The Time-Limited Love and Marriage
Chapter 100

Chapter 100: Chapter 100

Ye Chen also found out for the first time that Fu Youhan was able to escape death, and it was all thanks to Dead Ghost.

"Do you think Dead Ghost is your Ziwei Star?" Ye Chen seemed to recall those times too, his eyes becoming somewhat hazy.

Fu Youhan gloomily drank another full glass of wine, then murmured lowly, "Whether he’s Ziwei Star or not doesn’t matter, I feel like... I can’t find him anymore."

Recently, he had clearly tracked down the Scavenger’s whereabouts, but each time he couldn’t catch the Scavenger, let alone find Dead Ghost through him.

After several attempts, Fu Youhan’s confidence had also worn down quite a bit.

"Since you’ve decided to pull back, don’t think about these things anymore. Whether he’s dead or alive, it has nothing to do with you."

Ye Chen knew that over the years, Fu Youhan had been searching for Dead Ghost’s whereabouts.

But four years had passed, and Dead Ghost was still without a trace; more likely bad news than good.

So, the only consolation he could offer Fu Youhan was these words.

At that moment, Yu Dingding and Jiang Moxi came back after their first round of hot springs.

Both of them were dressed in bathrobes, nothing inappropriate.

However, because they had just soaked in the hot springs, their makeup-free faces were flushed.

Seeing Yu Dingding’s flirtatious look, Ye Chen hurriedly approached: "Honey, come soak with me too."

Yu Dingding very decisively pushed his head away: "You can soak with Third Master Fu! He has soaked before!"

"That he doesn’t soak is his own business." Ye Chen still continued to move forward.

He had seen plenty of beauties, but every time he saw Yu Dingding, he behaved very unlike himself.

He comforted himself that he was just teasing Yu Dingding.

But he didn’t realize that under his repeated indulgence, this seemed to have become his habit or even his preference!

"You guys aren’t really ’cardboard brotherhood’, are you?" Yu Dingding teased casually.

Ye Chen smiled and slung an arm around Yu Dingding’s shoulder: "No, it’s you who don’t understand, darling! Brotherhood is in the heart. We can’t reach each other by phone."

Yu Dingding wanted to say more but was half-dragged away by Ye Chen.

As they walked away, Ye Chen could still be heard saying: "Don’t worry about my brother, his Ziwei Star is right by his side! He will definitely take him to soak in the hot springs..."

Jiang Moxi heard Ye Chen’s words and also knew what he meant.

She could have pretended to understand nothing and ignored Fu Youhan.

But she noticed that Fu Youhan’s mood seemed inexplicably low.

Even though she was right by Fu Youhan’s side, he just kept drinking glass after glass all by himself.

This had never happened before.

So, after hesitating for a moment, Jiang Moxi still asked him, "Do you want to go soak for a bit?"

Fu Youhan glanced at her, "Will you accompany me?"

Perhaps because of the alcohol, there was an indescribable and wicked charm in the man’s gaze.

So much so that when she met his gaze, Jiang Moxi’s face turned red, and even her tailbone felt tingling.

"In your dreams!"

In her panic, Jiang Moxi randomly grabbed a cup from the table and took a sip.

But that sip was a shock -

It was alcohol!

It was actually alcohol!

This was bad!

The alcohol could stimulate the remaining toxins in her body...

Seeing Jiang Moxi freeze up completely, Fu Youhan took another look at the cup in her hand.

"This is a cup with alcohol, did you drink it?"

He was also worried Jiang Moxi might drink randomly, so he had specifically asked the butler to use different cups for the alcohol to distinguish them.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Moxi still picked the wrong one.

"Just a sip. It should be fine, right?" Jiang Moxi furrowed her brows.

When she realized it was alcohol, she had unconsciously swallowed it.

"What do you think?" Fu Youhan said with a light snort.

Jiang Moxi pursed her lips and said nothing, for she could feel the blood in her body boiling bit by bit.

Fu Youhan, on the other hand, gazed deeply at Jiang Moxi, his eyes as profound as the dark and deep sea.

She had just soaked in the hot springs, so her face and neck were flushed.

And from past experience, Fu Youhan knew that her body must be even more enticingly rosy.

Plus, those bewitchingly charming eyes of hers, with just an unintentional glance, felt like they set fire to his heart.

Everything made all his displeasures from today vanish in an instant.

So he said, "It seems I have no choice but to give you a lesson."

Jiang Moxi, hearing his reluctant tone, grew furious.

"I don’t need your help!"

She ran off, annoyed, wanting to go back to her room to take a cold shower.

But after running only a few steps, the man behind suddenly scooped her up around her waist, saying, "No need to be polite with me, this is my responsibility!"

Afterwards, they played and chased each other in the natural hot spring pool.

*

When Ye Chen knocked on their door, night had already fallen.

"Come out for dinner, or I’ll start suspecting you two!"

Ye Chen’s mouth was always so cutting.

Fu Youhan had grown accustomed to it, so dealing with him came naturally: "Only by talent."

Ye Chen was immediately crazed: "I knew I should have called you at lunch and left you wanting!"

At lunchtime, the butler had intended to call Fu Youhan and others for the meal.

It was Ye Chen who kindly suggested waiting a bit longer, not to spoil Third Master Fu’s mood.

As a result, Third Master Fu’s mood wasn’t spoiled, but his mood, Ye Family’s eldest, was utterly ruined.

"Hurry up and refuel, or you’ll have no strength for tonight."

Ye Chen frustratingly left these words behind and returned to the courtyard.

Tonight’s meal prepared by the butler was barbecue, with a balanced mix of seafood, meat, and vegetables.

When Fu Youhan brought Jiang Moxi out, Yu Dingding and Ye Chen had already started eating.

But eating still didn’t stop Ye Chen’s mouth as he glanced at the listless Jiang Moxi and then teased Fu Youhan.

"Xiao Moxi is only so young, harsh of you to not even let her eat lunch."

Fu Youhan, having indulged all afternoon, was in a great mood, passed a few skewers to Jiang Moxi while not forgetting to counter Ye Chen.

"Have you considered the possibility that she initiated it?"

At that, Jiang Moxi’s face turned red, and she annoyed, started to pound on Fu Youhan.

The latter caught her hands and stuffed a fork into them.

Seeing the fork, Jiang Moxi was momentarily stunned, then blushing profusely, began to eat the barbecue Fu Youhan handed to her.

After all, like Fu Youhan said, she really had taken the initiative today.

It was also because Fu Youhan had had quite a bit to drink, so the two of them behaved so wildly.

Ye Chen was completely dumbfounded, watching Jiang Moxi’s process from being explosive to acquiescent.

Yu Dingding’s lips twitched.

How came eating barbecue suddenly threw her face under the bus?

What she didn’t expect was, after hearing Fu Youhan’s words, Ye Chen started targeting her, Yu Dingding.

"Look at others, then look at you, not to mention initiating, you don’t even allow a touch."

Yet Yu Dingding remained as calm as ever, "Then why not see whose family has better conditions to take me away? I don’t need to cultivate feelings, but make sure the price is right."

That relentlessly indifferent attitude infuriated Ye Chen so much that he cursed and drank a lot.

In this half-mountain area far from the urban noise, where stars dazzled and scenery was beautiful.

The four of them chatted and talked, heedless of the world’s view or the gaps between them, each face was filled with smiles.

That was the closest they ever got to happiness...

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