Mu Chuqing was stunned at his reaction. But Sheng Yuchen moved closer to her, his lips curled into a sneer. He cocked his head to one side and lowered his head, his lips about to devour hers…
"Don't you dare!"
Mu Chuqing snarled suddenly at Sheng Yuchen and raised her hand, to deliver a hard slap to his cheek.
Slap!
Mu Chuqing's arm was held in midair by Sheng Yuchen. The pain from the impact of his hand on her arm made her grit her teeth.
"Don't you understand that you only get three tries with anything in life?"
Sheng Yuchen's deep and low voice was filled with mockery.
Mu Chuqing pulled hard to withdraw her arm. "I'm not the only one who needs to understand that. Let go of me!"
Mu Chuqing struggled. Although Sheng Yuchen slightly moved away from her body, her soft and smooth thigh was still in his grasp. He increased his strength on her thigh with her grip and spoke to her with a sullen face.
"If you dare appear again at my banquet in such a revealing state dress, I will tear off this leg of yours!"
Mu Chuqing gritted her teeth and used all her strength to angrily push him away. Without taking another look at him, she bent over to pick up her skirt and started going downstairs.
Once again, a pair of porcelain legs were exposed. Sheng Yuchen was already gritting his teeth so hard that one could hear crunching sounds.
He stretched out his hand yet again and was about to pull her back when a cold voice floated up from down the staircase.
"Chuqing!"
"Yian!"
Mu Chuqing's voice had a trace of a pleasant surprise. Gu Yian started walking up the stairs, but his gaze went past Mu Chuqing's shoulder and was fixed on Sheng Yuchen, who was standing behind her.
Both men had their brows knit tight, their eyes already full of explosive fury.
However, Gu Yian retracted his gaze first and moved it to Mu Chuqing. Looking at the ends of her dress she held in her hands, he gently asked in a lowered voice, "What's wrong?"
Mu Chuqing's eyes flashed with a light of bafflement, before she replied in a helpless voice, "This skirt is too troublesome for walking down the stairs!"
Gu Yian smiled, then slightly bent his one leg, and scooped Mu Chuqing into his arms.
"Ah!"
Mu Chuqing exclaimed in surprise. Scrambling to cling onto Gu Yian's shoulders with her hands, she anxiously spoke, "Yian, quickly put me down. This isn't right!"
But Gu Yian did not speak, and instead, calmly carried Mu Chuqing down the staircase.
The guests in the banquet hall looked at the scene unfolding before them, some with shock and some with envy. No one noticed the man with a dark, somber expression standing at the top of the staircase…
Gu Yian put Mu Chuqing down the moment they reached the bottom of the stairs.
Mu Chuqing heaved a sigh of relief, adjusted her hair, and quickly thanked him.
"Thank you, Yian!"
"You're welcome! Let's go!"
"Okay!"
She hastily responded and followed Gu Yian out of the banquet hall.
This time, she was really leaving.
...
Ye Yun felt guilty towards Chang Chu and brought her into the room to take a shower. As it was already late at night, and the servants were still busy cleaning up the banquet hall, Ye Yun did not order any of them to run out to get Chang Chu a new dress. But simply asked her to stay back for the night.
Although Chang Chu's eyes were filled with joy, she put on a shy demeanor and nodded her head.
Ye Yun smiled knowingly, patted her hands, and left the room with a smile.
Dressed in a bathrobe, Chang Chu walked around the room a couple of times and finally stopped by the bedside, looking at the soft double-bed. Thinking about her entanglement with Sheng Yuchen as they rolled in the sheets, thinking of his muscular body, coupled with his charming voice laced with passion, her breathing was already becoming frantic, and the desire in her eyes grew stronger…