At the end of the workday.

Ye Yuning received a call from Qin Jinchuan, and he asked how the wedding dress fitting went.

Ye Yuning wanted to say that perhaps they should call off the whole thing.

Things were already so chaotic, announcing their wedding would undoubtedly cause an uproar in the mall.

However, Qin Jinchuan said that everything was already arranged on the Qin Family’s end.

How he managed to convince the Qin Family, Ye Yuning didn’t know, but now, no one in the Qin Family was against it.

Unable to do anything else, Ye Yuning could only agree, "Alright, I understand."

"I won’t be picking you up tonight; I still have some things to arrange."

"Okay."

She hung up Qin Jinchuan’s call.

Chen Wei had already packed up and came in.

It had been two hours since her wedding dress fitting, and Chen Wei still hadn’t come to terms with it.

"Boss, are you really going to marry Young Master Qin?"

Ye Yuning nodded, "Yes."

"But, this..."

"..."

"Even though Young Master Xiao has indeed angered you recently, you can’t be this impulsive."

"Often, the choices made in moments of impulse can actually be the better ones."

Chen Wei: "..."

Hearing this, she didn’t know what to say.

So she knew her current choice was impulsive, but she still wanted to do it?

But honestly, Young Master Xiao had indeed been infuriating recently!

...

Ye Yuning went straight back to Xiangti.

Just as she arrived, Xiao Linye came back too, his face sullen, clearly struggling to contain his anger.

Xiao Linye looked at her, "Ye Yuning!"

The three words were gritted out through clenched teeth.

Ye Yuning: "You are only taking care of me for my brother’s sake, not really my brother, so you have no right to interfere in any of my decisions."

At this moment, her attitude was especially cold.

Perhaps that afternoon’s phone call had thoroughly chilled her heart, so now her words held no warmth at all.

Xiao Linye’s breath heavy, "You can’t marry Qin Jinchuan!"

"I said, you have no right to interfere in any of my decisions."

Can’t? By now, Xiao Linye had no right to say those words.

Seeing the man struggling to hold back, Ye Yuning said, "I’m about to marry Qin Jinchuan; is it still appropriate for you to stay in Xiangti? Should you leave, or should I?"

"I said, my relationship with Qi Mulan isn’t what you think, why do you..."

’Buzz buzz buzz’ The phone vibrated, cutting off Xiao Linye’s words.

Pulling it out, it was Qi Mulan calling.

Seeing this name, Ye Yuning glanced at Xiao Linye with sarcasm. She didn’t say a word, but her thoughts were clear.

Xiao Linye angrily hung up the call. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Ye Yuning chuckled, "If I got back together with you, I would always have to face situations like this. That’s precisely what I don’t like."

"If you don’t like it, I can..."

"Enough!"

Ye Yuning didn’t want to hear it anymore.

Can? What can you do? If you could properly arrange and handle things, what have you been doing all this time?

If it’s a lifetime of responsibility, it’s not something that can be easily dealt with!

Ye Yuning didn’t want to hear promises that were uncertain and unstable.

"Xiao Linye, if you had just listened to me once about our marriage, we wouldn’t have ended up this way."

"It’s a pity that after the incident, you disappeared completely, withdrawing from my world."

"When I was in Turanxi facing so many difficulties, it was Qin Jinchuan who helped me through them, where were you then?"

"When I returned from Turanxi after losing the child, you didn’t show up the entire month. Where were you? With Qi Mulan, she’s your responsibility, a lifetime responsibility!"

"Since she’s your inescapable responsibility, then let’s just leave it at that between us, shall we?"

Every word was spoken resolutely and especially cold.

Xiao Linye took a deep breath, lips moving to say something.

But meeting Ye Yuning’s indifferent gaze, the words jammed in his throat, unable to come out.

Ye Yuning: "Can you truly never see Qi Mulan again? Starting now!"

Prevent me from being with Qin Jinchuan?

Ye Yuning asked once before, and now facing him again, she asked once more...

Actually, any answer Xiao Linye could give now was already too late.

But facing him face-to-face, Ye Yuning asked once more.

Xiao Linye didn’t answer, but his eyes seemed to convey everything.

After a while, Xiao Linye took a deep breath, "Yuning..."

"Don’t say it!"

This helpless tone, Ye Yuning already knew that his answer was the same as before on the phone.

Since that’s the answer, there’s no need to continue; Ye Yuning didn’t want to hear it anymore.

Looking at this stubborn Ye Yuning, Xiao Linye’s breathing grew heavier, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"You can’t marry Qin Jinchuan, you know how messy the Qin Family is."

Xiao Linye’s tone was somewhat urgent.

What’s the Qin Family really like? There are reasons why Qin Jinchuan used to pretend to be oblivious.

However, whatever Xiao Linye said now, it was useless, Ye Yuning remained silent, only watching him quietly.

Xiao Linye: "I’ll handle the issue with Qi Mulan, just give me some time."

"How long?"

Ye Yuning asked.

Xiao Linye: "A year, just a year, okay?"

"Ha, a year, do you know what a year means?"

Their marriage hadn’t even lasted a year, and now he wanted her to give him a year.

It seemed Qi Mulan’s position beside him was indeed significant now.

Ye Yuning didn’t want to say anything more.

She hadn’t even put down her bag, and now there was no need.

"Since I’m going to marry Qin Jinchuan, we should keep our distance from now on, looks like you won’t be leaving here."

So, I’ll leave!

Ye Yuning took a step toward the door.

But after taking just two steps, Xiao Linye grabbed her wrist, "Ningning."

"Xiao Linye, I, Ye Yuning, don’t particularly like living a suffocating life, you Xiao Family, and Qi Mulan, enough is enough!"

"..."

"Don’t try to drag me into the mud with you!"

Even if she once had feelings for him, if it meant sinking into a quagmire, especially one involving another woman, she preferred to forget it.

The conflicts of the Xiao Family she could endure, but Qi Mulan as Xiao Linye’s responsibility, that was truly intolerable.

Ye Yuning was about to shake off Xiao Linye’s wrist, but he was unwilling to let go.

In their stalemate, Qi Mulan’s call came in again...