Night Meeting

There was dissatisfaction in that scrutiny, veiled hostility, and a hint of selection—like a woman examining an outfit she did not particularly like but had to buy for some reason.

Yes, it was that feeling of not liking it, not wanting to accept it, yet having no choice but to endure it for now.

Guan Ya could not help frowning. More than that, though, she was puzzled. Why did one of her mother's friends have such an attitude toward her?

"Ya Ya, you're here!" Fu Xue greeted her daughter with a radiant smile and gestured for her to sit. She introduced her to Chen Shu. "This is my daughter, Fu Guan Ya! Ya Ya, this is Auntie Chen—the one Mom has mentioned to you many times."

By then, Chen Shu had already put away her critical gaze. She smiled and said approvingly, "She really is beautiful—more beautiful than you were when you were young."

Though she was not entirely satisfied with this prospective daughter-in-law, Chen Shu could find no fault with Guan Ya's looks.

Guan Ya hung her handbag on the coat rack, her exquisite and glamorous mixed-race features blooming into a sweet smile.

"Hello, Auntie Chen!

"Thank you for the compliment."

Chen Shu hummed, then knowingly asked, "Do you have a boyfriend?"

Guan Ya looked at her mother first. Seeing a trace of awkwardness on her face, her smile immediately vanished.

"No!"

Her tone was much colder.

From her mother's subtle expression, she discerned that Auntie Chen knew Yuanshi Tianzun was her boyfriend—and that Yuanshi Tianzun had only recently returned to the Spirit Realm.

What was the point of bringing it up deliberately now?

Guan Ya kept a straight face and said nothing, feeling rather displeased. At the same time, with someone mentioning that her boyfriend had returned to