The most powerful man in the empire, a business magnate and technology tycoon—Mr. Nalan—was actually getting engaged!
The news was explosive.
"You've been an iceberg for ten thousand years. Where'd this woman you're getting engaged to come from?" Bai Chi's first reaction was disbelief.
He'd known Nalan Ye-Jue for over twenty years, and he'd never seen a "woman" appear by his side.
Of course, that hideously ugly little nobody, Lan Qingxin, didn't count.
Nalan Ye-Jue ignored him. Holding a photograph in his hand, he continued instructing his secretary, Lu Bing: "Tell that Madam that I, Nalan, am a man of my word. This engagement agreement still stands."
Lu Bing asked, "Would you like to meet her before the engagement ceremony?"
Nalan Ye-Jue's voice was as calm and restrained as ever, without a ripple of emotion. "No need."
"Yes. I'll take care of it right away," Lu Bing replied.
Bai Chi's peach-blossom eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.
Holy crap, there really was a woman marrying Jue.
So his second reaction was...
"Jue, wait! If you're getting married, at least take a look at these beauties I found for you."
"Look, this is Gong Niannian, the famous young female CEO of the Gong Family. She's amazing, and she's a perfect match for you!"
"And this beauty is Huo Yangyang, the apple of the Huo Family's eye. She's gorgeous, and the two of you would make a stunning couple..."
He'd painstakingly gathered all this information to help Jue find a match.
He couldn't let some random woman from outside take the place of his future sister-in-law.
In a frenzy, Bai Chi slapped a stack of photographs down on Nalan Ye-Jue's desk.
The women in the photos really were beautiful.
The young heiresses and princesses of the Imperial Capital's upper crust were not only beautiful; they also had an air of elegance.
The stack of photos was like a hundred flowers competing to bloom, dazzling to the eye.
And yet...
Nalan Ye-Jue glanced at none of them. "Take them away."
Bai Chi was left speechless.
That was right. This was the Jue he knew, a man who had never been interested in women.
That so-called fiancée was probably just a pretext for some family alliance. She was likely nothing special-looking, either, which was why Jue didn't care about her appearance.
Wait, no, that didn't make sense.
If Jue was going to form a marriage alliance, it should be with a prominent family like the Gong Family or the Huo Family. Why not choose Gong Niannian or Huo Yangyang?
Bai Chi couldn't figure it out.
Until...
Nalan Ye-Jue set down the photograph in his hand and picked up his pen to sign a document. Only then did Bai Chi finally understand.
The photograph was like a light petal, drifting gently, ever so gently, into a garden full of flowers.
And then.
Every heiress's blossom on the desk suddenly lost its color beside her.
The girl in the photograph was shown in profile, not looking at the camera at all. Clearly, someone had snapped the picture in a hurry.
Yet just that glimpse of her profile was enough to make people hold their breath.
Unlike the rich girls who liked to wear their hair long and curly, the girl had a short, bold, carefree cut. She looked spirited, with a confident stride.
Her features had a striking handsomeness that was impossible to ignore—and impossible to look away from.
That was right.
Her beauty defied ordinary definitions. It was bold, grand, and utterly breathtaking.
Bai Chi swallowed.
A long moment passed.
Then he blurted out—
"Damn, that little neck... so white!"
Looking closely, the girl was holding a thick stack of documents. Against her frost-pale face, even the white printed pages seemed to lose their luster.
That was just how pale she was.
Handsome, bold, and pale... She was exactly the kind of woman men could only yearn for from afar, yet dream of possessing.
A, b, s, o, l, u, t, e, l, y, d, o, m, i, n, a, n, t!!!
Nalan Ye-Jue looked up coldly. "What did you say?"
Bai Chi came to his senses and realized he'd let something slip.
He hurriedly corrected himself. "Ahem, no, I mean, our future... future sister-in-law is so pale... Ahem, no, so beautiful! Right, Jue, what's our future sister-in-law's name? How come I've never seen her in our circles?"
Bai Chi, young master of the Imperial Capital's elite circles, knew every beauty among the upper-class families by heart.
Yet he'd never heard of someone with such a stunning face.
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