Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback
Chapter 332: Zhan Lan, Will You Come with Me?

Chapter 332: Chapter 332: Zhan Lan, Will You Come with Me?

Before Zhan Lan’s words had finished, a vague shadow appeared at the door. She coldly said, "Who’s there, sneaking around!"

The door was gently pushed open, and Zhan Lan saw a stern-faced Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen walked up, snatched the wine cup from Zhan Lan’s hand, as today, while searching the streets, he happened to see Zhan Lan leaving in a carriage.

He rode his horse all the way, quietly following behind, only to witness her drinking and playing Pai Gow with two men.

He grabbed Zhan Lan’s wrist, pulling her outside, as Zhan Lan coldly said, "Either stay and join me for a drink, or leave!"

Xiao Chen halted his steps and said to the two men pouring drinks, "You two, get out first!"

The two men, noting the extraordinary presence of the newcomer, and thinking he was the lady’s husband, quickly made their exit.

Zhan Lan looked at Xiao Chen and coldly asked, "You’re following me?"

Xiao Chen’s voice gradually turned icy, filled with anger as he said, "For a man, do you really have to degrade yourself like this?"

Zhan Lan laughed coldly at him, "How do you know I’m doing this for a man?"

Xiao Chen’s Adam’s apple moved, his emotions turbulent as he said, "If he hurts you, you don’t have to put up with it, there’s still me..."

The words he mustered the courage to speak were interrupted by Zhan Lan, "Xiao Chen, at most I’ll be upset for a few days, I won’t seek death or pine away for him..."

After this period of time, she would forget Mu Yan, Zhan Lan thought angrily: after the drinks, she would still be a true hero!

Xiao Chen’s fist clenched as he asked in a deep voice, "How did he make you sad?"

Zhan Lan smilingly said, "He’s fine, I just wanted to come out and have some quiet time."

Xiao Chen’s eyes turned bloodshot, thinking of Zhan Lan’s lonely nights in her previous life, deceived by Si Jun, always drowning her sorrows alone with liquor.

Now she had married the man she wanted to, she said she liked Mu Yan, and Mu Yan liked her too, but why was she here drinking alone again!

Xiao Chen, with his sleeve between them, held her wrist and said, "Come with me, Zhan Lan, would you come with me..."

Zhan Lan didn’t grasp his meaning, and bitterly smiled, "Where to? This place is the quietest!"

Xiao Chen’s eyes gradually grew desolate, he released Zhan Lan’s hand, clenched his fist, stood up, and before leaving, took one last look at Zhan Lan, who continued to drink.

He was going to find Mu Yan!

After Xiao Chen left, the two men returned to the room, thinking to themselves that the lady’s husband was quite open-minded, having no control over his own wife and could only leave in anger.

Zhan Lan looked at the two men again and said, "You two, dare you play Pai Gow with me!"

The two men looked troubled; they had already lost to this woman before.

Zhan Lan’s mood was sullen as she said to the troubled pair, "Don’t worry, if you win, it’s on you, if you lose, it’s on me, I won’t ask you for silver!"

A smile appeared on the faces of the two men, and one of them said, "To lose to the lady is our honor!"

Zhan Lan thought to herself: Speaking of acting on the spur of the moment, it was them.

Zhan Lan was drinking while playing Pai Gow.

She played fiercely with wrath, leaving the two brothers without a shred of armor.

Zhan Lan’s cheeks were slightly flushed from the drinking, finding these men with inferior card skills simply uninteresting.

"Who is the best Pai Gow player here? Get him over!" Zhan Lan said lazily.

Upon hearing this, one of the men immediately went to summon someone.

Before long, a handsome man dressed in black, with his sash fluttering, arrived in the room.

Upon his arrival, the two brothers who had been playing cards with Zhan Lan immediately stepped aside to pour wine for her exclusively.

Zhan Lan looked at the newcomer, feeling that he looked somewhat familiar, but couldn’t recall where she had seen him.

The man sat down and said, "Miss, I’ve heard that you’ve never been defeated..."

Leaning against the soft couch, Zhan Lan said, "Not yet, so far."

The man was startled upon hearing her voice, then smiled and said, "Let’s begin then!"

As he fiddled with the cards, he asked, "Have you married already?" examining Zhan Lan’s coiffured hair.

Zhan Lan answered perfunctorily, "Hmm!"

The man continued to ask, "Does the lady’s husband not object to her coming here?"

Zhan Lan gave him a sideways glance, "Why should he object?"

The man chuckled, "With the lady’s stunning beauty, how can your husband not be jealous?"

Zhan Lan shook her head without a word and continued to play her cards.

Seeing that Zhan Lan was not pleased, the man stopped talking and his gaze fell on her hand with the scar.

Suddenly, an idea struck him, and his smile deepened.

After several rounds, Zhan Lan and the man in black played to a draw.

She curled her lips and smiled, "You’re quite good!"

His smile deepened, "You’re not bad yourself!"

They were enjoying their game when suddenly the door was pushed open.

With cards in hand, Zhan Lan looked towards the newcomer, her eyes slightly unfocused.

Mu Yan stood at the door, the cold aura around him deterring onlookers; his expression was icy as he looked down at the three men beside Zhan Lan.

Especially at the one playing Pai Gow with her.

Zhan Lan smiled at Mu Yan and beckoned, "You’re here, come play Pai Gow with me!"

Mu Yan kept a stern face, bent down, and swept Zhan Lan into a sideways embrace. The man in black addressed Mu Yan, "Hey, young master, you haven’t paid the silver yet!"

Mu Yan casually threw a purse of money out.

The purse was passed to the man in black by the two brothers, but he didn’t even look at it.

He just quietly stared in the direction where Mu Yan and Zhan Lan had left, the corners of his lips curving slightly.

After returning to the room, he took off the human skin mask on his face.

In the mirror stood a man of enchanting appearance; the Silver-faced Fox curved his lips and chuckled lightly, "So it’s you!"

Although he had never seen Zhan Lan’s face, he had conducted two transactions with her.

And he had seen Zhan Lan’s hand; he remembered human features very clearly, although at that time, the hand of Prince Zhenbei did not bear that scar.

Suddenly, looking into the mirror, he laughed; things fell into place. The one who had killed Zhang Cheng with him that day was Xiao Chen, and Zhan Lan was Xiao Chen’s master.

In that case, the man who had taken Zhan Lan away was her resolute and decisive husband, the Regent King.

It turns out he had unknowingly crossed paths with such an extraordinary person.

...

Under the moonlight.

Zhan Lan was held in Mu Yan’s arms, mist in her eyes as she looked at his jawline, her voice cold, "What are you angry about? You had someone track me; I should be the one to get angry!"

She was slightly tipsy now but not drunk enough to misjudge that Mu Yan was angry.

Wasn’t it her right to be angry?

Mu Yan stuffed her into the carriage without a word, and Zhan Lan was forced into his embrace, leaning groggily against his shoulder, listening to his even breathing.

A short while later, the carriage stopped in front of the Regent Prince Mansion.

Zhan Lan was hoisted forcefully over Mu Yan’s shoulder, no matter how much she slapped at him, he wouldn’t let go.

Xiao Chen, who had failed to find Mu Yan, arrived to witness this scene.

His mind reeled as he wandered alone down the alleyway, the moonlight casting a solitary shadow behind him. He suddenly felt that perhaps Mu Yan was a better match for Zhan Lan.

Even if Zhan Lan was angry, resistant, Mu Yan would assert his feelings with an even more dominant and tyrannical attitude.

But he, Xiao Chen, could never take that step; and even if he did, it would falter and become timid due to Zhan Lan’s mood, lacking the courage to move forward.