Jelous simply took Ye Chuqi by the hand and led her farther toward a secluded spot.
"I thought you'd shake my hand off."
Ye Chuqi looked at their clasped hands, the corner of her mouth twitching. "I wouldn't go that far." In the end, there was no real conflict between her and Jelous. After learning that he was Red Beard, what bothered her most was not that he had concealed his identity, but what on earth had possessed him to turn himself into someone like Red Beard.
The man before her, so exquisite that he practically glowed, seemed an entire Cultivation World away from Commander Red Beard, that scruffy fellow who never seemed able to clean himself up properly and gulped down bowls of liquor and great mouthfuls of meat.
Once they reached the secluded spot, the onlookers could only watch them from afar, barely making out two indistinct figures in the shadows. Hearing what they were saying was impossible. Of course, no one dared deliberately eavesdrop, either. Plenty of eyes were still keeping watch over everyone present!
Judging by how the Third Prince and Ye Chuqi interacted, the earlier rumors that they would immediately head to the Light God Temple to dissolve their engagement, however convincing they had sounded, were far removed from the atmosphere between the two.
Since when had the Third Prince and Eldest Miss Ye become so familiar with each other?
The High Priest watched the two getting along so harmoniously from a distance, his eyes narrowing in a kindly smile.
The Ye Family Patriarch turned to look at the old man with that distinctly ill-intentioned smile and asked gravely, "What exactly are you scheming?" From the very beginning, when the High Priest had agreed to Madam Jun's request to establish a Sacred Contract between Ye