He Said He Missed Me So Much the Moment He Returned

Long Aotian had not come here to help Xiao Fan, as he had claimed; he truly wanted to get to know this young master of the Lin Family. Long Aotian held Xiao Fan's previous methods in contempt, as he was always dallying with women and resorting to underhanded tactics.

He was different; he dallied with men—no, he engaged in normal networking with the young masters of various prominent families to seek cooperation, allowing the Dragon Gate to develop across every province and city.

His approach was more conventional than Xiao Fan's, but the problem was that his expression seemed to be a unique trademark of the Dragon Gate.

"Hello. To be honest, I don't have a very high opinion of the Dragon Gate. So, Mr. Long, you understand."

He had been smiling so lecherously the moment he walked over that he couldn't possibly be a good person. Retreat, retreat, retreat!

"Haha, Mr. Lin, under my leadership, the Dragon Gate will surely make you look at us in a new light in the future. I came here today just to say hello, hoping we can cooperate with the Lin Corporation in the future."

Long Aotian maintained that incredibly difficult smile, his face full of confidence.

Lin Ao thought to himself, is this Long Aotian planning to take Xiao Fan down? Infighting in the Dragon Gate? Is there such a good thing?

But this kid shouldn't be able to beat Xiao Fan; I've never seen him before, so he's probably just a stepping stone for Xiao Fan.

Poor guy, he probably won't even know how he died when the time comes.

Long Aoren saw that Lin Ao kept staring at him with a look of sympathy instead of replying, which felt rather inexplicable. The unique smile on his face was becoming hard to maintain and was starting to twitch.

What is going on? I said so much, the least you could do is give me a polite reply.

"Lin Ao! You're here?"

An ethereal voice rang out, which actually helped Long Aotian. He took the opportunity to turn his head and work the muscles in his face; if it had lasted any longer, he really would have cramped up.

"Why are you here? Did they invite you to perform?"

Lin Ao turned his head to look. It was Xia Qiange. Could it be that the Qin Family's birthday banquet had invited her to perform? He hadn't heard anything about that.

"What do you mean~ Qin Yun, the eldest daughter of the Qin Family, is my best friend. Isn't it normal for me to be here?"

Xia Qiange didn't make any overly intimate gestures toward Lin Ao, as there were too many people around.

At this moment, Gu Wanqing noticed the anomaly on Lin Ao's side. After exchanging a few words with some friends, she walked over.

"Lin Ao~ Are these two your friends? Won't you introduce them to me?"

Gu Wanqing walked to Lin Ao's side, linked her arm with his, and looked at Xia Qiange and Long Aoren.

She noticed the prompt: [Has deviated from the Destiny Path].

Lin Ao shuddered, and Xia Qiange also narrowed her eyes, looking at Lin Ao and Gu Wanqing with a smile.

She also saw the prompt that had appeared on Gu Wanqing.

"Oh, oh~ This is Xia Qiange, a friend I met earlier, and this is..."

Just as Lin Ao was about to introduce Long Aotian, Long Aotian immediately put on that wicked, arrogant smile again, but Gu Wanqing cut him off before Lin Ao could finish.

"Oh, oh~ So it's the national goddess, Xia Qiange. Nice to meet you, Miss Xia~ You are much prettier than you look on camera. How did you come to know my fiancé?"

Although Gu Wanqing's tone was gentle, it was hard not to feel the murderous intent hidden within it.

Lin Ao sensed the change in Gu Wanqing, while Long Aotian's smile was on the verge of cramping again.

Damn it! I knew women were trouble. She interrupted my conversation with Mr. Lin, and now she's interrupting Mr. Lin while he's introducing me.

"Haha~ This must be Miss Gu Wanqing~ I previously borrowed Lin Ao's venue for a shoot, and I discovered that Lin Ao has a great physique and a handsome face, so I invited him to be the male lead in my music video! I didn't expect Lin Ao to actually agree~ That's how we met~ I wonder if Miss Gu has seen it? I was even thinking of collaborating with Mr. Lin on the next music video; I didn't expect Mr. Lin to be so popular with my fans~"

It was true, just as Xia Qiange said; Lin Ao's looks had received unanimous approval from her fans, who had all declared that they had locked in the pairing of Xia Qiange and Lin Ao, insisting that any male appearing in future music videos must be Lin Ao.

Lin Ao looked at Xia Qiange's fox-like eyes, and the corner of his mouth twitched. It's over; Gu Wanqing definitely hasn't seen this music video.

He looked at Xia Qiange helplessly, and she curled her lips into an intriguing smile.

He looked at Gu Wanqing with a guilty conscience and found her staring at him with a look of murderous intent.

"Oh~ So that's how it is. I've been too busy lately to keep track of what my fiancé is doing. I'll go take a look later."

Gu Wanqing was secretly pinching Lin Ao's arm as she held it.

Lin Ao broke out in a cold sweat, and Long Aotian didn't dare to speak; he realized the atmosphere was a bit off.

"Lin Ao~ Miss Gu~"

"Uncle Lin Ao~ Sister Gu~~"

Lin Ao was shocked in his heart. Again?

He hadn't even had a proper talk with Liu Menghan about what happened this afternoon, but given this girl's personality, she shouldn't be able to do anything too outrageous. Thinking of this, Lin Ao breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Liu Menghan was walking slowly toward them, carrying Liu Nian.

Gu Wanqing's fingers seemed to tighten even more.

"Lin Ao~ Why didn't you tell me you were coming here when I was at your place this afternoon?"

Liu Menghan walked over to where Long Aotian was standing. She didn't sit down; she just stood there talking to Lin Ao.

Long Aotian felt out of place here. He coughed awkwardly, walked to the single sofa nearby, and sat down silently, giving up his spot.

Only then did Liu Menghan sit down with Liu Nian in her arms.

Xia Qiange was a bit surprised; this woman and the little girl also had the same prompt.

Are they all related to Lin Ao? So, they all possess memories of the past.

The women looked at each other.

"..."

Lin Ao felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

"Long time no see, Miss Gu~ It's all Lin Ao's fault for disappearing for so long; the moment he came back, he said he missed me so much."

"And Niannian. So I went over to play with him today."

Liu Menghan acted very natural after sitting down, but her words told a different story.

Liu Nian sighed silently in her heart, thinking that her aunt had finally leveled up.

Lin Ao sat there with a stiff body, unable to get a word in. Liu Menghan, oh Liu Menghan, when did you learn to pause your sentences like that?

The three women sized each other up, and sparks seemed to fly in the air.

Long Aotian felt much more at ease ever since he left that seat.

He squinted his eyes, enjoying the show.

"Big Brother, are you a friend of Uncle Lin Ao?"

Long Aotian looked in astonishment at the little girl who had suddenly appeared beside him. Wasn't this the child the woman was holding earlier?

She was actually quite cute.

"Hehe~ My name is Long Aotian! I am the Dragon Gate Special Envoy—no, I should say I am the man who is about to become the sect master! What is your name, little one?"

Long Aotian put on a bit of a show for the innocent-looking Liu Nian, though he thought to himself that a little girl wouldn't understand such things anyway.

"Hehehe, hello Uncle Long~ My name is Liu Nian~ That sounds like it's even more impressive than Uncle Lin Ao."

Long Aotian couldn't help but reveal his signature smile at Liu Nian's praise.

"Auntie, Sister Gu, he said he is from the Dragon Gate!"

Liu Nian turned her head and shouted toward Gu Wanqing and Liu Menghan.

Long Aotian was completely bewildered. So what if I'm from the Dragon Gate?

Before he knew it, he looked up and found all three women staring at him with murderous intent.

"..."

Liu Nian had already run into Lin Ao's arms by now, also looking at Long Aotian with a fierce expression. Now there were four females.

Aotian was speechless and felt completely miserable. What kind of situation was this? The gazes of those women were too terrifying!

"That... I... think..."

Long Aotian stiffly tried to explain that he wasn't there to oppose Lin Ao.

The voice of the emcee came through the hall's speakers.

"The birthday star has arrived~~~"

Everyone's attention was drawn away, and Aotian couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Qin Yun was seen walking out slowly from inside, dressed in an elegant red qipao and arm-in-arm with the old master of the Qin Family.

Xiao Fan was chatting and laughing as he accompanied the old master.

"Tsk!"

Lin Ao looked at the smile on Xiao Fan's face, then turned to look at Long Aotian.

They really were cut from the same cloth.

Long Aotian: "?"