"Miss! Miss! Something terrible has happened! Hah—hah—"
At the Nalan residence, a maid hurried to Nalan Yanran's room, gasping for breath.
Nalan Yanran had been chatting about something with Yun Yun in the room. Frowning, she went to the door and steadied the maid. "What happened? Take your time and tell me. What's the point of getting all worked up?"
The maid wiped the sweat from her forehead and panted, "Miss, your fiancé—that young master from the Xiao Family—he..."
"Hm? What happened to that good-for-nothing?"
As soon as Nalan Yanran heard that it was about her fiancé, she immediately paid attention. Yun Yun had heard the maid as well, and followed Nalan Yanran out of the room.
"That young master from the Xiao Family actually came here in person! He's in the Reception Hall right now."
"What?!"
In an instant, Nalan Yanran's expression turned terrible. "Does that toad think he can marry a swan? He actually came to my house?!"
As Nalan Yanran's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty, a slender hand rested on her shoulder.
She turned to see Yun Yun calmly shaking her head. "We'll meet whatever comes our way. Why not go and see for yourself what the Xiao Family's young master wants?"
"Oh, right, Miss."
Seeing Nalan Yanran's expression, the maid couldn't help feeling a little afraid. But then she remembered something else. "Besides your fiancé, there was another young man with him.
"He looked very handsome, and his cultivation talent was incredible—far better than your fiancé's! When he introduced himself, I think he said his name was Xiao Han."
"What? Xiao Han?!"
Nalan Yanran was startled. She hurriedly grabbed the maid by the shoulders and asked, "Was he a boy about my age, with black hair and black eyes, roughly half a head taller than