The room was in utter chaos, with a faint aroma of red wine lingering in the atmosphere. The sultry feeling of summer nights always brought about unexpected happenings.

As the first ray of morning light pierced through the curtains and flooded the dim room, it lit up instantly. A woman on the bed groggily opened her eyes.

Xia An'an propped herself up, roughly ruffling her hair, combing her fingers through her raven locks until she was slightly awake.

Images from her dream still seemed clear before her eyes. Xia An'an furrowed her brows, she had dreamt about being with Nangong Xuan last night...

In her dream, Nangong Xuan – his sturdy body and agile movements, firmly holding her...

Thinking of this, an involuntary blush spread across Xia An'an's face; wishing she could slap herself. Was there actually something between them, as she was still fantasizing about her dream?

After a minute, Xia An'an was entirely awake from her slumber.

It's only then she noticed, her body sore and aching, feeling as if she would fall apart even with the slightest movement. The white sheets were stained with a hint of red and ambiguous white spots...

Was this... actually not a dream?

It... it was real!

She had actually slept with a man!

That man, who was he? It should be Nangong Xuan, after all, they were about to get married!

Xia An'an was a very traditional girl, who always believed her first time should happen on their romantic wedding night.

But, at this moment...

A feeling of unexplainable panic crept into Xia An'an's heart. Their legs were still tightly intertwined; the slender ones belonged to her and the obviously thicker ones to a man, still closely entwined together.

The messy quilt was pitifully discarded to one side, and the wrinkled sheet seemed entirely unrecognizable from its original form. All over the red carpet, a man's and a woman's clothes were haphazardly strewn around, as if the aftermath of a world war.

Xia Anan sneakily glanced at the man next to her, intending to wake him up. However, the moment her gaze fell on his face, she instantly felt a chill run down her spine, and her face turned as white as a sheet.

This man was not Nangong Xuan!

Who exactly was he, and why was he in her bed!?

Her mind reeling, Xia Anan tightly clenched her fists and bit her lip hard. She didn't know how much strength she had to muster to keep herself calm and avoid making a sound.

At last night's celebration party in her father's company, she distinctly remembered getting drunk, and it was Xia Qingqing who had helped her into the room!

But as for what transpired afterward, Xia Anan couldn't recall at all.

She had blacked out!

Drunk and made a mistake.

Before Xia Anan could even clear her thoughts, the notification sound of a text message on her phone went off—"Ding." It started her so much that she instinctively drew back her hand that was about to touch the man's face. She exhaled a silent sigh of relief after confirming that the man beside her hadn't woken up.

She gently picked up the phone that was left on the side, a message from her fiancé popped onto the screen:

"Anan, where are you? We're all looking for you."

Reading this message, Xia Anan didn't even have to think to know that Nan Haoxuan couldn't find her. Because her phone was on silent and unanswered calls, he had sent her a text message.

Xia Anan was immensely distressed, her body subtly trembling, uncertain of what to do now.

A voice in her heart was telling Xia Anan that she and Nangong Xuan might be over.

She had no way to explain herself to Nangong Xuan.

Swiftly dressing up, she didn't even have time to freshen up.

After quickly tidying herself, Xia Anan wished she could immediately leave this damned place.

However, many things aren't as easy to wish for, just like the current situation.

Just as Xia Anan stepped out of the hotel room, a roar of fury slammed straight into her face.

"Xia Anan, I can't believe you actually spent a night with another man. Don't I, your fiancé, mean anything to you?"

Caught off guard, Xia Anan confronted Nangong Xuan's icy demeanor. The man raised his arm high, a swift slap approaching. At that moment, he seemed like a man-eating tiger, eyes filled with cold cruelty, as if he was about to devour her.

A crisp slap echoed.

Xia Anan was stunned. She had never been hit before and subconsciously covered her stinging cheek.

She had never imagined meeting her fiancé at this moment. Subconsciously, she wanted to hide the hickey on her neck.

However, Xia Anan's attempt to cover up only further exposed her nerves.

"No, I don't know, I don’t know anything. Haoxuan, believe me, I didn’t betray you, I didn't!"

Xia Anan tried to explain, but found herself at a loss for words. In fact, she had been with another man and even had such intimacy.

"Sister, so you really are here!" Xia Qingshing's familiar voice sounded. To Xia Anan, it seemed like melody from heaven. She subconsciously turned to look at her.

It was Xia Qingshing who took her to this room yesterday. Xia Qingshing must know the truth.

However, just before Xia An'an has a chance to speak, Xia Qingqing takes the lead.

"Brother-in-law, my sister is really here!" Xia Qingqing growled with excitement, "My sister, why didn't you come home all night? Dad had a heart attack this morning and is in the hospital, how could you...we're all so worried about you!"

Staying out all night while her biological father was hospitalized for a heart attack in the morning, isn't this somehow related to Xia An'an?

This information is enough for everyone to make up a lot.

Nangong Xuan couldn't help but furrow his brows deeply, his eyes full of disgust, "Alright, Qingqing, we don't need to talk to this woman anymore."

Although Nangong Haoxuan said this, his peripheral vision noticed more and more people coming over. But he didn't lower his voice, instead, it became louder.

"Xia An'an slept with other men! They were together all night yesterday!"

"No! How could this happen, my sister, how could you do such a thing! Didn’t you say you like Gong Xuan and that you'll change for him? How could you do this, do you think Dad would be okay with it!"

Xia Qingqing covered her mouth firmly, her face full of disbelief.

The woman had a full face of disbelief, truly looking like a good younger sister, but this was full of accusations against Xia An'an.

"No, it's not like this! Xia Qingqing, it was you who sent me to this room yesterday!"

But no one would believe Xia An'an now, everyone will only think that Xia An'an was trying to clear her name.

"No more talking," Nangong Haoxuan's eyes hardened. "Xia An'an, you're such a malicious woman, are you going to blame everything on Qingqing! I've never seen a shameless woman like you. We are through, the engagement is off, the wedding is cancelled!"

"No!"

Xia An'an let out a loud scream. She knew that after this incident, it's impossible for them to get back together, but it shouldn't be like this.

Just when everyone was not paying attention, Xia Qingqing took one last glance at Xia Anan, the corners of her lips lifting into a triumphant smile. "So even you, Xia Anan, have your bad days!"

"Gong Xuan, wait for me!" Xia Qingqing chased after Nangong Xuan, leaving the scene.

Left alone, Xia Anan stood there, her face showing pure dejection and embarrassment. She felt as if her entire world had shifted, and she didn't notice the pointing and whispering of the crowd nearby. The camera flash illuminated her pitiful scene, capturing the moment of Xia Anan's distress.

Xia Anan could not help but clench her fists tightly; she did not understand why she had to face such an ordeal!

Everything was fine last night. Where did things go wrong?