Forced Pampering: Haughty Husband, Please Restrain Yourself

Chapter 788: Chapter 801: It’s Simply Absurd

Unlike usual, this time Sun Wangbei is accompanied not by the current popular starlets. One of them looks somewhat familiar, like a third-tier actress, and the other one is even more unfamiliar.

Sun Wangbei stood up when he saw An Ran and the others, ”Little sister-in-law, where is Second Brother?”

Only the Mu Family knew that Mu Xingfeng had gone to fulfill his duties, the others weren’t informed.

”He’s out on duty, probably coming back tomorrow,” An Ran replied casually, as if commenting on the weather, showing no signs of sadness or frustration due to Mu Xingfeng’s absence.

But Sun Wangbei and Chen Yankun felt something was off, and Chen Yankun asked directly, ”Aren’t you guys holding the engagement ceremony the day after tomorrow? What’s this duty? When will he return?”

”No idea, he was transferred during training. Brother Yang isn’t sure when he will come back either. But don’t worry, if worst comes to worst, we’ll cancel the ceremony. We’re already legally married, those formalities don’t matter to us,” An Ran shrugged, genuinely unbothered by the situation, as everything had always been organized by others.

”Don’t worry, little sister-in-law. My second brother always keeps his word. If he decided to hold the engagement ceremony with you the day after tomorrow, he definitely won’t fail. Maybe he’ll be back tomorrow, or maybe he’ll make a grand appearance at the ceremony and take you home,” Sun Wangbei comforted her. He truly believed that Mu Xingfeng wouldn’t let An Ran down. Given her importance to him, he’d charge through a hail of bullets to attend the engagement ceremony.

Shen Wenxuan then asked softly to the woman in his arms, ”What’s going on?”

”What else could it be? You know Xingfeng is a soldier. He could be assigned tasks at any moment. But like Sun Wangbei said, he may return tomorrow. Before leaving, he told An Ran to come back first and that he’d come back to the Imperial City directly after completing the mission.”

”This is ridiculous,” Shen Wenxuan hissed, ”What if he doesn’t return on time? The Mu Family’s invitations have been sent out, right? Have you considered if the engagement ceremony can’t be held as scheduled, or if Xingfeng doesn’t show up on time, how embarrassing it will be for An Ran? Does Grandfather and Father know about this?”

”Of course they know,” Mu Wanxin understood the seriousness too. ”But what can we do? The invitations had already been sent when the news arrived.”

Back then, the family only knew Mu Xingfeng was undergoing closed training, not expecting he’d be assigned to a task during training.

”Alright, maybe it’s not as bad as we think. Look at An Ran, she’s not worried at all,” Mu Wanxin pushed Shen Wenxuan into his seat.

Just then, Sun Wangbei noticed a girl standing behind An Ran and Mu Wanxin.

”Ah, Miss Xiao is here too,” Sun Wangbei lit up upon seeing Xiao Xiao and stood up to greet her.

Sun Wangbei’s shout of Miss Xiao drew everyone’s attention in the room. Even the two small-time actresses beside Sun Wangbei checked her out, finding her just a plain girl, at most somewhat pretty, but still far from the stars at Jiawen.

Moreover, Xiao Xiao was wearing a plain white T-shirt and denim overalls that day, making her look very youthful. But her clothes were neither branded nor well-known.

In their field, people tend to worship the rich and powerful while looking down on those who are not. Seeing Xiao Xiao’s attire, their expressions turned subtly mocking.