Julian smiled and walked over after noticing Xiao Xie and Saori's gazes.
"Miss Saori Kido, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm honored that you could attend my birthday banquet."
The moment Julian got a clear look at Saori's face, his eyes lit up.
Saori had always been beautiful, and now that she had recovered her strength, her entire body exuded a holy aura that made her even more alluring.
In the original story, Julian had fallen in love with Saori at first sight. Now, faced with an even more captivating Saori, he naturally found it even harder to restrain his affection for her.
Slap!
Just as Julian was about to reach out, take Saori's hand, and perform a hand-kissing gesture, a large hand suddenly shot out and tightly gripped his wrist.
"Who are you?"
Julian frowned slightly and turned toward Xiao Xie, wearing an expression as though he had only just noticed him as he asked in surprise.
"My name is Xiao Xie. Saori is my woman!"
At those words, Xiao Xie released Julian's wrist, pulled Saori's slender waist into his embrace, and made the declaration domineeringly.
Saori could not help revealing a delighted smile.
She did not dislike Xiao Xie's act of declaring his claim over her. On the contrary, it made her happy, because it showed that Xiao Xie cared about her.
"So that's how it is. Then I was indeed discourteous, Mr. Xiao Xie."
Julian rubbed his aching wrist, and a faint, concealed killing intent flashed through his eyes.
Yet in order to maintain his gentlemanly demeanor, he still kept a smile on his face.
Although the killing intent in Julian's eyes had vanished in an instant, it was impossible to hide before Saori, who had already awakened the Ninth Sense.
If Saori had not awakened