"It’s rare to see an Asian face, so I greeted Miss Gu. Knowing that Miss Gu is also of Chinese descent, it feels very familiar," Huo Xun’s expression showed no sign of anomaly.

Gu Anjin didn’t say anything, but she truly admired this audacious person in her heart.

He was the first person she had seen who could lie so blatantly in front of Yue Siqing.

"I wonder if there’s a chance to meet Mr. Yue," Huo Xun shifted the topic, "In the future, if there’s an opportunity, I’d like to invite you for a small gathering. My father really enjoys teaching young people, and I’ve heard about Mr. Yue from him."

Initially, Gu Anjin heard Elizabeth call him Mr. Murphy, but she hadn’t thought about his identity.

Now she realized that he was actually the son of Mr. Murphy.

Mr. Murphy is of aristocratic lineage, initially a university professor, later an investor, and was once one of the giants in Europe.

As he aged, he gradually handed over his company to others and returned to being a scholar.

He is highly respected in the business world and is also a professor at a prestigious university now.

Recently, having lost his wife early on, Mr. Murphy quietly remarried.

It seems that Huo Xun’s identity comes from this.

He is Mr. Murphy’s stepson.

This identity is impeccable, no wonder no one suspected him.

A newcomer who has just entered high society because of his mother’s remarriage, and yet with no sign of inferiority, quickly mingling with the elite.

It’s only normal for him to come over and make friends with them, one of the few Asians here.

"There will be an opportunity," Yue Siqing spoke indifferently, clearly not caring much about this person, "If there’s nothing else..."

Huo Xun smiled and made a gesture as if to say ’go ahead,’ "Since you have something to discuss, I’ll take my leave first. I hope there will be another opportunity next time."

Yue Siqing glanced at the young man, and after he bid them farewell, he quickly engaged in conversation with others, then started talking to Song Yi, who had come along with Gu Anjin.

"Is there something wrong?" Gu Anjin suppressed her recent doubts, not noticing that her tone was a bit different than before.

Finding out that Yue Siqing didn’t stop loving her, but just had reasons they couldn’t be together, left her mind in a bit of a scramble for a while.

Huo Xun was right, she indeed needed time — time to think clearly, time where perhaps she might be able to find out something.

"You said you wouldn’t come." Yue Siqing spoke in a low voice, seeing the slightly forlorn look in her eyes.

Gu Anjin nodded lightly, raising a forced smile, "I originally wasn’t going to come because I had no male companion. But later, when Song Yi said he got an invitation, it was just right."

She had come with Song Yi, who approached her, and then the two went shopping for gowns and so on.

These things Yue Siqing had already learned from his subordinates earlier.

So originally, he wasn’t planning to come, but he ended up putting aside his work to be there.

"No male companion?" Yue Siqing’s eyes narrowed slightly, "Jinjin, isn’t there something off about what you’re saying?"

"Arthur has been very busy recently, I know," Gu Anjin said nonchalantly, "There hasn’t been any news from the kidnappers lately, and he is in charge of it all. I wanted him to have more time to rest, so I didn’t ask him to come."

Yue Siqing listened to her explanation, and it still had nothing to do with him.

His deep blue eyes tightened slightly along with it.