"Ye Chen, please don't do this, okay? We know you encountered a crisis and cut ties with us, not wanting us to worry. We know you love us!" Chu Yanran clung tightly to Ye Chen, seeming determined not to let go even if it killed her.

Chu Yanran is an empress of the business world, undoubtedly the most charming woman on earth, commanding a vast commercial empire and possessing great authority.

However, when facing Ye Chen, Chu Yanran lost all her majesty and became a completely meek woman.

Love, it truly can change a person!

"Silly woman," Ye Chen said, helpless to escape Chu Yanran's clinginess, which reminded him of a relentless plaster.

"Ye Chen, you love me the most, right?" Chu Yanran lifted her face, looking seriously at Ye Chen.

"Even if I do love you, I've still dumped you!" Ye Chen said earnestly and solemnly.

"You can't dump me!"

"Ah, who are you!"

Chu Yanran had no idea there was someone else present, and upon suddenly seeing the ghostlike Yun Xianghan, her face drained of color in fright.

"..."

"Ye Chen, who is she?" Chu Yanran regained her composure and turned to Yun Xianghan with a strange expression. "This woman looks pretty good, with a great figure. She isn't some escort you've hired, is she?"

"..." Ye Chen's face stiffened upon hearing Chu Yanran's outrageous words, shocked at her audacity to call Yun Xianghan an escort!

"Interesting!" Yun Xianghan smiled elegantly, unfazed and as if she was ignoring Chu Yanran's attack.

"Ye Chen, this kind of woman is the dirtiest. You should get rid of her quickly; I'll keep you company tonight," Chu Yanran said earnestly, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Ye Chen.

"..."

Incredibly shocking, Chu Yanran's words branded Yun Xianghan as an escort and tainted her as dirty... Empress Chu defaming Yun Xiang was bound to ignite a firestorm, an immense one at that!

Ye Chen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked at Yun Xianghan cautiously, wanting to gauge the heroine's reaction.

Yun Xianghan had been smiling, but now her smile faded, and it was hard to tell whether she was amused or angered. However, Ye Chen figured she was definitely not pleased, given that Chu Yanran's insult was harsh.

"Chu Yanran, many people call you a phoenix lady, graced with the dance of spirits in the sky, but I think those people must be blind!" Yun Xianghan said. "With your pigheadedness and tendency to lose your wits in anger, how can you live up to the title of phoenix lady?"

"I'm going to kill you!" Chu Yanran was infuriated by Yun Xianghan's words, finding the woman unbearable. "Ye Chen, let go of me! Let me kill her!"

Ye Chen held onto Chu Yanran without letting go, not because he feared she would kill Yun Xianghan but because he was afraid Yun Xianghan would turn the tables and kill her instead.

"You don't agree when I say you have no brains?" Yun Xianghan regarded Chu Yanran with an air of superiority, her gaze falling as if looking down on her.

"What gives you the right to say I have no brains? If you're so capable, go make some money—make a hundred billion, a trillion!" Clearly, Chu Yanran was defiant, quite defiant indeed.

"Hmph!" said Yun Xianghan. "Your only contribution was making Ye Chen a happy father. But after Ye Chen disappeared for three years, you lost his precious son. And you still dare to say you have brains?"

"..."

"My son is missing?" Ye Chen felt a wave of confusion, somewhat at a loss.

But as soon as Yun Xianghan finished speaking, Chu Yanran instantly turned into a well-behaved baby, stopped crying, and made no more fuss.

"You even know about this?" Chu Yanran looked at Yun Xianghan, her eyes exuding an indescribable hope, her voice trembling slightly.

"Not only do I know that your son is missing, but I also know who took your son! However, you didn't serve me tea, so I don't feel like telling you!" Yun Xianghan said with proud coquetry.

"You know who it is?" Chu Yanran's expression became instantly intense, and then she seemed to go mad, begging Yun Xianghan through her tears. "Then you must tell me, tell me who took my son!"

"I've already told you, you didn't serve me tea, nor did you call me big sister, so I don't feel like telling you!" Chu Yanran's frantic demeanor allowed Yun Xianghan to remain completely composed, as she sat on the sofa looking at Chu Yanran with the posture of an Empress Dowager evaluating a concubine.

"I will serve tea, I'll do it right now!"

Chu Yanran muttered, her whole being in disarray, which left Ye Chen utterly puzzled—what exactly was going on?

"Yanran, your son is missing?" Ye Chen held Chu Yanran's delicate face, asking her seriously. "What does this conversation mean? How can your son be missing? What in the world is going on?"

Ye Chen had disappeared for three years, and many things had happened during that time. Even if Ye Chen knew some of them, he couldn't possibly know everything.

It was as if Chu Yanran had experienced something Ye Chen didn't know about.

"Ye Chen, my son is missing, taken away by a mysterious person!" Chu Yanran said, her eyes reddening, nearly about to cry.

Chu Yanran didn't have much affection for her deceased husband, but for her son, her feelings were profound.

Her son was Chu Yanran's precious child, and before Ye Chen appeared, she had been clinging to her son's life.

It was only that Ye Chen, arriving later, became the most important person to Chu Yanran, but her son was still very important to her.

But three months ago, her son was taken away by a mysterious figure; how could Chu Yanran not be anxious, not be panicked?

"Yanran, don't panic, explain the situation clearly, and I'll see if I can help you," Ye Chen soothed Chu Yanran's emotions.

"When my son was taken away, I wasn't home, but the Empress Dowager witnessed it with her own eyes," Chu Yanran steadied her emotions and said. "Three months ago, a mysterious figure broke into the Empress Dowager's estate, found my son, and told the Empress Dowager that my son had an extraordinary constitution and transcendental understanding. He wanted to take my son as a disciple and bring him somewhere to cultivate."

"This person's origins were unclear, shrouded in mystery, and he intended to take my son away; naturally, the Empress Dowager completely disagreed!"

"However, that mysterious figure was extraordinary. He saw right through that my son was marked by the Heavenly Destitute Star and even said my son wouldn't live long, but he had a way to save him..."

"The Empress Dowager already dearly loved her grandson, and with the mysterious figure's stern rhetoric, she eventually got confused, and my son was taken away by that mysterious figure!"

"After learning about this, I activated all my connections to look for my son. But it's been over three months of searching, and not only have I not found my son, but I haven't even found out the identity of that mysterious person!" Chu Yanran said, already crying bitterly, looking pitiful.

"Is that so…" Ye Chen furrowed his brows, making the situation seem rather difficult.

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