“After the kiss… we just went back to our rooms to sleep…” Bai Yunxia spoke slowly, her voice filled with guilt.
“Young lady! You two sleep in separate rooms? Who exactly is your husband? I’m going to deal with him today!” An Keying’s eyes burned with fury, as if she wanted to rush over and confront the man immediately.
In contrast, Yan Ruse remained much calmer. “It does sound rather problematic – no public acknowledgment, no emotional foundation. What exactly is so captivating about him that our dear Xiaxia would willingly fall for him?”
“Tell us! Is he from Ling City?”
“Don’t tell me he’s some old man your Bai family sold you off to!”
“Didn’t I tell you before? If you need money, just ask me! I have money!”
Bai Yunxia tilted her head and looked weakly at An Keying. “It would require several hundred million.”
The An family was indeed wealthy, but An Keying wasn’t in charge of managing the family finances. Her responsibilities were shopping, having fun, and enjoying her generous allowance. Coming up with that much money at once was simply impossible.
“Then let me think of something. You could marry my brother instead. If he dares to bully you, I’ll deal with him for you in no time.” An Keying was the family’s favorite and wasn’t afraid of anything.
“Someone who can casually provide several hundred million in support, yet is cold, abstinent, and hard to approach, and you can’t even tell us about him… Could your mysterious husband be…” Yan Ruse paused, watching Bai Yunxia’s evasive, nervous expression. “Mo Yanzhou?”
“Ah!”
An Keying was shocked, nearly knocking over her coffee.
“Mo Yanzhou!!”
“Xiaxia!”
Bai Yunxia covered her ears with both hands.
Her eardrums~
Fortunately, Yan Ruse’s tea restaurant private rooms were soundproofed, so no one outside could hear.
“If it’s Mo Yanzhou, then he’s probably truly abstinent, not impotent,” Yan Ruse said leisurely.
“Stop covering your ears.” An Keying pulled her arms down. “Looking at you like this, it must be true. Impressive! That’s Mo Yanzhou we’re talking about, the richest man in Ling City! You must secure him. We absolutely have to win this round.”
Yan Ruse nodded gently. “I support this.”
Mo Yanzhou was exactly as rumored – abstinent and hard to approach, cold and aloof. This actually indicated he was reliable. Moreover, a man like him would be very responsible. As long as Bai Yunxia remained his wife, even without feelings, he would protect her.
He was quite a suitable marriage partner.
Hearing them talk about “securing him,” Bai Yunxia became even more discouraged. “It’s harder than climbing Mount Shu. You have no idea how cold he is. When we went back to the old residence, he’d rather sleep on the sofa than with me. I’m so fragrant and soft – wouldn’t it be comfortable to hold me while sleeping? Yet he chose the sofa instead, even though his feet dangled off the edge.”
The fragrant, soft Xiaxia felt her confidence had been crushed by Mo Yanzhou.
An Keying made the final decision. “Listen to me – just sleep with him directly! Let’s cook the raw rice, marriage first then love. No, sex first then love, from sex to love.”
Bai Yunxia: “…”
What kind of wild words were these!
So bold!
“That won’t do~” Yan Ruse spoke slowly. “For someone in Mo Yanzhou’s position, daring to drug him would be challenging his authority. If Xiaxia is lucky enough to get pregnant with Mo Yanzhou’s child, they might spend their lives together for the child’s sake, but she would never gain Mo Yanzhou’s love.”
Yan Ruse continued: “Our Xiaxia was raised being pampered. She might endure temporary cold treatment, but she definitely couldn’t bear a lifetime of it.”
Bai Yunxia nodded slightly.
Yes, yes, yes.
She couldn’t bear it.
An Keying giggled, “So Xiaxia likes Mo Yanzhou, that’s why you’re trying to win his heart.”
“No, I don’t!” Bai Yunxia shook her head. “He’s so cold, I don’t like him at all. Our marriage is an arranged one—it’s only because Grandpa once saved Old Master Mo’s life that the Mo family agreed to it.”
Leveraging a past favor to demand repayment, combined with Mo Yanzhou’s inherently aloof nature, made winning his affection quite challenging.
Yan Ruse looked at Bai Yunxia’s innocent, aggrieved little face with heartache. “Take it slow. Since you’re already legally married, there’s no need to rush. Remember what I said: you can be enthusiastic, but not constantly so. Make him feel the contrast. You’re outstanding—love yourself more than you love him. He has his work, and you have your life. Your world doesn’t revolve around him. Love is just one part of your life, and Mo Yanzhou is merely a part of that love.”
Only Bai Yunxia could make the usually slow-speaking Yan Ruse talk this much.
As the youngest among them, everyone treated Bai Yunxia like a little sister, constantly worrying about her affairs.
Quietly and secretly, she had married herself off—and to Mo Yanzhou, no less, who was widely recognized in Ling City as the most aloof, abstinent, indifferent to women, and emotionally detached man.
“Thank you for the advice, sisters,” Bai Yunxia said, raising her matcha milk tea. “Cheers.”
They chatted about other things for a while longer, then An Keying leaned in close to Bai Yunxia’s ear and whispered, “Don’t listen to her; listen to me. Just sleep with him directly.”
Bai Yunxia: “…”
How could she just sleep with him?!
Was Mo Yanzhou someone that easy to seduce?
“I’ll send you some links tonight. Study them first,” An Keying whispered.
Bai Yunxia’s ears flushed red. While instructional videos could teach positions, the real challenge was how to win over Mo Yanzhou!
Otherwise, those videos would be utterly meaningless.
Across from them, Yan Ruse watched their whispered conversation calmly, easily guessing from the spoon in her hand that An Keying was trying to corrupt the pure and adorable Xiaxia.
Since Mo Yanzhou had gone out with friends for some aerial sports, the three girls had dinner together at a Japanese restaurant, did some shopping, and didn’t let Bai Yunxia return home until nine in the evening.
The car stopped at the villa’s main gate. Bai Yunxia got out and instructed, “Bring the things to my walk-in closet.”
The servants went to retrieve the items from the trunk.
Yu Chao approached with a grave expression. “Madam, why are you only returning now?”
“I went shopping with my friends. Is that not allowed?” Bai Yunxia smiled gently. “Has he returned?”
“The sir came back this afternoon. It was such a good opportunity—you should have had dinner together,” Yu Chao said, frustrated by her missed chance.
“If he really wanted to have dinner with me, he wouldn’t have left me behind.”
Even if she didn’t dare to try aerial sports, she could have cheered for Mo Yanzhou from below.
But Mo Yanzhou had directly asked the driver to take her home.
He clearly had no intention of bringing her along, probably thinking she wasn’t fit to appear in front of his friends or worth introducing.
She was so beautiful, with such a great figure, fair skin, a gentle personality, and six years his junior—where would he lose face by taking her out?!
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Xiaxia was indignant. She didn’t go looking for Mo Yanzhou and headed straight to her room.
After her shower, she noticed An Keying had sent her links on her phone.
Should she really click on them?
No—it was for educational purposes.
Bai Yunxia felt like she was doing something wrong as she burrowed under the covers, leaving not a single crack exposed, and cautiously clicked the link.
What was this?
Malicious website, identification error, potential risk, access blocked.
All that worry for nothing.
What nonsense!
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Bai Yunxia threw off the covers, silently placed her phone on the nightstand, turned off the light, and went to sleep.
In the middle of the night, the room door suddenly opened, letting in a faint light from the hallway before instantly closing again.
A tall, upright figure moved familiarly into the room and lay down on the bed.
“Ahhh—”