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Su Fei had long known the rules of the game. She had tolerated her staying by her side, but compared to her, she did not allow her to take a peek at him.

She had crossed the line and violated the game's bottom line. But so what? The start and end of the game were in the hands of men, and she had decided from the moment she entered the game that she wouldn't care even if she were smashed to smithereens.

She hoped that someone would be able to save her from this mud.

"I know," Su Fei smiled, but his eyes unconsciously carried a sense of sorrow, "I also know that you care a lot about Ye An Ran, and that you don't see anyone else other than her."

She felt the man's slow, ragged breathing, and the way he stared at her seemed to pierce her.

He would definitely get angry if he said anything more. Even though he knew, he still said it without a care for his own safety.

"You don't want to hear these words right?" The smile on Su Fei's face carried a astringent sadness. Her fingers fiercely pinched her leg to restrain his trembling body, "But you yourself didn't realize that you wouldn't admit it. You clearly cared about her, so why did you lie to yourself?"

Su Fei didn't know what she meant by that. Why was she telling Xi Jin Cheng everything, wasn't she clearly pushing the blame towards that woman?

Maybe these words were said for her ears, for her who stayed by his side and didn't receive his attention, stop deceiving yourself, Xi Jin Cheng simply didn't like her.

"Shut up." The man's gaze seemed to be covered in a layer of frost, and his voice was so cold that it seemed to have no temperature.

He did not want to admit it, but he had no choice but to realize that what Su Fei said was the truth, hence she could not refute her immediately.

It was unknown when, but his gaze would unconsciously follow that figure. The dinner party, which was not meant to be attended, was also unintentionally accepted because the name was inadvertently seen in the invitation list.

Without realizing it, the woman had blended into his life, as if she would feel uncomfortable if he did not see her. or could it be that Ye An Ran had buried a demon bean in his heart three years ago, and it was growing now?

Seemingly sensing that the other party was deep in thought for a few moments, Su Fei laughed bitterly and shook his head: "If you didn't know that Ye An Ran would come, you wouldn't have come to this party, right?"

Xi Jin Cheng, you might like her, but don't you know, she wanted to say it, but no matter what she couldn't not say it.

Xi Jin Cheng looked at her with a somewhat scrutinized gaze, as if he had a lot of questions he wanted to ask, but in the end, it turned into a sentence, "Rest early." With that, he turned around and walked towards the empty deck.

This unfathomable "rest early" caused Su Fei to laugh bitterly, as if she felt a warm liquid flowing down her face. She touched it, and it was filled with tears.

He was the one who pushed him to Ye An Ran, but now there was no chance for him to regret it.

Looking at Xi Jin Cheng's figure getting further and further away until he could no longer find him on the deck, Ye An Ran finally regained his senses.

Even those with discerning eyes could tell that there was something wrong, but they were all smart to the point of flitting by.

Seeing the other party's distracted look, Sheng Xing Yu naturally came to a conclusion and smiled to the Gu family two: "Take a look, when it comes to this topic, you will be looking left and right without saying a word."

Gu Qing at the side couldn't help but laugh. "You are quite interested in her."

Gu Shi Ming saw all of this, he did not expect Ye An Ran to be related to him in any way.

Moreover, his parents were both important figures in the city, so they had a low profile. If he wanted to get in touch with them, Sheng Xing Yu would probably be in the middle of it all.

In regards to benefits, Gu Shi Ming had no choice but to give him face. Since he treated Ye An Ran with such care, then it would be natural that if he helped Ye An Ran, it would be the same as helping him. Sheng Xing Yu owed him a favor.

Whether this transaction will be worthwhile or not will be verified soon.

But the old fox was still an old fox. Although Gu Shi Ming had made a decision in his heart, he did not reveal anything on the surface.

After all, if Ye An Ran married into the Sheng Jia and became the daughter-in-law of the Sheng Jia, it would mean something different. He had to determine whether this help was meant to help Ye Family or not.

But then, Sheng Xing Yu's words dispelled all of his concerns. He embraced Ye An Ran's shoulders, smiled gently and said affectionately: "It's clearly a baby marriage set by my parents, don't tell me you want to go back on your words?"

After that, he stretched out his hand and took her hand into his palm, interlacing his fingers with hers and said, "Even if you want to go back on your word, I'm not willing to let you go."

Ye An Ran looked at Sheng Xing Yu's fingers, which were clearly defined as bones, and put his own hands within them. He was slightly startled, and in that moment, he seemed to have forgotten that all of this was a play to capture this old cunning fox Gu Shi Ming, and it was only after a long while that he spat out a few words: "What nonsense."

To the bystanders, this was like the weird rebuke of a lover, which made Gu Qing feel a burst of envy: "Truly envious of the bystanders, how could I not agree to this?"

For Ye An Ran's sake, Sheng Xing Yu did an absolute play, and even his words of love were spoken with confidence.

However, when he lowered his head to look at the side of her face, he could feel that something was wrong.

"What's wrong?" he said with natural concern.

Feeling flustered, she didn't even want to raise her head to meet his gaze, so she could only say half-heartedly, "I seem a little seasick."

Seeing her unsightly expression, the worry in her heart far exceeded her scheming. Sheng Xing Yu and the other two people smiled apologetically: "Sorry, An Ran doesn't seem to be feeling well, I'll take her to the deck to take a breather and see if she can't be better."

Gu Shi Ming placed his hands behind his back and nodded in approval. He then turned and led Ye An Ran towards the bow of the ship.

Just as he left the two people's line of sight, Ye An Ran accidentally let go of Sheng Xing Yu's hand, which made the other party feel awkward.

He did not know why the woman had suddenly become so strange, but he had a feeling that it was related to Xi Jin Cheng just now. The reason was that the moment she saw him, her expression seemed to have frozen.

"I'm sorry." she said suddenly.

He subconsciously wanted to touch the other party's head, but remembered her reaction just now. He once again retracted his hand that was just stretched out and laughed bitterly: "I apologize for nothing."

In order to help him, Sheng Xing Yu had intertwined with him in front of the two people of the Gu family. He told them about the marriage contract so that they could believe that he would one day marry into the Sheng Jia.

There was no way she didn't understand the reason behind it. Gu Shi Ming had helped her out on behalf of the Sheng Jia, so as to make it convenient for her and leave her a way out.

"You did all you could for me, and I screwed it up." She lowered her eyes slightly, her long, thick eyelashes quivering with regret.

She could have performed better just now, but because of Xi Jin Cheng, she was in a trance and did not respond at all.