Mu Tian En was direct and An Liya didn't beat around the bush, pursing her red lips, "Mrs. Leng, what did you mean by what you said to me yesterday?"

An Liya realized that her husband always appeared to be something different from what he hadn't been before since he met Leng Yan's family, and would reveal some emotions that rarely appeared before.

It would be more accurate to say that few things or people had ever tugged at his emotions so easily before.

And Cold Word they felt like they knew her husband even when they saw him.

Annelia thought for a moment and then asked, "Do you know my husband?"

Mu Tian En's face was expressionless, and his penetrating eyes did not fluctuate in any way.

She didn't know S country, and she didn't know An Liya, but she could tell that An Liya was really affectionate towards Shangguan Qie, a woman looking at a man with such deep affection, she couldn't find any other way to say it other than deep love.

An Liya cared so much about Shangguan Qie that if Shangguan Qie had a hint of change, she would definitely be able to see it.

"Princess, why don't you just ask your husband?"

Annelia lowered her eyelashes at the sound of her voice, at the doubt that had risen in the back of her mind, and the fact that she hadn't dared to ask her husband was the first time in her life that she had a cowardly mentality and a feeling that she didn't want to face it.

But she didn't like being kept in the dark, so she asked Mu Tianen out.

Mu Tian En didn't rush to pursue the question, perhaps from An Liya this could understand some of what kind of life Shangguan Qie has been living these years.

An Liya's loss of composure was only momentary, recovering her dignity and elegance, she spoke, "Mrs. Leng, did you ask me yesterday if I knew everything about my husband?"

"I thought we'd been together for almost five years, I do know him."

Speaking of which, Anria couldn't hide a hint of loss.

"He didn't smile, was always worried, busy and mysterious, but never needed my help."

"He was tough too, he was dying when I saved him, the doctors said his injuries were so severe that he was on the verge of being critically ill several times, he made it through, he was laid up for six months after that, the doctors said it was a medical miracle."

"Day and night, he said very little about himself, and even though I didn't know everything about him, I fell in love with him, and then we got married."

Abruptly, An Liya suddenly thought of something and raised her eyes to Mu Tian'en as if she had figured something out, "Going to your daughter's 100th day banquet was the only thing he mentioned in the past few years."

And the way her husband looked at Mu Tian En, that wasn't her misreading.

A fact was now laid bare in front of Anria's eyes, and the hands that had been folded in front of her stomach as a rule were slowly clenched, so hard that they blanched a little.

Mu Tian En of course saw the change in An Liya's expression, "Princess An Liya, could you have heard of the Shangguan Family of Country A?"

"The Shangguan family?" Anria frowned slightly, she'd heard of it, but not since a few years ago, and already had the answer in her head, "No it won't."

Mutenen asked back, "Won't what?"

An Liya pursed her red lips, not daring to meet Mu Tian'en's eyes that were so penetrating that they seemed to be able to see through people's hearts.

"Princess, there are things that you may be able to pretend don't exist if you don't know about them, but knowing about them and then trying to ignore them is useless."

Everyone understands the truth, but how many people are really brave enough to face it.

Mu Tian En stood up, "Princess, farewell."

There were some things she wanted to ask about Shangguan Qie, but now she didn't have to ask, Anria wasn't in the mood to talk at all.

Mu Tianen turned around and walked to the door, then stopped again, "By the way, he knows that you asked me to meet with him, and his men are following me."

Anria looked up sharply, then watched as Mu Tienen opened the door and left.

Walking out of the door, Hu Buwei walked up and handed Mu Tian'en a cup of milk tea, still uneasy to ask, "Is everything alright?"

"Nope." Mu Tian'en's eyes flicked to look all around, lost his smile, and asked, "Sixth Senior Brother, do you want to call up Eldest Senior Brother and the others to come over? They haven't moved their muscles in a long time either, they're getting rusty."

Hu Buwei lost his smile at his words, "With just this number of people, Eldest Brother wouldn't be much interested, Third Brother would find it too much of a waste of time, Fourth Brother is very busy accompanying his wife at the moment, and you shouldn't think about Second and Fifth Sisters."

"Also, let's go and find the two fathers and daughters in my house."

Less than five minutes after Mu Tian'en and Hu Buwei left, An Liya also came out, with a slightly hurried pace and without her previous calm and collected demeanor.

Get in the car and say to the assistant on the passenger side, "Is sir at the office right now?"

"Princess, yes, are you going to the office?"

Anria shook her head, "No, go back to the palace, and also, I want the details of the Shangguan family in country A. I don't want anyone else to know about this, including my husband."

The assistant nodded fearfully, "Got it, Princess."

Annelia closed her eyes and took a deep breath to calm her slightly anxious mind.

Knowing too many things at once, she was a bit disorganized.

And far away in the company's office Shangguan Pray looked at the subordinate in front of him, his eyes flooded with cold and piercing dark aura, "Know what they talked about?"

The subordinate buried his head very low, "The escorts surrounded the store, we couldn't get in, it didn't take long for them to talk before Mrs. Leng left and the princess went back to the palace."

The words also got lower and lower, and that was because the oppression he felt was getting more and more terrifying.

Shangguan Pray's hands on the armrests clenched slightly as he pondered what Mu Tian'en and An Liya were saying.

But no matter what was said, since Anria was able to seek out Mu Tian En, it proved that she was able to see something, so he wouldn't be able to hide his matter for long.

Mu Tianen's appearance disrupted many of his plans.

"Pull back all eyes on Cold Word and the others."

There was no longer any need to keep an eye on them, as long as they were not allowed to leave the S. They could not be made too wary.

"Yes."

"Where is Hu Buwei's man?"

"Somehow, it's gone."

For a while, Shangguan Qie raised his hand and waved it, the man quickly turned around and left, as if one second slower, he would have been called, he didn't want to stay in there any longer, he would shorten his life by a few years if he stayed any longer.

And Shangguan Prayer was in deep thought, there was no way for him to back out anymore.

Eyes half narrowed, his mind once again replaying the scene of the Shangguan family's destruction.

Hands clenched, the murderous aura gradually spread outward, enveloping the entire office.

It was already late at night when Shangguan Qie returned to the palace from work.

Instead of going back to his room, Shangguan Qie went to his study, only to see An Liya turning on a table lamp and holding a book.

"Why aren't you resting this late?" Shangguan Qian took off his jacket and hung it on the coat rack on the side.

Annelia closed in her book and set it aside on the coffee table, smiled and asked, "Want a snack?"

Shangguan Prayer sat down on the single sofa across from Anria, "No, there's something you want to talk to me about."

The certainty in her tone caused Anria to choke on the words she was trying to think of and that were on her lips, she lowered her eyelashes slightly to not meet her eyes, "Uh-huh."

Although he didn't love An Liya, Shangguan Qie was grateful to her, without her, even if he survived with his life, now he wouldn't have the leverage to take revenge.

After a few years together, I certainly have some idea of her character.

She had a pretty direct personality, and it was also after realizing that with a personality like hers, sometimes looking at her could make him think of the equally direct Mu Tian En, that he accepted her.

And Anria now, she must have found out something, full of doubts, it should be yesterday she saw something, held back for a night without asking, also kind of hold her back.

"Want to ask what?"

Still not looking up, Anria asked softly, "Is your last name Officer or Shangguan?"

Hearing this question, Shangguan Qian actually had a feeling of relief, these years, all the people who knew him called him Mr. Officer, and only in front of those remaining secret guards could he be Shangguan Qian again.

He's looking forward to the day he'll be Shangguan Qie.

"What have you found out?"

Anria slowly raised her head and looked at the familiar face, but in this moment, she felt strange.

He used to be cold, but never as chilly as he was now, and there was a hint of hostility that was a bit scary.

For a moment, Anria was stunned.

Seeing this, Shangguan Pray put his hostility away, "My real name is Shangguan Pray, and I am the young master of the Shangguan Family in Country A."

Anria came back to her senses, "Did you intentionally lure Leng Yan to S?"

But when the cooperation was first proposed, Shangguan Prayer did not say that he wanted to find the L Group to cooperate, it was the result of all competitors competing together.

Shangguan Qian didn't answer and asked instead, "If you're asking like this, you should have found out all of them?"

"The feud between the Leng family and the Shangguan family is roughly understood." An Liya involuntarily clenched her hands and hesitantly asked, "You want to take revenge?"

Her mind was now full of the information she had read at noon, she knew how tragic the Shangguan family's end had been, no wonder Shangguan Qie had been injured so badly in the first place.

He was the only one left in the entire Shangguan family, who could forget such hatred.

Thinking like that Anria's heart ached a little.

Abruptly, another thought occurred to Anria.

Is Shangguan Qian using her?

Anria didn't dare to continue to think about the question in detail, she didn't want to know the answer right now.

Shangguan Qian still didn't answer.

When An Liya saw that Shangguan Qian didn't answer, she could only ask again, "Are you fond of Mu Tian En?"

There was a difference between the way he looked at Mu Tian En and others.

Shangguan Qian raised his eyes and met An Liya's slightly hurt eyes, and guilt rose in the bottom of his heart.

She was good to him, but he used her.

Last night Shangguan Prayer still didn't answer Anria's question and a phone call came in that gave him an excuse to leave.

Annelia was sitting in the back garden at the moment, lost in thought and looking into the distance, her mind was disturbed and in turmoil.

Little Vian came back from class, walking slowly, his pace noticeably a few steps faster when he saw his mother.

It was only when she got closer that Vianne spoke up, placing her hands on Anria's arms, "Mommy."

Anria looked back and saw it was her son, raising a gentle smile, "Class is over, tired?"

Vianne shook her head and asked in a small voice, "Mommy, I still want to play with Missy."

Anria pulled her son to a chair beside her and sat down, "Vianne loves playing with Missy, so how about we invite her over to the house?"

Vianne nodded shyly.

"Okay, then Vianne go back and write an invitation and Mommy will have it delivered later."

"Okay, Mommy wait for me."

For the first time in his life, little Vianne ran up and down without his manners.

Watching her son's little figure walk away, the curve of Anria's mouth slowly disappeared.

A hint of despondency gradually rose under his eyes.