirt a simr shade to the one An Luxia was wearing as he looked around, "It''s not that hot today."


    "I know, which is why theke is a good ce to be!" She reached for his hand and they entered the car together. The driver looked at the two of them with some wonders and confusions inside his head, but he did not say anything as he drove them down to a nearbyke.


    As it was summertime and everyone thought the weather was nice today, there were a lot of people at theke, having pics, walking around, and doing other things.


    An Luxia grabbed onto Mo Han''s hand as they slowly circled theke, and when they reached the middle, An Luxia chuckled, "Do you remember? That is where you fell into the water before?"


    Mo Han looked over to where she was pointing and heard her burst intoughter at the memory, and he pursed his lips together, "It was all Qin Wei''s dumb ideas."


    An Luxiaughed, "You are pretty dumb to trust him!"


    They continued to walk, feeling the gentle wind against the two of them as they walked in silence, none of them saying anything. However, this silence and calmness could not go on forever.


    An Luxia turned to look at Mo Han, stopping in her tracks as she stared into his eyes, "Don''t do it. . . You won''t do it, right?"


    Mo Han looked at her and did not say anything for several seconds, "Don''t worry."


    An Luxia was not pleased by the answer, but at the same time, she knew that she could not stop Mo Han from doing what he chose to do, so she continued walking with him.


    Now that the topic had been brought up, Mo Han started talking about, "Are you going to tell your family about. . ."


    An Luxia shook her head, "It''s okay, I''m not going to tell them. . . yet."


    After the whole thing with Hu Yiyi, her parents had gotten a little suspicious about what Mo Han did for a living, but they did not press them on the subject. If she were to tell her parents about it, she would certainly have to also expose Mo Han''s upation.


    However, that was not the main thing. She also did not want to see her parents'' reaction to the news. It was painful enough to lose someone in your life, but losing the younger generation. . . An Luxia could not even think about it.


    They had always thought of her as their daughter, so knowing that she was dying would most definitely be even more painful than if she just disappeared one day. The feeling of dreading something that you know will happen is worse than the event happening.


    The sky suddenly dimmed as the sun hid behind some clouds, and near theke, the temperature was dropping even though it was summertime.


    "It''s getting cold," Mo Han said, stopping, "Let''s go back."


    An Luxia nodded and they started walking back in the direction they came in. After they had returned to the car, they decided to go out to eat lunch.


    It was almost as if nothing had happened at all, and once again, they avoided the topic, forgetting about it.


    "When is your school starting again," Mo Han asked.


    An Luxia thought about it as she swallowed the meatball, a little embarrassed that she did not even know the answer, "Let me check."


    When she saw the date on her first, her mouth dropped, "What?! It''s starting in one week! No!"


    Mo Han chuckled at An Luxia''s horrified expression andughed, "You know, I can always just take care of you and you can stop going to school."


    "No way! I have one more year to get my master''s degree. I am not going to quit now," An Luxia lifted her head up proudly and continued to eat.


    Mo Han smiled at her and nodded his head, "Okay, okay."


    ---


    The next day, they went to the An family''s house to eat dinner together for a special asion. This time, An Yuchen brought his new girlfriend back home again, and a much better reaction was received from his family this time.


    "Oh, Xinyi. I can''t believe it! I watched you grow up and now you are going to be my daughter-inw," Qi Lanyu said excitedly, looking between Yu Xinyi and then at An Luxia, who was also smiling.


    "Ah, why are they so slow? Xiaxia, go in and check on them!" Qi Lanyuined, looking towards the kitchen, where the three men were busy cooking.


    An Luxia nodded and stood up, walking to the kitchen and sticking her head in, "We are all so hungry! Is the food almost ready?"


    An Ping turned around and looked at his daughter with love, "Okay, okay. It''s almost ready!"


    An Luxia stuck her tongue out yfully and turned around, skipping away, "I''ll set up the table."


    A few minutester, the six of them were seated around the table, chattering as they ate dinner. An Luxia and Mo Han were all veryfortable, none of them worried or thinking about the matter at hand.


    Or, maybe they were both just very good at acting, because no one had any idea that something was wrong.


    ---


    For the entire week, the two of them put aside all other matters, and An Luxia, the author who has not missed a single day of uploading a chapter for a year already, did not upload for this week.


    They went from the beach to the movie theater, where they obviously watched another horror movie, and it was the best end of summer break An Luxia had that she did not even want to go back to school anymore.


    However, this morning, she still dragged herself out of bed.


    "You''re going to bete," Mo Han warned, standing at the door as he watched An Luxia spring out of the door, straight past him, and got onto the car. He chuckled as he shut the door and entered the car after her, and the driver began driving down the mountain to school.


    An Luxia red at Mo Han, "Why didn''t you wake me up when my rm rang?"


    Mo Han frowned, "Your rm rang two hours before the time that school starts. Why are you waking up so early?"


    "So this wouldn''t happen! Now I''m going to bete to the first day of school."


    Mo Han grinned and turned to the driver, saying, "Did you hear Mrs. Mo? She does not want to bete."


    The driver nodded and then the next second, the car was speeding down the mountain as An Luxia shrieked and nervously grabbed onto the safety handle


    ---


    Yu Xinyi was waiting for her at the front of the school, and she waved at An Luxia when they saw each other.


    The two of them went to ss together and sat next to each other, and Yu Xinyi looked around, "I think Liya is taking this ss as well. I wonder where she is."


    An Luxia''s face immediately stiffened when she heard this as her arms which were reaching for her books froze. She gulped and did not say anything, not responding to Yu Xinyi''sments as she pulled out her books.


    Yu Xinyi did not know about anything that had happened and An Luxia did not n on telling her. The professor came in a few minutester, and throughout the entire ss, Shen Liya did not show herself.


    After the day, Yu Xinyi and An Luxia were certain of one thing.


    Shen Liya was gone.

 Chapter 143 - Qi Yus Arrival

    Inside the mansion, Mo Han red at theputer screen as he mmed the pen onto the table, which rolled down onto the ground, the ss end of the pen shattering into tiny pieces.


    "Why isn''t it working?" He eximed, closing his eyes tiredly and annoyedly. The worker that stood in front of the desk looked down at the ground.


    "Mr. Mo, it seems like our people are disappearing before they can reach the target destination." The worker said softly, afraid to speak too loud in fear of angering his boss.


    Mo Han pinched the area of skin between his eyebrows as he sighed, frustrated at the current situation. He had to find a way to attack the Si Organization to get his father to retreat and forget about his n, but at the same time, he could not just destroy them orunch a bomb at them and destroy the entire area.


    He still needed the cure and only the Si Organization had a possible cure. . . Indeed, his father was a tough and sly character. His father must have known that he would not be able to just get rid of them because there was still something important in the hands of the Si Organization that he needed desperately.


    And, the Si Organization was even more powerful than Mo Han had thought and their previous ns and attacks had all failed.


    ---


    One month had passed and there seemed to be nothing wrong. An Luxia went to school every day and skipped back home in the best mood possible, writing her novels and doing her school work without any sign of being a person that was slowly dying.


    Mo Han also kept himself in a good mood as they ate meals together and spent as much time together as possible. It was a while into September and autumn was nearing as the temperature began to drop.


    "n Q did not work," K reported inside Mo Han''s office after An Luxia had fallen asleep. During this time, Mo Han had gotten much thinner and there were always dark eye bags underneath his eyes, making An Luxia very worried about him.


    However, she could not do anything. She knew that he would go into his office and do work after she had fallen asleep, and she talked to him about it, but he continued to sneak into his office at night after the world had gone to sleep.


    Mo Han did not seem very surprised anymore as all of the HLX''s ns and attacks on the Si Organization had all failed, "Try again."


    His fingers continued to type away on theputer, which shed once in a while, "I''ming up with a new n. After this, I might be able to find a way to hack into their system."


    K looked at the back of theputer and did not say anything, and the room fell into silence. After a while, Mo Han pressed a key and his fingers stopped as he looked at the screen in anticipation.


    Then, there was a red button as the screen turned ck and read: Error.


    Mo Han tried to hide the frustration and anger on his face as he began typing again, and K did not know what to say as he slowly walked out of the room, shutting the door behind him.


    As he walked out of the hallway, he turned a corner and found himself face to face with An Luxia.


    "Mrs. Mo," K bowed down slightly and stopped.


    "K, is he still working there?" An Luxia asked, standing in her nightgown.


    K hesitated for a second before saying, "Yes, Mrs. Mo."


    An Luxia nodded and walked past K, going down the hallway and stopping in front of the office. She pushed the door open and walked in.


    Mo Han did not look up from theputer screen, thinking it was K again, "What is it?"


    An Luxia did not respond and instead walked over to him, cing one hand over his arm, "Let''s go to sleep."


    Mo Han looked up, surprised to see An Luxia as he stopped his work on theputer immediately, "What are you doing here still up? You can go to sleep. I''ll be there soon."


    An Luxia looked at him seriously, not leaving any room for disagreement, "No,e to sleep with me right now."


    She knew what he was up to all this time, and nothing seemed to be working. She could not let him sacrifice his own health for her.


    Mo Han looked at theputer screen and then at her and finally stood up, "Okay."


    The two of them walked back into the bedroom and Mo Han closed the lights, getting into the bed next to An Luxia as the two of themid down on the soft cushion.


    "Good night," An Luxia whispered.


    "Good night."


    ---


    It was almost October and Mo Han walked into the room, peeking inside to see An Luxia sitting on the bed with her phone in front of her face, "Luxia,e over."


    An Luxia looked up, closing her phone as she walked over, "What is it?"


    Mo Han smiled, grabbing onto her arm and pulling her out of the room and into the living room, where another person was waiting.


    An Luxia looked at the person for a second, thinking that he looked oddly familiar, and she finally remembered who it was, "Qi Yu!"


    The man wearing the doctor white robes was indeed Qi Yu, and he smiled brightly as Mrs. Mo had remembered him, "Yes, it''s me."


    Mo Han and An Luxia sat down next to each other on the other side and An Luxia leaned forward, asking, "What are you doing here?"


    Mo Han spoke this time, "I brought him over to see if he can figure out what''s wrong."


    An Luxia''s smile dampened when she heard the mention of her "problem" and she nodded, "Okay."


    They had been to several doctors already, all of which were supposedly the best in their fields, but none could figure out what was wrong. Mo Siyan was not lying when he said that the magic of the Trap was that you won''t be able to tell anything is wrong until the victim died.


    Qi Yu had brought over a whole box of his equipment and a lot of other things, and he immediately began setting up, talking to them as he did so, "How have you two been during this time?"


    An Luxia smiled politely as she watched him, "Pretty good."


    There was a moment of silence as Qi Yu didn''t even know what to say, because it obviously wasn''t pretty good as she was dying. Why did he even ask such a dumb question?


    So, he decided to do his job and ask about the problem, "Is it a type of drug?"


    "It''s called the Trap. We have been researching ittely, but even my group of scientists cannot figure out the science behind it. We don''t know what they made it out of or how they created it, but it seems like a drug that enters the body and then slowly kills the person. Maybe like a parasite? I told you about it, right?"


    Qi Yu nodded, "Yes, I was thinking about the symptoms you told me about, and I thought about a parasite too, but if it was a parasite, there would definitely be a way to figure out where the parasite is spreading to. The weird thing is how there is absolutely no hint of any unknown substance in the body and how it is a slow process. How can they control it from a distance?"


    Qi Yu had finished setting up the necessary equipment and An Luxia moved over as he began performing a series of tests on her. Heartbeat, blood pressure, everything and anything you could think of and all of the test results appeared to be normal.


    Qi Yu finished dejectedly and removed the stethoscope and wrapped it around his neck, "Everything appears to be normal."


    This would normally be a positive statement but in this context, all of three of them were unhappy to hear about this result.


    Mo Han''s shoulders sagged although he was not very shocked by this result anymore. Qi Yu also did not know how to feel about this and he pulled out a tube, "Mrs. Mo, can I draw some of your blood to do some blood tests? Maybe there can be some clues in your blood."


    An Luxia did not want to let go of any possibility and she rolled up her sleeve, cing her arm onto the table, "Sure."


    Qi Yu ended up drawing several tubes of bright red blood and An Luxia felt a little lightheaded after he had finished. Qi Yu put the blood away and cleared his throat at the sight of Mo Han''s unhappy expression.


    Seeing that the big boss was getting upset, Qi Yu immediately jumped up, packing up his stuff at lightning speed, "Now that my job here is down, I''ll return to myb and see if I can figure something out! By, Mrs. Mo!"


    Then, he sped out of the room.

 Chapter 144 - The Warning

    An Luxia walked out of the restroom and sat down on the bed at night, opening her phone to scroll through some videos before going to bed.


    However, she stopped at the lock screen and stared at the date on the screen. It was nearing November already. . . time really did fly.


    Mo Siyan''s words returned to her head as the phone closed by itself.


    ''Nine months after the first injection, Trap does it''s magic. First, the victim will begin forgetting things and will slowly be crazy, and then one day, she will suddenly faint and then die in 12 hours.''


    Nine months. . . The first injection ording to Shen Liya was in February. Nine months would be in November. An Luxia tried to think back to exactly when in February Shen Liya had given her the milk tea, but she could not remember.


    Eight months was not very long ago, but she could not seem to remember much from that month.


    An Luxia felt a knot tie up in her chest and she put her phone away, climbing into the bed without scrolling through her phone anymore.


    A whileter, the door opened and Mo Han came in, joining her as the both of them fell asleep.


    ---


    People always said that time flies when you are having fun, but it also flew when you were dreading something that was not fun. Before long, November hade already and although none of them knew the exact date of when the Trap would begin it''s magic, they all silently knew that it wasing soon.


    In Country A, an old man woke up and looked out the window at the bright sunlight shining into the room, almost as bright as the smile on his face as he turned around and looked at the small calendar on his nightstand.


    He flipped the date from yesterday to the new one, admiring the numbers on the calendar as he licked his lips out of excitement.


    "Time is up," he announced, an evil glisten shing past his eyes as he sat up on the bed, excited about the next few days toe.


    ---


    Several thousand miles away, An Luxia and Mo Han also woke up, not because it was gettingte or of the sun shining into the room, but because of a phone call.


    A frown appeared on An Luxia''s face as she slowly blinked her eyes open, wondering who was calling at such an early time. The sun was not even up yet!


    Mo Han rubbed his eyes and reached for his phone, looking at the unknown number on the screen frustratingly, "Hello?"


    The voice on the other end immediately woke Mo Han up, "My son, I haven''t wished you a happy November yet!"


    Mo Han narrowed his eyes as he sat up on the bed, and An Luxia looked at him confusedly, unable to hear what was going on in the phone, "What do you want?"


    "Nothing! I am just here to remind you that nine months is up, and it is time for the magic. The deal is still open, but I do not know for how much longer."


    Then, Mo Siyan hung up the call, and Mo Han heard the beeping sound from the phone several times before he mmed it down onto the soft nket.


    "What happened?" An Luxia asked, although she could already guess who was on the other end of the phone. What else could make him so upset?


    "Nothing -"


    However, An Luxia immediately cut him off, "Don''t worry about it," she said and Mo Han looked at her, trying to tell her that it wasn''t about that, but he could see in her eyes that she knew.


    "I''m fine," An Luxia said with a smile, stretching her arms out as if to show that she waspletely fine. She did not want him to leave, and she knew that he also did not want to go back to his father, especially a father like that.


    There was no way she would make him do it for her.


    "We will find a way," she said with a cheerful smile, lifting the nket up, "The sun is out today!"


    She switched the topic as she got out of bed and entered the restroom, and Mo Han watched her for a while before following her into the restroom.


    However, there seemed to be no way. Aside from Qi Yu, Mo Han also found a whole group of the best doctors in the world from all over the world, meeting with them twice a day to see if they could figure something out. There was also a group of scientists and even a group of detectives, for what reason, An Luxia did not know.


    However, even with all of these experts, no one seemed to be able to figure out a single thing about the Trap, not even about how it was made, so even less so of the cure.


    An Luxia saw the doctors seated in the living room as she left for school, and she told Mo Han that he did not have to go with her, so he stayed with the doctors, who were discussing amongst themselves in the room.


    An Luxia ced the house keys into her right pants pocket and told Mo Han that he did not have toe and pick her up as well since she only had one ss.


    She arrived at school and quickly went through the one ss she had, not able to focus and not taking in anything the professor said during the ss. She entered the car and the driver drove back home. She closed her eyes on the car, thinking about endless things.


    Maybe she should tell her family. . . Not yet. Nothing was happening yet. It would be such suffering if they had to await her death. And perhaps. . . Just maybe, what if it was all a lie? Maybe it was just a trick by Mo Siyan to get Mo Han to go with him.


    Maybe there was nothing wrong with her. . . Of course, this was all just An Luxia''s hopeful dream.


    They slowly climbed up the mountain and finally stopped in front of the house. The driver went to park the car and An Luxia walked to the door, reaching into her bag for the house keys. However, she could not find them.


    "Where did I put them?" She mumbled, flipping through all the bag pockets and then reaching into her pockets, finally finding them in her pant pocket. She looked at it and the memory of her putting them into the pocket from the morning suddenly returned.


    She furrowed her eyebrows together, an ominous feeling rising inside of her. It''s nothing, sheforted herself, and opened the door, walking into the house.


    The group of doctors and scientists had gone, and Mo Han was waiting for her in the dining room with a table of warm food.


    "I''m so hungry," she said, sitting down at the table.


    "Go wash your hands and thene eat," Mo Han said as he took her bag from her, cing it onto the other table.


    An Luxia quickly ran to go wash her hands and then came back, starting to eat. However, before she had even taken over three bites, she suddenly looked up as if she had suddenly remembered something and jumped up from the chair.


    "I forgot to wash my hands," she eximed, putting down the chopsticks and turning around to go wash them, "Why didn''t you remind me?"


    As she disappeared into the restroom once again, Mo Han''s hands froze as he looked at her dazed.


    ''First, the victim will begin forgetting things. . .'' The words reyed inside Mo Han''s mind until An Luxia walked back, sitting down on the chair again.


    "What''s wrong? It''s okay, it''s just one time."


    Mo Han broke out of his stupor and looked at her, his frown deepening, "Luxia, did you forget? You just went to wash your hands a while ago. I did remind you."


    An Luxia froze and looked up, thinking back hard and it took a while before she suddenly remembered and her eyes widened, "I -"


    She also seemed to notice what was wrong and her lips twitched before she chuckled awkwardly, looking down to eat, "Don''t worry. I forget things all the time! Ah, I am really getting old."


    Mo Han did not say anything and stared at her for a long time before she finally said, "Eat! The food is getting cold."


    Then, he slowly began eating again.


    ---


    In the next few days, An Luxia seemed to forget things very often. Although she said it was normal, they both knew that it was obviously not normal.


    She forgot simple things, like uploading a second chapter even though she had uploaded one already, or going to wash her face several times. It was the type of thing that normal people would not forget.


    When the doctors heard about it, they hade up with one conclusion. The symptom was very simr to Alzheimer''s Disease, but the Trap had nothing to do with it.


    One thing was for certain: the Trap had indeed begun.

 Chapter 145 - Memory Of Christmas

    An Luxia tried to read the words on the page in ss, but they seemed like absolute nonsense as her brain was far away thinking of other stuff.


    During this time when she was beginning to forget things, An Luxia could not deny that she was horrified. She was scared. Very scared. She tried to be brave and not think about it, but it was hard. The idea that she was dying and before long, she would gopletely crazy was terrifying to her.


    It would be terrifying to anyone.


    All she could do was focus on other things, and she stayed upte doing school work that was not even necessary, studying things that weren''t even taught in the course yet, only to forget them the next morning.


    She wrote more chapters than she even needed to publish, until she was out of ideas to write about. She was even starting to forget the names of her own characters, and had to look back to find them and reread their information over and over again to remember.


    An Luxia knew that Mo Han was also scared. He also tried not to show it, but it was quite obvious in how his attitude and temper was unusually bad to the workers recently, and he got impatient very easily.


    He was also getting more and more angry and upset at the group of scientists and researchers, although they could not do anything either.


    An Luxia finished her ss and was going to go to the An house today to eat with her family. No one besides her and Mo Han knew anything about it yet, and they both did not have any n on telling anyone.


    Before long, November had passed already and December was also flying by. So far, besides forgetting things easily, there were no other effects of the Trap, so no one suspected anything was up.


    It was a cold December morning, and winter break had started so An Luxia was able to stay cuddled inside her bed during the cold mornings. She blinked her eyes open, surprised that it was unusually cold today as she snuggled up against Mo Han, pulling her legs and arms in.


    The room waspletely dark as the curtains were not opened, and even if they were, it would probably be quite dark. An Luxia rolled around, looking at the clock on the nightstand and her eyes widened. It was 11 already?!


    An Luxia knew that it was time to wake up, but she did not want to move! It was cold and dark! From themotion, Mo Han also woke up and he looked over at her, pulling her in because he was cold as well.


    "Why are you up so early today?"


    "Early?!" An Luxia scoffed, "It''s 11 already!"


    Mo Han was also surprised as he looked at the clock and then at the dark room, "I''ll go open the window. Let''s sleep a little longer."


    Mo Han got out of thefy nket, and An Luxia immediately felt a rush of cold air when the nket was lifted up. First, Mo Han went over to turn on the heater and then he pulled the curtains open, eximing, "It''s snowing."


    Hearing this, An Luxia jumped out of bed, not wanting to miss the first snow of the year. It was about time! Christmas was already just around the corner, yet the snow was a littlete this year.


    "It''s so beautiful! It must have started overnight," An Luxia said, pressing her hands against the cold window, which immediately made a mark.


    Mo Han looked at her with a smile on his face, grabbing onto one of her hands. Her eyes were brighter than the snow outside, and Mo Han couldn''t help but say, "It''s not like this is your first time seeing snow. Why are you so excited?"


    Hearing this, An Luxia''s eyes dimmed slightly but the sparkle quickly returned as she said, "It''s pretty! Of course I''m excited!"


    She did not want to ruin the mood by saying her true thoughts. . . It surely wasn''t her first, but who knew if it would be herst?


    As it was winter break, An Luxia had lostplete track of time and she turned around to ask Mo Han, "What date is today? Is Christmasing up soon?"


    Mo Han smiled at her helplessly, "It''s in three days."


    "Three days!" An Luxia jumped away from the window, feeling a little cold as she returned to thefortable bed, "I have to start preparing! We didn''t even set up the Christmas tree yet, and I should bake some gingerbread cookies, and we can all eat together on Christmas night!"


    An Luxia rubbed her hands together excitedly as she reached for her phone, burying her entire body and half of her head underneath the nket as she began to think of everything they could do for Christmas.


    ---


    "No! Not that much cinnamon!" An Luxia screamed frustratedly as she immediately took the cinnamon container away from Mo Han, who had gotten white and brown patches on his face, hands, and apron already.


    An Luxia sighed as she looked at therge bowl in front of the two of them, and she reached a spoon in, removing half of the cinnamon, "That is a pinch, okay? You put in way too much!


    Mo Han looked at her with an amused smile on his face, "Now what?"


    An Luxia shook her head, seriously reconsidering letting him make the batter, "Mix it. Remember, clockwise and in one direction only."


    Mo Han grabbed the spat and began mixing it right away, and the flour powder immediately flew into the air,nding on all objects near them.


    "Ah!" An Luxia immediately covered her face, coughing aggressively as she pped her hands at the air, "What in the -"


    After the powder had allnded, An Luxia and Mo Han stared at each other both withpletely flour-covered faces. An Luxia wanted to get mad at him, but staring at his stupid appearance, she could not help butugh.


    "Hahahaha!" She burst out intoughter and before long, Mo Han wasughing too at An Luxia''s face, which was also caked in flour and cinnamon powder.


    "Give that to me!" An Luxia snatched the spat and bowl away from Mo Han and began mixing the contents inside herself, "How the heck are we together!? You have absolutely no talent at all in cooking!"


    Mo Han grinned, leaning down closer to her, "I guess opposites attract, right?"-


    ---


    Ding! The cookies had finished baking and An Luxia carefully took them out, setting the perfectly baked gingerbreads onto the table. After they had cooked, she took one cookie, split it in half right through the body and gave the head to Mo Han.


    "So cruel," Mo Han said to receive an eye roll from An Luxia.


    "It''s so good!" An Luxia looked at the cookie in surprise, expecting for it to fail after what had happened.


    "Exactly! You have to see who made it," Mo Han said proudly, finishing up the entire cookie within seconds. An Luxia red at him, eating another one.


    "Exactly! I made it!"


    Mo Han chuckled and did not fight with An Luxia as the two of them both began eating warm cookies in the cold weather as the pure white snow fell down from the sky and onto the ground outside.


    ---


    "Merry Christmas!" Everyone said as they lifted up the sses filled with wine.


    The table in front of them was filled with delicious food as all of them began to eat, chattering and talking about endless things as all unhappy thoughts were pushed away.


    "Xiaxia, can you go get a spoon for the gravy?" Qi Lanyu asked when she realized that they were missing arge spoon. An Luxia stood up and quickly ran into the kitchen to get a spoon, but as she entered the kitchen, she forgot why she was there.


    She looked around the empty room confusedly, wondering why she hade. After a few seconds, she returned to the seat, not holding anything. As she was about to sit down, Qi Lanyu looked at her confusedly, "Where is the spoon?"


    Hearing this, An Luxia then remembered and she was just about to go again when Mo Han stood up, "I''ll go get it."


    An Luxia pressed her lips together as she watched Mo Han go get the spoon ande back. She smiled at him and he smiled back. No one noticed anything as they all began eating the Christmas dinner, but the one thing was enough to bring back the bad thoughts.


    After eating dinner, An Luxia and Mo Han went outside to see the snow and as they stood on the second floor balcony, staring out at the night where all the houses'' lights were all bright open.


    There were tons of cars out on the streets, even though it was Christmas night as everyone tried to rush home. As they stood next to each other, An Luxia could feel the tension and stress in the cold air.


    "It''s okay," she said, "I will be happy to spend myst time with you. . ."


    "Stop talking," Mo Han immediately said, turning to face her, "I will find a way."


    An Luxia looked up at him and didn''t say anything.. After a while, she smiled and grabbed onto his hand, and the two of them entered the room together.

 Chapter 146 - Kidnap

    At night, they slept at the An house together and they were going to stay there until the New Year. Theyid on the soft bed in the dark room, close together because the bed was quite small as it had been An Luxia''s old bed.


    An Luxia had fallen asleep already since it was a tiring day and it was veryte, but Mo Hanid wide awake, unable to fall asleep.


    The fear and unknown overwhelmed him as he did not know what to do, and the thought of just going back to his dad and agreeing to his deal was starting to weigh a little heavier than the downside.


    As long as she lived, it was fine what happened. He would rather be away from her than not be able to ever see her again.


    An Luxia rolled around on the bed and Mo Han quickly wrapped his arm around her waist to prevent her from rolling off the bed. An Luxia moaned softly like a small kitten and Mo Han turned to look at her. After a few seconds, his eyelids started to feel heavy as he soon fell asleep.


    ---


    Soon enough, other known symptoms began to show up as well as the worst thing was not An Luxia losing her memory now. On top of that, she was beginning to get a little crazy.


    She would do really weird things that children would usually do, and afterwards, would forget all about it as if it had not happened.


    It was a cold winter day, and the wind outside stopped anyone from stepping out.


    Mo Han opened the door and saw An Luxia walking in circles in the room, looking up at the ceiling in a daze, muttering something underneath her breath that he could not understand.


    He knit his eyebrows together, realizing that the Trap had hit again, and he walked over to her, grabbing onto her hand, "Luxia."


    An Luxia continued to walk in a circle but she bumped into Mo Han halfway through, and she looked at her in surprise, "Little Hanhan, look! There are stars in the sky!" She said, pointing up at the ceiling which was aplete shade of ck. Her eyes sparkled as her finger scanned the ceiling, almost as if she was pointing at the stars.


    Her voice was weirdly high, almost as if she was talking to a child. Mo Han grabbed onto her finger and said gently, "There are no stars."


    An Luxia looked up once again and when her eyes locked with the ck ceiling, she suddenly furrowed her eyebrows together, looking around as if she had just woken up, "What am I doing?"


    Her voice had returned to its normal self and she looked at Mo Han, "You are done with work?"


    Mo Han could not bear seeing her like this and he nodded, "Yes. Come on, let''s go eat dinner."


    An Luxia grabbed onto his hand and together, they walked out of the room to eat dinner.


    The days passed by like this one by one, nothing changing as An Luxia''s condition got worse slowly. On this day, Mo Han was in his office going through some work very frustratedly.


    He had been in the office for several hours already, and it was time for lunch. Mo Han looked up at the clock, confused on why An Luxia did note in to tell him to go eat lunch today. He waved off the worker and left the office, going to the bedroom to look for her, thinking that she might have gone crazy again.


    However, he was wrong this time.


    When he pushed open the bedroom door, he did not see anyone inside. Mo Han looked around the empty room, stepping in and then looking through the bathroom and the closet, only to find it all empty.


    He stepped out of the room again and asked the maid standing not too far from the door, who stood there at all times to make sure An Luxia did not do anything out of hand, "Did you see Mrs. Mo?"


    The maid looked down and shook her head, "Mrs. Mo should be in there. The door did not open after you had gone, Mr. Mo."


    Hearing this, Mo Han''s eyes immediately widened as he grew rmed. He turned around and looked around the room again, his eyesnding on the open window. The cold air entered the room through the window, sending a chill down Mo Han''s spine.


    He entered the room again, looking down the window to see the mountains at the back of the mansion. As he turned around, his eyesnded on the white paper ced on the bed, not very noticeable on top of the white beddings.


    Mo Han immediately picked it up, reading through the two words on the paper:


    ''Country A''


    Mo Han crumpled the paper up in his fingers, throwing it at the wall in anger. But it was only paper and it could not do any damage. He put one hand up to his forehead and then walked out of the room, stopping in front of the maid.


    "Are you sure you did not see Mrs. Mo? Any sounds?!" He questioned the maid, who grew scared as she began stuttering.


    "No, no, Mr. Mo! I was standing out here the whole time and Mrs. Mo did note out. There was nothing unusual going on in the room. I did not hear or see anything!" The maid looked around, wondering what had happened but was too afraid to ask.


    Mo Han knitted his eyebrows together tightly as he entered the room again, just in time for him to hear thendline phone in the room start ringing.


    He immediately ran over and picked it up to hear a familiar voice, "Mo Han, I assume you see that she is gone already. Yes, it was me."


    "What -" Mo Han started.


    Mo Siyan immediately cut his son off, "I am running out of patience. Hurry and make your decision."


    Then, he hung up the call, leaving Mo Han incredibly worried as he marched out of the room, going to prepare the flight to Country A. However, before he could even reach the living room, he was stopped.


    "Mr. Mo, the scientists seemed to have thought of something," K suddenly came over, noticing that Mo Han was in a bad mood.


    Hearing this, Mo Han stopped in his tracks. Not sure of what was more important, Mo Han finally said, "Let''s go."


    Then, they were on the way to the scientists''b.


    ---


    When An Luxia opened her eyes again, she was inside a room. It was decorated in a very cozy manner with a small bed to the left and a couch on the right. The walls and the floor were all made of carpet and there seemed to be nothing hard inside the room.


    An Luxia could not remember anything that had happened, which seemed to happen very often these days.


    The door suddenly clicked open and Shen Liya walked in. Seeing her, An Luxia immediately figured out where she was as she narrowed her eyes, ring at Shen Liya, "You -"


    However, Shen Liya did not seem to have any intention of acknowledging her as she ced the tray she was holding onto the floor and then walked out, locking the door again.


    An Luxia walked over and looked at the tray, which had several tes of food on it. She was indeed very hungry, and thinking that there was no point in poisoning her, she began eating on the couch.


    ---


    "Uncle, what if he doesn''te?" Shen Liya asked Mo Siyan inside his office, which was dimly lit by a few candles underground.


    "He will most certainlye, " Mo Siyan said with confidence, throwing the cigarette he was holding into the ashtray.


    "Speaking of which, I should go talk to her for a quick moment. Wait here for me." Then, Mo Siyan stood up and left the room. Right after he walked out of the door, Shen Liya immediately ran over to the other end of the office, beginning to click through Mo Siyan''sputer.


    She typed furiously as several green words shed past Mo Siyan''sputer, and then she went through several codes and locks before finally reaching a folder. She could feel her heart beating in her chest as she clicked open the folder, revealing several images and documents.


    She went through them one by one, and the documents included images of people in a hospital bed, hospital records, bank transaction records, car ident images, and more.


    After clicking through all of them, Shen Liya typed some more and after theputer screen read: Transfer Sess, Shen Liya let out a deep breath as she looked up at the wall.


    So, her guesses had indeed been right. And the note was not lying. . . Mo Siyan did murder her parents.


    Then, there was a click as the door was pushed open.

 Chapter 147 - Mo Hans Arrival

    So, her guesses had indeed been right. And the note was not lying. . . Mo Siyan did murder her parents.


    Then, there was a click as the door was pushed open. When Mo Siyan walked in, he saw Shen Liya standing in the same ce she had been standing at when he left. He looked at her with a weird feeling inside of him, but he could not figure out exactly what was wrong.


    "She said she''s thirsty. Go get her a cup of water," he said, and Shen Liya nodded before walking out of the room without saying anything.


    After closing the door, she let out a breath of relief as she was almost caught and she quickly left, going to go get a cup of water.


    With the warm cup of water, she entered the room with a straight face, surprised to see An Luxia standing right at the door, staring straight back at her.


    She could not help but flinch slightly at the close contact, but after a while, she continued to walk straight past her as she ced the cup of water onto the ground.


    When she turned back around, she saw that An Luxia had closed the door and was facing her.


    "Shen Liya," she said. An Luxia noticed a slight and quick change of expression on Shen Liya''s expression when she heard her name, but she quickly went back to maintaining a straight expression as she tried to walk past An Luxia but she wouldn''t let her past.


    "Don''t you feel any remorse for doing this?" An Luxia asked coldly, unable to recognize the same girl she had met in school.


    Shen Liya did not respond but a hint of confusion shed past her eyes and An Luxia was careful enough to catch this, so she continued, "You know you don''t have to help your uncle, right?"


    Shen Liya looked over at An Luxia and spoke to her for the first time she hade here, "And why shouldn''t I? Do you expect me to help you?"


    "Yes," An Luxia replied bluntly, "I am certain that you are smart enough to know what is right and what is wrong. There is no good in helping your uncle."


    Shen Liya opened her mouth but didn''t say anything for several seconds. Then, sheughed and walked towards An Luxia, looking a little more open to talk, "And what good is there to help you?"


    "At least you won''t feel the knot in your heart you do right now," An Luxia said slowly, causing Shen Liya to raise her eyebrows in surprise at what An Luxia had said.


    Since she was a little girl, she was trained to be a top murderer, just like her uncle. After her parents had died, she was brought here by Mo Siyan, who said that he was her parent''s best friend, and they wanted him to take care of her.


    She had always been emotionless and possibly even heartless, but after all the events that had happened recently, when she saw An Luxia here, she felt very ufortable. She could not tell what it was, but it made it hard to breathe for her.


    "Shen Liya, I know you aren''t the same as him," An Luxia said, "We all aren''t. He isn''t even your biological uncle, right?"


    Shen Liya narrowed her eyes at An Luxia, taking a step towards her, "How did you know?"


    An Luxia had guessed, but she wasn''t surprised that her guess was right, "You guys aren''t alike at all. Whether it is the outer appearance, or the inner. You two are different."


    Shen Liya thought back to the new information she found earlier and she clenched her fists together. Although she did not want to help An Luxia, she was also not on the same boat as Mo Siyan anymore.


    He had lied to her for all this time, and used her after murdering her parents! There was no way she would let him off the hook so easily!


    An Luxia frowned slightly when she noticed the anger in Shen Liya''s expression. Did she say something that angered her?


    Shen Liya pressed her lips together as she broke out of her thoughts and looked at An Luxia, not saying anything as she walked around An luxia and out of the room, many ideas running through her mind.


    ---


    A dayter, Mo Han arrived in Country A. It turns out that the discovery the scientists were talking about was actually nothing special, and after Mo Han had gone, they realized that it was of no use.


    Mo Han was furious at them before immediately getting onto a ne to Country A. He arrived at the Si Organization''s ce and was escorted down to the underground chamber once again, where he was immediately greeted by his dad.


    "You came a littleter than I had expected," Mo Siyan said, turning around and walking into his office as Mo Han followed.


    There was no one inside and Mo Han stood near the door as he said, "I will give you the HLX since that is what you want, but give me -"


    "No," Mo Siyan said without even waiting for Mo Han to finish his terms, "I need an heir. The HLX is indeed very attractive tobine with the Si Organization, but I also need a heir. I want both."


    Mo Han frowned, clenching his fists together as he said, "Fine, I will be your heir and give you the HLX, but let me stay with her."


    Mo Siyan raised one eyebrow, "You want her toe here with you."


    Mo Han thought about it and realized that it wouldn''t be a very good decision to let An Luxiae live here as well, "No, I want to be able to visit her at least once a week."


    Mo Siyan was silent and Mo Han thought there was some hope, but the next second, Mo Siyan shook his head, "No, she is going to pull you back and then, what will I do? I need you to agree with my terms. Stop trying to negotiate."


    Mo Han red at his father, and after a long tense silence, he stepped forward, not trying to negotiate with him anymore, "Let me take her back to Country Z. Where is she?"


    Mo Siyan stood up from his chair and shook his head, "No, no, I have decided to keep her here. I am impatient."


    He shrugged as a menacing smile appeared on his face, "She only has at most one month left, and this will definitely be the worst month for her. How can I let her go? Of course I have to keep her here!"


    Mo Han''s face turned red from anger as he marched forward, but before he could even get near the old man, two people rushed into the room and grabbed onto him, stopping him from murdering his father out of anger.


    Mo Siyan clicked his tongue and shook his head in what appeared to be disappointment as he sat back down in his chair, watching Mo Han, "How are we father and son? You are quite rash to be my son. And you don''t seem to know what is best for you. Women can be found everywhere! Why hang yourself on one tree when there is a whole forest out there!"


    Mo Han red at his father, attempting to break free from the two men''s grip but before he could, more people rushed in and grabbed onto him.


    "There is no point in trying. You can''t hurt me here," Mo Siyan said, "Plus, if you do, what will happen to your little wife? She will still die."


    Mo Siyan chuckled and looked towards the door as another person walked in, and he was pleased to see Shen Liya as he turned to speak to her, "Liya, look who''s here."


    Shen Liya looked towards Mo Han and then quickly turned her attention back to her uncle.


    "Why don''t you escort our guest out of our ce. I think he does not want to stay here anymore." Mo Siyan said with a smile on his face, which caused Mo Han to get furious but he could not do anything else but leave for now.


    Mo Siyan would not do anything to An Luxia for now, so there was no point in being here. He had to think of something quick.


    Shen Liya nodded and turned around, walking out of the room as the four men followed with Mo Han in the front. After they had left the office and the door closed, they walked down the hallway to therge living room on the underground floor.


    Then, Shen Liya stopped and turned around to look at them, "You guys can go. I can take care of him and get him out of here myself."


    The four men exchanged worried nces and Shen Liya raised an eyebrow at them. Since they all knew that Shen Liya was the most trusted by Mo Siyan and her skills were also higher than all of thembined, they let go of Mo Han and walked away to return to their posts.


    Mo Han looked at Shen Liya and they exchanged a nce before Shen Liya turned around and began walking towards the stairs. Mo Han did not do anything as the two of them walked up the stairs to the ground level.


    When they reached the top floor, Shen Liya suddenly stopped before they reached the door, looking around to make sure there was no one around.


    Then, she turned to look at Mo Han and said in a low whisper, "I can help you."

 Chapter 148 - Shen Liyas Help

    When they reached the top floor, Shen Liya suddenly stopped before they reached the door, looking around to make sure there was no one around.


    Then, she turned to look at Mo Han and said in a low whisper, "I can help you."


    ---


    An Luxia stayed inside her room, sitting on the couch without moving at all as she stared nkly at the wall. There were no windows in here at all, no possibility of getting out unless it was through the only door, but it was locked.


    And no one was going to open it for her and let her go. She closed her eyes for what seemed like eternity, until suddenly, she heard a click. She jumped up from surprise, wondering where the sound came from, and the next second, the door was pushed open.


    When she saw the person that came in, An Luxia''s eyes dimmed as she turned around to sit back down. Shen Liya hade in and An Luxia knew that she was probably here to deliver her another meal or something.


    She dropped back down onto the couch, closing her eyes again. For several seconds, she heard nothing, and she was getting confused on whether Shen Liya was still here, so she opened her eyes.


    Once she opened them, her eyes met with Shen Liya, who was standing right in front of her. She stood up, looking at Shen Liya, who seemed a little off, "What are you here for?"


    Shen Liya pressed her lips together as a ball of fire built inside her eyes, "Once you get out of this room, there will be a hallway. Run down that hallway and then turn left. Go all the way down and then turn right. You will enter arge room. Look to the left and you will see two doors. Take the door that is at the very corner of the room and then go up the stairs to the top. At the top, you should see another door. Go out and Mo Han will be waiting for you there."


    Shen Liya paused after saying all that, hoping that An Luxia remembered, "I should have taken care of all the guards, but still be careful."


    An Luxia wanted to ask Shen Liya why she was suddenly helping them, but there was no time for that. All she could do was quickly mumble, "Thank you," and then she ran out of the door.


    Shen Liya watched her run and she let out a breath of relief as a heavy weight was lifted off of her shoulders. Then, she did not wait long and left the room as well, locking the door behind her as she ran down the hallway where An Luxia had disappeared.


    An Luxia followed the directions Shen Liya had given her. She ran down the hallway as fast as she could, her heart jumping out of her chest as she made a left and then made a right. She found herself in therge room Shen Liya had told her she would see.


    Two doors. . . She saw them and ran over. However, just as she reached the doors, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head and the next second, she could not remember what Shen Liya had told her. She looked around, wondering why she was out here.


    Wasn''t she in a room? Did she escape?


    An Luxia looked around, not sure of where to go. There were two doors in front of her, one in the corner and the other one to the left.


    Not sure of what to do, she randomly pushed open a door, which turned out to be the one on the left and ran in. It was dark and she did not know where she was going, and she continued to run forward until she suddenly heard several voices.


    It seemed like a group of men and they wereughing and talking about something. Realizing that she had probably entered the wolves'' den, An Luxia immediately turned around and began running down the direction she hade from.


    "Did you hear that?" The chatter stopped as one of the men said. The other men also quieted down as they had caught the sound of footsteps as well.


    One of the men stood up and walked towards the door, pushing it open into the darkness. He clicked a button and the lights were immediately turned on. He looked around, taking a step forward and did not see anything.


    Realizing that he might have heard wrong, he shrugged, closed the lights, and entered the room again. Meanwhile, An Luxia had reached the door again, but because there was light and then suddenly it turned dark again, her eyes could not adjust and she ran straight into the door, her forehead banging against the hard wall.


    It made a loud sound that echoed inside the narrow hallway, and she was dizzy for several seconds as the lights were suddenly turned on again.


    The click of the lights turning on was almost like a switch, turning on the memories that had disappeared in her head once again. She remembered Shen Liya and. . . two doors. . . take the door that is at the very corner of the room and then go up the stairs to the top.


    She could hear the nearing footsteps and a cold sweat broke out on her forehead as she pulled the door open and shut it right away, turning the lock on the outside.


    She looked to the right and saw the door Shen Liya was talking about and pulled it open, running up the stairs, which turned steeply until she reached the top.


    At the top, there was another door which she pulled open, and she immediately felt a gush of wind as she stepped outside. Before she could react, she was pulled into an embrace and she quickly recognized the familiar smell and body.


    "Mo Han!"


    ---


    After locking the door, Shen Liya waited outside for a while, leaning back against the wall and taking several deep breaths with her eyes closed. She pressed her lips tightly together, not making any noise and it almost seemed like no one was there.


    She waited for about three minutes, and she looked down at her watch, making sure that she had given An Luxia enough time to run away. Then, she stood up straight and marched down the hallway, slowly breaking into a run as she reached Mo Siyan''s office.


    She then pushed the door open in a rush, banging it open against the wall. Mo Siyan looked up from his desk annoyedly, wondering who had barged in without even knocking. When he saw Shen Liya, he frowned, "Liya, what are you doing?! Why didn''t you knock?"


    Shen Liya pretended to be catching her breath as she pointed out the door, panting for air. Mo Siyan stood up from his seat, looking at her confusedly, "What happened? Why are you in such a rush?"


    He had trained her since she was young to be a great killer like he was, so it was weird for him to see her in such bad shape. Why was she so tired? She could run several miles without even breathing quickly, so it was very umon to see her like this.


    Shen Liya realized that her act might be getting a little overboard, and she looked up, saying, "An Luxia. . . She escaped!"


    Mo Siyan gasped, looking at Shen Liya as if he was making sure that she was not lying. He forgot to react for several seconds, and after he finally recovered from the shock, he immediately screamed, "It''s Mo Han! It has to be him! Didn''t I tell you to escort him out of here?"


    Shen Liya looked down guiltily, "I did, Uncle! I am certain that he was out of here and I locked the door as well!"


    "When did she disappear?" Mo Siyan asked, still muttering, "It''s Mo Han. . . "


    "I don''t know. I went to go check on her just before now after Mo Han was gone, but when I did, I saw an empty room. I came here right away."


    Mo Siyan looked at his "niece", clenching his fists together before he suddenly barged out of the room, bumping past Shen Liya as he went, "It has to be Mo Han! I am certain he is still outside right now!"


    Shen Liya stayed inside the room as she heard Mo Siyan screaming, "Everyone, get ready! Get your guns! It''s time to fight!"


    --- A while ago


    Shen Liya and Mo Han slowly walked up the stairs with Shen Liya in front, both of them not saying anything.


    When they reached the top floor, Shen Liya suddenly stopped before they reached the door, looking around to make sure there was no one around.


    Then, she turned to look at Mo Han and said in a low whisper, "I can help you."


    Mo Han, who had been looking at the ground, immediately looked up and eyed Shen Liya suspiciously, "You can?"


    Shen Liya turned to face him, talking in a soft voice, "How many men did you bring?"

 Chapter 149 - The Fight

    Shen Liya turned to face him, talking in a soft voice, "How many men did you bring?"


    Mo Han wasn''t sure if Shen Liya was truly trying to help, but he had no other choice now, "A lot."


    He had brought several nes of people this time, everyone that was avable under the HLX right now. They were all waiting in the forest outside, but it didn''t seem of any use, unless. . .


    Shen Liya nodded, talking very seriously as Mo Han listened, "Leave but stay in the forest patch outside. I will get An Luxia out and tell my uncle she escaped. Have your men ambush outside and there will be a fight."


    Mo Han listened intently, not sure if he could trust her, but this was his only chance now.


    "Then, I will go look for the cure. I am certain my uncle has it."


    Mo Han gulped as Shen Liya finished her n, and he asked, "Why? Why are you helping me?"


    Shen Liya looked down, her shoulders sagging as she replied, "I figured some things out. Don''t ask too much about it. Do you trust me or not?"


    Mo Han had no other choice, and he nodded, cing his hand on the door handle, "I do, thank you."


    Then, he pushed the door open and stepped outside, closing it behind him.


    ---


    "Mo Han!" An Luxia screamed when she felt the familiar arms around her.


    Mo Han held onto her tightly, but after a while, he seemed to realize the situation they were in, and he quickly grabbed onto her hand, pulling her away from the building and towards the thick trees in the forest.


    As they walked, Mo Han pulled out a gun and loaded it, handing it to her, "Run, okay? Just keep going straight ahead, and the forest should end at some point. There are helicopters that all belong to me. Get on one and leave, understand?"


    An Luxia nodded, "Then what about you? Are you not going to leave with me?"


    Mo Han stopped, patting her on the head as he was handed another handgun, "I will be going soon. I need to get the cure first."


    An Luxia gulped and nodded, "I love you."


    Mo Han stared at her nkly for a quick second before a smile broke out on his face, "I love you too."


    Then, An Luxia turned around to run but just at this moment, the door to the building burst open as tons of people ran out at once. Hearing this, Mo Han whipped around in surprise, not expecting for Mo Siyan to be this quick.


    Didn''t Shen Liya say she would give them some time? An Luxia also realized that they werete and it must have been because she took too much time to find the door. The people all ran out holding guns and they knew that the fight had begun.


    With no other choice, Mo Han pulled An Luxia close to him, saying, "Hide behind me! Be careful!"


    An Luxia stayed closely behind him as the sound of guns firing filled the forest, scaring flocks of birds away. The shooting sound continued, filling An Luxia''s ears and head as she saw people copse one by one.


    --- In the Building


    Shen Liya quickly locked the door to Mo Siyan''s office and she could hear groups of people running out as she ran towards Mo Siyan''s desk and began searching for the cure.


    She did not know if Mo Siyan would keep the cure in his office, but there seemed to be no other ce. She knew that he had the cure because the scientists had created it a while ago. She just did not know where he put it.


    She pulled open the cabs, throwing out all of the files and everything inside, not caring about making a mess. There were a lot of cabs and ces to put something in therge office, and Shen Liya went through each one closely, still not finding anything.


    She had flipped through all of the cabs in the desk, but there was nothing there. She turned around and ran over to the drawers near the table, beginning to pull them out one by one.


    ---


    Mo Han stayed hiding behind trees, mostly because An Luxia was behind him. He shot several times and An Luxia managed to shoot a few times as well, but she missed all of them. Soon enough, she stopped shooting, thinking that it was only wasting bullets.


    Mo Siyan was also standing in the back, under the protection of his workers. It was aplete mess, and it was difficult to tell who was on who''s side as the shots fired back and forth.


    ---


    Shen Liya looked up at the clock, beads of sweat falling down her forehead until her clothes. She did not know how much time she had, but she could not find it!


    She had gone through all of the possible cabs in the office, and the floor was piled with random papers and other things she had found in the office. There was nothing that seemed like a cure at all.


    She frustratingly stood up, leaning back against the bookshelf helplessly as she took shallow breaths. She was tired from digging through all the things as well, and there was nothing she could do.


    As she closed her eyes, she suddenly remembered seeing Mo Siyan standing at the bookshelf, holding onto a book. The memory slowly flowed back into her brain as she saw herself walk into the room, seeing Mo Siyan holding a blue book.


    When he heard the door open, he immediately put the book back, turning around to see Shen Liya. He had been very mad at her for not knocking, and back then, Shen Liya had thought something was wrong but she did not think too much about it.


    She immediately turned around, beginning to scan the hundreds of books on therge bookshelf in the back of the office. She pulled them out of the shelf one by one, opening it and flipping through the pages before throwing it onto the ground.


    As there were rows of books, she knew this was not efficient. She wouldn''t be able to find it until tomorrow, and even if she did, the cure might not even be inside. She thought back and remembered that the book was likely blue, and she began searching through the blue books.


    Time passed by and she could not hear anything, as everyone had probably gone outside. She did not know how long Mo Han could hold up for, and she had to hurry. She grabbed onto another blue book, identally pushing the book next to it off of the shelf, and it dropped onto the floor with a weirdly low crash.


    Shen Liya flipped through the book in her hand quickly and turned to throw it onto the ground, and her eyesnded on the book that had fallen onto the floor while she was pulling the other book out.


    The book was red, and it had arge spine that read ''Dictionary'' on it. However, it was obviously not a dictionary, as when you opened it up, you saw a safe. There was a code on it and Shen Liya guessed that it was probably empty inside to hold stuff.


    It was a three number code and she could not think of anything. She tried his birthday, three zeroes, 1-2-3, nothing worked. She thought back and remembered the day when she had first given An Luxia the Trap.


    Giving it onest try, she put the numbers in. There was a click as the safe opened and indeed, it was an empty space to put stuff in and there was one tiny bottle inside.


    She grabbed onto the bottle, shaking the single pill inside of it and immediately ran out of the room, pleased to see that there was no one inside. She ran up the stairs and pushed the door open to the forest.


    ---


    Mo Siyan seemed to realize that he was losing. He saw as his men fell down one by one, and he clenched his fists together as he held onto his gun, also shooting at people.


    He was not prepared for this fight, as he did not think that Mo Han had brought so many people. This was the main base in Country A, but there were people in the Si Organization in other parts of the country and world right now.


    They were outnumbered by Mo Han''s people 3 to 1. Soon enough, most of his people had copsed onto the ground and only a few were fighting.


    Just then, the door behind him opened and he watched as a figure ran out. Before he could get a good look, he watched as the figure ran through the bullets and towards the other end of the forest where Mo Han''s people were.


    He narrowed his eyes, wondering who the person was. It seemed like a woman. Was it An Luxia? The woman stopped next to a tree and that''s when he was able to clearly recognize who the person was.


    Shen Liya!

 Chapter 150 - Death

    He narrowed his eyes, wondering who the person was. It seemed like a woman. Was it An Luxia? The woman stopped next to a tree and that''s when he was able to clearly recognize who the person was.


    Shen Liya!


    Mo Siyan stopped shooting as he gaped at her in awe, watching as she handed something to someone behind the tree, who he soon recognized to be Mo Han.


    ---


    Shen Liya ran towards Mo Han, seeing him behind a tree with An Luxia.


    "I found it," she said, handing him the container.


    "You are sure this is the cure," Mo Han said, taking the pill out and giving it to An Luxia, who swallowed it immediately without waiting for an answer.


    Shen Liya watched her and nodded, "It has to be. This is the only pill I found."


    "Thank you," Mo Han and An Luxia said at the same time as they focused their attention on the battlefield once again. It was evident which side was winning. Mo Siyan seemed to notice as well as he saw as hisst three men who stood next to him shot and then fell down onto the ground.


    After the final people were killed, Mo Han''s men retreated, not sure if they should kill Mo Siyan as well or not.


    Mo Han and An Luxia walked out from the tree, and Mo Han immediately ordered, "Put the gun down."


    However, Mo Siyan''s attention was not on Mo Han or An Luxia right now.


    "You betrayed me!" Mo Siyan screamed at Shen Liya in shock, unable to believe it. He trusted her the most! "How could you betray me?! I am your uncle!"


    Shen Liya scoffed, stepping forward and drawing the distance in with Mo Siyan as she loaded her gun, "My uncle? Well then, uncle, I am sure you know that we have no biological rtion with each other, right?"


    Mo Siyan''s eyes widened as he stared at Shen Liya in surprise, "How - How. . . How do you know?"


    He had been very careful to get rid of all evidence about this matter, because there was no way he could let Shen Liya know about the truth. How did she find out?! When did she find out?!


    "I knew for a while now. Do you think I''m stupid?" Shen Liya continued to step forward, getting very angry at the talk of this, "I also know that my parents'' death wasn''t an ident!"


    Hearing this, Mo Siyan fell back, unable to believe it. There is no way she knew! He got rid of all evidence! He did - except for the ones in his own possession to keep as a record.


    Unable to believe it, Mo Siyan could only shake his head, "You. . . You. . . What are you talking about? Of course they died from a car ident! You saw it yourself! Shen Liya, what are you talking about?!"


    Shen Liyaughed, "You think I don''t know that the car ident was caused by you?! You killed my parents!"


    Hearing her say this, Mo Siyan''s face paled as he continued to fall back, his back pressed up against the wall of the building, "How did you find out?"


    Shen Liya scoffed, grabbing on tightly to her gun as she smiled crookedly, "You don''t have to know about it now. All you have to know is that I know what you did, and it is time for you to pay for what you did."


    Seeing that she was about to kill him, Mo Siyan immediately screamed, "But don''t you want to know why I killed them?!"


    Shen Liya froze, looking up at him. She did not know why he had killed her parents and brought her here, "Why?" Her curiosity took over her anger.


    Mo Siyanughed, "Your parents. . . They were dumb people! They kept on getting in my way. We were doing business back then. I was doing great! I cheated on other people and maybe broke a fewws, but it earned money!"


    His expression turend serious, "But your dumb parents! They wanted to tell on me! They wanted to put me in jail! How could I let that happen? So. . . Of course, naturally, I killed them."


    Shen Liya''s eyes widened as she heard Mo Siyan continue, "And for you. . . I didn''t really care. However, I had lost my only kid -" He turned to look at Mo Han, "And I saw you. Although you were a girl, at least there was a chance. So, I took you in."


    "And no!" He suddenly raised his voice, "Now you want to betray me?! How could you betray me! I am your uncle, and I raised you! You heartless b****!" After saying this, Mo Siyan suddenly raised the gun he had been hiding behind his back this entire time.


    It was too fast for Shen Liya to react as she had still been caught up in the story Mo Siyan had just told her. However, she was still trained, and she also lifted her gun up when she saw his movement from the corner of her eye, but she was a second toote.


    Mo Siyan pulled the trigger a second earlier and the bullet immediately flew into Shen Liya''s chest, which pushed her back and her shot tilted the to the side,nding in Mo Siyan''s right arm.


    "Ah," Shen Liya groaned as she fell back, blood immediately bursting out from her chest as she fell down onto the forest ground. Mo Siyan was also flung back by the impact of the shot, and the gun flew out of his arm andnded on the ground behind him, hitting the building.


    Seeing this, all of Mo Han''s people held their gun up, but Mo Han lifted his arm, stopping them. An Luxia gasped at this sight and she immediately ran over to Shen Liya, grabbing onto her, lifting her upper body up from the ground, "Shen Liya!"


    An Luxia could not say that she forgave her, but after all, she did save her just now, and An Luxia could not just watch her die like this, under the hand of Mo Siyan, who supposedly was her uncle until this whole dramatic scene right now.


    Blood was still flowing out like a running faucet and An Luxia pressed her lips tightly together, trying not to run away from the sight, "Liya, hold on!"


    Even though Shen Liya had made mistakes, she ultimately decided toe back. It would be too cruel for her to just die like this after everything that had happened to her.


    Mo Han walked over to his father, holding his gun out at him. He made sure to go over to Mo Siyan''s gun and kick it away from him to prevent him from grabbing it.


    Mo Siyan was still suffering from the pain of the shot to his arm, and blood was also running down his arm, dirtying the grass beneath him.


    Mo Han loaded the gun, and the sound immediately brought Mo Siyan to his senses as he looked up, surprised to see the empty hole pointing straight at his forehead. When he saw who it was, he immediately gasped:


    "Mo Han, what are you doing?!"


    Mo Han grinned, bending down next to him as he pressed the gunpoint onto Mo Siyan''s forehead, so he could feel the coldness of the gun against his skin.


    Mo Siyan began shuddering at the feeling, as he was getting old as well and definitely did not want to die, "I''m your dad! You can''t kill me!"


    He began pleading, his entire body shaking as he tried to fight but could not move, "Don''t kill me, Mo Han! Don''t kill me!"


    Mo Han chuckled, rolling his eyes.


    "Don''t kill me! I am your dad!" Mo Siyan continued to scream.


    "Why didn''t you think that you were my dad when you forced me to make a decision?" Mo Han red at him, "You should have known. . . right?"


    Mo Siyan shook his head, and he closed his eyes, looking like he was not doing anything, but in reality, his left arm was digging inside his pocket. Suddenly, in a blink of an eye, he pulled out a knife from nowhere.


    However, Mo Han had an unusually quick reaction, and he quickly moved aside so the knife only slid down his right arm, cutting a gash through his shirt and into his skin.


    "Argh," he moaned, keeping the gun up against Mo Siyan''s forehead as he reached a leg out and quickly kicked the knife out of Mo Siyan''s hand, who screamed in pain from the kick.


    Hearing the sound, An Luxia looked up and gasped when she saw the blooding from Mo Han, "Mo Han!"


    Mo Han kept his eyes on Mo Siyan as he replied, "Don''t worry, I''m okay."


    The anger hadpletely filled Mo Han''s eyes by now, and Mo Siyan knew that pleading would do him no good by now.. There was a loud bang that filled the air as Mo Siyan let out hisst breath and closed his eyes forever.

 Chapter 151 - Faint

    There was a loud bang that filled the air as Mo Siyan let out hisst breath and closed his eyes forever.


    Mo Han stood up, straightening his back as he saw the blood oozing out of Mo Siyan''s forehead, covering his face and the green grass underneath. He did not care at all even though he was his "father" and he turned around, walking back to An Luxia, who was still holding onto Shen Liya.


    "It''s going to be okay. Let''s go back," An Luxiaforted Shen Liya, although tears were filling her eyes already. Shen Liya knew that her time was up as well, and her breathing was slowing down as her eyelids began getting heavy.


    A faint smile appeared on her face as she blinked slowly, her voice tired and light as it was sucked into the wind, "I. . . I finally took revenge for my parents."


    Those were herst words before her arm that was inside An Luxia''s hand dropped until the ground, her eyelids shutting as her body fell into An Luxia''s arms,ying in the thick patch of grass..


    An Luxia could not hold the tears in anymore as they rolled down her face,nding on Shen Liya''s body. Mo Han also stared at the dead body with a heavy heart. After all, Shen Liya did save them.


    However, now was not the time. He grabbed onto An Luxia''s hand, pulling her up, "I know you are sad, but we have to go back. I don''t know if there might be more people here."


    An Luxia wiped away her tears and nodded, "Let''s go."


    She looked back at Shen Liya''s body and Mo Han had someone carry her body back as well, not wanting to keep it here with the other dead bodies.


    After they had gone, Mo Han''s workers set a fire to the entire building.


    Mo Han held tightly onto An Luxia''s hand as they walked out of the forest, their backs facing the fire raging on behind them.


    ---


    They got onto the helicopter in silence, and the surviving men all followed into the helicopters waiting at the edge of the forest.


    An Luxia and Mo Han sat together, and Mo Han helped An Luxia put on her seatbelt as she stared out the window. An Luxia knew that she should be happy right now. She wasn''t going to die and Mo Han could stay with her!


    That was the news she had been dreaming about for the past few months, thinking she would never be able to hear it. However, it has happened!


    However, she was not able to lift her mood up. Knowing that she should be happy, she was still sad and unable to believe it. Everything had happened too fast. Shen Liya decided to help them and she was saved! She had taken the cure!


    But. . . Thinking back to the pile of dead bodies surrounding the building, it made her heart clench up in pain as she thought about the fact that so many people had died just for her and Mo Han.


    An Luxia closed her eyes, not knowing how long the flight would be back to Country Z. She did not fall asleep but she did not open her eyes for the entire time, until the pilot announced that they had arrived and would bending, she finally blinked her eyes open.


    Mo Han looked at her worriedly and held onto her hand. She smiled weakly at him as the ne begannding, the sound of the helicopter present even underneath the headphones.


    After a few minutes, the helicopter finallynded onto the ground, and a few momentster, they were allowed to get off. An Luxia unbuckled her seatbelt and stood up, following behind Mo Han out of the helicopter.


    She jumped off and onto the thick grass, looking around at her. It was her home country, but this ce was not familiar to her. They began walking towards the car, which was parked a distance away as they hadnded in the middle of a ne of grass.


    An Luxia could hear a ringing in her head and it had been there since the fight had begun, so she did not think much about it. However, when they were a few feet away from the car, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head and chest simultaneously, and the next second, she copsed.


    Mo Han stood next to her, and he reacted quickly, immediately catching her as she cked out andnded in his arms.


    His eyes widened, his first reaction was to think that the Trap had done something to her again! However, he quickly remembered that she had taken the cure already. So, was it something else?


    Maybe it was because she was tired or hungry? After all, it had been a long trip and he did not know how long she hadn''t slept or eaten for.


    He immediately lifted her up into his arms, running over to the car, "Hospital."


    Even if it was something small, he still had to make sure. He was not going to take any chances anymore after everything that had happened.


    ---


    Half an hourter, they arrived at the hospital. As it was nighttime, there were not a lot of people waiting in line at the hospital. They were immediately rushed to the VIP section of the hospital.


    After a while, Qi Yu also came after being called over by Mo Han, since he knew about the Trap the best after all the research he had been doing.


    An Luxia was rushed into a hospital bed and a bunch of tubes and medical equipment were injected into her. Qi Yu did the checks on her and Mo Han stood right next to them, waiting.


    "Is it because she hasn''t eaten? Is it hypoglycemia again?" Mo Han asked, a hint of hope in his voice.


    However, Qi Yu shook his head, "It doesn''t seem like it is ack of energy."


    He reached for an IV, injecting something into it and connecting it to An Luxia, "I''ll inject some nutrition into her," he eximed.


    "If it is due to ack of sleep or energy, she should wake up within half an hour." Qi Yu sat down, waiting as Mo Han also kept a close attention on An Luxia.


    Ten minutes passed by. . . Twenty minutes. . . It seemed like eternity to the both of them as they watched hery there not moving at all. Half an hour had gone by.


    Qi Yu looked at the clock on the wall and then at the IV bag which was slowly beginning to get empty. He furrowed his eyebrows together, standing up and beginning to do other checks on An Luxia.


    "Mrs. An," he called, "An Luxia!" He suddenly screamed, receiving a frown from Mo Han. However, An Luxia did not give any reaction back, and this caused Qi Yu to knit his eyebrows together.


    Mo Han watched as he began conducting a series of health tests again, and afterwards, Qi Yu looked towards him confusedly, "Why is her heartbeat unusually fast?"


    Mo Han frowned and stood up, looking over at the monitor to see that An Luxia''s heartbeat was indeed speeding up, and it was getting very weirdly fast.


    "Are you sure she took the cure for the Trap?" Qi Yu asked softly.


    "Yes, she took it, unless. . ." Mo Han thought of the possibility that Shen Liya had given them the fake cure, but it did not seem likely. She seemed to be quite genuine and even now, she was dead, so there was no way he could figure out whether she got the right cure or not.


    Or, Mo Siyan was a sly fox, so it was likely that he might have put a fake cure inside his office. Mo Han mmed his fist onto the edge of the bed, his eyes narrowing as he did not know what to do.


    He did not know whether the cure was right and if An Luxia''s condition was really a result of the Trap, then she did not have much time left.


    Mo Han remembered Mo Siyan''s warning about how after nine months, the victim will suddenly faint and then die in 12 hours. 12 hours! Mo Han jumped up, pacing around the room worriedly.


    An Luxia''s heartbeat was beginning to slow down again, but that also wasn''t a good sign. What could he do? He couldn''t stand here and do nothing and just wait. What if the cure was actually a fake? Then she would be dead in 12 hours.


    Qi Yu watched as Mo Han walked around the room and he also did not know what to tell him. What could he say? Even though he had been researching the Trap all this time, he also did not know much about it.


    He did not know anything about the cure or how to tell if the victim was cured or not, "Was the cure a medication or injection?"


    "A pill," Mo Han replied, stopping as he stared out the window into the darkness of the night. There was still no sign of An Luxia waking up and he had no other choice.


    He turned around and looked at Qi Yu, walking towards him, "You stay here, understand? Keep an eye out on her and contact me right away if she wakes up. I don''t know, but try to do something that will wake her up. Also call me if anything starts to go wrong."


    Qi Yu nodded, "What about you?"


    Mo Han grabbed onto his suit jacket, looking at An Luxia onest time before he grabbed his phone and began marching out of the room, "I''m going to go back to Country A."

 Chapter 152 - The Doctor

    Mo Han grabbed onto his suit jacket, looking at An Luxia onest time before he grabbed his phone and began marching out of the room, "I''m going to go back to Country A."


    Then, he left the room, not even stopping when he saw K outside the room as he immediately ordered, "Get the helicopters ready again. We are going back to Country A."


    K looked at Mo Han confusedly, and he was going to ask what for, but seeing how rushed Mo Han was, he did not say anything and instead immediately fulfilled his orders.


    ---


    Half an hourter, the helicopters were zooming past the sky again to Country A, where they had just left a few hours ago.


    Mo Han tapped his feet against the ground on the ne, remembering how he had ordered his men to burn the ce after leaving.


    He tightly pressed his lips together, regretting the decision. What if the real cure was still inside the building?! If it was burned, then he would be screwed! Furthermore, he did not even know where the cure was..


    If it really was the Trap, then An Luxia had 12 hours. Flying there took two hours already since they were flying fast, and flying back would take another two hours. He did not have much time.


    He continued to rush the pilot throughout the entire ride, checking his phone once in a while to see if he would receive a call even though they were flying through the sky. The pilot was stressed as well as he tried to fly faster but in the night sky, it was difficult to see.


    After a little over two hours, they finally arrived at Country A and the helicopternded in the ne of grass on the edge of the forest once again.


    Mo Han immediately jumped off, followed by his men as they rushed into the forest with their shlights turned on. The forest was extremely creepy in the nighttime, as it was difficult to see through the endless trees and sounds of nighttime animals could asionally be heard.


    They finally stopped in front of the burnt building, which was burnt a dark shade of brown from the outside. However, because the fire was controlled, it did not copse or affect the dead bodies surrounding it.


    Mo Han immediately rushed towards it, kicking the door open, which fell down with a bang. A bunch of dust and smoke came from inside, and Mo Han scrunched his face up as he turned away, brushing his hand in front of his face.


    After a while, the dust had finally dissipated and he stepped in, seeing that the interior of the building had also beenpletely burnt. His heart sank as he was not sure if the cure would have survived all of this fire.


    Unless it was hidden very well, it was very unlikely.


    Mo Han slowly stepped into the building, climbing down the stairs, holding carefully to the wall in case the stairs copsed. They finally reached the bottom floor and Mo Han looked around, finding his way to Mo Syan''s office through all of this rubbish.


    When he finally found it as the ce had beenpletely destroyed, he saw that everything inside had be a collection of dust and particles on the ground. The only thing that was visible was therge cabs that were still in tack, but also barely holding up.


    He mmed his fist against the side of the wall, causing more dust to fall off again, and he immediately marched out of the room, where his other men were waiting.


    Just as they were about to leave and go up to the first floor again, they all heard a loud noise. It almost seemed like something was walking through the rubbish. Then suddenly, a figure came tumbling out from one of the hallways.


    He had ash on his face, making it hard to recognize the person, and the only thing that revealed his identity was the white doctor''s robe he was wearing.


    The man froze when he saw that he was not alone in this building, and he dropped the sack he was holding onto as he made his way through this rubbish. At once, Mo Han lunged towards him and before he could even turn around and run, Mo Han had grabbed onto him.


    "Who are you?! What are you doing here?!" Mo Han asked right away, gripping onto the man tightly so he could not escape or move at all.


    The man almost looked like he was going to cry as he confessed, "I. . . I am - the doctor! The doctor! Please let me go! I am innocent! I just want to get out of here!"


    Mo Han narrowed his eyes. The doctor? No one that worked under the Si Organization could possibly be innocent, "The doctor of the Si Organization? For Mo Siyan?"


    Seeing Mo Han''s expression, thoughts flew past the man''s head as he immediately shook his head, "No, No - Ah!"


    Mo Han grabbed onto the doctor''s neck, holding it tightly, "Tell me the truth!"


    The doctor burst into tears as his legs gave in. If it weren''t for the fact that Mo Han was holding onto him, he would have probably knelt down onto the ground by now, "Okay, okay! Sir, I am! Yes, I am the scientist and researcher for the Si Organization. But - but I really didn''t do anything! I was just following orders so I won''t die!"


    Mo Han''s eyes lit up when he heard that this man was the doctor and researcher here. Perhaps. . . Just maybe, he would know about the cure, "Well if you don''t follow my orders and tell the truth to me now, then you will certainly die."


    The man sped his hands together, pleading, "Yes, sir! Please let me live! I will tell you anything!"


    Mo Han loosened his hand slightly, not wanting to lose this final piece of evidence, "Do you know about the Trap?"


    The doctor looked at him, his eyes quivering as he gulped, remembering Mo Siyan''s orders of never saying a word about it, "I - No. . . No. . ."


    However, Mo Han could easily spot a lie, especially since the man was practically shaking. His grip tightened as he dug his fingers into the man''s neck, "I want the truth! Lie to me one more time and I will snap your neck in a second!"


    The man began coughing as he shook his head, unable to speak.


    Mo Han loosened his hand slightly, saying, "Your master, Mo Siyan, is dead already. So there is no point in trying to keep secrets for him anymore."


    The man looked up at Mo Han, wondering who this person was and if Mo Siyan was actually dead, "He. . . I -"


    "What do you know about the Trap?!" Mo Han raised his voice.


    "I. . . I invented it," the doctor finally revealed, looking down at the remnants of the building on the ground.


    Mo Han''s eyes widened as he loosened his hand a little more, "You invented it? Then what do you know about the cure?! Do you have the cure?!"


    The man cleared his throat, finally able to breathe a little, "The cure. . . I don''t know about the cure."


    Mo Han narrowed his eyes, eyeing the man suspiciously as he tightened his grip again, pushing the man onto the ground so he copsed, unable to move, "Didn''t I warn you? It seems like you have a death wish -"


    "I do! I do!" The doctor immediately changed his words, "Yes, I know about the cure. I was the main scientist and doctor in creating the Trap, so. . ."


    "Stop wasting time!" Mo Han screamed, getting impatient, "Was the cure in Mo Siyan''s office?"


    The doctor looked up in surprise, "How do you know?!"


    He had actually been looking for the cure, which was why he took such a long time before finally leaving this rubbish. He was packing his stuff and all of his equipment that he saved from being burnt.


    In the burning, he had somehow managed to survive. After all, he was known as a crazy scientist and he had his ways to survive the brief fire. He had thought he would die, but the fire was extinguished a whileter, just before he was going to die.


    He remembered that Mo Siyan had put the cure in his office, but when he was looking for it to take it back as a "souvenir", he could not find it. He had thought it had been burned.


    Mo Han frowned, "So it was indeed the cure. . . Is it a pill?"


    The doctor nodded.


    "Then why didn''t it work?!" Mo Han screamed, pulling the doctor up closer to his face, "She ate the pill! Why didn''t it work?! Why did she faint? Does it have anything to do with the Trap?"


    The doctor finally seemed to have a guess on who this man was. Was this man Mo Han? So he was here because of the An Luxia girl, the one who was the first to test out his amazing invention, the Trap.


    A small grin appeared on the doctor''s face, but the next second, he felt the choking feeling again and he immediately stopped smiling.


    "Oh, yes, yes. It must be the trap doing it''s magic -"


    "Tell me why now!"


    The doctor looked up at Mo Han, trying to suppress a smile, "Well, the full cure actually takes two pills."

 Chapter 153 - The Second Pill

    The doctor looked up at Mo Han, trying to suppress a smile, "Well, the full cure actually takes two pills."


    All the color drained out of Mo Han''s face, as his hand gripped the doctor''s throat tightly, causing him to burst into a series of coughs. Mo Han quickly loosened his hand and then held onto it again, "Two pills? Well where is the second pill?"


    The doctor seemed to ignore his question, "You said she fainted, An Luxia? Did her heartbeat speed up? Tell me more!"


    To be honest, even as the main inventor, he also did not know much about all of the effects of the Trap. He was excited to know about it too! However, this angered Mo Han, who pulled out a knife and put it at the doctor''s head while gripping onto his throat.


    The doctor immediately copsed, only being held up by Mo Han''s hand, "Okay, okay! I''m sorry! Don''t kill me! The pill. . ."


    A sparkle shed past the doctor''s eyes as he said, "The second pill is lost somewhere inside this ce."


    "Where?!" Mo Han asked, "This ce is gigantic.. Tell me where the second pill was kept."


    The doctor shrugged, "I don''t know. It is inside here somewhere."


    Not wanting to waste any more time, Mo Han stood up and ordered, "Search!"


    He had brought several men with him here once again, so they should be able to search more efficiently. K ordered everyone into groups to search the different parts of the building.


    Two people were kept guarding the doctor so he wouldn''t run away. Mo Han went into Mo Siyan''s office and began searching.


    The second pill. . . It was probably kept in a very secretive ce again, safe in a container. It would be difficult to look, especially in all this ash and rubbish. Hopefully it was still safe. This was their only chance now. . . They had to search.


    Mo Han dug through the wood and trash on the floor, practically lifting the whole ce up. He looked everywhere, up and down in the room. An hour went by. . . The office was not veryrge and he seemed to have looked everywhere, so he went to search elsewhere.


    Two hours went by. . . Everyone was still looking and the doctor looked like he was about to fall asleep from just sitting there. Three hours went by. . .


    Mo Han and his men came out and gathered at the main lobby of the underground level again, everyone reporting theirck of findings. Mo Han''s face darkened as no one found anything that was close to a pill. Perhaps it was destroyed already.


    He looked at his watch. Three hours had gone by already. . . There were only six hours left now.


    Mo Han got very impatient as he paced around the room nervously, not sure of what step to take. What could he do now? As he turned around, his eyesnded onto the doctor, and he briefly noticed a grin on the doctor''s face.


    Mo Han narrowed his eyes as he immediately marched over to the doctor, grabbing him by the neck once again and pulling him up, ring at him, "Tell me! Where is the pill?!"


    The doctor shrugged and pleaded, "I told you! I don''t know!"


    Mo Han red at him, raising one eyebrow, "Liar! You do know! If you don''t tell me, then I will kill you right away! Do you think I am afraid of killing you?! This is the only use you have to me right now! If not, I will kill you right away."


    The doctor seemed to be very scared of dying as he very treasured his life, and he immediately began crying, not sure of what to say as he opened and closed his mouth several times. Finally, he muttered, "I can''t be sure, but I think. . . I think. . ."


    "Hurry up and tell me!" Mo Han screamed, causing the doctor to flinch.


    "I think Mr. Mo had ced one of the pills into his locket ne, which is why he probably wears it around all the time."


    Mo Han thought back, his hand loosening slightly as he tried to remember. Images appeared on his hand and he soon remembered the silver locket ne that was slightly rusted that he wore around everytime Mo Han saw him.


    He had not known that there was something actually inside the ne.


    "Go look! The body should still be outside!" Mo Han ordered immediately. He also went up the stairs, and everyone followed, dragging the doctor along as well.


    They reached the ground level and when Mo Han pushed the door open, a cold breeze immediately greeted them. It was especially cold at night.


    The dead bodies were all still lying around, and most of them had been pushed to one ce. Two people watched over the doctor near the building and held a tight grip on him to prevent him from escaping, and everyone else went to search.


    Mo Han remembered that Mo Siyan had died somewhere near the building, so they opened up their shlights and first began the search around the building.


    The building wasn''t enormous, but it also wasn''t small, and just by looking around the building toko a long time. The men all searched around, shining their shlights at the bodies to try and figure out where Mo Siyan was.


    The fight had killed a lot of people, and they had to flip each person over and take a close look to see who it was. As over three hours had passed by already, they searched for a little over half an hour but still couldn''t find the body.


    Mo Han stood up after checking another body. It couldn''t have possibly disappeared! Where was it?!


    He continued to search and before long, there were only five hours left. Mo Han could feel the time ticking by weirdly fast, and it was almost like his heartbeat, which he could hear booming in his ears.


    He straightened up again after bending down to see another face, and as he did, he lost his bnce slightly and tripped over a sturdy body. This was near the trees already, a distance away from the building so Mo Han did not know why he was looking here.


    However, the areas around the building had all been searched already. He bent down and shined at the body, seeing the ck suit. It looked different from the clothes everyone else was wearing, and he immediately recognized it.

 Chapter 154 - Injection

    It looked different from the clothes everyone else was wearing, and he immediately recognized it.


    Mo Han''s eyes widened as he bent down, turning the body around until his chest, which took some effort. As he shined the shlight onto the person''s face, indeed, it was Mo Siyan!


    His eyes were closed and he was no longer breathing, but the silver locket was still dangling off his neck. Perhaps the ne was very special to him, because before he died, he had grasped his hand around the ne, and he was still holding onto it right now.


    "Found it!" Mo Han screamed so everyone else could stop searching, and he bent down to take the ne. Mo Siyan''s grip was quite hard and it took some effort to free the ne from his hand. He pushed open the locket and inside, there was a tiny little pill in the small space.


    Mo Han let out a breath of relief but there wasn''t much time left. He grabbed the locket tightly and ced it into his pocket.


    Everyone gathered in front of the building again and Mo Han looked at the doctor, holding up the locket.. He raised one eyebrow and then before the doctor could even react, Mo Han had pulled a gun out and pointed it straight at the doctor''s head.


    Bang!


    The sound of a gunshot filled the silent forest as several animals were awoken. The doctor''s eyes widened in a split second from surprise and the next, he copsed onto the ground as blood gushed out onto the ground.


    Mo Han threw the gun to his worker and wiped his hand against his clothes before turning around, walking away as everyone else followed him out of the forest as well.


    The doctor was also quite dumb, Mo Han thought. Did he really think that he could live after everything that had happened?


    It took a while for them to walk out of the forest even though they were walking fast, and as they got onto the ne, there was less than five hours left already.


    The night sky was mostly empty and the helicopter flew as fast as it could, but even so, it took about two hours for it to get from Country A back to Country Z. When they arrived, there were two and a half hours left.


    The pilot quickly stopped the helicopter on the in in the middle of Country A, and the pilot was also very anxious as Mo Han had been rushing him the entire ride here.


    Mo Han jumped out of the helicopter before it had even fullynded and stopped, and he got into a car, driving himself as he mmed his foot onto the gas pedal and began driving to the hospital.


    Luckily, there weren''t many cars, but as the sun began slowly rising, the roads began to fill up with early people going to work. Mo Han mmed his palm against the steering wheel, trying to drive faster and get to the hospital.


    Finally, he arrived at the hospital with two hours left. He jumped out of the car without parking it, running into the hospital, identally bumping into several people who cursed at him angrily, and pressed on the elevator button. However, the elevator was much too slow.


    He ran up the stairs to the VIP room, where Qi Yu was still waiting at the bed, looking through some pages on a clipboard next to An Luxia''s bed. When Mo Han entered, her heartbeat was unusually fast as the monitor beeped next to her bed.


    "What''s happening?" Mo Han asked, but then realized that this wasn''t very important. Right now, the most important thing was getting the pill to her before the time was up.


    "You''re finally back!" Qi Yu eximed, dropping the clipboard.


    "I have the second pill." He fumbled through the locket, pulling out the ne from his pocket and opening it, and the pill identally fell out of the locket and onto the ground from the sudden movement. Mo Han bent down, grabbing it and blowing onto it nervously as he handed it to Qi Yu.


    After years of experience, Qi Yu remained calm as he took the pill and moved over to An Luxia. However, she was unconscious, and there was no way she would be able to swallow a pill in this condition.


    Qi Yu furrowed his eyebrows together as he turned around to the nurse and held up the pill. The nurse immediately knew what to do as she quickly went to prepare. It took a while for her to get all the necessary equipment before she returned to the room.


    They were going to inject the contents of the pill into her body using a needle. It took several minutes for the nurse to prepare the equipment necessary and get the dust inside the pill into the medical equipment and make it able to be injected.


    An Luxiay there unconscious and Mo Han had sat down on the chair next to the bed, tapping his feet on the ground, so nervous his face waspletely white.


    Qi Yu was also getting anxious as he took the needle from the nurse and did it himself. After a few minutes, he grabbed onto An Luxia''s arm, afraid that there was no time left, and he forcibly injected the content of the pill into her bloodstream, praying that it would work.


    If there was some random or stupid rule that the pill had to be swallowed, then they were screwed. This was the only pill left, and if it didn''t work, then they would all not know what to do anymore.


    After all, the Trap was quite unpredictable itself, so Qi Yu''s heart was practically in his lungs right now as he injected everything and removed the needle, waiting anxiously.


    The sound of the monitor beeping in the silent room was oddly loud as everyone inside stared at An Luxia.


    One second passed. . . Two seconds. . . Three seconds. . .


    Beep! There was a loud sound as the next second, the line on the cardiac event monitor became a straight line.


    An Luxia''s heart stopped.

 Chapter 155 - In The Hospital

    An Luxia''s heart stopped.


    Mo Han and Qi Yu''s heart practically also stopped as they watched the monitor intensely, their hands shaking when they saw the straight line.


    Beep! Beep! Suddenly, the line on the monitor began moving again as the number returned. An Luxia''s heart beat faster than normal but at least it was still beating.


    Mo Han fell back down onto the chair, leaning over towards the bed as he grabbed onto An Luxia''s hand, afraid to hear the long unmoving beeping of the monitor again.


    Qi Yu looked at the heart monitor and then at An Luxia again and also let out a breath of relief. Everything should be okay now.


    ---


    For the next few days, An Luxiaid on the bed without moving, but her heart continued to beat. When the first 12 hours was up, Mo Han could feel like his heart was going to jump out and he was afraid he would die from anxiousness before anything could even happen to An Luxia..


    However, the first 12 hours passed and nothing happened, and then the next 12 hours, and Mo Han finally calmed down a little. Nothing seemed to be happening anymore and An Luxia would hopefully be okay. . .


    And he would also be okay.


    ---


    After four days, An Luxia finally opened her eyes. Everything seemed like a daze to her, and she could only remembering back from Country A. Everything after that, she did not know because she was unconscious.


    Maybe that was also a good thing.


    After waking up, she found that her entire body was very sore and weak, and no one knew why since she had not felt this way before the Trap was cured.


    Qi Yu had guessed that it was because her body was still getting used to suddenly losing a part of it, as the Trap had spread all throughout her body. She stayed in bed and Mo Han took care of her, carefully feeding her, talking to her, and keeping herpany.


    A weekter, they could no longer hide everything from the An family anymore, so they finally decided to tell them everything that had happened. Since everything was okay now, it would be unfair to hide it from them now.


    By the time An Luxia''s parents came, she had recovered mostly already, and she could eat normally and get up and walk around. She just got tired and weak easily, probably a side effect of the cure.


    After all, the Trap had been inside her body for such a long time. It would take a while for her to get used to not having it anymore. It was like a parasite, but getting rid of it was also a process.


    Qi Lanyu sat on the edge of the bed, her face filled with tears as she sobbed on and on, "How could this happen?! Why didn''t you tell us?"


    An Luxia reached over for her mother''s hand and grabbed onto it, her heart hurting from seeing her mother cry this much, "I''m sorry, mom. See, I am okay now! I didn''t want you to worry."


    Qi Lanyu red at her daughter, pping her on the arm lightly, "How could you not tell me?! I am your mother!"


    An Luxia pressed her lips together guiltily and looked over at Mo Han and then at An Yuchen, who also had a dark face at the moment.


    "So this was all because of him?!" An Yuchen suddenly asked, turning his attention to Mo Han. The family also knew about Mo Han''s true upation now, and as the one who had known for the longest, An Yuchen was the most furious.


    "Didn''t you say your job wouldn''t affect my sister?!" An Yuchen was obviously mad at Mo Han, as after all, his beloved sister had almost died, "How can we trust you now?! Obviously you can''t take care of her!"


    Mo Han, who was normally very strong and assertive, listened obediently like a little child now with his head down, nodding as An Yuchen spoke. Only until he had finished did he look up and reply simply, "I''m sorry. Please give me another chance. I promise to be more careful and keep her safe."


    An Luxia did not know whether she should be surprised or pleased. When did her little Hanhan be so weak? An Yuchen was obviously also surprised, as he looked taken aback as he forgot to speak for a quick second.


    Then, he cleared his throat and red at Mo Han, saying, "Even though I don''t forgive you, I can''t do anything about it! You better be more careful and take better care of her. Or else. . ."


    Mo Han nodded, "Thank you, brother. I definitely will."


    An Yuchen put his hands into his pant pockets and looked a little ufortable from the difference in Mo Han''s attitude.


    An Ping and Qi Lanyu also looked at Mo Han, not sure of how to feel. They had both had some concerns and feelings about Mo Han''s true upation, because he seemed to have a lot of money but at the same time, he said he just owned a small business.


    They had their guesses, but never in the world would they have guessed that he was actually the leader of an underworld group, one of the biggest in the world!


    Not sure of how to react, they couldn''t let their daughter divorce, especially since they both knew that An Luxia would never agree. So, they could only ept and see what would happen after this.


    For the next hour, the entire An family stayed inside the hospital room, keeping an eye out on An Luxia. They were all scared after hearing about the Trap, just like how Mo Han and An Luxia had first reacted, but even worse.


    Everyone would be surprised at hearing about something like the Trap, and they did not want to possibly lose their daughter and sister.


    Finally, after night hade and An Luxia had eaten dinner already, did the three people finally leave hesitantly, promising toe back again tomorrow.


    Mo Han escorted the An family out of the hospital, and came back a few minutester to see An Luxiaying in bed, looking at her with a grin.


    "So. . . what happened to you today?"

 Chapter 156 - Shen Liyas Funeral

    "So. . . what happened to you today?"


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow confusedly, sitting down next to her, "What do you mean what happened? Nothing happened."


    An Luxia grinned, sitting up and leaning towards him, "When did the King of the Underworld suddenly get so weak and obedient?"


    Mo Han looked at her and did not say anything, taking off the suit jacket he had been wearing.


    "Did you lose your attitude and your strength after everything that happened?" An Luxia continued to mock him, smiling happily as she did so, "Hm, I''m not sure which version of you I like more. The strong one or the weak -"


    Suddenly, she was pushed back on the bed with Mo Han over her as he leaned down on the spacious VIP hospital bed, "Weak? Has it been too long since youst experienced my power that you are forgetting about it already?"


    An Luxia felt a chill run down her spine as she gulped.


    "How dare you call me weak? I should remind you about my.. . . strength." Mo Han said in a low voice, his throat bing slightly hoarse.


    An Luxia shivered even though the room was quite warm, and she looked up at Mo Han rmedly, "Mo Han, I am still a sick patient! You can''t -"


    "Sick patient? You seem quite well to me to even be able to provoke me!"


    An Luxia pressed her lips together, knowing that it was always wrong to try and provoke Mo Han. However, it was much toote. Mo Han smiled as he looked at her and before long, the room was filled with the unusual sound of gasps and moans as the two of them joined as one once again after a long time.


    ---


    An Luxia got much better in the next few weeks, and she was insistent on not staying in the hospital for any longer.


    The smell of the medicine and the tiny room was getting very boring and frustrating, and she was as good as new now. She wanted to leave and go out in the open once again!


    So, after almost a month of staying in the hospital room, Qi Yu and Mo Han finally let her pack her stuff and go home.


    It had been a long time since she wasst home, and it felt like forever after everything that had happened. Since knowing about the Trap, she had felt scared and anxious, always afraid before going to sleep, wondering if she would still be able to wake up and see the sun the next morning.


    Now, after everything, she was well once again and she could live her life freely without worrying about dying anymore. It was a liberating feeling, and after the whole ident, she learned to appreciate the small things in life once again.


    Only when you experience the feeling of losing or almost losing something, do you actually learn to be grateful and appreciative of it.


    Although it was not a good experience, An Luxia was d now to be able to live each day to the fullest, spending as much time as she could with the people she loved, doing the things she loved.


    A few days after getting out of the hospital, An Luxia, Mo Han, and many other close people arrived at a graveyard for the funeral of Shen Liya.


    There were not a lot of people, for Shen Liya had no friends or many acquaintances. She had lived without an identity for most of her life, hidden under Mo Siyan without a life of her own.


    During the brief period of time when she was free in Country A, she was still under a mission for the Si Organization. Her whole life had been lived inside a cage.


    Although An Luxia and Mo Han did not and will not forgive her for what she did, they had to give her a funeral and bury her. She was once An Luxia''s friend and in the very end. . . She did save her life and all of their lives.


    If it weren''t for Shen Liya, An Luxia would possibly be dead by now, and everyone attending the funeral would be suffering.


    An Luxia bent down and ced arge bouquet of colorful flowers on the grave, which had a picture of Shen Liya smiling on it. It was taken once when she had gone to go get milk tea with An Luxia.


    The smile looked sincere, but most of her smiles seemed sincere, so they could not tell whether she was ever genuine in her happiness or not.


    The An family had also heard about the story and the whole event, so they knew that Shen Liya had almost killed and sessfully saved An Luxia.


    Everyone attending had mixed emotions as they said their final goodbyes to Shen Liya and returned home, leaving the lonely girl behind in their minds.


    Hopefully, she was in a better ce now, and if she wasn''t, maybe she would get a second chance to relive her life and have a better fate.


    After the funeral, An Luxia and Mo Han returned home and on the car ride home, An Luxia fell asleep. She had often felt tired the past few days, and Mo Han had brought her to the hospital several times, afraid it had something to do with the Trap.


    When they arrived home, Mo Han carried An Luxia out of the car and into the building, resting her on the bed. An Luxia rolled around, kicking off her ck shoes herself as she continued to sleep.


    Mo Han slowly walked out of the room, closing the doors gently as he made his way over to the kitchen. Inside, the chefs were cooking dinner and he looked around, inspecting the food.


    An Luxia also had a bad appetite the past few days, and got very picky with the food she ate. It was either too salty, or too oily, or too sweet, or too sour, or too nd. All in all, she ate little and did not enjoy eating as much as she had before.


    Mo Han knit his eyebrows together, not sure of what to do with her, and wondering if this was something to do with the Trap.


    As he neared a pot of soup, he wrinkled his nose together, thinking that this would definitely smell too strong for An Luxia. Just as he was about to tell the chef to remake it, a thought suddenly entered his mind.


    Why was she tired and did not have an appetite these few days?


    Did it possibly have anything to do with. . .

 Chapter 157 - Pregnancy Test

    Why was she tired and did not have an appetite these few days?


    Did it possibly have anything to do with. . .


    ---


    An Luxia woke up and looked around, noticing that the sky outside had turned dark already and it was getting quite cold. She got out of bed and put a jacket on, walking out of the room to see that no one was in the hallways.


    "Mo Han?" She called in a soft voice, wondering why she was talking quietly as she walked down the hallways to the dining room to see that no one was there as well.


    Where did he go? She could smell the fooding out from the kitchen and she scrunched her nose up slightly, not very hungry.


    Just as she was about to go into the living room, she heard the click sound of the front door opening, and she immediately went over to the front door, just in time to see Mo Haning back from outside..


    "Where did you go?" She asked, seeing that he did not dress up and was in a casual shirt and pants. It was quitete and it was time for dinner, and Mo Han usually didn''t go outside without her often.


    Upon seeing her, a smile appeared on Mo Han''s face as he held up a stic bag, shaking it as he took off his shoes and walked over to her, holding her hand as the two of them walked back into the house.


    Looking at the bag, An Luxia frowned, "The convenience store? Why did you go to the convenience store at this time? Couldn''t someone else go?"


    Mo Han shrugged, "I wanted to go by myself."


    "What did you get?" She reached for the bag from Mo Han, who let her have it, and watched as she let go of his hand and flipped through the bag, taking out the receipt first and then the three objects inside.


    She grabbed them with one hand, looking at the three identical products. It did not seem to be food. . . She flipped it around in the palm of her hand and her eyes practically fell out when she saw what it was.


    "Pregnancy test?! Why. . . Why did you get this?" An Luxia knew the answer to her question already, but she was still surprised, "You think I am pregnant?"


    Mo Han took one of the pregnancy tests away from her and looked through the instructions, "I think so. I mean think about it. . . You always seem tired recently and you get very sensitive around oily or heavily vored food. That doesn''t seem like you and they are all symptoms for pregnancy."


    An Luxia thought about it and he was indeed right, but she couldn''t believe it. Pregnant?! After all this time, she was pregnant now?


    Qi Yu had warned them that the Trap might have had somesting effects on her body, even if they could not figure anything out through the medical equipment. Perhaps, he had said that it might be harder for her to get pregnant or even pregnant at all.


    He said that there could be any side effects that they did not know about, which made Mo Han very angry. And, so Mo Han bought a ne ticket for Qi Yu right away and he was sent back to Country B to work on the things he had been working on before all the ident started happening.


    Ah, poor Qi Yu!


    An Luxia looked at the two pregnancy tests in her hand and knit her eyebrows together, thinking intensely about something. After reading through the directions, Mo Han looked at her and raised one eyebrow, "What are you thinking about?"


    An Luxia frowned, "Wait one second. . ." How could she ask the question she was thinking about right now out loud?! That would be too embarrassing!


    However, after almost a minute, she still could not remember anything, so she finally decided to ask, "It can''t be possible!" She eximed.


    "I don''t remember. . . I don''t think. . ." She looked down a little embarrassedly, "We did it before during this time period. . ."


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow, licking his lips to hide the smile on his face as he bent down towards her, lowering his voice, "Did you forget about that time in the hospital already? It wasn''t too long ago. . ."


    An Luxia''s eyes widened as the embarrassing memory immediately returned to her mind as the vivid imagery dirtied her thoughts. It was about three weeks ago, after she had recovered mostly already, and the monster Mo Han obviously couldn''t control himself!


    An Luxia threw a pregnancy test at him and angrily marched away, muttering some words underneath her breath that Mo Han couldn''t hear as he watched her enter the restroom.


    In the restroom, An Luxia tore the pregnancy test open and took out the stick, reading the directions as she followed them one by one carefully, both anxious and excited.


    After following all the steps, she held the stick up in the light at eye level, her heart speeding up as she waited.


    Slowly, one line showed up. An Luxia immediately looked at the packaging of the pregnancy test to check, and let out what seemed like a sigh of relief and disappointment when she saw that one line meant that she wasn''t pregnant..


    She put the test down, opening the restroom door as she walked out to see Mo Han standing right there. When he saw her, he raised one eyebrow and couldn''t hide the disappointment when he saw An Luxia shake his head.


    He took the pregnancy test from her and looked at it, already knowing the answer but still wanting to see for himself.


    He held it up and stared at it for several seconds, blinking his eyes several times. Then, he looked up at An Luxia, who had her lips tightly pressed together. For a second, he did not know how to react as he looked down at the pregnancy test one more time.


    An Luxia knew that he was also disappointed, but she was wondering why he was staring at the stick for so long. Finally, he looked up at her again.


    "You. . ." Mo Han turned the pregnancy stick to face her, "You''re pregnant?"

 Chapter 158 - Pregnant

    "You. . ." Mo Han turned the pregnancy stick to face her, "You''re pregnant?"


    An Luxia blinked a few times, her eyes slowly drifting down to the test. When she looked again, she noticed the second line that had not been there earlier when she had looked.


    Her mouth fell open. No way. . .


    She slowly looked back up at him and then her eyes went back to the two lines on the pregnancy test. When she looked a few moments ago, it was not there! She must have looked too early and it didn''t show up or was too light for her to see..


    An Luxia rubbed her eyes, still unable to believe it as she looked at Mo Han, who stared nkly back at her. The two of them could both not believe it.


    It had been too long for them to even think about it, much less think that it would actually happen, especially during such a chaotic time like right now.


    After he had finallye back to his senses, Mo Han smiled, his lips curling up into an expression filled with excitement and happiness as he lifted An Luxia up with his arms, and then quickly put her down again, afraid of identally hurting her.


    "Come on, let''s go to the hospital. I need to check," Mo Han said excitedly, turning around in a circle as if he was looking for something before grabbing onto An Luxia''s hand and pulling her towards the door.


    However, An Luxia quickly stopped, looking at Mo Han also with a smile on her face, "It''s nighttime already! We can wait until tomorrow."


    "But I don''t want to wait another second," Mo Han said, and An Luxia could not say anything so the two of them left the house without even eating dinner and Mo Han drove them to the hospital.


    The car stopped in front of the hospital, and since it was nighttime, there were not many cars and they parked in front of the hospital door. An Luxia practically had to run to catch up with Mo Han''srge footsteps as they entered the private hospital.


    They entered a room on the second floor, where the best obstetrician did her job. She came in a few minutes after they had sat down, and she smiled at An Luxia tiredly.


    "Hello, doctor," An Luxia said.


    "Good evening." The doctor sat down and eyed An Luxia''s stomach, "Wanting to get pregnant? Or just figured out you are pregnant?"


    An Luxia grinned, "The second. I''ve been having a bad appetite recently and I get tired easily, so my husband gave me a pregnancy test. I think I am pregnant."


    The doctor had An Luxiay down so she could perform a series of tests, and after less than three minutes, the doctor smiled, turning to Mo Han and An Luxia, "Congrattions! A new member is about to be added to your family!"


    ---


    Not wanting to have her parentse over thiste at night, An Luxia and Mo Han decided to wait to tell An Luxia''s parents until the next morning.


    However, the both of them could barely fall asleep at night just from excitement, and the next morning, before the sun was even up, An Luxia reached for her phone and dialed her house number.


    The phone rang several times before her dad picked up, and it was obvious that he was not fully awake, "Xiaxia, what happened? Why are you calling so early in the morning?"


    An Luxia sat up excitedly, not tired at all, "Dad, put the phone on speaker mode so mom can hear too!"


    An Ping looked at the phone confusedly and followed as he put the call on speaker mode and woke Qi Lanyu up, whispering to her, "Xiaxia."


    Qi Lanyu sat up on the bed, rubbing her eyes as she yawned, "Xiaxia, why are you calling so early in the morning?"


    An Luxia pressed her lips together excitedly, "Mom! Dad! Guess what?!"


    Without waiting for them to guess, she immediately said, "I''m pregnant!"


    ". . ." There was a moment of silence as Qi Lanyu and An Ping both finally woke up, but they were still wondering if this was a dream.


    "An Ping, am I dreaming?" Qi Lanyu asked, pinching herself on the arm and then shrieking in pain, "Xiaxia, are you dreaming?! Are you sure? When did you know about this?"


    Mo Han looked at the phone and pulled An Luxia into his embrace with a wide smile.


    "I had a bad appetite the past few days so Mo Han went out and bought a pregnancy test. It was positive so we went to the hospitalst night."


    Qi Lanyu and An Ping could both no longer sleep anymore as they immediately jumped out of bed, eximing, "Xiaxia, we will go over right away, okay?! Go to sleep! It''s still early! Goodbye!"


    Then, Qi Lanyu hung up as she hurried to go change and go see her daughter and soon-to-be grandchild!


    ---


    In less than half an hour, An Luxia, Mo Han, and An Luxia''s parents were all sitting in the house as Qi Lanyu and An Ping fought over looking at the pregnancy report.


    "Oh, almost one month already!" Qi Lanyu eximed, her eyes moving towards An Luxia''s stomach as she pped her hands together, "Oh, I need to go find all my recipes I had when giving birth that my mother passed down to me!"


    Qi Lanyu began talking on and on about everything she needed to do to help An Luxia''s pregnancy, and An Luxia listened on with a smile on her face, and one hand over her stomach.


    When Qi Lanyu finally toko a pause, Mo Han cleared his throat and spoke up, "Mom, dad, I have something I wanted to propose."


    Qi Lanyu, An Ping, and An Luxia all looked towards him, wondering what he was talking about. Mo Han looked towards An Luxia and held onto her hand with a smile, "I want to have a formal wedding with Luxia."

 Chapter 159 - Wedding Location

    Mo Han looked towards An Luxia and held onto her hand with a smile, "I want to have a formal wedding with Luxia."


    An Luxia was also shocked as her mouth fell open, and the three of them were all silent for a moment, so Mo Han went on.


    "When we got married, she was still in school and. . ." Mo Han smiled at the memory, "There were some misunderstandings about our marriage, so we never got to actually hold a wedding. I don''t want Luxia to not have a wedding, and I want to have a wedding as well, so I think before the stomach gets too big, we should have a wedding."


    An Luxia pursed her lips out in happiness as she grabbed onto Mo Han''s hand. She had long forgotten about the fact that they had never had a wedding yet, but he managed to remember.


    To be honest, she did want a wedding as well, but she did not think about it anymore, especially after the whole Trap situation happened..


    She looked down at her stomach. It would probably get big soon, and now that Mo Han brought it up, she did not want to wait for the wedding anymore.


    "Wedding?" Qi Lanyu and An Ping looked at each other and then at An Luxia, "What do you think?"


    An Luxia nodded.


    ---


    For the next few weeks, everything was about nning for the wedding. They immediately started picking the location, the date, and everything because if they were going to hold it before An Luxia''s stomach got very obvious, they had to be quick.


    They quickly decided on a date about a monthter, and began creating invitations, looking for locations, and everything that was necessary to hold a wedding.


    An Luxia stopped all her work and either worked on school work or nning for the wedding. As she had missed quite a lot of school due to the ident, she had to make a lot of things up.


    However, she would also be graduating in about three months, since it was nearing March already. Their wedding would be on March 20, the first day of spring, also a new beginning for all of them.


    An Luxia entered the room to see Mo Han sitting on the couch, looking through wedding idea photos. She sat down on hisp, wrapping her arms around his neck as she leaned against him, looking at the images as well.


    "Where do you want to hold the wedding?" He asked a question that had been on their minds for the past few days. It was getting close to the wedding, and they couldn''t do much without knowing where the wedding would be held.


    They had ordered their custom designed wedding dresses already and sent out the invitations, and the rest had to be decided after the location was decided.


    An Luxia smiled and sat up straight, looking at Mo Han. That was exactly why she was here right now!


    "Do you remember something?" She asked.


    Mo Han raised one eyebrow at her, putting down the pile of papers with wedding ideas on it and looking at her, "Remember what?"


    "A long, long time ago," An Luxia began her dramatic story, "In the orphanage, there was a young little girl and a young boy. They promised to marry each other when they grew up!"


    Mo Han watched An Luxia with a grin, watching her act as he already knew what she was talking about. But, how did that have anything to do with the wedding location?


    "One night, when they were lying in bed in the darkness, the little boy asked the little girl how she wanted to get married when she grew up!"


    At this point, Mo Han immediately remembered what she was talking about as he thought back to over 20 years ago.


    --- A long, long time ago


    Both of them could not fall asleep, and Mo Han knew An Luxia was not asleep yet as she rolled around in the darkness.


    "Luxia," he called her softly. The tiny figure immediately stopped rolling and replied, "Yes?"


    Mo Han smiled and asked softly so the other people in the different rooms could not hear. They were supposed to be asleep right now, "What do you want your wedding to be like when you get older?"


    An Luxia did not expect this question, and she was silent for a moment, "Wedding? I haven''t really thought about it. . ."


    There was silence as Mo Han gave time for An Luxia to think, and after a while, she slowly said, "A wedding. . . I think a simple wedding will be great. I want to have a wedding in a whole field of flowers!"


    She threw her arms up and then brought them down to the soft bed, making a thump as she rolled around again to face Mo Han, "A field of colorful flowers, and I want to wear a white dress!"


    Her voice softened as she closed her eyes and continued to imagine the scene, "It should be during the spring, so the sun is out and it isn''t too hot or too cold! There aren''t too many people. Just my best friends."


    Her eyelids began to get heavy as her talking slowed down and softened into a faint whisper, "Maybe it can be close to the ocean as well, so there are flowers and the sea. . . And. . ."


    She yawned as she could barely stay awake. As she couldn''t think much anymore, she asked softly, "What about you, brother Yelin? What do you want your wedding to be like?"


    There was a pause as Mo Han thought about it,ying on his back as he stared up at the dark wall. Finally, after what seemed like a long time, he said softly, "My wedding. . . The only thing I want is to have it with you."


    After saying that, the room quieted as the words were sucked into the silence. Mo Han looked over at An Luxia and noticed that her eyes were closed as her chest moved up and down slowly, her lips slightly parted as she slept soundly.


    She had fallen asleep already.


    --- Present


    "What do you think?" An Luxia asked, finishing her story, "How about let''s have our wedding on a in of flowers near the ocean?"


    Of course Mo Han would listen to whatever his wife said, so he nodded right away.


    An Luxia jumped up excitedly and ran out of the room, going back to search for wedding locations again!


    Mo Han watched her leave with a smile on his face as he stood up and went to order for his workers to begin searching for a location that met An Luxia''s requirements as well.


    ---


    Before long, the time had flown by and the wedding day had arrived.

 Chapter 160 - The Wedding

    Before long, the time had flown by and the wedding day had arrived.


    The wedding was to be held at a cliff near the beach, and you could hear the sound of the waves crashing against the shore not too far away.


    On the cliff, there was a t in of colorful flowers, swaying in the gentle spring wind as they shot upwards towards the bright sun on this beautiful first day of spring.


    Inside a room not too far away from where the chairs and everything was set up, An Luxia looked at her reflection in the mirror and frowned.


    "It''s still very big," she eximed, cing one hand over her stomach. She had not expected for her stomach to get so big in merely one month, but it was visible underneath therge wedding dress already.


    The wedding dress was gigantic, like a princess ball gown, spreading outwards onto the ground. Embroidered on the bottom of the dress were hundreds of flowers, hand sewn onto fall into the colorful flowers on the ground underneath her feet as she walked towards Mo Han.


    For the beauty, the waist area was pulled in, so her eye-catching stomach was quite obvious underneath the dress..


    An Luxia sighed and sat down, letting the makeup artist finish up her makeup as she looked at herself in the mirror with a smile on her face.


    Although she had been legally married for almost two years already, it still felt like she was just getting married! The whole ceremony of a wedding, with everyone here to witness it, made her heart run faster than a deer as she felt like she was getting married all over again, or for the first time.


    The makeup artist finished the makeup and went away, leaving An Luxia in the room with Yu Xinyi, one of her bridesmaids.


    Yu Xinyi walked over to her, her eyes sparkling as she sat down next to An Luxia, "Why do I feel like you are just getting married even though you have technically been married for over a year already?"


    An Luxia chuckled, "Me too."


    Yu Xinyi wore a light pink dress that flowed in the wind, her hair and makeup also done. An Luxia looked at her and smiled, "So. . . when are you and my brother going to get married?"


    Yu Xinyi immediately pursed her lips out embarrassedly, looking away, "I don''t know. . . He hasn''t proposed to me yet."


    An Luxia smirked and raised one eyebrow, standing up as she straightened her dress, "Is it time soon?"


    "I''ll go out and look." Yu Xinyi made her way to the door but before she could pull it open, a worker came in and told them that it was time for the bride to get ready.


    An Luxia felt her heartbeat speed up as she walked out of the room and to the area to await her entrance. Everyone here today were close friends or people they knew, but she was still scared.


    It was a small-scale wedding, not grand like the ones she often wrote about in her romance novels. It was on a small in of flowers with less than 50 guests, but it was exactly what An Luxia wanted and with the person she wanted.


    An Ping was also waiting in the back, waiting to walk down the aisle with his beloved daughter. An Luxia wrapped her arm around her dad when she arrived, smiling at him as she noticed that there were tears in his eyes.


    A wedding really hit different. . . Even though they had been married for a long time already, there were no tears in her dad''s eyes when she told him she had gotten the marriage certificate. Maybe it was because he didn''t really believe her.


    However, now at the wedding, he was more emotional than when she had actually gotten married legally.


    The worker came back and nodded, and An Luxia grasped onto the bouquet of flowers tightly as she walked around and entered the venue. Her eyes immediatelynded on Mo Han, who was standing not too far away from her, waiting at the end of the flowers.


    There was a path in the middle of all the flowers, just wide enough for her to walk through as her dress brushed against the colorful dots on the grass.


    Mo Han looked at her and his eyes immediately softened as he straightened his back, waiting for her to walk over. However, it seemed to be a very long time as she walked slowly, taking her time with her father as she neared him one step at a time.


    All the guests turned to look at her, and she could see from the corner of her eye her mother also crying as she watched her.


    An Luxia put on a smile as she stepped on the floor, getting closer and closer until she finally came to a stop in front of Mo Han, the sound of the waves crashing against her ears.


    Her father looked at Mo Han and then at her before letting go of her hand and sitting back down in the chairs.


    An Luxia looked up at Mo Han, a sparkle of happiness and amusement in her eyes as they looked at each other, both smiling.


    The marriage officiant began speaking, reading off of his script as the two of them took their vows. Then, Yu Xinyi and An Yuchen came up, holding a cushion with a ring resting on each one.


    An Luxia took hers first and then grabbed onto Mo Han''s hand, slipping the masculine ring onto his finger. Mo Han admired the sparkling ring for a moment before then taking An Luxia''s ring and gently taking her hand, slipping the ring on, which fit perfectly.


    Against the spring sun, the diamond ring sparkled, shining its light onto everyone that hade today to witness the love of An Luxia and Mo Han.


    An Luxia smiled as she looked up, just in time for the wedding officiant to say to Mo Han, "You may now kiss the bride!"


    The audience broke into apuse as Mo Han wrapped his arm around An Luxia''s waist, pulling her in as he gently pressed his lips against hers, kissing her passionately as he loosened his arm slightly to avoid putting pressure on her stomach.


    An Luxia smiled as she proudly returned his kiss, cing her hand onto his chest.


    This was her husband!


    The waves seemed to also be pping as it pped against the shore and the bottom of the cliff, but no one could hear it under the screaming love between the groom and bride right now.


    An Ping and Qi Lanyu looked at their daughter and son-inw with tears filling their eyes, pping slowly as they watched their daughter get married.


    Everyone in the audience couldn''t take their eyes off of the couple, who seemed to be a match made in heaven. It was a love that they all longed for. . .


    But love is not something to be chased after. Just like the beginning of An Luxia and Mo Han''s story, it has always been perfectly right. . . The both of them running towards each other to make this love a reality.


    The perfect rtionship in the eyes of others is never just there. It is something created by both parts of the rtionship, something that An Luxia and Mo Han have created together, and willst forever.


    Like how the wedding is the beginning of all marriages, this was just the beginning for the King of the Underworld and the wife of Hades. . .


    --- The End


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