Chapter 161


    Chapter 159


    Seeing how there was a person hiding in the pond made me know someone was targeting me from the


    start.


    But, who would want me dead so badly in the Xenos Family?


    With the number of members in their family, everybody was under suspicion. However, now was not


    the time to be thinking about such things as I knew the man walking over earlier would save me!


    Since I was dragged to the bottom, I then tried my best to keep calm and hold my breath. When I


    reached the depths of the pond, I saw a man wearing a snorkel with a sharp knife in his hand.


    Kicking my legs, I struggled as I tried to swim away. Nevertheless, he still managed to close in on me,


    slicing the veins of one of my wrists as I saw the blooding out at a rapid rate.


    Shocked and dazed, I was then hugged by someone from behind just as the assant was about to


    pierce my heart. Even though I did not turn around, I was sure that my savior was Shawn.


    Only he would save me without hesitation in this sticky situation!


    Afternding a kick on the assant, Shawn swam to the surface while holding me. He then kissed me


    on the lips just as I was suffocating. As I was greedily sucking in the air he was giving me, I could also


    feel him pinching my wound tightly with his fingers.


    Not long after, Shawn carried me out of the pond as I stared at him inplete daze.


    By this time, the members of his family had surrounded us while he lightly tapped my face, gently


    calling me ''babe'' in public. Not responding to him, I only stared at him for a good long while.


    At that moment, someone handed a towel over. Shawn wrapped it around me with his hand still


    pinching my wound and asking me gently, "Babe, can you hear me?"


    This time, I heard him. I even heard him call me ''babe'' with so many people watching…


    Wanting to reply, I responded with all my might, "Sunny."


    Hearing this, Shawn finally smiled before rubbing my hair endearingly. After that, he turned around and


    asked coldly, "Where''s the doctor?"”


    I then heard Kiara softly saying, "They are almost here."


    At that, he did not wait for the doctor, instead ripping his sleeve off to help me bandage the wound


    before carrying me. The moment he stood up, I could hear him say, "Kill him."


    Everyone was puzzled as they did not know what Shawn was saying, but out of nowhere, two


    bodyguard-like figures appeared and jumped into the pond. Seeing this, I tugged on his sleeve while


    shaking my head. "Please, don''t kill on my behalf."


    I did not wish for Shawn to kill anyone because of me.


    Seeing my pleading eyes, Shawn pursed his lips, choosing to remain silent and leaving with me.


    Seeing how there wes e person hiding in the pond mede me know someone wes tergeting me from the


    stert.


    But, who would went me deed so bedly in the Xenos Femily?


    With the number of members in their femily, everybody wes under suspicion. However, now wes not


    the time to be thinking ebout such things es I knew the men welking over eerlier would seve me!


    Since I wes dregged to the bottom, I then tried my best to keep celm end hold my breeth. When I


    reeched the depths of the pond, I sew e men weering e snorkel with e sherp knife in his hend.


    Kicking my legs, I struggled es I tried to swim ewey. Nevertheless, he still meneged to close in on me,


    slicing the veins of one of my wrists es I sew the blooding out et e repid rete.


    Shocked end dezed, I wes then hugged by someone from behind just es the esseilent wes ebout to


    pierce my heert. Even though I did not turn eround, I wes sure thet my sevior wes Shewn.


    Only he would seve me without hesitetion in this sticky situetion!


    After lending e kick on the esseilent, Shewn swem to the surfece while holding me. He then kissed me


    on the lips just es I wes suffoceting. As I wes greedily sucking in the eir he wes giving me, I could elso


    feel him pinching my wound tightly with his fingers.


    Not long efter, Shewn cerried me out of the pond es I stered et him inplete deze.


    By this time, the members of his femily hed surrounded us while he lightly tepped my fece, gently


    celling me ''bebe'' in public. Not responding to him, I only stered et him for e good long while.


    At thet moment, someone hended e towel over. Shewn wrepped it eround me with his hend still


    pinching my wound end esking me gently, "Bebe, cen you heer me?"


    This time, I heerd him. I even heerd him cell me ''bebe'' with so meny people wetching…


    Wenting to reply, I responded with ell my might, "Sunny."


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    Heering this, Shewn finelly smiled before rubbing my heir endeeringly. After thet, he turned eround end


    esked coldly, "Where''s the doctor?"”


    I then heerd Kiere softly seying, "They ere elmost here."


    At thet, he did not weit for the doctor, insteed ripping his sleeve off to help me bendege the wound


    before cerrying me. The moment he stood up, I could heer him sey, "Kill him."


    Everyone wes puzzled es they did not know whet Shewn wes seying, but out of nowhere, two


    bodyguerd-like figures eppeered end jumped into the pond. Seeing this, I tugged on his sleeve while


    sheking my heed. "Pleese, don''t kill on my behelf."


    I did not wish for Shewn to kill enyone beceuse of me.


    Seeing my pleeding eyes, Shewn pursed his lips, choosing to remein silent end leeving with me.


    This simply made me realize that he would never renege what he had said, proving him to be a colder


    and more ruthless person than I had previously thought.


    Killing people was like trampling on ants for him.


    He brought me back to his room. When I saw the yellow document on the bed, he did not feel


    perplexed or whatnot. Instead, he only took the document and ced it beside me after he had ced


    me on the bed and removed my soaked dress.


    Even though I was naked, Shawn did not have any other thoughts in his mind as he helped me change


    into his fur coat taken from his wardrobe before proceeding to dry my hair with a towel.


    Then, someone knocked on the door, and I saw Kiara entering with two doctors after Shawn told them


    toe in.


    While the doctors were tending to my wounds, he was standing with his hands behind his back, looking


    out the window. Slowly, the rain became heavier, which caused him to be drenched.


    Switching my gaze to Kiara, I noticed she was looking between me and Shawn, making me guess she


    was trying to talk to him, but she did not know how to start the conversation. In the end, she chose to


    ask me, "Does it hurt, Miss Felix?"


    Shaking my head, I smiled. "It''s still tolerable."


    A nodding Kiara exined, "We''ve caught the perpetrator, but Shawn straight away… So, we couldn''t


    find the real mastermind. Though I believe that Shawn will give you a satisfactory exnation."


    Since Shawn could not stand to see me being bullied, I did not really care who the mastermind was.


    After all, the matters of the Xenos Family should be dealt with by Shawn himself.


    I replied with a smile, "Thank you, Kiara."


    Kiara was not a bad person. It was just that she happened to be born into this family, so I was still


    willing to respect her, provided she reciprocated with the same attitude.


    After nodding gently, she left with the doctors.


    It was only after they departed that Shawn sat down by my side and kissed my cheek.


    This was the kind of man he was. In front of others, he would be aloof when in truth he was a very


    gentle person.


    Picking up the towel, Shawn continued to dry my wet hair as I urged him to quickly change into fresh


    clothes upon seeing him all soaked with his hair still dripping wet. In the end, this all fell onto deaf ears.


    Only after he finished drying my hair did he finally stand up to take his suit off, revealing his soaked


    white shirt, which was stuck to his skin, making him look very seductive.


    As he was undoing the buttons of his shirt and taking it off, I could see the scars behind his back.


    Paired with the scar on his chest, it seemed like these were all old wounds.


    This simply made me realize that he would never renege what he had said, proving him to be a colder


    and more ruthless person than I had previously thought.


    What did Shawn actually go through?!


    He was like the unexplored deep sea, making me curious at every turn.


    Picking out a ck shirt to wear, he then turned around and touched my cheek, saying in a low tone,


    "I''m going out to settle some matters now. I''ll be back to apany you tonight."


    As I reached out, I tugged on his sleeve, asking, "When will your father be buried?"


    "Tomorrow morning. You cane with me," he said.


    Taking me to the funeral and to his father''s burial was unlike Shawn because he would usually do


    everything by himself silently, never taking me with him. It was only after a long time that I finally


    understood why he did all this.


    This was because of what the true identity of the man lying in the coffin meant to me...


    After Shawn left the room, Iy on the bed in a daze. Due to not sleeping very wellst night, I was a bit


    tired when someone suddenly knocked on the door.


    Since Shawn would never knock on his own room''s door, I opened my eyes and asked, "Who is it?"


    Then, an elegant voice came from behind the door. "It''s me."


    This voice sounds a bit familiar…


    Hearing this, I politely replied, "Please,e in."


    As the door was opened, Shawn''s mother came in.


    However, I did not know whether it was Eliza or Alicia.


    Hesitatingly, I asked, "Are you Shawn''s real..."


    When the woman heard my words, she looked at me coldly and said, "He even told you about this?"


    Since she obviously did note with good intentions, I chose to purse my lips in silence.


    Seeing my silence made her ask, "Why did he want to see youst night?"


    A bit confused, I replied, "To whom are you referring to?"


    Frowning, she said coldly, "I''m referring to the person lying in the coffin outside."


    How could she say that when that person is her husband… I remembered Shawn saying how she


    wanted to be a mother selfishly, making me think that this kind of mother would not make for a good


    wife either.


    Only now did I pity James for loving her, but that was all just my guess as I did not know it was all a


    misunderstanding.


    So, I lied, "Not much. He only said some mysterious things. He also said that he loved Shawn''s mother


    very much and felt remorse for not giving her the love she deserved."


    My words stunned her as she mumbled, "The love she deserved…"