Marry Me Quick

Chapter 695

Chapter 695 On Behalf of The Earl of Augsburg?

Ziyue raised her eyebrows. She kept her anger to herself.

"It's totally fine if you're happy being Gricy's dog, but please don't group us all together with you. I'm sure we'd much prefer staying human."

Ziyue's sharp wit left a wound in Hanyan's pride.

Hanyan glared at her, "You are nothing more than a quick tongue. Besides that, what else can you do? You're nothing without Muchen!"

"That's where you're wrong. Even without Muchen, I am Su Ziyue." Ziyue stared at her head on, quieting the burgeoning anger in her chest.

Whatever the situation she was in, be it richer or poorer, Ziyue was always aware of who she was.

One must never lose sight of themselves. Do not be led astray. Do not hide who they are. And always be their true selves.

Hanyan wasn't wrong. Without MUchen, Ziyue may have never risen to popularity that quickly. She won't be known as the wife of LK Group's chairman. She may never have gotten a chance to enter Mogwin Castle. She probably would never hear of Gricy nor get involved with them. It was unlikely she'd meet someone like Aika too.

But even living a life of normality without Muchen, she was proud of who she was. She was Su Ziyue, and there was nothing wrong with that.

Hanyan, on the other hand, had succumbed to her desires and had driven herself deeper and deeper into the darkness.

She had lost sight of herself. She probably couldn't even recognize who she was anymore.

Women's conversations were full of passive aggressiveness. This was how toxic women could be.

Hanyan was sly. She picked up what Ziyue had meant without any prompting.

She'd thought among them, Ziyue would be the one to get upset by her taunts. To Hanyan's surprise, she was the one who was triggered.

"That's quite the bark you got there!" She sneered. Material © NôvelDrama.Org.

"Thanks for the compliment, but…" Spinning a pen within her fingers, Ziyue said breezily, "Just say what you came to say. I have a company to run."

Cutting to the chase, Hanyan told it to her straight, "Go to Country J if you want to find out what happened to Chuan."

"No can do. I'm too busy." Ziyue denied her outright.

"Didn't you just say they were different from me? You'll abandon them when they cease to be useful to you!"

Besides Muchen being absolutely in love with Ziyue, Hanyan hated her for her upright, unswayable moral compass.

It was as if she had never felt any guilt for doing anything wrong ever.

Hanyan did not believe that was possible. Everyone must have done something wrong at least once in their lives. It was one of the reasons she hated Ziyue. Hanyan thought her to be a hypocrite.

"You must have spent so long under their thumb that you've forgotten all about free will. Should I go to Country J just because you told me to? Why do I have to do as you say? Have you also been suckered

into believing Gricy is all-powerful?"

After a slight pause, Ziyue continued, "That's right. Who exactly are you speaking for? Gricy? Or…"

She stared unblinkingly at Hanyan. A long silence ensued before Ziyue broke it once more, "Or did you come on behalf of the Earl of Augsburg?"

Hanyan immediately tensed up.

Ziyue threw her pen aside and clasped her hands together. "I have an appointment. There's the door." She said coolly.

She picked up a phone and called her secretary, "Please escort Miss Gu out."

The order was so direct that Hanyan could not take it as any other meaning but for her to 'Get the f*ck out.' Her pride was already in shreds, and the person escorting her out had also arrived.

As soon as Hanyan was gone, Ziyue's calmness dissolved.

Her earlier confidence was but a front to trick Hanyan.

Muchen had also told her to stay out of Chuan's business, and since Ziyue had chosen to trust in Muchen, she would not be swayed by Hanyan's provocations or show signs of worry and anxiety.

"Mrs. Qin, can I come in?" Ke called from the other side of the door.

Even though she was well aware of Ziyue and Muchen's divorce, she knew it was just a formality. Sooner or later, they'd remarry, and she'd have to return to calling her "Mrs. Qin".

Ziyue was startled at her voice. She knew why Ke was here.

After some thought, Ziyue answered, "Come in."

The room seemed to shrink when Ke entered. She walked up until she was across Ziyue with the desk between them. She didn't say a word.

Ziyue knew Ke wanted to know about her brother.

ZIyue thought long and hard before making up her mind. "Muchen did not die. I saw him. I told him about what happened with Chuan. He told me he'd take care of it. However, he couldn't reveal himself yet."

She watched Ke's reaction.

Ziyue watched the myriad of expressions on Ke's face change from shock to finally ending at relief. Ziyue could finally let out the breath she had been holding in,

The Nan siblings' faith in Muchen was more unshakeable than she had thought.

Ke had suspected Muchen had survived from what Jingshu had said earlier. However, she was still surprised to hear Ziyue had met him. "So, when is he coming back?"

"It should be soon." Ziyue pursed her lips in thought.

She didn't know when Muchen would return.

Ziyue still felt a little uneasy even though he promised her they would ring in the new year together.

Maybe her nerves had become frayed from everything that had happened…

Ke left after finding out about Chuan…

…

Hanyan's return hit the news at noon.

Photos of her smiling and waving at the camera were all over the news. She smiled easily and naturally, a complete one-eighty from the embarrassment and anger she had shown Ziyue before.

With Hanyan's beauty and acting skills, it shouldn't be a problem for her to return to acting.

Ziyue scrolled through the comments online. Most of them were still cursing her out. The number of comments increased by the second.

It's true what they say. There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Ziyue turned off her computer and got ready to leave for lunch.

She bumped into Yunan who was waiting for her at the entrance.

He leaned against the car. His tall figure and charismatic energy caught the attention of every female in the vicinity.

Ziyue wanted nothing more than to avoid him, but Yunan had already seen her.