An Nuan's life continued to be very plain and normal, as if that incident had never happened.
She continued to work hard, seemingly full of hope for the future.
After dealing with An Yunxiu's affairs, the next day, An Nuan received an invitation to Shen Xizhou and Xu Ruowei's engagement ceremony.
Looking at the bright red invitation, which announced the engagement of Shen Xizhou and Xu Ruowei, and the design of the invitation itself, everything on it was her favorite.
She remembered that Shen Xizhou had told her that he had designed it himself, saying that such beauty belonged only to her.
But now, looking at this invitation, she felt it was ridiculously comical. Those promises were like a joke.
Her ex-husband was getting engaged, and the invitation was delivered to her by his fiancée. She wondered if he would know about this.
However, whether he knew or not, it no longer mattered.
She had come to find Shen Xizhou because she wanted to find out if Yunxiu had been taken away by him. She wouldn't care about anything else.
She didn't see Shen Xizhou but was stopped by Xia Wanqing.
"An Nuan, what are you doing here? Do you even have the right to be here?"
"Today is Ruowei and Shen Xizhou's engagement day. Are you here to disrupt their engagement banquet? Let me tell you, I will not let your scheme succeed."
An Nuan looked at Xia Wanqing, who was so earnestly blocking her, as if she truly didn't know.
Weren't she and Xu Ruowei good sisters?
Whatever Xu Ruowei wanted to do, she, for the sake of appearances and to avoid being implicated, would let Xia Wanqing act on her behalf.
Xia Wanqing was willing to do things for Xu Ruowei.
She glared at An Nuan fiercely and said through gritted teeth, "An Nuan, get out. If someone has to drag you out later, you'll be the one losing face."
"I came in with an invitation, and you want to kick me out?"
An Nuan thought about what Xia Wanqing's expression would be if she showed her the invitation.
"Heh, you think I'd believe your nonsense? An invitation, you have one?" It was clear that Xia Wanqing would never believe what she said.
"If you can produce it, then I'll believe what you say," Xia Wanqing said fiercely, not believing An Nuan could actually have one.
She further disbelieved that Xu Ruowei would give an invitation to An Nuan.
Although Shen Xizhou hated An Nuan to the bone, they had known and loved each other. If something happened between them, what about Ruowei?
She believed Ruowei wouldn't do something so foolish.
An Nuan took out the invitation and placed it in front of Xia Wanqing, watching her.
As Xia Wanqing reached out to snatch the invitation, An Nuan quickly pulled it back, looking at Xia Wanqing defensively and said, "What's wrong? After seeing it, are you planning to tear it up?"
"And then you can openly call people to frame me, right?"
"Where did you steal this from?"
"Your good sister, Xu Ruowei, gave it to me. She handed it to me herself." An Nuan said with a light laugh.
What she said was true. That day, Xu Ruowei had knocked on her door and thrown the invitation at her face, her eyes full of contempt.
She had said smugly, "An Nuan, Xu Ruowei and I are getting engaged. As Shen Xizhou's ex-wife, I'm inviting you to witness our engagement banquet. You should be free, right?"
"Oh, right. I know your younger brother just died, and you don't have money, so don't bother sending a gift. Just your presence is enough."
"Back then, I always watched how loving you and Xizhou were together. And through my own efforts, I finally pursued my own happiness. So, as Xizhou's ex-wife, you should bless Xizhou."
"Right, you must come. That way, you'll know who you lost to."
Each word was a stab to her heart.
But she could only accept it, unable to retort.
She had accepted Xu Ruowei's invitation.
In fact, she was quite grateful that Xu Ruowei had sent the invitation, giving her the opportunity to attend. Xu Ruowei probably didn't know that for the past few days, she had been looking for an opportunity to see Shen Xizhou, to clarify Yunxiu's matter.
But it had been dragging on, and she couldn't even see Shen Xizhou.
The response she always received was that Mr. Shen was very busy and would contact her as soon as possible.
But she couldn't wait any longer.
Xu Ruowei asking her to come was just to show off. If she didn't come, Xu Ruowei would surely find more ways to make her come, so she might as well go. It just so happened that she had something important to do.
Xu Ruowei's invitation was like a timely rain.
Xia Wanqing bit her lip tightly. She didn't believe a million times over that what she saw was true. But the invitation was real, and An Nuan having it was also a reality.
She couldn't quite figure out why Xu Ruowei would give the invitation to An Nuan.
How could An Nuan possibly be worthy? She was not worthy at all.
Xia Wanqing glanced at An Nuan and let out a cold snort, "Heh, even if you have an invitation, it will only let you see how happy Ruowei is and how pathetic you are."
"However, don't even think about disrupting Ruowei's engagement banquet. With me here, I won't give you a chance."
"An Nuan, I really can't understand, after all this, why aren't you giving up? How can you still appear here so calmly?"
An Nuan was very annoyed by Xia Wanqing's pestering. She was thinking at this moment why Xia Wanqing wasn't leaving yet. She needed to find Shen Xizhou and get an explanation.
But Xia Wanqing kept clinging to her, making her unable to move freely. Even if she wanted to leave, Xia Wanqing was staring at her tightly. It would probably be very difficult to see Shen Xizhou.
"I don't know why you have such an idea, but what I want to say is that what you're saying is not what I think. I have other matters to attend to here. Please, can you move aside?"
But no matter what An Nuan said, Xia Wanqing just wouldn't leave. At this moment, she was truly becoming anxious and said coldly, "Didn't you say I would do something to Xu Ruowei? Then, now that you're here telling me this, can you guarantee that Xu Ruowei will truly be safe? Would I really come here alone?"
Xia Wanqing's eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at An Nuan. She pointed at An Nuan fiercely and said, "An Nuan, I knew you had ill intentions coming here. Let me tell you, if Ruowei has any accident, I won't let you off."
"Heh, is that so?" An Nuan looked at the person pointing at her and making threats, and said sarcastically, "Even if this incident hadn't happened, didn't you plan to let me off? So, what's the difference between saying these words now and not saying them at all?"
Xia Wanqing seemed flustered and glared at An Nuan, "An Nuan, you just wait."
Fearing that An Nuan's words might be true, Xia Wanqing said coldly, "Shen Xizhou and the Xu family members are all here. If you really make a move against Ruowei, do you think you can get away unscathed? Aren't you afraid of those people causing trouble for you?"