Kiss

Tears, without warning, fell from the corners of Ye Huaran's eyes, tracing down her cheeks.

Ye Huaran's tears made Xie Yubai inexplicably irritable.

With his left cheek wrapped in gauze and his jaw tense, Xie Yubai's gaze fell on her like frost passing through, and every word he spat out seemed to be coated with a layer of ice chips, chilling to the bone. "Aisin Gioro Dongzhu, if you want this young master to grant your wish, you can forget about it."

"Aisin Gioro Dongzhu. If you want this young master to grant your wish, forget about it."

Ye Huaran's heart beat uncontrollably.

It wasn't until this moment, hearing Xie Yubai utter the exact same warning as in the previous life, that Ye Huaran was convinced—she had truly been reborn!

She was reborn!

She returned to when she was sixteen, back to the year before the major mistake had been made!

Ye Huaran greedily stared at the overly young, even slightly naive Xie Yubai before her.

Ye Huaran weakly stepped forward.

Xie Yubai's subordinate, He Buxian, cold-faced, stood menacingly in front of Xie Yubai, but was stopped by Xie Yubai's icy gaze.

He Buxian gritted his teeth, reluctantly retreating behind the young master, his fierce eyes still glaring at Ye Huaran.

The young master was probably bewitched by this little miss!

This little miss hadn't even grown up yet, and she was already eloping with a man. It showed she wasn't a person who could be easily controlled. Instead of directly proposing to annul the marriage contract, why bother arguing with this little girl from the royal family?

Ye Huaran didn't notice He Buxian's angry gaze at all. In fact, at this moment, her eyes were fixed only on Xie Yubai.

Afraid that everything in front of her was just a mirage, Ye Huaran's fingertips trembled as they lightly touched Xie Yubai's face.

Her unconventional behavior not only shocked He Buxian standing beside Xie Yubai, but also stunned her personal maids, Ningxiang and Biyuan, who stared at their mistress as if she were possessed.

Could it be that the mistress had been driven mad by the fireworks?!

Xie Yubai stiffened even more, unable to move.

Ye Huaran had no idea what kind of shock her abnormal behavior had caused to everyone present.

Her gaze was so focused, inch by inch, her fingertips caressed Xie Yubai's thick eyebrows, straight nose, and finally, landed on the blood-soaked gauze wrapped around his left cheek.

Tears fell like beads off a broken string.

This face, later marred by terrifying burns, and even more notorious in the business world, was criticized by the Xie family as unsightly, causing a storm of ridicule. How could a disfigured person take over the Xie family and become its master?

How could the master of the Xie family be someone with a disfigured face?

Clearly, the rightful heir to the Xie family was Guinian, the eldest son of Xie Chengzhi and his first wife, Ke Mianfang!

It was all because of her, all because of her~~~ It was because of her that Xie Yubai struggled so hard on the path to power in the future.

But what did she do in her previous life? In her previous life, she heard the conversation between Ningxiang and Xie Yubai inside the room. She heard the sound of Ningxiang's head hitting a hard object on the ground with each kowtow, Ningxiang being kicked away, Biyuan's exclamations, and then, when she pushed open the door, what she heard was his words, "Aisin Gioro Dongzhu. If you want this young master to grant your wish, forget about it."

At that time, she hated him to the bone.

She clearly remembered that year, she leaned her neck close to the dagger in his hand, "Xie Yubai, unless you kill me now. Otherwise, there is absolutely no possibility of me marrying you in this lifetime!"

She also remembered Xie Yubai's terrifying, blood-red eyes.

Rather shattered jade than intact tile.

At that time, she thought she was definitely going to die and closed her eyes resolutely.

It was Ningxiang and Biyuan's delighted exclamations that made her open her eyes again, and the dagger against her disappeared, and the man had long since disappeared.

He actually granted her wish!

With a grim warning, he let go of her so easily because she threatened him with her own life.

Later, when the Ruisu Mansion had trouble, the mother didn't know where she was, and her three brothers had successive accidents, all thanks to him maneuvering behind the scenes, sending people to protect her and her mother.

Even until his death, he was still protecting her.

Fate played tricks on people.

In the previous life, when she finally knew what he had done for her and understood the change in her heart, it was too late.

When Ye Huaran's fingertips barely stopped at Xie Yubai's sharp and icy brows, Xie Yubai forcefully grasped the wrist wandering on her face, his gaze ice-cold. "Aisin Gioro Dongzhu, look carefully, this young master is not your lover! Listen, no matter what tricks you play, today you must come back with me..."

Ye Huaran's one hand was held by Xie Yubai, so she used the other hand to grab Xie Yubai's neatly arranged collar and pulled him towards her.

Under Xie Yubai's vigilant and cold gaze, she tiptoed and sealed his sharp lips.

(End of this chapter)