A-List Actress: Paper Marriage but Pampering Billionaire-Chapter 551 Inferiority Complex!

Negative emotions spread like a virus, rapidly.

In terms of social status, Jiang Jingheng surpasses Ning Ze, yet she and the girl Ning Ze is chasing are on the same level.

These people call her sister-in-law, but how many are sincere and not just respecting Jiang Jingheng’s face?

Mu Yan felt engulfed in a massive shadow, unable to extricate herself.

"What’s wrong?" Beside her, his gentle voice sounded.

Mu Yan looked at him, feeling as if a light was shining upon her.

The gloom in her heart dissipated a bit, and she said warmly, "Nothing."

"Sit down and eat," Jiang Jingheng said calmly, pulling her hand and leading her to the table.

Mu Yan turned her head and noticed that everyone else was standing there, just waiting for them.

She felt a bit awkward and quickly followed Jiang Jingheng to sit down.

Once they both sat, the others followed suit.

Mu Yan raised her head and her eyes met Xu Yachong’s across the table.

Xu Yachong nodded at her slightly, a trace of amusement in his eyes behind his gold-framed glasses.

Mu Yan glanced at him and then shifted her gaze elsewhere.

Xu Yachong’s lips curled slightly, calm to the point of abnormality.

Mu Yan wasn’t in the mood to deal with Xu Yachong today; turning her head, she saw Zheng Lu Hua helping Jian Shaohan with dishes, smiling without a hint of reluctance.

Jian Shaohan leaned back in his chair, looking very leisurely, enjoying her attentiveness.

She sighed inwardly, it seemed like a case of love willingly given and received.

Her gaze landed on Lan Xi next to her, who was tilting her head to talk to Lu Hao, her face full of undisguised sweetness.

Her eyelids twitched, she couldn’t believe Lan Xi looked so heartbroken that day.

Perhaps, liking someone means ignoring everything else.

"Have some soup first," Jiang Jingheng’s gentle voice came from the side.

Mu Yan snapped back to reality, glanced at the bowl of soup in front of her, and turned to smile at him.

If the roles were reversed, could she treat him like Zheng Lu Hua and Lan Xi treated Jian Shaohan and Lu Hao?

She didn’t know; he never gave her that chance.

"Sister-in-law, here’s to you, congratulating you on escaping a dire situation," Dong Le said, raising his glass to Mu Yan.

Mu Yan was taken aback for a moment, then understood what he meant.

The incident with Zheng Shufen had caused a huge uproar, there’s no way they didn’t know.

In the past, they only knew her family wasn’t well-off; now, they probably had her completely figured out.

For the first time, she deeply felt an emotion called inferiority, spreading from her heart to her limbs, eroding her soul.

She raised her glass and said to him, "Thank you!" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Jiang Jingheng immediately reached to grab the glass from her hand, "Don’t drink."

"This is a toast from Dong Le, why do you always have to grab my drink?" Mu Yan gave him a reproachful look.

Jiang Jingheng looked at her, his eyes deepening, not letting go of the glass.

The two of them confronted each other, the atmosphere turning a bit strange.

At the table, Dong Le and the others noticed the unusual tension, glanced at each other, and tactfully remained silent.

Jiang Jingheng fixed his gaze on Mu Yan for a few seconds before finally releasing his grip, saying gently, "Drink less."

In that instant, the tense atmosphere in the room dissipated, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay!" Mu Yan smiled slightly at him.

She turned to Dong Le, "I drink first as a token of respect."

With that, she finished her glass of wine.

Dong Le held his glass, glanced at Jiang Jingheng, seeing him lower his eyelids, his emotions unreadable.

He felt relieved, thinking he hadn’t made Brother Jiang angry.