Rebirth as the Richest Woman in the World
Chapter 325 (before dawn)

Chapter 325: 325 (before dawn)

Jiang Mubai’s face had already turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, "Why haven’t you let go of me yet?"

Shangguan Xiaoxiao chuckled softly, "Brother Jiang, you are really too naive. Do you actually believe what a woman says?"

Jiang Mubai’s frown had already tightened into a knot, "Are you going to let go or not?"

"No, I won’t!"

"Then don’t blame me for getting..." Before he could finish the word ’hands,’ Jiang Mubai’s lips were blocked by someone else’s.

His mind went blank all at once.

The girl’s lips were very soft, and very sweet.

"Do you have any sense of shame at all?" Jiang Mubai, having recovered, shoved Shangguan Xiaoxiao hard to the ground.

"Sense of shame? What’s that? Can you eat it?" Shangguan Xiaoxiao got up from the ground, her smile brimming with mischief, "Anyway, you’ve kissed me; now you have to take responsibility for me!"

Jiang Mubai snorted coldly, "Crazy!"

Shangguan Xiaoxiao was not angry, "Brother Jiang, my name is not Crazy, my name is Shangguan Xiaoxiao. You can call me Shangguan or Xiaoxiao."

After that, every step Jiang Mubai took, Shangguan Xiaoxiao followed.

He sped up, she sped up.

He slowed down, she slowed down.

She became a clingy plaster that just couldn’t be shaken off.

Jiang Mubai stopped in his tracks and turned to look at her, his tone already very impatient, "Can you stop following me?"

Shangguan Xiaoxiao replied earnestly, "I can’t! Alive I’m your person, dead I’ll be your ghost! I want to marry you!"

Jiang Mubai took a deep breath, "I already have someone I like! Please stop wasting your effort."

Shangguan Xiaoxiao was determined not to give up until she achieved her goal, "It doesn’t matter, I don’t mind. Who hasn’t loved a few scumbags when they were young? I’ll wait for you."

Jiang Mubai, unable to bear it anymore, his handsome face flushed with rage, his robust chest heaving violently as if a forbidden line had been crossed, seized Shangguan Xiaoxiao by the neck, his eyes bloodshot, "Don’t you dare talk about her like that!"

Shangguan Xiaoxiao didn’t resist, her face showing no sign of fear, her cat eyes fluttering, her tone sweet, "Brother Jiang, I really like you more and more. Please marry me."

At that moment, Jiang Mubai really wanted to strangle Shangguan Xiaoxiao, but for some reason, when he looked into her watery cat eyes, he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

Shangguan Xiaoxiao said cheerfully, "Brother Jiang, you couldn’t bear to do it, could you?"

"Just go!" Jiang Mubai turned away coldly, "Stop following me!"

Without a word, Shangguan Xiaoxiao just followed Jiang Mubai, not too close but not too far away.

After leaving the barrier and entering the mundane world, Shangguan Xiaoxiao still silently followed behind Jiang Mubai.

His own villa was now in sight.

Unable to stand it any longer, Jiang Mubai turned angrily, "I’m going home now! Can you stop following me?"

Shangguan Xiaoxiao switched tactics, putting on a pitiful look, her cat eyes brimming with tears, "Brother Jiang, this is my first time in the mortal world, I don’t know anyone here but you..."

Jiang Mubai clenched his fists, "I really do have someone I like, and she’s at my home right now. If you follow me like this, she’ll get the wrong idea."

"Brother Jiang..." Shangguan Xiaoxiao bit her lip, looking like she was about to cry, "Here, you really are the only person I know. Can’t you just take me in for one night, and I’ll leave as soon as it gets light tomorrow?"

"Are you serious?" Jiang Mubai looked up.

"Mm-hmm, Brother Jiang, my word is my bond!" Shangguan Xiaoxiao nodded hastily.

Jiang Mubai sighed deeply, somewhat helplessly, "Come with me then."

"Thank you, Brother Jiang." Shangguan Xiaoxiao broke into a smile through her tears.

The villa was brightly lit, as if it were daylight.

When Jiang Mubai returned, a servant immediately greeted him, "Mr. Jiang, you’re back."

The servant’s eyes, looking past Jiang Mubai, revealed a curious expression.

Mr. Jiang had never brought a woman home before, but lately, he’d been bringing back one unfamiliar woman after another.

Judging by this young lady’s appearance, she couldn’t be very old, could she?

Noticing the servant’s scrutinizing gaze, Shangguan Xiaoxiao introduced herself proactively, "Hello, my name is Shangguan Xiaoxiao, I am Jiang’s brother’s fiancée, and I’ll be marrying him in the future."

Fiancée!?

The servant was stunned for a moment. If this young lady was Mr. Jiang’s fiancée, then who was that other person inside the house?

Jiang Mubai spoke to deny it, "Don’t listen to her nonsense, where is Miss Zheng?"

The servant regained composure and then said, "Miss Zheng is in the backyard playing the zither."

Jiang Mubai took off his suit jacket and handed it to the servant, then walked toward the backyard.

Shangguan Xiaoxiao followed closely behind.

She was determined to see what the woman who enchanted Jiang’s brother looked like—a beauty of what heavenly grade!

As soon as she walked out the door, a melodious zither music reached her ears.

It was extremely pleasant to listen to.

Bathed in moonlight and light from the villa, just like daylight, she saw a red-clad beauty sitting under the pavilion in the distance, plucking at the zither with her gaze lowered.

Her eyes were slightly closed, as though she was immersed in the delightful sound of the zither.

A gentle breeze wafted by, carrying the scent of lotuses with it.

She was truly beautiful.

This was Shangguan Xiaoxiao’s first impression of Zheng Chuyi.

The sound of the zither grew more and more urgent, creating a sense of approaching storm.

The closer they walked, the more intently Zheng Chuyi played, as if oblivious to anyone’s approach.

Beautiful she may be, but she lacked manners.

This was Shangguan Xiaoxiao’s second impression of Zheng Chuyi.

"Chuyi," Jiang Mubai began slowly, his tone softer than ever before.

Shangguan Xiaoxiao frowned displeasingly.

Only then did those delicate willow-leaf eyes slowly open. As if the beauty of spring was revealed in that moment, her clear eyes spread across the horizon. Instantly, all the colors of the world seemed to fade away.

She turned her gaze slowly, her voice soft, "Mubai, you’re back."

The increasingly urgent music of the zither also came to an abrupt halt.

Red is normally a lurid color, but on her, it seemed to make the radiance dim in comparison. That vivid red made her look ethereal instead.

Jiang Mubai’s breathing was slightly constricted. "Why are you still playing the zither here so late? Aren’t you afraid of catching a cold?"

Zheng Chuyi smiled faintly, "I couldn’t sleep anyway, might as well pass the time playing the zither." Her gaze drifted past Jiang Mubai to the Shangguan Xiaoxiao beside him, and the smile on her lips stiffened slightly.

This was the first time she had seen a stranger of the opposite sex by Jiang Mubai’s side.

A subtle sense of crisis began to rise within her.

Who is she?