Chapter 1: Encounter in a Bar

  Inside the carriage, it suddenly became quiet in a somewhat eerie way.

  Ye Qianmo gradually regained her sanity, and he was Ou Mu Xuan. He had always despised his own Ou Mu Xuan, but if he despised her, why did he come to rescue her?

  "Explain!" Ou Mu Xuan shouted coldly.

  "What does it mean?"

  "Your child, and your past!" When she was locked in the dark room, she cried so pitifully. Now, he would listen to her explanation, as long as she was willing to speak!

  "There's no explanation for it!" Ye Xuan turned her face to another window, "I'm just such a shameless person!"

  "You...!" Oumu no longer contained his indignation, and didn't even bother to explain?

  "Thanks, Ou Zong, today." The tone was indifferent and distant.

  "Why did you call my name," Ou Mu Xuan stared at him, coldly asking, "why in your most helpless moment, were you constantly calling out my name?"

  "I don't know what you're talking about!" Ye Xuanmo refused to acknowledge, "Director Ou must be hallucinating from exhaustion lately?"

  Ou Mu Xuan sneered, "When you just left home, I was following behind you all the time. If you really didn't have any feelings for me, why did you call me first when you encountered danger? Why did you cry out my name and sob so pitifully when you were locked in that small room?"

  It turned out that the call was for him, and it turned out that he really had no talent at all.

  Ye Xuanmo turned her head, a bitter smile floating at the corner of her lips. "Even if I called out your name, what could you do? If the child's father wasn't you, would you accept him? If all those dirty things in my past were true, wouldn't you mind?"

  "Me..." Oumu Xun was unable to respond.

  Ye Xuanmu smiled bitterly, "Look, the problem between us has never been about loving or not loving, so why do you still care who I call out to? Even if it was your name that I called out, and every time I'm in danger, you're the first one I think of, what's the use of that? Can you accept this unworthy me?"

  "...When he heard her say these words, he felt heartache. What she cared about was not her unbearable past, but the fact that she couldn't accept that there had been a man who got so close to her, and that she had gone all out for another man."

  "Ou Mu Xuan, I'm asking you again," Ye Xiang Yu didn't look at him, but instead gazed blankly at the scenery outside the window that was constantly moving away, "Do you love me? If I accept you, can you spend a lifetime with me without leaving or abandoning me? Can you unconditionally tolerate and forgive me no matter what happens, no matter how unbearable my past is, and be willing to spend a lifetime with me?"

  Ou Muxuan, silently for a long time.

  Isn't he willing to? But he clearly hopes she's by his side, clearly hopes to see her every moment, even if he knows she doesn't like him, even if he knows about her past. Still, he can't help but care about her safety, so is he willing to or not?

  "I..."

  "Don't be troubled," Ye Xuanmo suppressed the pain in her heart, gathering all her emotions. "I've arrived, I should get off now, Mr. Ou, thank you!" After saying that, Ye Xuanmo opened the car door and walked out.

  Ou Mu Xuan wanted to reach out and stop her, but realizing his identity, he could only retreat and put the mask back on his face. However, when he got off the car again, Ye Xuan had already disappeared.

  Ye Xuan's anger finally subsided as she stormed into the backstage area, and everyone else let out a sigh of relief.

  "Director, you've finally arrived!" Yang Guoer immediately grabbed Ye Xiang's hand, "The fashion show is starting in ten minutes, if you didn't come, everyone would be worried to death!"

  Ye Xuanmo smiled and was about to speak when Qiao Bai pulled her aside.

  "What's with the wound on you?" Qiao Bai looked him up and down, "Did Mo Hanxin and Lin Xue do it?"

  "Now is not the time to discuss this," Ye Xuanmu pulled back Qiao Bai, "Why are there only a few models? Where are the others?"

  "They all said they had something urgent and couldn't come." Cuī Jiě said seriously, "Even if we bring the ceremony with us, we are still short of four models. The show is about to start, where can we find people?"

  Ye Xuan furrowed her brow, it was obvious that this was another one of Lin Xue's tricks.

  "Director!" Yang Guoer's face turned even more difficult to look at after receiving a phone call, "A large group of Gu Jiaxiang's fans have arrived on the scene, saying they received news that Gu Jiaxiang would be coming, so they're all outside calling for Gu Jiaxiang to appear."

  Gu Jiaxi's leg is injured and she can't walk, and Ye Xuanmo never said that Gu Jiaxi would attend the fashion show. How did those fans get the news?

  If these people were brought by Lin Xue, then if Gu Jiaxiang didn't show up, they would definitely cause trouble on the scene, and everything Ye Juan had prepared would be disrupted.

  What's wrong?

  In the background, everyone was waiting for Ye Xuan's instructions. The usually noisy backstage area was now quiet, with no sound to be heard, so that the noise of the crowd outside could be easily heard.

  Ye Xuanmo looked at Cui Jie and then at Yang Guoer, suddenly thought of a way, "We are a design team, Star Europe is opening, we naturally want to appear in full force, right?"

  "What do you mean?" Qiao Bai looked at her and saw the sparkling light in her eyes, knowing that she had a way.

  "At the end of the fashion show, we as a team, collectively appeared, can't this make up for the model's inadequacy?"

  "But Momo, there aren't any clothes here that fit me." Cuisheng was in a difficult position. The designs here were mostly formal wear and were all for young people to wear. Cuisheng had already reached middle age, as a middle-aged woman, she couldn't still be wearing girls' clothing, and her figure had also become plump, there wasn't even a size that fit her here.

  "With me around, there's no such thing as an unsuitable dress!" Ye Xuan said confidently, with a strong light radiating from her eyebrows. "Guo'er, go get that pale purple long skirt of ours!"

  "We've got five minutes before our show starts," Qiao Bai reminded, tapping on the watch on his wrist. "Are you sure we don't need to delay?"

  "Not necessary!" Ye Xuanmo said with a superior attitude, "All of you go and change your clothes. Qiao Bai, you take care of your own clothes, Guo Er, wear that yellow formal dress."

  "Yes, I know, Director!"

  The design team of Xingou Yixian, along with their assistants, pattern makers, cutters, ironers, and even the service staff, were more than enough to satisfy those reporters, compared to those glamorous models.

  "I say Xiao Mo, have you forgotten something even more important?" Qiao Bai couldn't help but remind him, "What about Gu Jia?"

  "This thing..."

  "If Gu Jiaxi doesn't show up, the fans on site will definitely make a scene, and if things get out of control, our opening ceremony will become a laughing stock for others."

  Ye Xuan furrowed her brow, this matter wasn't something she could accomplish with just effort, however...

  "Then I'll just show up?" A clear voice with a hint of complacency suddenly came from the entrance at the back.