CHAPTER 485: CHAPTER 485: TREATING HER AS IF SHE’S DEAD?

Queen Andelle opened her mouth in astonishment. "Lina, what... what are you talking about?"

Mu Yunlie stared at Lina, his dark eyes harboring silent warnings.

But Lina ignored them.

Now she was the one with nothing to lose.

Since she couldn’t rely on her beauty to seduce men into helping her, she couldn’t let her cousin know about her behavior.

"Cousin..." Lina’s eyes reddened, "The last time Mu Yunlie was here, we shared a brief, beautiful memory. I just wanted to ask him whether he’s going to divorce Yan Qianyi and be with me."

"You..." Queen Andelle glanced at Mu Yunlie and then at Lina, "You... Lina! How could you do this? He’s Qianyi’s husband!"

"Cousin, I didn’t want to, but I can’t control my heart. He gave me hope."

"This..." Queen Andelle was utterly confused.

She and Prince Yao had always believed that Mu Yunlie was a man deeply in love.

Could they have been wrong about him?

Her cousin, indeed, had the ability to make men’s hearts flutter.

Just within the Morris Empire, there were countless men pursuing Lina.

There were even some crazed married suitors who would abandon their wives and everything else just to be with Lina.

Mu Yunlie’s lips were tightly pursed.

He wouldn’t argue with women, nor did he want to waste words on Lina.

Yan Qianyi, who had been silent until now, stepped forward and suddenly slapped Lina across the face.

With considerable force.

Lina fell into Queen Andelle’s arms, a bright red handprint instantly appearing on her face.

Queen Andelle was taken aback, holding Lina without knowing what to say.

On one side was her dearly beloved cousin, and on the other was Prince Yao’s most cherished sister.

Now, over a man...

Her demeanor panicked, she truly didn’t know how to handle the situation, only praying in her heart that Prince Yao would return soon.

Yan Qianyi stared coldly at Lina, her lips curling into a scornful smile, "Aren’t you going to fight back?"

Tears streamed down Lina’s face as she played the victim. "Cousin, it was Mu Yunlie who showed me affection first. I..."

Lina knew very well that people would sympathize with the underdog. At this moment, in front of her cousin, she certainly wouldn’t retaliate.

If she didn’t retaliate, her cousin would protect her.

It had always been like that since childhood.

Even if she did retaliate, she knew she was no match for Yan Qianyi.

She had seen for herself how Yan Qianyi shone at the International Military Academy friendly competition.

Seeing Yan Qianyi looking very angry, Mu Yunlie thought she had misunderstood and started to say, "Qianyi, listen to my explanation..."

"No need for explanations." Yan Qianyi looked at Mu Yunlie and smiled slightly, "I believe you."

She turned to Lina, her eyes brimming with mockery, "I know very well what kind of man my husband is. You’re just sour because you can’t have the grapes."

Lina was taken aback, her glance toward Yan Qianyi somewhat surprised.

A normal woman in this situation would at least have a few words of reproach for her husband.

But Yan Qianyi simply believed him without Mu Yunlie saying anything?

Yan Qianyi continued, "Do you think that by doing this, you can deceive me, break our relationship? That’s naively ridiculous!"

"In this world, Mu Yunlie has eyes only for me, Yan Qianyi! No matter how beautiful you are, he does not spare you a second glance!"

"Do you think that just because you’re somewhat attractive, you can ensnare every man in this world?" Yan Qianyi scoffed, "Ha, not all men are swayed by beauty, and you, you’re just mediocre at best."

She admitted that Lina had some beauty.

And not even comparing her to Lina, even in the presence of her sister-in-law, Lina’s looks seemed very inferior.

Yan Qianyi continued to mock, "I really don’t know where you get your confidence and shamelessness from!"

She was really angry!

At the last masquerade ball, she noticed that Lina was trying to seduce Yunlie.

Today, even after knowing that Yunlie was her husband, Lina still dared to hug him right in front of her!

Did she, Yan Qianyi, look like a dead person to her?

If it wasn’t for Queen Andelle’s sake, it wouldn’t have been as simple as a slap.

She could have turned Lina’s self-important face into a pig’s head!

Yan Qianyi’s aggressive words left Lina speechless.

Mu Yunlie stood aside, slowly curling his lips into a smile.

He watched Yan Qianyi with great interest.

The fierce little thing was so cute.

Queen Andelle was half doubtful, after all, Lina was her closest cousin, and she didn’t know Mu Yunlie very well.

She asked, "Lina, did you lie? Is everything you said true?"

At that moment, Yan Yao returned.

Seeing the several people standing there with an odd atmosphere, he came over and asked, "What happened?"

"Yao, you’re finally back!" Queen Andelle sighed with relief.

Seeing him as if he was a savior, she hurried to Yan Yao’s side and whispered the situation to him.

After hearing it, Yan Yao’s already dark expression grew even darker.

He asked Lina sternly, "Did you lie or not?"

"I didn’t!" Lina bit her lip, adamantly denying, "Everything I said is true! At the masquerade ball last time, you all saw it, we were indeed sitting together, laughing and talking."

Mu Yunlie felt somewhat of a headache.

For the first time in his life, a woman had the audacity to slander him like this!

If Lina adamantly refused to acknowledge the truth, and with both of them holding to their own stories, arguing was useless.

Although Qianyi trusted him greatly, he didn’t want Queen Andelle and Prince Yao to have any doubts about him.

After all, the two of them were very important family members to Qianyi.

"Are you sure?" Yan Yao raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Positive!" Lina clung to Queen Andelle’s arm, crying again, "Cousin, you have to be fair for me, I know my cousin-in-law is very fond of his sister, but you can’t be biased!"

"Alright!" Yan Yao nodded, "I’ll be fair for you! They’re both my sisters, I won’t be biased today."

"Brother! What do you mean by this? Don’t you trust Ah Lie?" Yan Qianyi said angrily, "It was clearly her trying to seduce Yunlie, and when she didn’t succeed and we caught her, she got frustrated and turned things around on us!"

A glimmer of amusement flashed in Lina’s eyes.

Even if Yan Qianyi trusted Mu Yunlie, doubt in the hearts of her cousin and cousin-in-law was enough for her.

Queen Andelle consoled, "Qianyi, don’t be anxious yet."

"My husband’s character, I understand it better than anyone, now that my brother and sister-in-law don’t trust Ah Lie, how can I not be anxious? I won’t allow anyone to slander him like this! To tarnish his reputation!"

Yan Qianyi was not usually an anxious person.

But now, concerning the reputation of Mu Yunlie, she could not remain calm.

Mu Yunlie took Yan Qianyi’s hand, "You’re carrying our baby, don’t get angry. I’m fine, as long as you believe in me."

Yan Yao said, "Calm down, we’ll soon have the truth out."