Chen Yun spoke as though an elder were scolding a junior, leaving Lin Bai to laugh bitterly twice.
If I'd known this would happen, I never should have rescued you back then... Lin Bai grumbled inwardly.
At the same time, he felt a chill run down his back, as if someone were pressing a sharp sword against his spine. He secretly glanced back, only to meet the gazes of Qiao Mo and Qin Yao.
Next time we gather, I'm not bringing any female companions... Lin Bai awkwardly turned back, calmly holding his teacup and taking a small sip.
After being reprimanded by Chen Yun, Chen Yule no longer dared to act recklessly. He obediently sat in his seat, secretly exchanging glances with Lin Bai. Laughter flickered in both their eyes.
Chen Yun had always held an extremely high position in the Chen Family. She was also Chen Yule's aunt—the biological younger sister of the current Chen Family Patriarch.
Although she had been somewhat rebellious in her younger years, defying her family's objections and marrying into Ke Province, where she suffered greatly,
after Lin Bai rescued her and she returned to the Chen Family in the imperial capital, the Chen Family still treated her as one of their own, without the slightest estrangement.
Recently, she had rarely appeared in the imperial capital, mainly because the Chen Family intended to hand part of its business over to Chen Yun to manage.
Chen Yun had not disappointed the family. Intelligent and quick-witted from childhood, she soon brought the family business into perfect order and earned the high regard of the family's ancestors.
For a time, the banquet grew somewhat awkward, and the atmosphere turned subtle... Just then, Meng Qinxian entered with the prodigies of the Overturning Heavens Sect.
"We pay our respects to