Everyone watching the scene in the audience subconsciously sweated.

Ning Zichen wiped his forehead and said with lingering fear, “Damn, I thought Boss was going to strike!”

The big guy Hao Qiang scratched his head and echoed, “Actually, I thought so too.”

Gu Ye put on an uncooperative look just now and didn’t even bother to raise his hand. They almost thought this the engagement party would be over.

Fortunately, it was just a false alarm and the ceremony ended smoothly.

The two successfully exchanged engagement rings and the host was the first to applaud.

Then there was a bust of applause from the audience.

Gu Ye’s dozen or so brothers were extraordinarily supportive, clapping and cheering, pushing the atmosphere of the scene to a new climax.

Mother Gu’s expression was a mixed of joy and worry. “It’s a great thing for my son to get engaged, but that child from the Rong family……”

Father Gu patted her on the shoulder and said comfortingly, “That child is also really pitiful. Elder Lu even humbled himself to us. Since it can’t be avoided, we should help if we can.”

Mother Gu nodded. To be honest, she also felt sorry for Rong Xuan. If it was someone else, no matter how much they begged, she would never let her youngest son get engaged. But things had come to this point so it’s useless to think too much.

With this thought, a perfect smile appeared on her face again, and she went off to exchange pleasantries with the other wives.

After Rong Xuan stepped down from the stage, Gu Ye went to join his group of friends.

As soon as he came down, the others surrounded him enthusiastically. A group of people chattered, curious as hell, and kept asking him questions.

“Boss, how does it feel to be engaged? Are you excited?”

“Boss, why did you suddenly stop moving just now? I thought you didn’t want to get engaged. It really shocked me.”

“Boss, from now on, you have a fiancée. Hahahaha.”

“Boss……”

Gu Ye put his hands in his pockets and waved his hands, telling the group to play by themselves and not bother him.

After they were disliked for being annoying, they exchange meaningful glances and went to have fun by themselves while laughing and joking. There were originally a dozen of them, but now only the three who were closest to Gu Ye remained.

Gu Ye kicked the carpet, a bit of annoyance and novelty in his tone, “She just ignored me. Heh, this is the first time I’ve encountered someone like her.”

The people Gu Ye met before, regardless of gender or age, were all particularly enthusiastic about him. Reincarnation was a skill, and it was evident that he has mastered it to the extreme. He was born with money, status and everything. This was the first time he met someone who ignored him when he asked questions.

But on this occasion, no matter how willful he was, he couldn’t slap his parents face in front of so many guests. In the end, he had to take a step back and get engaged first. He’s really irritated right now.

Hearing Gu Ye’s words, Ning Zichen, Hao Qiang, and Sheng Shihao all fell silent.

Gu Ye realized that something was up and grunted, “What is it? Is there something I should know?”

Several people looked at each other. In the end, Ning Zichen took a step forward and said stiffly, “Boss, I heard……”

“Hmm?”

“She can’t talk.”

Gu Ye thought he heard it wrong and asked again, “What?”

Ning Zichen spoke louder, “I said, she, Rong Xuan, can’t talk!”

Hao Qiang hesitated for a moment before adding, “They say she’s greatly stimulated when she was a child. She refused to communicate with others, resisting it so much that she really lost the ability to speak.”

Gu Ye gave a low curse.

What the hell was going on? His parents didn’t tell him anything other than that he was getting engage and didn’t even give him a choice. He didn’t know anything about the other party’s age, appearance, temperament, or family background. Before he could react, it was already the day of the engagement party. He didn’t even know his fiancée’s name was Rong Xuan until today.

He reckoned they were the only pair like this.

Could there be a more unfamiliar pair than them? None!

The funniest thing was that even though the engagement rings have been exchanged, he still didn’t know what his fiancée looks like. He probably wouldn’t be able to recognize her if they run into each other on the street.

Hao Qiang mustered up the courage to ask, “Boss, are you…… angry with her?”

Gu Ye sneered and instinctively touched his pocket. He couldn’t find a cigarette so his patience decreased even more. “Me, angry with a little mute? Then am I still a human being?”

While it’s true that he usually didn’t behave like a human being, if he bullies or get angry with a little mute, then he really wouldn’t be f*cking human.

Sheng Shihao looked worried. “Boss, what will you do in the future?”

Gu Ye glanced at him, returning to that nonchalant tone, he said, “What else can I do? I just called her little bride, what do you think?”

Ning Zichen laughed. “Little bride, that’s a good title, hahahaha.”

Ning Zichen laughed merrily, but Hao Qiang and Sheng Shihao couldn’t. They both felt bad for Gu Ye.

No matter how one looked at Rong Xuan, she wasn’t good enough for Gu Ye. Someone as handsome and with a good family background as Gu Ye could find any girl. However, the person he was engaged to was an ugly and mute person, which was really exasperating.

But they were both still in high school right now and there were still several years before they get married. Now one knows what could happen with that time. Maybe they’d break off their engagement at some point?

This engagement was clearly not equal at first glance. Rong Xuan was a level lower than Gu Ye. They estimated that Rong Xuan’s future as Gu Ye’s fiancée would eventually come to an end and that being Mrs. Gu was absolutely impossible for her.

Thinking so, they suddenly felt relieved.

It’s only for a few years anyway and they would probably part ways in the future. A few years go by very quickly, so they didn’t need to worry about it.

———

On the other side, as soon as Rong Xuan stepped down the stage, her stepmother, Ji Ning, and half-sister, Rong Yi, came over. As for her father, Rong Yao, he should have gone to chat with the Gu parents.

Ji Ning was able to get remarried to Rong Yao, so her appearance and skills were certainly not bad. She was clearly in her late 40’s, but she dresses very young. She looked slim in a white dress from D luxury brand, and with her exquisite makeup, she appeared like a girl in her twenties.

There weren’t many people nearby and only a few of them were there. Since there were no outsiders, Rong Yi behaved particularly arrogant.

Rong Yi was only a few months older than Rong Xuan. She looks very similar to her mother, Ji Ning, with her oval face and almond eyes. After putting on makeup, ordinary people couldn’t compare with her beauty. However, this appearance wasn’t good enough in front of Rong Xuan.

If there was anything Rong Yi hated the most about Rong Xuan, it was this face of hers.

Although the two have the same father, their looks were vastly different. Unfortunately, it was Rong Yi who was compared to dirt, so how could she be reconciled?

Rong Yi was only eighteen years old this year, but probably because her mother was only Rong Yao’s mistress when she was a child, she had experienced more, so she looked a lot more mature than Rong Xuan. She crossed her arms on her chest, glanced at Rong Xuan’s veil, and sneered, “Sister, are you hiding something? Otherwise, why are you wearing a veil?”

Rong Yi naturally knew why Rong Xuan was wearing a veil as she was the reason for it. How could she not know?

She purposely said this to provoke Rong Xuan.

As soon as she saw Rong Yi, Rong Xuan knew that she’s there to cause trouble.

She was now thankful that this body couldn’t speak for the time being. Because she couldn’t speak, she didn’t need to say anything or respond. And without speaking, no one would realize that this Rong Xuan was no longer the same Rong Xuan as before.

The novel described the other Rong Xuan as ‘gloomy, repressed, depressed, with no smile on her face all year round, and eyes filled with resentment towards everyone’. All were negative words.

She hated this world and everyone in it. But in Rong Xuan’s opinion, it was understandable how she had become like this. Any normal person would probably not be able to remain normal under the oppression of a stepmother and a half-sister for years.

When Rong Xuan first read the novel 《Aristocratic Love: Young Master Gu Teases Me》, she felt sad for the life of the female supporting character. She was extreme, paranoid, and gloomy, but was this what she wanted? She certainly didn’t want this herself. When her mother was still alive, she was also a spoiled little princess.

The other Rong Xuan was a real-life version of Cinderella. When she was a child, she lived a good life and had a happy family. But after her mother died and her father remarried, she was oppressed by her stepmother and half-sister. But she was far from being as lucky as Cinderella. There was no fairy godmother to conjure a pumpkin carriage for her, no crystal slipper, no ball to let her make a big splash, and no prince to save her through fire and water. The only grandfather who loves her later passed away, and the engagement she had was broken off.

The female supporting character was left with nothing.

Now that Rong Xuan had become this female supporting character, she naturally didn’t want to end up like her on the original story.

But pleasing the male protagonist, holding his thigh, and preventing him from meeting the female protagonist, it was absolutely impossible. All she wanted to do right now was stay away from the Rong family, study hard, get into a good university, and show filial piety to her grandfather while he’s still alive. Then she’d live this life well.

That’s enough.