Chi Xian let out a light chuckle.
Her narrow, deep ink-colored eyes tilted upwards, as if tinged with peach blossom.
Ming Zheng: "..."
It was somewhat alluring.
But even more dangerous.
She quickly stood up.
Before she could leave.
Her arm was seized by the man's large hand.
Then, a strong pull.
She was drawn into the man's embrace.
Ming Zheng tilted her head up.
Brilliant golden sunlight streamed in from the floor-to-ceiling window.
It bathed his devastatingly handsome face.
Seen from this angle.
The man's face appeared exceptionally captivating.
Indeed, it was a face that, ten years ago, had made her exclaim, "Brother Beauty."
Ming Zheng nestled in his arms, wrapping her hands around his neck, her eyes crinkling. "Okay, I know I was wrong. It won't happen again."
"There's a next time?" Chi Xian raised an eyebrow, his low, husky voice like a siren's call.
Ming Zheng tilted her head. "...There might be?"
She sounded rather self-righteous.
Chi Xian smiled.
His smile became even more captivating, enough to bewitch an emperor.
He leaned in slightly, closing the distance to Ming Zheng. "It seems I need to give you a little punishment, or you won't learn your lesson."
Flecks of stars shimmered in Ming Zheng's bright, dark eyes.
Just as Chi Xian's lips were about to descend.
Her hand pressed against Chi Xian's thin lips, pushing them away forcefully.
"You probably won't get the chance to punish me."
Ming Zheng moved his lips away with her hand. "Unless you want to die under my third senior brother's fist."
Chi Xian: "..."
Alright.
Not only had Ming Zheng heard the footsteps outside the door.
He had heard them too.
No!
He had to find a way to trick Bao Zheng away from her senior brothers!
Otherwise, even holding his Bao Zheng would become a problem.
The moment Ming Zheng stood up from his embrace.
The door was opened.
Mo Yun Heng, exuding a cool and defiant aura, walked in.
Behind him followed Chi San Yue, also dressed in a black, form-fitting short dress.
Mo Yun Heng's gaze immediately fell upon Chi Xian.
Specifically, it lingered on...
The hand with which Chi Xian was holding Ming Zheng's slender wrist.
His deep, cold eyes seemed as if they could snap Chi Xian's hand.
Ming Zheng shook her arm.
The man refused to let go, his face displaying an incredibly childish expression—as if he were showing off to her third senior brother.
Ming Zheng: "..." Is he still a child?
"Third Senior Brother."
Unable to break free from the man, Ming Zheng decided to address her senior brother first.
She deliberately spoke with a cheerful smile, intercepting the crackling static electricity between her senior brother and the clingy one.
Mo Yun Heng's gaze flickered.
Knowing that his junior sister was distracting Chi Gou, he retracted his gaze, finding it bothersome to look at Chi Gou any longer.
He walked to the seat opposite Ming Zheng, which was also opposite Chi Gou, and looked at Ming Zheng. "Your Zhui Yu persona has been revealed. Do you need your brother to help suppress the trouble?"
"No need for such trouble." Since she had decided to reveal her identity, she had already considered the consequences.
In reality, whether her identity was revealed or not.
Zhui Yu had not accepted any interviews or private commissions before, and she still wouldn't.
Therefore, there was no need to specifically use the forces of the Mo Sect or the Star Palace to dampen the hype.
Moreover...
Given the current level of attention.
It was already too late to intervene.
"Suppress what? Of course, we shouldn't suppress it." Chi San Yue, in her high heels, displayed a long, fair, and beautiful leg. As she swayed, it was incredibly alluring.
She gracefully walked to Ming Zheng's side.
With one arm, she circled Ming Zheng's shoulders.
Pressing her soft body against Ming Zheng.
"Those scoundrels from the Ming family, now that they know our Zheng Zheng is a world-renowned musical legend, the master Zhui Yu, they must be seething with anger."
"We should let the whole world mock their Ming family."
"We should make the Ming family regret it to their very core!"
Chi San Yue couldn't help but laugh when she saw today's video online.
The Ming family, for some inexplicable reason, were blind and foolish, doting on a fake daughter and even considering the fake daughter their pride and joy.
Now they discovered...
Their pride was not even a speck of dust compared to Ming Zheng.
This was a resounding slap in the face!
As Chi San Yue spoke, she turned her head to look at Ming Zheng. "Zheng Zheng, I just overheard some gossip about the Ming family from the socialite circle."
The moment she finished speaking.
"What 'our Zheng Zheng'? Who allowed you to call her that?" Chi Xian pulled Ming Zheng towards him. "If you want to hug someone, go hug that man over there!"
Chi San Yue didn't let go, instead wrapping her arms around Ming Zheng's neck and burying her alluring and charming face in the crook of Ming Zheng's neck.
"I said, *our* Zheng Zheng. I'm your sister, and she's my future sister-in-law, so isn't she part of our family?"
"Since she's my future sister-in-law, is there a problem with me calling her Zheng Zheng and hugging Zheng Zheng?"
Although Chi Xian was extremely displeased that Chi San Yue could so brazenly get close to his Zheng Bao in front of Mo Yun Heng.
He had to admit, Chi San Yue's words did somewhat alleviate his jealousy.
"What sister-in-law? I never agreed to let our Ah Zheng marry into your Chi family." Mo Yun Heng gave a light scoff, his gaze towards Chi Xian suggesting—
"Are you dreaming?"
Chi San Yue snorted, "Sooner or later, Zheng Zheng will marry Ah Xian of my family!"
Seeing their conflict escalate into a three-person conflict.
Ming Zheng looked at Chi San Yue and her third senior brother with a hint of knowing amusement.
Just not long ago.
Chi San Yue had been crying about her first love, her unrequited love being their third senior brother.
Now, her attitude towards her third senior brother had made a complete U-turn!
Something must have happened between them that she didn't know about.
At this moment.
She naturally couldn't ask.
Asking would only solidify the conflict.
So, she decisively changed the subject. "What gossip did you just hear?"
Mentioning the gossip.
Chi San Yue's face immediately lit up with a bright smile. "I heard that we beat up Young Master Wang Quan Shan of the Wang family at Jinjue Zhizun before."
"Since Young Master Wang couldn't find you for revenge, he went to the Ming family."
"The current Ming family, already facing the risk of bankruptcy, couldn't withstand Young Master Wang's retaliation."
"So, that fake daughter stepped forward, successfully dissuaded Young Master Wang from retaliating against the Ming family, and even planned to invest in the Ming family."
At this point, Chi San Yue wore a conspiratorial smile. "Hearing this, wouldn't you think... the fake daughter is decisive and capable, even captivating a young master from one of the four major families, who has seen countless beauties, making him devoted to the fake daughter and willing to do anything for her?"
Ming Zheng shook her head. "Not at all. Ming Zhi Rou doesn't have that much charm."
Ming Zhi Rou's filtered image and halo only existed among the Ming family members.
People from the four major families were definitely not fools.
They wouldn't be swayed by a damsel in distress from a family on the brink of bankruptcy.