"What do you think I'm here for?" Su Yanran rudely retorted to Qin Lin. Then, dressed in high heels and a modified green cheongsam, she strode into the rental unit uninvited.
"Hmph." She scanned her surroundings with a haughty expression. Her gaze fell on the trash bin by Qin Lin's bed, which was overflowing with used tissues. The corners of her lips curled in disdain. What a loser!
"If you have something to say, you'd better say it quickly."
"What, are you trying to kick me out?" Su Yanran glanced at a chair in the room. She took some tissues from her bag, spread them on the seat, and only then pressed down on her cheongsam as she sat down with slow, deliberate grace. "It's your honor that I came here!"
GULP.
Qin Lin couldn't help but swallow. The slit in Su Yanran's cheongsam revealed snow-white legs, smooth as lotus roots. The tight-fitting dress perfectly accentuated her slender waist and alluring curves, while the line from her hips to her thighs was breathtakingly round. A fire ignited in his lower abdomen.
He knew this was because of Su Yanran's Moon Spirit Ephemeral Body. For him, having just reached the Qi Condensation stage, the desire triggered by her special physique felt like a tiger spotting a plump sheep. He wanted nothing more than to devour her whole, right here and now!
"I'm afraid that if you stay too long, I'll lose control and do something to you!" Biting the tip of his tongue, Qin Lin forced himself to calm down. After all, his strength hadn't yet reached the peak of the Inner Strength stage. Even if Su Yanran were willing, he would have to endure for now.
"Pfft!" Su Yanran merely scoffed, not believing for a second that Qin Lin had the guts. Of course, if he actually dared, maybe I'd think a little more highly of him!
"I didn't come here for any other reason. You must know Qingyue's identity by now. That's right, she's your second fiancée." Having inadvertently exposed Lin Qingyue's identity, Su Yanran fixed Qin Lin with a cold stare. "I'm a straightforward person, so I'll be blunt with you. You and Qingyue are not from the same world. Even though you have a marriage contract, don't even dream of marrying her."
"Are you finished?" Qin Lin's face was devoid of expression. "If you're finished, you can leave."
"There's one million in this card. Take it, go to the countryside, buy a house, and find some ordinary woman to marry." Su Yanran casually tossed a card onto the table. "For someone like you, this is the best possible outcome."
"I'll make my own decision on this matter. If she wants to annul the engagement, have her come and tell me herself." Qin Lin couldn't be bothered to waste any more words on Su Yanran. Besides, enduring the urge was genuinely torturous. "Please leave!"
"Qin Lin, don't be so ungrateful!" Seeing his indifferent gaze, Su Yanran flew into a rage. "Do you have any idea what Qingyue's status is? Let me tell you, a toad can't feast on swan meat! You don't have what it takes to marry her! Any one of her suitors is countless times better than you."
"Goodbye."
BANG!
Too lazy to argue with her any longer, Qin Lin simply pushed her out of the room and slammed the door shut.
"You bastard, open this door! Give me the marriage contract!"
BANG! BANG!
Furious, Su Yanran pounded on the door from outside, her chest heaving with rage, her delicate frame trembling. "Qin Lin, how dare you reject me! You jerk! I'm telling you, you can forget about marrying Qingyue!"
Her red lips pressed into a thin line, Su Yanran stomped her foot, turned, and immediately drove toward Lin Qingyue's villa. As a true daughter of the Su Family and one of Yanjing's three great beauties, she had never suffered such an indignity. No one had ever dared to refuse her! Hmph, don't think you can attract my attention this way! A loser is a loser. No matter how hard you try, you'll never be worthy of me or Qingyue! she fumed silently.
After kicking Su Yanran out, Qin Lin couldn't help but smile wryly. Is everyone from a different world than me? Is 'Martian' written on my face or something?
In truth, if he hadn't obtained the piece of Su Yanran's Seven-Pointed Star Jade Pendant and learned the secrets of his own past, he would have agreed to annul the engagement with Lin Qingyue without a second thought. But now, not only could he not break things off with Lin Qingyue, but he also had to find a way to win back Su Yanran, with whom he'd already broken an engagement! This wasn't for the sake of temporary pleasure, but for his very life.
Of course, when faced with great beauties like Su Yanran and Lin Qingyue, the more love and enjoyment, the better. No one dislikes beautiful women, and Qin Lin wasn't some hypocrite who wanted the pleasure but wouldn't admit it. But compared to all that, his life and his family's secrets were far more important. So, never mind great beauties like Su Yanran and Lin Qingyue; even if the fiancées from the other five marriage contracts were hags, tanks, or dinosaurs, Qin Lin would just have to hold his nose and accept it.
I need to focus on getting stronger first. With Su Yanran's personality, I'll never be able to subdue her without a certain level of status and power. Shaking his head, Qin Lin knew that Su Yanran was a classic "princess" with impossibly high standards. Realizing he first needed to forge his own strength for the task ahead, he had no choice but to resume his cultivation immediately.
Meanwhile, inside the villa, Shen Zhao and Chen Mengyuan had just received news that their interception had failed.
"Darling, what do we do now?" Chen Mengyuan, dressed in a pink camisole, was straddling Shen Zhao's lap. Her movements stilled as her face filled with anger. "You promised that after you tore down the orphanage and built the office tower, you would gift me one floor as a wedding present so I could just sit back and collect rent. You can't go back on your word!"