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"..."

Qi Yuwen's pupils contracted, and his anger-clouded mind gradually cooled.

Seeing this, Ye Mo looked satisfied. Just then, a woman's loud, anxious explanations came from inside. "...A-Heng, listen to me! It isn't what you think. This is a misunderstanding. It's all a misunderstanding!"

Ye Mo turned toward the sound, a look of eagerness for gossip instantly appearing on her face, and hurried inside.

The apartment had one bedroom, a living room, a bathroom, and a kitchen. There was only one bedroom, and Ye Mo practically jogged over. When she reached its doorway, she saw Hu Hejia and his friend standing there, their faces brimming with excitement and eagerness for gossip.

Ye Mo sidled up and asked quietly, "How's it going?"

Seeing that it was her, Hu Hejia answered in a low voice, "The moment Qi Yuheng came in, Zhang Hanyue's expression changed. Now she's begging him to hear her out..."

Ye Mo looked up and saw Qi Yuheng standing in the middle of the bedroom. In front of him stood a pretty young woman whose disheveled clothing made it obvious that she had gotten up in a hurry and thrown on whatever she could grab.

Ye Mo didn't have to guess to know that this was the woman called Zhang Hanyue, Qi Yuheng's fiancée.

At that moment, she was clutching Qi Yuheng's hand and pleading, "A-Heng, listen to me. It really isn't what you think!"

Qi Yuheng said, "There's no need to explain. I saw it with my own eyes. What else could you possibly explain?"

"Oh, come on. Since she wants to explain, give her a chance." Hu Hejia's friend spoke with the look of someone enjoying a show. "Let's see what pretty tale she can spin with the evidence ironclad and you having caught them in bed."

Zhang Hanyue's expression stiffened, while Qi Yuheng actually seemed to consider this friend's suggestion before looking at his fiancée.

"Fine, I'll hear you out. Whatever explanation you have, let's hear it now," he said.

Zhang Hanyue said, "..."

How could she explain? Those words had merely been something she blurted out in a panic. Now that he was asking for an explanation, what was she supposed to say?!

"I, I..." Zhang Hanyue racked her brains. "Awen and I..."

"Awennn~" Hu Hejia's friend spoke again, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "How intimate."

Zhang Hanyue couldn't help glaring at him angrily. Then, throwing caution to the wind, she told Qi Yuheng, "Qi Yuwen and I-it was all him seducing me! I wasn't interested in him at all at first. One time, he took advantage of me being drunk and got me into bed!"

She looked pleadingly at Qi Yuheng. "A-Heng, believe me! He's your younger brother. I really never wanted anything to happen with him! He set me up!"

Qi Yuwen, who had just come in from outside, happened to hear this. His expression instantly twisted again, and he couldn't help cursing at Zhang Hanyue. "Bitch! What nonsense are you spouting?"

Ye Mo raised an eyebrow, looked at Ye Yongming beside her, and asked, "Is 'bitch' the only insult he knows? Oh, no, he knows 'bastard' too!"

Ye Yongming said, "..."

"Wow! This is juicy!" Watching this scene, Hu Hejia's friend exclaimed over how juicy it was. He had been blocking the bedroom doorway, but now he very obligingly stepped aside to let Qi Yuwen enter.

His face was alight with excitement, his eyes shining. From his eyebrows to his chin, his entire face practically screamed, "Fight! Come on, tear into each other even harder!"

Qi Yuwen didn't disappoint him. After charging into the bedroom, he glared viciously at Zhang Hanyue and sneered, "You say I deliberately seduced you and took advantage of you being drunk to get you into bed? Pah! Zhang Hanyue, aren't you ashamed to say that?"

"Who knows how many men you'd already slept with before you got into bed with me... Does my older brother know what a slut you are in bed?"

Zhang Hanyue flushed red at his words and shouted his name in anger. "Qi Yuwen! Don't go too

far!"

Qi Yuwen said, "Am I not telling the truth? You say I deliberately seduced you, but would I have made a move if you hadn't been making eyes at me first? Now you're dumping everything on me and making yourself out to be some white lotus. Where in this world would you find such a sweet deal?"

Zhang Hanyue gritted her teeth. "Shut your mouth!"

Not long ago, they had been entwined in the same bed, and the rumpled bedding still spoke of their earlier sweetness. Yet now, in the very same room, they had turned into enemies, dragging each other down and tearing into each other, both wanting to push the blame onto the other.

Listening to them, Qi Yuheng felt nothing but nausea.

"Enough!" he shouted. He looked coldly at them both and asked, "Do you take me for a three-year-old? Do you think I'll believe whatever you say?"

He wasn't an idiot. He understood perfectly well that neither of these two was innocent in this matter.

He took a deep breath and suddenly said, "Neither of you is at fault here. I'm the one who's wrong!"

Everyone present froze at these words. Delight appeared on Qi Yuwen's and Zhang Hanyue's faces, while Hu Hejia and the others looked incredulous.

"...He doesn't actually think he's in the wrong, does he?" Hu Hejia's friend had the most exaggerated reaction. "What kind of saintly behavior is this? I can't accept it!"

He actually looked even more indignant than Qi Yuheng, the person this had happened to.

"A-Heng~" Zhang Hanyue looked at her fiancé, moved.

Qi Yuwen also felt a little pleased, but beyond that pleasure, he felt even more wary-based on what he knew of Qi Yuheng, his brother wasn't someone who would easily tolerate something like this.

"Do you think Qi Yuheng really believes this is his fault?" Ye Yongming asked Ye Mo quietly.

Ye Mo shook her head and answered just as quietly, "If Fengxing's general manager were a saint, he wouldn't be able to hold on to that position."

The Qi Family wasn't as wealthy or powerful as the Ye Family, but its family situation was far more complicated. This was mainly because Qi Yuheng's father, Qi Youcai, had an extremely messy private life, leaving Qi Yuheng with who knew how many "younger brothers."

Ye Mo certainly didn't think these "younger brothers" were all virtuous souls. For Qi Yuheng to stand out among Qi Youcai's many children, he must have had his exceptional qualities. At the very least, he wouldn't be someone too softhearted.

Sure enough, the next moment, they heard Qi Yuheng sigh. "It's my fault for not noticing your feelings for each other sooner... So I've decided. I'll tell both families' parents about this later."

He looked at them both, his gaze cold but his voice gentle. "Since you two are in love with each other, how could I keep you apart?"

He was very clearly telling barefaced lies. No matter how one looked at Qi Yuwen and Zhang Hanyue, they didn't look like two people in love. On the contrary, the way they had just been tearing into each other made them look more like enemies.

Yet now Qi Yuheng was saying that he would grant their wish and let them be together. It was easy to imagine that if they really did end up together, they would likely be a resentful couple.

The muscles in Qi Yuwen's face twitched at this, while Zhang Hanyue blurted out her refusal. "I don't want to be with him!"

Ultimately, she had only hooked up with Qi Yuwen for a little carnal pleasure. After becoming Qi Yuheng's fiancée, she had found the affair even more thrilling. As for any genuine feelings between them, even Zhang Hanyue herself didn't believe there were any.

Qi Yuheng sneered. "That isn't up to you!"

His tone was mild. "The marriage between the Qi and Zhang families was arranged by our elders so that our two families could work together better. Now that you're with my younger brother, Miss Zhang, you might even be carrying his child. How could the two of you possibly separate?"

Beneath his indifferent tone lay a certainty that brooked no argument.

With that, Qi Yuheng made to leave. Before he went, though, he glanced at Zhang Hanyue and reminded her, "You should tidy yourself up. You look rather indecent right now."