At Watanabe Ueno's birthday banquet, the atmosphere suddenly grew tense. The guests turned around in astonishment, realizing that someone had dared to utter such audacious words on an occasion like this.
"Audacious! Who dares to show disrespect to Mr. Watanabe here!" shouted a square-faced man.
Lěng Yè emerged from the crowd. His appearance instantly chased away the panic in Takahashi Keiko and An Ran, filling them with the reassurance that as long as Lěng Yè was around, there was nothing to fear. For the first time, An Ran experienced this profound sense of security. When Watanabe Ueno had proposed making her his concubine, the very first person who came to her mind was Lěng Yè. She had desperately wished for Lěng Yè to appear and protect her, and though she could not see him then and had nearly been driven to tears, now that he had suddenly appeared, her mood instantly turned cheerful.
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