Yanyue struggled to grasp the situation. Her mind was blank as she was completely unaware of what was happening to her. Once she could think again, she broke free from the man's embrace.
"I'm sorry," she said awkwardly, "but Young Master Yang, I don't know who Lulu is. My name is Shen Yanyue."
She saw the exhilarated look in the man's eyes changed to that of disbelief.
"What are you talking about? You are Lulu! You look exactly like her!" the young man continued to say.
Yanyue shook her head in denial. "I'm really not this Lulu that you're talking about."
The man couldn't take the truth. He held onto either side of her shoulders and looked into her eyes. "You really don't know me? I'm Yanfeng!"
Then, his eyes widened in horror. "What happened to you? Did you forget about me?"
Yanyue wanted to back away from this strange person. At first, she thought that he was well-mannered, but now he looked like a crazy person.
Then, a sturdy and warm hand wrapped around her waist and pulled her away from the man.
A familiar and cold voice came from above her head."Young Master Yang is mistaken. This is my wife, Mrs. Lu of the Lu Group," Lu Beichen said, his hand tightening around her waist while Wanyue was beside him.
Yanfeng looked at the domineering man holding onto the woman affectionately and was dumbfounded. He refused to acknowledge this fact, but perhaps this person wasn't the one he was looking for. However, he couldn't explain the uncanny similarity this person had to Lulu. He would believe that it was her twin standing in front of him, but he had never heard of Lulu having any twin sisters.
"She's your wife? Where's your proof?" Yanfeng asked to make sure that he wasn't scammed. Lulu was still young and she also had a fiance. He didn't believe that she would cheat and married another man.
Beichen cast the man another indifferent gaze. "Look closely," he said as he inclined his head towards Yanyue without care that his lover was beside him. His only thought at the moment was that he couldn't let anyone else covet his belonging.
Yanyue felt his face inching closer as the light vanilla scent wafted out from his hot breath. Before she could dodge him, his lips covered her lips. Her skin tingled and she stared at his closed eyes without blinking. The objects around her became blurry as if time had frozen.
The people in the room, who were now circling them, gasped in astonishment. Wanyue was especially shocked because Beichen had never kissed her on the lips. Her face wrinkled in an ugly frown.
People had always thought that she had an intimate relationship with Beichen, but the truth was that he was not someone who liked skin-ship. He would never initiate anything beyond a hug. His reluctance to get closer to her made her doubt his ability in that aspect of a man, but she was wrong because he got her sister pregnant after all.
Whenever she thought about this, she would always curse her sister because she was able to sleep with Beichen, while she, who was his long-time lover, had never slept with him before.
The man retracted his lips after a good minute. He licked away the lipstick that had gotten on his lips like it was cotton candy. A smug smile appeared on his face because her speechless expression and red face amused him very much.
"Is this enough proof?" he asked arrogantly to the flabbergasted man in front of them.
Yanfeng didn't know what to say after that. The woman didn't resist that man at all, so what he said was credible. In other words, he was her husband. And he seemed to remember this man now.
The man in front of him was Lu Beichen, the President of the Lu Group as well as the second prince of Country Y. He had recently gotten married, but he had not appeared in public with his wife because it seemed that their relationship was not harmonic, so people who didn't follow their gossips or personal life would not know who his wife was.
After directly seeing their public display of affection, Yanfeng thought that people were making assumptions about the couple's relationship because the two people in front of him were stuck like glue.
Yanyue slowly nudged out of Beichen's body. The man was unhappy that she pushed him away.
She felt a little uncomfortable because this was the first time that they appeared together in public, even though it was a coincidence, and to make matters worse he even kissed her! This was too much for her heart to handle.
She concluded that he must have been drinking too much and confused her for his lover who was just on the other side of him.
"Young Master Yang, I don't know who you're looking for, but I am not her," she confirmed once more.
Yanfeng was doubtful even after such an act between the couple. He had the resources to validate their claims and would look into it later, but right now wasn't the time to embarrass himself any further lest people would think that he was stealing a person's wife.
The woman in front of him looked so much like Lulu, so even if she was not her, he wouldn't mind making friends with her. So, he reintroduced himself to her.
"Mrs. Lu, I apologize for my unsounded claims just now. It's just that you look so much like someone I knew that I was just surprised. However, if you don't mind, can we still be friends?" he asked politely as he put his hands in front of her as a sign of respect.
Yanyue gazed around the room. If she didn't accept this person's wish to become friends, then she would become the villain in front of all these people, especially because this person was the celebrated figure of today's event.
She glanced up to Beichen who was indifferent. She didn't know what he was thinking, but she was doing this for him as well. As his wife, her actions would have repercussions on his reputation.
So, without anymore hesitation, she placed her hand on the man's own. He took her hand and placed a light smooch on top of it. This sealed their newfound friendship.
Her face turned pink from embarrassment because she wasn't used to anyone else besides Beichen kissing her. After he was done, she took her hand back and smiled politely at the man.
People began dispersing from the scene as nothing was interesting to watch anymore. Wanyue hooked her arms around Beichen and wanted to force him to go somewhere else to socialize as she couldn't stand Yanyue near him.
The man looked at the lonesome woman he had just kissed. The corners of his lips raised arrogantly as he walked away with his lover.
Yanyue was thankful that Beichen finally let her go because she could finally breathe normally now that he was gone.
She went to the bathroom to cool down. She splashed cool water down her face. When she looked up, she saw a familiar figure behind her.
She turned around, but before she could say anything a sharp sound echoed the bathroom and she felt a burning pain on her cheeks.
Pak!
"You bitch! Why should I watch him kiss you in front of everyone? Do you see me as a joke?" Wanyue yelled.
Yanyue rubbed her red cheeks. Even when they were kids, Wanyue would push and yell at her for no reason. Everything she ever had would be taken away by her. But, she never liked to fight back because Wanyue was her only sister and she cherished such a relationship very much, so she was always the one who yielded first.
It was true then and it was even more true now because she stole her position as Beichen's wife. This was a sin that she couldn't cover.
"Wanyue, I didn't mean to do that. I never asked for him to announce our relationship that way," she said knowing that her sister didn't care about explanations.
"Because of you, people call me a mistress! Do you know how shameful that is? I was the first one to meet him, but you stole him away from me!" Wanyue yelled again.
Yanyue shook her head and could only sob quietly because everything her sister said was the truth. She wanted to get out of this marriage, but she was pregnant now so it was even more impossible to divorce Beichen as she had planned.
Wanyue stared at her sister's stomach. Her mouth wrinkled in disgust and hatred. "Do you think being pregnant can save you? Let's see if you can keep this bastard child!"
Then, she turned and left the bathroom as people were beginning to knock on the door that she locked when she followed her sister in.
Yanyue's face turned pale. She leaned against the bathroom's wall for support. She knew that her sister was someone who was filled with wrath and schemes.
In high school, her sister made a girl stop coming to school because that girl had given a love letter to Beichen. Another girl was expelled for giving chocolates to Beichen on Valentine's day.
Her sister could do anything to be with Beichen, so does this mean that her baby would not be safe?
She furrowed her eyebrows, concerned and hoping that nothing bad would happen in the future.