Ling Xiaodong took a deep breath and quickly suppressed his shock and disbelief.
He soon realized what the real problem was.
His sharp gaze swept the area, searching for the frail figure of the kidnapped Gu Qingshang.
He did not find Gu Qingshang.
Instead, one breathtaking beauty after another entered his field of vision.
There was Liu Ruyan, the icy CEO he had seen at the engagement banquet, and the adorably innocent Ruan Mianmian.
And then...
Behind the crowd stood Nangong Lingxiang, wrapped in a moon-white dress, like a Banished Immortal descended from the heavens.
The instant his gaze touched her peerlessly beautiful, cool face,
Ling Xiaodong's breath caught!
It felt as though a hammer had struck his heart. He missed a beat, and profound awe flashed through his eyes!
He had spent years fighting his way through the overseas Dark World and amassed wealth beyond an ordinary person's imagination.
Over those years, he had surrounded himself with women and met more stunning beauties than he could count.
Tall, sultry Western supermodels, alluring mature women, exquisite mixed-race models from Southeast Asia—he had sampled them all to his heart's content.
But a woman who could shake him to his core with nothing more than a glimpse of her profile?
He had never met one in his life!
In an instant,
Ling Xiaodong felt as though he had fallen in love.
Everything else in the world lost its color and vanished.
Only that peerless, ice-cool beauty remained in his world. He could not tear his eyes away...
While Ling Xiaodong lost himself in a rosy fantasy of his own making, his soul practically drifting out of his body,
in the middle of the clearing,
a string of furious snorts rang out.
Wu Xiao, now completely berserk, drove his four thick hooves into