The frightened Mu Chenyan ended up really staying home for the next few days.

Besides reading books, she would either hide away on the rooftop trimming the plants, or busy herself brewing tea in the tea room.

By now, Mu Chenyan had begun to grasp Yuan Xuan’s temper and pattern.

As long as she behaved well, then he would not play any tricks on her, and the number of times he would wear her out at night would decrease too. Sometimes, he would even just calmly cuddle and sleep the whole night without trying anything funny.

However, if she resisted even in the slightest, then he would become aggressive and domineering, ensuring her legs are kept open the entire night!

Mu Chenyan secretly likened him to a devil.

However, she held fast to the principle that ‘real men do not fight with women, and real women do not fight with a devil’, thus, she bit her tongue and remained silent.

No matter what the specific reason behind all this was, it was smarter to keep quiet and observe from the shadows rather than speaking out and upsetting the devil.

…

The Yuan Family’s banquet was to be held in the evening of the last day of the holiday.

As she had nothing planned for the daytime, Mu Chenyan took a trip to the hospital again and carefully cleaned her mother before driving back.

Luo Hai was located in Jiang Nan, so even though it was autumn, then the afternoon would still be warm as long as there was sun.

In the afternoon, Mu Chenyan enjoyed some tea in the small tea room before taking a nap on the tatami.

In the late afternoon, Yuan Xuan arranged for their stylist to come over to apply makeup for Mu Chenyan and style her hair.

Since the gown had already been picked out in advance, all the stylist had to do was set Mu Chenyan’s hair, put on the jewelry, and apply some light makeup.

The stylist, Linda, was the same one who had prepared Mu Chenyan for her wedding two years ago. She fell silent as she looked at her old customer from two years back – it was as if she had not aged a day!

Mu Chenyan was so pretty that she could not help but remark, “Miss Mu, you’re really God’s darling! It’s been two years, but you haven’t changed a bit. On the contrary, some might say that you’ve become even more beautiful!”

Mu Chenyan lowered her head and smiled. “My appearance may not have changed, but that doesn’t mean that I’m still the same person. As time passes, some things are bound to change.”

Linda nodded in agreement. She was probably also aware of the fact that the grand wedding from two years back was not actually completed.

It would be unrealistic for her to say that nothing had changed.

The average woman would have looked awfully pale and haggard after rotting in prison for just a few days. Therefore, Linda was curious as to how Mu Chenyan maintained her appearance throughout this period.

Compared to the past, she now seemed to have developed a kind of calm and serene temperament.

Nonetheless, this topic was obviously inappropriate to bring up!

…

The banquet was held in the thousand-people-capacity hall in the biggest seven-star Wan Hao Yuan Hotel in Luo Hai.

On the surface, this kind of aristocratic family’s banquet was said to provide a platform for the younger generation to communicate and exchange views, but in reality, it was merely a display of power, a raw display of far-reaching connections and strength!

The aristocratic families who were high-ranking enough would often take turns organizing it. After this, the power of the aristocratic family would immediately become apparent by looking at their guest’s status and class.

There was no need to talk about the Yuan Family’s standing in Luo Hai. Therefore, when it came to the Yuan Family’s banquet, it was not a matter of opting to attend or not, but whether you had been invited in the first place!

Some senior officials felt honored to receive the Yuan Family’s invitation, what more the budding young people of the aristocratic families!

They had long viewed Yuan Xuan and Yuan Zhe as the benchmark to strive toward, as well as the implicit leader of the new generation. This, coupled with the Yuan Family’s powerful commercial and military background as well as their tremendous foothold in political and business, made them living gods. To gain shelter under their far-reaching tree would be the equivalent of gaining a shortcut to the high-life in Luo Hai.

By the time Yan Jun brought Mu Chenyan, all the elders in the Yuan Family had already arrived.

The person greeting guests at the door was the second son’s eldest child, who was also the Yuan Family’s eldest grandchild, Yuan Zhe. Appearance-wise, there seemed to be many similarities between him and Yuan Xuan.

The dark, bespoke suit he wore was well-ironed, and his shiny leather shoes reeked of class. At around 185 centimeters tall, he stood out like a sore thumb in the crowd.

The woman next to him was wearing a strapless sapphire gown and had one hand hooked around Yuan Zhe’s arm. Her smile was gentle and pleasant.

The woman’s spotless skin was fair, and her wavy hair was tied up into a bun, with a white camellia diamond sitting neatly at the top of her head.

From where Mu Chenyan stood, Sister-in-law Wen Ya was as beautiful as a fallen angel…