When the photo fell out, other than the great god Jing Hanchuan, who was sitting calmly, the others were all frightened. Xu Yuanfei even found it difficult to breathe. She held the tile tightly, her palm sweaty.

Duan Linbai reached out to ruffle his hair.

Even without looking at Jing Hanchuan, he knew that this fellow definitely wanted to kill him.

Is it my fault you hid a picture of her?

Just as the atmosphere was in a deadlock, Jiang Duanyan, who had been silent, said, “Miss Xu, you’re going first.”

“Oh.” Xu Yuanfei’s throat seemed to have been set on fire. It was so hot that her throat was dry and itchy, and her words were not as gentle and beautiful as before.

“Anything will do.” Jing Hanchuan’s tone was as calm as usual.

He threw out a bomb, yet he was still so calm. Jiang Ershao finally understood what a true big shot was.

Just as Xu Yuanfei was thinking about it, a voice came from behind her. “Do you want to win?”

“I really don’t want to lose.” Xu Yuanfei practiced martial arts, so she had an unyielding spirit in her bones. Besides, they were playing with money, so she couldn’t let Jing Hanchuan lose money.

“Don’t worry. I’ll help you win.”

Xu Yuanfei responded, and her heart started pounding.

The other three people at the table were completely speechless. His words were too arrogant.

Had it been anyone else, Jiang Ershao would have been the first to jump up and smash his head. But this person was Jing Hanchuan, and Jiang Ershao was a coward. Xu Yuanfei was the only woman at the table, so everyone would go easy.

At first, it was always Xu Yuanfei playing tiles, and Jing Hanchuan would occasionally guide her. But as time passed, everyone realized that something was amiss…

Xu Yuanfei, who claimed not to know how to play, had already won three times in a row.

Toward the end, no one dared to go easy on her. It would be unsightly to lose so badly, so they could only play seriously. Now, they finally knew a certain someone’s mahjong skills.

Duan Linbai was already dumbfounded when he saw a certain someone playing another mahjong tile. “Boss, are you sure you don’t know how to play? Your skills are bad? Then, aren’t we worse than little rookies compared to you?”

“My mom likes to play mahjong. I learned a little from her, but I often lost. My mahjong skills are really not good.” Xu Yuanfei smiled bitterly.

Her tone was clearly saying: It’s not that I’m good but that you people are too trash.

When Fu Chen and Song Fengwan arrived, apart from Jiang Duanyan, who had won twice, Xu Yuanfei had slaughtered everyone and won a lot of money for Jing Hanchuan.

“So impressive?” Song Fengwan smiled.

“I’ll treat you to ice cream later.” Although they played for money, Xu Yuanfei didn’t take all the money she had won. She only took more than a hundred yuan in change and said that she wanted to bring Song Fengwan downstairs to eat.

“Okay,” Song Fengwan said and walked downstairs with her.

As soon as the two of them left, Duan Linbai pushed down the mahjong tiles in front of him and pressed his face against the table. “Third Fu, you don’t know how ruthless Xu Yuanfei is. F*ck, we three men lost to her. It’s too embarrassing.”

Jiang Ershao also looked dejected. “I really didn’t go easy.”

Jiang Duanyan chuckled. “Go easy? You must have skills for that. How can you go easy on her with your lousy skills?”

Duan Linbai instantly burst out laughing. Jiang Ershao must have stolen his brother’s woman in his previous life. Otherwise, why would he degrade his biological brother so much?

“But Miss Xu is really quite impressive.” Jiang Duanyan’s words were not to please Jing Hanchuan. To be honest, his skills were pretty good. But the only two times he won were probably because Xu Yuanfei went easy on him.

Jing Hanchuan nodded and smiled, looking especially proud.

Duan Linbai was speechless. You know that it’s your wife who’s the most impressive, right? You two aren’t even official yet. Why are you being so smug? If you have the ability, take her down first.

“What are we doing for New Year’s Eve tonight?” Duan Linbai lowered his head and ate melon seeds.

“I’ve made arrangements,” Fu Chen said.

“Okay, I’ll leave it to you.” Duan Linbai raised his eyebrows and looked at him. “You rarely do much. Why are you so proactive this time? Are you trying to do something?”

Fu Chen smiled and didn’t say anything.

***

Xu Yuanfei and Song Fengwan went downstairs to buy ice cream and walked around the snowfield before returning.

Winter nights came early. When the two of them returned to their rooms, the night sky was already dark like rolling ink, dyeing the entire sky black.

When Xu Yuanfei returned, she swiped her card and opened the door. It was dark inside, and the only light inside was from the glass window in the living room with its curtain open. The light reflected from the pure white snow cast a faint glow in the room.

Is Jing Hanchuan not back yet?

She was about to turn on the lights when her gaze landed on the wallet at the entrance.

The faint light fell on the smooth leather. No matter how she looked at it, it looked a little tempting. Thinking of the photo she saw today, she held her breath and picked up her wallet.

Like a thief, she tiptoed forward, afraid of being discovered. His entire focus was on the wallet.

Jing Hanchuan had put the photo in his pocket before, so she wasn’t sure if it was still in his wallet.

She slowly opened the wallet. The photo was clipped in the most conspicuous place. But it was too dark at this moment. She turned around to turn on the lights, but she bumped into something. Her hand trembled in fright, and the photo fell to the floor.

Her vision was blocked by a thick black color and a familiar smell.

Even though there was no light at this moment, she could clearly feel the oppressive gaze on her.

The surroundings were so quiet that it felt unreal. She subconsciously reached out to push the thing in front of her…

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It was damp and warm. His upper body was naked, and there were still wet water droplets on his body, and his muscles were firm and defined. She could even clearly feel the outline…

She was so frightened that she forgot to retract her hand.

A hot breath landed on the side of her neck.

The man’s voice beside her ear was full of a Beijing accent, and it was a little ambiguous and cold. “Your hand…

“How much longer are you planning to touch me?”

Perhaps because he had just taken a shower, his breath was a little cold, but it was like a soft gust of wind brushing past her ear. Her palm seemed to be on fire, and her entire body started burning.

She retracted her hand regretfully. Soon after, she heard footsteps, and the lights in the living room turned on. She only saw a certain someone’s naked upper body…

She took a deep breath. Is this figure real?

The proportional muscles and lines were exquisite.

Her younger brother, Xu Yao, practiced martial arts all year round, but he was very thin. He was so thin that he didn’t have any muscles. His build was really not much.

When Xu Yuanfei came back to her senses, Jing Hanchuan had already come out of his room. He was wearing simple light gray lounge pants and a white shirt. He walked out while buttoning it.

His gaze focused on the photos on the floor. “You peeked at my wallet?”

“I…”

Xu Yuanfei’s gaze landed on his abdomen. At this moment, she could still vaguely see his exquisite and smooth muscles. His legs were also long and straight. But a certain someone moved too quickly. The moment his clothes closed…

There was nothing to see.

“Stealing someone else’s thing? This isn’t appropriate.” Jing Hanchuan bent down and picked up the photo.

His eyes seemed to be soaked in snow, so cold and indifferent that they seemed to want to strip her naked and see inside her.

“Your photo is of me. It’s probably not good to hide a photo of me,” Xu Yuanfei retorted.

“I took the photo. It’s normal for me to have the photo in my hands.”

“But what do you mean by putting it in your wallet?”

“I think it looks good.”

…

The entire room fell into a terrifying silence.

There was an inexplicable feeling blooming in the air. He spoke too frankly, as if he was appreciating beautiful things normally. Her heart had been pounding wildly earlier. She felt that she was very special to him, and his honest attitude made her not know what to do.

She was embarrassed, and her heart was palpitating. She reached out to tuck her hair behind her ear, trying to relieve some of the heat in her heart.

He said I look good?

Some red crept up her ears.

Her nervous movements fell into Jing Hanchuan’s eyes.

Every inch she moved seemed to be teasing him.

“I’ll go back to my room and tidy up.” Xu Yuanfei plunged into her room. She was anxious but also felt a little sweet.

She felt glad to have survived a calamity and even gained some benefits. Thinking of seeing Jing Hanchuan’s naked upper body just now, she breathed out and reached out to cover her chest, feeling her heart pounding.

But when she thought of Jing Hanchuan hiding the photo of her and saying that he thought it looked good, she felt sweet and depressed.

“Jing Hanchuan, why are you… such an asshole?!” The voice was a little coquettish.

He was seductive and outwardly cold but inwardly passionate. It was simply fatal to her.

She was about to lie down and rest when she heard a knock on the door. She hesitated for a moment before opening the door. Jing Hanchuan was standing at the door.

“Do you need anything?”

“The soundproofing of the room isn’t good. If you want to scold me, don’t be too loud. I heard everything.”

Xu Yuanfei’s face flushed red.

The door slammed shut, and Jing Hanchuan suddenly laughed out loud.

***

Around seven in the evening, everyone received Fu Chen’s notice that they were going to gather in the ski resort. After dark, most places in the ski resort stopped tourists from entering. It was too dangerous.

Everyone was here to celebrate the new year, not to enjoy the cold wind.

Everyone first met in the hall. Only then did they realize…

Jing Hanchuan, Fu Sinian, and the others weren’t the only ones here. The Qiao family and the Yan family were all here. Even the two elders of the Fu family were here. Even Fu Zhongli, Sun Qionghua, and Fu Yuxiu were here. These people didn’t seem to know that the others would also be here.

They looked at each other, and the atmosphere in the hall was inexplicably strange.

Everyone seemed to have guessed something.

But this lineup…

Old Master Fu coughed twice. Can’t this brat keep a low profile? Must he make it so big?