Cherished Marriage

Xu Ziqing's words were magnanimous to the extreme, obviously placing herself upon the pedestal of the Ye Family's primary matriarch.

However, in these circles of the wealthy, with the sons of the red aristocracy and the rich second generation, which one doesn't have a pile of female companions and lovers?

Their rate of changing women was even more frequent than changing cling film.

Especially for a crown prince like Ye Che, there was no shortage of women who, desiring to 'tie the knot, get into bed,' would circle A City three times, all hoping to turn from sparrows to phoenixes by climbing the social ladder.

Many of the guests who came to attend the birthday feast were looking to market their daughters. Seeing that the elder Mrs. Ye and the young master showed no interest in them, they swiftly turned into opportunists, shifting their admiring gazes entirely onto Xu Ziqing.

"Miss Xu speaks the truth," they said.

"Miss Xu truly is learned and reasonable, a genuine lady of distinction."

"Miss Xu is really magnanimous."

Flattering the chairman Xu was also a fine choice.

Xu Ziqing wore a faint smile, nodding at the guests around her one by one, yet her eyes and brows didn't miss a beat of Ye Che's expression, and occasionally she would lift her eyebrows at Xia Weiyi, giving off a provocative flair.

Ye Che let out a cold laugh. Over the years, innumerable women had clung to him—what kind of demons and monsters hadn't he seen?

This Xu Ziqing, on the surface, she was helping his grandmother and speaking for him, but her insinuations mocked Xia Weiyi and those disgustingly sycophantic women, and also ridiculed her to be just as casual and cheap as those women who played around with the sons of nobility...

His cherished treasure, the woman he had raised and held in the palm of his hand, whom he himself couldn't bear to bully the slightest bit, how could she just suffer scorn from others for no reason?

"Mom, who is she?" Ye Che glanced at Zhou Yun.

"Young Master Ye, I am Xu Ziqing, Ziqing, oh, we've met when we were kids!" Xu Ziqing saw that Ye Che finally noticed her and quickly jumped out to steal the limelight.

However, Ye Che cast a cold glance at her, his tone laced with a heavy dose of sarcasm, "Did I ask you anything? So eager to butt in?"

"With your level of family education and cultivation, you want to gesticulate before me, Ye Che?"

"Young Master Ye, I—" Xu Ziqing was so frightened by his roar that her face turned deathly pale.

Just a moment ago, he had smiled at her, so dazzling, so charming. Why, in a flash, did the aura he emitted become so terrifying?

Ye Che stood up and gracefully walked towards the door, the crystal chandelier reflecting his profile and casting a splendid array of colors.

This man possessed a breathtaking beauty capable of making all the women in the world flush with excitement, yet he harbored an unstoppable regal presence.

He didn't need to speak. With a single look, a cold and indifferent sweep around the room, the atmosphere could be plunged into freezing point.

The breathing of those around almost came to a halt.

His indifferent gaze swept over everyone, and though his tone was light, it carried an air of overlooking all creation.

"Before this evening, Xia Weiyi was my sister, Ye Che, the pearl in the palm of the Ye Family; after tonight, Xia Weiyi will be my fiancée, the lady of the Ye Family... Whether it's the past or the future, if anyone dares to speak a word of idle gossip about her, don't blame me, Ye Che, for not considering the face of your families and making it impossible for you to stand in A City!"