CHAPTER 467: CHAPTER 467

Recently, Ye Chen has been refusing to return to Yan City, staying idle in Emperor City.

So today, when Fu Youhan gave him an invitation to the Yunshang Designers Award Ceremony, he suddenly thought of those manuscripts in Yu Dingding’s room and decided to attend.

He had mentioned before that he wanted to help Yu Dingding open a jewelry and fashion design studio, and it wasn’t just empty talk.

From that moment, Ye Chen started to gather resources, even securing a location for the studio and purchasing it.

The studio is now nearly ready, but to make a splash in its operation, it still needs to find a benchmark to model after.

Fu Youhan gave him the invitation to Yunshang just in time, and Ye Chen thought this could be an opportunity to learn from Yunshang’s business model.

But what Ye Chen didn’t expect was that shortly after entering the award ceremony, he saw Yu Dingding...

She was dressed in a white satin dress with a high slit, her long hair casually tied up, yet she looked refreshingly elegant, like a fully bloomed white peony.

Yes, after some time apart, Ye Chen found this woman had become even more beautiful.

After the passage of time, Yu Dingding now appeared even more calm and composed, shining brightly like a pearl.

She was busy talking and laughing with Jiang Moxi and others, without noticing him, Ye Chen.

But Ye Chen felt that every minute and every second now was extremely precious.

He stared greedily at Yu Dingding, as if he wished to engrave this moment with her into his mind.

However, after watching quietly for a long time, Yu Dingding seemed to sense something and suddenly their eyes met.

At that moment, Ye Chen was worried that Yu Dingding would react like before, unwilling to face him and just run away.

But under his gaze, Yu Dingding did not run away; instead, she nodded to him gracefully and calmly, greeting him like an ordinary friend.

Nothing more beyond that.

But that was not what Ye Chen wanted.

Whether Yu Dingding loved or hated him, at least it was emotional.

Not like now, where there is no emotion at all, treating him Ye Chen like a somewhat familiar stranger.

This look of no love, no hate, no attachment, even though Yu Dingding was nearby, still made Ye Chen feel the fear of being worlds apart.

So Ye Chen couldn’t help himself, he quickly walked through the crowd and came up to Yu Dingding, without caring about the surrounding glances, and immediately pulled Yu Dingding into his arms.

"Baby..."

The familiar address slipped out in a low call, Ye Chen’s voice becoming hoarse, choked.

His heart, too, was painfully numb.

But it seemed like he couldn’t feel anything, only desperately tightening his embrace on Yu Dingding, as if he wished to merge her into his bones, wanting them to never part.

Yes, even if being together by force, being hated by Yu Dingding, being retaliated against by her, Ye Chen still didn’t want to let go of Yu Dingding, didn’t want to just be friends with her in the long years to come.

When Yu Dingding and Ye Chen embraced, many around them were also stunned.

Because both Ye Chen and Yu Dingding had some fame in the Emperor City circle, and given that Yu Dingding had previously exposed those videos of being violated to get back at Ye Chen, airing their grievances and disputes to the public.

So, when the two of them appeared together and Ye Chen embraced Yu Dingding so emotionally, it truly shocked countless people.

Some even quietly took out their phones to record this "embrace of the century."

Xie Ling had also seen the online disputes between Ye Chen and Yu Dingding and now seeing Ye Chen embracing Yu Dingding so tightly, she couldn’t help but worry.

She even wanted to step forward to stop Ye Chen, but Jiang Moxi grabbed her: "Let them solve it themselves."

Xie Ling looked at Jiang Moxi awkwardly: "I’m just worried that Yu Dingding might get hurt."

But Jiang Moxi glanced at Ye Chen lightly, and seeing Ye Chen’s face buried in Yu Dingding’s neck, she withdrew her gaze, saying, "He won’t hurt Dingding."

Then Jiang Moxi looked around and sure enough, she saw Fu Youhan’s tall figure among the crowd.

Ye Chen, a person with no ties to the design circle, suddenly appearing at the designer award ceremony, Jiang Moxi suspected it must be someone’s doing.

At the moment, Fu Youhan was not far away, raising his glass to Jiang Moxi and toasting her from afar, confirming Jiang Moxi’s suspicion.

Xie Ling, noticing Jiang Moxi constantly staring at a corner, couldn’t help but follow her gaze and then saw the man standing out in the crowd, striking in his custom-made suit.

"Yo, isn’t that Driver Fu?" Xie Ling teased, "Even escorting to the award ceremony?"

Jiang Moxi felt her cheeks burning, her pent-up anger flaring hotter, and her fist itching to move.

"I’ll go over and take a look, talk later."

Xie Ling grinned, "No worries, I still have some arrangements to confirm, you guys take your time, even chatting until the end of time is fine."

Teased by Xie Ling like having fire on her butt, Jiang Moxi quickly walked towards Fu Youhan.

Fu Youhan, seeing Jiang Moxi approaching him voluntarily, greeted with a smile: "Miss Xi, what a coincidence!"

Jiang Moxi saw the man pretending, and felt so infuriated she couldn’t vent.

Yet he handed her a glass of champagne, saying with a smile, "Miss Xi, have a taste. This cherry-flavored champagne is quite good."

Jiang Moxi took the champagne but didn’t drink, her voice cold as she asked him, "Stop pretending, Ye Chen was brought here by you, right?"

"Um. I received two invitations and simply handed him one," Fu Youhan stepped forward to wrap his arms around Jiang Moxi’s slender waist.

Jiang Moxi subtly drew back, trying to put some distance between them.

But Fu Youhan, after his recent experiences, had notably thickened his skin.

Even though Jiang Moxi rejected him, he remained unperturbed and once again drew closer to wrap his arms around her waist.

But he confessed, "I admit I hacked into your computer that day, heard that you and Director Xie needed invitations, so I sent one to Ye Chen. However, I didn’t mention anything about Yu Dingding to Ye Chen, but he still came, which proves that their connection is not over yet."

For a moment, Jiang Moxi also fell silent.

Because she had also told Ye Chen before to let fate take its course with Yu Dingding, implying that if their connection wasn’t over, they would eventually meet again.

Unexpectedly, Fu Youhan exploited this loophole.

"Alright, don’t worry about their matter. They are adults and can solve these issues on their own. Do you want some cookies? I just saw they prepared chocolate-flavored cookies with dried fruits over there, want to try?"

Fu Youhan’s soft whisper seemed to have a magical effect, making all the irritation in Jiang Moxi’s heart vanish completely.

Plus, he mentioned the cookies that Jiang Moxi liked, so she temporarily set aside other concerns.

"Where is it?"

"Right over there, let me take you."

Then, Driver Fu hoodwinked Jiang Moxi away.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen was holding Yu Dingding tightly, one minute, five minutes...

Ten minutes passed, and Yu Dingding finally couldn’t bear it any longer: "Enough hugging, let go. Don’t disrupt the ceremony and steal the limelight."

But as soon as she finished speaking, Ye Chen sealed her lips with his...