Chapter 492 - Chapter 492: Anna

Chapter 492: Anna

Su Ji’s skin was very thin. Every time she blushed, it felt hot to the touch.

She realized that her boyfriend was even more seductive than her, a devil concubine.

He was seducing her.

Especially when the water flowed down his eyelashes…

Su Ji was annoyed.

It was pleasing to the eyes, but she was annoyed.

She was completely in his grasp.

Pei Huai asked why she suddenly wanted to video call him. Su Ji pursed her lips and asked him what he did today instead.

Pei Huai said, “I helped my future mother-in-law negotiate for a piece of land. Then, I accompanied her to dinner. I went back to the hotel for two video conferences and signed a contract before I took a shower…”

He was enjoying telling her his day.

However, Su Ji did not hear anything worth pondering. “Boring. Bye.”

This time, she hung up immediately after she finished speaking, not giving Pei Huai any time to speak.

On Pei Huai’s side, the video ended without any warning.

He picked up his phone, his slender fingers leaving a trail of water on the screen as he sent a WeChat message.

[ “I will be back the day after tomorrow.” I

Su Ji saw it and threw her phone on the bed.

She grabbed a random book from her desk and tried to distract herself.

In her mind, she replayed Madam Xu’s famous saying, “men will only affect the speed at which we draw our swords!’

Pei Huai came out of the shower and his phone vibrated again. He quickly looked over, but it was not the person he expected.

He grabbed a shirt and put it on. He let the phone vibrate until it automatically hung up.

Soon, a message was sent.

Pei Shizhan said that it was related to a project and asked him to contact him after he was free.

Half an hour later, the phone in Xu Mingzhi’s suite rang. It was from his son-in-law.

“Yes, Pei Huai?”

“There’s a private c.o.c.ktail party in City D tomorrow. Important people from the project will be attending.”

Xu Mingzhi’s eyes turned cold. “I’ll ask Wei Wei to find out how to get an invitation. We have to go.””

“No need.” Pei Huai said, “my father has been invited. If you’re interested, we’ll go with him tomorrow.”

Xu Mingzhi knew that the relationship between him and his father was stiff, and it would be awkward if he went. However, at the same time, she also knew that it would be difficult to get an invitation in such a short period of time.

Pei Huai smiled gently. “Business is business.”

These words sounded mature, but they were actually very cold.

Xu Mingzhi thought for a moment. “Sure, please thank your father for me.”

“You’re welcome.” Pei Huai hung up.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.

The emba.s.sy was a very solemn place in M State. Even journalists needed to go through a half-year approval process to enter and exit the emba.s.sy.

What was even less known was that there were several villas with excellent privacy and armed soldiers patrolling every day.

Only extremely distinguished visitors could live there.

One of the buildings had a distinctive ancient palace style. The servants with light-colored hair were quietly doing their daily cleaning.

A beautiful piano tune could be heard from the window on the second floor. There were a few birds perched on the branches, and the wind rustled the leaves.

The weather in M State was much hotter than in A City, but it was as if spring was all year round in this area.

“Madam, the car is ready.”

The servants bowed respectfully, and the woman in front of them, who stopped on the second step, was the current d.u.c.h.ess, Miyazawa Rei, who married the duke many years ago.

The woman was wearing a black and white dress with an elegant style. She held a pair of thin black lace gloves in her hand and looked like she was about to go out.

She turned around and looked at the servants. Her face so beautiful it was almost monstrous.

However, due to her amazing temperament, her every move was elegant, and she had the coldness of an elite.

One could vaguely tell her age by the fine lines at the corners of her eyes and the charming curve of her red lips. It was difficult for men to refuse her…

The servants who had been serving her for several years were still stunned by her beauty.

“Have you informed the young miss?” When it came to her stepdaughter, Miyazawa Rei was loving.

A first-cla.s.s mother and wife.

“Yes.” As the servants replied, the piano upstairs stopped playing at the same time.

Then, the sound of the door opening and closing could be heard. A fair-skinned and thin girl appeared at the top of the stairs.

She was wearing a European-style dress, and her long golden curly hair reached her waist. It seemed to glow naturally under the sun.

She had the face of a normal person from Continent O, but her facial features were more exquisite than the average European. Her eyes were blue like the sky. She looked like a doll.

Miyazawa Rei’s red lips curled up slightly. “Anna, why haven’t you changed yet?

Tonight’s private party is very important.”

This was Anna. Everyone in Continent M knew that there was a beautiful little princess in the duke’s mansion. She was sickly and a stutterer.

Later on, her stuttering became better, and the little princess became more beautiful year by year.

Although she still looked sickly, all the young masters of Continent M adored her. However, no matter how prominent their family background was, the duke did not like any of them.

He already had a candidate in mind. Other than that person, no one else was worthy of his daughter.

Anna had just turned eighteen this year. She was a young girl with both beauty and brains, but her personality was too introverted.

Miyazawa Rei treated her very well. She would often bring her to various events. In any case, in the eyes of the servants, the stepmother and daughter were very respectful to each other and lived in harmony.

At this moment, Anna’s fingers that were pinching the hem of her dress tightened slightly, and she sounded timid. “I…l”m not feeling too well, can I not…”

“Oh no,” Miyazawa Rei sounded worried. “Your brother will be going too. He’s been on a business trip for a few months. It’s rare for him to come back today.

He misses you very much.”

Upon hearing this, Anna tightened her grip on her skirt, and her joints, which were so thin that her blood vessels could almost be seen, turned green.

“I’m really not feeling well…”

“Anna.”

She didn’t even raise her voice, but there was an inexplicable sense of oppression that made Anna instantly shut up.

However, Miyazawa Rei still had a smile on her face. “This is what your father wants. I think he wants you to partic.i.p.ate. Don’t make him angry, okay?”

Anna pursed her lips tightly. “1…1 know…”

Miyazawa Rei nodded in satisfaction. “Then go and change.. I’ll wait for you downstairs… “