Lord Yan, The Little Ancestor Has Fallen Off The Horse Again!
Chapter 181: He’s Engaged?!

Chapter 181: Chapter 181: He’s Engaged?!

She asked the question just to comfort herself.

"It should be," Ji Ling muttered, staring at the silhouette in front of her with a complex expression.

His voice was deep and magnetic; she heard him clearly.

As long as he had a solution, they wouldn’t have to die.

Half a minute later, a boat stopped next to them.

"Master Chen!" Xiao Lei waved from the deck!

He was on a medium-sized cargo ship; the cargo had been unloaded already, and it could accommodate a lot of people.

As the boat approached, they immediately set up four planks.

"Master Chen! You guys come over first!"

"Me first, me first!"

"Let me go first! Me first!"

"Get out of my way, I’m going first!"

The tourists on board went crazy and rushed forward, breaking their heads. There were only three minutes left, and if they didn’t hurry, they would be blown to pieces!

"Bang!"

"Everyone, line up! One by one! If anyone pushes again, don’t blame me for shooting you dead! We’ve had enough deaths today anyway!"

Xiao Lei fired a shot with a scowl on his face; did these people really think he was here to save them?

He was there to save Master Chen!

The lives of all these people were not worth as much as Master Chen’s life!

"You go first." Xiao Chen, with a cold face, looked into Yun Yue’s eyes. A feeling he couldn’t describe surged through his heart, and he found himself saying this.

"Thanks." Yun Yue hooked her lip, showing a wicked smile as her voice dripped with seduction. Earlier, to move more easily, she had torn off a section of her long skirt, revealing her slim, slender thighs.

Feng Ye couldn’t help but stare.

A tiny waist, long legs, and fair, sexy skin.

But how come her eyes looked so ordinary?

Did God give her the wrong face?

"You guys get on the boat too," she said to Mo Fan and the others.

"Me first, me first," Nan Jingchen excitedly followed behind her.

They didn’t have to die.

How wonderful.

He chuckled and walked over the planks onto another ship.

Mo Fan expressionlessly made way for him.

This guy was a huge burden—if he fell into the water, they would have to fish him out.

Everyone quickly boarded the ship and immediately sped away from the area at maximum speed.

Luckily, they were fast. A minute later, the searching ship exploded, flames reaching for the sky.

The ship sank directly, leaving only oil burning on the surface of the water.

Everyone felt a residual fear, their spirits unsettled.

It was a close call; they could have died without a trace.

"Young Master Xiao, thanks," Gu Cong said elegantly to Xiao Chen.

If it weren’t for him today, he wouldn’t have made it back.

Xiao Chen’s proud gaze flicked over him, his features sharp and handsome, with deep eyes and eyebrows bearing a trace of cold severity. His thin lips parted slightly, "If Young Master Gu feels indebted, why don’t you offer half of your family’s wealth as thanks?"

Gu Cong laughed, "And here I thought Young Master Xiao was too high and mighty to care for the Gu Family’s wealth."

"Even a small ant is meat, isn’t it?" Xiao Chen’s lips curled upward, his lifted eyes corners proud and rebellious.

"Young Master Xiao seems a bit too greedy. Everyone on this ship was saved by you, it shouldn’t be just me who owes you, right? Speaking of which, I’m not even as wealthy as Other Shore Flower," Gu Cong’s elegant gaze landed on Yun Yue.

She had intentionally avoided Xiao Chen, not expecting that within a few words, Gu Cong would turn the topic towards her.

Xiao Bai and Cang Leng laughed teasingly.

"The two young masters are really jesting. Golden Net only collects money from others; no one comes to collect from us. After all, those who try are either dead or already behind bars."

Yun Yue sat behind them dominantly, her lips curving upwards as she listened to their conversation, but she remained silent.

Ji Ling approached, her dress stained and her hair somewhat messy, yet she retained her elegance, though her voice was softer, "Young Master Xiao, thank you for saving us today. Without you, we might all have died in that explosion."

Xie Fangkai joked, "They say that saving a life warrants marriage in return, and since the two of you are already engaged, why not just settle the wedding when you go back? Isn’t that right, Eldest Miss Ji?"

Ji Ling lowered her head, pressing her crimson lips together, a slight smile on her face as she stealthily gauged Xiao Chen’s reaction.

"They are engaged?" Mo Fan stared wide-eyed, unsettled.

If she remembered correctly, Xiao Chen had declared his love for her boss a few days ago.

And he had an engagement?!

He was engaged and still flirting with the boss?!

Did he think she was a child to be deceived?!

Damn!

She couldn’t stand it!

After all, she had attended so many parent-teacher conferences pretending to be her boss’s mother!

Previously, he had seemed respectable; she hadn’t expected him to be such a scoundrel!

Feng Ye nearly died of fright from her outburst. He frowned and asked, "Why are you so excited?!"

"I... I just can’t believe it! She’s so ugly!" Mo Fan then realized she had lost her composure and used her own loud voice, but seeing that they didn’t mind, she sighed in relief.

Ji Ling looked up, her expression displeased.

She was ugly?

In all of Beijing, her beauty was ranked among the top!

With her plain looks, where did she get the nerve to call her ugly?

Ji Ling suppressed her anger, thinking that there really were all sorts of people.

Feng Ye, without thinking, explained, "The engagement was verbally agreed upon by the older generation... Anyway, it’s a complicated matter, but the key point is Master Chen doesn’t like her, that’s it."

"What are you looking at? I’m talking about you! Keep staring, and I’ll gouge out your eyeballs!" Mo Fan, angered by her, was standing up for her boss.

This woman clearly wasn’t an easy one to deal with.

On the cruise, she had taken a knife for Xiao Chen, and now she emerged with a shy demeanor to express her thanks; her little tricks were far from fooling anyone.

Ji Ling disdainfully withdrew her gaze. As the esteemed Eldest Miss Ji, she had endured all sorts of attitudes over the years; she couldn’t possibly become angry over a few words from Mo Fan.

Yun Yue’s narrow eyes slightly narrowed, an amused smile on her lips. It seemed that he was quite experienced.

Xiao Chen’s dark, profound eyes, his brows carrying a sharp coldness, said, "Regarding the engagement, I will personally visit to explain after Elder Ji returns. I don’t want to hear the word ’engagement’ again!"

Ji Ling’s face paled slightly, her fingers pinching her palms hidden in her dress’s folds; she looked up and regained her composure, "I’ve never brought up the engagement myself. Young Master Xiao, you needn’t insult me like this!"

Mo Fan clicked her tongue twice.

High-level white lotus.

But she could see through these little tricks, and she was sure the boss could as well. She glanced sideways at the authentic figure, whose lips bore a casual smile, the perfect image of a spectator...

Only she could maintain such an attitude.

"That’s for the best! Stay away from me," Xiao Chen lowered his gaze, turning his head to face Yun Yue’s teasing eyes.

"..."

Why was she laughing?

She felt those eyes looked familiar, yet she couldn’t quite place them.

**

Outside Beiyang.

A black-clad bodyguard looked fearfully at the grim man in front of him, his head bowed.

"Young Master Qiu, the person has disappeared."