Chapter 51

For the first time, Ye Yao had insomnia—she couldn’t sleep the entire night.

Her mind was filled with all sorts of chaotic thoughts, but after writing them down, she dismissed them all.

Starting a business required capital, and the only money she had was the betrothal gift from the Li family.

In six months, the engagement would be annulled, and naturally, the betrothal gift would have to be returned in full. Yet, out of selfishness, she hadn’t handed the money over to Shen Yun immediately.

She couldn’t make things too big—otherwise, this little money wouldn’t be enough.

By the time the rooster crowed twice in the morning, she stepped out of the house with dark circles under her eyes.

She ran a lap around the neighborhood, panting as she returned, only to bump into Li Cheng, who was just heading out.

This time, however, he wasn’t alone—there was a young man and woman around the same age as him.

Ye Yao naturally recognized both of them. The man was Zheng Lu, and the woman was Huang Ying. They had grown up together with Li Cheng and were famously known as the “Iron Triangle.”

But that was all she knew about them.

“What a small world.”

Ye Yao muttered inwardly. After their last conversation, her impression of Li Cheng had dropped to rock bottom.

Now, upon seeing him, her first instinct was to avoid him. However, the doorway was narrow, and the three of them were walking side by side toward her. There was nowhere to hide, even if she wanted to.

So she decided to just ignore them.

“Li Cheng, what a coincidence! Running into your fiancée here.”

Ye Yao: …

Hearing Zheng Lu’s teasing tone, she cursed inwardly.

Li Cheng shot Zheng Lu a sharp glare.

The atmosphere instantly turned awkward.

“Brother Lu, stop teasing Brother Cheng. The wedding has already been postponed.”

At that moment, Huang Ying’s crisp voice rang out, attempting to ease the situation.

Zheng Lu gave Ye Yao a once-over. Though they had all lived in the same compound, he and Huang Ying were four to five years older than her, so they had never paid much attention to her.

In fact, he hadn’t even realized she existed until news of the engagement spread.

Thinking about how the high-and-mighty Li Cheng had such a… fiancée in front of him, he felt thrilled.

“I’m not wrong, am I? The wedding may be postponed, but the engagement is still there, so she is Li Cheng’s fiancée. Girl, with how lucky you are, it must be tough for you to be engaged to Li Cheng.”

Ye Yao rolled her eyes. Why not just say I’m fat already?

Huang Ying struggled to hold back her laughter, clearly catching the underlying meaning in Zheng Lu’s words.

Li Cheng took a deep breath and said coldly, “If you don’t speak, no one will think you’re mute.”

This guy was getting bolder—he even dared to tease him now.

Zheng Lu, however, beamed, completely unbothered by Li Cheng’s dark expression.

“Girl, why aren’t you saying anything? Don’t tell me you don’t know us?”

He had said so much already, and Li Cheng was about to lose his temper, yet this girl remained completely expressionless.

The next second, Ye Yao shook her head. “I don’t. Are you guys famous?”

Uh…

Zheng Lu’s mouth twitched.

Was she serious? Or just pretending not to know them?

Who in the compound didn’t know about their “Golden Iron Triangle”?

Besides, Li Cheng was her fiancé—how could she not know them?

“Are you joking?”

Ye Yao: “Is it funny?”

Zheng Lu felt a sudden chill and answered honestly, “No.”

Ye Yao remained unfazed and calmly looked at him. “Then get out of the way.”

Zheng Lu: …

For the first time, a girl had completely shut him down.