“Zhan Ge fled abroad the moment he heard he had returned.” Yan Qing couldn’t help but laugh. That mysterious uncle of Zhan Yunduan’s, the Crown Prince of the capital’s elite circles, was notoriously mad within their social sphere. Among the four younger generation members of the Zhan family, each was more afraid of him than the last.
Zhan Yunduan was so angry she nearly crushed her water bottle. That heartless Zhan Ge actually didn’t take her along!
Clearing her throat, Zhan Yunduan said seriously, “Qing-jie, my uncle isn’t mad. He’s actually really good.”
“Zhan Duanduan, aren’t you ashamed to say that?” Yan Qing looked at her with a smile. “Who was it that told me seven years ago, when your cousin took a girl out to eat, your uncle threw him into the Devil Troops and he almost didn’t make it back?”
“Six years ago, when your older cousin picked up a girl after school, he was exiled to Australia and still isn’t allowed to return.”
“Five years ago, when Zhan Ge put his arm around a girl’s shoulder, your uncle kicked him off a drop tower ride, nearly scaring the acrophobic him out of his mind.”
These were the incidents Yan Qing knew about.
“My uncle did that to prevent them from dating too early.” Recalling the events Yan Qing mentioned, Zhan Yunduan suddenly widened her eyes. Holy shit!
What have I discovered?!
Oh my god!!!
The girl those three unlucky brothers messed with was the same person—Aunt Yan Qing.
Zhan Yunduan gloated with schadenfreude. Those poor fools still didn’t know why they were tormented by their uncle.
So, does that mean Uncle has liked Aunt for seven years?
Youth lasts only a few years, and Aunt has occupied seven years of Uncle’s youth!
I’m so jealous of Aunt, waaah.
Walking up to Yan Qing, Zhan Yunduan tried to boost her uncle’s image. “Qing-jie, my uncle is really, really good. If he ever acts crazy, it’s definitely because someone crossed his bottom line. You know, my uncle has been checking in on me and caring for me all these five years he’s been abroad…”
Wait!
Back in middle school, my uncle, who never paid me any attention, suddenly transferred me to the school Aunt attended.
I thought he was just concerned about me!
When I graduated, my uncle, who never cared about me, told me to start a business with Aunt.
I thought he was the only one supporting my entrepreneurial dreams!
During these years abroad, my uncle didn’t contact anyone else in the family, only video-called me.
I thought I was the beloved little princess, wuwuwu!
Turns out I was just Uncle’s tool for chasing his wife!!
Zhan Yunduan’s fair, delicate face puffed up like a pufferfish in grievance.
Noticing she was about to cry, Yan Qing cupped her face. “What’s wrong, Duanduan?”
Kind-hearted and easygoing, Zhan Yunduan’s sulk didn’t last long before she broke into a smile. Her best friend was now her aunt—she had a powerful backer from now on!
She hugged Yan Qing tightly. “Qing-jie, I love you the most. From now on, you have to protect Duanduan, especially when my uncle hits or scolds me.”
“Do you even have to say that? Whenever your brothers bullied you, did Qing-jie ever not pay them back double?” Yan Qing pinched her cheek with a laugh. “Don’t be afraid. If your uncle bullies you in the future, Qing-jie will get revenge for you!”
“Thank you, Qing-jie! Qing-jie is the best!”
Just as the two were about to head back to the company, Yan Nan Shuo arrived.
Yan Qing smiled and walked over. “Dad, what brings you here?”
“Your dad was passing by and wanted to see your new store. Also, I came to tell you something,” Yan Nan Shuo said with an angry expression. “Dad hired a private investigator. The person who saved you five years ago definitely wasn’t Xia Jin. We’ve been fooled by that bastard for five years!”
Fury surged within Yan Qing, but she restrained herself from lashing out. “Dad, have you found out who my savior is?”
Yan Nan Shuo pointed at Zhan Yunduan with a complicated expression, “The benefactor of our family is Yunduan’s mysterious little uncle.”
Yan Qing was utterly shocked, “The person who saved me was actually the crazy Crown Prince?”
Zhan Yunduan was equally surprised, “It was actually my little uncle?”
After the initial shock, Yan Qing suddenly felt that the Crown Prince wasn’t so crazy after all. “Dad, the Crown Prince is my savior. I must go and thank him properly.”
Yan Nan Shuo nodded, “That’s only right. Dad will accompany you to Zhan Corporation.”
Wouldn’t this outing expose her little uncle?
Zhan Yunduan abruptly stopped the two of them, “Uncle Yan, Sister Qing, my little uncle went on a business trip to Shanghai early this morning. I don’t know when he’ll be back.”
Yan Qing didn’t doubt it, “Then please thank your little uncle for us first. We’ll go thank him in person when he returns.”
“Mm-hmm!”
Yan Qing saw her father out of the mall. “Dad, leave Xia Jin’s matter to me to handle. Whatever benefits he’s taken from our family, I’ll make him pay back double.”
“Alright, tell Dad if you need any help.” Yan Nan Shuo gave a few more reminders before leaving.
At three in the afternoon, Yan Qing and the other went to the Beijing airport to pick up another close friend, Rong Yan, who had been on a business trip to France.
International Arrivals exit at the airport.
Yan Qing, who had arrived early, waited for a while before Zhan Yunduan came over carrying six cups of milk tea.
“Zhan Duanduan, there are only three of us. Why did you buy six cups of milk tea?”
Zhan Yunduan handed the mango-flavored one to Yan Qing. “Sister Qing, you just don’t get it. Ordering milk tea is like ordering male models—more choices, more experiences.”
Yan Qing twitched her lips, “Says the one who’s never ordered a male model.”
Zhan Yunduan bit her straw and laughed, “Strict upbringing. Duanduan wouldn’t dare have such audacity.”
The two drank their milk tea and waited for a while, but instead of Rong Yan, they saw the second son of the Fu family, Fu Zhan Yu, come out.
Zhan Yunduan pouted, “Sister Yan Yan really did go to France for Fu Zhan Yu.”
As soon as she finished speaking, a woman in professional attire quickly approached Fu Zhan Yu and intimately linked arms with him. “Zhan Yu, welcome back. Shall we go to the company first or home?”
Yan Qing’s face turned cold as she said icily, “Men only behave when they’re hanging on the wall!”
“Daring to touch the man my best friend has her eye on, I…” Zhan Yunduan cursed halfway before suddenly changing her tone, “Ahem, Sister Qing, Fu Zhan Yu is pretty well-behaved even without being hung on the wall.”
Fu Zhan Yu ruthlessly shook off the woman’s hand and strode away without a word.
“Uh… I misunderstood Fu Zhan Yu.” Yan Qing awkwardly took a sip of her milk tea.
Zhan Yunduan withdrew her gaze and whispered, “Sister Qing, do you think Sister Yan made any progress chasing Fu Zhan Yu to France this time?”
Yan Qing shook her head without hesitation. “If Yan Yan dared to let Fu Zhan Yu know her feelings, she wouldn’t have been timid for six years.”
As they spoke, after the two left, Rong Yan walked over, wearing a white knee-length dress and a smoke-gray trench coat.
Rong Yan was a top-tier lawyer, stunningly beautiful and aloof, so mysterious that even her close friends didn’t know her background.
Six years ago, Rong Yan stood on a rooftop drinking, her back desolate and beautiful, giving off a sense of having nothing to live for. Yan Qing and the others thought Rong Yan was going to take her own life, so they pulled her down. After a deep conversation, the three became close friends.
“Yan Yan!”
“Sister Yan Yan!”
Seeing her two best friends, a rare smile appeared on Rong Yan’s cool face. The three friends hugged.
Yan Qing drove away from the airport.
Zhan Yunduan reminded Rong Yan, “Sister Yan Yan, just now a woman came to the airport to pick up Fu Zhan Yu.”
Rong Yan quietly gazed out the window and said indifferently, “I know. She’s the woman arranged by the Fu family to be by his side.”
Yan Qing asked, “Yan Yan, give us an update. What progress have you made with Fu Zhan Yu?”
“None.”
“Really?” Zhan Duanduan was upset. “Sister Yan Yan is an aloof beauty unmatched among thousands, a top-tier lawyer. Even chasing him all the way to France couldn’t move Fu Zhan Yu?”
Rong Yan smiled bitterly in her heart. What use was being beautiful?
What did it matter to become a top-tier lawyer?
Even if she was no longer the Little Fiend, Fu Zhan Yu remained the one she loved but could never have.
All because her birth was the original sin.